Eugene McCarthy(5)

美国名人励志

speech.

VOICE TWO: In August, Democrats gathered in Chicago, Illinois for

their nominating convention. Thousands of McCarthy

supporters and war protesters also went to Chicago.

Rioting and violent clashes broke out between the

protesters and the city's police force. Inside the meeting

place, delegates voted for the party's presidential

candidate. But having forced President Johnson out of

Eugene McCarthy office, McCarthy failed to win the nomination.

The Democrats nominated Humphrey as their candidate to face the Republican candidate, former Vice President Richard Nixon. Nixon defeated Humphrey in the election and became president. The war in Vietnam would continue for seven more years.

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VOICE ONE:

After losing the fight for the nomination, McCarthy did not offer to help Vice President

Humphrey. In fact, he did not express support for the Democratic candidate until a few days before the election. The next year he gave up his seat on the Senate Foreign Relations

Committee. He separated from his wife of twenty-four years. He also announced he would not seek reelection to the Senate in nineteen seventy.

After retiring from the Senate, McCarthy moved to Rappahannock County, Virginia. He lived alone near the Blue Ridge Mountains. He wrote books, poetry and stories for newspapers.

VOICE TWO: