The New York Times has a telling article today about Barack Obama and his role in the Neverending Story of 1960s generational politics -- or, in this case, lack thereof:
Mr. Obama calculates that Americans of all ages are sick of the feuding boomers and ready to turn to the generation that came of age after Vietnam, after the campus culture wars between freaks and straights... Obama is critical of the style and the politics of the 60s, when the psyches of most of his potential rivals for the White House were formed.
REVOLUTIONARY! The 60s are over? Who'd a thunk it? And as for Obama himself:
He is tieless and relaxed and oh so cool.
Heavens, no wonder the pundits all drool over him -- Barack is new, he's hip, he's funky. Congratulations America, your political journalists have entered 1975.
