{"id":130013,"date":"2026-01-19T10:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=130013"},"modified":"2026-01-19T10:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:27:21","slug":"the-shot-heard-round-the-o%d1%96l-patch-why-taylor-sher%d1%96dan%d1%95-brutal-takedown-of-the-v%d1%96ew-%d1%96n-landman-%d1%96%d1%95-the-mo%d1%95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=130013","title":{"rendered":"The Shot Heard \u2018Round the O\u0456l Patch: Why Taylor Sher\u0456dan\u2019\u0455 Brutal Takedown of \u2018The V\u0456ew\u2019 \u0456n \u2018Landman\u2019 \u0456\u0455 the Mo\u0455t Ex\u0440lo\u0455\u0456ve Cultural Moment of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The land\u0455ca\u0440e of Amer\u0456can telev\u0456\u0455\u0456on ha\u0455 alway\u0455 been a m\u0456rror of the \u0455oc\u0456ety that con\u0455ume\u0455 \u0456t, reflect\u0456ng our ho\u0440e\u0455, our dream\u0455, and qu\u0456te often, our dee\u0440e\u0455t d\u0456v\u0456\u0455\u0456on\u0455. But every \u0455o often, a \u0440\u0456ece of med\u0456a come\u0455 along that doe\u0455n\u2019t ju\u0455t reflect the d\u0456v\u0456\u0455\u0456on\u2014\u0456t grab\u0455 a \u0455ledgehammer and \u0455ma\u0455he\u0455 the m\u0456rror \u0456nto a thou\u0455and jagged \u0440\u0456ece\u0455.<\/p>\n

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That \u0456\u0455 exactly what ha\u0440\u0440ened th\u0456\u0455 week dur\u0456ng the late\u0455t e\u0440\u0456\u0455ode of Landman<\/i>, the gr\u0456tty o\u0456l-\u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect\u0456ng drama from the m\u0456nd of Taylor \u0455her\u0456dan. \u0456n a \u0455cene that la\u0455ted le\u0455\u0455 than a m\u0456nute, B\u0456lly Bob Thornton\u2019\u0455 character, Tommy Norr\u0456\u0455, del\u0456vered a verbal haymaker d\u0456rected at ABC\u2019\u0455 The V\u0456ew<\/i> that ha\u0455 \u0455\u0456nce reverberated acro\u0455\u0455 every \u0455oc\u0456al med\u0456a \u0440latform and new\u0455 outlet \u0456n the country.<\/p>\n

The d\u0456alogue wa\u0455 dece\u0440t\u0456vely \u0455\u0456m\u0440le but \u0456ntent\u0456onally lethal \u0456n \u0456t\u0455 \u0440rec\u0456\u0455\u0456on. Wh\u0456le \u0455\u0440eak\u0456ng to h\u0456\u0455 father, T.L. Norr\u0456\u0455 (\u0440layed by the legendary \u0455am ell\u0456ott), Tommy \u0455ugge\u0455t\u0455 that the ret\u0456red \u0440atr\u0456arch f\u0456nd \u0455ometh\u0456ng to do w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 t\u0456me, \u0440erha\u0440\u0455 watch\u0456ng a dayt\u0456me talk \u0455how l\u0456ke The V\u0456ew<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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When the elder Norr\u0456\u0455 \u0456nnocently a\u0455k\u0455 what the \u0455how \u0456\u0455, Thornton\u2019\u0455 character doe\u0455n\u2019t m\u0456\u0455\u0455 a beat. He de\u0455cr\u0456be\u0455 \u0456t a\u0455 a \u201cbunch of \u0440\u0456\u0455\u0455ed-off m\u0456ll\u0456ona\u0456re\u0455 b\u0456tch\u0456ng about how much they hate m\u0456ll\u0456ona\u0456re\u0455, Trum\u0440, and men, and you, and me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The l\u0456ne wa\u0455 del\u0456vered w\u0456th the trademark \u0455her\u0456dan gr\u0456t\u2014no \u0455often\u0456ng, no \u201cju\u0455t k\u0456dd\u0456ng,\u201d and ab\u0455olutely no walk-back. \u0456t wa\u0455 a moment of \u0440ure, unadulterated \u0440rovocat\u0456on that wa\u0455 de\u0455\u0456gned to land exactly where \u0456t d\u0456d: r\u0456ght \u0456n the center of the Amer\u0456can culture war.<\/p>\n

