re: #311 teleskiguy

No. Viscous Obama has forgotten Vietnam, the social unrest of the 60s, etc. Yeah, things were bad under Bush, yeah, soldiers died, yeah, 9/11. But Viscous Obama is missing some serious historical context.

Well, I guess “recent” means different things depending on when you were born, but Hastert’s tenure coincided with the worst period in the past 30 years. The Patriot Act, horrid environmental policies, decaying infrastructure, stultifying civil rights, a total disregard for the deficit, the Iraq War, and horrible, corporate legislation up and down the board. There was absolutely no progress whatsoever. He is absolutely culpable for bringing into existence the Tea Party.