A Magnificent Speech: Looking back at the 2020 e******n, historians will say the Mt. Rushmore speech was the moment Donald T***p w*n ree******n.

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Looking back at the 2020 e******n, historians will say the Mt. Rushmore speech was the moment Donald T***p w*n ree******n. https://amgreatness.com/2020/07/04/a-magnificent-speech/

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fullspinzoo wrote:

Looking back at the 2020 e******n, historians will say the Mt. Rushmore speech was the moment Donald T***p w*n ree******n. https://amgreatness.com/2020/07/04/a-magnificent-speech/

I didn’t hear it, but I read it and, for me, it was his greatest moment.

bahmer

fullspinzoo wrote:

Looking back at the 2020 e******n, historians will say the Mt. Rushmore speech was the moment Donald T***p w*n ree******n. https://amgreatness.com/2020/07/04/a-magnificent-speech/

Amen and Amen

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Holy smokes.. the orange blob in the oval office spend independence day making repeated efforts to further divide the nation while ignoring problems he refused responsibility for and you think that is going to get him reelected???? LOL

Each day he further shows what a useless, self centered block of stupidity he is and you are in a celebration about it.. oh the shame of America..

I think you must cling to his words so you never think about the middle and working class demise he has worked so hard to destroy.. now the upcoming payments for his and his fellow rich tax cuts will be starting in Jan of 2021.. bet you look forward to that.. just wait until 2025 when all you parts of the tax cut are gone..

Just one of his deed of dishonor.. he will pile it onto you and us just like he piled it on small time contractors who did his work for him.

His legacy of destruction and l**ting will be a foot note in history for the ages.. if that is the country has any future after his efforts to end it..

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

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A Magnificent Speech

Looking back on the 2020 e******n, historians will say the Mt. Rushmore speech was the moment that Donald T***p w*n ree******n.
By Roger Kimball • July 4, 2020

Donald Trump did not mention Lincoln’s First Inaugural address in his speech commemorating the spirit of American Independence at Mount Rushmore on Friday night. But the president’s speech—perhaps his most forceful and eloquent to date—vibrated with the same energy and existential commitment that fired Lincoln in March 1861.

Lincoln came to office at a time of crisis. His e******n had precipitated the secession of seven Southern states. His inaugural address was both a plea for conciliation and unity as well as a warning that violence would be stopped with force. “We are not enemies, but friends,” Lincoln said.

Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.

Donald Trump issued a kindred invitation to unity in the midst of conflict. The signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in July 1776 was a world-historical event. It represented, the president rightly said, “the culmination of thousands of years of Western Civilization—and the triumph not only of spirit, but of wisdom, philosophy, and reason.” At the center of the triumph was the animating possession of liberty, made possible by the unanimous affirmation of the principles Thomas Jefferson articulated in the Declaration: “We hold these t***hs to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights . . .”

The president’s speech was a passionate celebration of American freedom and American greatness—a greatness, he noted, that was embodied by the sublime majesty of the heads of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt sculpted into the granite pinnacle of Mt. Rushmore.

But just as Lincoln spoke on the eve of civil war, so Donald Trump spoke in the midst of widespread and organized violence against the emblems and the spirit of the American promise. “[T]here is,” he warned, “a growing danger that threatens every blessing our ancestors fought, struggled, and bled to secure.”

Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children. Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials, and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities. Many of these people have no idea why they are doing this, but some know exactly what they are doing. They think the American people are weak and soft and submissive. But no, the American people are strong and proud, and they will not allow our country, and all of its values, history, and culture, to be taken from them.

I might just say “Amen!” and be done with it. But the president was not content with generalities. He sees deeply into the nature and the source of the forces besieging our country, and he is refreshingly forthright and specific about describing the malady and outlining his intended response.

The president was especially strong in challenging what is perhaps the most obnoxious manifestation of our petulant antinomianism—that species of politically correct intolerance that has come to be called “cancel culture.” In essence, cancel culture is the malignant inversion of liberalism’s defining virtues, openness and tolerance. It is born of historical ignorance and a stunning lack of empathy—an ironic fact, since one of the chief premises of cancel culture is its own supposed superior sensitivity.

