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ripping 2019 Dems for exalting “them” not “us”, Stephens writes:
“Obama’s political genius was to emphasize ‘common-humanity identity politics’ - made you feel comfortable no matter the color of your skin”
did i miss recognition of this genius back then? nytimes.com/2019/06/28/opi…
“Obama’s political genius was to emphasize ‘common-humanity identity politics’ - made you feel comfortable no matter the color of your skin”
did i miss recognition of this genius back then? nytimes.com/2019/06/28/opi…
because what i remember was conversatives similarly lamenting that Obama was an identity-politics leftist who couldn’t/wouldn’t appeal to all Americans the way centrist Bill Clinton did
Bret on Obama 2015:
“prepared to embrace Muslim Brother as president of Egypt but arm’s-length w/pro-American successor. no problem keeping company w/Al Sharpton & tagging American police dept as racist but adamant that Islamic & terrorism never be conjoined”
“prepared to embrace Muslim Brother as president of Egypt but arm’s-length w/pro-American successor. no problem keeping company w/Al Sharpton & tagging American police dept as racist but adamant that Islamic & terrorism never be conjoined”
from Bret’s same column in WSJ:
“To adapt George Orwell’s motto for Oceania: Under Mr. Obama, friends are enemies, denial is wisdom, capitulation is victory.”
“To adapt George Orwell’s motto for Oceania: Under Mr. Obama, friends are enemies, denial is wisdom, capitulation is victory.”
headline: “The Orwellian Obama Presidency”
