[xoxoxoBruce]

Oh, get a grip, TW. You just wrote the entire political history (seamy side anyway) of the 60's. Real people (majority) were only vaguely aware of all this shit going down from the headlines. Coffee break discussions were of headlines, not details and the consequences that would only become apparent in retrospect. People bought the Sunday New York Times for the crossword puzzle not the journalism.

Hey Joe, ya think Nixon's lying?
Yeah probably, all the politicians lie, wanna donut?
Gimme a jelly...Ya know they ought to draft all them long haired hippies....the army would straighten them commie bastards out...who's pitchin tonight?
Dunno, check the paper. Black Panthers too, army barbers would fix them afros..ha, ha, ha.
Well, be thankful congress is too busy with this Watergate bullshit to screw us with more rules and regulations.
Yeah, by the time they're done, they'll have a camera in every bedroom and a white man won't be able to get a job.

There were damn few people who saw the big picture and they didn't sway the masses, they alienated them. They only kept the
press busy covering demonstrations and sit-ins. My parents weren't convinced Nixon lied and the war was wrong until the mid 90s. They weren't stupid people, but there was no "net" or cable. You were lucky to find more than 2 papers at the corner store
and network TV wasn't much help. People that are living comfortably aren't going out of their way to seek bad news that rocks the very foundation of everything they know and believe.