Post-election Thoughts
And, therefore, of course, fresh new liberal mavericks in places like Utah and Alabama will soon be leading grass-roots rebellions against entrenched conservative incumbents to emulate Massachusetts. And, yes, we are to believe that Obama himself never used the term “tea-bagger,” and warmly embraced the town-hallers, as he had the rural folk of Pennsylvania.
And, yes, Barack, the reason that you are experiencing an historic crash in the polls and your coattails are radioactive, is, as you said, because you did not speak often enough to the American people — not enough interviews, cover stories, photo-ops, presidential addresses, staged press conferences, and perpetual campaign teleprompted stump speeches.
This sort of unreality will ensure that the Obama flame continues to engulf the congress of liberal moths that swarm to it. Did Obama really think the laws of physics did not apply to him — that one can in a year and a half run up over $3 trillion without consequences or nominate a nut like Van Jones or bow to a Saudi royal or denigrate the police or serially break his promises or attempt to socialize medicine or claim that employment comes as manna from heaven once a rhetorician calls for so many billions to be borrowed for so many millions of jobs?
Fodder for Conspiracists
The left cannot face the truth that this is for a generation or so longer a center-right country that in defiance is rejecting the statism of Obama — and therefore it will construct a ludicrous hypothesis that Obama’s failure is predicated on his being too centrist. That way, they can disguise their own desire to distance themselves from an unpopular and, for now, losing cause by some sort of adherence to a higher principle.
Obama, again for now, will blame congressional candidates, subordinates, the media (yes, imagine that), all for matters of poor tactics and communication that prevented us dunces from appreciating the Obama godhead. In truth, he must be some sort of Manchurian candidate working under deep cover for the Republican Party, since his first year has translated into tens of millions of dollars in free conservative advertising, proselytizing, and public relations.
Politically-correctness on the Richter Scale metaphor
I confess I have no apologies to critics over my using the Richter scale metaphor in the last post. I live in California and work in the seismically-active Bay Area. In the last 50 years I can recall dozens of major earthquakes and aftershocks, and they are a way of life here. I cannot monitor my speech because of the deadly nature of such realities in Haiti, any more than I would because a city in Iran or thousands in China are leveled, and many have been in this millennium. To do so would mean because of Hiroshima we can’t use the “nuclear option” to describe congressional action, or a “political tsunami” or a “presidential hurricane” or “ perfect storm”.
Serious readers know well enough not to confuse metaphorical usage of the “Richter scale” and “aftershocks” with insensitivity toward Haiti. I don’t think we want to set rules that require suspension of metaphorical and allegorical evocation of particular natural disasters every time one strikes.
We also see the pernicious effects of PC in the latest Pentagon white paper on the Ft. Hood massacres, in which Hasan is not identified as an Islamic zealot acting out religiously-driven extremism. PC (which serves a variety of purposes from stifling free expression to claiming some mythical higher moral ground through gratuitous censure) ends only when we collectively shrug, and sigh, “Linguistic extortion has zero influence on me.” I went through all that in 2003 with Mexifornia, when I was scolded in debates and reviews for the use of “illegal alien” instead of the more ideologically correct, but imprecise “undocumented workers” — despite the fact that at least 25% of illegal aliens in California themselves were not employed and very few had documents in the first place that could become un-anything.
The directon of the Stock Market this week seems to indicate that investors must be feeling bearish all of a sudden. What interests me is why there was a run-up when the conventional wisdom seemed to indicate that ObamaCare was inevitable and then the drop in the market when the Massachusetts Monkey Wrench was thrown into the machine.
VDH: Please hush, you’ve said much too much. While our president has a huge ego he still might be capable of learning from his mistakes, if any such happened. And, perhaps some of his staff, his many lieutenants, might understand a need to change course.
On the other hand, my bet is that our president’s ego will not permit him to correct mistakes, because, IMHO, such mistakes were ours not his.
Carry on, Good Professor, carry on.
Yea I’m first. I agree, they don’t seem capable of understanding that there is a massive conservative movement growing out here. The “teabaggers” as they like to call them are only the tip of the iceberg.
I watched msnbc Tuesday night. Never saw so many tight lipped commentators. They have convicenced themselves that the tea partiers are a “collections of nut cases”. Good for them. Here’s hoping they never figure it out.
VDH–
Well put, as ever. I remain a fan.
FM
Obama is the navel of his own universe. Being inept as he is, he cannot discern his world from the realities back here on Earth. He is so caught up in his own imagined awesomeness that countless times he hasn’t the faintest idea how embarrassingly clueless he acts, sounds and is. When ordinary citizens do not show him the same lofty confidence he has in himself, his outrage is then projected squarely back at them i.e. the ordinary citizen/taxpayer, Wall street, insurers, a certain news network, fellow politicians both serving and retired and our security/defense frameworks.
He’s an abominable wreck who makes even a gaffe-riddled Biden look somewhat sane/respectable (impossible until BHO). It’s with little surprise his popularity is evaporating in the unimagined real world. His ideas and methods are hostile, his management incompetent and his alienation of the polity is nothing short of contemptuous. He must be voted out before he takes us all and our nation to hell in a hand-basket with him. Jimmah was bad for our country and he’s still a thorn, but Obama’s malevolence is proving limitless and in so many ways.
Dr. H.,
I’m freaked out that you thought you had to explain yourself because
you used some earth shaking metaphor that might have upset someone’s
most delicate sensibilities. Tell me someone at PJM asked you to
explain yourself. Did you really take it upon yourself to allay the
brain dead?
Say it ain’t so.
rp
It was instructive to view today’s presidential speech on Fox or CNBC where they place a bug with the real time Dow Jones Industrial Average next to the President. Whe the speech began, we were stabilized at about parity with yesterday’s close. This was a respite, after having fallen roughly three hundred points in the previous two sessions. It appeared that we were going to get a bounce, but as soon as Mr. Obama started rededicating himself to saving ObamaCare, and attacking those evil bankers, we took off into what turned out to be another two hundred point retreat. It would appear that there are a few nervous nellies on Wall Street who didn’t wish to just wait and watch while their pensions dissolved into monetary sewage, mixing with the Presidential effluent.
Hanson, Steyn and Krauthamer, it doesn’t get any better!
Caught Olberwoman embarrassing the National Broadcast Company this past evening.
The guy is clock tower material. A bandelier of armor piercing ammo, a gun show quality M-1 carbine and Keith’ll be
in business.
From now on, every time I’m near 30 Rock in New York I be looking up. The night Keith has a hair out of place
is the night he totally loses it.
Really, the guy is so tightly wound, his girlfriend could play Dixie on his butt with a violin string.
Keith needs to be sent to Innsbruck, Austria where a team of the best psychiatrists in Europe do nothing 24/7 but think about him.
Therapy for as long as it takes. Either that or a one way ticket to the Albany, N.Y. branch of the
witless protection program.
