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Why Barack Obama?
1. The U.S. has to stop this continual fighting of/about/for/against the 1960s. In this campaign there are only 2 choices if we want this to stop. Pick somebody born before Jan.1, 1946 (i.e. John McCain) or pick somebody born after Jan. 1, 1960. As long as there is a boomer president, the 1960s will never be over.
2. There needs to be new thinking on U.S. foreign policy. As JFK said "Never negotiate out of fear, but never be afraid to negotiate." Who in this race best represents that?
3. The country needs somebody who understands that most of the U.S. is Purple not Red or Blue.
That's enough for me.
2 comments:
Interesting thoughts on boomers and 1960's nostalgia. We may have the same problem in some of our UU churches. Dominance of boomers. Our 50th anniversary party featured a disproportionate amount of music from the 1960's. It was good music but several church members including the president were definitely post baby boom. If I have to hear anymore about the civil rights struggles of the 1960's from the pulpit in January and attempts to make Martin Luther King, Jr. an UU - I might scream. Not that learning about the past is a bad thing but why always this past? I got enough of the 1960's nostalgia in high school and college. The accusations of apathy were real annoying and all their pop culture was so much better.
I will proclaim this proudly and loudly: Rocky and Bullwinkle sucks balls!
I was born in 1969 - was the real anonymous born pre-1946 or post-1960?
The Real Anonymous cannot tell you exactly when she was born, but she can say that she was born post-1970.
I don't think there is too much 1960s nostalgia, I think there is very little 60s nostalgia. Nostalgia requires a certain acceptance of what has happened, and too much of this country has not accepted the sociological changes of the 60s. Until there is that acceptance, there will be little nostalgia.
If you haven't read it already, Philocrites points out the main article in the NY Times Magazine yesterday about the changes in the modern evangelical movement. Here's the address:
http://www.nytimes.com/10/28/magazine
See how much the 60s have affected that movement and how it's changing now that those who were the foundation of the movement are getting older and dying.
I also have a problem with UUism on MLK weekend, probably for a different reason than you, but a real problem just the same.
But....I love Rocky and Bullwinkle.
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