"I was born in a house my father built." Thus began Richard Nixon's autobiography. If he were alive, I would say "Well, Dick I was born in the house that Jack built. Jack Kennedy, that is. Until you came along and turned it into the out house."
(Cross posted at The National Gadfly
I was born in 1960. I grew up as 'Camelot' came and went. The ideals that JFK stood for as he rose to the call of the Presidency were equality, justice and the rule of law. He was replaced by the consumate politico, LBJ who forced the old Democratic political machine and New Deal alliances into the Civil Rights Act at the cost of destroying those very alliances. Ironically, it was the lawyer, Richard Nixon that ushered in the iron boot of GOP corruption that has run roughshod over the American landscape for 40 years. Today, it dies and I say "Goodbye and good riddance!"
Goodbye to those that seek to divide this country as a means of stealing from us all.
I am tired of race-baiting. There is no evil deed ever committed by any individual or group of any minority that can even begin to compare with the horrid atrocities committed by corrupt politicians and those that bankroll them. (Namely, polluters, tax cheats, land rapers, wealth stealers, law breakers, prison dodgers, bribers and murderers.)
I am tired of The Religious Right (omfg! I am so sick and tired of their hypocrisy and their hatred.) Shamelessly professing to love all man while demonizing millions of fellow citizens. Aiding and abetting the massacre of hundreds of thousands and maybe millions of people in other countries by labeling them as evil because they do not believe in your God. You are liars and you have blood on your hands. Think about the grown children lying in a pool of their own blood because you elected a President that would use your religion as a justification for murder. Think about that when you start yammering about how much you really care about an unborn fetus.
I am sick of 'white collar' criminals palling around with GOP hate-mongers and thieves, getting away with one scheme after another that sucks money out of my pocket. You have money for building missiles but not for roads. You will order the death of thousands living in another country but you won't demand that we educate the thousands in this country. You send money in suitcases to sheiks to purchase a cease-fire but you will spend nothing on the healthcare of your own citizens.
To the GOP, I say this: You are thieves, liars and murderers. I don't want to hear any of the "Blue Dog" crap either. The failures of Democrats to overcome the GOP attack / smear / hate machine is not the same. The GOP has sought to steal power and wealth from the Citizens of the United States as part of a consistent pattern of abuse. You are direct descendants of the slaveowners from our country's history.
Your time has come and this is your 'end of days'. Welcome to era of justice. You won't like it here.
-gadfly