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Deus Ex Machina

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Deus Ex Machina, or God from the Machine,

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refers to a plot device whereby the hero of a story is saved from some terrible fate

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by the sudden intervention of a god.

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The term comes from ancient Greek drama,

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where the god would literally be brought onto the stage using a machine like a crane or a riser.

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The convention of a god appearing on stage to save the main character

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was popularized by Euripides over 2,500 years ago,

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and it has continued to pop up throughout the centuries,

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even in Shakespeare, who has Hymen, the Greek god of marriage ceremonies,

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appear at the end of As You Like It to marry the play's heroes

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and make conclusion of these most strange events.

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The plot device is still used to this day.

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Now, instead of a god intervening to save the day,

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some miraculous event, object, character, or ability

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appears from nowhere to save the day.

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Think of the deadly, unstoppable Martians in Welles' War of the Worlds, for example,

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felled not by the combined artillery of the world's militaries,

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but by ordinary bacteria.

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Or think of the T-Rex at the end of Jurassic Park,

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appearing out of nowhere to save the heroes from the velociraptors.

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These are not just stories we tell ourselves.

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These are reflections of our thoughts about the world.

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They reveal our desires and beliefs,

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and they set up expectations for how the world really works.

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In the end, something will appear out of nowhere to help the good guys win

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and vanquish the bad guys once and for all.

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That's how it always works, right?

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Sure, Jan.

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Two and a half thousand years ago, that something was a god.

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But in the modern world, we're too sophisticated to believe

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that a god will swoop in and save the day.

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No, today, the deus ex machina isn't a god.

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More often than not, it's a politician.

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We've got to get where we are going.

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Travel day and night for president.

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Let Adelaide go the other way.

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We'll all go with I.

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Now is the time for all good Americans to come to the aid of their country.

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Blackrod on her way to summon the MPs.

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The monarch's representative.

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And in the tradition, will have to knock on the door of the House of Commons.

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Mr. Speaker, the Queen commands this Honourable House

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to attend Her Majesty immediately in the House of Peers.

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Since the age of kings and queens gave way to the age of presidents and prime ministers,

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an increasingly secular public has stopped looking for divine intervention

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to save the nation from calamity

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and instead begun praying for salvation from the demigods of the modern age.

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Politicians.

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Every election cycle, the public hears how this politician

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will deliver the nation from its economic woes

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or that politician will restore a country to its former greatness.

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In 1916, Woodrow Wilson was re-elected as president of the United States

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on the back of his popular campaign slogan,

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He Kept Us Out of War.

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But like all of the presumptive political saviors of the democratic age,

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in which popularity contests determine who sees as power

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and the public is swayed by the nicest sounding promises,

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Wilson, too, promptly broke his word.

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Just five months after his re-election,

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he oversaw U.S. entry into the First World War

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and gave his now-famous speech assuring the public

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that getting the U.S. into war

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was necessary to make the world safe for democracy.

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Similarly, Lyndon B. Johnson won election in 1964

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promising to limit America's involvement in Vietnam.

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Some others are eager to enlarge the conflict.

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They call upon us to supply American boys

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to do the job that Asian boys should do.

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But this, too, was just another swiftly broken promise

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by yet another political savior.

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Air action is now in execution

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against gunboats and certain supporting facilities

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in North Vietnam.

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Laughably, even George W. Bush won the election in 2000

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promising a humble American foreign policy

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and a vow to only fight short, winnable wars

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with well-defined objectives.

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But I'm going to be judicious as to how to use the military.

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It needs to be in our vital interest,

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the mission needs to be clear,

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and the exit strategy obvious.

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On my orders,

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coalition forces have begun striking selected targets

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of military importance

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to undermine Saddam Hussein's ability to wage war.

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But this pattern is not just about war,

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and it is not specific to any particular country.

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Throughout the world,

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politicians have won elections promising to deliver

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the inherently undeliverable.

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What Australian could forget Bob Hawke's promise

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to eliminate child poverty in three years?

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By 1990,

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no Australian child will be living in poverty.

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And what Greek could forget

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when Alexis Tsipras was swept to power

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with a strong populist mandate

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to stand up to the European Union

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in the midst of the sovereign debt crisis?

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I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart

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for this great victory.

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I feel vindicated

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because the Greek people gave us a clear mandate

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to continue the struggle

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to raise up our people's dignity.

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Instead,

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Tsipras immediately sold the nation further into debt

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by accepting the terms

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of a punishing 85 billion euro bailout package

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that even Syriza's own members

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called a betrayal of the party's promises.

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One day ahead of an essential parliamentary vote

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to secure his country's bailout deal

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from Eurozone creditors,

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras

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is here trying to quell a rebellion

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inside his ruling coalition.

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Mr. Tsipras is meeting with MPs

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from his own Syriza party,

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some of whom are very disappointed

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and upset about a deal

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which includes far more austerity

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than the package rejected by voters

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at a referendum

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just more than a week ago.

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with all these decades

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and, in the case of the oldest democracies,

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centuries of broken political promises,

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you'd think that the public

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would have caught on to the game by now.

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But, if anything,

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recent events have revealed

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that people are becoming more addicted

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to this politician-peddled hopium

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even as the lies and broken promises

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become ever more ridiculous.

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In 2008,

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this endlessly escalating wave

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of political insanity

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seemed to reach a crescendo

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as it dashed upon the shores

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of the presidential campaign

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of Barack Obama.

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There's something happening

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when people vote

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not just for party

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that they belong to,

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but the votes,

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the hopes that they hold in common.

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We are ready to take this country

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in a fundamentally new direction.

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That's what's happening

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in America right now.

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Change is what's happening

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in America.

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It may seem ridiculous

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in 2021

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that the mere words

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yes we can

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and hope and change

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could have sold

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not just the American voters,

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but the people of the world

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on Barack Hussein Obama,

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a junior U.S. senator

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whose greatest legislative accomplishment

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up to that point

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was sponsoring a bill

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to rename a post office

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in Illinois.

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But,

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in hindsight,

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that was exactly

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what was so effective

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about the entire

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Hope and Change campaign.

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After eight years

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of neocon carnage,

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amid the tumult

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of the ongoing fiasco in Iraq,

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in the shadow

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of the rising police state at home,

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and in the face

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of the revelations

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of corporate accounting fraud

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and banking malfeasance

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that culminated

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in a global financial crisis,

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the public was desperately

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hoping for change.

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We will remember

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that there is something

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that we are not

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as divided

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that we are one people,

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we are one nation,

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and together

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we will begin

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the next great chapter

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in the American story

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with three words

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that will ring

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from coast to coast,

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from sea to shining sea.

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Yes, we can.

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Thank you, New Hampshire.

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Thank you.

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It didn't matter

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that Obama,

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like every other con man

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to swindle the majority

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of the population

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in the great popularity contest

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we call democracy,

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lied about every one

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of his major campaign promises.

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It didn't matter

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that he lied

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about closing Guantanamo.

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I have said repeatedly

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that I intend

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to close Guantanamo,

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and I will follow through

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on that.

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that I have not been able

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to close the darn thing

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because of

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the congressional restrictions

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that have been placed on us.

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It didn't matter

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that he lied

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about ending

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the war of terror.

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as president,

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I will make the fight

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against al-Qaeda

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and the Taliban

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the top priority

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that it should be.

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The Obama administration

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knowingly gave

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U.S. taxpayer dollars

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to an al-Qaeda affiliate

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in Sudan.

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A joint I-24 News

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the U.S. government

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gave money

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to a designated

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global terror entity

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placed on the U.S. sanctions list

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over its financial support

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for Osama bin Laden.

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that he lied

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about ending

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the illegal wiretapping

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of Americans.

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This administration

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also puts forward

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a false choice.

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between the liberties

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we cherish

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and the security

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we provide.

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I will provide

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our intelligence

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and law enforcement

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agencies

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with the tools

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they need to track

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the terrorists

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without undermining

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and our freedom.

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That means no more

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illegal wiretapping

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of American citizens.

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I came in

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with a healthy skepticism

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about these programs.

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My team evaluated them.

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we scrubbed them thoroughly.

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We actually expanded

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some of the oversight

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increased some

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of the safeguards.

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But my assessment

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and my team's assessment

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was that

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they help us

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prevent terrorist attacks.

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none of his broken promises

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matter

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because it was never

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about any actual

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concrete action.

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If the mass hysteria

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that swept over

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the public in 2008

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was about achieving

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tangible results,

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the Nobel Committee

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would not have awarded

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Obama the Nobel Peace Prize

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less than one year

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into his first term

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in office

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while he was still

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waging wars

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in Afghanistan

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and Iraq

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and expanding Bush's

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drone war

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into Pakistan.

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee

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has decided

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that the Nobel Peace Prize

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for 2009

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is to be awarded

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to President Barack Obama

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for his extraordinary efforts

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to strengthen

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international diplomacy

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and cooperation

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between peoples.

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No, it was never

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about action.

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It was about

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providing the audience

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of the political spectacle

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the scene

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that they were waiting for.

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The next political messiah

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is wheeled onto the stage,

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he waves his hand

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and makes everything better,

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and everyone goes back

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to their daily struggles

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for the next four years.

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The ritual

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is complete.

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Indeed,

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after thousands of years

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in which heads of state

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were worshipped

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as literal gods on earth,

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or,

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more recently,

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as divine appointees,

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it should come

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as no surprise

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that popular presidents

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and prime ministers

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are almost always

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portrayed with recourse

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to religious iconography.

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The common trope

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of photographing presidents

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with the halo

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of the presidential seal

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around them

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is nothing new.

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But even taking

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that history into account,

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the religious frenzy

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that Obama's appearance

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on the national political stage

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caused was,

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in retrospect,

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undeniably strange.

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Who is Barack Obama?

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Contrary to the rumors

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that you've heard,

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I was not born

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in a manger.

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I was,

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I was actually born

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on Krypton

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and sent here

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by my father,

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Jor-El,

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to save the planet Earth.

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In the hysteria

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00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:47,180
of the 2008 campaign,

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Obama wasn't received

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by the public

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as a political candidate

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with a series of policy prescriptions

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for improving the country.

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He was the god

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from the machine,

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the deus ex machina

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who could appear on stage

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and bless everyone

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00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:00,760
with his absolution.

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00:14:01,980 --> 00:14:03,640
Obama was not just Superman,

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00:14:04,220 --> 00:14:05,720
but the god of all things,

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00:14:06,140 --> 00:14:06,880
a heaven-sent,

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00:14:07,020 --> 00:14:08,020
shining new hope

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00:14:08,020 --> 00:14:09,480
bathed in angelic light

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00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:10,420
who was the literal

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00:14:10,420 --> 00:14:11,120
second coming.

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First of all,

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00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:18,100
give an honor to God

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00:14:18,100 --> 00:14:21,360
and our lord and savior,

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00:14:21,620 --> 00:14:22,620
Barack Obama.

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00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:27,160
And by the time

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00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:28,320
the public finally snapped

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00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:29,060
from their reverie

419
00:14:29,060 --> 00:14:29,900
and realized that,

420
00:14:30,340 --> 00:14:30,920
after all,

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00:14:31,260 --> 00:14:32,080
Obama was just

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00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:32,940
another politician.

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00:14:34,940 --> 00:14:36,500
Why is Obama

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00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:38,980
facing so much opposition now?

425
00:14:38,980 --> 00:14:40,400
Why is he struggling so much

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00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:41,640
to really fulfill

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00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,140
the great flame

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00:14:43,140 --> 00:14:43,760
of ambition

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00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:44,380
and excitement

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00:14:44,380 --> 00:14:45,500
that he was elected on

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00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:47,220
originally in 2009?

432
00:14:47,620 --> 00:14:49,000
Well, you've touched on it

433
00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:49,680
to a degree.

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00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:51,100
He made so many promises.

435
00:14:51,340 --> 00:14:52,880
We thought that he was going to be,

436
00:14:53,420 --> 00:14:54,560
I shouldn't say this

437
00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:55,300
at Christmas time,

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00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:56,400
but the next messiah.

439
00:14:56,940 --> 00:14:57,960
The former director

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00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:58,860
of the Norwegian

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00:14:58,860 --> 00:14:59,840
Nobel Institute

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00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:01,160
says he regrets

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00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:02,720
awarding the Nobel Peace Prize

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00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,160
to President Barack Obama

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00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:05,160
in 2009.

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00:15:05,660 --> 00:15:07,360
He lied!

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00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:09,320
It's not subtle.

448
00:15:09,660 --> 00:15:10,440
He said there will be

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00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:11,580
no spying on citizens

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00:15:11,580 --> 00:15:12,960
who are not suspected

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00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:13,820
of a crime.

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00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:15,480
He lied!

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00:15:16,420 --> 00:15:17,900
There is spying

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00:15:17,900 --> 00:15:19,100
on all of us

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00:15:19,100 --> 00:15:19,920
and we are not

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00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:21,060
suspected of a crime.

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00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:22,180
Barack Obama

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00:15:22,180 --> 00:15:23,380
is a liar!

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00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:24,540
Can I make it clear?

460
00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:27,120
It was too late.

461
00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:28,920
Obama had already

462
00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:29,740
served his role

463
00:15:29,740 --> 00:15:31,160
as the next political savior

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00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:31,800
and,

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00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,080
having served that function,

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00:15:33,380 --> 00:15:34,280
he could be discarded

467
00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:35,580
like yesterday's newspaper.

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00:15:35,580 --> 00:15:38,000
For those who believed

469
00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,500
that the 2008 campaign

470
00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:40,540
was the apotheosis

471
00:15:40,540 --> 00:15:41,880
of the hope and change routine,

472
00:15:42,260 --> 00:15:43,500
this was the end of the line

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00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:44,780
for this political charade.

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00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:46,560
Looking at the process

475
00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:47,800
from a rational perspective,

476
00:15:48,300 --> 00:15:49,140
one could be forgiven

477
00:15:49,140 --> 00:15:50,180
for thinking that the public

478
00:15:50,180 --> 00:15:51,060
had learned its lesson

479
00:15:51,060 --> 00:15:52,440
and that no politician

480
00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:53,680
would be able to bamboozle

481
00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:54,940
the public like that again

482
00:15:54,940 --> 00:15:56,640
as long as the Obama legacy

483
00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:57,680
was in living memory.

484
00:15:58,560 --> 00:15:59,600
But this is not

485
00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:00,820
a rational process,

486
00:16:01,340 --> 00:16:02,640
and those who believed that

487
00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,460
could not have been more wrong.

488
00:16:05,580 --> 00:16:19,300
I see a woman in the night

489
00:16:19,300 --> 00:16:21,440
Lest there be any confusion

490
00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:22,040
that the public

491
00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:22,820
was being prepared

492
00:16:22,820 --> 00:16:23,680
for yet another

493
00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,060
deus ex machina ritual,

494
00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:26,320
this time the god

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00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:27,900
descended onto the political stage

496
00:16:27,900 --> 00:16:29,280
via a literal machine,

497
00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:30,620
a golden escalator.

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00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:32,860
And, from his deus,

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00:16:32,860 --> 00:16:34,260
this god, too,

500
00:16:34,580 --> 00:16:35,660
brought the good tidings

501
00:16:35,660 --> 00:16:36,660
to the cheering crowd.

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00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:39,620
The country is saved once again.

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00:16:41,020 --> 00:16:42,480
Ladies and gentlemen,

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00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:47,660
I am officially running

505
00:16:47,660 --> 00:16:52,600
for President of the United States,

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00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,620
and we are going to make

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00:16:55,620 --> 00:16:58,120
our country great again.

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00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:16,420
It can happen.

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00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:17,920
The next day,

510
00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:18,760
it was revealed

511
00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:19,300
that the scene

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00:17:19,300 --> 00:17:20,720
was a literal stage play.

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00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:22,540
The adoring crowd

514
00:17:22,540 --> 00:17:24,000
were not grassroots supporters

515
00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:24,880
of Donald Trump

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00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:26,580
who all spontaneously decided

517
00:17:26,580 --> 00:17:28,040
to wear the same Trump t-shirts

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00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:29,200
and awkwardly pose

519
00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:30,680
with their homemade signs

520
00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:31,320
for the cameras,

521
00:17:31,820 --> 00:17:33,800
but, as an FEC investigation

522
00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:34,720
later confirmed,

523
00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,160
literal actors

524
00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:37,620
paid $50 each

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00:17:37,620 --> 00:17:38,700
by the Extra Mile

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casting agency

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00:17:39,660 --> 00:17:41,000
on behalf of their client,

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00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:42,800
Gotham Government Relations

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and Communications.

530
00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:45,840
But it didn't matter.

531
00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:47,560
Like all the iterations

532
00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,080
of the President Messiah script

533
00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:49,840
that came before,

534
00:17:50,340 --> 00:17:50,680
Trump's

535
00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:51,880
Make America Great Again

536
00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:52,560
psychodrama

537
00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:53,540
was already having

538
00:17:53,540 --> 00:17:54,360
its intended effect

539
00:17:54,360 --> 00:17:55,180
on the population.

540
00:17:56,260 --> 00:17:57,260
In some ways,

541
00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:58,840
MAGA was a mere repeat

542
00:17:58,840 --> 00:17:59,500
of the Obama

543
00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:00,540
hope and change template.

544
00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:02,120
Here, too,

545
00:18:02,420 --> 00:18:03,180
candidate Trump

546
00:18:03,180 --> 00:18:04,040
promised the moon

547
00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:05,460
that President Trump

548
00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:06,740
steadfastly failed

549
00:18:06,740 --> 00:18:07,360
to deliver.

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00:18:08,180 --> 00:18:09,960
He did not drain the swamp.

551
00:18:10,900 --> 00:18:12,940
And we are going to drain

552
00:18:12,940 --> 00:18:14,460
the swamp of corruption

553
00:18:14,460 --> 00:18:16,140
in Washington, D.C.

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00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:17,940
We're here to celebrate

555
00:18:17,940 --> 00:18:18,820
the swearing-in

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00:18:18,820 --> 00:18:19,580
of America's

557
00:18:19,580 --> 00:18:21,260
new Secretary of State,

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00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:23,460
Mike Pompeo.

559
00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:27,160
We are going to drain

560
00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,060
the swamp.

561
00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:30,860
President-elect Trump

562
00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:32,160
has named the former

563
00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:33,040
New York City Mayor

564
00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:33,900
Rudy Giuliani

565
00:18:33,900 --> 00:18:35,580
to lend his expertise

566
00:18:35,580 --> 00:18:36,720
on cybersecurity.

567
00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,340
It is time to drain

568
00:18:39,340 --> 00:18:40,840
the swamp.

569
00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:42,960
Gina is tough.

570
00:18:43,660 --> 00:18:44,500
She is strong.

571
00:18:45,180 --> 00:18:46,160
And when it comes

572
00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:47,460
to defending America,

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00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:48,880
Gina will never,

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00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:50,640
ever back down.

575
00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:51,480
I know her.

576
00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,380
He did not

577
00:18:53,380 --> 00:18:54,380
end the wars.

578
00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:56,140
And look at the mess

579
00:18:56,140 --> 00:18:56,680
we have.

580
00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:57,820
We've destabilized

581
00:18:57,820 --> 00:18:58,420
the Middle East

582
00:18:58,420 --> 00:18:59,300
and it's a mess.

