Word: conventioneers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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As that scenario materialized, I began to understand that this convention was more a cultural gathering than a political one--Windy City softball when lined up against the hard-hitting major parties. The questions it raised were not questions of pragmatism or power but questions of an almost anthropological sort...
I set out in search of the kookism in its various degrees, determined to record the rhetoric and perversities that gave life to this bush league convention.
Later in the week, these and other similar charges will become more than the mere frothings of a few delegates when John Couture, a member of the convention committee, says in his keynote address that Zionism is the "most insidious, far-reaching, murderous force the world has ever known," and...
There is no venom, just passion, and throughout the week we remain friends. Like others, Bernie and Jack leave the convention when Maddox is nominated.
Thursday the convention opens. I secure a press pass but it doesn't mean much. No one guards the door to the convention hall itself and press conferences are punctured by partisan applause and arguments between non-media onlookers and the speaker. The press is amused for a time, but...