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In reply to the discussion: Just want to say, i never dreamed how bad our country could become. I've NEVER thought [View all]Arthur_Frain
(2,397 posts)I have been watching this shit show since then.
After Bill Clinton stood up in the debate and said "it's the economy, stupid", I foolishly thought that maybe the pendulum had begun to permanently swing our way. Nope. Even after Clinton provided a surplus in his last couple of years, the "salt of the earth" in my country decided that the shrub was a better choice than Al, because "he seems like the kind of guy I'd like to sit down and have a beer with". Brilliant system for deciding who to run your government, that.
Two lied-into wars and one global near economic meltdown later (hey, took him a whole 8 years to accomplish that feat) I thought once again, "hey, we elected a black guy, how cool is that?" God I was a naive little shit.
8 years later, when despite the party of "NO"'s obstructionism, I thought things were on an upward swing. Wrong again poopsie. tsf I was a disaster, and that I thought, surely was about rock bottom. Once Biden was dealing with the sack of shit he was left to hold, I hoped he'd be the transitional president he alluded to running for 2020. Groom an obvious choice, hand over the reins, preserve what we'd won. Doh!
I hate those "salt of the earth" fucks, did I mention that? They chose to put him in office a second time, and here we are.
Blame McConnell for the judges, that was his doing specifically. tsf isn't smart enough for that, he's just the recipient of the republican parties' manipulations for all of my adult, politically aware, life.
But make no mistake, tsf deserves the lion's share of the blame for what's gone down. He's a despicable, honorless, useful idiot.
Can we still win? I dunno. I'm not giving up yet though. I'll borrow one of their useless aphorisms.
"Might have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong side"