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.
My inspiration was Reagan as well. I worked on his campaign as a volunteer, a deep source of pride.