Bye Jimmy

 OK, so Jimmy has departed this Life. He was a good man, although his defeat by that idiot, Reagan might belie that fact.  I worked briefly under Carter and I thought he was great. I was working at The Urban Institute, a non-profit research center, when I received an invitation to join the Carter administration as a working chap in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to help lead an evaluation office.  Unfortunately, I joined near the end of his brief tenure.  However brief, I loved working under the Carter Administration as a member of our government. And Then Reagan defeated Carter. That was baffling, as Reagan was nobody, despite being a governor in California.

Everything changed after Reagan took over.  The Big change for me was to replace my former boss with a newbie brought in by Reagan. He turned out to be the single dumbest man I had ever worked with or for in my then 24 year working career.  And so that kind of defined my life at DHEW, then DHHS.  I worked for another several years, but then I finally quit and went into business for myself, to avoid becoming brain dead.

So, I was lucky enough to have a chance encounter with one of our world’s good men—Jimmy Carter—and then one of our truly awful men—Ronald Reagan.  The problem I have now is, how can I say that about Reagan, when we now have Donald Trump? I mean, how is Trump even possible after folks like Carter and Reagan?  Americans elected all three people?  Now, to be fair, Americans elected Trump to avoid electing a woman. Apparently we might have voted for Adolph Hitler to avoid electing a woman?  I mean, Kamala was bright, ethical, knowledgeable, except . . . she was a woman. I mean, America can’t elect a woman . . . right???

So what have we become as a Nation?

From Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump.  Wow, what a ride on the road to Hell.  Think of it. In my lifetime:

FDR, Truman, Eisenhower,  Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush II (ugh), Obama, Trump, Biden, Trump (aaarrrggghhh). Of that group, Trump makes a mockery of the Presidency. And it is not merely Republican-Democrat politics. I mean, Ike, Ford, Bush I were ok. Now Nixon, Reagan, Bush II were all bad news for America and the world. But Donald Trump really makes all of them look great by comparison.

So, Jimmy, Rest in Peace. You will always look good by comparison with the latest idiot-malenfant elected by Americans who wish to destroy America. Bye bye Jimmy. Bye bye America. And folks, Be Careful What You Wish For.