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This Thanksgiving, Don't Fear the Five-Letter Word
Esquire ^ | November 22, 2017 | David Litt

Posted on 11/22/2017 5:25:15 PM PST by GuavaCheesePuff

ix Thanksgivings ago, as a junior White House speechwriter, I wrote a video script for President Obama. While not exactly destined for the history books, I thought it was a warm, generous celebration of the holiday. I was proud of my work.

That is, until Fox News got ahold of it. It turned out I had forgotten to include a reference to God in the remarks. “President Obama has caused outrage with his Thanksgiving speech,” declared Fox Nation, not mentioning that George W. Bush also frequently omitted the almighty from Thanksgiving. Not to be outdone, conservative pundit Ben Shapiro tweeted that our 44th president was a “militant atheist.” Within hours, what began as the presidential equivalent of a hallmark card was fodder for yet another partisan shouting match.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018election; davidlitt; depressthevote; dnctalkingpoints; getintheirfaces; holiday; obamunism; politicsatthetable; thanksgiving; trump; waronthanksgiving
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1 posted on 11/22/2017 5:25:16 PM PST by GuavaCheesePuff
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2 posted on 11/22/2017 5:26:08 PM PST by Bobalu (The NFL, Watching their demise is more fun than watching their games.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
Esquire writer David Litt can service Mr. Clinton and thank him.


3 posted on 11/22/2017 5:28:16 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Gravy?


4 posted on 11/22/2017 5:28:26 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

” Trumpism, and the GOP’s appeasement of it, are cancers on democracy. They must be stopped. “

Nancyboy is still an Obamunist. Nuff said.


5 posted on 11/22/2017 5:29:51 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

OMG they're trying this thing again.

Politics of division exists because Democrats just want to fight with people and ruin everything they can.

6 posted on 11/22/2017 5:30:25 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: a fool in paradise

What’s with this man spreading? Hillary recent condemned this.


7 posted on 11/22/2017 5:31:12 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

>>During the Obama years, I watched as the conservative echo chamber turned even reasonable Republicans into talking-point-spouting conspiracy theorists. Those of us who choose to live in reality can’t follow them down that rabbit hole. We have to win elections without losing our minds. The only way to do that is to grapple with ideas—even some patently wrong ones—with which we disagree.

How many pieces has he written against Hillary, the Democrats, and the “Russia stole the election with Facebook ads!” conspiracy theory narrative?


8 posted on 11/22/2017 5:31:49 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Well dude, since the purpose of the original Thanksgiving was not to express appreciation to Beelzebub, leaving out any mention of God was kind of a major omission.


9 posted on 11/22/2017 5:32:05 PM PST by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I won’t have this problem tomorrow because I only invite like-minded people. Life is too short to have it disrupted by leftards.


10 posted on 11/22/2017 5:32:25 PM PST by x1stcav (We have the guns. Do we have the will?)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Have the Liberals handed out their Thanksgiving dinner talking points, so that they can Enlighten their relatives about the horrors of Trump? They recalling past years they handed out talking points to talk about the great achievements of Obama at Thanksgiving dinner. After all, liberals feel a desire to educate their relatives about the joys of Obamacare and dangers of global warming and other such issues.


11 posted on 11/22/2017 5:33:52 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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Pilgrim_Football
12 posted on 11/22/2017 5:34:12 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Some floozy’s earrings chaffed BJ Clinton’s inner thighs.


13 posted on 11/22/2017 5:34:32 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: bigbob

bttt


14 posted on 11/22/2017 5:35:07 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: blueunicorn6

#spiritcooking


15 posted on 11/22/2017 5:36:15 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America...Treat them accordingly.)
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To: blueunicorn6

“Obama”? “[President] Trump”? “Water”? “Poopy”? “Unity”?
OK, I give up.


16 posted on 11/22/2017 5:39:38 PM PST by G-dzilla
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To: Electric Graffiti

Yeah, I like some bourbon when I cook.

I like some bourbon when I don’t cook.


17 posted on 11/22/2017 5:40:37 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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“Politics of division exists because Democrats just want to fight with people and ruin everything they can. “

It’s really not a matter of want or volition on their part. They are brainwashed, programmed, with this cultural marxism crap. They’re useful idiots, drones, carrying out an ideological subversion plan the soviets put in motion decades ago. It’s been on autopilot since the 90’s.

Deprogramming is needed STAT. I’d start with electro-shock and caning.


18 posted on 11/22/2017 5:47:56 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America...Treat them accordingly.)
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To: blueunicorn6

lol. The left’s notion of #spirtcooking is a little different.


19 posted on 11/22/2017 5:54:27 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America...Treat them accordingly.)
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20 posted on 11/22/2017 5:56:23 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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