"I Do Not Lightly Dismiss the Dangers and the Difficulties of Challenging an Incumbent President. But These are not Ordinary Times and This is not an Ordinary Election. At Stake is not Simply the Leadership of our Party and Even Our Country. It is Our Right to the Moral Leadership of this Planet."


For those with the time, here is a long but fascinating excerpt from a forthcoming book about Robert Kennedy and the 1968 campaign. Without a doubt there are some stunning parallels to this election 40 years later...and yet, there are some odd differences. Some of these differences I can recall, although it's more like remembering them from a movie...things like airplane seats with built-in ashtrays, or big old honking land yachts like the 1968 Chrysler Newport pictured above.

Then there are things I don't remember, like political candidates NOT surrounded by security forces at all times, or traveling in a 1968 Chrysler Newport with the top down and crammed to the gills with people. I mean, geez, not even Ron Paul could get away with that--if nothing else, they'd pull him over for violating the seatbelt laws...

In addition to the book excerpt, VF has a photo slideshow that again serves to remind how fast time flies even as it measures barely a drop in the bucket...