From Clint Eastwood's empty chair to Ted Kennedy's big snub: Memorable moments from past conventions
Take a look back at some of the most talked-about moments from Republican and Democratic national conventions in U.S. history.
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CLINT EASTWOOD: I've got Mr. Obama sitting here. And he's-- I just was going to ask him a couple of questions. But I thought maybe it's an excuse. What do you mean, shut up?
- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt drew wild cheers as his colleagues unanimously approved his decision to run for an unprecedented third term in the White House.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
SARAH PALIN: I was just your average hockey mom and signed up for the PTA. I love those hockey moms. You know they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull-- lipstick.
MELANIA TRUMP: You work hard--
MICHELLE OBAMA: You work hard--
MELANIA TRUMP: --for what you want--
MICHELLE OBAMA: --for what you want in life.
MELANIA TRUMP: --in life.
MICHELLE OBAMA: That your word is your bond--
MELANIA TRUMP: That your word is your bond.
MICHELLE OBAMA: --that you do what you say you're gonna do.
MELANIA TRUMP: And you do what you say.
- We're having a little trouble getting the balloons down. One is stuck and the other is only partially opening. So what we're getting is a kind of waterfall of balloons.
BILL CLINTON: I want and you want Michael Dukakis to be president overwhelmingly for this reason.
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Michael Dukakis-- Michael Dukakis will have teaching partners in closing.
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