The Rover Boys in Los Angeles

The last tremors of the Democratic earthquake have subsided, and Los Angeles is just now beginning to snap out of it. Everybody has his own version of what happened, but one thing is clear: the Kennedy Blitzkrieg at the Sports Arena definitely separated the men from the boys—and put the men out to pasture. The accent is on youth and from now on the kindergarteners are going to run the country.

And don’t think it was just Democrats who were affected. Even sturdy, hard-bitten Taft-Knowland-Goldwater Republicans who have hitherto ignored the march of time are enrolling themselves as Senior Citizens, conceding that the jig is up. And I am frank to say that I hadn’t realized before how jolly bowling on the green can be.

MR

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Morrie Ryskind

The last tremors of the Democratic earthquake have subsided, and Los Angeles is just now beginning to snap out of it. Everybody has his own version of what happened, but one thing is clear: the Kennedy Blitzkrieg at the Sports Arena definitely separated the men from the boys—and put the men out to pasture. The accent is on youth and from now on the kindergarteners are going to run the country.

And don’t think it was just Democrats who were affected. Even sturdy, hard-bitten Taft-Knowland-Goldwater Republicans who have hitherto ignored the march of time are enrolling themselves as Senior Citizens, conceding that the jig is up. And I am frank to say that I hadn’t realized before how jolly bowling on the green can be.