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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: Navin Johnson

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

The problem, is who would want this Clown near their grandkids and any child?


61 posted on 11/18/2016 10:48:57 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining losers,Trump will just go ahead & make things better for us without you!!!!")
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To: gasport

Fitting description of his last 8 years.


62 posted on 11/18/2016 10:49:41 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining losers,Trump will just go ahead & make things better for us without you!!!!")
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Indeed, shocking it is on on CNN. The author, Nile Gardiner, is the director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation and a former aide to Margaret Thatcher.

The opinions in this article are those of the author.

NO KIDDING!!?? How they could ask the director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom to write an article is beyond me. This must be like holding a cross up to Count Dracula.

63 posted on 11/18/2016 10:50:26 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Grampa Dave

Pizza Podesta.


64 posted on 11/18/2016 10:56:13 AM PST by Navin Johnson
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Gotta root them out of all government paying jobs without mercy.


65 posted on 11/18/2016 10:59:23 AM PST by BRL
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To: All

The only way we TRULY destroy them is by overhauling our elections.


66 posted on 11/18/2016 11:02:44 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

So, why is Nile Gardiner referring to ‘progressive’ fascists as “liberal”?


67 posted on 11/18/2016 11:04:21 AM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Texas Eagle

Same here, you don’t kill them in one election. They have to be ripped out at the roots and that requires a purge of the education system, media and hollywood and that ain’t happening any time soon.


68 posted on 11/18/2016 11:11:28 AM PST by sarge83
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

there will always be parasites who want free stuff and irrational fanatics who believe in the religion of big government


69 posted on 11/18/2016 11:29:11 AM PST by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

We won a battle...a big battle...but, the war continues.


70 posted on 11/18/2016 3:22:18 PM PST by moovova
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To: Texas Eagle

True, rust never sleeps.


71 posted on 11/18/2016 3:22:55 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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