Happy Birthday George

I wonder what George Washington would think about today's politial craziness?

First of all, someone would need to tell him about our president.  He would smile, I think.  Not with wooden teeth as THAT is a gigantic myth.  He'd then be told about the two parties nitpicking every last detail of every proposal.  How would we explain foreign policy and the U.S. role of world police?"

I head to google for a better understanding of the birthday boy.  Here's something from whitehouse.gov.:

         "To (Washington's) disappointment, two parties were developing by the end of his
          first term. Wearied of politics, feeling old, he retired at the end of his second. In
          his Farewell Address, he urged his countrymen to forswear excessive party spirit
         and geographical distinctions. In foreign affairs, he warned against long-term alliances."

Wait, what?  Excessive party spirit?  Geographical distinctions?  Long-term foreign alliances? 

NOTHING HAS CHANGED?!  George saw it all coming too (except for the president thing).

You were a smart guy, George. It may take another couple hundred years to get it right.

Happy Birthday.