Do you remember the Good Ole Days?
Those were the days when the President of the United States used to give thought provoking speeches that challenged everyone to listen to their better angels and find practical benefits to help those who were bearing a heavy burden whether it was because of their sexual identity, lack of health care or ambiguous immigration status and not a President that gave inane knee jerk reactions to what he saw on Fox News.
Other nations not only respected us and our government but they actually had a clear idea of what we stood for and what we wanted to do.
We went 8 years with virtually no infighting in the government, no unauthorized leaks by government officials and not a single case of perjury by cabinet level officials.
Taxes were reduced on the lower half and increased on the elites.
Lives were saved, family assets secured as millions were able to get health insurance.
Instead of adding tens of billions to the defense budget and rattling sabres at not only foes but also friends we reduced our military footprint and sat down with advisories to find the maximum possible agreement.
People were valued for their character and not vilified because of their religion.
We talked with our neighbors to find joint approaches that would be mutually beneficial.
Leadership positions were fully staffed by competent and outstanding figures from a broad selection of Americans, not relatives and obvious sycophants.
We had a President that was cool under pressure, even with constant bigoted taunting and not a President who is hot under the collar and constantly making bigoted taunts.
The President set a record for calm and comity and not vitriol and comedy.
Its been a long time. Its been exactly 45 days but it seems like a generation.
Only 1,416 days until the next inauguration.
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