What are the delegates in Miami and the man they choose as their standard-bearer going to say about Vietnam? Alas, they are going to be sorely tempted by the devils of political opportunism and political cowardice to say as nearly nothing as their verbal technicians can manage.
Americans seem to want to persuade themselves that if they keep their eyes shut tightly enough the Vietnam war will go away. Even the Vietniks don’t have much heart any more for their Cause. No one got excited one way or another when Messrs. Spock and Coffin were convicted and sentenced to prison. Draft card burners and induction center protesters have retired to the lower half of inside pages. The hawks, self-hooded, roost in silence.
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