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Art_from_Ark

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116. It's interesting that in the first Presidential election that 18-20-year-olds
Fri Jul 12, 2013, 04:22 AM
Jul 2013

could participate in, Nixon defeated George McGovern in a landslide. I guess the main reason was that by November 1972, it was apparent that American involvement in Vietnam was about to end.

No. virgogal Jul 2013 #1
I agree. There was a feeling of anticipation and hope back then. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #40
"There was a feeling of anticipation and hope back then"... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #71
What He Said RobinA Jul 2013 #133
For me, it's more like the frustration of the Carter years - hedgehog Jul 2013 #2
Feels more like the twilight years of the USSR, slowly the conditions getting harsher Katashi_itto Jul 2013 #33
It was the Cold War KT2000 Jul 2013 #46
I agree Katashi_itto Jul 2013 #47
If things continue in their present form, Unknown Beatle Jul 2013 #84
To say nothing about the secret off-budget programs. How many billions there? We'll never know. AAO Jul 2013 #94
Yes, I think that's on target. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #96
Nahhh---we have Netflix now and Xbox... trumad Jul 2013 #3
No, not really. HappyMe Jul 2013 #4
No. DURHAM D Jul 2013 #5
That's a joke right? Maximumnegro Jul 2013 #9
No, I don't think so... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #72
How is it a joke? truedelphi Jul 2013 #115
i know for a fact they did... madrchsod Jul 2013 #18
No! Elwood P Dowd Jul 2013 #6
No. Maximumnegro Jul 2013 #7
A generational watershed may have just occurred carolinayellowdog Jul 2013 #8
i just read an piece about young folk are paying more attention because... madrchsod Jul 2013 #14
ya...i was watching a film on youtube about the airplane madrchsod Jul 2013 #10
White Rabbit and Lather... kentuck Jul 2013 #13
at 47 minutes ... looks like the Beatles on the rooftop (Let It Be sessions) napkinz Jul 2013 #67
Well it sure reminds me of the sixties! hamsterjill Jul 2013 #11
Yes, it does, and I'll tell you why. displacedtexan Jul 2013 #12
Agreed. History can repeat. CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #19
That was not my intent nor a "veiled pipe dream"... kentuck Jul 2013 #26
Ridiculous assertion marions ghost Jul 2013 #32
Your opinion. CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #52
Can we have a Great Society without war and surveillance? Seems like the Dem leadership want both. Erose999 Jul 2013 #21
In a perfect world, yes.But I'll take imperfect Dems over Repubs any day. n/t displacedtexan Jul 2013 #24
The Great Society never happened. The war took that away. upaloopa Jul 2013 #23
Revisionist? I was there, protesting the war in the streets displacedtexan Jul 2013 #27
The Electoral College put Nixon into office Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #114
And so are you... kentuck Jul 2013 #30
no history becomes what the majority says it is upaloopa Jul 2013 #31
No we did not turn our back on a democratic president zeemike Jul 2013 #82
Not to mention, in the '68 election, you had to be 21 to vote. Fuddnik Jul 2013 #89
"Lick Dick in '72" zeemike Jul 2013 #92
I had to buy a couple of dozen. Fuddnik Jul 2013 #97
It's interesting that in the first Presidential election that 18-20-year-olds Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #116
That and RFK very conveniently died in LA. Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 #119
Hell no! Half the people on DU support giving away upaloopa Jul 2013 #15
Yep. (it's not about security...bummer) nt snappyturtle Jul 2013 #22
Well, if we complain too loudly about our Constitutional rights being stripped away... Maedhros Jul 2013 #81
And it ain't Social Security. Fuddnik Jul 2013 #90
This message was self-deleted by its author upaloopa Jul 2013 #15
Not a bit NoPasaran Jul 2013 #17
We can count our "friends" in the house and senate lately on one hand. And still have fingers left. Erose999 Jul 2013 #20
i was too young but were many of the DEMS far right and fascistic? boilerbabe Jul 2013 #25
There was not the split that we have today. upaloopa Jul 2013 #29
Not exactly the sixties... But there's a certain feelng in the air nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #28
I simply do not see that analogy as having anything approaching accuracy. Blackford Jul 2013 #38
The past is prologue my friend nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #42
We learn from the past. Blackford Jul 2013 #43
Ah but that's where you are wrong nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #44
I disagree completely on the current pattern Blackford Jul 2013 #45
You know...I hear more and more the distress nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #51
I am not assuming "the revolution" will involve bullets. Blackford Jul 2013 #54
Funny, yesterday I was cooling my heels nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #56
Aecdotal evidence is just that, anecdotal. Blackford Jul 2013 #57
You would not know an extreme left nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #59
I would ask that you please refrain from ad hominem attacks. tia n/t Blackford Jul 2013 #61
You mean like you did? nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #62
I did not make an ad hominem attack in any post. Blackford Jul 2013 #64
