Republican nomination process complete, well almost

This past week Governor Romney wrapped up the Republican nomination, with a win in Texas. Now the gloves have come off and Katie bar the door, as everything is free game. Does it matter if it is true, not anymore just say it enough times and well you know it worked for George. I read the comments on Yahoo News stories from time to time , to gauge where the American people stand on a variety of topics, and I can tell you that we have never had as much hate and mistrust for our fellow countrymen as we have have now. Do yourself a favor and spend a few minutes reading some of the comments, and you will come away with the same feelings of dread and apprehension as I have about the future of our country. We are in the desperate need of someone who can unite Americans from both sides to work together at the problems facing this once great land. Does it bother me to use the term this once great land? you had better believe it. There is no reason why our country cannot still be the shining example to the rest of the world . Have you no honor: I was telling my wife during the Memorial day holiday that as children, America was a great place to live. A place where if you applied yourself, you could obtain whatever your dream was. Patriotism: not anymore. Once upon a time in America, come every holiday most homes would fly the American flag with a proud sense of belonging . Do you own one Did it fly. Looking back : perhaps things were not as rosey as I would like to remember them. We did have the space race , with an ever growing sense of pride that we Americans could come together and apply our knowledge to obtain something greater than the just for me attitude that we now find oursleves embracing. Unemployment fell from just over seven percent in 1-61 to run at just below four percent thru 1-70 It was a great time in America. Then of course there was a war, and a Presidential scandal forever blackening the eye of the collective American populace. Maybe not as great as I would like to have believed, but still better than the prospect that we now hold. It's time...