Those were the good old days

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Were there ever good old days when our elected representatives had the guts to stand up to special interests (I include the Bush/Cheney neocon cabal in that group, as well as defense contractors, oil companies and the for profit insurance/health lobby) and do things that are good for the nation as opposed to the bottom line?

Work harder and work smarter!

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by: mooncat @ Tue Nov 06, 2007 at 14:25:18 PM UTC

I remember when: (4.00 / 1)

President John F. Kennedy said:"Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country."

President Franklin Roosevelt said : "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself".

President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas to enforce Brown v. Board of Education.

President Harry Truman integrated the Armed Forces.

President Lyndon Johnson signed the Votings Rights Acts and the Civil Rights Act.

So yes Mooncat, we have a rich history of our elected representatives doing what's in the best interest of our country intead of the special interest.   We also had a free press to keep them honest. 

I sure do miss the good old days when we had a free press instead of a lap dog press.

 

 

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.~Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D. MA)

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by: Redeye @ Tue Nov 06, 2007 at 17:20:48 PM UTC

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