For original editorial, see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/opinion/keller-the-right-gets-its-60s.html?pagewanted=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
With all due respect, the comparison between 60's Vietnam protest and the current hostage drama in Congress (Obamacare is the hostage, or more accurately, Obama himself, who the Right has vowed to derail as a President) is ludicrous. And more importantly for a NYT editorial writer and former editor, how does this piece shed light on or advance the issue in any way?
Currently the GOP has been hijacked my a small group of fanatics. The Vietnam protests were propelled by large popular, especially youth, protests. There was indeed a small group within the Democratic party which aligned itself with the anti-Vietnam protest, but they were always crass outsiders. and never had any power within the Democratic party.
Where is the popular ground-swell against ObamaCare? Yes, there is uncertainty, skepticism and perhaps even some outright opposition in the public (fueld in my view by dismal misinformation), but where are the huge protests, sit-ins, campus takeovers, etc. brought on by the moral outrage against senseless killings and atrocities in Vietnam?
One would expect something a little more insightful from Mr. Keller.
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