583
00:19:00,300 --> 00:19:01,880
A short time ago,

584
00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:03,020
I ordered

585
00:19:03,020 --> 00:19:04,100
the United States

586
00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:04,880
Armed Forces

587
00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,300
to launch

588
00:19:06,300 --> 00:19:07,620
precision strikes

589
00:19:07,620 --> 00:19:08,280
on targets

590
00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:09,040
associated

591
00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:10,820
with the chemical

592
00:19:10,820 --> 00:19:12,240
weapons capabilities

593
00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,640
of Syrian dictator

594
00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:16,480
Bashar al-Assad.

595
00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:17,840
Obviously,

596
00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:18,820
the war

597
00:19:18,820 --> 00:19:19,540
in Iraq

598
00:19:19,540 --> 00:19:20,460
was a big,

599
00:19:20,540 --> 00:19:21,640
fat mistake.

600
00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:22,180
All right?

601
00:19:23,140 --> 00:19:24,180
The consequences

602
00:19:24,180 --> 00:19:25,920
of a rapid exit

603
00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:27,940
are both predictable

604
00:19:27,940 --> 00:19:30,460
and unacceptable.

605
00:19:31,460 --> 00:19:33,020
He did not stand up

606
00:19:33,020 --> 00:19:34,720
to the medical-industrial complex.

607
00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:36,040
Just the other day,

608
00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:37,260
two years old,

609
00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:38,240
two and a half years old,

610
00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:38,640
a child,

611
00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:39,480
a beautiful child,

612
00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:41,100
went to have the vaccine

613
00:19:41,100 --> 00:19:42,440
and came back

614
00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:43,700
and a week later

615
00:19:43,700 --> 00:19:45,000
got a tremendous fever,

616
00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:46,580
got very, very sick,

617
00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:47,860
now is autistic.

618
00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:49,440
I hope we're going

619
00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:50,120
to have a vaccine

620
00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:51,440
and we're going to

621
00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:52,700
fast-track it

622
00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:53,980
like you've never seen before.

623
00:19:55,180 --> 00:19:56,400
Just like Obama,

624
00:19:56,820 --> 00:19:57,100
Bush,

625
00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:57,680
Clinton,

626
00:19:57,860 --> 00:19:58,640
and every other

627
00:19:58,640 --> 00:19:59,480
political savior

628
00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:00,540
of the modern era,

629
00:20:01,060 --> 00:20:02,160
Trump broke his promises

630
00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:02,720
at will,

631
00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:03,420
knowing,

632
00:20:03,820 --> 00:20:05,140
as a reality TV star

633
00:20:05,140 --> 00:20:06,280
who had long shown himself

634
00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:07,600
to be a consummate performer,

635
00:20:08,100 --> 00:20:08,640
that governing

636
00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,020
was not his real role

637
00:20:10,020 --> 00:20:10,980
in this stage play.

638
00:20:11,620 --> 00:20:12,120
He had come

639
00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:13,300
to entertain the audience

640
00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:14,560
and save the country,

641
00:20:14,940 --> 00:20:16,280
not deliver on promises.

642
00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:17,920
And,

643
00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:19,460
like the Obama-saya,

644
00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:20,720
Trump, too,

645
00:20:20,940 --> 00:20:21,560
took on the role

646
00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:22,560
of divine redeemer

647
00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:23,240
of the nation,

648
00:20:23,740 --> 00:20:24,300
second only

649
00:20:24,300 --> 00:20:25,340
to Christ himself.

650
00:20:27,140 --> 00:20:28,100
Somebody said to me

651
00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:28,660
the other day,

652
00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:30,080
you're the most famous person

653
00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:31,140
in the world by far.

654
00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:31,320
I said,

655
00:20:31,380 --> 00:20:31,880
no, I'm not.

656
00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:33,040
No, I'm not.

657
00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:33,660
They said,

658
00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:34,240
yes, you are.

659
00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:34,660
I said, no.

660
00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:35,680
They said,

661
00:20:35,700 --> 00:20:36,420
who's more famous?

662
00:20:36,540 --> 00:20:36,800
I said,

663
00:20:36,860 --> 00:20:37,620
Jesus Christ.

664
00:20:43,740 --> 00:20:44,140
Trump,

665
00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:45,440
Trump assured us,

666
00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:47,060
was loved by the Jewish people

667
00:20:47,060 --> 00:20:47,480
in Israel

668
00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,040
like the second coming of God.

669
00:20:49,740 --> 00:20:50,120
And,

670
00:20:50,220 --> 00:20:50,820
once again,

671
00:20:50,940 --> 00:20:51,360
the president

672
00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:52,140
was being portrayed

673
00:20:52,140 --> 00:20:53,080
as heaven-sent,

674
00:20:53,540 --> 00:20:55,100
a man chosen by God himself

675
00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:55,900
to lead America

676
00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:57,140
back to the promised land.

677
00:20:58,840 --> 00:20:59,800
And I shared with him,

678
00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:00,020
I said,

679
00:21:00,060 --> 00:21:00,560
Mr. President,

680
00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:01,380
I know there are people

681
00:21:01,380 --> 00:21:01,840
that say,

682
00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:02,460
you know,

683
00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:03,380
you said you were

684
00:21:03,380 --> 00:21:04,240
the chosen one.

685
00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:07,120
And I said,

686
00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:08,580
you were.

687
00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:09,500
I said,

688
00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:10,940
if you're a believing Christian,

689
00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:11,720
you understand

690
00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,300
God's plan

691
00:21:13,300 --> 00:21:15,260
for the people

692
00:21:15,260 --> 00:21:17,320
who rule

693
00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,240
and judge over us

694
00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:21,400
on this planet

695
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:22,660
in our government.

696
00:21:23,540 --> 00:21:24,680
And less people

697
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:25,280
on the left

698
00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:26,200
attack Rick Perry.

699
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:27,280
He pointed out to me,

700
00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:28,500
he believes Barack Obama

701
00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:29,540
was sent by God as well.

702
00:21:29,540 --> 00:21:29,860
He said,

703
00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:30,580
for that moment

704
00:21:30,580 --> 00:21:31,240
and that time.

705
00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:31,740
He said,

706
00:21:31,780 --> 00:21:32,700
he thinks for this moment

707
00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:33,340
and this time,

708
00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:34,900
Donald Trump was sent by God

709
00:21:34,900 --> 00:21:35,640
to do great things.

710
00:21:36,900 --> 00:21:37,260
Or,

711
00:21:37,660 --> 00:21:38,680
as the internet users

712
00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:39,760
who helped build the momentum

713
00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:40,520
for the Trump train

714
00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:41,940
during the 2016 campaign

715
00:21:41,940 --> 00:21:43,260
put it in their popular meme,

716
00:21:43,740 --> 00:21:45,000
Trump was the God Emperor,

717
00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:46,380
a geotus

718
00:21:46,380 --> 00:21:47,440
who would smite the wicked

719
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:48,700
and own the libs.

720
00:21:48,700 --> 00:21:51,020
call and raise me.

721
00:21:51,620 --> 00:21:52,620
It's my time

722
00:21:52,620 --> 00:21:54,260
to rule at last.

723
00:21:55,060 --> 00:21:56,000
Fifteen years

724
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,860
have I been waiting

725
00:21:57,860 --> 00:22:00,040
to sit up on my throne.

726
00:22:02,740 --> 00:22:03,220
Yes,

727
00:22:03,580 --> 00:22:04,280
the Trump script

728
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:04,860
seemed to be

729
00:22:04,860 --> 00:22:05,880
a mere rehash

730
00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:06,940
of the Obama script.

731
00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:09,020
But it was not.

732
00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:10,600
You see,

733
00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:12,300
this was not the same plot

734
00:22:12,300 --> 00:22:13,300
as Hope and Change.

735
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,080
Make America Great Again

736
00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:16,460
had a more exciting storyline.

737
00:22:16,460 --> 00:22:18,580
In the MAGA stage play,

738
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:20,020
the God from the machine

739
00:22:20,020 --> 00:22:21,380
was himself in trouble

740
00:22:21,380 --> 00:22:22,600
and needed saving

741
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,360
from the powerful evil forces

742
00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:25,280
that were ganging up

743
00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:25,820
against him.

744
00:22:26,540 --> 00:22:27,720
And this time,

745
00:22:28,120 --> 00:22:29,040
the God himself

746
00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:29,820
would be saved

747
00:22:29,820 --> 00:22:31,120
by his own God

748
00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:31,780
from a machine.

749
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:33,580
This script involved

750
00:22:33,580 --> 00:22:34,120
an incredible

751
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:35,620
double deus ex machina.

752
00:22:37,300 --> 00:22:38,840
The God that would save

753
00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:39,840
God Emperor Trump,

754
00:22:39,940 --> 00:22:40,200
however,

755
00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:41,960
was not a political figure

756
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:42,420
at all,

757
00:22:42,580 --> 00:22:43,760
but a shadowy

758
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:44,860
anonymous entity.

759
00:22:44,860 --> 00:22:46,660
And the machine

760
00:22:46,660 --> 00:22:47,460
that delivered him

761
00:22:47,460 --> 00:22:49,120
was not a golden escalator,

762
00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,580
but an online message board.

763
00:22:53,020 --> 00:22:54,400
QAnon movement

764
00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:55,320
appears to be

765
00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:56,300
getting a lot of followers.

766
00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:57,580
That a shadowy

767
00:22:57,580 --> 00:22:58,660
anonymous figure.

768
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:00,060
QAnon,

769
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,080
a fringe conspiracy theory.

770
00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:03,980
Maybe it's the coffee

771
00:23:03,980 --> 00:23:04,720
for the storm.

772
00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:06,640
QAnon conspiracy theory

773
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,060
is spreading around the world.

774
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:09,820
They like me very much.

775
00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:11,620
Q's plan to save the world.

776
00:23:12,580 --> 00:23:13,760
They're on the inside

777
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:14,620
to the good guys.

