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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"when Americans woke from a slumber of apathy and acquiescence to reclaim the ideals of the nation"
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Dan Rather ✔ @DanRather
I believe the Trump Presidency will not only be remembered for its outrages but as a time when millions of Americans woke from a slumber of apathy and acquiescence to reclaim the ideals of the nation.
12:51 PM - Oct 19, 2019
Absolutely!
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"when Americans woke from a slumber of apathy and acquiescence to reclaim the ideals of the nation" (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Oct 2019
OP
Mme. Defarge
(8,935 posts)1. Merci!
I needed that!
handmade34
(23,955 posts)2. let's hope
erronis
(23,091 posts)3. There are so many Americans that can never be "woke". They drank their cool-aid and are programmed.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)4. Let's We The People make it so!
malaise
(294,171 posts)5. Unless money is taken out of politics, serious reforms are
introduced in institutions and the criminals are weeded out from said institutions and sent to prison, there will be no reclamation of the nation.
Rhiannon12866
(252,215 posts)6. Twitter reply :
Dennis Donovan
(31,059 posts)7. Good reply!
kentuck
(115,279 posts)8. I agree with Dan Rather.
I believe this will happen, also.
Ilsa
(64,026 posts)9. I wish. It seems like too many people are more interested in
Reality tv shows instead of news and the world around them. I don't know what it will take to wake them up.
Martin Eden
(15,442 posts)10. I want to believe.
But I lack the faith.
BootinUp
(51,035 posts)11. When you're at a fork there's one of 2 ways
You can go. I believe Dan Rather is correct.
Wounded Bear
(63,980 posts)12. Let's hope so!
Skittles
(170,209 posts)13. THANK YOU
I truly believe America is stronger than Donald Fucking Trump