In fact, the emotional payload of cancel culture is not more sensitive than its accommodating alternative, just more narcissistic. It operates by proxy, filing claims for redress on behalf of a ghostly population of abstractions: “indigenous peoples,” s***es of yesteryear, and on and on in an endless litany of complaint.

What is not at all abstract, however, are the effects of cancel culture. As the president noted, it is wielded as a weapon, “driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters, and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees.” In a word, cancel culture is “the very definition of totalitarianism” and is “completely alien to our culture and our values.” It should have “absolutely no place in the United States of America.” And here is where his speech took on a steely seriousness. “This attack on our liberty must be stopped,” he said, “and it will be stopped.”

In short, the president has promised to cancel cancel culture. Is that a contradiction, a violation of the spirit of tolerance he has promised to uphold? No.

The enemies of civilization routinely use and abuse its freedoms in order to destroy it. Candid men understand this and act to prevent it. As G. K. Chesterton put it, “There is a thought that stops thought. That is the only thought that ought to be stopped.”

The alarming thing about the spirit of cancel culture, and the thing that makes its violence and intolerance different from similar interdictions in the 1960s and 1970s, is that the toxin of woke intolerance has insinuated itself deeply into the tissues of our society, not just the universities—petri dishes for all sort of malevolence—but even grade schools. It has infected not just the coddled elite that, safely insulated itself, has always loved playing at radicalism, but also mainstream corporate culture. The president accurately diagnosed the extent of the malady and its true goal:

In our schools, our newsrooms—even our corporate boardrooms—there is a new far-left f*****m that demands absolute allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras, and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted and punished. Make no mistake: this left-wing Cultural Revolution is designed to o*******w the American Revolution. In so doing, they would destroy the very civilization that rescued billions from poverty, disease, violence and hunger, and that lifted humanity to new heights of achievement, discovery, and progress.

Remember this the next time you see a mob come for a statue of Christopher Columbus or George Washington or Teddy Roosevelt, or, indeed, of Robert E. Lee. What they are coming for is our history—who we are.

The Left, the president rightly noted, are “determined to tear down every statue, symbol, and memory of our national heritage.” And just as Lincoln warned that violence would be met with force, so Donald Trump put the world on notice that he means business. “I am deploying federal law enforcement,” he noted, “to protect our monuments, arrest the r****rs, and prosecute offenders to the fullest extent of the law. I am pleased to report that yesterday, federal agents arrested the suspected ringleader of the attack on the statue of Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C.—and hundreds more have been arrested.” The penalty for many of these destructive anarchist acts is 10 years in prison. Making an example of some of these miscreants will have a clarifying effect, not unlike that ascribed by Dr. Johnson to the prospect of h*****g in a fortnight.

The Mt. Rushmore speech was so good because it spoke half-forgotten home t***hs in an atmosphere of excited confusion and discontentment.

We know that all of our most pathological cities have been run as Democratic monopolies for decades. Donald Trump had the temerity to point this out. We know that our public schools are increasingly factories of left-wing, anti-American indoctrination. The president had the temerity to point that out as well. The narrative is that Trump is a crude and bumbling ignoramus, but can you imagine Joe Biden or any other Democrat in office today having the moral courage and clarity of mind to say this:

The violent mayhem we have seen in the streets of cities run by liberals, is the predictable result of years of extreme indoctrination and bias in education, journalism and other cultural institutions. Against every law of society and nature, our children are taught in school to h**e their own country—and to believe that the men and women who built it, were not heroes, but villains. The radicals’ view of American History is a web of lies—all perspective is removed, every virtue is obscured, every motive is twisted, every fact is distorted, and every flaw is magnified until the history is purged and the record is disfigured beyond all recognition.

There were many other great moments in the Mt. Rushmore speech. I especially liked what the president had to say about that popular tool of moral blackmail, “social justice.”

