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John R. Guardiano: Kennedy-Sorensen Dems Wouldn't Recognize Obama-Reid-Pelosi

[John R. Guardiano is a writer and analyst who focuses on political, military, and public-policy issues. He resides in Arlington, Virginia, and blogs at www.ResoluteCon.com (www.twitter.com/JohnRGuardiano).]

The legendary speechwriter, Ted Sorensen, passed away Sunday at the ripe old age of eight-two. The Democratic left, of course, will celebrate Sorensen as the man who gave literary life to JFK, Camelot and the New Frontier.

Conservatives, too, however, should sing Sorensen's praises. The man was a truly great speechwriter whose work celebrated American greatness and American exceptionalism.

This is praiseworthy and important. Especially today, when our political leaders have consciously chosen to set America on a path of national decline, and when our president declares that he really doesn't believe in American exceptionalism, it is helpful to hearken back to a more grand and patriotic liberal political tradition which believed, as did Ronald Reagan and the burgeoning conservative movement, that America has a rendezvous with destiny...
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