Picture from CNN.comSome wise-acre in Wyoming, Minnesota has purchased the billboard above. No one knows who paid for the sign, although we can probably narrow it down to someone who is not a fan of President Obama and prefers the ways of George W. Bush, who got us into a large chunk of the mess we're in now.
In response to the question, my answer is NO. No, I don't miss George W. Bush. I don't miss water boarding. I don't miss his "compassionate conservatism" that allowed him to ignore the folks in New Orleans after Katrina. I don't miss his lying about ties between Iraq and Al Qaada. I don't miss his blowing up the budget surplus and creating a huge deficit to pay for two wars. I don't miss the way most of the world didn't like us during his tenure. I don't miss the way he stacked the Supreme Court with even more conservative white guys. I don't miss the way he pretended climate change wasn't real. I don't miss his politics of fear. I don't miss the way he pretended the Constitution didn't apply. I don't miss his fake folksy way.
Thirteen months later, the world isn't perfect. But we're making progress. The world today has serious problems and needs serious people to tackle them. And I'll take people who make serious, thoughtful, carefully debated decisions over people who pretend that intelligence and careful consideration don't matter any day of the week.
The fact that we live in a country where Wyoming and Minnesota can be confused with each other speaks volumes about this man's tenure as POTUS.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for the day when historians unequivocally agree that he was one of the worst things that ever happened to the U.S. I just hope I'm alive to see that day and that the U.S. is still intact.
Okay, MY BAD. I didn't read carefully enough. It seems there's a town in Minnesota named Wyoming. My bad. I've corrected my post.
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