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Tuesday, August the 27th, Lyndon's 60th birthday. There had been talk about
going to the convention to make a sort of a Valedictory speech. When the convention virtually erupted on Monday, the chances of our making the trip dwindled to almost nothing. The Youth International Party, Yippies they call themselves, converged on Chicago to protest the war, poverty, racism, and other social ills. This may be the last of the old style ritualistic
political convention. It may also be the end
of the Democratic Party as we have known it since Roosevelt. The world is
undergoing convulsions all around us. Our party, our country, the whole world
going to the convention to make a sort of a Valedictory speech. When the convention virtually erupted on Monday, the chances of our making the trip dwindled to almost nothing. The Youth International Party, Yippies they call themselves, converged on Chicago to protest the war, poverty, racism, and other social ills. This may be the last of the old style ritualistic
political convention. It may also be the end
of the Democratic Party as we have known it since Roosevelt. The world is
undergoing convulsions all around us. Our party, our country, the whole world
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Tuesday, August the 27th,
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Lyndon's 60th birthday.
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There had been talk about
going to the convention
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to make a sort of a Valedictory speech.
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When the convention virtually
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erupted on Monday,
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the chances of our making the trip
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dwindled to almost nothing.
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The Youth International Party,
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Yippies they call themselves,
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converged on Chicago
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to protest the war,
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poverty, racism, and other social ills.
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This may be the last
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of the old style ritualistic
political convention.
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It may also be the end
of the Democratic Party
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as we have known it since Roosevelt.
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The world is
undergoing convulsions
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all around us.
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Our party,
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our country, the whole world.
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Movie Summary
A groundbreaking documentary film that uses Lady Bird's audio diaries to tell the story of one of the most influential and least understood First Ladies in history.