The first Democratic National Convention I attended was in San Francisco in 1984. UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick indelibly labeled attendees “San Francisco Democrats,” because of their left-leaning policies.
Forty years later it appears little has changed. Then, Vice President Walter Mondale, who was nominated to take another crack at the invincible Ronald Reagan, gave an acceptance speech that contained many promises and criticisms today’s Democrats are likely to renew at their convention this week in Chicago.
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