{"id":303,"date":"2007-12-24T10:12:02","date_gmt":"2007-12-24T14:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summerofjim.com\/2007\/12\/24\/wheres-the-fucking-salsa-pat\/"},"modified":"2008-02-26T17:19:42","modified_gmt":"2008-02-26T21:19:42","slug":"wheres-the-fucking-salsa-pat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/?p=303","title":{"rendered":"Where’s the fucking salsa, Pat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The political scene is sickening.\u00a0 I keep telling folks we have no one to blame but ourselves.\u00a0 We have evolved, or maybe descended<\/em> is a better word,\u00a0into a political system featuring folks who run for office based not<\/em> on what they believe; but in what will get them elected.\u00a0 Then, once elected, they are not interested in governing<\/em>; but simply remaining in the job. <\/p>\n

This is a long way from the idealism that stimulated the founding fathers <\/em>in framing our Constitution.<\/p>\n

But in fairness… the ol’ boys had it a bit easier.\u00a0 They started their day with two litres of Ale, had a bottle of Madeira at lunch and drank the night away on good French Cognac.\u00a0 They were well read, classically educated and they had the breadth of wisdom that burst thru the alcoholic haze.\u00a0 And there wasn’t a News Truck with a remote camera team to cover the time that Hamilton tripped on a cobblestone on Chestnut St.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Sad to say it… but those guys would probably have a tough time in the present tabloid, 30 second sound bite environment.\u00a0 Shame.<\/p>\n

I never thought I would live to see the day when I would think of Dick Nixon as being a desirable President.\u00a0 But I’m almost there…<\/p>\n

It seems a dream… strong leadership, hardnosed thinking, toughness with restraint… real people with red blood flowing thru their veins… Here is President Nixon… taking a step back\u00a0from battles\u00a0with Capitol Hill, dealing with the Commies, and the terror of the McGovern Campaign… relaxing on the Sequoia as it makes its way along the Potomac into the setting sun… The\u00a0President has just refreshed his guests’ martinis\u00a0with a third round.\u00a0 Like FDR, he preferred mixing them himself… Tanqueray Gin, a whiff of Noilly Pratt and an olive.\u00a0 A real <\/em>cocktail, for real <\/em>people.\u00a0 And who\u00a0would care if the conversation became laced with profanity… or demonstrated a certain mean spirited attitude.\u00a0 Strong leaders have strong opinions.\u00a0 Do you think that Jefferson was a saint?<\/p>\n

And oh… the martinis flowed, and a bottle of Ch. Margaux ’66 awaited to accompany the thick grilled sirloins that would be prepared for dinner.\u00a0 But first more martinis and some light hors d’oeuvres.\u00a0 No cameras, no sound crews… “Where’s the fucking salsa, Pat?”<\/p>\n

Dream?\u00a0\u00a0Or Maybe it’s a nightmare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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