Subj : Re: The America First mov
To   : JEFF THIELE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Tue Oct 11 2022 16:40:00

> What's the difference between "Make America Great" and "Make America Great
> Again?" Look closely, can you spot it? That's right! The word "again!"

> What does "again" mean though? In this context, it means "like it was before
> at some unspecified point in the past." So we need to make America more like
> it was before, but when?

> Would this be before the civil rights era? Do you feel that Americans were
> less divisive prior to the civil rights movement?

> When exactly was America great before? What is this time that you want to go
> back to?

For most, it was when we produced most of what we consumed, before jobs
were shipped elsewhere.  For most, they were not looking to travel back in
time on everything... only an idiot would want to go back to a time to take
away civil rights, and only an idiot would believe that a significant
number of people would want to.  I suspect you don't really believe that
and only bring it up to make Aaron and other feel bad about wanting to see
American be a producer again.  I can only guess that producer scenario means
that you wouldn't get whatever it is you want.

Right now, it could even be any point between when Carter was President and
now... you know, when inflation was not at record levels?

I have seen some photos of MAGA folks with Confederate flags, but I have
never seen Trump campaign material that used it.  I have seen Clinton-Gore
pins that used one as the motif.  1992 was supposedly long after the
"big shift" and, ironically, there were Democrats in 2008 and again in 2016
that thought an HRC Presidency would be a return to those Clinton-Gore
times.

It should make you wonder who is wanting to go back to what exactly, but I
bet it does not.  I am not dumb enough to believe that any significant
number of them want to go back and strip away civil rights, either, but I am
not the one that supposed that, so....

IIRC, "Make American Great Again," was borrowed (and only slightly changed)
from a Bill Clinton campaign, either early 1992 or one of his runs for
governor.  Being a "D" I am sure he is above reproach for wanting to go
back to some unspecified period in history for whatever reason.


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