The 80s was a great time to grow up in America. I turned 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 as a child under Ronald Reagan. During those years, it seemed that Reagan had always been the president and always would be. And being a kid in the middle-class suburbs of Buffalo certainly didn't bring a lot of thoughts of doom and sorrow. So the days under Reagan I now reflect as being the best days in America, because I played every one of those days.
At the age of eight, however, in November 1988, I supported Michael Dukakis for president (since my parents did) and haven't looked back. In the years since, my generation has learned of the fallacies of trickle-down economics, the ramifications of a military build-up (Bin Laden, Afghanistan, Iraq and terrorism), and the horrific cold-hearted policies of Reagan's "new conservatism," which Bush has so proudly continued these past four years, including wretched policies towards immigration, education, the elderly and the impoverished.
