[dfwgator]

Kennedy and Carter were in a bitter fight for the nomination, and Kennedy’s speech said nothing about why Carter should be re-elected, it was all about Kennedy’s vision for the future, Carter was pissed, and when they were on stage together at the end, they barely acknowledged each other, and many thought that doomed Carter, as a lot of Democrats actually wound up voting for Reagan.

[Gabz]

Thanks - I totally don’t remember that.

Carter is the reason I became a Republican when I turned 18 in ‘78. I was a 16yo junior in HS in ‘76 and we did a mock debate and election. I wanted to be Carter and wound up being Ford. I went up against a girl who graduated as a junior, yet totally won the debate (and Ford won the election in my school-in NYC.)

[Lacey2]

"Kennedy and Carter were in a bitter fight for the nomination, and Kennedy’s speech said nothing about why Carter should be re-elected, it was all about Kennedy’s vision for the future,..."

If they were in a Primary fight why would Kennedy have anything good to say about Carter who was his opponent?