...but you don't have to go back very far - only 5.5yrs - to find the US was a country of optimism, a country other nations respected.
Now we're told on a regular basis to be afraid, be very afraid...and we are no longer respected.
"If we talk about the economy, we'll lose"
-Bush44's top aide
"This campaign is not about issues"
-Rick Davis, Bush44's Campaign Manager