San Francisco No Longer Feels Like It’s in America – IOTW Report

San Francisco No Longer Feels Like It’s in America

Daily Signal:

It’s one thing to read about the decline of San Francisco. It’s another to see it for yourself.

I could hardly recognize this once-captivating city of breathtaking views, delectable food, and cool jazz. Today it’s occupied by an army of homeless men and women who have turned Baghdad-by-the-bay into Bombay-by-the-bay with some of the dirtiest slums in America.

I first visited San Francisco in 1964 as a member of Barry Goldwater’s political team that wrapped up the Republican presidential nomination for the candidate who offered a conservative choice, not a liberal echo.

Then, we freely roamed the streets and hills of the city. Today, you watch your step lest you slip on human feces. Then, Goldwater Girls in their white cowboy hats and boots welcomed delegates and guests at the Cow Palace. Today, homeless men openly urinate in Union Square.

Then, we shared copies of “The Conscience of a Conservative.” Now, the homeless share their needles. Then, we opposed the legalization of marijuana. Now, Californians seem to grow more weed than oranges.

What has happened? Why is America slouching like some rough beast—not toward Bethlehem, but Gomorrah? Beyond dispute, things feel as if they are falling apart, and the common rules of a civil society no longer seem to apply. read more

17 Comments on San Francisco No Longer Feels Like It’s in America

  1. “Then, Goldwater Girls in their white cowboy hats and boots welcomed delegates and guests at the Cow Palace.”

    …well, maybe if you’d have slapped some sense into the one named “Hillary”, we wouldn’t BE here now…

    https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2016/09/hillary_clintons_goldwater_gir.html

    https://i2.wp.com/www.chanzilla.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/QHrZeB0-e1515387213245.jpg?fit=1024%2C545&ssl=1

    https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2016/01/goldhead.jpg?resize=473,312

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  2. I’m sorry. Does someone actually expect me to read the imaginary reminiscences of someone who prouldy (now, and claims to have then) promised “I will gladly give you all the communalism you want. Next Tuesday. If you will allow me to grift on not agreeing to this Thursday.”? And “Of course, I will patriotically support this Thursday. If that’s what you vote for. I just want to be able to grift on not agreeing to this Thursday. M’kay?”

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