which boomers were the "movers and shakers" of the 60s and 70s? Seems all the iconic figures (beatles, stones, hendrix, morrison, joplin, leary, etc.) were born before the boomers and the boomers were their followers. Don't mean to offend (too much) but boomers appear to be the most self-absorbed generation with the littlest justification.
I don't think there is any one label you can apply and say "this is what the boomers stand for" anymore than you can with other generations. The Clintons are boomers; so are the Bushes. Karl Rove is a boomer; so is James Carville. Tom DeLay is a boomer; so is Howard Dean. Ann Coulter is a boomer (although she would deny it); so is Perkie Katy. It's just all over the map.
The New Deal and the Great Society both have to be blamed on the grandparents and parents of the boomers. There's plenty to go around, and plenty of credit, too.