I Could Not and Cannot Not Say it better than You have in your Post.
It frightens me that F.R. may have reached it's Apotheosis with your comment.
All I can say is well done sir, well done.
Thank you to all who have read and commented on this thread, whether it has been in support of my sentiment, or not. I wasn’t able to contribute, applaud or rebut many of the replies directed at me, because we left home shortly after starting the thread, and I am in an area with limited Internet connectivity for the next couple of days.
Just to sum up, to clarify some misunderstanding:
1) I’ve never been a registered member of ANY political party. (as far as I can remember...) I’ve been asked for a party preference in order to vote in a primary, but that’s as close as I’ve come to committing.
2) My intense interest in political machinations goes predates the Clinton era, but really took off at that time. I was astonished to see a candidate and his wife look me in the eye via TV and assure me that he repeatedly behaved like a deceiving scoundrel to his wife and daughter, but, hey, we can trust him not to screw us over. Really??!! Then I saw the media dutifully lap up the milksop and cover his sorry butt for the next 8 years.
I’d get my hopes up that American would wake up, only to have those hopes dashed time after time by the spineless political hacks on both sides of the aisle who were more interested in protecting their own than in demonstrating strength, integrity and leadership.
My faith in ‘Capitol R’ republicans started out as thin as fine fishing line, and has since been getting thinner as they have stretched and strained credulity with their feckless actions in the past 20 years or more.
I have nothing but contempt for most politicians of all stripes, but am reserving special feelings for the current batch of national leaders. Just when you think that things can’t get any worse, they prove you wrong EVERY TIME.
And they expect to be addressed in correspondence as ‘the Honorable’ so-and-so...
Here ya go, Senator, Congressman -— have a healthy mouthful of my saliva. Wear it well, it looks good on you.
And don’t even get me started on Obama...
(Take heart, Freepers, typing this on an iPad has spared you from a rant of epic proportions, if not exactly cogent and rational import...) Not correcting this for typos, either. The iPad is a nice toy, but it makes writing an adventure...)