Who won the 60s culture war? All the social unrest and “peace and love” of the 60s gave rise to the moral majority and Nixon elected for 2 terms.
Who is in the White House means squat.
The Left was busy infiltrating all of the institutions that matter: Academia, Media, Corporations, and even the Churches.
And now, here we are.
In the end, the WASP culture the radicals protested has disappeared; the leftist agenda of the 1960s is the “norm” in much of the country today, and anyone with the views of “normal” back in 1960 is regarded as practically Amish today.
And the press used Watergate to destroy him. The Washington establish could never forgive for attacking my communists in the mid 50’s during the HUAC hearings.
Nixon opened himself up for attack of course, but what was forgiven when Kennedy was in office became the method of attack for three years.