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Ghost Of 1968 Democrat Convention Riots Return To Chicago
Breitbart.com ^ | March 12, 2016 | Mike Flynn

Posted on 03/12/2016 3:43:59 AM PST by Biggirl

Donald Trump was forced to cancel a Friday campaign rally scheduled in Chicago, ahead of Illinois’ primary on Tuesday, as thousands of protesters marched outside the planned venue for the rally, raising the threat of possible violence.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 1968; 2016election; chicago; democrat; election2016; il2016; newyork; trump
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1 posted on 03/12/2016 3:44:00 AM PST by Biggirl
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To: Biggirl

Chicage is so un-American....


2 posted on 03/12/2016 3:46:29 AM PST by Rapscallion (You are correct. It IS a conspiracy, not a bad dream.)
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To: Rapscallion

Loaded with garbage, I don’t blame Trump, too bad for the decent people.


3 posted on 03/12/2016 3:47:51 AM PST by 1217Chic
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To: Biggirl

The lefties in Chicago have awakened a sleeping giant.

People will be more motivated than ever to vote for Trump when they see what the alternative is.

It’s called the Law of Unintended Consequences.

I was at this freak show the last time it played town from 1968-1974.

It ends differently this time around.


4 posted on 03/12/2016 3:48:05 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Biggirl

Perhaps a history question here....but from the 1968 riots...what exactly came out of these? I know the outcome of the Detroit riots, the LA riots, the Kent State riots, the White Night riots in San Fran, and even the Miami riots of 1980.

But was there anything really gained or achieved after the Chicago riots in 68?


5 posted on 03/12/2016 3:49:58 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

“But was there anything really gained or achieved after the Chicago riots in 68?”

The election of Nixon


6 posted on 03/12/2016 3:53:23 AM PST by Fai Mao
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To: Fai Mao

Yep. Remember the “law and order” slogan that Nixon used back then?

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/08/15/law-and-order-three-words-that-can-help-republicans-win-in-november-and-in-2016/

When urban riots and campus unrest erupted across the nation in the mid-1960s, the GOP made a powerful case for “law and order.” That no-nonsense message catapulted Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, and dozens of other Republicans into high public office.


7 posted on 03/12/2016 3:56:41 AM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: pepsionice
But was there anything really gained or achieved after the Chicago riots in 68?

The election of Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew his VP, Disco, Polyester, Watergate, and the clown-show trial of the Chicago Seven were the notable events. You decide if any of them can be considered gains or achievements.

8 posted on 03/12/2016 4:02:27 AM PST by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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To: pepsionice
But was there anything really gained or achieved after the Chicago riots in 68?

Richard Nixon for one thing. It was also the turning point when the left started it's takeover of the Democrat party.

9 posted on 03/12/2016 4:05:09 AM PST by WHBates
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To: Biggirl

We need to bring back the movie “Z”.


10 posted on 03/12/2016 4:05:56 AM PST by Rapscallion (You are correct. It IS a conspiracy, not a bad dream.)
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To: pepsionice

Well it did get the “silent majority” up from out of its sleep the last time, that is why Nixon won in 1968.


11 posted on 03/12/2016 4:06:26 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Biggirl

THis was only the beginning.

October is going to be August 1968 all over again.

They are going to be out there raising hell everywhere. It will continue after the election after Trump wins and they are going to have to be put down. These people do not believe in democracy. They only believe in democracy when the election goes their way, when it doesn’t, they resort to violence.


12 posted on 03/12/2016 4:07:10 AM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: exit82
Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 21m21 minutes ago The organized group of people, many of them thugs, who shut down our First Amendment rights in Chicago, have totally energized America!
13 posted on 03/12/2016 4:07:10 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Ouderkirk

This is why Trump should have gone to the “burbs” and stayed away from Chicagoland.


14 posted on 03/12/2016 4:08:37 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: WHBates

Everybody and their brother, since 1945, has been claiming some epic take-over of the Democratic Party. There’s probably fifty different groups declaring their ownership and command of the Democratic Party.

If the gameplan for the Republican Convention is some BLM maneuver....at least a quarter of the Democratic Party will vacate permanently and become firmly attached to Trump.


15 posted on 03/12/2016 4:09:19 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: Fai Mao

I hope the events of last night lead to a land slide win for Trump!


16 posted on 03/12/2016 4:11:10 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: Red_Devil 232

Pretty much the folks rioting handed Trump the election.


17 posted on 03/12/2016 4:12:06 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Rapscallion
I was thinking the same thing. Especially the scene where they had to cross the street to get to the rally, and the police stood by and did nothing to protect them from the protesters. In fact, the bosses were complicit in giving the police orders to stand down.


18 posted on 03/12/2016 4:12:33 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: pepsionice

the election of the first real RINO, Nixon.


19 posted on 03/12/2016 4:19:24 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: exit82
I had just gotten out of the Army in '67 and I didn't understand ANY of this political stuff ...... at the time

Three or four years later, however ... things started to fall in place

20 posted on 03/12/2016 4:22:31 AM PST by knarf
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