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applegrove

(118,677 posts) Fri Jul 3, 2020, 08:33 PM Jul 2020

Americans No Longer See U.S. as 'Shining City on the Hill'

Americans No Longer See U.S. as ‘Shining City on the Hill’

July 3, 2020 at 5:36 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 120 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/03/americans-no-longer-see-u-s-as-a-shining-city-on-the-hill/

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A new Yahoo News/YouGov Poll reveals that while 54% of Americans believe that America was a “shining city on a hill” when Ronald Reagan used that phrase in his final speech as president, 62% of Americans now say the country is no longer a model for the rest of the world.

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Americans No Longer See U.S. as 'Shining City on the Hill' (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2020 OP

Vote!!! And you can be again. Family lived in Washington, DC for a summer applegrove Jul 2020 #1

Just what Vladdy wanted. Baked Potato Jul 2020 #2

It's still the kind of country that begins with the letters "SH". Crunchy Frog Jul 2020 #3

No. It will be a 'tea house of the august moon' moment. The old Obama applegrove Jul 2020 #4

And lets do the work to make it the Shining City - Trump needs to go, no question tulipsandroses Jul 2020 #5

applegrove

(118,677 posts)

1. Vote!!! And you can be again. Family lived in Washington, DC for a summer

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2020, 08:36 PM

Jul 2020

internship. She was amazed at the talented and brilliant people she met in Washington. Unleash these public servants and not for profit people. Vote Biden and they will be free.

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)

2. Just what Vladdy wanted.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2020, 09:03 PM

Jul 2020

Crunchy Frog

(26,587 posts)

3. It's still the kind of country that begins with the letters "SH".

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2020, 09:11 PM

Jul 2020

At least that's some consolation.

applegrove

(118,677 posts)

4. No. It will be a 'tea house of the august moon' moment. The old Obama

Reply to Crunchy Frog (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 3, 2020, 09:26 PM

Jul 2020

USA will be back in weeks once Biden is elected. And it will be better and better. There is nothing wrong with liberal democratic america, or liberal democracy in general, that needed to be destroyed. Only corrupt plutocrats wanted it so and got power in the 70s and 80s.

tulipsandroses

(5,124 posts)

5. And lets do the work to make it the Shining City - Trump needs to go, no question

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2020, 10:08 PM

Jul 2020

After he's gone, we must do the work to make America live up to its promise for all of our brothers and sisters. For too long, we painted this rosy picture, cherry picked the parts of history we wanted to celebrate.

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