CNN went into full Barack Obama backing mode following his speech at the Democratic Nation Convention. Most of the panel looked and sounded as if they were moved to tears by his words as they all sang his praises. “Nobody can talk about America like Barack Obama, aside from maybe Ronald Reagan,” CNN’s Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger declared, “And that's what I was thinking about this evening because he described an American that we all aspire to be and in a way we are.”
Borger also glorified the Democratic Party for bringing back American exceptionalism, “What is interesting to me comparing this convention to the last convention … is that this notion of American exceptionalism with the Democrats now saying America is great.”
Speaking for the DNC Borger stated forcefully, “Don't tell us the military is a disaster. Don’t tell us we’re in the middle of a civil war right now. America is great, we just have to make it better. And it’s kind of a—.” “It’s a deeper patriotism,” Van Jones chimed in.
Van Jones was feeling the healing words of the president pulse through the arena, and the party was feeling them as well he declared:
All of those people I've watched through the course of that speech calm down and be called back in by that president. People who are hard core Bernie Sanders people talking about breaking down and crying and remembering what this fight is about. He did something -- he finally got the whole thing turned…
He reminded this party of what it is that we're about, and it was a beautiful act of leadership for the country, but also for the people in this room. You're not going to see the same kind of fractiousness tomorrow morning you saw earlier tonight.
Transcript below:
CNN
America’s Choice 2016
July 27, 2016
11:48:01 PM EasternANDERSON COOPER: He was critical of Donald Trump but it was not in the same way that Michael Bloomberg took him down or attempted to take him down or Joe Biden.
VAN JONES: Others took the bark off Donald Trump. Let me tell you what happened in this room and what was happening with this coalition. This was a tough night. There were protests in the corners, there were sit-ins outside. There were people who were still trying to digest “do I belong in this party or don't I?”
All of those people I've watched through the course of that speech calm down and be called back in by that president. People who are hard core Bernie Sanders people talking about breaking down and crying and remembering what this fight is about. He did something -- he finally got the whole thing turned.
There are going to some people who don't want to go along, who want to stay on the margins, but he reminded this party—great for the country— He reminded this party of what it is that we're about, and it was a beautiful act of leadership for the country but also for the people in this room. You're not going to see the same kind of fractiousness tomorrow morning you saw earlier tonight.
GLORIA BORGER: I think he reached beyond the room. I mean, nobody can talk about America like Barack Obama, aside from maybe Ronald Reagan. And that's what I was thinking about this evening because he described an American that we all aspire to be and in a way we are. And what is interesting to me comparing this convention to the last convention— and I think we talked about a little the other night— is that this notion of American exceptionalism with the Democrats now saying America is great. Don't tell us the military is a disaster. Don’t tell us we’re in the middle of a civil war right now. America is great, we just have to make it better. And it’s kind of a—
JONES: It’s a deeper patriotism.
BORGER: It's a flipped view. And one other thing about government that was interesting to me aside from all the comments about Donald Trump obviously, but the line that struck me was, “we don't look to be ruled. We believe in self-government.”