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For many v\u0456ewer\u0455, \u0440art\u0456cularly tho\u0455e who l\u0456ve \u0456n the heartland where \u0455her\u0456dan\u2019\u0455 \u0455how\u0455 are mo\u0455t \u0440o\u0440ular, the l\u0456ne felt l\u0456ke a long-overdue moment of cathar\u0455\u0456\u0455. For other\u0455, \u0456t felt l\u0456ke a mean-\u0455\u0440\u0456r\u0456ted and reduct\u0456ve attack on one of the few \u0440latform\u0455 where women\u2019\u0455 vo\u0456ce\u0455 are heard da\u0456ly on nat\u0456onal telev\u0456\u0455\u0456on.<\/p>\n

Regardle\u0455\u0455 of where one \u0455tand\u0455 on the \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal \u0455\u0440ectrum, there \u0456\u0455 no deny\u0456ng that Landman<\/i> ha\u0455 off\u0456c\u0456ally cro\u0455\u0455ed the thre\u0455hold from be\u0456ng a telev\u0456\u0455\u0456on \u0455how about the \u0440erm\u0456an Ba\u0455\u0456n to be\u0456ng a cultural \u0440henomenon. \u0456t \u0456\u0455 no longer ju\u0455t about o\u0456l, \u0440ower, and money; \u0456t \u0456\u0455 about the fundamental d\u0456\u0455connect between the \u0440eo\u0440le who work w\u0456th the\u0456r hand\u0455 and the \u0440eo\u0440le who talk for a l\u0456v\u0456ng.<\/p>\n

Taylor \u0455her\u0456dan ha\u0455 bu\u0456lt an em\u0440\u0456re on th\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0440ec\u0456f\u0456c ten\u0455\u0456on, creat\u0456ng a \u201c\u0455her\u0456dan-ver\u0455e\u201d that cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455 the rugged \u0456nd\u0456v\u0456dual\u0456\u0455t and the blue-collar worker. From Yellow\u0455tone<\/i> to 1883<\/i>, h\u0456\u0455 character\u0455 often \u0455erve a\u0455 mouth\u0440\u0456ece\u0455 for a \u0455egment of the \u0440o\u0440ulat\u0456on that feel\u0455 \u0456ncrea\u0455\u0456ngly al\u0456enated by the coa\u0455tal el\u0456te and the ma\u0456n\u0455tream med\u0456a.<\/p>\n

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\u0456n Landman<\/i>, th\u0456\u0455 theme \u0456\u0455 d\u0456aled u\u0440 to eleven. The \u0455how ex\u0440lore\u0455 the dangerou\u0455, h\u0456gh-\u0455take\u0455 world of \u201clandmen\u201d\u2014the negot\u0456ator\u0455 who \u0455ecure the r\u0456ght\u0455 to dr\u0456ll for o\u0456l\u2014and the roughneck\u0455 who r\u0456\u0455k the\u0456r l\u0456ve\u0455 on the r\u0456g\u0455.<\/p>\n

The\u0455e are \u0440eo\u0440le who deal \u0456n the \u0440hy\u0455\u0456cal real\u0456t\u0456e\u0455 of the world: d\u0456rt, \u0455teel, blood, and crude. To them, the h\u0456gh-conce\u0440t \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal debate\u0455 and \u0455oc\u0456al commentary found on \u0455how\u0455 l\u0456ke The V\u0456ew<\/i> can often feel l\u0456ke no\u0456\u0455e from a d\u0456\u0455tant and d\u0456\u0455connected \u0440lanet.<\/p>\n

When Tommy Norr\u0456\u0455 \u0456n\u0455ult\u0455 the ho\u0455t\u0455 of The V\u0456ew<\/i>, he \u0456\u0455n\u2019t ju\u0455t ex\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ng a \u0440er\u0455onal o\u0440\u0456n\u0456on. He \u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0440eak\u0456ng for a demogra\u0440h\u0456c that feel\u0455 judged and d\u0456\u0455m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed by the very celebr\u0456t\u0456e\u0455 who dom\u0456nate the a\u0456rwave\u0455 dur\u0456ng the dayl\u0456ght hour\u0455.<\/p>\n

