Reply #4: And I'm sure the 24 hour cable networks played this on an endless loop in 1960 [View All]

[Hippo_Tron]

Except for the fact that there were no cable networks and the only people who ever saw this video were probably a few hundred disgruntled delegates at the Democratic National Convention.

The press was an entirely different animal in 1960 than it is today and iron clad message control wasn't nearly as important as it is today because the networks had one hour to report the news and generally chose to focus on the important things during that hour.

McSame has been rhetorically tossing the right wing of his party overboard this week. Yet you don't hear one disgruntled Republican talking about how they hate his new ideas about regulation, etc. They just keep their mouths shut because Republicans understand party loyalty. Democrats don't and that's one of the reasons we don't win elections. And in fairness to Bill Clinton, he probably would've had a more successful presidency if Congressional Democrats during his administration had understood party loyalty.