Thursday, November 02, 2006

Do you remember


When smart, competent, compassionate people ran the country?



People who, for all their flaws, could

speak in complete sentences?

People who could

hold actual conversations on actual, complicated issues.


People who did not run in circles, pissing themselves like drunken two-year-olds and screaming "Traitor!"

whenever someone pointed out inconvenient truths.

Remember that?

9 comments:

tech98 said...

Sadly, yes.

Anonymous said...

Yes, but that was in another country.
And beside, there was a wench. :'(

Anonymous said...

It's been an interesting nightmare, alright, but I really, really would like to wake up now.

Watch 'n Wait said...

Once upon a time...

Anonymous said...

Jeebus, I'm almost in tears.

I really want this nightmare to end.

Anonymous said...

I miss America. I wish it would come back.

Anonymous said...

I will never rest until we get these current f*#kers thrown out of office and into jail where they belong.

--gravie

driftglass said...

I miss America too.
Maybe if we ask really nice she'll give us another roll in the hay.

Anonymous said...

Remember that?

Sure do...however, this latest dystopian episode isn't all that surprising nor out of character:
It Can't Happen Here
--Sinclair Lewis, 1936

Got my fingers crossed for Diebold being a non-factor on Tuesday night.