CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 5, 2023
SOME SHOCKING YET PREDICTABLE NEW DATA HAS COME TO LIGHT WHICH PROVES WHAT I AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE DECLINE OF AMERICA.
A GALLUP POLL HAS FOUND THAT THE SHARE OF PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY ARE “EXTREMELY PROUD” TO BE AN AMERICAN HAS BEEN FALLING FOR YEARS. A MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS – 60 PERCENT – STILL CLAIM EXTREME NATIONAL PRIDE, BUT THE SHARE HAS FALLEN FROM A NEAR-UNIVERSAL 86 PERCENT 20 YEARS AGO WHEN PATRIOTISM PEAKED FOLLOWING THE 9.-11 TERRORIST ATTACKS. THE LAST TIME DEMOCRATS SAID THEY WERE EXTREMELY PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN WAS IN 2013, MONTHS INTO PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SECOND TERM. YOU MAY RECALL MICHELLE OBAMA SAYING IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE SHE WAS PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN.
WHY DOES THIS MATTER? WITH FEWER THAN 500 DAYS AWAY FROM AN ELECTION LIKELY TO FEATURE A PRESIDENTIAL RE-MATCH FEW AMERICANS SAY THEY WANT, THE LEVEL OF EXTREME NATIONAL PRIDE COULD AFFECT TURNOUT AND THUS, RESULTS.
ANOTHER REASON NATIONAL PRIDE IS DECLINING IS BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS DON’T TEACH THE GREATNESS OF AMERICA AND WHAT OUR FOUNDERS SACRIFICED TO CREATE THIS COUNTRY. THINK ABOUT THAT AS YOU CONSIDER WHETHER YOU WANT YOUR KIDS BACK IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR LIBERAL UNIVERSITIES IN THE FALL. I’M CAL THOMAS.
