I say that because I am not crazy like some would want to you believe, but because it was the last democratic convention where dissent was addressed by the delegates. The cry would come from those that claim that it hurt the democratic party and open dissent over the Vietnam conflict resulted in the republicans taking the white house in 1968.

The cry was to prevent the party leaders from deciding the nominee in a smoked filled room by shifting all of the power to the voters with a primary system.

So many fell for this partial truth motive with it’s hidden implication that if were only had a convention like the republicans that suppressed dissent about the Vietnam conflict we would have been victorious in 1968 which is truly silly.

The proof of such a silly statement is when examined under the light of reality one would discover that democrats moved away from a system that produced 7 out of 10 victories from 1932 to one that completely reversed that trend since 1968.

What caused this trend, it’s quite simple. We moved a way from a system where our democratic delegates and party leaders had more influence over the selection of the party nominee to primary system where the corporate “news” media and powerful financial contributors dominated the selection.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR200808...

When I read the above article in the Washington post that Hillary Clinton wanted the VP Slot on the ticket I came to the conclusion that she was denied this opportunity , not by Obama, but the leader of the DNC when he forced the super delegates to commit to a candidate in mid June. The only conclusion is that the current nomination process is far worst than the one where men in smoked filled rooms decided the selection because at least Hillary would have had a fighting chance on the convention floor.

I have been called many names on AAR blogs that ranged from Hillbot to troll_monkey by those that claim to be Obama supporters. The truth is that we don’t have any way of determining the true identity of anj blogger unless Guy succeeded in discovering my IP address. Those so-called Obama supporter may be Clinton supports trying to make Obama supporters look bad.

However, we might not know the true identity of a blogger, but we can judge them by the words and actions.

My words(some misspelled) in my post supported the position that I wanted the party to unite under a joint ticket of candidates I didn’t vote for and later discovered that my desire was prevented by our party leaders that thought it was more important to put on a grand show at the expense of shoving a candidate aside.

For those Obama people that shout this proves that I was just a Clinton supporter, I respond that my position would not have changed if it was indeed Obama was the one that came out on the short end of the stick. Why some may say, the answer is that principles to me are far more important than any debate between any candidate.

In closing, I will return to my previous point that you are judged by your action and words more than what label that is pinned to your shirt.

It is hard to believe that we are in the same country since the 2000 election even though the flag has not changed.

It’s hard to believe that I am watching a democratic convention base of the principles of the 1948 convention, unless Howard Dean steps to the podium and release those super delegates that he strong-armed in June so that we have this showy undemocratic convention today.

It’s seem that even the best HD setup of today fails to pick up the principles that were so clearly transmitted by those black and whites sets tune to the democratic convention of 1948.

Howard Dean please reverse your mistake!!!

Concern trolls don't care about that part of the history of 1968. All they care about is that folks focus on the division and discontent of 1968 in hopes of stirring up the same this time around. Their desperation is actually quite comforting...
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When your logic and typing skills improve...

give me lever, and a place to stand...

Another concern troll.

Okay. Here's your toaster. Now go away.

give me lever, and a place to stand...

"The best is the enemy of the good." --Voltaire

FWIW: the plural form of American does not contain an apostrophe.
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"We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace."
"Power to the peaceful..." --Franti