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(13,418 posts)with politics. I remember in 2nd grade, Judy (my best friend) and I would have fights over who was going to be Prez. Her family was repugnant.
I probably just liked the way JFK carried himself and I liked Jackie and the 2 kids. Nixon looked like the devil....and so did his wife. I wanted to stay up and wait until they declared a 'winner' on Election Eve, but it got so late I fell asleep. I remember running down the hall the next morning yelling, 'Did he win? Did he win?' That was probably the only time in my life that I was so very excited over a presidential win. I had always wanted my own 'FDR.' But that's just not going to happen.
I even got a degree in politics as a 2nd major. Watergate was so much fun to me...I was in college at the time. Bringing Nixon down was a huge triumph at the time. I thought we had conquered the enemy and everyone had learned their lessons. Now he appears to be a Teddy Bear compared to some of the vile slime we have encountered.
1980 started the decline. Raygun and Papa Bush (Thankfully I was living in San Fran which kept me safe in that little Progressive Bubble out there). Then Clinton, who I call the best Republican President EVER....well, no maybe Teddy Roosevelt. Hell, bring back Ike's tax rates of 90% on the Rich.
W nearly killed me. The 2nd term, I gained 30 lbs....that's my addiction...Food. Good thing I don't like heroin. LOL. I had worked so hard on the Kerry campaign. I was crushed. I just couldn't believe it. And it was my home state of OH that was stolen. I even drove to DC to stop the Electoral Votes of OH from being accepted. Then in '06, I worked to get the House and Senate so we could IMPEACH this war monger...but Pelosi and her damn table betrayed me. So I wasn't much in the mood for Obama. I really liked HRC. I don't get my FDR nor my first woman Prez....Who knew that my life peaked at such a young age...after I saw The Beatles for the 2nd time.
Obama didn't excite me at all...he just seemed naive. And I didn't buy into that 'Yes, We Can.' I'm too old for that. But it was a great marketing effort. And there were many times in the past 4 years that I wanted to slap him.
I still don't like him that much. It's a Campaign of Hate, imho. My dislike of RobMe is much stronger than my respect for Obama. And it's the same on the other side. Those RWers don't want a Mormon in the WH, but they hate Obama...lots of racists out there.
To be honest, I've come to the conclusion that there isn't much difference between the parties. And this campaigning is BIG CIRCUS TIME when people get all aroused w/ 'the race.' These presidents do as they are told, IMHO. TPTB call the shots on the banks, the MSM, industrial migration, everything.
I'm such a cynic...the only way out I see is for Mother Nature to hit The Reset Button....and wipe out a big chunk of the world. She's done it before and she'll do it again. Every 26,000 years, she turns on her axis. Maybe she'll shrug her shoulders and all the greedy sons of shorts dicks will go flying into thin air or drown under a massive tsunami.
Now, you must think I'm crazy. What's that song? "I'm not crazy. I just know too much." Great tune.
Where did you live overseas? I traveled to Europe twice in my college years.