There has been one example after another, of their increased boldness, and the election of a radical alien--regardless of where he was physically born--oriented Marxist in 2008, certainly did not diminish their enthusiasm.
Some of the examples, which were direct attacks on religious freedom, included a vendetta against the private Christian, Bob Jones University, in 2000; stepped up attacks on public display of the Ten Commandments; the attacks on the Boy Scouts, about the same time, for adhering to traditional Western values; the attacks on the Southern Baptists, in general, for reaffirming traditional values; as the recent attacks on Roman Catholics for refusing to let the Leftist Obama administration dictate forced compliance with direct attacks on religious institutions. Of course the absurd "Gay Pride" weeks, celebrated by Governmental departments, since the Clinton Administration, as well as ever more bizarre new programs in public education.
The unfortunate thing is that too few on our side have yet realized that these attacks are not accidental or random; but reflect the same deep hatred for American--and Western--traditions, that the President's former Pastor exhibited from the pulpit, when he was Obama's spiritual advisor.
This campaign has long used the Southern Christian traditionalist in the same way that Hitler used the German Jews, as a scape-goat to rally the base elements, looking for someone to blame for all their problems. It is, as observed, incredibly ugly; but likely to get considerably worse, unless more people stand up to it.
William Flax
I agree with you on the time frame, but I think the main reason for the "launch" was they realized they were becoming old and increasingly irrelevant, and if they didn't make one more push for their '60s ideals, time would pass them by.
Time has, of course. They are irrelevant. It's only the media that worships the '60s as the height of cool that gives these strident, increasingly crazy people a voice.