The 1968 US Presidential Election: Rotting from the head down
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The Trouble With the Democratic National Convention
The Yippies turned up outside the Democratic National Convention with their party's own nomination for president. It was a 145 pound pig named Pigasus. They demanded that the pig be treated as a legitimate candidate with US Secret Service Protection and White House foreign policy briefings. So inside the convention, the parties split on the wall, while outside, thousands of activists have descended on Chicago to protest about Vietnam. And being the sort of young man that you don't want your daughter to marry. Exactly.
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