Try and Remember the Past this Time

We have a new president. Most of us look forward to the new person it marks the beginning of a new era in our country. Maybe it will mark a kinder gentler era. We certainly need that. It’s an cinch that Obama is trying to usher in a kinder gentler era. He started out forgiving a fellow Democrat (Lieberman) for backing his opponent in the election and he invited a preacher whose views are certain opposed too much of what he believes.

 

These signals haven’t been enough to stop those who ply the party out of power. They are continuing their vitriol through their stealth emailing. But worse than that they are starting to revise history. You can hear it on the Sunday talking heads programs as they start talking about the Bush legacy as they crow about the legacy of the last eight years.

 

First they talk about “No child left behind” as a successful program. You can asked almost any teacher and find the fallacy in that statement. Not only have the schools not improved during the Bush years, they’ve become decidedly worse.

 

Two, you keep hearing how we haven’t been attacked since 9/11. To believe that you would have to discount almost very other attack since then, plus discount the over 4000 people we’ve lost in Iraq. These people conveniently ignore the attacks against those who support us such as Spain, England, and India. They don’t count the less spectacular attacks that are meant to soften us up. They don’t count the years that we have been caused to live in fear of being randomly attacked. THEY ALSO DON’T COUNT THE ATTACKS AGAINST OUR CONSTITUTION.

 

Three, I’ve heard talk about keeping taxes low and growing the job market. Truth about this has been the opposite. The job market has shrunk and jobs have paid less and less money during the Bush years. Today most people have to have at least two jobs to supply their households with the goods and services. We are receiving less pay and fewer benefits.

 

Lastly, I would like to remind you that we’ve now had two Bushes and each has left office in disrepute and very low approval ratings. Each has left office with an economy that’s in trouble. Each has left office with a list of failures that make for a long list. With the first Bush history was rewritten and his time in office remade into a successful period. We shouldn’t allow this to happen with this Bush. And people ………. Lets never allow a third Bush into the office of president.