A summer night in 1984. Im working nightside on the Philadelphia Daily News listening in on a phone conversation my uncle is having with the editors from the floor of the Democratic National Convention. I remember hearing the excitement in his voice when talking about the advance copy hed received of that evenings keynote address, reading phrases from the text that were to be on everyones lips within hours. If he pulls this off, my uncle said, its going to be fan-tastic! Incredible!! (Very few things excited Chuck Stone more than great political oratory.) If youve been paying attention to the news on- and off-the-air the last 24 hours or so, you know who the he my uncle was talking about. So we all watched -- & as Chuck predicted, he was indeed fantastic, incredible, etc. At the time, it seemed very much like the beginning of something big. It now seems more like the peak of something that kept receding by small degrees. And the questions no one seems to have a clear answer for, even today, are: Why? What happened?
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 23:58:09 +0000
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