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America was never that great

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stunned the audience at a bill-signing ceremony Wednesday by saying America “was never that great” as he mocked President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”

“We’re not going to make America great again,” Cuomo said while signing a bill dealing with human trafficking. “It was never that great. We have not reached greatness. We will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged.”

Some audience members could be heard groaning at Cuomo’s comment.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/america-was-never-that-great-gov-andrew-cuomo-says-2018-08-15

Guess what Cuomo, (future Democrat Presidential campaigner) every American will never be fully engaged, because all Americans do not agree. The message received is unless all Americans agree with you and your agenda, they are not 'engaged'.
 
holbritter said:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stunned the audience at a bill-signing ceremony Wednesday by saying America “was never that great” as he mocked President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”

“We’re not going to make America great again,” Cuomo said while signing a bill dealing with human trafficking. “It was never that great. We have not reached greatness. We will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged.”

Some audience members could be heard groaning at Cuomo’s comment.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/america-was-never-that-great-gov-andrew-cuomo-says-2018-08-15

Guess what Cuomo, (future Democrat Presidential campaigner) every American will never be fully engaged, because all Americans do not agree. The message received is unless all Americans agree with you and your agenda, they are not 'engaged'.
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I am so sick and tired of the god damned virtue signaling and the empty platitudes.

It's crap like this that won 2016 for Trump in the first place. He had a slogan that work, a good number of policies that people could get behind and he even managed to unit people better than the democrats did.

If don't shape up soon, they are going to utterly fail once again.
 
One thing you wont be hearing in 2020 is President Cuomo.
 
Apologies. I didn't realize there was a thread already.
 
holbritter said:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stunned the audience at a bill-signing ceremony Wednesday by saying America “was never that great” as he mocked President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”

“We’re not going to make America great again,” Cuomo said while signing a bill dealing with human trafficking. “It was never that great. We have not reached greatness. We will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged.”

Some audience members could be heard groaning at Cuomo’s comment.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/america-was-never-that-great-gov-andrew-cuomo-says-2018-08-15

Guess what Cuomo, (future Democrat Presidential campaigner) every American will never be fully engaged, because all Americans do not agree. The message received is unless all Americans agree with you and your agenda, they are not 'engaged'.
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How do we judge or determine greatness?
 
holbritter said:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stunned the audience at a bill-signing ceremony Wednesday by saying America “was never that great” as he mocked President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”

“We’re not going to make America great again,” Cuomo said while signing a bill dealing with human trafficking. “It was never that great. We have not reached greatness. We will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged.”

Some audience members could be heard groaning at Cuomo’s comment.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/america-was-never-that-great-gov-andrew-cuomo-says-2018-08-15

Guess what Cuomo, (future Democrat Presidential campaigner) every American will never be fully engaged, because all Americans do not agree. The message received is unless all Americans agree with you and your agenda, they are not 'engaged'.
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I agree partly with his statement; great at what? A fully functional and successful civilization? not hardly. Our civil war is testimony to that. And if every American cared about this country and participated, then we would be fully engaged. All we do is generate income.
 
jet57 said:
I agree partly with his statement; great at what? A fully functional and successful civilization? not hardly. Our civil war is testimony to that. And if every American cared about this country and participated, then we would be fully engaged. All we do is generate income.
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"Fully engaged?" What does that even mean? When did it become anyone's duty to "engage" with everyone? What ever happened to living your own life?
 
joko104 said:
"Fully engaged?" What does that even mean? When did it become anyone's duty to "engage" with everyone? What ever happened to living your own life?
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There's the possibility that he's talking about participation in the political process, but there's also a strong possibility that this is intentionally vague, and really is meant to mean whatever the **** audience wants it to mean. I don't know, the statement makes no sense to me, either.
 
jet57 said:
I agree partly with his statement; great at what? A fully functional and successful civilization? not hardly. Our civil war is testimony to that. And if every American cared about this country and participated, then we would be fully engaged. All we do is generate income.
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Our civil war was and is in the past, have we not grown from that?

There will never be a time where every American is engaged. Never. That is bogus criteria. Nor, will there ever be a time when every person in this country is engaged.
 
joko104 said:
"Fully engaged?" What does that even mean? When did it become anyone's duty to "engage" with everyone? What ever happened to living your own life?
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In WWII we were fully engaged.
 
holbritter said:
Our civil war was and is in the past, have we not grown from that?

There will never be a time where every American is engaged. Never. That is bogus criteria. Nor, will there ever be a time when every person in this country is engaged.
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WWII, 911 everybody paid attention too. What we lack is leadership.
 
Oborosen said:
I am so sick and tired of the god damned virtue signaling and the empty platitudes.
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Virtue signaling and empty platitudes?

You mean like when right wingers put on a big show of getting all morally outraged because someone said something falling short of unconditional praise of America in order to signal to each other what Big Patriots they are?

No, you probably didn't mean that. But you should have done.
 
Oborosen said:
I am so sick and tired of the god damned virtue signaling and the empty platitudes.

It's crap like this that won 2016 for Trump in the first place. He had a slogan that work, a good number of policies that people could get behind and he even managed to unit people better than the democrats did.

If don't shape up soon, they are going to utterly fail once again.
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Any idea why trumps first year was the worst job creation for 6 years?
 
holbritter said:
Our civil war was and is in the past, have we not grown from that?

There will never be a time where every American is engaged. Never. That is bogus criteria. Nor, will there ever be a time when every person in this country is engaged.
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Or really any country.
 
Mr Person said:
Virtue signaling and empty platitudes?

You mean like when right wingers put on a big show of getting all morally outraged because someone said something falling short of unconditional praise of America in order to signal to each other what Big Patriots they are?

No, you probably didn't mean that. But you should have done.
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Citation please...
 
People pretend like America used to be some sort of "paradise"; when I asked my grandfather about it he said they faced the same issues back then slavery, gay rights, gun control, etc.
 
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