What in fuck's name happened to Dennis Kucinich?

[Ken Burch]

113. The problem in 1968 was the brutal suppression of protest, not the protests themselves.

If the police had just left the demonstrators alone, nothing would have happened.

The protests were also inevitable in '68 because of the massive small-d democratic betrayal of nominating a (publicly) pro-war candidate on a pro-war ticket when 70% of Democratic primary voters voted to end the war.

Humphrey WANTED to reach out to the doves, Johnson(who controlled most of the delegates pledged to Humphrey)wouldn't allow that.

It was not legitimate to expect the party to stomp and cheer for Humphrey and what then looked like a commitment to keep us in Vietnam forever.

John Kerry would have been a good president. Having him treat the peace movement like lepers was never going to gain him votes...by the fall of 2004, it was certain that everyone who still thought we should stay in Iraq was going to vote for Bush/Cheney no matter what.