From the archives: Dan Rather gets roughed up, Hubert Humphrey accepts nomination at 1968 DNC

[@mrob75]

I remember as a kid this campaign of 1968…Dad was going for Nixon and Mom for Humphrey….A LOT of sofa cushions got tossed around our living room that year 😄! Such a different world when I think back to this time.

[@mrob75]

@@SusanKay- way too funny, right….That whole era seems like a lifetime ago!

[@octoman511]

Not much has changed

[@DQuest115]

Sound like my parents back in the day, They both did the same thing even over football.

[@SpeccyHorace]

​@@octoman511Really?

[@mrob75]

@@octoman511 I don’t remember communicating via You Tube as we are now back in ‘68…But maybe I’m remembering incorrectly. 😄

[@NevadaBoss]

"We got a bunch of THUGS there, Dan....(pause) if I can be permitted to say so..." Sigh..come back Walter. You can't know how much your civility is missed

[@Slashboss]

Indeed. He's be beyond embarrassed at how CBS News is now. They've had no stability for a good 20 years.

[@Jody_Halliday]

Each of your videos is something special! ☝️

[@user-di2on5gl2d]

😂 first time i've seen Dan Rather in black hair! I was 7 years old at that time.

[@mooncrab]

So was I

[@goldeneve]

Lol

[@DQuest115]

I was only two years old when this happened but growing up I learned alot from my family.

[@alaricabercrombie2692]

Yeah, I was three months old about to turn four, six days after this broadcast. 😊

[@StalinTheMan0fSteel]

The People would have done better to vote for Pat Paulson. 😂

[@vernelledouglas1801]

These GENTLEMEN were hardcore professionals. Rather and Kronkite forever!

[@jacksonvilletaxman1]

Cronkite yes, Rather no. He changed

[@adrianlyord5300]

“ Looks Like We Got A Bunch Of Thugs There Dan!!!!”

[@frederickrapp5396]

“Take your hands off of me until you plan to arrest me!” Some of the most famous words ever spoken at a political convention. Poor Dan Rather. He’s always getting beat up. Years later, he would again be beat up with the words: “What’s the frequency Kenneth?”

[@dawnyarley2076]

Strange, they don't call it a Republic anymore?

[@velvetbees]

Nobody questioned it back then. We had our minds on other things. The world was a different place.

[@antoniboleslawowicz8095]

Give us your complete 68 convention coverage, not edited excerpts.

[@EdKazO-Vision]

What’s the frequency Kenneth?

[@martinbrodie8507]

I remember. I was 10 years old in '68.

[@shahrulamar5358]

During the height of bloody war in Vietnam. 🇻🇳

[@superoldgamesaturday3277]

ANOTHER needless war that Democrats started.

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

@@superoldgamesaturday3277actually, advisors were already there by the Eisenhower administration. But sure, if you want to foolishly and naively believe one party alone runs the military-industrial machine, then sure.

[@Themaddprof]

Something to consider that Dan Rather is one of the few living people who were there that night.

[@yolita51espinioza65]

True Journalism 😊

[@jcrhea001]

Hubert Humphrey looks a lot like Bob Hope

[@liamcragin]

Even Humphrey’s son didn’t sound enthusiastic about him winning and was surprised by the amount of votes he got.

[@letXeqX]

Wonderful program, we need much more like this, our civics education is trash.

[@shahrulamar5358]

1968 was a very tense time. 🙁🙁

[@kevinjenner9502]

HR McMaster’s book “Dereliction of Duty:Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam”

[@kimbrey65]

How do you get a half of a vote?

[@KamsPoliticalPredictions]

I don't know. Maybe they could the alternate delegates as half a vote?

[@dawnyarley2076]

Yeah well, they shouldn't have bought in the Federal Reserve.

[@liamcragin]

You mean the National Guard? The Federal Reserve controls interest rates.

[@elizabethgreene101]

Not our finest moment.

[@russell2550]

I was not yet 6 when this occurred

[@Vgy926]

Does anyone know why the convention wasn’t held at Chicago Stadium, as it had in the past?

[@hwyfan]

The 1952 and 1956 Democratic conventions were also both held at the Chicago Amphitheater. The 1944 Democratic convention was held at Chicago Stadium.

[@johndowner2196]

The crazy 60s 😊

[@antoniboleslawowicz8095]

Goodwin was so right when he said the party was “captive to Connally and Meany”. A very sad time, which I can remember very well.

[@j7cc]

Those were the days?! ✝️🇺🇸✌️

[@ih8utbe]

I was in my mom's womb during this. I must have heard this from inside because I enjoy protesting occasionally at demonstrations.

[@matthewst537]

That’s a lot of enthusiasm for someone who lost to the guy who couldn’t stop leaking against jfk

[@velvetbees]

The good old fasnioned conventions with the states names on poles did tend be enthusiastic, happy events with lits of confetti at the end.

[@johnfarr2738]

@@velvetbeesyou obviously didn’t watch the DNC last week

[@blishreader6532]

Notice, please: There was apparently a more PUBLIC process leading up to declaring the Democratic presidential candidate. With news anchor and correspondents (Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather and Mike Wallace) commentary to boot. Sharp contrast to today, which is far more orchestrated and left entirely to the political party to determine the content of the proceedings in terms of TV coverage. Just sooooo "organic," eh?

[@JJONNYREPP]

From the archives: Dan Rather gets roughed up, Hubert Humphrey accepts nomination at 1968 DNC. 18.8.24. mean streets aired last night. refer to st Francis quip.....

