Your comments remind me of Harry Truman's statement:  "If you want to live like a Republican, vote Democratic."

I came of age during the 1960's when the defining American myth was still, "You can better your life by getting an education and working hard."  I don't believe that myth is still dominant for young people seeking a way in the world. 

In my generation we looked ahead with optimism and confidence that tomorrow would be better.  The young people I know personally, and they are many in number, look forward today with anxiety and mistrust.

Jobs have disappeared.  Doubts exist about solvency of pension plans.  Social Security is in peril.  This administration uses fear to motivate the citizenry and indeed has given us plenty to fear!  Its policies have turned Iraq into a recruiting ground for terrorism in ways that OBL could only have dreamed about. 

I am shocked at the different America Bush has managed to create in less than five years. 

Posted at July 4, 2005 6:06 AM in response to "You Can't Win If You Don't Play"