NEWS YOU CAN USE: Donald Trump Is Not Your Father, Jim Geraghty writes:

There was a time when Republicans laughed at those who saw presidents as messiah figures destined to deliver instant relief from all of life’s problems. Obama supporter Peggy Joseph may be obscure nationally, but many conservatives remember her words from a 2008 rally, which perfectly encapsulated the ludicrous expectations for Obama’s presidency: “I never thought this day would ever happen! I won’t have to worry about putting gas in my car! I won’t have to worry about paying my mortgage! If I help him, he’s going to help me!”

To her credit, by the time she appeared in a 2014 documentary, Joseph had shed any naïve beliefs she once held about a president’s ability to relieve her of her problems. She now compares Obama to the Wizard of Oz — a man behind the curtain, “not who we thought or expected him to be.”

“What I learned was, never trust the wizard. It’s within ourselves,” she said. If Trump supporters somehow get their way, how long will it take them to learn the same lesson?

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