I typed "last best", not "last".....and you know it.
Given the origin of "last best hope", that phrase does not signify to me what you claim you meant. So no, I did not know that was your point. Maybe you should make your points clearer and more explicit rather than going for the dramatic moment and then accusing me of deliberately misconstruing your statement. Just a suggestion.
Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We -- even we here -- hold the power, and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -- honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just -- a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless.
Even then....as a liberty lover...I have concerns about Trumps authoritarian style of leadership so hearing he is my last best hope for freedom.....even with your interpretation of what that means.... is still a wow moment for me.....less of one, but still.
Since the election it's become more obvious to me than I knew (and I believed it was bad) - just how far down the road we have already gone toward European style globalist socialism.
Trump's election took the mask off of that. Nothing in any of our lifetimes compares to what we've seen with riots, nonstop nuclear option hyperbole and coordinated establishment narratives meant specifically to undermine a US president.
1. A Hillary presidency woulve sealed the deal and put us in my opinion past the point of return to classic liberalism.
2. No other GOP candidate with the possible exceptions of Cruz and Fiorina were going to be anything but a sacrificial lamb following their scripts to prop up Hillary Clinton.
3. Gary Johnson had no chance, was an idiot and was a sketchy at best libertarian sample. Any other year of uniparty R vs Uniparty D, I would've voted for him without a second thought.
Given these facts, I see time slipping away and the fact that Trump is a clear outsider (this was debatable at one time) who is hated by the entire establishment, make him seem like a potential perfect storm. Make no mistake, this is NOT fan boy adulation no matter how many times it's implied or suggested. I see a window. I see a mistake to be exploited.
The establishment basically left an exhaust shaft unshielded that an unconventional pilot could use to blow up the Death Star. I want that MF'er blown up.
The establishment will fix the back door that let Trump win the GOP and your perfect libertarian - if he or she exists - will have an even more impossible task to win.
The uniparty protects itself and right now is being punished for its hubris. Like it or not, Trump is that instrument of punishment.
So yeah - given where we are headed and how unlikely this opportunity was in hindsight, I hope the arrogant bastard fulfills every promise and continues to fill the courts with originalists.
It is not a cult of personality that makes me root for him. He specifically appeals to my libertarian ideals. Most of them anyway. he wasn't supposed to win but he did and is wreaking havoc on the machine.
Have some faith in the checks and balances. He's not going to be an authoritarian overlord even if he wants to be. But he can absolutely dismantle the swamp.
As for last best - when do you see a better alternative coming over the horizon and where will we be by then if he doesn't drain the swamp?