“The left neither quite understands the populist outrage nor would have a clue how to deflate it if it did.”
This sentence is not sufficiently nuanced. There is very little populist outrage. This is a figment of the left’s immature imagination. I would rewrite the sentence to read:
The left neither quite understands well thought out criticism and would not have a clue how to deflate it if it did.
I occasionally find someone who is angry with Obama. Sometimes they even use vulgar language when discussing the current occupant of the White house. Nonetheless, more often than not I encounter individuals who provide a point-by-point and very precise critique of Obama’s actions. They are not ranting lunatics. As matter of fact, these citizens are usually bettered read and far more knowledgeable than Obama’s supporters.
Interesting to read the ’44 Ardennes Offensive reference. This is the fourth time I have read one in the last few weeks. I have drawn a few analogies to that battle myself, as of late. As usual, good read.
Moreover, the Richter Scale was invented in California. My only critique to your Ritcher Scale metaphor is that it seems numbering in reverse.. A 5.0 earthquake is stronger than a 4.0 one, but you put the incredible reaction of Obama saying “big-government era is over” to an innocuous 1.0 Ritcher.
For all the other, I remain a fan too, all your articles are delicious.
Forgot this above:
“Serious readers know well enough not to confuse metaphorical usage of the “Richter scale” and “aftershocks” with insensitivity toward Haiti. I don’t think we want to set rules that require suspension of metaphorical and allegorical evocation of particular natural disasters every time one strikes.”
Bravo! *long standing ovation*
Thank you, Doctor.
I pray then never realize just how out of touch they are. Ignorance is bliss and Obama and his sycophants are blissful ad naseum. Better for the rest of us they will never see the train the train the hits them come November. Great Post.
I conversed at length with AnnaZ about this yesterday afternoon. Barack Hussein Obama is and has always been a politician — not merely “a politician first and foremost,” but a politician and nothing else. He’s become quite adept at riding the political winds, which is a large part of why, despite a complete lack of objective accomplishments, he’s risen to the highest seat on Earth.
When the subject is political maneuver, don’t underestimate The Won.
Granted that to recoup at this point, Obama must find a way to hedge on his left-liberal agenda. If his backers and handlers can persuade him that the alternative is a catastrophic fall from popular grace, he’ll do it. He might not enjoy it much…but his need for public adulation and political power is capable of trumping his ideological preferences, once he becomes convinced that he can’t have both.
If Lenin could do it, why not Barack Hussein Obama?
Dr. Hanson-a simply brilliant essay, but, please, tell us how you really feel. /sarc
Strong work, if writers were warriors, you’d certainly be a Spartan.
Obama was often compared with JFK (Obama is a long lost brother from the Kennedy clan), and don’t forget the constant mention of “Camelot”. Well, Obama does seem royal – but I would claim another historical figure has a stark resemblance to our new leader.
Read the entire article on my blog:
http://hyphenatedamericans.blogspot.com/2010/01/worse-better.html
Republicans didn’t win in MA. Independents did. They voted to keep the new health care plan out of their State. ‘We have ours’, so who cares about the rest of their uninsured countrymen.
They go down in History as egotistical greedy bastards. May their State sink into the ocean.
the problem is that Obama is trapped in his own rhetoric and the ideology of the left. To apply policies that might reverse the damage would be to admit they were wrong all along, and that he can’t do. Instead he is going further left rather then concede the folly of his ways.(By the way Clinton at least in his rhetoric and modestly on policy did shift, but I suspect Clinton was always a little more worldly wise then Obama.)
Would I to call a spade a spade with the eloquent command of English as Dr. Hanson I could be king, or someone else very important; but wouldn’t.
VDH- Perhaps they will come to understand that not just the voters, but world leaders, too, have taken the measure of Obama and found him, um, lacking. Obama is the earliest “lame duck” president ever. Who is ever going to take this guy seriously? Putin? Maybe if the Israelis seat him in one of their special “tiny” diplomatic dunce chairs for his next meeting with a cigar smoking, feet on the coffee table Netanyahu, will he come to comprehend that everyone sees that the charade is over.
Steven
The market was ready to take off if Brown won, but Obama’s anti-business announcement of new banking regulations spoiled the moment. His timing was calculated to prevent a market increase based on the vote.
Guy Average,
Stability is critical to any stock market rally. The serious players are confident people. Give them lemons, they make lemonade. Rocks and they make Rock Soup. The only thig they have problems dealing with is uncertainty. I suppose there are a few that are willing to try to make a casserole. Or maybe meatloaf.
Most are nervous. Nervous people tend toward a bunker mentality. Like terrorists when the Predator is buzzing overhead, they keep a low profile and hope for better times.
We are in a classic “W” depression. The market is grinding along now thru inertia and some profit taking. Talking about changing the Banking rules is making people nervous. Wait until the 5 year arms start hitting.
Changing the banking laws won’t matter. Some will find or create new loopholes allowing them to continue as they have. Others won’t. So the players are working to see that they adapt. It’s either that or die.
On Wall Street, Darwin rules. Almost as much as the battlefield.
I believe the baby boom generation was disposed to give Obama a chance because of race and all that. Even my most liberal baby boom friends see the Democrats and Obama as the worst form of politician and are ‘scared straight’ for the rest of their life.
The majority of baby boomers may not all be Republicans or Independents, but they sure as hell are now conservative after seeing this political nightmare supposedly called Democratic rule that Victor and we knew was much worse.
Now Axelrod and the boys are in full ‘rebranding’ mode with the I’ll fight for you speech in Ohio. Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thoughts on the way forward…
The main lesson of Scott Brown: Any concerned conservative / independent citizen with a decent bio who can convey a commitment to fiscal responsibility (near-total spending cuts, except for the military), tax cuts, and an assertive stance towards radical Islam and other authoritarian regimes, and who generally opposes Obama’s statist approach, has an excellent shot at winning a seat come November. Keep the platform simple and inclusive. The Republic is at stake, we need all hands on deck, we can resume our discussion over our differences later, once the ship has been righted.
-Make every local election a national referendum on Obama, and then trounce him.
-Keep challenging Obama’s policies and proposals, item by item. Sniff them out. Most will be overtly or covertly collectivist and statist. Support them only if they pass the sniff test. “Give them nothing. Take from them everything.” With a bit of luck we can make Obama a lame duck halfway through his first term.
-Massive and sustained pressure on the GOP to clean up its act. Show contrition and convince us you will do better. No more Dem-like behavior. Rigorous party discipline and a commitment to the Constitution rather than to your own career prospects. If you want to get involved in politics to make a difference (see Scott Brown), we honor your patriotism – but remember: you work for us. Woe to those who break faith.
-Increased efforts all round. A skirmish victory can be decisive: it can set the tone for the battles to come, or it can create a false sense of security, causing us to drop our guard. Do not sustain your current enthusiasm, rather increase it tenfold. Keep the flame of the tea-parties burning in your heart and translate that into action in the streets, ramp up the frequency and intensity. Remind Obama’s clowns: Here, the People rule.
