Apparently, My Memory is Failing …
Imagine my embarrassment when I heard Rudy Guiliani state that “Before Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attacks inside the United States. They all started when Clinton and Obama got into office.” I am completely humiliated to now learn that for some reason, I had apparently mis-remembered the events of September 11, 2001.
I was absolutely convinced that I’d seen literally weeks of footage showing NYC’s World Trade Towers being struck by planes, and the aftermath that followed that horrific event. It is still so vivid in my mind: the debris filling downtown streets, the cloud of ash falling everywhere, people appearing on-camera for days on end, begging for word of their loved ones who never came home, cops and firefighters searching for possible survivors while mourning the loss of their own comrades who had perished while trying to save the lives of others.
And here I sit, fifteen years later, being told – by the man who was mayor of NYC at the time – that this event never happened, because “there were no successful Islamic terrorist attacks in the US before Clinton and Obama got into office”. Again, I once would have sworn that George W. Bush was in office on 9/11 – apparently I was mistaken.
I should have seen the signs of my failing memory long before today. You see, I also honestly believed that Dubya was in office when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans – and yet I have seen surveys where Republican voters have stated that President Obama’s reaction to that event was too slow and totally disorganized, resulting in the deaths of thousands of NOLA residents who could have been saved by a president’s quick actions.
Recognizing that I have “remembered” things that never happened is a humiliating experience. Perhaps it is merely old age that has caused me to recall things so differently than how they allegedly occurred. Or perhaps it is the onset of Alzheimer’s, or some other disease that has infiltrated my brain, that leads me to believe that the events of 9/11 were a “successful Islamic terrorist attack” that actually happened.
And so I am left to wonder: Are people who remember things differently than the Republican version of history crazy? Or are people with advanced memory loss the Republican “base”?
I’m still a staunch Democrat – so maybe I am not too far gone. I still cling to my memories of the events of 9/11 as reflective of something that actually occurred. So I’ll be one of those crazy people voting (D) in November, while those who have recently discovered that a “successful Islamic terrorist attack” never happened will be voting – ironically enough – for a candidate who has one of those inexplicable crop circles sitting right on the top of his head.
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You must have a Putin connection. Perhaps we are all being brainwashed with false information!
Crazy thing is I have the same memories myself, must be that 'Democrat' propaganda, or maybe Christie Tood Whitman allowed too much arsenic in the water and that is affecting our memories.
Who knows?
Just had to grab my tin foil hat.
My kitteh has an aversion to foil. She just plans to duck and cover.
As always, you hit the nail on the head! 
