Robert Chernin's show: Recent Episodes
Bobby Chernin
"Watching the news these days I would swear I was back in 1968. That was the last time there was this much self-destructive, violent protest in the country. In the Sixties it was
anti-war, anti-authority, anti-police and anti-America. Sounds a lot like today. This time, however, there is no “tune in, turn on and drop out”, no Flower Power and no Free Love. Today’s protests are different. They are really a revolt against the entrenched entitlement the Progressives have enjoyed these last 8 years. This has nothing to do with trying to change society for the better. This is really about not changing at all. It is about staying the hard Left course the country has been on for the last 8 years."
“How did things ever get so far? I don’t know. It was so unfortunate, so unnecessary.” Speaking almost to himself, Don Corleone, played so perfectly by Marlon Brando in the Godfather, asks out loud this most simple and basic question. His question also goes to the heart of the current presidential race. Actions have consequences and America has a stark choice to make on November 8th. Perhaps even more importantly his question speaks to where we are as a nation and the need to understand how we got here. Beyond just this election, it is THE core question America needs to answer. That shining city on the hill, a biblical reference forever immortalized by Ronald Reagan seemed to change overnight with the swearing in of Bill Clinton on January 20th, 1993....
President Trump. Better get used to the sound of that. Since no one else will say it, I will. The race for President officially ended last Sunday and Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States. Historians and pundits will look back at the events of September 11, 2016 as the day that Hillary Clinton lost. Fifteen years to the day after America stood brave and came together after being attacked, Mrs. Clinton had her own attack. As with all things Clinton, these wounds were self-inflicted.
Having lived through eight years of Bill and Hillary Clinton in the White House from 1992 to 2000, the recent parsing of words by Mrs. Clinton with regards to telling the truth about her email scandal has an all too familiar ring to it.