-Offer a vision. Something to inspire Americans and to restore faith in the future. For my part, I’d like to see us recommit to manned expeditions to the moon (and Mars). These are the kinds of epics task America is destined for. Besides, retaining dominance in space is a key to maintaining military dominance in the 21st century. And it would prove to the world that America is not in decline, not by a long shot, rather we are just getting started. Economic spinoffs would be many, and who knows what opportunities may be discovered… There are always reasons not to undertake great things, to turn inwards and focus excessively on living comfortably and not making too many waves. But in a sense, that is for those who’ve already given up on an open-ended future. We are lions, it is fitting for us to roam far and wide.
VDH,
Well said and should oft be repeated…
I still can’t get over the fact that some serious pundits state up front how intelligent/bright Obama is supposed to be while he continually shoots himself in the foot! He can’t even read the “writing on the wall”, ditto Pelosi & Reid! The absent-minded Professor that walks out the front door without his pants on has no business in the oval office, we’ve already had a Democrat with those credentials…
He who knows he is wrong typically sings the loudest song. Our POTUS knows that he has failed, knows that he is destined to be a one-termer, knows that the change that is coming is HIM . . . all this leads to a state of denial that forces the rise of anger, the challenge to fight, the pointing of fingers and in the end . . . acceptance and departure . . . essentially the POTUS is in GRIEF . . . the first stage is shock and the reactionary responses so related.
He has been rejected!
re Haiti/earthquake metaphor….criticism silly and juvenile. The legions of ‘SAVE TIBET/DARFUR/ whatever’ that constitute the oh so politically correct Left deal in words, not deeds. “Oh, oh, Haiti is so tragic, so terrible,……please pass me another piece of brie”
As for the Annointed One, or more appropriately, the Brother from Another Planet, after all what else could possibly explain his peculiar take on recent events? Our president is one disconnected dude. Even ignoring his frequent off the teleprompter mis-statements, often when he speaks one gets the sense that he is playing a role and reading a script. Alexothymia is an interesting psychological phenomenon.
Re the Fort Hood mass murderer, he just reversed his “excuse” to the court, and now claims that he is a “warrior of Allah” (truth in advertising, to judge from his calling cards), and that the Fort Hood attack was a “jihad operation”.
Considering that the report just issued goes to elaborate lengths of pretzel “logic” to avoid even mentioning Islamic radicalism, the killer has just made the U.S. Army chain of command look like fools.
Instead of chastising his colleagues for “not recognizing his PTSD condition” and “not getting him the help he needed”, the officers who refused repeatedly to recognize the danger he represented should be cashiered. Including most of the board of inquiry, who have succeeded in bending over so far backwards to avoid even the appearance of “offending Islam” that they have fallen on their collective arses.
clear ether
eon
Well said, Professor Hanson! This turning everything around is a condition of the Obamanation Administration’s “Alice In Wonderland” condition or better yet, Saul Alinski’s rules for Obama’s redistribution-socialism.
Obama’s presidency now resembles the first attempted launch of the Air Force Thor IRBM: Extraordinary anticipation, extravagant expectations, awesome pyrotechnics at lift-off rapidly followed by a spectacular crash and burn. I believe we have entered the crash and burn phase of this misguided missile.
Actually, liberals are drying out the farms in California because of a 2-inch endangered fish in the delta. This is a hidden tax on the price people pay for food, rural unemployment, and commerce in the central valley.
That’s more like it… I like it when you punch back – harder, please.
“Don’t tread on me”
Hey Guy Average – you must have missed Obama’s proposals for the banks last week. Proposing over-regulation and rules that don’t address the problems might have a little bit more to do with the stock market’s performance over the last few days than the Massachusetts miracle.
77% view Obama as hostile to business. What I find most disconcerting is how the American people elected Obama in the first place.
The reckless foolishness required to blind a person into disregarding Obama’s obvious character deficiencies and hostilities to the American system has truly shaken my confidence and respect for the American people. Not all of them , mind you – but a great many of them. I really thought the lowest common denominator was a lot higher.
I now have an even better appreciation for Plato’s opinion of pure democracy. The superiority of a constitutional republic is even more obvious. But a constitutional republic depends upon respecting the constitution. Even the GOP seems to embrace a willful ignorance in this regard. While GOP complacency is marginally better the the Democrat’s open hostility to our rights and liberties, it’s nowhere near enough to turn America’s meltdown around.
I do hope a some competent leadership emerges from the fiasco the Obama voters wished upon the country. Right now, we seem to have none.
The good thing is that the Great Danger for the US from within has passed. Redistributive change will not happen. That is clear to even a lot of Democrats and pundits right now.
That leaves National security as the main concern. Not just the terrorist threat but the Global powerplay with China and Russia. I’m afraid we will lose valuable years here.
The US needs to start playing chess on Global scale very rapidly. Embrace India, a mortal enemy of Islam and China and a Democracy that has embrace Capitalism. Embrace Brazil, basically a Western civilization but dragged by a Post colonial resentment that can still drive it in the hands of anti Western nations. Renew the transatlantic ties. Europe is in a battle with Islam and borders on Russia. France and Germany have been a nuisance in the recent past but the clash of civilizations within Europe has creating a new look at the world. Don’t pay attentions to their elites, the common man thinks very differently.
A really great article. And there’s no need to explain your metaphors either.
I agree. This young god will simply dry himself off, allow the waters to settle a bit, and be found once again gazing into his own reflecting pool. There is No Hope that this guy will Change. (He was back at it in his “jobs” speech yesterday).
Spot on, once again VDH!
Thank you for sticking to your guns on the idea of “insenitive” speech. That particular brand of liberal foolishness is, or certainly should be, about over in this country.I know I am at that point where I simply no longer care about all of the PC shibboleths that people throw around. As is the case with the radio and television, the perpetually offended need not listen to me if I bother their tender sensibilities.
I am reminded of the Woody Allen quote: “Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh”.
This administration reminds me of a football game were one team returns the opening kickoff for a touchdown, then proceeds to get beat 52 – 7.
Dr. Hanson,
Thanks for the insight (with which I totally agree).
A day before Obama’s pronouncement about anger sweeping Scott Brown into office, I said the exact same thing to a friend of mine; waves of anger swept both of them into office. What Obama fails to realize, however, is that NOW it is anger at HIS current events (not the current events of the Bush administration).
There are those who wonder if Obama can learn from his mistakes (see Doug Wright #2 above), but IMHO I think not. Blaming Bush for Scott Brown’s election, Valarie Jarrett’s statement (some months ago) about the need for the administration to speak truth to power, and Ann Althouse’s recent comment chastising and highlighting Obama’s inability to respect the constitutional separation of powers in his recent remarks (re: the Citizens United case) are but three examples which reveal this administration’s idealogical intent of pushing an agenda. Such people are not capable of adaptation and change.