778
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,400
The QAnon phenomenon

779
00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,060
began on October 28, 2017,

780
00:23:22,620 --> 00:23:23,240
when Q,

781
00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:24,620
a user of the

782
00:23:24,620 --> 00:23:25,820
politically incorrect board

783
00:23:25,820 --> 00:23:26,500
of 4chan,

784
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:27,400
the anonymous

785
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:28,540
image board website,

786
00:23:29,140 --> 00:23:30,200
made a post claiming

787
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:30,840
that a massive

788
00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:31,920
military operation

789
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:32,500
was underway

790
00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:33,760
to arrest Hillary Clinton

791
00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:34,740
and bring down

792
00:23:34,740 --> 00:23:36,260
the cabal of evil politicians

793
00:23:36,260 --> 00:23:37,040
that was filling

794
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:38,140
the swamp of Washington.

795
00:23:39,380 --> 00:23:40,600
Hillary Rodham Clinton

796
00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:41,480
extradition already

797
00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:41,960
in motion

798
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:42,880
effective yesterday

799
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:43,880
with several countries

800
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,340
in case of cross-border run.

801
00:23:45,940 --> 00:23:46,740
Passport approved

802
00:23:46,740 --> 00:23:47,360
to be flagged

803
00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:48,440
effective October 30

804
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:49,560
at 12.01 a.m.

805
00:23:50,380 --> 00:23:51,640
Expect massive riots

806
00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:52,780
organized in defiance

807
00:23:52,780 --> 00:23:53,560
and others fleeing

808
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:54,600
the U.S. to occur.

809
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:56,260
U.S. Marines

810
00:23:56,260 --> 00:23:57,300
will conduct the operation

811
00:23:57,300 --> 00:23:58,300
while National Guard

812
00:23:58,300 --> 00:23:58,880
activated.

813
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:00,000
Proof check,

814
00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:01,580
locate a National Guard member,

815
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:02,840
and ask if activated

816
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,040
for duty October 30

817
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:05,560
across most major cities.

818
00:24:06,740 --> 00:24:07,820
Within days,

819
00:24:08,020 --> 00:24:08,820
the anonymous poster

820
00:24:08,820 --> 00:24:09,340
was assuring

821
00:24:09,340 --> 00:24:10,320
his 4chan followers

822
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:11,600
of the imminent indictment

823
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,080
of Clinton campaign insiders

824
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:13,800
John Podesta

825
00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:14,800
and Huma Abedin.

826
00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:16,660
And on November 2,

827
00:24:16,980 --> 00:24:17,660
less than a week

828
00:24:17,660 --> 00:24:18,740
after the initial post,

829
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:20,360
the poster was calling himself

830
00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:21,980
Q Clearance Patriot

831
00:24:21,980 --> 00:24:22,980
and claiming that

832
00:24:22,980 --> 00:24:23,900
over the course

833
00:24:23,900 --> 00:24:25,080
of the next several days

834
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:26,580
he will undoubtedly realize

835
00:24:26,580 --> 00:24:27,640
that we are taking back

836
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:28,480
our great country.

837
00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:30,520
On POTUS's order,

838
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:31,420
we have initiated

839
00:24:31,420 --> 00:24:32,420
certain fail-safes

840
00:24:32,420 --> 00:24:33,260
that shall safeguard

841
00:24:33,260 --> 00:24:33,780
the public

842
00:24:33,780 --> 00:24:34,980
from the primary fallout

843
00:24:34,980 --> 00:24:35,600
which is slated

844
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:36,700
to occur November 3

845
00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:37,840
upon the arrest announcement

846
00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:38,660
of Mr. Podesta,

847
00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:40,140
actionable November 4.

848
00:24:40,140 --> 00:24:42,200
Confirmation to the public

849
00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:42,980
of what is occurring

850
00:24:42,980 --> 00:24:43,900
will then be revealed

851
00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:44,880
and will not be

852
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:45,760
openly accepted.

853
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:46,980
Public riots

854
00:24:46,980 --> 00:24:47,900
are being organized

855
00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:48,880
in serious numbers

856
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:49,380
in an effort

857
00:24:49,380 --> 00:24:50,300
to prevent the arrest

858
00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:50,820
and capture

859
00:24:50,820 --> 00:24:51,540
of more senior

860
00:24:51,540 --> 00:24:52,420
public officials.

861
00:24:53,540 --> 00:24:54,460
On POTUS's order,

862
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:55,620
a state of temporary

863
00:24:55,620 --> 00:24:56,600
military control

864
00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:57,580
will be actioned

865
00:24:57,580 --> 00:24:58,520
and special ops

866
00:24:58,520 --> 00:24:59,100
carried out.

867
00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:01,880
In every way,

868
00:25:02,220 --> 00:25:03,420
these early Q drops

869
00:25:03,420 --> 00:25:05,520
exemplify the QAnon phenomenon

870
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:06,520
that had spawned.

871
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:08,180
They pick up on the language

872
00:25:08,180 --> 00:25:09,080
and code words

873
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:10,160
of classified government

874
00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:11,140
operations like

875
00:25:11,140 --> 00:25:11,940
mockingbird

876
00:25:11,940 --> 00:25:12,980
and queue clearance.

877
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:14,880
They pretend to impart

878
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:15,960
insider information

879
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:16,780
about high-level

880
00:25:16,780 --> 00:25:17,600
political events,

881
00:25:17,940 --> 00:25:18,640
even predicting

882
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:19,640
specific events

883
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:20,760
on specific dates,

884
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:21,940
like the arrest

885
00:25:21,940 --> 00:25:22,860
announcement of Podesta

886
00:25:22,860 --> 00:25:23,560
and the beginning

887
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:24,460
of a military coup.

888
00:25:25,020 --> 00:25:26,280
And they pose a series

889
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:27,800
of vague rhetorical questions.

890
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:29,140
Why does POTUS

891
00:25:29,140 --> 00:25:29,760
surround himself

892
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:30,260
with generals?

893
00:25:30,740 --> 00:25:31,960
What is military intelligence?

894
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:33,140
Why go around

895
00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:34,120
the three-letter agencies?

896
00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:36,080
that feel important

897
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:37,020
without providing

898
00:25:37,020 --> 00:25:38,040
any specific knowledge

899
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:38,640
or insight.

900
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:40,520
It did not matter

901
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:41,900
that none of this poster's

902
00:25:41,900 --> 00:25:42,900
specific predictions

903
00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:43,780
or declarations

904
00:25:43,780 --> 00:25:44,560
came to pass.

905
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:45,760
Eventually,

906
00:25:45,940 --> 00:25:46,960
an entire movement

907
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:47,560
would arise

908
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:48,580
dedicated to reading,

909
00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:49,380
parsing,

910
00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:50,640
and spreading the gospel

911
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:51,600
of this new god

912
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:52,220
from the machine

913
00:25:52,220 --> 00:25:52,900
that they called

914
00:25:52,900 --> 00:25:53,460
Q.

915
00:25:53,460 --> 00:25:57,120
The good guys

916
00:25:57,120 --> 00:25:57,780
with control

917
00:25:57,780 --> 00:25:58,540
over the NSA

918
00:25:58,540 --> 00:25:59,720
began the Q

919
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:00,980
intelligence dissemination

920
00:26:00,980 --> 00:26:01,960
program to invoke

921
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:02,980
an online grassroots

922
00:26:02,980 --> 00:26:03,840
movement that came

923
00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:04,460
to be called

924
00:26:04,460 --> 00:26:06,040
The Great Awakening.

925
00:26:06,780 --> 00:26:07,620
It started on

926
00:26:07,620 --> 00:26:08,520
underground internet

927
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:09,220
channels and then

928
00:26:09,220 --> 00:26:10,020
moved to the mainstream.

929
00:26:11,020 --> 00:26:11,880
The ironic thing

930
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:12,780
was that when I

931
00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:13,540
started reading

932
00:26:13,540 --> 00:26:14,940
Q's posts,

933
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:15,780
for me,

934
00:26:15,900 --> 00:26:16,480
it was like,

935
00:26:16,660 --> 00:26:17,060
oh yeah,

936
00:26:17,420 --> 00:26:18,100
okay, sure,

937
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:19,160
people who worship

938
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,220
Satan in our government.

939
00:26:20,660 --> 00:26:22,280
I have to speak up

940
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,220
again for QAnon

941
00:26:24,220 --> 00:26:25,260
and the importance

942
00:26:25,260 --> 00:26:26,600
of what I'm convinced

943
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:27,600
is a military

944
00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:28,940
intelligence operation

945
00:26:28,940 --> 00:26:29,840
that is,

946
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,260
for the first time,

947
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:32,420
assisting us.

948
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:33,280
He is someone

949
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:34,740
that is very much

950
00:26:34,740 --> 00:26:35,800
loves his country

951
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:37,580
and he's on

952
00:26:37,580 --> 00:26:38,520
the same page as us.

953
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:39,340
The truth is,

954
00:26:39,540 --> 00:26:40,460
I was so relieved

955
00:26:40,460 --> 00:26:41,000
that there were

956
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,100
very obviously

957
00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:43,420
a resistance happening

958
00:26:43,420 --> 00:26:44,660
to the massive corruption

959
00:26:44,660 --> 00:26:45,860
that had been growing

960
00:26:45,860 --> 00:26:46,360
in our country

961
00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:47,240
for so long.

962
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:48,600
The reason why

963
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:49,480
people are grateful

964
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,640
for my cuteness codes

965
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:52,620
is that Q

966
00:26:52,620 --> 00:26:53,660
gives people hope.

967
00:26:56,540 --> 00:26:58,600
As Q's notoriety grew,

968
00:26:59,060 --> 00:27:00,560
so too did the grandiosity

969
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:01,500
of his predictions,

970
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:02,180
promises,

971
00:27:02,420 --> 00:27:03,180
and pronouncements.

972
00:27:04,140 --> 00:27:05,120
Followers were told

973
00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:06,600
to expect false flags

974
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:07,480
and that there would

975
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:08,060
be fireworks,

976
00:27:08,580 --> 00:27:09,360
but that the president

977
00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:11,260
would be 100% insulated.

