The 40yr Political Itch-1928 ,1968 , 2008

It has occured to me in the last few weeks as I have been researching an incident in Castleton N.Y. 12033 and the Town of Schodack N.Y. that there seems to be a possible pattern in political upheaval or atleast prelude to change. 1928 had Gov Alfred E. Smith running for President on the Democratic ticket. What made this so landscape changing was the fact he was of the Catholic faith. This was the cause for great debate in America at the time....high controversy.
The year 1968 was a year of great social unrest. M.L.King and Robert Kennedy Senator from N.Y.....were both assasasintion within a short time of each other. Major rioting were touched off by MLK's assasasination. Rioting in Paris and other cities of France caused the eventual ending of the DeGaule Adm. Political riots at the Demcratic Convention in Chigago were a national T.V. shock. Richard M. Nixon was elected in part as a direct result of those disturbances.
On Christmas Eve of that year we first circumnavigated the Moon....the argued high point of that yr.
As of this year 2008 we are seeing signs that this is another year of possibly great change in the socio-political winds. The year is still young but I do see this forty yr itch as a prelude to the beginning of some new national adventure. Perhaps a prophetic year is ahead. Smith was defeated but many political historians view Smith as a prelude to Kennedy and a more liberalizing of former taboo ideas such as an expansion of who could be serious contenders in the political theater. 1968 was the rise of the Conservative Republican Party we see today in 2008.Time will of course tell as they say. ......2008?????