At what point did we become a mediocre country?

Although I have no political party affiliation I will most likely be vilified for what I am about to put forth as I live in a bastion of the Republican Party.

Honestly, I hate the two-party system of politics that run this country. I am 67 years old and for the last 50 years have watched as through the shenanigans of current and former members of both parties we are now stuck with an extremely pol...