President Bush, elected to a second term on the grounds that we had nothing to fear ...oh wait, that was Roosevelt, and he said we had nothing to fear but fear itself...which for those too dense to get it meant America shouldn't fear the action they would need to take and become mired in what is today analysis paralysis.
In 1941 America was attacked, and out of our fear and anger, we went to war, and emerged the global power we are today. But politicians have used our fear to lead us down a path that was the wrong way. (My opinion anyway). So instead of whining about it, let just deal with it.
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We have all heard it for the last oh 22 months or so.
Now within a week we will likely elect the first African American President, which in his case is not just some PC term since his father was a Kenyan student, and his mother an American. Or maybe we will elect the oldest man elected President. Both tickets have their pros and cons.
Neither will live up to the hype.
Should that turn out to be true, Obama will have a lack luster term and then recede into private life, or will be one of the most beloved leaders out country ever had...time will tell. Same can be said for McCain.
As I told some coworkers today (that listen to me because I am older than they are ergo I might know something, Or because i am higher up in the organization than they are) America has survived bad Presidents, and we will again if we have to...although I sure wish some better people were out there running for office.
I didn't support Hillary, backed someone else, and feel the nomination was pretty much taken away from her by some weird dealings in the party, like the discounting of two states and then the "super-delegates"...that really smack of favoritism and undemocratic actions.
What I really hope happens is WHOEVER is elected tries to make this country like it ought to be, where being a democrat or republican is secondary to being a citizen of this country.
I rue the day the credo Duty Honor Country is replaced with Duty Honor Party...geez, that sounds like...Soviet communism?
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