If you want to find a date when the US ceased functioning, it was long before 6 years ago... heck, Clinton was president before Bush, and Bush was president before Clinton... Reagan was great, but before him we had a complete loser, Ford was alright, Nixon had a bad rep but was good, Kennedy was a complete degenerate loser... Eisenhower was good, Truman was an idiot, Roosevelt was a cripple in mind and body.
You look at the options we have to pick from... it's horrible. Who's your pick? Dole vs. Clinton = two losers. Gore vs. Bush = two losers. Kerry vs. Bush = two losers. Anyone care to venture a guess about the next election? Two losers facing off against each other. McCain is about the only politician with any substance and principle, and it's unlikely he'll win...