“The radical ideology attacking our country advances under the banner of Social Justice,” he said. “But in t***h, it would demolish both justice and society. It would t***sform justice into an instrument of division and vengeance, and it would turn our free and inclusive society into a place of repression, domination, and exclusion.” That is as good as anything Friedrich Hayek said about that portmanteau instrument of intimidation and meritless virtue signaling.

I also liked what he said about our government’s first obligation—“to care for its own citizens first”—what he said about free speech—“We want free and open debate, not speech codes or cancel culture”—and what he said about law enforcement and the second amendment—eager support for both.

Finally, I liked what he said about e******y.

“We believe in equal opportunity, equal justice, and equal treatment for citizens of every race, background, religion, and creed. Every child, of every color—born and unborn—is made in the holy image of God.” Again, can you imagine any Democrat saying that—any of it? It has often been pointed out that black lives do not matter to the Black L***s M****r movement, which is really just a gigantic machine for hoovering up money from left-wing donors and despoiling the institutions and emblems of our civilization.

It is a sad irony indeed that Black L***s M****r is explicitly dedicated to the destruction of the nuclear family—it’s part of their mission statement—since the ruination of the black family, actively abetted by the Democrats’ welfare policies, is largely responsible for the continuing plight of b***k A******ns.

The gospel of the radicals assailing our society today is a gospel of self-abasement. The president preaches a different message: “We stand tall, we stand proud—and we only kneel to Almighty God.”

Colin Kaepernick was unavailable for comment.

Looking back on the 2020 e******n, historians will say that last night’s speech was the moment that Donald T***p w*n ree******n. It was a magnificent speech that will, I predict, take an honored place in the library of great American political addresses.

Ranger7374 Loc: Arizona, 40 miles from the border in the DMZ

permafrost wrote:

Holy smokes.. the orange blob in the oval office s... (show quote)

Hypocrite! Hypocrite! Hypocrite!

Didn't the Democrats hang on to Trump's every word during:

Russian collusion
Mueller investigation.
Charlottesville
Impeachment investigations
C****-**
And R****m?

Whose who? Here? H*****g on every word is definitely a trait of a Democrat.

If you are going to troll at least be honest about it.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

OK,, the right wing drivel is overboard again as it is every day..

that rambling spew of diarrhea for the orange mouth which you love and set you heart to.

Just another work of dividing America.. it is all he wants or has now. it is you against us..

not one attempt to unite the country, nor to lead in this time of trouble, nothing near taking hold and leading the country.. refusing as before to take responsibility for the country he supposedly is the head of..

yes, I could agree that it did indeed seal his e******n ... more of the usual chaos and not the smallest idea of what to do about it..

he and you are a lost cause collapsing in the dust of the only crisis the fool had to deal with..

another total fail and more from the lifetime loser , even with father millions, he could never cut it..

Now can hardly walk, drink water with one hand or negotiate a ramp without help..

a lost man walking..

Ranger7374 Loc: Arizona, 40 miles from the border in the DMZ

permafrost wrote:

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So what is your comment on left wing dribble, as you put it. You know the dribble broadcast of daily lies on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC there is no unity there either. How dare you pin it on one man Trump! Hey where's the G****e F***d protesters when a 9 year old girl was k**led in Chicago? Huh? Why the crickets?

It takes two to agree and two to fight. The liberals could back down but they don't. Trump could back down but why should he since all the lies and slanders are against him. Therefore I scold you as Christ scolded the leaders of the Jewish faith, "ye without sin, cast the first stone!"

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Ranger7374 wrote:

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Do not try and be so foolish. the facts reported by CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and the rest of the legitimate media, are not the f**e news trump has told you. they are the news.. information that trump and his clan do not want you to digest..

Why was not the 9 year old girl (and others) not the trigger for protests?

The protests are geared to a response to police brutality and k*****gs by police which have not had consequences for years..the deaths a/c of gang wars, have indeed been protested, many times.
They are tragic, as h**ed and feared as ever.. they are not dismissed by anyone in the areas, only by those who do not care enough to pay attention to the grief of the victims family..

