Protesters again take to uptown streets (of Charlotte)

[MADem]

111. It certainly didn't help elect a Dem.

It was one of MANY that eventually ended the war, but not straight away. Three years later John Kerry was testifying before Congress. Later, he started working there as the JR Senator from MA.

And the difference between 68 and these few dozen gripers at the DNC is that the 68 crew had focus. They didn't sit around camping and taking turns to opine about this issue and that. They organized, they chose leaders, they spoke with one voice and they got off their asses and targeted their ire. The protests in 68 did screw the Dems decisively, certainly, but there were other issues at play with the D Team, and the party was doing what it always does--being Democrats who don't always do the lockstep thing.

I don't see any focus or effort with Occupy--it's a big urban camping party and a lot of hot rhetoric and no action. In 68, everyone knew that "those hippies" were out there "protesting the war." With the tent crowd, you have to ask--it's a different gripe every day. They have no leadership, no direction, no discipline, no focus.