[@yvonneplant9434]

No one really remembers Humphrey. 😮

[@berighteous]

couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

[@Dee-Cora]

Seeing this and all those "ladies", Ooh My... Those Men Had fun that evening 😂.. What was Warren and Charlie Doing that evening and the humour they packed..

[@torgman]

How did candidates received HALF a vote?!

[@jacksonvilletaxman1]

I always got dude mixed up with Bob Hope

[@stephenbarnes9196]

That was not right what they did to Dan Rather Dan Rather was always like that

[@peternelligan6780]

NO ARBUCKLE BAND GREEN STREET ALBUM

[@yvonneplant9434]

Look at how young Rather was. 😂

[@JJONNYREPP]

From the archives: Dan Rather gets roughed up, Hubert Humphrey accepts nomination at 1968 DNC 1310pm 18.8.24 seems like american politics has been lessened in it's worth..... jeeez. this scene, on the other hand, is top notch telly. good copy.

[@rogererickson2309]

When Walter said thugs the election was in the bag

[@catherineerwin8269]

Oh look, several active candidates running in one party! When did that change? This one candidate per party is garbage why even have a convention? Did they even have have a roll call in this year’s fan girl event???

[@letXeqX]

It was completely changed after and in reaction to the 1968 convention. Your right, the roll call this year was just for TV as the real one was done by "zoom" a couple weeks before. It's all just a TV show now.

[@paulwomack3845]

Let us hope that President Trump beats another sitting Vice President talking about 'change' the way President Nixon (a great man who got a raw deal) beat Humphrey in '68!

[@patriotsman6511]

This got Nixon elected

[@geraldbaker4019]

We love Dan Rather!

[@groovytunes2]

Remember this conversation will make 1968 look at a Party. Looking forward to watching and enjoying it 😂

[@superoldgamesaturday3277]

God, I sure hope so.

[@nohbuddy1]

Nothing happened

[@superoldgamesaturday3277]

@@nohbuddy1 They breached the DNC already and stormed the set of Colbert's show. That's not "nothing."

[@dawnyarley2076]

Good grief even back then they complained about liberalism. Now that is what the party is. Again the Democrat party has fallen into disparities.

[@ssb1056]

What is wrong with being for the well being of the citizenry???? Nothing!

[@chrispowers5568]

Versus the Republican Party turning fascist

[@liamcragin]

Liberalism is a misnomer - what people really mean is leftist. In 1968 liberalism essentially meant moderate - either center-left or center-right. It was seen as a pejorative term by the left wing of the party when they wanted a more radical position on Vietnam, Civil Rights, etc.

[@maxr5799]

Hubert Humphrey is truly a forgotten liberal icon. He was a Happy Warrior who fought for progressive causes and social justice. I see so much of Humphrey in Tim Walz.

[@markdavis7345]

you mean both commies?

[@liamcragin]

@@maxr5799 oh dear… A liberal icon he may have been. An effective candidate he was not.

[@youtubesketches110]

War crimes and social justice are incompatible. Vietnam and Southeast Asia then. Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Libya today. I hope Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are also defeated and forgotten. Supplying Netanyahu was worse than anything Trump did.

[@dalejohns2758]

Hahahahaha

[@tomsullivan8694]

😊

[@therealdarrenlwilliams2183]

I was 3 years and 8 months old when this convention was held. The energy in that room 56 years ago is still felt to this day. HARRIS/WALZ 2024

[@antoniboleslawowicz8095]

Humphrey says, “Let us resolve that never again shall we see what we have seen”. If he meant the ugly sights of Daley and his lackey George Dunne shouting anti-Semitic obscenities at Ribicoff as he nominated McGovern, the ugly sights of police brutality, the wheelchair-bound Bull Connor voting for Daley for vice president (the old symbol of repression passing the torch to the new), David Hoeh of New Hampshire being brutalized and slandered by the Chicago Gestapo, yeah, I’m with you, Hubert. But Hubert offered only crumbs to his opposition in victory. And he said after his platitude-laden speech, “Let’s stop kidding ourselves that Mayor Daley has done anything wrong.” Shame!

[@R.POliver]

If Daly and Dunne really shouted what they did at Ribicoff then I change my opinions of both men. And here I thought they were just a couple of good goys. The more you know. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jacobstopper3804]

First

[@JJONNYREPP]

From the archives: Dan Rather gets roughed up, Hubert Humphrey accepts nomination at 1968 DNC 1312pm 18.8.24 free flow of information. remember that..... same with UK and then european union.

[@IslandVibez-id1up]

Stop liberal lunacy! Moderate and Conservative Democrats for Trump this time!

[@ssb1056]

The lunacy is all yours MAGA

[@chrispowers5568]

Stop Republican fascism. Moderate and sensible Republicans for Harris

[@gabeh7923]

Sorry, I can't do it. Trump's legal problems and unhinged behavior make him a huge liability that we can't afford right now. (That being said, I wouldn't vote for Harris, either. Her California Liberalism is no good for this country, either.)

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

What aspect of Trump is moderate or even conservative? He’s only ever been about one thing: himself.

[@martinbrodie8507]

Vice-president Hubert Humphrey would be aghast at what Insurrectionist-in-Chief Trump did on January 6, 2021.

[@ravenID429]

That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard

[@ravenID429]

Are you a bot?

[@StalinTheMan0fSteel]

The same Hubert Humphrey who was fully complicit in the Vietnam War! LOL! 😂