Time repeats itself

I'm the daughter and grand-daughter of the Great Depression era folks. Our family recently sold a home that had been in our family since 1930. There were all kinds of treasures found during the move but the most pertinent to our time is this.


In the October 15, 1944 Philadelphia Inquirer, it's weekly Sunday magazine cover was Republican presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey. Inside the magazine, a "valuable election chart" detailed the history of several years of election trends.



Now if you can't quite see this, it displays the 1920 election as box 1 which shows the rise in Republican control. On to 1924 and 1928 where Republicans are at the height of control. Then in box 4 is the election of 1932, which shows almost every state voting Democratic, with the headline below reading "Switch To Democrats Due To World Depression."


Scary how history repeats itself. If I hadn't found this magazine, I would have imagined, theorized, guessed this was the case, but now I have proof. I'm a RABID independent, meaning I don't vote for any party. I think through the issues and vote for who will best serve the good of all Americans. I don't have to agree with every stand a candidate takes on issues, I just have to believe that person will act with the best intentions to protect and serve the greater good.

Here's another piece of information I recently came across. It's a graph of deficits detailing the past few decades of administrations.


OK, so we have some facts to work with now. We know that history has shown that when Republicans are in charge there's a potential for "World Depression" and that at least since the Reagan administration deficits have been created in the US budget by Republican administrations. Crazy but that's where the facts are leading here...

So what do we do with this information? That's really up to you. We're already in the "World Depression" era, again. Are you prepared to continue down this same road for another 4 or 8 or 12 years, spiraling our US deficit to untold depths, leaving the bill for generations to come?

Is your fear of something different, someone different, going to stop you from choosing change over repeating history? Are you going to be someone who can tell their children they voted to bring an end to fiscal suicide by our government elites by voting their conscience not their party? Will you be courageous and share your convictions with others and challenge them to think past today and tomorrow and onto the path we are setting for our children?

How you vote matters. It matters more in this election than it has for many years. If you believe things are going well and we should continue on this path, you already know what to do. But if you believe as I do, that the US needs to rethink some things, that American citizens should be the first priority for the US government dollars, and that a White House filled with people of all colors will represent us all, then you know what to do.

There's only a few weeks left, thank GOD! Let's get this over with and move on to more important things, like well, just get the commercials back to pills, pizza and the regular stuff. Make sure you're registered to vote. Make sure you go out and vote. Take your friends and neighbors if they need a ride. Don't let this chance to make history pass you by!