We have seen the high water mark of the New Left. Obama misread, overreached and the tides are indeed receding. It’s all backward and downward from here.
Obama is an empty suit…the people around him…hard leftists…If Chancey Gardiner doesn’t get some help to move Right…he’s a gonner in three years…question is…how many of us will he take down first?
While the observations are on target, the more intriguing issue is whether Obama and his cast of characters can pivot and survive politically. I say no, because these boneheads are leftist ideologues. Unlike former President Clinton, wackos like Pelosi, Reid, and Obama are so blinded by their misguided beliefs that reformation is impossible. Obama is such a maniacal narcissist that the prospect of any insight is dismal.
Great read, as always. Obama followed his bad Coakley rally speech with a worse one yesterday in Ohio about jobs. Bring back the teleprompter! Obama without a script was never pretty.
In spite of an out-of-touch President who remains anti-achievement, hyper-partisan, and soft on terror, I continue to have tremendous faith in my fellow Americans and in our system to outlive and overcome this and any future not-ready-for-prime-time administration. It’s not that their statist agenda is not understood, it just is not what the American people want. If the message has not been received, then 2010 elections are going to be grim indeed for the MSNBC crowd.
Obama’s new rallying cry to the parishioners is “We want our money back” Ok I’m for that let’s start with the Auto industry and the UAW,next give Fannie and Freddie a call, the stimulus, Copenhagen the lavish non state parties and the Banks, Oh, they’ve paid back some with interest,the others I guess we’ll just write off as risky adventures by “Fat Cats” who’ll kick the can down the road.
Guy Avearage:
The market tanked on Obama’s Declaration of War on banks, business, and Wall Street. The Community Organizer is falling back on the torches-and-pitchforks strategy, and, yes, investors are spooked.
Add into that mix *bankrupt* California’s passage of a $250 billion/year (yes, that’s a “b”) state healthcare system, and Moody’s ominous hints that Cali’s bond rating may be headed even further down than its current A-, threatening the complete fiscal meltdown of the largest state economy.
Yeah, I’d be shifting assets into gold about now, too.
Victor, when you wrote, “…The left neither quite understands…”, you are describing part of the scene.
There is also this: the left neither quite accepts….
In other words, the left understand, they are just too stubborn to give credibility to other perspectives.
Excellently put, much resonance here, especially this President’s most irritating personality trait, superciliousness…
“…the Obama brand of thinking that the people are deluded and must be warned by a philosopher-king not to do what is not good for them… The people are weary of being talked down to”
VDH—So true and one of your best.
About your Richter Scale column…never ever did I think about Haiti while reading it. It’s just the libs trying to score points against you, one of our most effective spokesmen
Good article. The taking of GM and Chrysler and giving it to the Unions while killing any requirement to repay investors will have the greatest long term effect. Who in their right mind is going to invest their ever diminishing discretionary funds in companies that are likely to be on the target list or have powerful unions?
Simple answer: None but those enriched Unions.
This fulfills the Law of Entirely Intended Consequences.
Well put professor. As your neighbor in Arizona, we too are just now digging out from the flooding of the last week, a kind of metaphor for what happened in Mass. The difference though, is we understand what caused all our damage, while the liberals are mostly still confused about what caused theirs.
3. Ave S:
I watched MSNBC and Fox back and forth on election night. I am pretty sure that the blather coming out of Olberman’s mouth was the same sound-track that was playing in Obama’s head. I was sure at one point that Olberman’s head was going to explode, I would haved loved to see what his blood-pressure was when he had to report that Coakley conceded. On the other hand Fox reporters were rather obviously smug.
Dr. Hanson,
In my opiniom Obama is not so much insensitive to the rejection of his programs by the bulk of the populace, as he is incapable of sensing that rejection. His ego and ideology make him CERTAIN that he is doing the right things. We are just a bunch of block-headed cretins for not seeing the majesty of his vision. That is why he thinks he just needs to talk to us a little bit more, so that we can see past our obdurate idiocy and move to the sunlit uplands where our betters will mind us.
On the conspiracy side; I always knew he was a plant, engineered by Karl Rove himself (wink).
VDH:
“And, therefore, of course, fresh new liberal mavericks in places like Utah and Alabama will soon be leading grass-roots rebellions against entrenched conservative incumbents to emulate Massachusetts.”
The thing about “revolutionaries”,(real or imagined), is that they have this giant blind spot. They can never imagine that they themselves would ever be the party being revolted against.
“Republicans must be gleeful as an inept Obama in some sort of delusion now claims that the prairie-fire pushback dovetails with his own Ascension in 2008. Oh yes, Barack — those who voted for a conservative in Massachusetts surely are the same sort of angry voters who turned out in droves for your hope and change mantra.”
In their glee may lie the seeds of the GOP’s own future downfall. Right now they are making hay simply by breathing and walking upright, but it would behoove them greatly to dispassionately study the lessons of Virginia, New Jersey, and Massachussetts to learn not just why the Democrats lost, but also why the GOP won,(the one does not necessarily follow the other. If you don’t want to vote for the Democrat, that doesn’t mean that you vote for the Republican by default…you can always stay home), and how if elected to the majority once again, they could avoid the same fate as has been invited by Pelosi and Reid’s Democratic Congress and the Obama Administration.
The last Democratic government ended in the debacle of 1994, and spelt half a generation in the political wilderness for the Democrats.
If the GOP gets, and keeps, it’s act together, then the next time the electorate throws the Dems out the front door, it should take at least 25 years before they can manage to crawl back in through the window.
One further thought. As these events develop it just amazes me that it is nothing less than our Constitution which inhibits this current march toward despotism.
As my wife pointed out, the founding fathers are thwarting Obama from the grave.
This is the stuff that isn’t taught in high school civics classes , and that really can’t be appreciated until one lives through it.
the dems and the idiot that goes by the name Barry are getting their advice from the likes of vivo, moho bc and that dork who signs off with peace.
“What I find most disconcerting is how the American people elected Obama in the first place.”
A key concept in center-right thinking is classical liberalism–the true spirit of intellectual liberality–which promotes the fair airing of all ideas, sometimes to its own detriment. Far from being rigid and inflexible, it enables, and tolerates, a surprising range of thought and action. This works well as long as its enemies do not mistake it for weakness, stupidity, and indecision.
Never call the Left liberals again; we are liberals in the original sense of the term.
I am encouraged by recent comments by Scott Brown that he is aware that he is following one of the great leaders of the Senate and that he and John Kerry plan to work together for the people of Massachussetts in the spirit of professional cooperation. Brown has also met with John McCain and has decided to brush aside both mainstream republican values and the loony right (far left and t-bags) in favor of representing the independant voices in his state. Quality stuff and I should say that I am pleasantly surprised how fast he has moved to the center. Centerist Republicans in the Northeast are already clamoring for his support and the far right in the rest of the country should take notes, specially if they harbor any hopes of making real progress in the fly over states. Brown ….the Cons.. OBama candidate in ’12? interesting indeed….
