University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Like the real thing, there was surface activity . . . the red-haired delegate from New Hampshire who stood by Lodge through six ballots of change,- there was undercurrent . . . the power play and final joining of forces between the Young Democrats and the Young Repub- licans; the Goldwaterites and the Rocke- fellerites. Like the real thing, the Southern dele- gates with Southern accents and South- ern ideas fought civil rights planks in the platform. Alabama had its flag and hats; North Carolina, its Burton. Like the real thing, the Convention was chaired primarily by one man, the witty dapper ruler of the AAPC, Gary Little, who was parliamentarian, platform and convention chairman. Like the real thing there were speakers, from Democrat Brock Adams to Califor- nia Republican John McCarthy. Like the real thing we chose losers, Henry Cabot Lodge and Thruston Mor- ton. It took us longer ... six ballots to one. Our choice? Not really. A political choice ... a stop Scranton move ... a game. %u

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LOU. J AN 1N AO i Like the real thing, there was political dealing. Unlike the Cow Palace where states bargained with states, in AAeany, living groups bargained with living groups. Sometimes the stakes were house gain. AAore often than not they were genuine political maneuvering. Like the real thing, the convention floor was a mass of flesh, paper, pasteboard, pictures, posters, passes, microphones, mud, and press. Like the real thing, floormen, walkie talkies in hand, went from state to state reporting to their campaign head- quarters in the basement. Like the real thing, there was a place for different ideological factions. The Young Democrats ran the Goldwater camp.

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we chose losers 18