I hardly recognize myself but that's me at the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. The convention mainly ran at night so I spent my days on the beach, which may account for that blond hair. I can no longer explain why I smoked back then. Or more important, why I wore a Nehru jacket!
But it does explain why all the chicks were in hot pursuit
ReplyDeleteOh, I wish!
DeleteHey, Good looking! The cigarette seems huge.
ReplyDeleteYes it does. Must have been the camera angle.
DeleteThat is a large cigarette, what kind of tobacco did you use? Did it rhyme with Tijuana?
ReplyDeleteI can't explain that, Joe. As for the tobacco, it was normal . . either a Marlboro or a Kool. I was alternating those back in the day.
DeleteBruce, looking cool. Love the photo.
ReplyDeleteYou look like you are doing a Franklin Roosevelt immitation (after your name sake?). Nixon picking Agnew as a running mate at that convention may have only been matched by McCain picking Palin.
ReplyDeleteExcept Nixon won.
DeleteThe only presidential and vice-presidential team to resign from office.
DeleteI can't remember the last time I saw a Nehru jacket. Back in the day my mom wanted to get one for my dad but he said he'd never wear one.
ReplyDeleteThey do seem to provoke strong reactions, either for or against.
DeleteWell,..
ReplyDeleteAre you sure that is a cigarette and not a pen, or marker of some sort? And as for the jacket-I'm surprised the Republicans let you anywhere near the convention hall.
No it was a cigarette. I remember getting on the convention floor the last night of the convention and standing right below Nixon on the podium as he was giving his speech.
DeleteLooks a bit like Hunter Thompson of the time, only with more hair. Nice pic....In '68 for a bit I worked the other side of the street on RFK's campaign in CA before being sent back to VN for 2nd tour. I had very similar glasses. Those were the days, eh?
ReplyDeleteMy wife's family knew Agnew's family, we had a letter from Judy A. starting "Spiro and I congratulate you on your wedding...", caused great hilarity among our friends.
Hunter was one of my heroes back then. That RFK campaign in California must have been a real heart-breaker. Then back to Nam. You must have been thinking "what did I do wrong?"
DeleteBut at least you had Judy and Spiro to cheer you up, eh?
And to think the Nehru jacket was made obsolete by the Leisure Suit. OMG....
ReplyDeleteI have some pictures of me reporting in one of those too!
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