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And im your host, bill kurtis. This is through the decades. These days, president ial conventions are generally a demonstration of political pageantry. Several days for each party to showcase their best to the nation, to dress up in niceties, to firmly dispense with whatever the primary campaigns have wrought and focus on the election at hand. But, the Political Convention has not always played such a congenial role in president ial politics. Over the next hour, well remember some of the most influential conventions to shape modern politics. Well recall the raucous behavior that infiltrated chicago in 1912. The 1964 convention that had republicans questioning the direction of their party. Well also recall those moments that became the retrospective sign posts for a nation in the midst of change. But we begin with, the convention that fell during the most tumultuous year. The convention that devolved into violence both inside ....

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