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Barack Obama

steve2470

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4. it's just unreal

Reply to mcar (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 08:32 PM

Mar 2014

I admit, when I was 16 and 17, I was very young, very naive and very idealistic. However, I got very disillusioned by Nixon, Watergate and the Ford pardon. Watergate was a crash course in the sometimes sordid ways of Washington. You lose your naivete quickly if you pay close attention. It's great to be idealistic but hey, reality bites.

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a rant, if you will (don't click if not in the mood to read one) [View all] steve2470 Mar 2014 OP

Good rant, steve. sheshe2 Mar 2014 #1

thanks sheshe, GOTV ! nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #2

Yes to this mcar Mar 2014 #3

it's just unreal steve2470 Mar 2014 #4

i find it outright mind boggling. its a wonder mopinko Mar 2014 #5

BUT HE DIDN'T GIVE ME MY UNICORN THAT FARTS RAINBOWS! Aristus Mar 2014 #6

I DIDN'T GET MY PRIVATE BEACH ON THE ITALIAN COAST.... steve2470 Mar 2014 #7

Still waiting for my socialist paradise! I'm not kidding! Really! Where is it? Where?!! I want!!!! freshwest Mar 2014 #16

People don't have to be somewhat knowledgeable and savvy about how things work in Washington Cha Mar 2014 #8

To be fair ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #9

oh so true steve2470 Mar 2014 #11

I've said before ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #12

agreed steve2470 Mar 2014 #13

That is true.. it starts out so much of the time as "speculation, opinion.." coulda shoulda Cha Mar 2014 #14

de nada and mahalo Cha ! nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #10

oh the latest shitfest in GD steve2470 Mar 2014 #15