TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Most of you are too young to remember the 1960 election. Both Democrats and Republicans feared John Fitzgerald Kennedy. He was charismatic, handsome, extremely well-spoken, and inspired both men and women. I was only 14 years old. Obviously, I could not vote, but like most other young Americans, I saw something in then Senator Kennedy which excited me; gave me hope. Democrats feared his candidacy because he was a Catholic. In 1928 Al Smith, also a Catholic and the Democratic presidential nominee, was badly beaten by Republican Herbert Hoover. Similar fears arose on both sides in 2008. Barack Obama was also brilliant, and a great public speaker who inspired everyone who listened to him. However, some Democrats feared that our nation may not have been ready for its first Black President. Republicans were also divided. Their candidate was the Senator from Arizona, a man respected by members of both parties, John McCain However, Senator Obama was younger and had a b...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I have written many stories about the Republican Party taking its final breath on January 20, 2017. Although this is a fact, it’s not surprising. For more than 15 years, when the TEA Party was allowed to invade the former Grand Old Party, all right-wing politicians began moving farther to the right. Today, they have become fascists. However, what I never told you in so many words, is that the Democratic Party no longer exists, and hasn’t for the last 80 years. In 1932, the greatest President of the United States in history was elected for the first time. Over the next 13 years, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s policies were focused on the working man and woman; the majority. Although he was reluctant to enter into the second World War, he prepared our nation for the possibility. When we were attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, we were ready to help our allies defeat the evil forces of fascism. There has never been a president like FDR and I doubt there ever...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Let’s discuss the ‘enigma’ which is Elon Musk. I don’t know what others think of him, or how much they know about the ‘man,’ not the image. Musk was born in South Africa on June 28, 1971. His wealthy mother immigrated to Canada in 1989, where she and her son became citizens. In 2002, Musk moved to the United States and became an American citizen. Musk is best known as the CEO of Tesla, and SpaceX. In 2024, he joined Trump’s campaign and donated a reported 291.5 million dollars to the orange buffoon’s campaign. Trump created a position in his administration for Musk; a position for which he was woefully unqualified. Trump named it the “Department of Government Efficiency,” DOGE. What it actually was became clear immediately. It was an illegal agency whose purpose was to rid Washington of legitimate agencies which had been focused on investigating Trump’s egregious and numerous crimes between 2021 and 2024. Thousands of hard-working government employees were summa...