Out of so many great sentences, if forced[self-forced], I choose this one:
“Meanwhile on planet earth I was thinking of Secretary’s Chu’s warning that our farms in California would “dry up and blow away” as today I chained sawed limbs from a week of horrific storms and flooding, and prepare tomorrow to go to Huntington Lake to dig out 10 feet of snow from the house.”
Obviously, Victor should have called upon the Feds to assist him, and Victor does not seem to understand the value that “consensus” has brought to science. What has experience on the ground and even the most casual glance at data about historical temperature swings (think ice age, melting age) got to do with UN consensus? I ask you ladies and gentlemen…I ask you…I forgot what I was going to ask you.
At any rate, some say it isn’t any single issue that has caused the structure of Obama/Reid/Pilose librulism to dangerously teeter. It is the flimsiness of the entire deck of Bicycles(TM) that support it. Here are four examples:
1.Government is the answer and a charity for all ills of humanity.
2.I care, therefore, I am…better.
3.Feeling beats thinking.
4.The U.S. is and has always been the worst of countries, but WE know how to set things to rights.
On target VDH ! Many are starting to realize that Obama is not only Not a god, but that he is displaying marginal intelligence, marginal insight and minimal self-awareness. Thus we all heard the “reflecting pool splash”. We don’t have evidence that he either excelled at law school or for that matter even graduated. Has anyone seen the diploma ? Or how he paid his way ? His coronation as president is equivelent to the global warming scam with the recently revealed faking and destruction of records. Aside from the mounting list of foolish decisions, corrupt vote buying, and importation of Chicago style politics there is a resulting fact that will eventualy be assotiated with the word Obama -”untrustworthy”. Most adults eventually come to know that if you don’t have trust in a relationship then you don’t have anything. To remain in such relationship requires outright denial or pathetic desperation. Those benefiting will cling to the lie. American businesses and foreign businesses have no reason to trust Obama, let alone being guarded about a man who would denigrate his own country. He is like the big dog who turns his belly up to the little dogs. The world will come to know that it is Obama personally who is not to be respected or trusted as they watch the USA come to this realization. The wise people of Mass. are leading the way and the world is watching.
Obama has but one modality of governing – blame one segment to ingratiate another segment. But this is predictable having sat a Rev Wright’s knee for 20 years. He is not capable of doing better – this is who he IS.
The man is not to be trusted – except to pay off unions and those in congress who sell their votes. The hard reality is setting in – all to the benefit of his opposition and for the good of America.
The Mass. Senatorial election was a defining moment in time. Obama & his minions have an opportunity to refocus. Based on his ideologue education & what appears to be a narcissistic attitude, I doubt his course correction will be enough. Many leftists in his admin., plus the leftist media, are ranting & raving. They are positive the socialist agenda must push on. MSNBC
‘analyst’s’ looked & sounded as though their frothing at the mouth ranting would actually change what had transpired. How pathetic.
Republicans had better do their own course correction as well. Its time to come up w/ ‘real’ bipartisan ideas that the Dems can also buy into. By doing so, Republicans can show they have the ability to lead. If not, they too will face the responses of the voters. BTW, this liberal thing of attacking
‘the voters’ is becoming strange. As a kid, I was taught you do not bite the hand that feeds you. Marginalizing & dismissing the Tea Party movement, their anger, their positions, & their very real knowledge that the government is not capable of spending this nation out of a recession.
Big government is ‘still out.’ Regulations that are well written & actually enforced rather than scribbled together, passed as legislation that was unread, & administered by bureaucrats who actually did nothing while people like Madoff were screwing their investor clients, is why we are where we are, & is why citizens are sick & tired of politicians who talk the talk, but do not walk the walk.
On another note, how’s that curbing lobbyist access to the White House going? Oh, K-Street
lobbyists made even more money this past year than at any time in this nations history??? Guess that’s another one of those, do as I say, not as I do things!!
In all seriousness, is Obama borderline deranged?
Thanks VDH. We’re clearing snow on the eastside as well.
Hey – Vivo is back. We’ve missed your death defying logic and wit.
Please – share some more. There is nothing like a good deep belly laugh!
It is time for me to revisit a post I made over a year ago, to see how it held up over time. There is much to add…sadly…much to add.
1)We asked about the association with Frank Marshall Davis, the angry and bitter mentor with CPUSA ties, and they completely ignored us, telling us it didn’t matter.
2)We found out by ourselves, without them lifting a finger, about Jeremiah Wright and his frothing diatribes against America and Israel. When we asked them to look into this, they completely ignore us and told us it didn’t matter.
3)When Wright screeched for God to damn America, that the white man had invented AIDS to kill black people, that Louis Farrakhan was a hero and a role model, we asked them again to help us reveal items of importance, and again they ignored us and told us it didn’t matter.
4)So we looked up James M. Cone’s liberation theopolitics ourselves and found that it is based on Marxist principles, that they have threatened their deity…if their deity doesn’t hate whites, they will kill him. And we asked them to use their resources to help us understand why anyone would follow such a line of thinking and they ignored us and told us it didn’t matter.
5)Then we saw another dear friend, Michael Pfleger…acting out a bizarre minstrel show, raging against white people and their grandfathers and 401k’s. And we asked them to help us understand the attraction to such a buffoon, and they ignored us and said it didn’t matter.
6)So we trudged off to dig again on our own for when these folks became “dear friends” and “spiritual guides” and “mentors” and we found a basic history of mediocre to poor grades at Occidental College, certainly nothing of distinction or honors level…somehow translating into an acceptance at Columbia University. We asked how that could occur, given the extremely stringent entrance requirements, and they ignored us and said it didn’t matter.
7)Not only did the lack of scholarly achievement gain entrance to Columbia, it held fast throughout the stay there. There is not an ounce of record or shred of documentation that shows mere attendance, much less achievement. And yet, upon this ghost of a resume, acceptance into Harvard Law School, an institution with notoriously improbable statistics for gaining entry for those who score at the top of their class. We asked for an explanation, and we were ignored and told it didn’t matter.
8)During these Columbia years, we came to find that a co-conspirator in the mass murder of innocent Americans lived within walking distance. We also learned of some Socialist meeting halls at some Cooper place. We asked for details on all of this and we were told none would be forthcoming, because it didn’t matter.
9) This Ayers and his wife Dohrn hold such extremist radical views, they…unlike Wright, did not ask for God to damn America…they sought to embrace enemies who would incinerate it here on earth. Ayers apparently masterminded an indoctrination of schoolchildren plot, that was hidden behind stealth words and code names. He handpicked operatives to field general his master plan and we asked for help in uncovering his lifelong plan of overthrow of the government. We were told it didn’t matter, he was a “respected” professor among his fellow travelers in academia and the entrenched media…so it really, really didn’t matter.
