I Heard the News Today, Oh Boy!
So I wrote to the Democratic National Committee. Please write too. http://www.democrats.org/... Over a year ago I decided I would not vote for Sen. Clinton. A year ago I decided I would not vote for...
View ArticleMemories of 1968: The Context of Hillary's RFK remark
The horrible comments made by Hillary Clinton yesterday, using the assassination of Robert Kennedy in June 1968 as a rationalization of why she is staying in the election, just waiting for something to...
View ArticleSen. Clinton: "I don't understand" (pssst. we know!)
My first political memories are of the events of 1968. Of all the things that could spark those memories, who could imagine it would be anything as cynically manipulative as Senator Clinton using the...
View Article1968: Assassinations, Chaos, and Bitterness
There's a lot of outrage concerning Hillary Clinton's comments where she brings up the specter of assassination. The New York Times ran with it as their top story in this morning's papers. Not to be...
View Articleremembering 1968...
No, this isn't about Hillary. But her reference to RFK brought back the smell and taste of 1968... If you weren't there, it is hard to express what it was like. Vietnam, the draft, civil rights... it...
View ArticleWhat 1968 Means to the Obama Campaign
For a lot of Obama volunteers, this campaign is an opportunity for them to "close the circle" on what happened in 1968.
View ArticleYes, Let's Talk About Bobby Kennedy
There's no need to rehash the utter insanity of what good ole Hillary implied with her ill conceived remarks the other day about the assassination of RFK in 1968. I'll even give her the benefit of the...
View ArticleHillary is ... a prism....
This is my first diary (Yay me!) ...This is my Diary. There are many like it, but this one is mine.... I signed up for dKos because, after Obama's A More Perfected Union speech (other people have...
View ArticleJune Primaries Don't Do Well in the General Election
As I listened to the discussion on Hillary's comments about 1968, I kept thinking about the merits of her argument. I have to state up front that I see no reason for Hillary to stop now. She kept in...
View ArticlePrelude to 1968 (with poll)
The 1968 convention and general election has been the subject of much discussion this primary season. Given that the majority of people here weren't around during the 60s, I thought a brief review of...
View Article40 Years
I was born in October of 1968. It was perhaps the most profound, tumultuous, significant and tragic single year in U.S. history. Most of the important events of that year happened before I arrived on...
View ArticleI just had a dream...
I was in a large office, full of light, outside the window on the east was the morning sun, the window to the west showed the sea, to the north was a bright full moon, sparkling stars, and a great...
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RFK, 40 Years Later...
A terrible day 40 years ago today/tomorrow. I wish he and his brother Jack were here today to see this as their hopes for the future finally become fruition. And may his brother Teddy have a full and...
View ArticleParty unity and history
In his WaPo column today entitled: Patching Up the Democrats , Harold Meyerson goes back to 1968 to analyze similarities and differences between that year's presidential election and this year's. As...
View ArticleLost Day #1
Years ago I was a copywriter in a direct marketing company that sent out millions of letters every month to unsuspecting people just dying to buy the useless crap we sold. Every now and then, we would...
View ArticleSilent thread for Bobby
For those who are still awake...at 12:15 AM, let's take a moment to reflect on the senator and his life and work. A life tragically cut short at age 42, let's work to fulfill the unfinished work on the...
View ArticleA Forgotten Hero: George McGovern
Just watched a pretty amazing documentary with some great commentary by the likes of Dick Gregory, Gloria Steinem, Gary Hart and McGovern himself. Narrated by Amy Goodman (also features an excellent...
View ArticleWhere Were You 40 Years Ago Today?
I had gone to bed right as the state was called for RFK, it was late to be up for a 14 year old high school Freshman so I didn't see anything that had happened afterwards. It was a big night for me, I...
View Article143 days in 1968 -- from the yippies to rfk's murder
this diary was originally published january 10, 2005. given that today marks the 40th anniversary of rfk being gunned down at point-blank range after winning the california democratic party primary, i...
View ArticleIch bin ein Nixonlander, and so are you
These cherry-picked bullet points are not intended as a substitute for actually reading Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein.
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