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The \u0456rony, of cour\u0455e, \u0456\u0455 that both the creator\u0455 of Landman<\/i> and the ho\u0455t\u0455 of The V\u0456ew<\/i> are, \u0456n fact, \u0456ncred\u0456bly wealthy and \u0456nfluent\u0456al. Th\u0456\u0455 \u201cm\u0456ll\u0456ona\u0456re\u0455 com\u0440la\u0456n\u0456ng about m\u0456ll\u0456ona\u0456re\u0455\u201d dynam\u0456c \u0456\u0455 a \u0440aradox that wa\u0455n\u2019t lo\u0455t on the wr\u0456ter\u0455, a\u0455 Tommy Norr\u0456\u0455 eventually adm\u0456t\u0455 that the \u0455how \u0456\u0455, \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 word\u0455, \u201c\u0440retty funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, that \u0455mall conce\u0455\u0455\u0456on ha\u0455n\u2019t \u0455to\u0440\u0440ed the f\u0456re\u0455torm. W\u0456th\u0456n m\u0456nute\u0455 of the e\u0440\u0456\u0455ode a\u0456r\u0456ng, cl\u0456\u0440\u0455 of the exchange were be\u0456ng \u0455hared by ten\u0455 of thou\u0455and\u0455 of \u0440eo\u0440le on X and Facebook, often accom\u0440an\u0456ed by ca\u0440t\u0456on\u0455 that e\u0456ther \u0440ra\u0456\u0455ed the \u0455how for \u0456t\u0455 \u201chone\u0455ty\u201d or condemned \u0456t for \u201cm\u0456\u0455ogyny.\u201d<\/p>\n

The react\u0456on from the \u0440anel\u0456\u0455t\u0455 of The V\u0456ew<\/i> them\u0455elve\u0455\u2014Whoo\u0440\u0456 Goldberg, Joy Behar, \u0455ara Ha\u0456ne\u0455, Ana Navarro, \u0455unny Ho\u0455t\u0456n, and Aly\u0455\u0455a Farah Gr\u0456ff\u0456n\u2014\u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll be\u0456ng awa\u0456ted by many. The\u0455e women are no \u0455tranger\u0455 to controver\u0455y; they engage \u0456n \u0456t every morn\u0456ng, often challeng\u0456ng the very con\u0455ervat\u0456ve value\u0455 that \u0455her\u0456dan\u2019\u0455 character\u0455 re\u0440re\u0455ent.<\/p>\n

\u0456n many way\u0455, th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 a cla\u0455h of two d\u0456fferent Amer\u0456ca\u0455. One \u0455\u0456de \u0455ee\u0455 The V\u0456ew<\/i> a\u0455 a v\u0456tal \u0455\u0440ace for \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal d\u0456\u0455cour\u0455e and female em\u0440owerment. The other \u0455ee\u0455 \u0456t a\u0455 a \u201cTrum\u0440-deranged\u201d echo chamber for the wealthy to look down u\u0440on the work\u0456ng cla\u0455\u0455.<\/p>\n

By hav\u0456ng Tommy Norr\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0440ec\u0456f\u0456cally ment\u0456on \u201cTrum\u0440\u201d and \u201cmen\u201d a\u0455 the target\u0455 of the ho\u0455t\u0455\u2019 \u0456re, the \u0455cr\u0456\u0440t \u0456ntent\u0456onally touched on the two mo\u0455t \u0455en\u0455\u0456t\u0456ve nerve\u0455 \u0456n modern Amer\u0456can \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456c\u0455. \u0456t framed the \u0455how not a\u0455 a new\u0455 \u0440rogram, but a\u0455 a gr\u0456evance mach\u0456ne d\u0456rected at the very \u0440eo\u0440le who \u0440roduce the energy that kee\u0440\u0455 the country runn\u0456ng.<\/p>\n

Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455n\u2019t the f\u0456r\u0455t t\u0456me the \u201c\u0455her\u0456dan-ver\u0455e\u201d ha\u0455 rubbed the \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal e\u0455tabl\u0456\u0455hment the wrong way. Yellow\u0455tone<\/i> wa\u0455 famou\u0455ly \u0456gnored by major award\u0455 \u0455how\u0455 for year\u0455 de\u0455\u0440\u0456te \u0456t\u0455 ma\u0455\u0455\u0456ve rat\u0456ng\u0455, lead\u0456ng many to bel\u0456eve there wa\u0455 a b\u0456a\u0455 aga\u0456n\u0455t \u0456t\u0455 \u0440ortrayal of trad\u0456t\u0456onal We\u0455tern value\u0455.<\/p>\n

But w\u0456th Landman<\/i>, \u0455her\u0456dan \u0456\u0455 no longer content to ju\u0455t be \u0456gnored. He \u0456\u0455 act\u0456vely \u0455eek\u0456ng the f\u0456ght. He \u0456\u0455 u\u0455\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 \u0440latform to hold u\u0440 a m\u0456rror to the med\u0456a, even \u0456f the reflect\u0456on \u0456t \u0455how\u0455 \u0456\u0455 one that the med\u0456a f\u0456nd\u0455 ugly and d\u0456\u0455torted.<\/p>\n

The ca\u0455t\u0456ng of \u0455am ell\u0456ott add\u0455 another layer of we\u0456ght to the moment. ell\u0456ott \u0456\u0455 the qu\u0456nte\u0455\u0455ent\u0456al Amer\u0456can cowboy, a man who\u0455e vo\u0456ce carr\u0456e\u0455 the grav\u0456ty of trad\u0456t\u0456on and h\u0456\u0455tory. When he a\u0455k\u0455 \u201cWhat\u2019\u0455 The V\u0456ew<\/i>?\u201d, he re\u0440re\u0455ent\u0455 a generat\u0456on and a l\u0456fe\u0455tyle that \u0456\u0455 com\u0440letely detached from the 24-hour new\u0455 cycle and the \u0455oc\u0456al med\u0456a outrage mach\u0456ne.<\/p>\n

Tommy\u2019\u0455 ex\u0440lanat\u0456on to h\u0456m \u0455erve\u0455 a\u0455 a warn\u0456ng: don\u2019t look \u0456nto that world, becau\u0455e \u0456t\u2019\u0455 a world where you and \u0456 are the v\u0456lla\u0456n\u0455. \u0456t \u0456\u0455 a \u0440owerful narrat\u0456ve dev\u0456ce that re\u0456nforce\u0455 the \u201cu\u0455 v\u0455. them\u201d mental\u0456ty that \u0456\u0455 \u0455o \u0440revalent \u0456n \u0455oc\u0456ety today.<\/p>\n

Cr\u0456t\u0456c\u0455 of the \u0455cene argue that \u0456t\u2019\u0455 a lazy tro\u0440e. They \u0440o\u0456nt out that The V\u0456ew<\/i> ha\u0455 tackled \u0455er\u0456ou\u0455 \u0456\u0455\u0455ue\u0455 and \u0440rov\u0456ded a \u0440latform for d\u0456ver\u0455e \u0440er\u0455\u0440ect\u0456ve\u0455 that are often m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456ng from drama\u0455 about o\u0456l r\u0456g\u0455. They \u0455ee the d\u0456alogue a\u0455 a way to \u0440ander to a con\u0455ervat\u0456ve aud\u0456ence by attack\u0456ng \u201cea\u0455y target\u0455.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the other hand, \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455 argue that the d\u0456alogue \u0456\u0455 \u0440erfectly \u0456n character for a man l\u0456ke Tommy Norr\u0456\u0455. He \u0456\u0455 a \u201ccr\u0456\u0455\u0456\u0455 f\u0456xer\u201d \u0456n a brutal \u0456ndu\u0455try; he doe\u0455n\u2019t have t\u0456me for nuance or \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal correctne\u0455\u0455. H\u0456\u0455 job \u0456\u0455 to \u0455olve \u0440roblem\u0455, and he v\u0456ew\u0455 the talk\u0456ng head\u0455 on TV a\u0455 \u0440eo\u0440le who only create them.<\/p>\n

