[Protect the Bill of Rights]

It didn't matter if you were a very right-wing conservative, everyone was trying to put as much distance between them and someone who had served "there" as possible. I was trying to explain to the then "Silent Majority" that these "counterculture" people were not just "Kids, they'll get over it", but were going to one day control the education system, and through it, the governmental process. Saying that back then was usually met with derision.

The protesters of the 60's were often advised to work within the system they so detested. Bad advice in hindsight.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

The protesters of the 60's were often advised to work within the system they so detested. Bad advice in hindsight.

How was it bad advice? A major proponent of this theory (she wrote her thesis on it) was Hillary Rodham, who has had a long and successful career of hiding her socialist, power grabbing agenda behind a public face of "suffering political wife who cares about kids."