978
00:27:12,020 --> 00:27:13,120
They were exhorted

979
00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:14,760
to trust Attorney General

980
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:15,500
Jeff Sessions

981
00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:16,800
and assured that

982
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,420
February 1st, 2018

983
00:27:18,420 --> 00:27:19,900
would be the day of days.

984
00:27:19,900 --> 00:27:21,240
They were promised

985
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:22,160
a parade that will

986
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:23,040
never be forgotten

987
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,100
on November 11th of 2018.

988
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:26,880
They were assured

989
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:27,980
that Mark Zuckerberg

990
00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:28,800
was stepping down

991
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:29,960
as chairman of Facebook.

992
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:32,280
July 2018

993
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:33,160
would be the month

994
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:34,140
the world discovered

995
00:27:34,140 --> 00:27:34,720
the truth,

996
00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:35,840
with Q asserting

997
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:36,500
that there would be

998
00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:37,920
conspiracy no more.

999
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:39,780
Of course,

1000
00:27:40,260 --> 00:27:41,200
every one of these

1001
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:41,800
pronouncements

1002
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,440
was categorically wrong.

1003
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:44,880
But,

1004
00:27:45,140 --> 00:27:45,840
as Q taught

1005
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:46,880
his followers to believe,

1006
00:27:47,420 --> 00:27:48,700
disinformation is real

1007
00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:49,820
and disinformation

1008
00:27:49,820 --> 00:27:50,740
is necessary,

1009
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:52,600
so these false predictions

1010
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:53,960
were in fact signs

1011
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:54,780
that Q was telling

1012
00:27:54,780 --> 00:27:55,360
the truth.

1013
00:27:56,180 --> 00:27:57,640
It didn't make sense.

1014
00:27:58,300 --> 00:27:59,260
It didn't have to.

1015
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:01,140
All it had to do

1016
00:28:01,140 --> 00:28:02,060
was fill the viewers

1017
00:28:02,060 --> 00:28:02,900
of the unfolding

1018
00:28:02,900 --> 00:28:03,880
political spectacle

1019
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:04,700
with hopium,

1020
00:28:05,340 --> 00:28:06,060
the belief that

1021
00:28:06,060 --> 00:28:06,840
this new god

1022
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:07,460
from the machine

1023
00:28:07,460 --> 00:28:08,540
was going to swoop in

1024
00:28:08,540 --> 00:28:09,540
with his Q clearance

1025
00:28:09,540 --> 00:28:10,260
compatriots

1026
00:28:10,260 --> 00:28:11,180
and save the day

1027
00:28:11,180 --> 00:28:12,140
at the last moment.

1028
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:14,120
Remarkably,

1029
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:15,920
that belief persisted

1030
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:16,920
even after

1031
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,040
the last moment.

1032
00:28:18,700 --> 00:28:21,740
And Q is having them

1033
00:28:21,740 --> 00:28:22,820
focus on something

1034
00:28:22,820 --> 00:28:23,580
over there

1035
00:28:23,580 --> 00:28:24,700
while something

1036
00:28:24,700 --> 00:28:25,340
over there

1037
00:28:25,340 --> 00:28:26,380
is actually going on.

1038
00:28:26,660 --> 00:28:27,740
That's the necessary

1039
00:28:27,740 --> 00:28:29,060
part of the

1040
00:28:29,060 --> 00:28:30,500
of disinformation.

1041
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:31,620
Donald Trump

1042
00:28:31,620 --> 00:28:32,120
will continue

1043
00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:32,780
to be the president

1044
00:28:32,780 --> 00:28:33,620
of the United States

1045
00:28:33,620 --> 00:28:34,740
for the next four years.

1046
00:28:34,820 --> 00:28:35,480
There's no doubt

1047
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:35,980
in my mind

1048
00:28:35,980 --> 00:28:36,520
when I'm asked

1049
00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:37,320
on a scale

1050
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:38,020
of one to ten,

1051
00:28:38,660 --> 00:28:39,600
what's the scale

1052
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:40,080
that you put

1053
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:41,220
that Trump will be

1054
00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:41,780
the next president?

1055
00:28:41,860 --> 00:28:42,460
I say ten

1056
00:28:42,460 --> 00:28:43,480
without a doubt.

1057
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,180
What happened

1058
00:28:45,180 --> 00:28:46,760
was we marked,

1059
00:28:47,020 --> 00:28:47,900
watermarked

1060
00:28:47,900 --> 00:28:48,860
every ballot

1061
00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:49,780
with what's called

1062
00:28:49,780 --> 00:28:51,000
the QFS

1063
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,280
blockchain

1064
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,240
encryption code.

1065
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:54,960
In other words,

1066
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:56,120
we know pretty well

1067
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:57,800
where every ballot is,

1068
00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:58,800
where it went,

1069
00:28:59,220 --> 00:29:00,360
and who has it.

1070
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:01,420
So this is not

1071
00:29:01,420 --> 00:29:02,680
a stolen election.

1072
00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:04,020
On the contrary,

1073
00:29:04,660 --> 00:29:05,460
we reversed

1074
00:29:05,460 --> 00:29:06,840
the entire game

1075
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:07,700
of war

1076
00:29:07,700 --> 00:29:08,980
along the lines

1077
00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:09,820
of Sun Tzu,

1078
00:29:10,140 --> 00:29:11,260
the art of war.

1079
00:29:11,260 --> 00:29:12,640
I just want

1080
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:13,360
to acknowledge,

1081
00:29:13,620 --> 00:29:14,140
because I've gotten

1082
00:29:14,140 --> 00:29:15,040
a lot of emails

1083
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:15,940
today from people

1084
00:29:15,940 --> 00:29:16,620
who are feeling

1085
00:29:16,620 --> 00:29:18,160
absolute desperation.

1086
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:18,840
They think that

1087
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:19,700
this thing is over

1088
00:29:19,700 --> 00:29:21,140
and that President Trump

1089
00:29:21,140 --> 00:29:22,100
is not going to be able

1090
00:29:22,100 --> 00:29:22,620
to do anything

1091
00:29:22,620 --> 00:29:23,460
to stop it.

1092
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:24,760
I want to remind you

1093
00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:25,880
of Sun Tzu's

1094
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:26,800
art of war.

1095
00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:28,400
Make your opponent

1096
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:29,600
think you're weak.

1097
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:30,620
Look weak.

1098
00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:31,800
Be strong.

1099
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,540
We've got 72 hours

1100
00:29:33,540 --> 00:29:34,900
to save the republic.

1101
00:29:35,460 --> 00:29:36,360
It's not over

1102
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:37,700
until the fat lady sings.

1103
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:39,940
Wait until you see

1104
00:29:39,940 --> 00:29:42,460
the election audit results.

1105
00:29:43,220 --> 00:29:43,540
Remember,

1106
00:29:44,140 --> 00:29:45,280
multiple states now

1107
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:46,860
are visiting Arizona.

1108
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:48,260
You think this is just

1109
00:29:48,260 --> 00:29:49,060
going to stop

1110
00:29:49,060 --> 00:29:49,680
with Arizona?

1111
00:29:49,820 --> 00:29:50,440
No, this is where

1112
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:51,040
it begins.

1113
00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:54,900
It isn't hard to see

1114
00:29:54,900 --> 00:29:56,440
why Q became so popular.

1115
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,020
Like every good

1116
00:29:58,020 --> 00:29:58,940
deus ex machina,

1117
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:00,320
Q promised to deliver

1118
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:00,840
the audience

1119
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:01,420
of the current

1120
00:30:01,420 --> 00:30:02,180
political drama

1121
00:30:02,180 --> 00:30:03,700
exactly what they wanted.

1122
00:30:04,420 --> 00:30:05,220
An entertaining,

1123
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:06,120
exciting,

1124
00:30:06,540 --> 00:30:07,260
and satisfying

1125
00:30:07,260 --> 00:30:08,460
resolution to the play,

1126
00:30:08,460 --> 00:30:10,080
delivering the hero,

1127
00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:10,820
Trump,

1128
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:11,880
from evil,

1129
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:12,960
the Democrats,

1130
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:14,640
just in the nick of time.

1131
00:30:15,740 --> 00:30:17,040
It is not coincidence

1132
00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:17,420
that

1133
00:30:17,420 --> 00:30:18,600
enjoy the show

1134
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:18,880
and

1135
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,000
get the popcorn

1136
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,420
became favorite phrases

1137
00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:23,100
of Q and the QAnon followers.

1138
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:24,760
This was,

1139
00:30:25,020 --> 00:30:25,560
after all,

1140
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:26,460
just that.

1141
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:27,600
A show.

1142
00:30:27,740 --> 00:30:29,380
A scripted drama

1143
00:30:29,380 --> 00:30:30,320
designed to play

1144
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:30,860
on the psyche

1145
00:30:30,860 --> 00:30:31,620
of the audience.

1146
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:33,680
But if this was

1147
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:34,200
a script,

1148
00:30:34,740 --> 00:30:35,760
what was the point?

1149
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,940
It's easy to understand

1150
00:30:37,940 --> 00:30:39,160
the presidential version

1151
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:40,660
of the deus ex machina script.

1152
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:42,280
It keeps people voting

1153
00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:43,000
and participating

1154
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:43,780
in a system

1155
00:30:43,780 --> 00:30:44,800
that will continue on

1156
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:45,520
with an agenda

1157
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:46,540
regardless of who

1158
00:30:46,540 --> 00:30:48,080
is occupying the Oval Office.

1159
00:30:48,940 --> 00:30:50,060
But what was the point

1160
00:30:50,060 --> 00:30:51,180
of the QAnon script?

1161
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:53,380
Who was the intended audience

1162
00:30:53,380 --> 00:30:54,480
of this psychodrama

1163
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:55,420
and what effect

1164
00:30:55,420 --> 00:30:56,280
did it have on them?

