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Oh, and the Democratic Convention. That too. As we recall, the Chicago protests had something to do with Vietnam, the Democratic administrations that promulgated it, and the Democratic presidential candidate who attended state funerals while LBJ pulled his dog’s ears and showed his scars. Good times.

So, if you’d like to recreate the rebellious spirit of that year in time for the conventions, the place to fight the power is — Denver?

Let us be clear: the name is not “Recreate Chicago 68” or “Recreate the DNC 68.” The idea that “Recreate 68” refers specifically to the events of late August 1968 in Chicago has been put out by those who wish to discredit an organization planning peaceful, nonviolent protests by associating it with what they would have us believe was a violent protest 40 years ago.

Fair enough. As the organizers remind us, Chicago was a “police riot”, and nobody wants to recreate that.

Then why 1968? Why not revive the spirit of the Freedom Riders (1961), the March on Washington (1963), or the Voting Rights Act (1965) — historic events driven by “mass movements of people who demanded that America live up to its own democratic rhetoric”, as the organizers self-righteously proclaim? Why “recreate” the year we as a nation plunged into darkness?

Really, if you want go all Abbie Hoffman on us, send 50,000 people to levitate the Pentagon. Oh, but that was 1967.

Judge to Rule on Limits at Denver Convention [NYT]

Recreate 68

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Bill Clinton sees a bright side to Hillary being a loser [LAT]

Have a Meal with Hillary

As Jon Stewart has observed, McCain’s “attack ads” suck. While the latest version has been ridiculed for fleeting cameos by Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, what’s really notable are the gorgeous crowd shots from Unicorn’s Berlin speech. What Republican can resist 200,000 people waving American flags? And why is the Geezer going out of his way to remind them? It’s as if his new Rovian advisers really are driving the bus into a ditch.

You don’t make your point with puny text and voiceovers — you make it with strong visuals. Which is why we offer the McCain campaign this modest proposal.

McCain “Celeb” Ad [YouTube]

Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Michael Savage respond to the murders carried out in their names:

Uh, guess not. But we’re sure they’ll get around to it.

On the lighter side of public shootings comes this Snickers ad from the U.K. featuring Mr. T that was yanked by Mars last week after the Human Rights Campaign complained that it was:

a) Violent.

b) Homophobic.

c) Much funnier than the crap they run in the U.S.

Answer below!

The answer is B. Chocolate-spewing Gatling guns are apparently an acceptable marketing tool.

But honestly? We’re just pissed that Mars doesn’t have the balls to use “Get Some Nuts” stateside.

How to Cut Through but Not Offend? Verizon, Snickers Latest to Fail Test [Ad Age]

So, what’s on Knoxville murderer Jim David Adkisson’s bookshelf? What else?

• Liberalism is a Mental Health Disorder, Michael Savage
• Let Freedom Ring, Sean Hannity
• The O’Reilly Factor, pompous asshole who isn’t Limbaugh

But did he read them? Well, he certainly has the party line down:

Adkisson targeted the church, [Knoxville Police Department Officer Steve] Still wrote in the document obtained by WBIR-TV, Channel 10, “because of its liberal teachings and his belief that all liberals should be killed because they were ruining the country, and that he felt that the Democrats had tied his country’s hands in the war on terror and they had ruined every institution in America with the aid of media outlets.”

But let’s be fair — we all vent sometimes. Surely he didn’t mean it:

Adkisson told Still that “he could not get to the leaders of the liberal movement that he would then target those that had voted them in to office.”

Okay, then. Message received!

Bill O’Reilly, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity on accused shooter’s reading list [KnoxNews]