We Live In A Climate Of Fear,

But Rarely Have I Made Choices That Made Me Feel I Was Really Compromising What I Believe.

We All Know Reagan's Legacy, From The Iran-contra Affair To The Funding Of The Nicaraguan Military In Which Over 200,000 People Died. The Groundwork For The Move Steadily To The Right Happened With The Reagan Administration. People Want To Elevate Him To Some Mythic Level; They Have Their Own Reason For Doing That.

You Have This Response Of Angry Young People, With A War Going On In Vietnam, A Poverty Program That Was Insufficient, And Police Brutality.

President Obama Is A Man Who Had Certain Advantages Because Of The Civil Rights Movement. He Had The Opportunity To Go To Some Of The Best Schools In This Country - Schools That Train You How To Run The Political Paradigm, Not Challenge It. The Leaders Of The Black Power Movement Were Challenging That Paradigm.

When You Have Powerful Unions, You Have A Working Class That Is Politicized.