1969-2017: and here we are again, in so many ways.
A deeply polarizing new president, a disastrously misguided official narrative that the political Establishment doggedly supports despite a damning lack of evidence, and an economy teetering on the edge of recession--and worse.
Sound familiar? Welcome to 1969 redux. The similarities between the crises unfolding in 1969 and the present-day crises are not just skin-deep--they're systemic.
Consider the basic parallels.
1. Nixon was if anything more polarizing than Trump. If there was any politician Democrats loved to hate, it was Nixon. Yet Nixon won a close race against an Establishment Democrat, at least partly because he ran as a "peace candidate" and because he spoke to the Silent Majority who disagreed with the nation's direction. The Silent Majority was mocked and ridiculed by the mainstream media as racist, close-minded deplorables.
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