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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP (and anyone under 50):

Notice how all the Boomers are talking about how intense they think their youth was, not about how the Presidents were received. First thing to understand about Boomers: we (almost all of us, I should say) love to think everything is about us. They mention unpleasant stuff from the 1950s-1970s (hillariously assuming my ignorance!) what they don't mention are events where deep questions about the legitimacy of the President by rival elite factions are at the forefront.

What characterizes the present are things like an outgoing CIA Chief taking shots at the President and the newly inaugurated President engaging in a staged event at Langley. Also, members of the press and the rival party accusing the President of collusion with a foreign power against U.S. interests, and doing so in the absence of evidence, instead employing conjecture. This sort of fighting amongst powerful actors is absent from their discussion of the 50s-70s and that seems to be what you were asking about.

I mentioned the 1930s and 1860s as times when Presidents acted boldly and incurred the uniquely intense wrath of many elite factions. I'd class those with the current frame and the period from 1776-1780s and note there are nearly identical intervals between these periods. Societies fray regularly and with a nasty dynamic of powerful factions duking it out. This recalls the Kikyu proverb: When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.[/quote]
You're FOS and if you are a boomer likely born in the mid 60's. One thing that I haven't seen mentioned about growing up and living through those two decades, the specter of nuclear war. Sure did have fun during those daily drills while the Cuban missile crisis was happening. But that doesn't address the OP's query which I will get to later.

Let's address why are you FOS first. For one, what Lincoln did benefited reunifying our nation but let us not ignore that some things were considered unconstitutional and outside the powers of the president. LBJ knew that in order to serve all citizens he would have to divide. How is that not a laudable example of bold politics?

So, what was it the OP asked? "I have never seen sustained political resistance and opposition like this towards a president before in my life that I can remember. " And examples of LBJ and Nixon have been put forth. As early? No. But when the OP asked for the experience of those older than the OP we should do what? Opine about things that happened 100 to 150 years ago or relate the personal experiences we have lived through?

Well, a year ago I called Trump an idiot. My opinion hasn't changed but he is now our president. I for one am going to give him some time. Just as I have with others that I didn't agree with. Just as I would have if Hillary would have been sworn in as POTUS.[/quote]

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