From July 7 -10, 1908, the Democratic National Convention took place in Denver.
Women were pushing for the right to vote nationally.
Once again the Dems reject women and their issues.
That year, the delegates nominated William Jennings Bryan for their Presidential candidate and John Kern for Vice President.
The theme of the convention's platform was "Shall the people rule?”
From the platform--- The conscience of the nation is now aroused to free the government from the grip of those who have made it a business asset of the favor-seeking corporations. It must become again a people's government and be administered in all its departments according to the Jeffersonian maxim, "equal rights to all; special privilege to none.
"Shall the people rule? is the overshadowing issue which manifests itself in all the questions now under discussion."
"Rules are not sacred....principles are."
Franklyn D. Roosevelt
"We cannot go forward until Florida and Michigan are taken care of, otherwise the eventual nominee will not have the legitimacy that I think will haunt us. I can imagine the ads the Republican Party and John McCain will run if we don't figure out how we can count the votes in Michigan and Florida."
Hillary Clinton
Monday, August 25, 2008
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