American exceptionalism is a frame of mind. No left liberal, not Obama can change that.
“American exceptionalism”. I think I must have read conservative political writing for 30 years without encountering the phrase more than once, and that once would have been contrasting America to the monarchies of Europe. Now it’s become some sort of catch phrase. I wish someone would expand on how, exactly, we are all supposed to be exceptional. I feel that I must be missing some opportunity to feel superior and I don’t want to miss out.