10)One of the handpicked operatives is a guy named Michael Klonsky. This fellow was a chief blogger on the campaign welcome wagon and a Maoist who met with the Communist Chinese in an effort to prop up Maoism here at home. Klonsky, something called the New Party, the Democratic Socialists of America, the Students for a Democratic Society, the Weathermen…all seemed to overlap much like a clear plastic layout where one additonal layer adds to the picture of the last. We asked about connecting the dots with all these elements, and we were told no, go away and quit asking questions…it just doesn’t matter.
11)So, as we wondered how in the world these extremists were funded, we came upon a couple of boards of “charitable” organizations where Ayers once again popped up. Apparently millions and millions of dollars would be ground up like sausage, so as not to be recognizable and then would funnel through to various extremist ideological fronts. Apparently other board members were kept in the dark, or only served in yawning rote rubber stamp positions while this was being plotted right under their noses. Nobody knows, because nobody has aksed them…because, we are told…it didn’t matter.
12)One of the fundings went to this guy named Rashid Khalidi. He was an apologist for Arafat and a defender of suicide bombers of innocent children and women. He was feted at some dinner and they got a copy of the tape of this dinner, we asked them to see it and they said the source (perhaps Ali Abuminah, but maybe not) was more important than the truth. We said it was important to know what was on that tape and they told us our opinion doesn’t matter.
13)So Stanley Kurtz went digging for himself into how the Woods Foundation worked and the CAC was inter-related, and he went to a public university and to a public library to do the digging that they would not. And he was told that he would be refused access. We asked them to come to the aid of free speech, public access to documents, to help repel the coverup of information that is vital to our liberties as a nation. They sat on their hands and said it didn’t matter.
14)Joe the Plumber was approached at his home, seeking neither attention nor even leaving his property to invite it, and he said that the increase in taxation on certain folks sounded unfair to him. He did not a single thing more, and he was attacked viciously, not for the question, but because of a part of the answer. In fact, his privacy was invaded and illegally used as a campaign tool to continue the vicious attack. We asked that they engage in the condemnation of such vile usage of power and they sat on their hands and told us it didn’t matter.
15)Three of their brethren journalists have been eliminated from the plane as we approach the finish line, and coincidentally, all three who have been thrown off…are the ones who endorsed the opposing candidate. In asking them if that should be the future conduct as it applies to them, they sat on their hands and said it didn’t matter.
And, now…in the final days…Stanley Kurtz, Joe the Plumber, and fair minded and reasonable people everywhere are asking the last couple of questions.
Since all of the above have gone completely without a shred of investigation on your part, what if this candidate indeed shares those views of radical extremism? The methodologies of “boling the frog” one degree at a time? Perhaps it is far fetched….and yes, we anticipate your accusations of tin foil hat paranoia…but, simply answer the question. Because, you don’t know…and neither do we. You never asked the question. So, now…what if?
And the answer they gave is this…if it is true and he is already elected, by the time we find out for real…it’s not going to matter.
And for the first time, in a long time…I believed them.
Simply put, the man, Obama, is a massive failure. And a monumental fool. How quickly people have come to this realization is a measure of their intelligence.
Having ventured deep into dangerous political territory and staked themselves to positions that could be advanced only at great political cost and disowned or retreated from at some indeterminate cost, Scott Brown’s victory, in time, may turn out to be the Democrat’s Battle of Vyazma: A disorganized retreat can be the worst of all things.
Stymie McDoom’s numbers were crumbling WHILE the market rallied over 55% from its MArch 09 lows! Can you imagine his numbers mere weeks from now as the market reclaims its (un-bailed out and non-manipulated) fair value of DOW 7500-8000? Hasta la vista, comrade. Nice “bank reform,” what about slapping down and dissolving Fannie/Freddie/FHA? They may have had a teensy-weensy thing to do with the economic debacle, yes?
Explaining yourself over the use of Richter Scale is a tactical mistake. It only serves to legitimize your critics, and no sane person would have thought the comments inappropriate in the first place. I have come to the same conclusion about denying accusations of racism that are the inevitable outcome of any argument with a liberal.
Its easy to understand why the liberals don’t understand populist anger, as they have spent their entire lives viewing the world through a marxist lens–discarding reality to the contrary at every step.
I am more curious to see how the republican party, which has thus far been equally clueless about the sentiment of the average taxpayer. I am concerned they haven’t learned their lesson and will return to their campaign promise of “Not as bad as the democrats.”
Many people see that our country as we know it is on a path to financial destruction through government borrowing–some sort of tipping point where the recipients of government money represent more than 50% of the voters. Another potential outcome is some sort of revolt where those who produce tire of subsidizing those who do not. Either way, its going to be ugly, and its sad that common sense and prudence do not govern the populace–or maybe it is starting to…
Despite the defeat, we cannot expect that this administration of commies will relent in its fight to WEAKEN AMERICA.
Obama’s speech against the BANKS has obtained its INTENDED result, has caused the stock market to plummet.
And that has been a meaningful answer to the defeat: it has been a way to say “If I fail in one direction I will do ANYTHING to reach my goals”.
Every step of this administration is part of a long range strategy against America and against Freedom.
These radicals are not only dangerous communists, they are puppets of an international brotherhood of puppeteers.
America will be safe only if the radicals will be defeated again and again, in November, in 2012.
16. We asked about Van Jones, the administration’s “Green Jobs” czar, Van Jones, has a “very checkered past” deep-rooted in radical politics, including black nationalism, anarchism, and communism. They ignored us and told us it didn’t matter.
17. We asked about Anita Dunn and her attraction to Maoism, especially as the communications director, we were ignored and told it didn’t matter.
18. We asked why the deep bow to the Saudi Prince, we were told we were seeing things and it didn’t matter.
19. We asked why the “stimulus” package had to be rushed through, costing a trillion here a trillion there, without ever being read, and without seriously being debated, and we were told we were too stupid to understand, and that our concerns didn’t matter.
20. We asked why were we focusing on spending so much treasure and fortune on “Global Warming” when there seemed to be something amiss…and we were told that the “science was settled” and that no more inquiries were relevant, to sit down and shut up…because anyone who didn’t accept this “settled science” didn’t matter to the discussion.
21. We asked why the credit card check was shut off during the campaign, which could allow foreign circumvention into our election process, we were ignored and told it didn’t matter.
22. Yet, when the Supreme Court issued a ruling saying that corporations were allowed to participate, we asked why was that a bad thing and we were told to get out of the way of the “forceful response”, because our opinions didn’t matter.
23. We asked why this health care “reform” was being shoved down our throats through back door deals, bribes, and payoffs. If it was such a great thing, why the need for kickbacks and bribes. We were told we were not worthy of watching the process, it would take place in the dead of night, behind our backs…because our dislike of it doesn’t matter.
24. We asked for the Black Panther FOIA materials, we were denied them and told our interest in the proceedings didn’t matter.
