The Good Old Days

It (homosexuality) does not represent a social value and even less so a moral virtue that could add to the civilization of sexuality. It could even be seen as a destabilizing reality for people and for society…In no case is this form of sexuality a sexual alternative, or even less, a reality that is equivalent to that which is shared by a man and a woman engaged in matrimonial life.
- Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano gets nostalgic for The Inquisition.

The Democrats are giving aid and comfort to the enemy for no purpose other than giving aid and comfort to the enemy. There is no plausible explanation for the Democrats' behavior other than that they long to see U.S. troops shot, humiliated, and driven from the field of battle.

They fill the airwaves with treason…These people are not only traitors, they are gutless traitors.
- Ann Coulter gets nostalgic for "Tailgunner Joe."

The Democratic Party seems to be taken over by the Michael Moore contingent in their attitude toward Vietnam, and they continually call for a withdrawal of troops at a time when we haven't finished the job.
- Sen. Orrin Hatch, who later admitted he meant to say "Iraq," gets nostalgic for quagmires.