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Originally Posted by tabs
-de Toke wrote about the USA back in the 1820's when the USA was still on the come. We did become #1 after he wrote his stuff. So there is a big difference between what is classically known as American exceptional ism and the malaise that has been manifesting itself over the last 40 years The malaise that we suffer from now is the "WE HAVE IT MADE IN THE SHADE" syndrome, which means we don't have to try anymore.
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I agree.
I think any exceptionalism we enjoy is earned every day.
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Originally Posted by tabs
The GREATEST proponent of that syndrome is none other than Barrack Obama when he so boldly said, "It is a shame that a RICH NATION like American has 45 M people without HC." In other words he said, "Why we can afford it all without consequence." Well one guesses that he is finding out differently.
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The notion of American exceptionalism being bestowed on us is being pushed by Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck.
What BO said was, "I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.” Hannity ripped him a new one for saying that.