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Trump Has Broken the Apology Hypnosis on Race
[AmericanGreatness] He broke me,” Kathy Griffin famously said of our 45th President as she gazed, narcissistically, upon her self-inflicted wounds after incomprehensibly and symbolically decapitating the man Politico once called an outsider and an outer-borough brawler.Many Americans of the conservative persuasion have been waiting for a brawler who would fight the good fight internally and not worry about breaking things or being overly attentive to decorum. Writing in the Kansas City Star this week, Robert Leonard, a self-described liberal political junkie from Iowa who can’t stand the sound of Donald Trump’s voice, gave the clearest evidence yet of the astounding ability of Donald J. Trump to break things that very much need breaking. Leonard itemized the conventional wisdom about Trump and recited all of the Left’s hopes and dreams for undoing his influence. Then, the surprising conclusion of said liberal political junkie: This is delusional. Yes, it is delusional, Mr. Leonard, and yes he is ascendant. Not just in conservative rural America, either. Leonard compared and contrasted Trump’s Value Voters Summit speech as he first read it (he couldn’t bear to hear it because, remember, he hates Trump’s voice) and then as he understood it on a second reading, and this is instructive. He knew of the speech, in a vague and opaque way, through the filter provided by the mainstream media. This meant the import of the thing was diminished in his mind by reinforcing his focus on perceived gaffes and the hope that the president, once again, in the judgment of the “important people” failed. Leonard, however, was stunned by the political substance of what he read: Looking only at the written word, and putting Trump’s arrogant off-script comments aside, it was a beautiful speech. Powerful. Inspirational. Brilliant even. The effect of the comparing and contrasting caricatured media filter to a first and uninhibited reading and then, most importantly, to a second reading speaks volumes. As Leonard made the effort to understand Trump as he understands himself, he discovered something ”powerful,” ”inspirational,” and even “brilliant.” You won’t find those three words often used to describe anything about the current president by people like Robert Leonard, but then, most of them don’t step outside of their echo chambers long enough to hear him as their neighbors do. Leonard itemized ten different themes of Trump in this speech. To my ears, it’s extremely easy to see the winning formula they represent, for they clearly set down lines of demarcation that have strong appeal in a primarily center-right nation: 1) We’re sustained by the power of prayer versus Democrats who want prayer out of the public sphere. 2) Mass murder event caused by an act of pure evil versus Democrats who blame guns and want to take them away. 3) Honoring first responders versus elevating thugs and viewing our protectors in blue with disdain. 4) Quoting scripture versus Democrats ridiculing those who do. 5) Stressing American unity versus Democrats dividing American society into victims and oppressors. 6) Trump saying “We love our country” versus Obama going on an international “apology tour.” 7) Protecting the unborn versus Democrats turning a blind eye to the horrors of abortion. 8) Focus on strengthening the family unit versus Democrats’ policies that pull families apart. 9) Pride in American history versus Democrats tearing down monuments. 10) Great respect for the American flag versus Democrats who take a knee. Read the rest at the link Posted by: badanov 2017-11-05 |
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