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By Trying To Destroy Obama Through Unfettered Anti-Intellectualism, The GOP Has Destroyed Itself.
Last edited Fri Aug 12, 2016, 12:17 PM - Edit history (1)
http://theintellectualist.co/trying-destroy-president-obama-unfettered-anti-intellectualism-gop-destroyed/The Guardian:
It may seem too early to call, but we already have a winner in the 2016 election.
He’s someone the pundits wrote off long ago. An improbable outsider who rode an insurgent wave to snatch the nomination from the establishment. An unconventional politician whose raucous rallies underscored his appeal to voters far outside his party base.
His name is Barack Obama. And he can thank the freak show that is Donald Trump’s Republican party for restoring his stature as a unifying, national leader with a moderated and mature approach to a complex and unstable world.
Eight years ago, Obama represented an existential threat to the Republican party, and not just because he was going to lead the Democratic party to win the White House and Congress by large margins.
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