Those were the days
by
Clyde
7:46 AM
I am now officially an old man, or at least one that is becoming of advanced age. You know how I can tell? I find myself romanticizing about the "good ole days" just like my Dad used to.
Oh, what I wouldn't give for the "good ole days" of gasoline at mere $2.00 a gallon. You know, the days when I only had to save money for a month in order to make a visit back home in Iowa. Now though, the three hundred miles it takes means I either take out a second mortgage or start hooking.
Better yet, remember when gas at $1.75 was a measure of a failed presidency?
Remember when an emergency meant something unexpected happened not funding an occupation that has lasted four fucking years?
How about the time when people didn't really give a shit about illegal immigration because they were more concerned with getting their Egg McMuffin than making it?
What about when we were more concerned with a President who wanted the definition of "is" than we were with a presiDunce who couldn't speak English through an interpreter?
Ah, to live the glory years of yesteryear when it was a crime to lie to a grand jury, even if it was about a consensual sex act.
To bad, we cannot go back to the days when the Attorney General was lambasted for putting political considerations aside and deporting a minor child back to his father.
What I wouldn't give to go back to the time where our country actually was helping reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world.
What about the days when we were putting more cops and fewer guns on the streets.
I guess what I am trying to say is that it is time to shove all of the bullshit we heard through the 90's into the face of the Republicans. We, as a Party, can no longer afford to be nice and bi-partisan. You see, when my Dad was a young man he did some boxing and he always told me that when you have your opponent on the ropes, you press the attack. Well congress had better start attacking otherwise they will lose in 08.
While I was impressed with Reid and Pelosi at first, I have to admit that my support for them is beginning to wane. This country elected them to make real change and except for the first 100 hours, I have seen damn little come from them.
I have been a Democrat my entire voting life and I do not wish to change. I still feel the Democrats offer the best hope for change at this time. Who knows about the future? If the Democrats cannot get it done maybe, it is time I reconsider my Party affiliation.
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