[jpl]

Are you referring to the Great Depression followed by WWII? As I remember that was the culmination of an era of unrestrained optimism.

You don't get it. I'm not arguing for "unrestrained optimism", and optimism doesn't mean that everything is perfect or always wonderful all the time.

If anything, the Democrats today seem to have become what I would call the party of "unrestrained pessimism". It's one of the big reasons why you guys have gone from a one-time majority into a now entrenched minority. People just don't want to listen to endless doom and gloom. Democrats weren't always this way you know; FDR and Kennedy never campaigned on the basis of how awful things are going to be.

[liberallarry]

You don't get it.

I get it just fine. Guys like you would rather insult guys like me than face unpleasant possibilities which threaten your world view and dogmatic ideology.

If anything, the Democrats today seem to have become what I would call the party of "unrestrained pessimism"

That's not true...but it's true enough. FDR wouldn't recognize them.

you guys

Stop using that ridiculous phrase. It only labels you as an idiot. I'm not a Democrat...and you're speaking to me. Not "you guys".

FDR and Kennedy never campaigned on the basis of how awful things are going to be

FDR didn't have to tell anyone how awful things were going to be. They already were...thanks to guys like you. JFK lived during a great time. My time. If only there'd been no Viet Nam war. But he was killed, and there was, and, once again, noone had to tell people how awful things could be.