Reply #64: I've grown disgusted with politics/politicians in general. [View All]

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

And, I'm damned tired of voting for "the lesser of two evils". I was a kid during the stifling Eisenhower years. Kennedy was a ray of hope. LBJ snuffed out that hope. Nixon compounded it. Ford was a nonentity. Carter was good man but was overpowered by Washington and the insiders.
Reagan was a disaster. Bush pere introduced the nation to fratboy politics. Clinton gave us the DLC and triangulation which translated to a sellout of liberalism. Now, we have the nincompoop as Mencken foresaw.

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." H.L. Mencken