a lifelong democrat, jean kirkpatrick, she skewered the democrats with arguments that could be applied today to the republicans, i should note that jennifer ruben as also written on the resonance of that speech. they were unashamed in seeing america as a great nation, but the democrats, she said, have now lost that distinctive faith. when moscow was hostile, the democrats chose not to fight the kremlin, but to blame the united states. listen to her charge. >> but then they always blame america first. >> those words became a catch phrase for the campaign. it was an exaggeration as all this kind of rhetoric is, of course, but it captured something real as it does today about donald trump. whether they're talking about the chinese or terrorist attacks or vladimir putin, he doesn't tend to criticize them, instead he concentrates on the americans flaws. kirkpatrick's more serious critique more aptly applies to the republican nominee. she said of the democratic party -- >> they behave less like a dove or a hawk than like an ostrich. like an ostrich, convinced it could shut out the world by h

a lifelong democrat jean kirkpatrick. she secured the democrats with argument that's could just as easily be be applied today to the republicans. i should note jennifer ruben has also written recently on the resonance of that speech. kirkpatrick explained she had xmriered democrats such as harry s. truman because they they were unashamed at seeing america as a great nation but the democrats she said had now lost that instinctive faith. when moscow was hostile, she noted, the democrats chose not to fault the kremlin but instead blamed the united states. listen to her charge. >> but then they always blame america first. >> those words became a catchphrase for the campaign. it was an exaggeration as all this kind of rhetoric is, of course, but it captured something real as it does today about donald trump. whether talking about the chinese or terrorist attacks or vladimir putin, he doesn't really criticize them. instead he tends to focus on american flaws, washington's weakness, stupidity, naivety. kirkpatrick more aptly app