1165
00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,040
The clue comes in Q's

1166
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:00,320
constant exhortations

1167
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:01,140
for his followers

1168
00:31:01,140 --> 00:31:01,960
to trust.

1169
00:31:02,820 --> 00:31:03,760
Trust Sessions.

1170
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:05,520
Trust Grassley.

1171
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:07,200
Trust POTUS.

1172
00:31:07,940 --> 00:31:08,700
Trust the plan.

1173
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:10,840
The terminology,

1174
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:12,700
as well as the methodology,

1175
00:31:13,140 --> 00:31:14,140
of the Q operation

1176
00:31:14,140 --> 00:31:16,000
evokes Operation Trust,

1177
00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,300
a Soviet counterintelligence program

1178
00:31:18,300 --> 00:31:19,480
in the 1920s

1179
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:20,220
that took over

1180
00:31:20,220 --> 00:31:21,840
a pro-monarchist organization,

1181
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:23,360
the Monarchist Union

1182
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:24,200
of Central Russia.

1183
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:26,840
The Soviets used operatives

1184
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:27,960
within the organization

1185
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:29,060
to persuade members

1186
00:31:29,060 --> 00:31:30,320
that they should not engage

1187
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:31,360
in militant activity

1188
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:32,240
against the government

1189
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:33,320
because a plan

1190
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:33,940
was underway

1191
00:31:33,940 --> 00:31:34,760
for internal

1192
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,020
anti-Bolshevik forces

1193
00:31:36,020 --> 00:31:37,300
to topple the regime.

1194
00:31:38,260 --> 00:31:39,060
Trust the plan.

1195
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:40,960
In this case,

1196
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:42,340
trusting the plan

1197
00:31:42,340 --> 00:31:43,600
got members of the opposition

1198
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:44,600
either put on trial

1199
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:45,760
and sent to the gulags

1200
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:46,940
or blackmailed

1201
00:31:46,940 --> 00:31:47,420
into working

1202
00:31:47,420 --> 00:31:48,720
for Soviet intelligence.

1203
00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:52,440
Q certainly did pacify many

1204
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:53,820
with his constant entreaty

1205
00:31:53,820 --> 00:31:54,980
to trust the plan.

1206
00:31:56,060 --> 00:31:57,420
Q also rallied people

1207
00:31:57,420 --> 00:31:58,460
time and time again

1208
00:31:58,460 --> 00:31:59,760
to support the policies,

1209
00:32:00,180 --> 00:32:00,640
operations,

1210
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:01,440
and personnel

1211
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:02,820
of the very deep state

1212
00:32:02,820 --> 00:32:03,980
that they were supposedly

1213
00:32:03,980 --> 00:32:04,920
fighting against.

1214
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:06,460
Suddenly,

1215
00:32:06,820 --> 00:32:07,460
Jeff Sessions,

1216
00:32:07,860 --> 00:32:08,420
Bill Barr,

1217
00:32:08,780 --> 00:32:09,460
John Bolton,

1218
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:10,920
and other long-time members

1219
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:12,160
of the political establishment

1220
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:13,440
were the good guys

1221
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:14,600
in this elaborate drama.

1222
00:32:15,580 --> 00:32:17,160
99% of the agents

1223
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:17,880
at the CIA,

1224
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:18,720
FBI,

1225
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:19,780
DOJ,

1226
00:32:20,060 --> 00:32:20,580
and NSA

1227
00:32:20,580 --> 00:32:22,100
were patriots

1228
00:32:22,100 --> 00:32:23,600
who served with distinction

1229
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:24,660
and thus needed

1230
00:32:24,660 --> 00:32:25,420
to be supported.

1231
00:32:26,260 --> 00:32:27,420
The decades-long

1232
00:32:27,420 --> 00:32:28,320
neocon dream

1233
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:29,320
of invading Iran

1234
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:29,740
became,

1235
00:32:30,140 --> 00:32:31,400
in the eyes of Q followers,

1236
00:32:31,820 --> 00:32:33,220
a good and noble cause.

1237
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:35,520
But even beyond

1238
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:36,420
the pacification

1239
00:32:36,420 --> 00:32:37,160
of those who would

1240
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:38,340
otherwise be resisting

1241
00:32:38,340 --> 00:32:38,900
the government,

1242
00:32:39,580 --> 00:32:40,480
the Q army

1243
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:41,380
of self-styled

1244
00:32:41,380 --> 00:32:42,420
digital soldiers

1245
00:32:42,420 --> 00:32:43,700
provided the very foil

1246
00:32:43,700 --> 00:32:44,540
that the deep state

1247
00:32:44,540 --> 00:32:45,320
needed to move

1248
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:46,060
to the next step

1249
00:32:46,060 --> 00:32:47,880
of their counterinsurgency program,

1250
00:32:48,460 --> 00:32:49,500
the crackdown

1251
00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:51,020
on domestic terrorism.

1252
00:32:51,020 --> 00:32:54,000
While QAnon

1253
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:54,820
has become tied

1254
00:32:54,820 --> 00:32:55,480
to the president,

1255
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:56,820
it has also caught

1256
00:32:56,820 --> 00:32:57,300
the attention

1257
00:32:57,300 --> 00:32:58,140
of the FBI,

1258
00:32:58,560 --> 00:32:59,680
along with a growing number

1259
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,000
of other fringe theories.

1260
00:33:01,540 --> 00:33:02,620
In an internal memo,

1261
00:33:02,780 --> 00:33:03,520
the bureau warned

1262
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:04,140
some of those

1263
00:33:04,140 --> 00:33:05,220
conspiracy theories

1264
00:33:05,220 --> 00:33:06,320
will likely motivate

1265
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:07,820
some domestic extremists

1266
00:33:07,820 --> 00:33:08,700
to commit criminal,

1267
00:33:08,860 --> 00:33:09,740
sometimes violent,

1268
00:33:09,860 --> 00:33:10,380
activity.

1269
00:33:11,020 --> 00:33:11,760
The FBI says

1270
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:12,720
January's riot

1271
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:13,340
at the Capitol

1272
00:33:13,340 --> 00:33:14,400
was a turning point

1273
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:15,200
for the conspiracy

1274
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:16,400
movement QAnon,

1275
00:33:16,700 --> 00:33:17,600
with some followers

1276
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:18,440
dropping out,

1277
00:33:18,580 --> 00:33:19,280
disappointed that

1278
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:19,800
the promises

1279
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:21,080
of the person behind it,

1280
00:33:21,140 --> 00:33:21,780
known as Q,

1281
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,220
haven't come to pass.

1282
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:24,200
But others,

1283
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:25,100
the FBI says,

1284
00:33:25,180 --> 00:33:26,620
may become so frustrated

1285
00:33:26,620 --> 00:33:27,420
they turn more

1286
00:33:27,420 --> 00:33:28,060
to violence,

1287
00:33:28,420 --> 00:33:29,040
such as, quote,

1288
00:33:29,260 --> 00:33:30,100
harming perceived

1289
00:33:30,100 --> 00:33:31,340
members of the cabal,

1290
00:33:31,460 --> 00:33:32,240
such as Democrats

1291
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:33,860
and other political opposition.

1292
00:33:35,060 --> 00:33:35,940
I think the reality

1293
00:33:35,940 --> 00:33:37,040
is that what you're seeing,

1294
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:37,760
all this activity

1295
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:38,480
by the FBI,

1296
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:39,480
by law enforcement,

1297
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:40,460
to go after

1298
00:33:40,460 --> 00:33:41,100
and arrest people,

1299
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:41,860
that's all great,

1300
00:33:42,140 --> 00:33:43,040
but that's all right

1301
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:43,680
of the boom.

1302
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:44,460
And in intelligence,

1303
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:45,440
you really want to be

1304
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:46,420
left of the boom,

1305
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:47,480
you want to be way

1306
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:48,760
out ahead of the events,

1307
00:33:49,180 --> 00:33:49,600
and I think

1308
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:50,080
we're going to have

1309
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:50,980
to reset

1310
00:33:50,980 --> 00:33:51,800
our entire

1311
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,480
intelligence approach

1312
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,520
to these white supremacist

1313
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:56,160
militias,

1314
00:33:56,620 --> 00:33:57,560
these dangerous

1315
00:33:57,560 --> 00:33:59,300
ultra-nationalist

1316
00:33:59,300 --> 00:34:00,200
organizations.

1317
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:00,980
I think we're going to have

1318
00:34:00,980 --> 00:34:01,520
to look at

1319
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:02,700
greater surveillance

1320
00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:03,260
of them.

1321
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:04,780
The FBI is going to have

1322
00:34:04,780 --> 00:34:05,460
to run

1323
00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:06,560
confidential sources.

1324
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:07,540
We're going to have

1325
00:34:07,540 --> 00:34:08,200
to penetrate

1326
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:09,020
these plots

1327
00:34:09,020 --> 00:34:10,200
long before

1328
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:10,720
they present

1329
00:34:10,720 --> 00:34:11,700
a violent threat

1330
00:34:11,700 --> 00:34:12,700
to our democracy

1331
00:34:12,700 --> 00:34:13,640
if we want to have

1332
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:14,160
any hope

1333
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:15,460
of stopping these

1334
00:34:15,460 --> 00:34:15,980
in the future.

1335
00:34:15,980 --> 00:34:18,020
The demonstrators

1336
00:34:18,020 --> 00:34:19,160
who infiltrated

1337
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:19,780
the Capitol

1338
00:34:19,780 --> 00:34:21,180
have defiled

1339
00:34:21,180 --> 00:34:21,820
the seat

1340
00:34:21,820 --> 00:34:23,240
of American democracy.

1341
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:25,160
To those who engaged

1342
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:25,800
in the acts

1343
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:26,400
of violence

1344
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:27,300
and destruction,

1345
00:34:27,940 --> 00:34:28,720
you do not

1346
00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:30,020
represent our country.