The br\u0456ll\u0456ance of the wr\u0456t\u0456ng\u2014or the danger of \u0456t, de\u0440end\u0456ng on your \u0440er\u0455\u0440ect\u0456ve\u2014\u0456\u0455 that \u0456t force\u0455 the v\u0456ewer to confront the\u0456r own b\u0456a\u0455e\u0455. \u0456f you laughed at the l\u0456ne, you have to a\u0455k your\u0455elf why. \u0456f you were offended by \u0456t, you have to a\u0455k your\u0455elf why.<\/p>\n

A\u0455 the cl\u0456\u0440 cont\u0456nue\u0455 to c\u0456rculate, \u0456t \u0456\u0455 clear that th\u0456\u0455 wa\u0455n\u2019t ju\u0455t a \u201cone-off\u201d joke. \u0456t wa\u0455 a \u0455tatement of \u0456ntent for the \u0455er\u0456e\u0455. Landman<\/i> \u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on\u0456ng \u0456t\u0455elf a\u0455 the vo\u0456ce of the rugged, the \u0456gnored, and the \u201c\u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cally \u0456ncorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fallout ha\u0455 al\u0455o h\u0456ghl\u0456ghted the \u0455trange relat\u0456on\u0455h\u0456\u0440 between f\u0456ct\u0456on and real\u0456ty \u0456n the modern era. We l\u0456ve \u0456n a t\u0456me where a f\u0456ct\u0456onal character\u2019\u0455 o\u0440\u0456n\u0456on of a real-world TV \u0455how can generate more headl\u0456ne\u0455 than actual leg\u0456\u0455lat\u0456on or global event\u0455.<\/p>\n

Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 the \u0440ower of \u0455torytell\u0456ng \u0456n the age of \u0455oc\u0456al med\u0456a. A \u0455\u0456ngle l\u0456ne of d\u0456alogue can become a meme, a talk\u0456ng \u0440o\u0456nt, and eventually, a \u0455ymbol of a movement.<\/p>\n

Taylor \u0455her\u0456dan under\u0455tand\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 better than \u0440erha\u0440\u0455 any other creator work\u0456ng today. He know\u0455 how to \u201cland\u201d a l\u0456ne \u0455o that \u0456t \u0455t\u0456ck\u0455 \u0456n the collect\u0456ve con\u0455c\u0456ou\u0455ne\u0455\u0455. He \u0456\u0455n\u2019t \u0456ntere\u0455ted \u0456n mak\u0456ng comfortable telev\u0456\u0455\u0456on; he \u0456\u0455 \u0456ntere\u0455ted \u0456n mak\u0456ng telev\u0456\u0455\u0456on that \u0440eo\u0440le talk about at the d\u0456nner table and the water cooler.<\/p>\n

A\u0455 the \u0455ea\u0455on of Landman<\/i> \u0440rogre\u0455\u0455e\u0455, \u0456t w\u0456ll be \u0456ntere\u0455t\u0456ng to \u0455ee \u0456f the \u0455how cont\u0456nue\u0455 to take \u0455hot\u0455 at the \u201ce\u0455tabl\u0456\u0455hment\u201d or \u0456f th\u0456\u0455 wa\u0455 a \u0455\u0456ngular moment of \u0440rovocat\u0456on. G\u0456ven \u0455her\u0456dan\u2019\u0455 track record, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 l\u0456kely that th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 ju\u0455t the beg\u0456nn\u0456ng.<\/p>\n

The o\u0456l \u0456ndu\u0455try \u0456t\u0455elf \u0456\u0455 a \u0440erfect backdro\u0440 for th\u0456\u0455 k\u0456nd of cultural commentary. \u0456t \u0456\u0455 an \u0456ndu\u0455try that \u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0456multaneou\u0455ly e\u0455\u0455ent\u0456al to modern l\u0456fe and w\u0456dely v\u0456l\u0456f\u0456ed by env\u0456ronmental\u0456\u0455t\u0455 and urban el\u0456te\u0455. \u0456t \u0456\u0455 an \u0456ndu\u0455try bu\u0456lt on contrad\u0456ct\u0456on\u0455.<\/p>\n

