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As you probably know, if you've watched the show lately, I've been critical of the planning for the America 250 events.

There have been several reasons to be disappointed and

skeptical, which we've gone into at some length. But if you watched the programming on the White

House lawn and the ellipse last night, credit words do, you saw something very important. You

witnessed a scene that was Roman in nature, and not just because gladiators from all over the world were fighting

in an arena, having been invited to the capital of the world's only superpower with the emperor

in attendance on his birthday. This was an ornate and well-choreographed display of national unity

and vitality, unlike something, anything, that we've seen at the White House in previous

administrations, and it's not really even close. The optics were incredible from beginning to end.

80,000 people gathered on the ellipse to watch the fights and the rest of the show.

There were precisely zero unhappy lesbian harpies in sight.

The cameras repeatedly cut to members of the military whose morale was apparently clearly

high.

Every few minutes, chance of USA broke out.

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