Posted on 08/19/2015 4:58:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
“It was the terrific leader of India, Gandhi, who said, ‘First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, and then you win.’ Well we won, didn’t we?”
That’s how President Donald John Trump began his inaugural address, that clear morning in January of 2017. The fact that Gandhi never said these words was among the very least of our problems. Besides, the line drew rapturous applause from the crowd. According to a joint statement released by the White House and Nielsen, the Trump Inaugural drew the largest television audience in human history. As President Trump himself pointed out in his second press availability that afternoon, the numbers would only go up, once you factored in DVR.
It’s amazing isn’t? How adaptable we are as human beings? It was only a year earlier that Trump was a punch line. Obviously, everyone knew, he could never actually get anywhere once the votes were cast. American democracy was too robust to let that happen. He was too dangerous to win, and to win would be too dangerous. It couldn’t happen because it couldn’t happen.
And then, just like that, it did.
There’s no need to rehash how it all went down. He won the nomination, and then he won the general election. It wasn’t more complicated than that. Some have compared the tenor of the news on election night to the coverage of a tragedy or disaster. But that’s not exactly right. It wasn’t like a meteor strike. It was more like finding out a meteor is heading our way. The anchors were dazed and somber. There was a real effort on the part of journalists to assuage viewers. Many immediately expressed their regret for voting Trump. Some had just wanted to register a protest,
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
Apparently the sky is falling and I didn’t realize it until I read this article.
We need a Conservative Fantasy on Trump’s Time in the White House. A rich and Prosperious Nation. Crime down, factories built, Peace in the world (after ISIS is crushed) Democracy in Iran. Pipelines built, new drilling for oil. Rebirth of the GOP as a Conservative Party. Democracy in Mexico. New peace accord with Russia. A ban on late abortions, a new amednment to ensure a ballanced budget. A new highway system. Trumpcare that delievers what Obamacare only promised. The trial of Obama and Clinton for corruption.
I mis-read the author's name as Jon Lovitz. Tommy Flanagan would be proud of this article.
Wrong, they will write of the “Obama backlash” and the new day that will turn the light of sanity back on in America, but....it will sound more like a hissy coming from left wingers such as this one.
I did not know that! Explains a lot. Have to say that am learning so much from FReepers...Lovin' that. Really improving my ability to separate the wheat from the chaff and get down to the facts in so many ways. Find myself going straight to comments before reading the articles most times now...see things in articles that I may not catch otherwise. Thanks!
Fantasy is still fantasy, regardless of whether it's pro-Trump or anti-Trump.
Another crap hit piece from the atlantic?
Why? We don’t need this crap.
JON LOVETT is a writer based in Los Angeles. He previously served for three years as a speechwriter to President Obama in the White House.
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Oh, you wrote some of those moronic “hopie-changie” speeches!
Got it!
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