All my teachers were McGovern Supporters, and Socialist preachers. I can remember my classes after the pardon and it wasn't pretty. But after all their thinking, and their preaching, and their influence's ; in 1976, I voted for Carter: no surprise.
While he was President, I grew up and realized that he did not have what it took to be the President of the United States of America, and the leader of the Free World.
Growing up in a family that lived in a small business environment, and having my Father teach me; that if I worked hard and learned how to save, that I would be successful in life, I had an optimistic view on life..
He taught me the American Dream. I grew up believing in that vision; I still believe in that today.
Then Jimmie Carter became President, and his vision for America was bleak: we should never expect to have everything that we wanted and and we should expect to have to sacrifice our life style to survive.
In other words, the American Dream is gone; that you had to give up you dreams to survive, that America will never be as good as it was before.
That was Jimmy Carter's vision of the future of the United States
When Ronald Reagan appeared in in 1979, I saw a Man with a vision, a man that believed in the American Dream; He so believed in that vision for the United States that matched with mine, that he inspired me to once again to believe in the American Dream; to believe in America; to believe we are destined to be great, and to lead the world to freedom.
He had a vision of optimism and success, as opposed to a bleak future from Jimmie' Carter's vision.
In Jimmie Carter, I saw a very nice man, over matched in a calloused world and saw him selling America Short to the world.
When I voted for Ronald Reagan in 1980, I didn't vote for the man, or I didn't against the other man: I voted for an American with a vision for the future of our Country, that inspired me.
Likewise when I voted for George Bush in 2000, I did not vote against Al Gore but I voted for a Man with a vision of the future of the United States, that I agreed with.
I think that us FReepers should use this criteria when we think about the candidates that we will support.
IE: Does this person see our future in an optimistic view or a pessimistic view. Does this person see us as the cause of the problems or are we the bearers of the solutions.
Just my 3 cents
FedUpJohn
Brilliant post John.