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In reply to the discussion: Party Loyalty [View all]bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)An insightful history lesson.
Even before I cast my first Dem vote (1976), I watched and wondered what happened in the late 60's and early 70's that caused Nixon to win. I didn't really take the time then to look deeply into it, (junior high, high school, sports, etc.) but there was always a feeling that something wasn't right.
Clinton '92', Obama '08' were the closest to how things should have been but the Reagan wing nut right started in on Clinton and he went more down the center. Then his second term was hijacked while Obama's presidency has been nothing but a street fight since he declared he was running.
Bush 2000 was a disaster and theft and I was really disappointed disheartened when bush was appointed president and my wife and I wondered if voting even mattered any more. But we realized that was just what the right wanted and we weren't going to let the bastards win if we could help it. Which is like spitting into the wind where we live. boehner's district here in Ohio and sometimes we think that we are only 2 of a couple dozen liberals in the whole county. There are more but we don't get the exposure or press in the teabagger owned press of the county.
Of course there were a couple of things that I wasn't happy with about Clinton and now President Obama but they both brought the country back from giant messes caused by the right.
I just hope that President Obama doesn't sell us down the river on TPP(in it's present form from what I've seen) because that will put a dark shadow on an otherwise great presidency.
2016 worries me because, imo, we don't have a great candidate even thinking about running and we need more than 2 or 3 to choose from. The reTHUGliCONS seem to have a gaggle of potential candidates that they just might get lucky to get one elected just by having so many in the race.
I'm hoping that my health will allow me to get more involved with this election because I think we will need everything that we can muster if we want to win this election.
We can't let the unempathetic, sociopathic bastards win because the country and the world will really be worse if they do win.
Don't know if my rant made much sense but I get going sometimes when something gets me thinking.
Again, great post.
Thank you.