(Ben Sargent cartoon via Gocomics.com) __ Speaking of Republican shenanigans, this week’s NIXONLAND discussion will take place Sunday evening at 7pm EDT, so people have a chance to take advantage of the later sunsets.* Chapters under discussion will be “Trust”, “If Gold Rust”, and “The Presidential Offensive” — closing with the unmasking of a murderous …
NIXONLAND, Week 9: “Winning”, “The First 100 Days”
Labor poured unprecedented resources into the Democratic campaign going into the home stretch, registering 4.6 million voters, sending out 115 million pamphlets, establishing 638 phone banks, fielding 72,000 house-to-house canvassers and 94,000 Election Day volunteers. Humphrey nabbed 15 last-minute points from Wallace among unionists. He also ran a lachrymose print ad: “Don’t let him buy …
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NIXONLAND, Week 8: “Violence”, “From Miami… “, “Wed. 8/28/68”
When Nelson Rockefeller arrived, he claimed he had almost twice as many firm delegates as Reagan. The standing ovation John Wayne had just received put that notion rather in doubt. __ Over and over again, delegate Ronald Reagan had visited on his recent Southern tour told him they might switch their votes to him if …
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NIXONLAND, Week 7: “The Sky’s the Limit”
He wondered why he had to go into all this. “I assumed any superintendent would issue instructions to shoot arsonists on sight and to maim the looters, but I found out this morning this wasn’t so and therefore gave him specific instructions.” [Mayor Daley] added, “If anyone doesn’t think this is a conspiracy, I can’t …
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NIXONLAND Reschedule
Turns out I have another commitment this Sunday afternoon, so I’m gonna have to reschedule this week’s book discussion (“The Sky’s the Limit”) to Monday evening, March 14, at 8pm EDT (Eastern Daylight-Savings Time). The other alternative, since I know we’ll all be sleep-deprived and extra-cranky Monday, would be to set up a “placeholder” post …
NIXONLAND, Week 6: “Cruise Ship” & “Fed-Up-Niks”
And yet more evidence (as if it were necessary) that nothing in today’s news is new: In October [1967] the formation of an anti-antiwar group was announced by WWII hero General Omar Bradley and former senator Paul Douglas.[…] [Members of the new Citizens’ Committee for Peace with Freedom in Vietnam] included Harry Truman and Dwight …
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NIXONLAND, Week 5: “The Bombing” & “Summer of Love”
By the beginning of 1967, the war in Vietnam had ended America’s ‘consensus’ for good. Is there a word that means the opposite of nostalgia — something to describe the acrid taste at the back of one’s tongue when confronted with a vivid retelling of events recalled with loathing? Although, since I was too young …
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