It's American Exceptionalism, dude

This will not be a rant. There is enough foamy mad dog ranting going on in the "sphere" to poison any chance for actual debate. I'll merely comment on what's either stated or understood in the rhetoric of today's American politicians striving for a message that resonates with an aging electorate. That message: WE ARE EXCEPTIONAL. You will hear Obama allude to this in his understated, professorial way. In his Libya speech he said that " other nations might turn a blind eye" to the impending massacre but " the United States is different." Gingrich puts his view on a DVD all about the "shining city on a hill" myth. Glen Beck, though not a politician, feels strongly that Barack Obama just doesn't get A.E., that he just can't feel it, man.