1347
00:34:30,420 --> 00:34:31,140
And to those

1348
00:34:31,140 --> 00:34:32,100
who broke the law,

1349
00:34:32,580 --> 00:34:33,360
you will pay.

1350
00:34:35,420 --> 00:34:36,320
And now,

1351
00:34:36,620 --> 00:34:37,320
after years

1352
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:37,940
of being told

1353
00:34:37,940 --> 00:34:39,080
to get the popcorn

1354
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:40,420
and enjoy the show,

1355
00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:41,800
the QAnon movement

1356
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:42,640
is slowly beginning

1357
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:43,240
to realize

1358
00:34:43,240 --> 00:34:44,080
that they were had.

1359
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:45,300
Worse,

1360
00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:46,620
the very intelligence

1361
00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:47,780
agencies and military

1362
00:34:47,780 --> 00:34:48,620
that they had so

1363
00:34:48,620 --> 00:34:49,520
fervently hoped

1364
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:50,380
would swoop in

1365
00:34:50,380 --> 00:34:51,180
and save the day

1366
00:34:51,180 --> 00:34:52,620
are the very agencies

1367
00:34:52,620 --> 00:34:53,580
that are now swooping

1368
00:34:53,580 --> 00:34:54,600
in to round them up.

1369
00:34:55,720 --> 00:34:56,800
But QAnon

1370
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:57,780
was by no means

1371
00:34:57,780 --> 00:34:58,580
the first time

1372
00:34:58,580 --> 00:34:59,060
that hopium

1373
00:34:59,060 --> 00:34:59,740
had been injected

1374
00:34:59,740 --> 00:35:00,520
into the veins

1375
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:01,300
of the conspiracy

1376
00:35:01,300 --> 00:35:02,420
research community.

1377
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:04,660
In the 1990s,

1378
00:35:04,820 --> 00:35:05,700
a power industry

1379
00:35:05,700 --> 00:35:06,580
teaching consultant

1380
00:35:06,580 --> 00:35:08,220
named Harvey Francis Barnard

1381
00:35:08,220 --> 00:35:09,100
developed a proposed

1382
00:35:09,100 --> 00:35:09,880
set of reforms

1383
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:10,600
for America's

1384
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:11,820
monetary and tax system

1385
00:35:11,820 --> 00:35:12,560
that he called

1386
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,080
the National Economic Security

1387
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:15,020
and Recovery Act

1388
00:35:15,020 --> 00:35:15,800
or NASARA.

1389
00:35:16,540 --> 00:35:17,880
He self-published a book

1390
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,040
outlining his proposal,

1391
00:35:19,580 --> 00:35:20,500
sent copies to members

1392
00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:21,060
of Congress,

1393
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:22,380
started an institute

1394
00:35:22,380 --> 00:35:23,360
to promote the idea,

1395
00:35:23,740 --> 00:35:24,860
and, in 2000,

1396
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:26,140
published his proposal

1397
00:35:26,140 --> 00:35:26,880
on the internet.

1398
00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:28,780
At that point,

1399
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:29,760
NASARA became

1400
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:30,500
the centerpiece

1401
00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:31,580
of an elaborate hoax

1402
00:35:31,580 --> 00:35:32,420
promulgated by

1403
00:35:32,420 --> 00:35:33,540
an online charlatan

1404
00:35:33,540 --> 00:35:34,320
calling herself

1405
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:35,580
the Dove of Oneness.

1406
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:37,700
In this story,

1407
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:38,780
the NASARA bill

1408
00:35:38,780 --> 00:35:39,380
is a miracle.

1409
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:41,360
It abolishes income taxes,

1410
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:42,660
forgives mortgages,

1411
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:44,180
zeroes out credit cards,

1412
00:35:44,260 --> 00:35:45,180
and declares peace.

1413
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:47,300
Even more miraculous,

1414
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:48,820
in a stunning move

1415
00:35:48,820 --> 00:35:49,340
only known

1416
00:35:49,340 --> 00:35:50,420
to the Dove of Oneness,

1417
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:51,500
the bill had been

1418
00:35:51,500 --> 00:35:52,280
secretly passed

1419
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:52,900
by Congress

1420
00:35:52,900 --> 00:35:54,340
and was due to take effect

1421
00:35:54,340 --> 00:35:56,300
on September 11, 2001,

1422
00:35:56,940 --> 00:35:57,640
which is why

1423
00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:58,480
the World Trade Center

1424
00:35:58,480 --> 00:35:59,160
was destroyed.

1425
00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:00,620
But,

1426
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,100
like every good drama,

1427
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:03,560
this story, too,

1428
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:04,640
had a deus ex machina

1429
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:05,300
to keep Dove's

1430
00:36:05,300 --> 00:36:06,100
internet audience

1431
00:36:06,100 --> 00:36:06,740
hanging on

1432
00:36:06,740 --> 00:36:07,880
and enjoying the show.

1433
00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:09,600
The White Knights,

1434
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,100
an underground group

1435
00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:11,820
of good guys

1436
00:36:11,820 --> 00:36:13,020
who were in high positions

1437
00:36:13,020 --> 00:36:14,300
within all these institutions,

1438
00:36:14,660 --> 00:36:15,380
who were fed up

1439
00:36:15,380 --> 00:36:16,360
with the status quo,

1440
00:36:16,620 --> 00:36:17,280
and were planning

1441
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:18,040
a coup d'etat

1442
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:18,940
that was going to happen

1443
00:36:18,940 --> 00:36:19,900
very soon.

1444
00:36:21,220 --> 00:36:22,340
Just as with Q,

1445
00:36:22,700 --> 00:36:23,520
the cult that grew

1446
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:24,620
around the NASARA myth

1447
00:36:24,620 --> 00:36:25,480
with its white knight

1448
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:26,460
gods from the machine

1449
00:36:26,460 --> 00:36:27,920
promised specific events

1450
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:29,020
on specific dates.

1451
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:30,920
Every time a prediction

1452
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:31,760
failed to happen,

1453
00:36:32,460 --> 00:36:33,600
followers were reassured

1454
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:34,740
that the long-promised coup

1455
00:36:34,740 --> 00:36:35,440
had been delayed

1456
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:36,580
so that the White Knights

1457
00:36:36,580 --> 00:36:37,440
could better prepare

1458
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:37,920
the public

1459
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:38,960
for the pandemonium

1460
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:39,660
that would ensue

1461
00:36:39,660 --> 00:36:40,580
when they swoop in

1462
00:36:40,580 --> 00:36:41,320
to save the day.

1463
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:43,400
In the meantime,

1464
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:44,600
followers could get

1465
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:45,120
the popcorn

1466
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:46,180
and enjoy the show,

1467
00:36:46,580 --> 00:36:47,680
knowing that all their debt

1468
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:48,660
would soon be forgiven

1469
00:36:48,660 --> 00:36:49,920
and that peace on earth

1470
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:51,180
was just around the corner.

1471
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,240
And the name of that book

1472
00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:55,020
in which Barnard

1473
00:36:55,020 --> 00:36:55,700
first laid out

1474
00:36:55,700 --> 00:36:56,760
his NASARA proposal?

1475
00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,100
Draining the Swamp.

1476
00:37:00,820 --> 00:37:01,300
Yes,

1477
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,000
the deus ex machina story

1478
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:03,640
is trotted out

1479
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:04,520
every few years

1480
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:05,540
under different guises.

1481
00:37:05,540 --> 00:37:07,880
A secret order of ninjas

1482
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:09,360
is preparing to assassinate

1483
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:10,520
the evil Illuminati

1484
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:11,820
and bring peace to the world.

1485
00:37:12,780 --> 00:37:13,720
A secret stash

1486
00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:14,880
of trillions of dollars

1487
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:16,100
is about to be shared out

1488
00:37:16,100 --> 00:37:17,160
with the people of the world,

1489
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:18,140
ending all poverty.

1490
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:20,300
A cosmic realignment

1491
00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:21,400
is going to take place

1492
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,180
on December 21st, 2012,

1493
00:37:23,660 --> 00:37:24,380
raising humanity

1494
00:37:24,380 --> 00:37:25,300
to a higher level

1495
00:37:25,300 --> 00:37:25,900
of consciousness

1496
00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:27,140
and ending all strife

1497
00:37:27,140 --> 00:37:27,660
and suffering.

1498
00:37:28,540 --> 00:37:30,580
An anonymous 4chan poster

1499
00:37:30,580 --> 00:37:32,440
is leaking classified information

1500
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,020
about a good military coup

1501
00:37:34,020 --> 00:37:35,460
that's going to restore order.

1502
00:37:35,540 --> 00:37:36,800
And drain the swamp.

1503
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:38,780
The message

1504
00:37:38,780 --> 00:37:40,200
is always the same.

1505
00:37:41,020 --> 00:37:41,820
Get the popcorn

1506
00:37:41,820 --> 00:37:43,120
and enjoy the show.

1507
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:44,580
The god is coming

1508
00:37:44,580 --> 00:37:45,240
from the machine

1509
00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:45,920
to save you.

1510
00:37:46,460 --> 00:37:47,160
Just wait.

1511
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:49,800
It is no great shame

1512
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:50,480
to be fooled

1513
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:51,160
by hopium

1514
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:52,040
at least once.

1515
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:54,100
Everyone has trouble

1516
00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:54,760
distinguishing

1517
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:55,660
genuine hope

1518
00:37:55,660 --> 00:37:57,060
from synthetic hopium

1519
00:37:57,060 --> 00:37:58,600
when they first encounter it.

1520
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,400
moving on.

