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We are witnessing the end of the liberal era
CNN ^ | November 18th, 2016 | Nile Gardiner

Posted on 11/18/2016 9:43:03 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden

In just two months' time, the world will bid farewell to President Obama. In his final overseas trip before exiting the White House next January, Mr. Obama stood alongside his German counterpart Angela Merkel at a press conference in Berlin, warning against a "meaner, harsher, more troubled world."

In the wake of last week's stunning electoral victory by Donald Trump and the Republican Party, he seemed a diminished figure, as did Mrs. Merkel, the guardian of a liberal ancien regime that is beginning to crumble on both sides of the Atlantic.

The winds of change are sweeping through the West, challenging decades of conventional wisdom, overturning the dominant liberal consensus, and reviving a greater sense of national identity and self-determination. Without a doubt, the extraordinary victory by the Vote Leave campaign in Britain's EU referendum was a precursor to the November presidential election in the US, with an emphatic humbling of the political establishment against all odds and all expectations. Though the Brexit campaign was in many respects different to that of Mr. Trump in both style and messaging, both succeeded in delivering a political earthquake that shook the global political order.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: govtabuse; trump; trumpwinsagain; tyranny
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Hello, Mr Obama you’re the one who helped create “meaner harsher more troubled world” than we had 8 years ago!


21 posted on 11/18/2016 9:51:01 AM PST by b4me (If Jesus came to set us free, why are so many professed Believers still in chains?)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Democrats have not been classical liberals for decades. They are progressives which is the soft soap word for communists.


22 posted on 11/18/2016 9:53:29 AM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: Grampa Dave

Now there’s a look more in line with his talents!


23 posted on 11/18/2016 9:54:18 AM PST by Navin Johnson
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Reminds me of a comment from fellow FReeper Jacquerie:

"The Left creates nothing. It can only destroy."

We won a battle on Nov 8 but the War continues. . Eternal Vigilance. .

24 posted on 11/18/2016 9:54:41 AM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Well, he was a circus organizer for 8 yrs.


25 posted on 11/18/2016 9:57:39 AM PST by gasport (Live and Let Live)
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To: 1Old Pro

An excellent point. The school system has effectively become indoctrination central. Instead of teaching essential learning skills to students they are brainwashing them in liberal ideology. Time to put an end to it.


26 posted on 11/18/2016 9:58:49 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Yeah but don’t count the libtards just yet. The left doesn’t give up they circle around and come back


27 posted on 11/18/2016 9:59:07 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

I first heard the phrase,”Liberalism is dead when Ragan was elected”. History tells what transpired since then. Liberalism will never die or sleep because Liberalism is evil. Evil never dies, rests, or sleeps. It is always lurking in the shadows waiting for the opportunity to raise its evil head and do its wicked deeds.


28 posted on 11/18/2016 9:59:53 AM PST by sport
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Satan does not sleep


29 posted on 11/18/2016 10:03:12 AM PST by G Larry (America has the opportunity to return to God.)
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To: Texas Eagle

You are not watching Europe.


30 posted on 11/18/2016 10:04:41 AM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: TiGuy22

Liberalism ain’t dead, but it has hit a major rough patch here in the U.S. because we’re bankrupt and can’t afford stupidity anymore.


31 posted on 11/18/2016 10:05:08 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

When the welfare state is dismantled I’ll believe it. Liberalism is like Ebola. It comes in and destroys and goes away for a while.


32 posted on 11/18/2016 10:06:08 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

And what a mess they are leaving behind........


33 posted on 11/18/2016 10:07:07 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Kalifornia photo:  Kalifornia4.jpg "Yer mean Earlie."
34 posted on 11/18/2016 10:07:18 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

We are witnessing it for now, but they will be back. We must keep vigilant.


35 posted on 11/18/2016 10:08:14 AM PST by CityCenter (By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down, yea we wept...)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Liberals are like Herpes.


36 posted on 11/18/2016 10:09:22 AM PST by JusPasenThru (Well...bye.)
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To: Texas Eagle

TRANSI/LIB/PROGS are like ticks on dogs, you can achieve some measure of control but they always come back to suck your blood.


37 posted on 11/18/2016 10:09:33 AM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: sport

Reagan choosing a Democrat in an R jersey named Bush ensured what followed.


38 posted on 11/18/2016 10:10:56 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

It is the end of the Democratic Progressive liberal era and just maybe the start of a new classical liberal era. We use reclaim the proper and right meaning of the word.


39 posted on 11/18/2016 10:11:00 AM PST by FreedomNotSafety
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

(singing)...”it is the funeral of the age of Aquarius...”


40 posted on 11/18/2016 10:12:11 AM PST by Yollopoliuhqui (Smarter - Faster)
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