TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart [All governments are bad, some are just worse than others.] This was a line I heard about seventy years ago, and remains accurate to this day. I was born in the United States, and therefore I can only attest to my own country and how it treats or mistreats its people. However, people around the world are virtually the same and want the same things for themselves and their loved ones. I can tell you one thing without reservation: the quality and competence of America’s government has declined throughout my lifetime. Professional politicians have become focused on greed for great power and great wealth, and less interested in serving the people of our nation. Over the last nine years, the quality of those leading our nation has diminished to a level impossible to describe. A major cause for our government’s demise is clearly on the shoulders of the electorate. Voting for a party, and rejecting the most qualified candidates has given us men and women who are not on...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   I truly cannot believe that what is happening today is occurring while I am conscious. In my 77 years I could never have imagined what is going on in America today, and I am a novelist , being creative is my thing.   Millions of our nation’s people claim that they will vote for an old, obese, mentally deficient man who is a confirmed traitor to his country , an asset of Vladimir Putin, a sexual predator, the leader of the fascist movement in America, a racist, a bi got, a sexist, and the biggest criminal in American history.   If “Big Adolf” is elected , America is over.   IF THIS IS AMERICA TODAY, I DON’T BELONG HERE   I am an old man. However, I remember things most Americans never experienced. I remember when a presidential candidate was forced to resign if it was revealed that he had an affair as a marrie d man. In most cases, a man who had been divorced faced little chance of being elected .   LET’S LOOK AT THE FACTS  ...