1521
00:38:01,540 --> 00:38:02,620
One of your former

1522
00:38:02,620 --> 00:38:03,340
close aides

1523
00:38:03,340 --> 00:38:03,960
recently said

1524
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:04,560
that you, quote,

1525
00:38:04,980 --> 00:38:06,740
engaged in conspiracy theories,

1526
00:38:07,140 --> 00:38:07,900
including perhaps

1527
00:38:07,900 --> 00:38:08,780
the 9-11 attacks

1528
00:38:08,780 --> 00:38:09,260
were coordinated

1529
00:38:09,260 --> 00:38:09,940
with the CIA

1530
00:38:09,940 --> 00:38:11,460
and that the Bush administration

1531
00:38:11,460 --> 00:38:12,160
might have known

1532
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:12,980
about the attacks

1533
00:38:12,980 --> 00:38:14,120
ahead of time.

1534
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:14,860
So,

1535
00:38:14,940 --> 00:38:16,420
have you ever expressed

1536
00:38:16,420 --> 00:38:17,420
in front of anyone...

1537
00:38:17,420 --> 00:38:18,600
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

1538
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:20,660
Don't, don't, don't, don't go any further than that.

1539
00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:21,720
That's complete nonsense.

1540
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:22,260
It's nonsense.

1541
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:22,820
Just stop that.

1542
00:38:22,940 --> 00:38:23,540
That's complete nonsense.

1543
00:38:23,540 --> 00:38:23,740
It's not true.

1544
00:38:24,740 --> 00:38:24,900
Yeah.

1545
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:27,920
No, I did not.

1546
00:38:28,020 --> 00:38:29,360
I never bought into that stuff.

1547
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:30,360
I never talked about it.

1548
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:31,180
Okay.

1549
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:32,760
About the conspiracy

1550
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:34,740
of Bush knowing about this?

1551
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:35,900
No, no, come on.

1552
00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:36,320
Come on.

1553
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:37,380
Let's be reasonable.

1554
00:38:37,940 --> 00:38:38,260
Okay.

1555
00:38:38,260 --> 00:38:39,260
That's just off the wall.

1556
00:38:42,180 --> 00:38:43,420
Over and over

1557
00:38:43,420 --> 00:38:45,400
we see the same story play out.

1558
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,060
The crowd begins to lose interest

1559
00:38:48,060 --> 00:38:49,400
in the political stage play.

1560
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:51,200
They begin to suspect

1561
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:51,980
that it's fake.

1562
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:54,240
That reality is taking place

1563
00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:55,340
somewhere off stage

1564
00:38:55,340 --> 00:38:56,140
and out of sight.

1565
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:58,340
They begin to realize

1566
00:38:58,340 --> 00:39:00,320
that they are not spectators at all,

1567
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,080
but active participants

1568
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:03,080
with the ability

1569
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:04,620
to shape the world around them.

1570
00:39:05,460 --> 00:39:06,720
And then along comes

1571
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:07,900
a god from a machine

1572
00:39:07,900 --> 00:39:08,940
peddling hopium

1573
00:39:08,940 --> 00:39:10,120
and the audience

1574
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:10,960
goes back to

1575
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:12,200
enjoying the show.

1576
00:39:13,380 --> 00:39:15,000
None of this is to denigrate

1577
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,100
the religious instinct

1578
00:39:16,100 --> 00:39:17,080
that compels humans

1579
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:17,960
to look for a savior

1580
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:18,700
from the heavens.

1581
00:39:19,460 --> 00:39:20,280
On the contrary,

1582
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:22,240
those with religious faith

1583
00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:23,660
should be the most offended

1584
00:39:23,660 --> 00:39:25,560
by this god from the machine script

1585
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:27,380
that sees their most cherished

1586
00:39:27,380 --> 00:39:28,620
divine beliefs

1587
00:39:28,620 --> 00:39:30,000
cynically played on

1588
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,700
by would-be political rulers

1589
00:39:31,700 --> 00:39:33,620
masquerading as gods.

1590
00:39:34,620 --> 00:39:36,240
Of course the hopium

1591
00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:37,880
peddled by these fake gods

1592
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:38,620
is enticing.

1593
00:39:39,340 --> 00:39:40,620
It's designed to be.

1594
00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:43,520
It plays on one of our greatest capacities

1595
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:44,560
as human beings.

1596
00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:46,880
Our capacity for hope.

1597
00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:49,640
Our belief that we can make the world

1598
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:50,400
a better place

1599
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:51,980
and that we are not condemned

1600
00:39:51,980 --> 00:39:53,520
to forever wait for the god

1601
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:54,160
from the machine

1602
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:55,700
to deliver us from our problems.

1603
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,740
But hopium is not hope.

1604
00:39:59,460 --> 00:40:00,280
Like opium,

1605
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:02,120
which binds to opioid receptors

1606
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:02,780
in the brain

1607
00:40:02,780 --> 00:40:04,520
to provide temporary pain relief,

1608
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,620
hopium is a synthetic,

1609
00:40:06,980 --> 00:40:08,020
man-made construct

1610
00:40:08,020 --> 00:40:09,160
which provides us

1611
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:10,660
with the simulacrum of hope.

1612
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,340
And, like opium,

1613
00:40:13,980 --> 00:40:15,620
hopium can disrupt our lives,

1614
00:40:16,180 --> 00:40:17,980
pacify us into inactivity,

1615
00:40:18,260 --> 00:40:20,340
and make us suffer withdrawals

1616
00:40:20,340 --> 00:40:21,200
in its absence.

1617
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,940
No, we must not abandon hope itself.

1618
00:40:24,940 --> 00:40:27,500
As part of the triumvirate

1619
00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:28,860
of faith, hope, and charity,

1620
00:40:29,340 --> 00:40:31,140
hope is a virtue to be cherished.

1621
00:40:32,340 --> 00:40:33,140
Genuine hope

1622
00:40:33,140 --> 00:40:34,360
is the rocket fuel

1623
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:35,220
that humans use

1624
00:40:35,220 --> 00:40:36,280
to propel themselves

1625
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:37,640
towards their goals.

1626
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:39,400
Without hope,

1627
00:40:39,740 --> 00:40:40,880
there would be no motivation

1628
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:41,720
to do anything

1629
00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:43,160
to improve our situation.

1630
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,200
But that is the difference.

1631
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:48,240
Hope compels us

1632
00:40:48,240 --> 00:40:49,000
to go out there

1633
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,200
and try to improve

1634
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:51,040
our situation.

1635
00:40:52,240 --> 00:40:53,720
Hopium, on the other hand,

1636
00:40:54,260 --> 00:40:54,880
convinces us

1637
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:55,640
that someone else

1638
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,040
has taken care of the problem,

1639
00:40:57,380 --> 00:40:59,020
that we can just sit back,

1640
00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:00,240
get the popcorn,

1641
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:01,860
and enjoy the show.

1642
00:41:03,220 --> 00:41:04,660
Like the dope peddler

1643
00:41:04,660 --> 00:41:05,700
on the street corner,

1644
00:41:06,260 --> 00:41:07,700
the politicians and hucksters

1645
00:41:07,700 --> 00:41:08,740
are always ready

1646
00:41:08,740 --> 00:41:10,060
to satisfy their mark

1647
00:41:10,060 --> 00:41:11,160
with a dose of hopium.

1648
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:12,920
And the public,

1649
00:41:13,300 --> 00:41:14,380
more often than not,

1650
00:41:14,820 --> 00:41:15,900
is only too happy

1651
00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:16,540
to take it.

1652
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:19,840
But hopium is a deadly drug

1653
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:21,400
and the god from the machine

1654
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:22,020
is nothing but

1655
00:41:22,020 --> 00:41:23,280
a cheap stage trick.

1656
00:41:24,380 --> 00:41:25,500
Nothing will change

1657
00:41:25,500 --> 00:41:26,440
until we stop

1658
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:27,540
enjoying the show

1659
00:41:27,540 --> 00:41:28,780
and realize

1660
00:41:28,780 --> 00:41:30,340
that we are not spectators

1661
00:41:30,340 --> 00:41:31,740
watching history unfold

1662
00:41:31,740 --> 00:41:32,820
from the sidelines.

1663
00:41:33,660 --> 00:41:35,620
We are history's actors

1664
00:41:35,620 --> 00:41:36,540
and,

1665
00:41:36,820 --> 00:41:38,420
propelled by genuine hope,

1666
00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:40,000
we can

1667
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,400
and will

1668
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:43,340
change the world.

1669
00:41:43,340 --> 00:42:07,700
I'm sick and tired

1670
00:42:07,700 --> 00:42:09,360
of hearing things

1671
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:10,740
from uptight,

1672
00:42:10,940 --> 00:42:11,820
short-sighted,

1673
00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:13,700
narrow-minded hypocritics.

1674
00:42:14,100 --> 00:42:15,840
All I want is the truth.

1675
00:42:17,580 --> 00:42:19,320
Just give me some truth.

1676
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,200
I've had enough

1677
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:23,360
of reading things

1678
00:42:23,940 --> 00:42:25,320
by neurotic,

1679
00:42:25,500 --> 00:42:26,260
psychotic,

1680
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:27,980
pig-headed politicians.

1681
00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:30,220
All I want is the truth.

1682
00:42:30,220 --> 00:42:33,960
Just give me some truth.

1683
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:36,340
No short-haired,

1684
00:42:36,420 --> 00:42:38,440
yellow-bellied son of QAnon

1685
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:39,560
is gonna love her

1686
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:40,860
having soft-soaked

1687
00:42:40,860 --> 00:42:43,360
me with just a pocket full of hope.

1688
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:46,740
Money for dope.

1689
00:42:48,820 --> 00:42:50,360
Money for dope.

1690
00:42:50,360 --> 00:43:04,000
That was the truth.

1691
00:43:12,460 --> 00:43:15,200
Thank you.

1692
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:15,700
Bye.

1693
00:43:15,700 --> 00:43:15,780
Bye.

1694
00:43:16,140 --> 00:43:16,800
Bye.

1695
00:43:16,940 --> 00:43:17,360
Bye.

1696
00:43:18,220 --> 00:43:19,360
Bye.

1697
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:21,360
You