My Political Beliefs - A Personal History Part 1
I was born during the first term of Richard Nixon's Presidency in early 1971, the thing I remember about that time period was that my father couldn't stand the President, and thus my formative years were spent loathing our Chief Executive.
I was three when Nixon resigned and Ford became the only President never to be elected to either the Presidency nor Vice-Presidency (he was, of course, appointed VP when Spiro Agnew, Nixon's first VP resigned in scandal).
I don't remember much about life during the Ford Presidency to be honest. I think much of my memories are actually constructs taken from old episodes of [i]Saturday Night Live[/i] and documentaries on PBS and History Channel. I do somewhat remember the hoopla revolving around the Bicentennial, but the rest of that era I was too young.
When President Carter was elected in 1976 I was five, and I don't remember much about the campaign at all. My only memories of that period involve lines at gas stations.
I suppose that my strongest early memories involve Regan's anointment in 1981, after a horrible campaign where many Democrats were disenfranchised, the inauguration of Reagan also happened the same day that the hostages were released in Iran, which of course was a dirty deal done behind the scenes, and my first introduction into the world of bad politics.
The first couple of Reagan years were not good. The economy in the early 80's was still reeling from the horrendous inflatation and oil embargoes of the 70's. I guess it was after the Olympics in '84 that I felt things start to change a bit, and the economy got a little better, and life was certainly pretty fun. Of course I was a teen-ager at that point, and what did I know about politics?
I have more to add, but since I found this in my saved drafts I figured I should post.
EDIT: Err..."President Mondale?"
I was three when Nixon resigned and Ford became the only President never to be elected to either the Presidency nor Vice-Presidency (he was, of course, appointed VP when Spiro Agnew, Nixon's first VP resigned in scandal).
I don't remember much about life during the Ford Presidency to be honest. I think much of my memories are actually constructs taken from old episodes of [i]Saturday Night Live[/i] and documentaries on PBS and History Channel. I do somewhat remember the hoopla revolving around the Bicentennial, but the rest of that era I was too young.
When President Carter was elected in 1976 I was five, and I don't remember much about the campaign at all. My only memories of that period involve lines at gas stations.
I suppose that my strongest early memories involve Regan's anointment in 1981, after a horrible campaign where many Democrats were disenfranchised, the inauguration of Reagan also happened the same day that the hostages were released in Iran, which of course was a dirty deal done behind the scenes, and my first introduction into the world of bad politics.
The first couple of Reagan years were not good. The economy in the early 80's was still reeling from the horrendous inflatation and oil embargoes of the 70's. I guess it was after the Olympics in '84 that I felt things start to change a bit, and the economy got a little better, and life was certainly pretty fun. Of course I was a teen-ager at that point, and what did I know about politics?
I have more to add, but since I found this in my saved drafts I figured I should post.
EDIT: Err..."President Mondale?"