Bill Clinton Defines Terrorism

[Carl Remick]

>From: Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com>
>
>As has already been pointed
>out,
>one reason for Nixon's progressive moves, was the fact that back then
>there existed strong progressive social movements like the civil right
>movement, the women's movement, the student movement etc. which
>were able to keep pressure on the Nixon Administration.  Nevertheless,
>the fact still remains that Nixon was a more progressive president than
>any of his successors.

Age 52, I saw the Nixon era up close and in person, and I'm amazed that this 
rightwing hobgoblin of my youth could be perceived these many years later as 
such a champion -- in a relative sense -- of enlightened thinking.  How much 
politics and the nation as a whole have degenerated since then.  After all 
the student arm-waving about social justice in the '60s, it's sad 
baby-boomers weren't even able to sustain the modest advances in social 
policy made by the WWII generation.

Carl

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