Lincoln Square - The Worst Generation
Like millions of others, I was drawn to the Republican Party of Ronald Reagan standing in front of the Berlin Wall demanding, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” This was the America of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who declared in his inaugural address:
“We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans — born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage — and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.
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That was the America my father spent three years in the South Pacific, 28 island landings, fighting to defend. This was the America that my uncle spent months in Europe fighting to defend until a German machine gun ambushed his patrol. He was shot six times and never fully recovered. Like so many of their generation, they returned home, rarely talked about their wars, and went about building a new life.
That Greatest Generation is now followed by the Worst Generation of Republican politicians. The legacy of the great defenders of freedom and liberty is now squandered and shamed by these Republicans. Their legacy is the Great Betrayal.
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