At 04:03 AM 9/2/96 -0700, you wrote:
>> Did Jesse Jackson speak at the convention? If not, why not? and if yes, how
>> was he treated and how did he do? Cheers, ajit sinha
>
>He spoke, but he wasn't a primetime speaker (in the sense that his
>primetime speech, like Mario Cuomo's) wasn't broadcast live by any of the
>three major networks. All of the networks had cut back on their coverage.
>In any event, both conventions sounded more like campaign commercials and
>there is now talk of the major networks either not broadcasting the 2000
>Repcrats conventions or asking that they pay for the air time.
>
>Jackson endorsed the Republican candidate, W.J. Clinton.
>
>Jerry
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Does this mean Jesse has become irrelevant to American politics? Cuomo of
course has, it seems. Cheers, ajit sinha
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