I, for one, cannot wait for this upcoming election to be over. Having said that, I still care who wins, but I think it's getting way to nasty for my personal taste. I am almost 54 years old, divided by 4, which means that I have been alive for 13.2 Presidential election cycles. (I just scared myself!) I can remember as far back as the Kennedy-Nixon election of 1960 (whoa, scared myself again!) and, though there have been some intense campaigns in those years, very few equal the slings and arrows that are being tossed about this year.
The one that comes the closest, in my mind, was the 1972 race between George McGovern and the incumbent, Richard Nixon; that was a nasty one. Our nation was involved in an undeclared Civil War, with liberals and conservatives going at each other very fiercely. The Democratic party, alone, was awash with scandals, racist accusations, and political failings; much like the Republican party today. Terms like communism, socialism, liberalism, and baby-killerism were spewed like spit. It was a horrendous time in our history and one which I don't care to relive.
This election has the same undercurrent of hatred that can result in only one thing: a divided country. In 1972, we were a country divided by hate, fear, and "isms". Sound familiar?
Peace Out!!
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