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In reply to the discussion: Scarborough Shames Trump Rally Crowd For Cheering Attacks on McCain, Bush Sr: 'The 6,500 Meanest... [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)I really don't think he's capable of feeling anything else, no matter how he pretends. We saw that in this stupid lapse. "I don't get it." Whoops!
But to the comments from others, conservatives have their illusions and that they are the good people, America's moral compass and core, is a huge one. Their tribalism actually does encourage public service, local service to people like them certainly, but they're behind lots of caring, charitable works.
That 1000 points of light speech may be seldom hit, but it is one of the few national events conservatives can point to that affirms their self image, just as they cling to the very mistaken notion that Lincoln was one of them. It would be strange if this were forgotten, although I agree some younger ones may not know any more about what the thousand points of light were supposed to mean than they do about who Lincoln really was.