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14Peacenow discovered 5 months ago- Stomping on Their Children's Dreams By Robert Parry February 11, 2008 One painful irony of the Obama-Clinton showdown is that it could end up with middle-aged women - who are determined to elect the first female president - stomping on the dreams of their own children, who have shaken off years of political apathy to rally behind Barack Obama. What makes this dilemma particularly poignant is that many of these Hillary Clinton supporters themselves experienced the stomping on their dreams four decades ago in the pivotal election of 1968. That presidential campaign took place before the backdrop of the Vietnam War, with half a million U.S. soldiers committed to the bloody conflict and with millions of young people across the United States protesting to stop the war. Hoping to redirect the country through the electoral process, many anti-war students joined the campaign of Sen. Eugene McCarthy, who was making a long-shot bid to challenge President Lyndon Johnson for the Democratic nomination. The anti-war cause was further galvanized by the stunning Tet offensive, which began on Jan. 31, 1968, as Vietcong and North Vietnamese troops launched ambitious - and even reckless - attacks across the length of South Vietnam, puncturing the Johnson administration's optimistic war rhetoric. Then, on March 12, 1968, McCarthy shocked the incumbent president by closing to within seven percentage points in the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary. Four days later, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy jumped into the race, earning criticism from some McCarthy activists as "a Bobby come lately." Kennedy's entrance, however, was the political death knell for Johnson. On March 31, faced with a growing insurrection within his own party and a growing casualty list from Vietnam, Johnson withdrew from the campaign to dedicate his remaining time in office to bringing the war to an end. In those heady days of early spring 1968, everything seemed possible. Young Americans thought their enthusiasm and idealism could change the world. Dark Days However, those hopes were short-lived. On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by a rifle shot to his throat. Robert Kennedy learned of King's death just before he was to address a campaign rally in Indianapolis. "I have some very sad news for all of you, and I think sad news for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world, and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee," Kennedy told the shocked crowd. "In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it's perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. For those of you who are black - considering the evidence evidently is that there were white people who were responsible - you can be filled with bitterness, and with hatred, and a desire for revenge. "We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization - black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion and love. "For those of you who are black and are tempted to be filled with hatred and mistrust of the injustice of such an act, against all white people, I would only say that I can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed, but he was killed by a white man. "But we have to make an effort in the United States, we have to make an effort to understand, to get beyond these rather difficult times." Kennedy continued: "My favorite poet was Aeschylus. He once wrote: `Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.' "What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black. "So I ask you tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King, ... but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love - a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke. ... "The vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live
- Fidi rated 4 months ago
- 1. What the hell is up with SU? Why do I have to go through all this bs AND enable java just to add a review? 2. Repuglicans need do NOTHING to win this election. If there is a way for Dems to fuck up a election, they will do so. Just add the wacked-out unwinnable 'candidacy' of Sir-fuckupelections-alot-and-run-as-a-'green' and a bunch of whiny fickle dems with NO grip on reality who can't stop fighting amongst themselves with racial and misogynistic diatribes and you have a guaranteed win by grandpa Munster. 3. Neither Obama nor Clinton can win this alone. Get over it and accept it now. Obama can't win the rural white vote and Clinton may not be able to carry the cities. Neither will win over the requisite angry disenchanted moderate Repubs alone without the other. 4. Some of us "middle aged women" are supporting Clinton because we think she's the better candidate and she's been more descriptive about her actual plans. I don't need someone to tell me to HOPE. I just need a frickin' job that pays the bills, guaranteed health insurance, and an economy not run by a Bush and a Dick. 4. A vote for Clinton wasn't a vote against Obama. 5. Why should either of these freaking prima donnas or any of us worry who's "on top" of the ticket? Thanks to slick Dick, it's the most powerful the position has ever been--and may likely be more powerful than the actual presidency. Does anyone watch what's going on or do they just have their hands in the coffers so deep they don't see anything else?
- 747btrfly rated 5 months ago
- From the page: "One painful irony of the Obama-Clinton showdown is that it could end up with middle-aged women - who are determined to elect the first female president - stomping on the dreams of their own children, who have shaken off years of political apathy to rally behind Barack Obama." ~~~~~~~~ Oh, come on now, let's not generalize. I'm 58 years young and I'm voting for Barack, so far. You see, after Joe Biden left the race, let's face it, I'm really doing the research on this one. But, I'm sure of one thing, it is time for a change - the last one was about 45 years ago with JFK.
- themorgothpit rated 5 months ago
- THIS!
- BettyJoBradley rated 5 months ago
- A really interesting, believable, and HEAVILY QUOTED article concerning middle-class women's role in the Obama-Clinton decision. Most of the heavy quotes are from Robert Kennedy's moving speech following the assassination of Martin Luther King and, because of the source, the quoted material is easy to get through. What's more, the Kennedy speech and the history of the Vietnam War really are good support for the parallels between the elections of 1968 and 2008. I really recommend this article. From the page: "...Through both violent tragedy and political intrigue, Election 1968 had been transformed from a hopeful opportunity to change the country into an ugly case study of how easy it is to snuff out idealism and decency. In many ways, Election 1968 charted the course that the United States would follow for most of the next four decades. On one side, there would be aggressive, win-at-all-costs Republicans; on the other side, timid, don't-get-too-rowdy Democrats....
