2016 is being billed as the election of bitterness…..the American people, according to some, are unset and yes, even bitter, about the way this country is governed and even the path it is on…..
But it is nothing new! This is where I insert some sort of historical perspective to the chagrin of many….
Mark Naison: Though some people died, others burned themselves out, and families fractured, the nation survived and we stumbled on without our political system collapsing.
I have many friends, most of them younger than me, who are terrified by the divisions in the country, by the violent acts that periodically add to the tension, and by an election which brings out a level of fear and anger they have never seen before.
Unfortunately, this is not new to me. I have vivid memories of the year 1968 and that Presidential election. We had a terrible war. Assasinations. Riots in every major city. Campus take overs. And a country divided down the middle over race and politics
Source: We Have Seen This Bitterness Before: Reflections on 1968 and Now – LA Progressive
So far this election is nothing new…..we could say that the outsiders were the story but that is yet to be seen…..
Just as the election of 1968 the Dem Party has missed the boat….yet again…..
Barring any unforeseen circumstance, Hillary Clinton will likely become the Democratic nominee during next week’s Democratic Convention. With that nomination, the Democratic Party will have missed the opportunity to win a generation.
It’s no secret that Sen. Bernie Sanders polls well with millennials – during the primaries the candidate won more votes than Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump combined, taking more than 80% of the age group’s vote in some states.
Source: The Democratic Party missed the opportunity to win a generation | TheHill
This election will do harm to this country than anything in the past….no matter who wins the damn election.
Next up is the Dem Convention….let’s see what antics are played out on that stage….
Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.
TY my friend….hope you have a good week…chuq
I’m doing well, Chuq, waiting to see the next comedy show: The DNC fiasco.
https://saywhatumean2say.com/2016/05/06/insomnia-is-a-female-dog/
I remember 1968, I remember a lot of things but basically I’ve forgotten more. If we are not at the “Fall of Rome” part, if we are not at the Tea Party part (oh gawd I said/wrote Tea Party…me bad) If we are not experiencing plagues, If there are not wars and rumors of wars (wait…I think we have that part handled) but if we are not living in Revelation, if there are no horses on the horizon, no demigod claiming to be jesus reborn or locust in our crops (wait xxx that out, locust were a plague). If Global Warming isn’t yet recognized by all the thick persons; then we are not at the END….yet. Vote your as best you can, live as best you can, do whatever you can. BUT ask chuq the historian….EVERYTHING OLD is new again……~~dru~~
I will admit I was not interested in politics in 1968…I was a little busy in Vietnam….LOL chuq
Well hell, you missed quite a show but then you were in your own theatre of the absurd. ps thank you for your service and I truly do mean that; I thank a lot of politicians for for the actual war bless their miserable little hearts but I lost friends too and I do and have always appreciated the service. ~~dru~~
I read about it in the news but I was a little busy to really care…at that moment….chuq
I tire of such trivial things … meaning anything Political in one of the dumbest Nations in the world … that would be the US of A(sshole). So glad I am Canadian.