I am very sorry that you gave such short shrift to the 2012 election. For me, it was the most important election in my life (up until that point, at least), possibly because I had so much invested in it myself. When Dolores and I saw how Obama was treated during his first term, from the very beginning, we vowed to do everything in our power to help him get reelected. The outrageous lies from the Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh and the violent opposition to the Affordable Care Act convinced us that the latent racism was now out in the open. Our basement became a staging area for volunteers to canvass all over Northern Virginia. At least 500 enthusiastic volunteers passed through training and spread out to get out the vote in 2012. Obama’s victory was a vindication of his first term, and it renewed my faith in the intelligence of the electorate.
Curiously enough, I thought Romney was a good person, and he probably would have been a decent President. That was before the dark side took over the Republican Party, and gave us the ugly situation that we are facing now, with the prospect that the personification of all that is dark and threatening is now in a position to become President again. As long as I have any energy left, I will do my best to make sure that doesn’t happen. Watching the Democratic Convention, I felt some of the Obama magic entering the arena again. Kamala Harris can hopefully channel some of the energy into a victory in November. A landslide victory, perhaps far fetched, would put to rest, once and for all, the notion that we are indifferent to what kind of person leads us, and prove once again that character and truth matter.
I remember having conversations about your work at the time, Uncle Jack. You were and still am a great patriot.
I'm always going to have a bad taste in my mouth about Obama, despite the good things his administration accomplished.
I think the Obama magic, the good feelings about ending multiple wars, helping the middle class, closing Gitmo, and codifying Roe, was all gone by the time 2010 rolled around and he was smashed in the mid-terms.
It's impressive to see the party develop a deep bench of governors, attorney generals, and mayors.
We agree that the next step forward to is to defeat Trump. I don't care what the margin is. He would be a multiple loser and no one would touch him.
I love the idea that a group of people gathering to give great speeches about each other, but unfortunately that typically only happens at our funerals. We should do what we can to change that…
Yay Anonymous!! lol - those speeches were perfect. Also, this sentence made me gag, please don’t let it be so - “2028, when Donald Trump Jr. will presumably be the Republican nominee (His running mate will be former Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann, and the GOP strategy will be to put Minnesota in play).” Eww.
I am very sorry that you gave such short shrift to the 2012 election. For me, it was the most important election in my life (up until that point, at least), possibly because I had so much invested in it myself. When Dolores and I saw how Obama was treated during his first term, from the very beginning, we vowed to do everything in our power to help him get reelected. The outrageous lies from the Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh and the violent opposition to the Affordable Care Act convinced us that the latent racism was now out in the open. Our basement became a staging area for volunteers to canvass all over Northern Virginia. At least 500 enthusiastic volunteers passed through training and spread out to get out the vote in 2012. Obama’s victory was a vindication of his first term, and it renewed my faith in the intelligence of the electorate.
Curiously enough, I thought Romney was a good person, and he probably would have been a decent President. That was before the dark side took over the Republican Party, and gave us the ugly situation that we are facing now, with the prospect that the personification of all that is dark and threatening is now in a position to become President again. As long as I have any energy left, I will do my best to make sure that doesn’t happen. Watching the Democratic Convention, I felt some of the Obama magic entering the arena again. Kamala Harris can hopefully channel some of the energy into a victory in November. A landslide victory, perhaps far fetched, would put to rest, once and for all, the notion that we are indifferent to what kind of person leads us, and prove once again that character and truth matter.
I remember having conversations about your work at the time, Uncle Jack. You were and still am a great patriot.
I'm always going to have a bad taste in my mouth about Obama, despite the good things his administration accomplished.
I think the Obama magic, the good feelings about ending multiple wars, helping the middle class, closing Gitmo, and codifying Roe, was all gone by the time 2010 rolled around and he was smashed in the mid-terms.
It's impressive to see the party develop a deep bench of governors, attorney generals, and mayors.
We agree that the next step forward to is to defeat Trump. I don't care what the margin is. He would be a multiple loser and no one would touch him.
I love the idea that a group of people gathering to give great speeches about each other, but unfortunately that typically only happens at our funerals. We should do what we can to change that…
I nominate you to be the Guy Who Takes This On!
Who else is with me?
I also nominate Anonymous! Because anyone who would marry Chris deserves a prize!
I'm not the prize?
Booby?
McKinley lasted less than one year in his second term, being shot in Buffalo by an anarchist. At which point Roosevelt took over...
Yay Anonymous!! lol - those speeches were perfect. Also, this sentence made me gag, please don’t let it be so - “2028, when Donald Trump Jr. will presumably be the Republican nominee (His running mate will be former Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann, and the GOP strategy will be to put Minnesota in play).” Eww.
I don't see any signs of the GOP changing its ways. It's just going to get crazier and crazier.