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***Mainly my understanding of the sixties came as a result of my own investigations, as my adolescent rebellion sought justification in the political and cultural changes that by then had already begun to ebb. In my teens, I became fascinated with the Dionysian, up-for-grabs quality of the era, and through books, film, and music, I soaked in a vision of the sixties very different from the one my mother talked about: images of Huey Newton, the ’68 Democratic National Convention, the Saigon airlift, and the Stones at Altamont. If I had no immediate reasons to pursue revolution, I decided nevertheless that in style and attitude I, too, could be a rebel, unconstrained by the received wisdom of the over-thirty crowd.***

Nothing worse than a liar in my eyes, except a blatant liar.

0bama could not have "investigated" the '68 Democratic National Convention in Chicago without having learned the names "Bernardine Dohrn" and "Billy Ayers".

I'm convinced now, based on 0bama's own "investigations", that 0bama sought out Dohrn and Ayers even moving to their neighborhood in Chicago.

Notice how early in his book (pages 19 and 20) 0bama tips his hat in respect to "the" 60s radicals.

[Velveeta]

Ping

[Proud2BeRight]

That William Ayers is a good writer, isn’t he?

[johnny7]

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

"I’ve always felt a curious relationship to the sixties. In a sense, I’m a pure product of that era..."

That much is true. But this is another dissociative fantasy, how he was part of the '60s. Just like his Dad was good buddies with JFK who brought him to study in America. Now he's partying with the Stones at Altamont even though he was about 7 years old:

"Mainly my understanding of the sixties came as a result of my own investigations, as my adolescent rebellion sought justification in the political and cultural changes that by then had already begun to ebb. In my teens, I became fascinated with the Dionysian, up-for-grabs quality of the era, and through books, film, and music, I soaked in a vision of the sixties very different from the one my mother talked about: images of Huey Newton, the ’68 Democratic National Convention, the Saigon airlift, and the Stones at Altamont."

And this could be the next president? A young man who struggled with anger at whites, whose mentors were Saul Alinsky, Frank Marshall Davis, William Ayers, and Rev. Wright???

[Old Teufel Hunden]

I’m just a few years younger than Barrack, but we both grew up at about the same time. It’s funny how I have a totally different take on all of that stuff. My inspiration was Reagan, not the Stones at Altamont where someone got knifed and killed.

I find it curious that his mother would be angry at his grandparents because they voted for Nixon in 68. It appears to me that his grandparents were/are most likely FDR democrats. Of course they would vote for Nixon! They loved their country, unlike all of the hippies who hated America.

I get a good chuckle out of some of the hippie’s icons. One is Jack Kerouac who was the father of the beatnick movement. He actually turned out to be a conservative who supported the Viet Nam war! It must really burn them up about another of their icons, Dennis Hopper. He has renounced his liberal past, admitted he was wrong about a lot of things and is a big George Bush supporter. Hey Obama, go get some advice from Dennis Hopper.

[mattdono]

Snippet of snippet...

I soaked in a vision of the sixties very different from the one my mother talked about: images of Huey Newton, the ’68 Democratic National Convention, the Saigon airlift, and the Stones at Altamont

Wasn't the Siagon Airlift in 1975? Like, April 30th, 1975?

His memories of his memories are even wrong.

And, if *my* memory served, wasn't someone (or several) people killed by Hell's Angels at Altamont? Wow, Barakck, yeah, great vibe.

So, while Barack has fantastic dreams about what the late 60s (and apparently the 70s) were like, John McCain was in a dirty cell being tortured by people who were represented in the US by the people Barack glorifies most.

Wow...What a contrast.

[mass55th]

"0bama idolizes 60s Radicals in Bill Ayers's own words"

There. That's better.

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[popdonnelly]

I have trouble believing that Obama actually wrote this.