Hope in '08? What About Hope in '68?
Series: Promise Commentaries
From: PRX PromCom
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Piece Description
Producer Barbara Bernstein takes a trip through Obama Land. Begjnning in the present in her home town of Portland, Oregon, where 75,000 people turned out to hear Obama speak on May 18, 2008, she goes back in time to 1968 when she and her friends were alienated from electoral process during the presidential race between Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon. With the help of some friends she looks at why 2008 feels so different to so many older progressive activists. This story is part of the Promise Commentary series, an intimate look at the promises candidates are making this election year. All of them are free, compliments of CPB and the 100s of local stations who contributed to the PRX campaign audio archive. Check them out: http://www.prx.org/articles/1474
Transcript
Track 1: The weekend before the Oregon primary, I stand among 75,000 people crammed together in a park alongside the Willamette River in downtown Portland, waiting to hear presidential hopeful Barack Obama speak.
[Obama rally sounds, Portland, Oregon 5/18/2004]
Track 2: I?ve never gone to hear a presidential candidate speak, but this is an event I can?t miss. Nor can the other thousands of people who have waited hours in long lines that snake through downtown Portland. When Obama finally comes on stage with his wife and two daughters, a complex mix of excitement, hope, belief and disbelief, churning within me, merges into a swirling wave of energy rising from the crowd.
Track 3: I have been living in Obama Land for months now. His campaign signs adorn yards, windows and car bumpers everywhere I go. Obamamania
[1960s protest sounds]
Track 4: . Forty years ago in 1968, at th...
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Timing and Cues
Suggested host intro: "Presidential candidate Barack Obama has mined the message of hope for all it's worth. In doing so he tap into some forgotten hope left over from 1968. Independent producer Barbara Bernstein takes us back.
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