There is no fool like an old fool. A lifetime of liberalism, where 'Big Government' is the answer to almost every question, didn't prepare him for the inevitable attempts to control every aspect of life?
Dumbass.
The basic message that liberals have for todays Americans is that they are too stupid to take care of themselves and need big government to hold their hands and make their decisions for them. Here we are living in the richest country in the world, and libs still try to tell "underprivileged" Americans that "don't even try, you won't make it". It takes a lot of gall to say that, but you have to give libs credit for never giving up. The allure of power and the opportunity to tell people how to run their lives is something they'll never easily surrender.