I remember the Bush administration. I remember that feeling like this country was being driven towards a cliff and no matter what we did, the people in power were hell bent on continuing blindly towards doom. "Stay the course" became more than a motto for a war, but for our entire national destiny.
The election of Obama and majorities in both houses of congress gave us all a great sense of relief. Finally a grown up was driving the country and we would finally be able to change our trajectory and maybe reverse course towards sanity and prosperity.
The last couple weeks have demonstrated that, regardless of the motivations or intentions, we are still heading for that cliff and there's no sign of turning. Our only consolation is that we haven't hit it yet, but there's still a long fall ahead.
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