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Take a break from candidate diaries, grab a cup of coffee, put up your feet, and listen to a few speeches.
by rustydude on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 01:13:47 PM PDT
keynote address of that convention-- seems like it was Mo Udall.... but the Kennedy speech was the memorable one of that convention.
by John Poet on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 02:26:08 PM PDT
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Kennedy's speech was named as "Keynote" by a couple of sources. Are you sure Udall's speech wasn't the "Nominating" speech?
If you have any sources to the 1980 Convention, I'd love to get a link. I'd be happy to edit this diary accordingly.
by rustydude on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 02:55:31 PM PDT
Udall's speech was the "Keynote". Kennedy's speech, the best speech of his life, was his concession speech. My mom was there as a Kennedy delegate. I think Udall was also a Kennedy supporter.
From the NYTimes in 1992
Who was the first 6-foot-5-inch former pro basketball player with playing experience at Madison Square Garden to return to the Garden to give a keynote address at a Democratic National Convention? Here's a hint: When BILL BRADLEY served as a keynoter at the 1992 convention last week, the former Knick, who called it his first performance at the Garden in long pants, became the second. His predecessor was MORRIS UDALL, the former Arizona Congressman, who delivered the keynote address at the 1980 Democratic convention at the Garden. And what are Udall's pro basketball and Garden credentials? He was on the Arizona team that played St. Francis in the old Garden in the 1947-48 season, and he later played part of a season for the old Denver Nuggets.
Who was the first 6-foot-5-inch former pro basketball player with playing experience at Madison Square Garden to return to the Garden to give a keynote address at a Democratic National Convention?
Here's a hint: When BILL BRADLEY served as a keynoter at the 1992 convention last week, the former Knick, who called it his first performance at the Garden in long pants, became the second.
His predecessor was MORRIS UDALL, the former Arizona Congressman, who delivered the keynote address at the 1980 Democratic convention at the Garden.
And what are Udall's pro basketball and Garden credentials?
He was on the Arizona team that played St. Francis in the old Garden in the 1947-48 season, and he later played part of a season for the old Denver Nuggets.
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by Grassroots Mom on Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 03:09:09 PM PDT
Kennedy's was the best of them all, but not the keynote: http://select.nytimes.com/...
Master of Art of Compromise Morris King Udall; Man in the News Formerly Backed Kennedy Interest Not Academic
By WARREN WEAVER Jr.
August 12, 1980, Tuesday
Page B11
When President Carter asked Representative Morris K. Udall last May to give the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, the lanky Arizonan began unearthing addresses by his predecessors, looking for a model. Yesterday, he called the research a good cure for insomnia.
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by Barth on Thu Jan 17, 2008 at 12:08:50 PM PDT
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