Thank you, President Kerry and President Gore, on behalf of all good Kossacks, and the hundreds of millions of Americans who never signed up for this farce of a government.
America needs both of you now more than ever.
I was only 7 when JFK was murdered. It was a day that I'll never forget - a beloved man, who gave hope to so many less fortunate than himself, brutally gunned down by a man with no real reason to pursue such an agenda...more than likely, just one of many involved in the terrible events that day.
Then came LBJ and the Great Society, ushering in significant gains in the war against both poverty and racism, ultimately diluted by the horrors of a war based on lies.
We all know that Nixon covertly led our nation away from a path of law and honor, but for all his crimes, no one can ever take away from him the desire to be liked by everyone. Dick Nixon really wanted to be liked, wanted to be loved, so although what he did was terribly wrong, at least the man had a bleeding heart of sorts.
I always felt that Gerald Ford did the right thing by pardoning Nixon, but he didn't do a whole helluva lot else. Ford of course gave way to a most honorable man among men, Jimmy Carter, a truly great man, himself eventually torpedoed by events beyond his control, events that may or may not have been covertly orchestrated by the evil that now threatens our very existence as Americans.
I actually fell for the "Shining City on a Hill" crap - what a naive young soldier I was at the time. (EDITED) Ronald Reagan was a very bad man, who sure as hell didn't care much for the poor, since only the rich and powerful could visit his shining city on the hill. While I feel we must not deny his contributions towards the downfall of the USSR and the end of the Cold War, we most certainly must also diminish his legacy by never forgetting all the terrible events that occurred during his administration, and all the people he left behind in a massive pile of red ink that signaled the beginning of a too-powerful foreign influence on the health of our once-great nation.
Say whatever you want about the first President Bush - perhaps he was right when he told that silver-haired Marie imitation to get an abortion...just kidding...about the "he told her" part. How can anyone not support Roe vs Wade these days? However, I will always give credit when credit is due, and Bush deserves credit for Desert Storm - we went in with others, we pushed Saddam back, and we got out with none of this razzle dazzle WMDs ummm, bringing democracy to the middle east sorry...war on terror ummm, oil bullshit.
Did I say oil bullshit? LOL, who knows for sure.
IMO, a great man led our nation for the next eight years...William Jefferson Clinton. Forgive and forget his one true error...the man led our nation to both peace and prosperity like never before seen in my lifetime. I need to say this next thing...like her or hate her, can anyone honestly say that they'd rather have the evil Bushboy in office instead of Hillary? She's smart, she speaks without notes because she knows her stuff, she's a liberal who's cleverly diluted future right-wing attacks against her if she chooses to run, and she'll have the first and perhaps the best "First Man" that anyone could possibly have at her side.
Which leads us back now to the darkness of today. George Bush is evil. George Bush is incompetent. George Bush is a lying SOB who should be tried for treason. He and the rest of these right-wing bastards must be overthrown. Put all your stamps on your mail upside-down, something I've been doing for five years now. Get yourself an ink stamp with something like "Impeach Bush" or "Try Bush for Treason" and use it on the back of all your mail like I've been doing.
Seize this moment. New hope and excitement have returned, and we do not dare allow it to fade away yet again.
STOP ALITO!
STOP THE MACHINES!
John
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