This might be the single most incoherent raving by a political figure I've seen in the last six months:
America is about to revisit one of the most turbulent decades in its history, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean told a religious conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. "We're about to enter the '60s again," Dean said, but he was not referring to the Vietnam War or racial tensions.
Dean said he is looking for "the age of enlightenment led by religious figures who want to greet Americans with a moral, uplifting vision."
"The problem is when we hit that '60s spot again, which I am optimistic we're about to hit, we have to make sure that we don't make the same mistakes," Dean added.
Here's an idea: If we don't want to repeat the mistakes of the '60s, let's not go there. This is 2006. Let's try to make it to 2007. That seems like a pretty good direction.
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Well, you have to give him credit for being entertaining.
Can't you just "feel the love"? What a yutz.
I have no idea what he means by that. No such "trend" is getting any news coverage, unless you count radical Islamists.
His remarks conjure up visions of Ravi Shankar and his sitar, Ram Dass (sp?) and various other gurus and "master teachers" from the Far East to Haight-Ashbury - the spiritual guru phenomenon also bore rotten fruit like Charlie Manson. Hardly reasons for Dean to say he's "optimistic" over his prediction of a return to the spiritual '60s.
Besides, isn't that reactionary talk? "Restore the Clinton era, return to the '60s"...what's the next backward step in the so-called moderate Democrat wish list?