[Chi-townChief]

You kind of hope this clown is joking but I've heard this "worst of times" crap in all seriousness from a lot of Baby Boomers and younger.

[Red Badger]

It’s “Moaning in Amerika!”..............................

[meandog]

How ‘bout “Yes We Can’t”!

[Lee'sGhost]

The decade that America died and Obama thrived.

[svcw]

The End of America as we knew it.

[Lakeshark]

Democrats lied while America died.

[a fool in paradise]

“Has there been a lousier 10 years in American history?”

1971-1980?

1993-2003?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

You inspired a tagline.

[dead]

This nancy needs to turn off his television - its terrifying him.

He lists ever dopey media scarefest. How did he ever survive the nineties, with all its horrific threats like killer bees, El Nino, shark attacks, poly-unsaturated fat, pit bulls, mold, Napster, assault weapons, and attacking SUVs?

[a fool in paradise]

Is there NO cure for Bush Derangement Syndrome???

[rbg81]

I vote for the Zeros.

[rbg81]

That is: we should call the decade “The Zeros”.

[domenad]

Let’s name it the decade the world got smart and realized it didn’t need the Chicago Tribune anymore. I know it doesn’t roll off the tongue too well but hey, it’s accurate.

[GeronL]

Obama’s Birth of Fascism Decade?

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Most times are bad, no? I am told the early ‘80s were good, and the ‘50s blissful, by my parents; my grandparents thought the ‘20s were even better than the ‘50s. Then I do the research and it all sounds pretty scary (except for the music).
Me, I didn’t care for the Clinton years, even the music stank. Went abroad and felt shame because my President was an @ss#...

[texmexis best]

Lots of tougher times. 1870s, 1890s (if you weren’t rich it was not at all gay), 1929 - 1945, 1840s, the list is nearly endless.

Ignorant reporters are rampant.

[Billthedrill]

Mr. Johnson might avail himself of a library card and a couple of history books. There was that time the Brits marched in and burnt D.C. to the ground. But then there were bad things that happend during that decade too.

[AnnGora]

Obviously, this ignorant moron never lived through the seventies or was having a brown acid flashback at the time.

[chris_bdba]

Gimme more decade.

[ex-snook]

Neo-cons lied, Conservatism died.

[Fiji Hill]

“Has there been a lousier 10 years in American history?”

1770-1780--political instability, war, military defeats

1780-1790--war, political and economic chaos

1810-1820--war, bad economy

1890-1900--depression, drought, war