Word: sir
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sir: I campaigned for McCarthy in Wisconsin, and worked in the Chicago headquarters. I believed the way to change our system was to work within it. I certainly have strong reservations about that now. After being tear-gassed while singing America the Beautiful in Lincoln Park and clubbed when I tried to go home, I would just like to know why is everyone so afraid of people protesting the end to a war they feel is morally unjust...
...Sir: TV needs a good cuff in the chops for acting less like reporters and more like provocateurs. They spend less time telling it like it was than telling it like they thought it was. It was like the coverage of an important sports event where all the air time was spent interviewing the players, confabulating with the coaches, getting "I think" impressions from the fans, punditizing with the umpires. To hell with that! Let's see the GAME...
...Sir: Congratulations to all three of our TV networks for what was the most biased job of reporting ever perpetrated...
...Sir: My favorite television programs were on during the Democratic Convention. Mayor Daley starred in Garrison's Gorillas, assorted yip-hippies were involved in Run For Your Life. Not to forget the performances of McCarthy and McGovern in Mission: Impossible. Meanwhile, back at the houseboat, Nixon had a Laugh...
...Sir: My heartiest congratulations are extended to the Democratic Party for the successful role it played in the campaign of Richard Nixon through the chaos during the Democratic National Convention. Mr. Nixon should be very grateful, for it could not have turned out better for him if the whole thing had been planned...