Today is yet another milestone in Heartless Motherfuckerism.

[maddiemom]

60. This nation, which used to be an innovator in the world, has fallen into

the grasp of right wing, reactionary pseudo (in the real sense) "Christians." Their influence far exceeds their numbers due to cowardly politicians. Arguably the most damaging statement ever by a POTUS was Reagan's "government IS the problem," and the canonization of this somewhat befuddled but amiable B list actor says all there is to say about the modern Republican party, They used him to mislead much of the public. My aging, but hard core Democrat and union organizer father-in-law just loved his folksiness and actually debated voting for him (he didn't). Now we are somewhat of a joke to the increasingly progressive countries in the world. A large portion of our happily ignorant voters want to turn us back to before the Scopes "monkey trial." How did we become such a reactionary nation, beholden to the most ignorant among us? Spineless politicians. Actively involved locally in getting out the college age voters, I know there is a huge wave of forward thinking potential voters out there, but turned off by politics. Amazingly, some remember their parents' turnoff after Bush vs Gore when they were young children.