"Radical chic and punitive liberalism became the norm, to the point where McGovern compared Ho Chi Minh to George Washington in a Playboy interview, and his aides took to wearing upside down flag pins on their lapels."
Wolfe has always been America's most perspicacious cultural observer. I suspect though, that Obama and his handlers are a little smarter than McGovern and his team. While they hold the same values as the McGovernites, they are much more savvy (usually) and a little less likely to pull stunts like wearing the flag pin upside down. At least they finally convinced Obie to put his back on. Despite a few gaffes that, to those of us who love to watch this game, clearly reveal their intentions, they are managing to effectively portray their guy as your basic well-intended centrist.
At least in Chicago you had the combined idiocy of the farther left protesters and Mayor Daley's storm troopers to paint the Democrat party as the party of chaos in the mind of the voters. Regrettably, the event in Denver will probably be much more controlled and the chaos will more likely follow the election than precede the convention.
