Tag Presidential Elections

Eisenhower

Eisenhower – Republican Convention – 1952 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room

Become a Patron! As Convention season gets closer (and one can only guess what 2024 will be like), here is a sampler from another Republican Convention – seventy-two years ago – July 11,1952. General Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers the acceptance…

Nixon

Nixon And The Milk Fund – Drilling In Shale And Wounded Knee – January 8, 1974

News for January 8, 1974 News on this January 8th in 1974 continued with goings-on at The White House. Watergate was not going to go away, much to the Nixon Administration’s wishes it would. The White House did issue a…

Henry Wallace Has A Word Or Two About America – October 4, 1948

– Henry Wallace Campaign Address – October 4, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October of 1948, aside from everything else going on in the world, was also a Presidential campaign month. The Democrats had Harry Truman running for…

Juneteenth – Solidarity Day – Coretta Scott-King And The Poor People’s March – June 19, 1968

– June 19, 1968 – Coretta Scott King – Solidarity Day Address – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 1968 saw no end of turmoil and upheaval in the world. In the first six months alone there was the Tet Offensive in…

Election ’48 – R.I.P. GOP – Head Scratching And Haywire – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

– Chicago University Roundtable – Republicans and the 1948 Election – No one was more surprised by the outcome of the 1948 Presidential election than Republicans and Mainstream Media. Since the campaign started, it was almost assured that Republican candidate…

September 9, 1979 – Begin-Sadat: Grasping At The Eel Of Peace – Cuba Redux

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Outside the convention

July 15, 1964 – GOP Convention – View From The Cow Palace: Sliding Off The Rails.

News for this day, at least in the U.S., had primarily to do with the Republican Convention and the selection of Barry Goldwater as Presidential Candidate. Long thought to be the turning point in the Republican Party, it actually began…

LBJ

April 26, 1964 – LBJ: “Making A Step Toward A Peaceful World” – New York World’s Fair Opens.

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April 2, 1980 – Carter; Sweep – Anderson; Nil – Primary Season In Full Swing.

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The GOP - Primaries 1996

February 26, 1996 – Pat Buchanan And The GOP Hissy-Fit – Primary Season In America.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7147″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 26, 1996 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] It was Primary season, this February in 1996. And the news for this February 26th was the campaign of Senator Bob…