You did nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #66
I imagine that's what the Tsar and his ministers said.... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #102
My friend...some of the things I have been hearing in the back country nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #111
Always a judgement call nadin....... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #122
IMHO, NOLALady Jul 2013 #58
Hey there nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #63
I am fine, my friend. NOLALady Jul 2013 #91
1760's America or France? n/t malthaussen Jul 2013 #135
Either works. nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #136
Eh, I think France works, not so much America. malthaussen Jul 2013 #137
Here is a thought for you nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #139
Not a bad comparison at all malthaussen Jul 2013 #140
Not at all. I was not into politics in the '60s, RebelOne Jul 2013 #34
Nixon v. McGovern was in '72. I remember it well. Not the sixties. Blackford Jul 2013 #37
Me too. :( tweeternik Jul 2013 #104
No, not at all. Then there were two things we do not have now, Unity and Unifiers. 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #35
Having lived through the late sixties, no. n/t Blackford Jul 2013 #36
Almost... it reminds me of the lead up to Watergate. Waiting For Everyman Jul 2013 #39
in the 60's a couple of kids with minimum wage jobs could have shared a flat in the village Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #41
Well the Republicans are taking civil rights back to the 50s felix_numinous Jul 2013 #48
Deleted by Author - I misunderstood the post I was responding to - sorry. 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #128
No. And I hope no one gets too carried away. AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #49
you need more than coffee Skittles Jul 2013 #79
That's a real blast from the past pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #50
You got that right, brother. kentuck Jul 2013 #78
You left out disillusionment with our leaders. East Coast Pirate Jul 2013 #53
yes mstinamotorcity2 Jul 2013 #55
It reminds me of the 1910's & 20's Myrina Jul 2013 #60
I agree. Plus the viscious clampdown on dissent from the prig Woodrow Wilson. Seems byeya Jul 2013 #65
Echoing other boomer postings... The Time is Now Jul 2013 #68
I call it a dictablanda nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #73
And a big DU welcome to you zeemike Jul 2013 #88
"Young wolves, show us your teeth." John Steinbeck Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #69
You don't need a weatherman mwrguy Jul 2013 #70
but you need one to know when the hurricane will hit Skittles Jul 2013 #80
You ain't seen nothin' yet! DeSwiss Jul 2013 #74
If by "dawn of a revolution" I'd say yes,...HOWEVER.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #75
The generation gap... onyourleft Jul 2013 #129
I've got another kicker for you... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #130
I agree with... onyourleft Jul 2013 #131
Honestly, that "feeling in the air" only brings one thing to mind... sbh Jul 2013 #76
For both good and ill: No, it does not. WinkyDink Jul 2013 #77
we're getting there, slowly. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #83
Nope. Not even close. MineralMan Jul 2013 #85
Perhaps I should have asked? kentuck Jul 2013 #86
I was. See below. I miss it. DevonRex Jul 2013 #98
If you can remember the sixties, you weren't there Fumesucker Jul 2013 #100
Not one little bit. femmocrat Jul 2013 #87
No. tavernier Jul 2013 #93
Not at all. If people march for voting rights it will. LGBTs stood strong and changed America. DevonRex Jul 2013 #95
Change will happen when the Baby Boomers die off FreeBC Jul 2013 #99
what the fuck is wrong with baby boomers? madrchsod Jul 2013 #103
You're welcome for that whole Civil Rights Movement Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #118
Jury Results aikoaiko Jul 2013 #121
No democrank Jul 2013 #101
I was born in 1967 so I can't say burnodo Jul 2013 #105
Nixon was giving the double VICTORY signs because they got away with it. Coyotl Jul 2013 #106
Yes and no. And I was there and politically active then.... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #107
Speaking as someone born in 1949, I say no, not even a bit. scarletwoman Jul 2013 #108
Was there a bellbottom jeans sighting Riftaxe Jul 2013 #109
I was too young then to fully understand what was going on.., Iggo Jul 2013 #110
No. It reminds me of the early 30s when there BlueToTheBone Jul 2013 #112
No, It is Sadly Very Different. School Teacher Jul 2013 #113
world population in 1967 under 3.5 billion olddots Jul 2013 #117
Mid to late 60s, I'd say. nt bemildred Jul 2013 #120
That is pretty accurate bemildred.... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #123
I think that is probably the most accurate. kentuck Jul 2013 #124
I was there. I agree, more mid than late. Just warming up the engines still. bemildred Jul 2013 #125
Were people in coffee shops using the free wifi to post JoePhilly Jul 2013 #126
Nope, in fact just the opposite. Back then they actually talked to each other face to face 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #127
No. truebluegreen Jul 2013 #132
Not even remotely PlanetBev Jul 2013 #134
A sort-of related question. malthaussen Jul 2013 #138
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