Might Rush just get his wish?
Remember during the campaign? Rush was praying to Recreate '68? This, in reference to the infamous riots at the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago. Well, it looks like there are others...
View ArticleThe Burden of American History
As a student of history, I frequently refer back to the past in the hopes that it might provide some degree of clarity that I might be able to apply to the current day. While I know better than to...
View ArticleEchoes of the Sixties: Politics and Violence
Today's political climate reminds me of the Sixties, but with the political roles reversed. If history repeats itself, maybe sometimes it does so in a mirror. As with any comparison of such divergent...
View ArticleWhen I became an "independent"
A front page article today quotes the WaPo, The move is based on a political calculation, drawn from his party's midterm defeat, that places a premium on winning back independent voters. Ah yes, those...
View Articleupdated 8^) Where are the limits of power, of democracy?
[edited and updated - now with enhanced (that is to say, clarified) skepticism!] Been on hiatus from Dkos for awhile. (Props to my psychic friends that I popped back in just in time for the...
View ArticleIt's 1968: Watch the Democratic Party as they implode.
Watching the events unfold in Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan and elsewhere has been an ordeal. It is so hard for me to watch as the Republicans work to destroy workers rights, womens rights, etc etc. The...
View ArticleState Of Independence and I Have A Dream
April 4th, 1968 - Memphis. There to support workers and worker's rights. A shot rings out; a man is dead. But NOT the dream. Let Freedom Ring. * Chrissie Hynde sings "State Of Independence" * MLK...
View ArticlePitiful helpless Giant
Richard Nixon created a paranoid image of America as a "pitiful, helpless giant" if we did not prevail in South Vietnam. That idea was almost entirely military. That is, small countries around the...
View ArticleApril 4, 1968: Robert Kennedy, Violence and A Tiny Ripple of Hope
April 4, 1968 dawned with hope in the air. Less than a month before, anti-war Senator Eugene McCarthy had stunned the world by getting 42% of the vote in the New Hampshire primary, nearly beating...
View ArticleRomney was brainwashed into saying whatever he said, but he stands by it,...
George Romney, Mitt's father, was a serious contender for the 1968 Republican presidential nomination until this: Would the country have been better off if Romney, rather than Nixon, was the GOP...
View ArticleTempest in a Teapot...
I often thought myself how in early June the Democratic Primary in my home State of California used to still be in play, and the event that seared that in my memory was the tragic murder of Robert...
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Historical Congressional Maps
Hello, my name is Fuzzybigfoot. I am a former poster from Dave Leip's US Election Atlas Forum (http://uselectionatlas.org/...). As of late, I have decided to take leave from the Forum so that I may...
View ArticleA Light Rinse Before 1968: Scanning NY Times Headlines
On August 31, 1967, Governor George Romney of Michigan was considered the front runner for the Republican nomination for president. Until he said something in an interview that was picked up by the New...
View ArticleJune 6 -- Take A Moment...
...this June 6th to remember what it means to be a progressive Democrat. What's possible. The nature of courage, and the necessity of hope.Today is the 46th anniversary of an event that changed...
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Iran and Venezuela are just another chapter in our propensity for war and oil
The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same. Last week we had 47 United States Republican senators—subsequently referred to as the 47 traitors—unconstitutionally inject themselves into...
View ArticleThe Elephant in the Coffee Shop
There is no innocence in electing those who pretend to be ignorant to win votes from those herded into non-thinking Gerrymandered districts -- and no stupidity in politicians reaping the reward, except...
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Noted foreign policy expert Scott Walker says he'd strike down any deal...
Scott Walker talking about foreign policy ranks among the most terrifying things I can imagine.Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said Wednesday that if he’s elected president, on his first day in office...
View ArticlePrayers and Light for Baltimore (and Beyond)
I wrote what follows specifically to my Quaker Meeting, but also to any who would hear my message. It is a brief open letter.
View Article1968: Richard Nixon stuns the political media by listening to voters.
In 1968, one of the most untelegenic (is there such a word?) candidates in politics, Richard Nixon, tried a new approach to campaigning that, although it did not totally shun and shut out the press, as...
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Open thread for night owls: 'A whole other level of incivility'
It was either the beginning of the modern news era or the end of it, depending on your point of view. A new film documents the 1968 televised debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr., as...
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