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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] From Crowne Plaza Ravinia Atlanta Peggy Noonan has an excellent column appearing in Today's Journal: Fair Use [i][list] [*]Have you had your 2016 Moment? I think you probably have, or will. The Moment is that sliver of time in which you fully realize something epochal is happening in politics, that there has never been a presidential year like 2016, and suddenly you are aware of it in a new, true and personal way. It tends to involve a poignant sense of dislocation, a knowledge that our politics have changed and won’t be going back. We’ve had a lot to absorb—the breaking of a party, the rise of an outlandish outsider; a lurch to the left in the other party, the popular rise of a socialist. Alongside that, the enduring power of a candidate even her most ardent supporters accept as corrupt. Add the lowering of standards, the feeling of no options, the coarsening, and all the new estrangements. [/i] [/list] It really seems as if none of the "Fighting Five" really respect the office they seek, with the nastiest campaign I can recall. I think it all started with Obama's first State of the Union where a Member of Congress had the audacity to yell "liar" at our President. It has simply carried through to the Debates which once were a Meet the Press format where disagreement was noted with respect and civility. With the Jerry Springer format with the partisan shouting and booing, they have ceased to be a venue through which the candidates can express views on.the issues. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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