It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.

i can still vividly remember reagan attempt..8th grade sitting in social studies class and the principal made an announcement on the speakers

He was the last one, right?

yep

I was genuinely reporting on my personal situation (and perspective). I get the US importance here - no doubt those were, and these are, momentous times for the world.

Keep on RitFW, peeps.

He was the last one, right?

The last what?

The last what?

Not plot to assassinate, obviously. Not the last active attempt, either. The last one that nearly achieved their end?

It's an interesting idea, though the comparison is kind of easy (every big social movement gets compared to 68). I think it's important to note just how global '68 was--not just trans-Atlantic, but also the year of the Tet offensive, the Tlateloco massacre, the Prague Spring, etc. I'm not sure we're seeing that kind of spread just yet. I'll also note that 68 is seen as not just turbulent but epochal--Michael Denning is really good on how it represented a new era of global politics via the anti-systemic movements. I think it's hard to see what's happening in 2020 as discontinuous with that, though, again, it's still early!

Actually active attempt was what I was looking for. Who has there been since Reagan?

george ducked a shoe

Most impressive moment of his entire career

Surviving the pretzel a close 2nd.

big scare with george h.w. puking on the emperor of japan and then passing out..

It just seems like we are parsing this out by level of success. People have tried to fly planes into the White House, and a man opened fire into the White House because he thought God had told him to kill Barack Obama. When you talk about Reagan, you’re just talking about the last time security fucked up enough to allow contact.

i can still vividly remember reagan attempt..8th grade sitting in social studies class and the principal made an announcement on the speakers