When I use'ta be......

..I remember when I use’ta be a Democrat and I swear, I don’t believe I’ve changed all that much.....and if I ain’t changed, then the Democrat party changed....In my way back when time, Franklin D. wuz Prez....four times....I guess y’could say he was a popular fella....and liberal....why, he was the very model of a modern Major....liberal. With a small L as opposed to the Uber Liberals of t’day.....Old Franklin D. practically gave away the store....’Course, he did have the Great Depression to deal with and not much of a store, compared to t'day....and unlike t’day, it really wuz a Depression with massive unemployment, breadlines and homeless far surpassing what we have t’day....and no safety nets!
No unemployment compensation and no medical.....people wandered back and forth across the ‘hull damn country in search of work; homeless camps and hobo jungles sprouted ever’where and Potter’s Fields....y’don’t hear much about Potter’s Fields t’day but thousands got anonymous burials in the dark thirties.....
And while Franklin’s workfare projects helped, it took a world war to get us out of that depression.
One of the major differences between then and now is, back then, the entire country was at war. And not just on the fronts. Here, at home, in this country. There weren’t any war protesters.....they’da been tarred and feathered (or worse). Ever’one seemed to be involved in ‘doing their part’.....
Today, we’re at war again and I see a lot of bumper stickers supporting our troops but most people go about their daily lives as if ‘Bush’s War’ was......well, inconvenient.
I guess if you blame it on George Bush, if it’s Bush’s War, then he’s to blame and the rest of us can just pretty much ignore any responsibility.
And the Democrats can point fingers and bluster; they can mount protests and post libelous letters to the editor; they can say and do anything they want so long ‘cuz the war ain’t their fault...why, they wuz lied to...mis-led....by all them durn Republicans.....
But an awful lot of Americans are taking responsibility for them....
A lot of young men and women.....older ones, too....part-time soldiers...I guess y’could call’em ‘Citizen Soldiers’....or would that be a cliche?????......
And I remember when I use’ta be a Democrat...........