Is anyone else watching "1964" doc on PBS?

[Boomerproud]

They spent a lot of time on the election and the Civil Rights movement. Jesus, the conservatives simply haven't changed in 50 freaking years.

[Tx4obama]

1. Currently watching Maddow on MSNBC - great show tonight. n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. I had forgotten how nutty Barry Goldwater was.

He'd fit right in with the Tea Party loons of today.

[Boomerproud]

8. He sure would.

Before he passed he had somewhat of a redemption (because of his acceptance of his gay grandson I guess) but OMG. No one on the "Right" said a word about the murder of those 3 civil rights activists-and I believe silence meant acceptance in that case.

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. "Goldwater in '64, Hot water in '65, Bread and water in '66"

How well I remember that slogan............

[Eleanors38]

11. "In your heart you know he's right. Far right."

[Grammy23]

16. In your heart you know he's right.....

But in your guts you know he's nuts.

I heard my Dad say this many times. And he'd laugh every time. I can't imagine what he'd think about the politicians and groups like the Tea Party. He died in 1967 at age 51. I have wished many times he was still around so I could get his perspective on things.

[Cleita]

9. Back then though most people considered him a fringe looney in

both parties. Today he would head of one of the houses of Congress obstructing everything.

[Blue_Tires]

23. I'm betting today's GOP would have primary'd him for being too moderate...

[FiveGoodMen]

31. No, they're worse

"Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them."

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barry_Goldwater

[SummerSnow]

3. omg I missed it :( Have to see when it comes back on

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Brought back a lot of memories.

Some good, some not so good.

And yes, the conservatives are as terrible as ever.

[XRubicon]

5. Watched it

Well done.

What a great year, yes it is all about me in the end.

[octoberlib]

6. The Birchers just morphed into the Tea Partiers. nt

[MisterP]

19. I especially like "Communism, Hyptonism, and the Beatles"

http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/textual/Personal%20Papers/THE%20EVELYN%20PHILIPS%20ANTI.htm
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/textual/Personal%20Papers/HENDRIX%20ANTI.htm

[octoberlib]

22. Well isn't this interesting!

Thanks for posting. I just finished reading Wrapped in the Flag by Clair Connor. Connor's father was a founding member of the John Birch society. I recognized a lot names in the Philips collection from reading the book.

[MisterP]

30. Billy James Hargis was famous for deflowering 200 teen congregants regardless of gender

as uncovered when two newlyweds confessed to one another

Jon Voight's uncle says the YWCA was Red for encouraging race-mixing, and so did several Senators who said we'd fought on the wrong side in WWII (especially Bilbo)

[caraher]

25. Here's the cover:

From CONELRAD:

The Communists, through their scientists, educators and entertainers, have contrived an elaborate, calculating and scientific technique directed at rendering a generation of American youth useless through nerve-jamming, mental deterioration and retardation. The plan involves conditioned reflexes, hypnotism and certain kinds of music. The results, destined to destroy our nation, are precise and exacting. Little wonder the Kremlin maintains it will not raise the Red flag over America—the Americans will raise it themselves. If the following scientific program destined to make our children mentally sick is not exposed, mentally degenerated Americans will indeed raise the Communist flag over their own nation!

[longship]

7. American Experience series. Just watched it. GREAT! R&K nt

[niyad]

12. watching it now--the cons have gotten even nuttier, and we seem to be going backward.

[hrmjustin]

13. I watched it.

Switched to Rachel for awhile.

[okaawhatever]

14. I'll have watch on the internet. Thanks for the heads up. Your post reminded me of the great

Bruce Hornsby song about the CRA and discrimination, Way It IS

Standin' in line marking time
Waiting for the welfare dime
'Cause they can't buy a job
The man in the silk suit hurries by
As he catches the poor old lady's eyes
Just for fun he says, 'Get a job'

That's just the way it is
Some things'll never change
That's just the way it is
Ha, but don't you believe them

Said, 'Hey little boy you can't go
Where the others go
Cause you don't look like they do'
Said, 'Hey, old man how can you stand
To think that way
Did you really think about it
Before you made the rules?'
He said, 'Son

That's just the way it is
Some things'll never change
That's just the way it is'
Ha, but don't you believe them

Ooo, yeah (instrumental)

Well, they passed a law in '64
To give those who ain't got, a little more
But it only goes so far
'Cause the law don't change another's mind
When all it sees at the hiring time
Is the line on the color bar
But who knows

That's just the way it is
Some things'll never change (right)
That's just the way it is
That's just they way it is, it is, when you're waiting.

I just realized it was recorded during the Reagan years. Now we know why he was thinking of the subject twenty years later, huh?

[Eleanors38]

15. Thanx for reminding. Just saw it. Highly recommended.

Not mentioned: SDS endorsed LBJ. Then came 'Nam.

40,000 demonstrated at the GOPer Convention in '64. Who would dream of 1/4 that # now? I recorded on a D-cell reel-to-reel the speech of Nelson Rockefeller who was roundly booed. My Dad was asked to chair the Rockefeller camp. in Fla, but declined as he voted LBJ.

SUCH a time. Our family visited Daytona Beach, Sarasota Beach, and Vero; went to the Daytona 500, Dad got me a subscription to Progressive and Fact mags, watched a raft of good ol' boys fall in love with Diana Ross. And LSD was legal for another year.

[MrYikes]

17. I did

they did not show the 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 commercial that stopped Goldwater. I thought the rest was well done.

[2banon]

18. Just finished..

I was 14 years old in 1964 grew up in the South. That was my "coming of age", and no, the Racists republicans haven't changed one iota.

[a kennedy]

24. OMGosh, I was 14 also, but I lived in Southern Wisconsin, Madison, WI actually........

I'm looking for it to be replayed so I can watch it then.

[2banon]

27. 1950

For an hour format (I think it was only an hour) it was a pretty decent synopsis of our history in 1964. It began on the premise that the year really began on November 22, 1963. I think you can see it on line. (?)

[SoCalDem]

32. you can watch it .free online at PBS website

[warrior1]

20. I was only eight in 1964.

But I remember a lot of that. We lived in Texas in 1964 when the Beatles came to America. That was awesome special.

[alp227]

21. Saw part of it, yeah.

The companion website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/1964/

[PasadenaTrudy]

26. The year of my birth...

I will be 50 this coming Sunday!

I do want to watch this, no more TV but I'm sure I could find it online eventually.

[Boomerproud]

33. Happy Birthday on Sunday!

[bigbrother05]

28. The one thing the conservatives have changed is parties, the racist South was solid Dem

because the Lincoln the Republican had ended slavery. LBJ's passage of the Civil Rights Act and voting rights along with Nixon's "Southern Strategy" were prominent in the shaping of our current political parties.

[Boomerproud]

34. Remember Johnson's famous reply when someone congratulated him on signing the Voting Rights Act?

"Congratulations, Mr. President, you did the right thing."

"Yes, and we've just lost the South for a generation."

He knew human nature better than most.

[geardaddy]

29. Saw it.

It was a good show. You're so right about conservatives. Chilling was Goldwater's comment (paraphrase) "Extremism in protecting liberty isn't a vice."