The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.

The evident intention to escalate and to intensify the war in Vietnam and on the other hand the absence of any positive indication or suggestion for a compromise or for a negotiated political settlement. S. Despite strong showings in several primaries — indeed he won more votes than any other Democratic candidate — McCarthy garnered only 23 percent of the delegates at the 1968 Democratic National Convention largely due to the control of state party organizations over the delegate selection process.

In the 1968 presidential election McCarthy was the first candidate to challenge incumbent Lyndon B. He served in the U.