What I've learned over the last year - twitter is for twits.:roll:
Since Twitter is media, I'll trace it back to 1960, the first media election, the election that Nixon felt was stolen and probably changed him forever; a lot can be learned by anyone by just seeing how the EC has changed every election since then, when I was 7-yo and my Dad was still stationed overseas in Morocco.
1964 had a dead JFK from 1963, the daisy girl ad, the GOP civil war; as TV grew,
Then came civil rights and voting rights and the changing of the parties in 1968, Chicago convention, RFK and MLK Jr, Nixon's southern strategy and his interference in the peace talks; this is where we as a nation start to disagree vehemently on the spin of events;
The division over the Vietnam War of which my Dad did multiple TDYs to, doing supply and escorting fallen soldiers to their families leading into Nixon's 1972 election and Watergate--again, a continual division every 4 years;
Chapaquidick Kennedy challenging his sitting president, allowing Reagan to win, just my view; while GHWB was secretly negotiating with Iran;
Reagan's near assassination, causing him to change forever toward the religious right; Reagan broke the streak of presidents dying in office if elected in a year ending in zero going back to 1840;
tax cuts in 1983, starting the 20 trillion TAD; the start of the 2nd gilded age; outspending the Soviet Union; Iran-contra and Ollie North;
Read my lips, Ross Perot allowing Clinton into office, the 1994 elections allowing Gingrich in; WJC's impeachment, 1999 as the beginning of the end of the senate with blocking judicial appointments;
Bush v. Gore; Nadir; 9/11; Iraq 2; etc. etc. etc.
My obvious point is that every uptick in technological advances of the media, such as the Internet, has only served to increase the division of the two sides in this country where people's beliefs flip-flop depending on whether their side is in office.
And yes, I am an American Air Force brat first and a mod/con DEM on the issues second .
