Predictions for the next four years

[TaraJo]

Trump scares me.  Not just Trump, really, but politics in general.  Truth is, the electorate has a terrible memory.

Know why I don't vote Republican?  I remember what happened last time the voters listened to voices like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter: we elected Bush, a president that was such a failure that even his own party has been going out of their way to distance themselves from him.  I remember what happened with the last two democratic candidates: recessions were turned around and the economy improved.  

But here's what REALLY scared me: The white house, both houses of congress and the supreme court are all Republican.  Does anyone remember the last time that happened?  I do.  It was right after Bush won re-election in 2004.  The result was that gas prices skyrocketed, New Orleans was washed away and the Iraq war (which Bush and the entire Republican party campaigned on) drug on with no end in sight.  

Before that?  Before that, we had that kind of a majority in 2001, just prior to 9/11 happening.  

And before that?  Before that was a long time ago; 1928.  Who rememers what happened in 1929?

I guess the only potential good news is that the Republicans, back in the 20's, caused enough of a complete disaster that we actually got a president who pushed through reforms and laws and programs that helped middle and lower classes.  I just wish it didn't take such extreme disasters for us to realize how butt-fuckingly terrible everything gets with Republicans in charge.