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How Trump crushed Obama’s legacy
UnHerd ^ | 8 Nov 2024 | David Samuels

Posted on 11/13/2024 4:55:17 AM PST by Rummyfan

It was long past midnight in Livingston, Montana, when Donald Trump finally stood up to address the nation as President-elect of the United States, having won the landslide victory that had eluded him in his successful run in 2016 and again in his re-election bid in 2020. This time, the American people had overwhelmingly voted for change. They had voted overwhelmingly for Trump.

As a patriotic American, and as a working journalist who believes in the sanctity of that role, I should note here that the only vote I’ve ever cast in a presidential election was for Willie Nelson, the country and western star and a symbol of reconciliation between rednecks and hippies. Still, I was eager to hear what Trump would say. To be more accurate, given my level of inebriation in sub-freezing Montana weather, with snow-globe snow gently falling outside the windows of a local bar, I was eager to mix the some whiskey with the tonalities of America’s greatest living bullshit artist and teller of tall tales. Trump’s voice is a powerful source of connection to the American literary and comic tradition, going back to the Rat Pack and to Mark Twain. I was ready to hear his magnificent instrument resonate with the promise of a better future, a future filled with laughter — and joy, even.

At 3am, West Palm Beach time, Trump’s large family stood with him onstage looking chipper and attractive. They were joined there by the celebrity validators that made Trump’s third run for the White House seem less angry and more inclusive than his prior one-man shows.

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A long read. but some great nuggets within....
1 posted on 11/13/2024 4:55:17 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

obama had a legacy>?


2 posted on 11/13/2024 4:58:55 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Rummyfan
As a patriotic American, and as a working journalist who believes in the sanctity of that role, I should note here that the only vote I’ve ever cast in a presidential election was for Willie Nelson

That's as far as I got.

3 posted on 11/13/2024 4:59:22 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
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The halfrican should go back to Kenya where he belongs.


4 posted on 11/13/2024 4:59:41 AM PST by Liz ( )
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To: Rummyfan

Obama is so yesterday and nobody wants to be yesterday. And with their egos, it’s killing them. And Clinton and Bushies, and Romneys, and fat Christie, and never trumpers....goodness gracious, it’s like the 2nd coming. Judgement , when everything gets flipped.

I’m still in awe and still full of joy watching this justice take place.


5 posted on 11/13/2024 5:00:21 AM PST by vespa300
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To: ClearCase_guy

LOL, yup.


6 posted on 11/13/2024 5:02:53 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: Rummyfan

Dorkbama, the Muslim eunoch’s legacy is best described by the word that best describes how to remove it: flushing.


7 posted on 11/13/2024 5:03:46 AM PST by Da Coyote (H)
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To: vespa300

Me too. I’ve been on cloud 9 since election day. My entire mood has changed.

Nothing like justice. There was so much at stake.


8 posted on 11/13/2024 5:11:29 AM PST by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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To: Rummyfan
President Trump didn't crush obumbles "legacy" . . . . . WE DID !

He (as he has often said/implied) was just "in the way" or in this case, the vehicle, by which we exercised our power.

9 posted on 11/13/2024 5:15:32 AM PST by knarf (Candice Owens, Personmal advisor)
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To: dp0622

obama had a legacy>?
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The trojan horse Obozo rode in on has done bucked him off and left him lying in the dust bin of history.


10 posted on 11/13/2024 5:21:52 AM PST by iontheball
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To: dp0622

Yes, Obama’s legacy was the destruction of all western cultural constructs and injecting marxist activism into every aspect of existence.


11 posted on 11/13/2024 5:26:40 AM PST by 100%FEDUP
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To: AAABEST

Yeah, the next 2 months are going to just get better and better. Watching Trump go to work and the inauguration. Normally the new year can be a let down......not this year. Holidays and then inauguration...and then more and more winning. Loving it! :)


12 posted on 11/13/2024 5:27:05 AM PST by vespa300
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To: AAABEST
Me too. I’ve been on cloud 9 since election day. My entire mood has changed.

Well, I'm still concerned that doofus Casey could steal the PA Senate from McCormick with help from shyster Marc Elias

13 posted on 11/13/2024 5:27:37 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Hail to Pitt!)
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To: Rummyfan

Unfortunately, the first part of the article is about Trump & the comments really put people off. It’s worth wading through or skipping down to where the author starts talking about Obama ... from that point on IMO, his observations & comments are on point & excellent.


14 posted on 11/13/2024 5:28:39 AM PST by Qiviut (The mountains are calling & I must go ..... John Muir )
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To: Rummyfan

Very good. Actual thought and writing. How did you find it?

Thank you for posting this.


15 posted on 11/13/2024 5:32:56 AM PST by CaptainPhilFan (Donald J Trump: OF the People FOR the People WITH the People)
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To: Rummyfan

Ubama sold his legacy to an incompetent moron nobody who blew ONE BILLION DOLLARS in a hundred days. He’d (and Michelle) seriously miscalculated their importance in supporting her.


16 posted on 11/13/2024 5:32:59 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Liz

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, every time I see “halfrican” written here I immediately think half-Rican as in Puerto Rican.


17 posted on 11/13/2024 5:34:02 AM PST by Blue Highway
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To: Rummyfan
Good find, Rummyfan. Excellent writing. One of my favorite “nuggets”:
Trump had been subjected to a whole-of-society assault by the American elite that would have killed most men 20 years younger, including those who don’t eat cheeseburgers most days for lunch.

18 posted on 11/13/2024 5:34:41 AM PST by eastsider
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To: Rummyfan

I hope he crushed it.


19 posted on 11/13/2024 5:35:18 AM PST by antidemoncrat ( )
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To: Rummyfan

“...waving their hands at the cameras like they were calling for smelling salts.”

LOL


20 posted on 11/13/2024 5:36:26 AM PST by Twotone ( What's the difference between a politician & a flying pig? The letter "F.")
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