but it still sucks and makes me, in old age, very depressed that politics in my lifetime has been this nightmare from which LOTS of people don't ever want to wake up from. I grew up thinking ( what a whiggish lad I was, and it lasted till I was over fifty) that things tended to get better over the long haul…
but it still sucks and makes me, in old age, very depressed that politics in my lifetime has been this nightmare from which LOTS of people don't ever want to wake up from. I grew up thinking ( what a whiggish lad I was, and it lasted till I was over fifty) that things tended to get better over the long haul (that long arc, etc.). and now, THIS.
it's funny how this scumbag Johnson so closely resembles a nerdy high school physics teacher when he might as well be Dracula.
I'm not exactly young. Born in the first summer of the Eisenhower Administration. My earliest memories of international significance were Sputnik and Laika, the dog that the Soviets launched, who probably didn't last for than a few hours in space. I knew about these evnts because my father was an expert on the USSR. I kept asking him when Laika was going to come home, and I can't remember exactly what he said, probably because I'm guessing he was being vague.
And, yeah, I also thought that things always got better over time. I think Reagan and Bush2 must have killed that naivete, but I don't quite remember if they did or not.
And this current crop of GOPers--I haven't gotten a good look at photos of Johnson, but so many of them--the vast majority of them--are so awful.
But do remember that we are so lucky to have a president who--out of all the people he ran against in the primaries, is far and away the most able to deal with these times. Every time I read about something else he's done, and how he handled it, I'm just amazed both at his competence in the office, and how lucky we are to have him.
I hope that reading this will help you be more optimistic, and in better spirits.
you're right, of course, David.
but it still sucks and makes me, in old age, very depressed that politics in my lifetime has been this nightmare from which LOTS of people don't ever want to wake up from. I grew up thinking ( what a whiggish lad I was, and it lasted till I was over fifty) that things tended to get better over the long haul (that long arc, etc.). and now, THIS.
it's funny how this scumbag Johnson so closely resembles a nerdy high school physics teacher when he might as well be Dracula.
David,
I'm not exactly young. Born in the first summer of the Eisenhower Administration. My earliest memories of international significance were Sputnik and Laika, the dog that the Soviets launched, who probably didn't last for than a few hours in space. I knew about these evnts because my father was an expert on the USSR. I kept asking him when Laika was going to come home, and I can't remember exactly what he said, probably because I'm guessing he was being vague.
And, yeah, I also thought that things always got better over time. I think Reagan and Bush2 must have killed that naivete, but I don't quite remember if they did or not.
And this current crop of GOPers--I haven't gotten a good look at photos of Johnson, but so many of them--the vast majority of them--are so awful.
But do remember that we are so lucky to have a president who--out of all the people he ran against in the primaries, is far and away the most able to deal with these times. Every time I read about something else he's done, and how he handled it, I'm just amazed both at his competence in the office, and how lucky we are to have him.
I hope that reading this will help you be more optimistic, and in better spirits.