When I tuned into Dennis Prager’s radio program this morning he was chuckling over an achievement of Donald Trump. “He has been able to get the left to admit that America is at least great.”
Speaking at the Democrat convention last night, former attorney general Eric Holder told the audience that Hillary Clinton was his choice to “lead our already great nation,” adding “Did you hear what I said? Already a great nation. Donald, did you hear me? Already a great nation.”
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Yes, the same Eric Holder who once said, “America is nation of cowards,” and the same Eric Holder held in contempt by the House of Representative for refusing to disclose documents relating to the gun-running of Fast & Furious. Combine this with his rush to judgement against the police in the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, and his decision to ignore the corruption in the IRS and you can see why Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan has real meaning.
Of course, Clinton’s handlers finally told her to go out there and say, “America is already great.” That’s funny. She’s constantly talking about inequality, a minimum wage that’s too low, jobs, college is too expensive and ObamaCare needs help. All under the Obama administration, of which she was a player.
It took a number of years for President Obama to say America was great. You may recall him struggling in April 2009 when asked by a reporter from the Financial Times whether “he subscribed to the school of American exceptionalism that sees America as uniquely qualified to lead the world.”
He gave a nuanced response that affirmed his belief in American exceptionalism, but added, I suspect the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks in Greek exceptionalism.”
During his May 29, 2014 speech at West Point, Obama got in trouble with the progressive wing of his party (that’s Clinton and Sanders’) as he was accused of “bowing before the dangerous doctrine of American exceptionalism,” in his speech. Progressive magazine stated that the president had “genuflected on the altar of American arrogance,” for saying “I believe in American exceptionalism with every fiber in my being.”
Of course, there are those who would argue that being “exceptional” isn’t the same as being “great.” Like Hillary being “extremely careless” but not “grossly negligent.”
Last month, when PBS anchor Gwen Ifill asked the president about Trump’s slogan, he meekly said, “I think America’s pretty great.”
It’s obvious that Trump’s slogan and his “America First” motto have struck a positive note with Americans. The Dems are now struggling to explain how our “already great” nation, which has been under a Democrat president for eight years, needs so much change. Bill Clinton says Hillary is the greatest change maker he’s ever known.
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