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Nostalgia

The other day I was minding my own business, driving down the freeway with my windows open, enjoying the warm Santa Ana winds. I was listening to Sirius Radio, which provides a nice respite from talk radio with no commercials. One of my favorite stations is “50s on 5,” which obviously plays only music from the 1950s, and is able to quench my thirst for nostalgia.

Sirius was playing one of my favorites from the late 50s, “Susie Darlin’” by Robin Luke. Ahh, “nostalgia” . . . what a wonderful thing! The good old songs of the 50s enable me to recall the “good old days.” As I drove along humming the songs of the late 50s, I began to think of the “good old Democratic Party” of the late 1950s. Back then the Democrats were in the process of transitioning from Adlai Stevenson II, who was the Democrat’s presidential candidate in both 1952 and 1956 to a fresh young candidate from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy.
Next on Sirius came “Wake Up Little Susie” by the Everly Brothers. Ahh, nostalgia!
The Democrats back then were a far cry from the Democrats of today. Remember JFK’s “Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” I do not think that the word, “negotiate” is in the present day Democrat’s vocabulary!
The nostalgia continued with Sirius’ “Runaround Sue” by Del Shannon. The Democratic Party of JFK was patriotic. Recall JFK’s “Ask not what your country can do for you… ask what you can do for your country.” Does this sound anything like the Democrats of today? Absolutely not. In fact the JFK-Democrats appear to be more like the Republicans of today than today’s Democrats.
Next on the 50s on 5 was “Waterloo” by Stonewall Jackson. Ahh nostalgia!
But here the lyrics did not remind me of the good old Democratic Party, but rather the chorus seemed to portend their possible future.
“Waterloo Waterloo
Where will you meet your Waterloo?
Every puppy has his day
Everybody has to pay
Everybody has to meet his Waterloo”
Will their recent shenanigans in the Kavanaugh Senate hearings lead to the ultimate Waterloo of the Democratic Party as we now know it?
Only time will tell if the Democrats will soon be singing a “Broken Hearted Melody” like Sarah Vaughn did in 1959.
As I pulled off the freeway, I  hoped that in the near future the American people might say “I’ve Had It” and by serendipity 50s on 5 played that same song by the Bell Notes!
Ahh . . . nostalgia!

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