25. We wanted to know why enemy combatants who plot to mass murder our countrymen are being kept from military justice, and being given lawyered up protections, to our national detriment and we are told that our desire for national defense doesn’t matter.
26. We have been called “bitter clingers”, “teabaggers”, “national threats”, “mean”, “angry”, “stupid”….not just conservatives, but independents and moderates…for not agreeing with each and every ambush legislation crammed down our throats, because unless you are walking in lockstep, your opinion doesn’t matter.
On a cold Tuesday in January, all across Massachusetts…and in every hamlet of this land…behind a little known and unexpected candidate…we gave an answer.
We matter…you arrogant and very inglorious basterds….we matter.
Its the left causing California farm land to dry up and blow away by shutting off water for irrigation.
18. vivo:
Republicans didn’t win in MA. Independents did. They voted to keep the new health care plan out of their State. ‘We have ours’, so who cares about the rest of their uninsured countrymen.
They go down in History as egotistical greedy bastards. May their State sink into the ocean.
Jan 23, 2010 – 4:24 am
Wow! I am impressed! It’s apparently not enough to throw Coakley under the bus. The whole state of Massachusetts must be thrown under too! Better get a bigger bus, vivo.
#18 VIVO or is it BOBO? Keep up the denial;it’s the best ally conservatives can have.Chris Christie,is not a republican;he’s really a “stealth” independent.Obama is not a marxoid democrat;he’s a libertarian!Mickey mouse is really Felix the cat,and you are a libtard troll badly disguised as “concerned voice orf reason”.Give us all a break and get real!
“In all seriousness, is Obama borderline deranged?”
I have said that on numerous occasions. Obama does not seem to be wrapped tight. He will not likely finish out his term of office. Obama may very well wish to punish America for its betrayal of his utopian vision. And yes, I am serious as a heart attack. While I candidly admit that I lack any professional credentials behind my name—I still have little hesitation in describing the president as a very dangerous man. Do I know what I am talking about? You can decide that for yourself.
Dr:
I re-read your columm about Nemesis. She is knocking at the door, or maybe has her foot inside. I think Obama’s handlers know this and also know their time is short. They must destroy America quickly, hence the “bank regulations” which the European banks applaud but will not join (imagine that). Anything to plunder and destroy just as the Barbarians sacked Rome under the corrupt Emperors at the end of the Roman Empire.
The difference is that our people have had a taste of freedom and have the wisdom not just from books, but of self determination and common sense. We will not let it happen and your freedom to speak and write from your tremendous reserve of historical knowledge and the wisdom gleaned from working the land will provide encouragement and comfort.
Noone should delude themselves into believing that this is politics as usual. They are angry, and in their anger will commence to destroy. We must be ready. Vote out McCain, elect Perry, clean the people’s house, vote out the Statist governors, down with the public employees unions. march on.
Excellent work Mr. Hanson as always. Good luck removing that snow, take it slow and easy. The ultimate in futility is having to shovel what will melt given the time if we could only afford the time to let it melt on its own.
The President seems to have surrounded himself always as far as I can tell with unrepentant types; can you imagine Bill Ayers, The Rev. Wright, Van Jones, Anita Dunn, Rahm or his brother and all of rest of the extreme leftists in Obama’s circle of friends and advisors ever admitting they were wrong and changing their minds? Can you imagine the arrogant chin in the air Obama ever saying he was wrong? I can’t. If he did I wouldn’t laugh at him in public and I wouldn’t mock his pickup truck. We all would breathe a sigh of relief and move on down the road. I think most know this change of heart will not happen, not when their hero’s are named Marx, Mao and Che, not when lies, false promises and straw man arguments are the staple of the everyday discourse.
What will have to happen? The ideas of the left and the thoughts of the left will have to be destroyed once and for all in open warfare both spiritual and intellectual. The left must be proved wrong and their murderous thoughts, ideas and deeds exposed for all to see. This is a war fought like no other and it could end without bloodshed, it is a war for hearts and minds.
This will be the year of disclosure for the left, their eugenics, their racism, their anti Semitism will be exposed for what it is and who they (the left) really are. They have been defeated in wars but now they must be exposed and defeated by the truth here at home in the good old USA. Obama leads the parade; his ideas will be exposed and defeated. His philosophy destroyed. He can hide no longer. There is a reason the Liar is on the stage; there are choices to be made right here at home.
They still don’t understand the Tea Party movement. I feel very connected to this movement because of shared concerns about overspending, but I’m also pro-choice and support gay rights. When they describe this movement as “conservative” they’re only partially correct – what they fail to appreciate is that there are socially liberal folks, such as me in Massachusetts, who wanted desperately to vote in a female candidate but could not because she’s tied to the fiscally irresponsible agenda.
I hope Republicans have learned a lesson from the Massachusetts contest in relation to NY-23. Expand the tent and include socially liberal, fiscally conservative candidates. Also, run more female candidates like Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina!
Like we say around here, you kill the snake, and show the stick.
Obama will never rise beyond his alter ego- Stuart Smalley on steroids.
“I’m smarter than you.”
“I’m better than you.”
“and darn it, people like me!
Wrong on all three counts.
I like the picture you conjure up with “the voters of Massachusetts have splashed our hypnotized young god back into his own reflecting pool”.
Now poor old Obamacissus can’t gaze transfixed at his reflection because of the ripples in his pool. Deprived of gazing at his one true love (himself) he goes all cranky and snarky. The obvious conclusion is to keep ruffling the surface of his reflecting pool. He won’t be able to take that for long. Around 2012 he might retreat to a proper reflecting pool in the Hyde Park district of Chicago.
9. rachel again:
He just loves his country – sniff, sniff, snorkle – and he fears for it – sniffle. snork. boo hoo hoo
BTW – What happened to the meteoric stock rally that was predicted by conservatives if Scott Brown won?
Bueller?
64. cfbleachers:
6)So we trudged off to dig again on our own for when these folks became “dear friends” and “spiritual guides” and “mentors” and we found a basic history of mediocre to poor grades at Occidental College, certainly nothing of distinction or honors level…somehow translating into an acceptance at Columbia University,,
I haven’t found any documentation of his academic record at Occidental. His posing for pictures depicting him smoking a joint is about all I know about his time at Occidental. Those pictures do not support the claim of his being a good student, but neither do the photos definitely disprove the claim of his being a good student. Could you please enlighten me?
The paucity of documentation about his earlier life, with the exception of what he chose to present in his books, is disturbing.
About six months ago, to a large extent for my own aggrandisment I freely admit, I placed on the PJM record that
Barack Hussein Obama, in my view, was the worst President in the history of the United States. Now I would like to take this opportunity
to amend that statement. Obama, is now the worst President in the history of the world. If there are no dissenters, I will submit this for
inclusion in the next edition of “Ripley’s Believe it or Not,” which I’m negotiating to make into a Fox TV show for 2011.
