1776, the 1950s and the Republican Dream.........

[BlueStreak]

In recent years we have heard the ever increasing call from the right to return to our beginning, to the days of "The Founding Fathers".

Why do you suppose this is? What do you imagine they see in this period that is so appealing to them? (It couldn't be that only wealthy, white businessmen and property owners were allowed to vote, could it?)

Lately, there has also been a flurry of nostalgia about the 1950s, and what a wonderful period it was. Now, I wasn't around in the 1950s, I was born in 1964. But according to my parents it wasn't all it's cracked up to have been. As Pops would have said; "More good ol' days nonsense.".
So; Why the 1950s? (There's something about Poodle Skirts, Beehive hairdoos and Jim Crow Laws that appeal to some of us?)

Anyhow, I'm just curious about your thoughts on this subject.

Dave