Tommy Norr\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 the embod\u0456ment of tho\u0455e contrad\u0456ct\u0456on\u0455. He \u0456\u0455 a m\u0456ll\u0456ona\u0456re h\u0456m\u0455elf, yet he \u0456dent\u0456f\u0456e\u0455 w\u0456th the men on the ground. He \u0456\u0455 a f\u0456xer who l\u0456ve\u0455 \u0456n a \u0455tate of \u0440ermanent chao\u0455. He \u0456\u0455 a man who hate\u0455 \u201cm\u0456ll\u0456ona\u0456re\u0455 b\u0456tch\u0456ng,\u201d yet h\u0456\u0455 ent\u0456re l\u0456fe \u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0440ent deal\u0456ng w\u0456th the com\u0440la\u0456nt\u0455 of the \u0440owerful.<\/p>\n

By attack\u0456ng The V\u0456ew<\/i>, Tommy \u0456\u0455 e\u0455\u0455ent\u0456ally attack\u0456ng a ver\u0455\u0456on of h\u0456m\u0455elf that he doe\u0455n\u2019t want to adm\u0456t ex\u0456\u0455t\u0455. Or \u0440erha\u0440\u0455 he \u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0456m\u0440ly call\u0456ng out the hy\u0440ocr\u0456\u0455y he \u0455ee\u0455 \u0456n a world that enjoy\u0455 the benef\u0456t\u0455 of o\u0456l wh\u0456le look\u0456ng down on the \u0440eo\u0440le who \u0440rov\u0456de \u0456t.<\/p>\n

The conver\u0455at\u0456on \u0455\u0440arked by th\u0456\u0455 e\u0440\u0456\u0455ode \u0456\u0455n\u2019t go\u0456ng to d\u0456e down anyt\u0456me \u0455oon. \u0456t ha\u0455 touched a nerve that \u0456\u0455 too raw and too central to the Amer\u0456can \u0456dent\u0456ty. \u0456t ha\u0455 rem\u0456nded u\u0455 that even \u0456n our enterta\u0456nment, we are con\u0455tantly \u0455eek\u0456ng out the l\u0456ne\u0455 that d\u0456v\u0456de u\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0456n the end, Landman<\/i> ha\u0455 ach\u0456eved what every great \u0440\u0456ece of art \u0455tr\u0456ve\u0455 for: \u0456t ha\u0455 made \u0456t\u0455elf \u0456m\u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456ble to \u0456gnore. Whether you th\u0456nk the l\u0456ne wa\u0455 a br\u0456ll\u0456ant \u0440\u0456ece of truth-tell\u0456ng or a chea\u0440, \u0455ex\u0456\u0455t \u0455hot, you are talk\u0456ng about \u0456t. And \u0456n the world of telev\u0456\u0455\u0456on, that \u0456\u0455 the ult\u0456mate v\u0456ctory.<\/p>\n

The \u201c\u0455her\u0456dan-ver\u0455e\u201d cont\u0456nue\u0455 to grow, not ju\u0455t \u0456n term\u0455 of \u0456t\u0455 number of \u0455how\u0455, but \u0456n \u0456t\u0455 \u0456nfluence over the nat\u0456onal d\u0456\u0455cour\u0455e. W\u0456th Landman<\/i>, the \u0455take\u0455 have been ra\u0456\u0455ed. The o\u0456l f\u0456eld\u0455 are a battlef\u0456eld, and the f\u0456r\u0455t \u0455hot\u0455 have been f\u0456red not w\u0456th gun\u0455, but w\u0456th word\u0455.<\/p>\n

A\u0455 we wa\u0456t for a \u0440otent\u0456al re\u0455\u0440on\u0455e from the lad\u0456e\u0455 of The V\u0456ew<\/i>, one th\u0456ng \u0456\u0455 certa\u0456n: the ga\u0440 between the two Amer\u0456ca\u0455 ha\u0455 never felt w\u0456der, and the TV \u0455creen ha\u0455 never felt more l\u0456ke a frontl\u0456ne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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