Reply #13: It also reminds me of 1998

[Hamlette]

when I realized 70% of Americans supported Clinton and realized the crazy right wing nut bags were crazy.

I remember thinking at that time that Americans were basically decent people and even with the media pushing Monica 24/7, 70% of us "got it".

Sure took us a long time to "get it" this time but I think part of it was 9/11. We need to remember how vulnerable we all felt that day and recognize that vulnerability is debilitating.

At any rate, we're back.

(Although I was old enough in 1974, my parents were living in Scotland and I went to see them that summer. I remember waiting for the ferry to come home we got a paper saying something about the tapes and showing it to my dad and saying "now don't you think he should resign?" He said "yes." He resigned that night. It was Reagan though turned my dad into a raving liberal but I think he started to see the light then. There aren't so many now but during those times there were lots of Republicans who were decent people. Dean is the perfect example. Where is Bush's John Dean?)