Ranger7374 Loc: Arizona, 40 miles from the border in the DMZ

permafrost wrote:

Do not try and be so foolish. the facts reported b... (show quote)

Oh really...... Donald Trump colluded with Russia....Donald Trump colluded with Ukraine.....Donald Trump should be impeached.. Paul Manifort, Oliver Stone and Mike Flynn are guilty....... James Comey is a hero.....Alll Lies and decor. Even before Trump they announced Al Gore president or how about "You can keep your doctor" lies and propoganda.

I do not trust CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, I trust Fox with a truck load of salt. I can trust cspan because I can see the action and make up my own mind.

Still even now, where is the condolences for the 19 year old who was shot in the mayor's summer of love? Where is the outrage at the murder of the children of Chicago, Detroit, New York and LA?

Not to mention all the false reporting of the civil war. A war my family fought in on both sides of the war.

This destruction of America is coming from one source.....the progressive far c*******t left.

Where's the unity? What? Unity through the murder of children, born or in born? That's called genocide.

Sick that what this is sick! The people drive the government and unity starts with the people. Your comments do not show unity and my comments state the raw unadulterated t***h as I see it. So I suggest that you start being part of the solution rather than being part of the problem.

fullspinzoo

permafrost wrote:

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Complete bulls**t as usual. Go campaign for Omar the biggest treasonous POS on the planet. you've already shown your true colors and they anything but red, white and blue.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Ranger7374 wrote:

Oh really...... Donald Trump colluded with Russia.... (show quote)

Hello Ranger,,,,the meddling of Russia was clear and well recorded.. what was missing was trump sending them instructions.. that was due to Nixon and trump learning from him, "no tapes" with the help of childhood training from Cohan, the mafia lawyer, one thing trump learned was do not leave a paper trail.. the Ukraine was clear and open. Only McConnell and his senate refusing to removed the criminal from the oval office left trump in the chair..

Comey should be your hero, his announcing 11 days before e******n that Lady Hillary was again under investigation may well have been the last nail in the e******n for her..

Al Gore...He was denied the win by the SC ordering that Florida was won by Bush Jr..

19 year old in the summer of Love??? no idea.. black youths are k**led weekly even in the twin cities.. the mother cry, the brothers curse and it never stops..

Civil war?? what about it?? when your past people were fooling around k*****g guys from Minnesota and each other. my distant past people were in Norway, k*****g Swedes, Danes Irish and Slavic.. or anyone else who may have a pretty bauble..

Unity must be worked for and we will need to leader, a real leader if we ever hope to gain that level of progress

Children, born or unborn... I think you are talking a******n which no one likes, but is not the topic of this thread.. no comment..

What will it take to unit the people?? I see no progress at all in that direction.. when one side tries in govt. the other side responds with rejection..

I like to hear ideas on that..

The Democrats are not c*******t.. that has been an insult going back to FDR and before.. it is not true. only the tactic of the lost..

If we do not stop ourselves, no one else can..
If we do not stop ourselves, no one else can.....

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

fullspinzoo wrote:

Complete bulls**t as usual. Go campaign for Omar the biggest treasonous POS on the planet. you've already shown your true colors and they anything but red, white and blue.

Hello spin,, lousy day for you as usual? sorry for that.. life goes on.. will be better tomorrow..

Omar.. watching that with interest.. she and another good young candidate will have a feisty Primary in a short time.. one or the other is OK.. both good.. I do think the guy challenging will come out ahead.. pretty solid comments to date..

fullspinzoo

permafrost wrote:

Hello Ranger,,,,the meddling of Russia was clear a... (show quote)

Go away nobody believes your lying ass anymore. Nobody cares about your treasonous support for the Marxist POS's in this country. You ARE beyond HELP!!!!!

fullspinzoo

permafrost wrote:

Hello spin,, lousy day for you as usual? sorry for that.. life goes on.. will be better tomorrow..

Omar.. watching that with interest.. she and another good young candidate will have a feisty Primary in a short time.. one or the other is OK.. both good.. I do think the guy challenging will come out ahead.. pretty solid comments to date..

My day is perfect. On Nov 4 my life will be even better. Get my drift????? or do I have to spell it out for you like I do to Lonely?????