Posted on 02/08/2024 5:10:12 AM PST by CFW
“So you’re voting for Du-taxus?” a woman said to me in 1988. I was a lowly receptionist at a gym called “Women Only,” which was probably later sued out of business. I had to answer the phone with, “We have the way, Women Only, this is Sasha, may I help you?”
I was undoubtedly blurting out this mouthful when the client noticed my Dukakis pin, because why wouldn’t she? I told her yes, I was, though I wasn’t “political” back then, and I had no idea why I was voting for Dukakis. He was a Democrat. Being a Democrat wasn’t something I chose. It was something I was. Some guy I was dating probably handed me the pin and told me to wear it, so I complied.
Understandably annoyed, the woman said, “Figures. You probably never even went to college.” I remember this story all of these years later because it’s still surprising to me that a Republican would insult a Democrat’s lack of education. But it tells you everything you need to know about who had the power back then and who didn’t.
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I have been a willing participant in taking us to this desperate moment we now face, where both political parties seem crippled and bottlenecked, but only one of them has turned to corruption to stay in power. Only one of them has blocked any challengers to their preferred candidate. And unfortunately, it’s the one I chose to support.
I supported a party that became corrupt over time, and in supporting them, I became corrupt too. If you’re wondering how seemingly respectable people like Jen Psaki, Rachel Maddow, Rob Reiner, Barbra Streisand, or Stephen King can go along with such obvious corruption of our trusted institutions, that’s why. They are who I used to be.
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And this sort of ignorance and stupidity is why we are where we are.
If you’re wondering how seemingly respectable people like Jen Psaki, Rachel Maddow, Rob Reiner, Barbra Streisand, or Stephen King can go along with such obvious corruption of our trusted institutions....
“And this sort of ignorance and stupidity is why we are where we are.”
Yep. If you go watch some of the videos of young journalists questioning students on campus in regards to political matters, history, geography, or just about any subject, you weep for the future. I saw one recently in which most students couldn’t even name the country from which we gained our independence.
In another, the journalist read quotes and asked whether they were statements made by Biden or Trump. Every student guessed Trump. All were racist statements made by Joe Biden.
I used to think federal law enforcement were the good guys and could mostly be trusted to do the right thing.
I worked around the FBI, Secret Service, the NSA and some State Department officials about thirty years ago. Other than the State Department they were overall decent people.
The agencies are NOT the same as they used to be.
The money quote that proves she totally gets it:
“We were never the resistance. We were always the Empire.”
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