This is not a conventional convention. And as much as we would have loved to host you in person, i am proud the Democratic Party in the city of milwaukee have made the health of our residents our number one priority. Unlike the president , we have covid19 ar hoax. Unlike the president , we have never made fun of face masks. And unlike the president , we have never belittled her Public Health experts. We understand that our Public Health experts. We understand why we cant be together, and we hope you do too, and as our party comes together virtually to nominate joe biden as our next president , we are showing the country we are nominating a leader who isnt afraid to make tough choices or to work with Health Experts come and not against them, to address this pandemic experts, and not against them, to address his pandemic. Milwaukee is special. I look forward to the day when you are all able to come expense are beautiful lakefront, our historic neighborhoods, and above all, our diverse, h
In chicago. Richard nixon lost the general election to senator john f. Kennedy. [applause] more balloons have been released. Year for balloons. [applause] [balloons popping] that sound that you might possibly hear on your home receiver, Something Like a telegraph t in operation is caused by these bursting balloons. Thousands of them. This is nixon. The Vice President s wife and mother, two little girls. [applause] and describing a costume of a lady. Nixons dress is a bright green. Nbc asked mrs. Nixon to step out from the vip lounge long enough for him to ask her a few questions. She said she would like to, but her children are so excited, they are reluctant to leave. [applause] [applause] the demonstration may be a little hard to start because here on the podium is a man we have been hearing about for four days and this is the first time we have heard from him himself. [applause] [applause and cheers] have to give it another chance. What are you doing . I was watching on tv. Gavel. A
Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. You are singing our song. clapping well the first thrill tonight was the defining myself in a movie on prime time. clapping but this as you can imagine is the second big thrill. Mister chairman and mr. Vice president to be, this convention, my fellow citizens of this great nation. With a deep awareness of the responsibility infer by your trust, i accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States clapping . noise i do so with deep gratitude and i think also i might interject on behalf of all of us our thanks to detroit and the people of michigan and the city for the warm hospitality youve given us. noise and i thank you for your whole hearted response to my recommendation with regard to george bush as a candidate for vice president. Im very proud of our party tonight. This convention has shown to all america a party united with positive programs for solving the nations problems. A party ready to build a new consensus with all those
Record. This is the background for speeches made by political nominees john f. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. John f. Kennedy was a u. S. Senator representing massachusetts. Here he is at the Democratic National convention in los angeles, followed by Richard Nixon in chicago. [applause] [cheering] senator kennedy governor stevenson, senator johnson, senator humphrey, speaker rayburn, fellow democrats, i want to express my thanks to governor stevenson for a generous and heartwarming introduction. [applause] it was my great honor to place his name in nomination at the 1956 democratic nomination, i am delighted to have his support and his counsel and his advice in the coming months ahead. [applause] let me say first, that i accept the nomination of the Democratic Party. [applause] i accept it without reservation, and with only one obligation, the obligation to devote every effort of my mind and spirit to lead our party back to victory , and our nation to greatness. I am grateful too, that you
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