WTF. Someone steps back from the forum- such as Capt O- and people fear the worst. Most likely that is a sign of health.
Hey Tree....! No reference to the above post (Or this thread lol) but I wanted to quote you so you see this. I caught the 1960 RNC speeches on C-SPAN, they are running various conventions all weekend. I'll tell ya what, Nixon gave a hell of a speech in Chicago that year. His acceptance speech for his nomination. It was a really good speech. It was impressive. I liked this line (paraphrased): "People ask me if God is on our side(?). I like to quote Abraham Lincoln when he was asked this." Lincoln: "Its not a matter of if God is on our side, its a matter if we are on God's side." That one drew some serious applause. Nixon looked good. Incredibly poised. You should watch it if you've never seen it. I hadn't. It was pretty cool. I couldn't help but thinking how much times have changed, and yet they still stay the same. Tricky Dick lost that year to a charismatic Kennedy. The popular vote was within 1% though. Ya gotta give him credit. I wonder if he'd have still won in 68 if LBJ hadn't withdrawn. Nixon was a sharp cat though, just going by what I saw. I never really gave it much thought. ...."C-SPAN... 'cable's gift to America'". Best channels out there. In a way.
When it comes to debates, the times they waz a-changing in that 1960 race. Television was just coming into races as a major factor. Of interest, those who listened to the famous kennedy-nixon debate on the radio, thought that Nixon won. But those who watched it on tv, thought Kennedy won - for obvious reasons. Now the times, they is a-changing again- in the sense that it is unknown how it will work out when someone attempts to make the big kill by running a virtual campaign. Uncharted territory. Is less of Joe more? or is more of Joe actually less for the campaign? Hillary actually suffered a little bit from the Joe syndrome. She would go months without being in the public eye. such as in Obama's second term when she was out of office. Her frigging ratings would go through the roof because people projected so much on to her as far as being the expected heir to Obama. And then she would re-appear on some book tour or something and they were sick of her again. Some of her campaign people say that she did not really fail to campaign in Wisconsin and Michigan. Instead, her campaign decided she was ahead so it was too risky to put her out there again, since she fucked up there with that "deplorables" comment. Joe's campaign is going through that too. They want him out and about, except lots of his handlers don't. What to do?
This is impressive. The man had incredible poise. I can see how he won in '68. (the clip i saw saw on c-span didn't pan out to the audience. He just stood there and didn't blink once) ...queued.