#82
It wasn’t “conservatives” who made the prediction, Scuzneck. It was just old Jim Steetwall or whatever his name is. If he really could call market moves, he wouldn’t have to be a scribbler of books and hawker of goods on the tele.
81. skeeziks:
9. rachel again:
He just loves his country – sniff, sniff, snorkle – and he fears for it – sniffle. snork. boo hoo hoo
the O-bum-a loves his country too …just no one knows which one it is. well maybe Ram Emanuel does. where does the one with the “lovely arms” go when Ram sleeps over?
You missed a couple of points: what about the TOTAL lack of transparency (starting with his own personal documents) when that is all he talked about during the campaign, how about the obvious corruption with the bribes to Louisiana, Nebraska and labor, and what about the question, if it isn’t good enough for federal politicians and employees, why is it good enough for us?
Gringo, there are a number of things that are PUBLIC record related to academics in college. The Dean’s list for each year, the honor societies, the awards and distinctions for students.
NONE, show any record that can be found offering a distinction so grand, that entrance to an Ivy league school of stringent admission standards would warrant.
Moving east, according to the autobiographies…was to be closer to African-American neighborhoods and radical professors. Experimentation with drugs and a less than serious attitude preceded the “awakening”, by his own words.
There is not an ounce of serious academic achievement noted anywhere prior to Harvard. If there is, it certainly was not presented as far as I can tell. He did not achieve Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude or even basic honors status in undergraduate studies, there is none listed….anywhere.
This is not a major point of contention…because, in the final analysis…it shouldn’t be “the” deciding factor, in my opinion. My original point…was that President Bush was under constant assault for lack of academic achievement…yet neither Kerry, nor Gore…nor Obama…came under the same level of scrutiny. It’s the UNFAIRNESS in the coverage that’s the point…not the grades in undergrad studies.
Agree about the big O.
But we cannot lose sight of the fact that Socialism is highly organized worldwide, has incrementally made huge inroads on our country, and will not give up.
O is one man. He has numerous advisers, and many waiting in the wings to support his agenda or take his place. They have international resources and financing. They will not give up. This has been going on for decades. Defeating O as the present face of the left is important, but we can’t lose sight of the big picture.
Many of us were asleep, now we are awake. Sure, let’s celebrate our successes, but don’t think the battle is won. Stay alert, focused, and ready.
#18. Vivo – how do inflammatory comments further anything other than a toxic conversation. “selfish”!? … or is the uncertainty of gain weighed with the likelihood of disabling deficits lead one to reject the healthcare proposal and suggest that the communication is ineffective.
Communication is not what one says, rather it’s what the listener hears and understands. Go with that or if you prefer to indulge yourself with anger and disparagement, we’ll all just close our ears, and hope not to see you soon.
Mr. Obama: mene, mene, tekel, upharsin. (And we all know what happened to King Belshazzar and, more importantly, Babylon.)
Are you ready to take back our country?
Are you happy with our government officials? Obama? Reid? Pelosi? Napolitano? Holder? Schumer? Franken, Frank, Rangel, Boxer, Conyers, Geitner?
Are you satisfied with the Hope and Change we’ve seen since the Obama Chicago administration entered the White House?
Do you still trust President Obama to keep his promises?
Do you believe there is anything transparent about this administration?
Do you know what happened to Pelosi’s promise of the “most ethical Congress in history”?
Are you in favor of the CIA being investigated, Navy Seals being court-martialed, KSM tried in civilian court in NYC, and Abdulmutallab lawyered up with rights of American citizens?
Is it OK with you that Obama has given Interpol, an international criminal police organization, full immunity from US law, with unsupervised freedom to investigate Americans on our own soil without recourse or the supervision of our own government?
Do you believe the Obama administration understands that we are at war with radicals who seek to destroy us and our way of life?
Do you have faith in Obama to take EVERY measure to protect us? Including harsh interrogation if a terrorist is captured in the act or planning attack against us? Or be swayed by his base on the Left such as Moveon, the ACLU, ACORN and SEIU who seem to favor the rights of terrorists over the safety of American citizens.
Do you approve of taxpayer funding for ACORN?
Are you at ease with the government takeover of our health care system, involving one-sixth of our economy? Do you want government bureaucrats making life and death decisions about your health?
Are you glad this administration focused their efforts on health care, out-of-control spending and outrageous pork projects, rather than jobs, the economy and reducing our deficit?
Are you in favor of redistribution of your wealth, or whatever is left of it?
Are you comfortable with the ever-growing, staggering debt being left to our children and grandchildren?
Can we count on the mainstream media to investigate voter fraud, bribery, kickbacks and blatant corruption and expose it wherever they find it?
Do you admire an administration that vilifies, maligns and tries to silence or destroy its critics?
If your answer to these questions is NO, view America Rising An Open Letter to Democrat Politicians and get ready to take back our country in November 2010!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=662R2awSwPQ&feature=player_embedded
82. skeeziks: It died when The Messiah Pivoted to beat on Wall St. in an attempt to regain populist support.
Bueller?
Are you Moho or Vivo or Now and Then?
Anonymous (62)
“In all seriousness, is Obama borderline deranged?”
More than borderline, he is in fact a nearly perfect example of a narcissist with messianic delusions. Given his own irrational actions and the worshipful behavior of those around him, it’s ironic that Federal law enforcement is surrounding his compound to protect him rather than to force him to surrender to them. In fact, shouldn’t the FBI HRT be preparing an assault on his compound in order to save his kids from exposure to child molestation advocates and twisted interpretations of the Bible?
With the defeat of Brown and the unraveling of his poll numbers I seriously doubt he can make it past mid-summer without either reverting to drug use or having some sort of very public fit or breakdown.
Regards
82. skeeziks:
BTW – What happened to the meteoric stock rally that was predicted by conservatives if Scott Brown won?
———————
You did notice that the DJIA took a tremendous leap upward on Monday and Tuesday preceding the anticipation of Brown slaughtering Coakley, didn’t you?
What happened? That’s easy, and here it is in a nutshell, just for you. Obama opened his big mouth again and threatened the banking industry! Nice timing, eh?
Try again, and make an attempt to stay focused. Better yet, return to dkos with the rest of the progressive bed-wetters. They’re in total meltdown mode, attacking each other with gusto, just like vultures on road-kill. Funniest thing I’ve ever seen. You would fit right in!
VDH: Post-election thoughts:
Did Obama really think the laws of physics
did not apply to him ?
Pretty sure he does not literally believe
that he can walk on water, but certain that
the laws of psychology, as they apply to
political campaigns, are the only ones he
cares about.
This is unfortunate, considering that the
economy is now the only political issue
(because economic growth creates jobs), and
the primary driver of _our_ economy is
leading-edge high-tech innovation, which
is mostly driven by advances in applied
physics.
Is there any hope for a change of mind ?
No, because the Left would rather die than abandon their core beliefs, and they will
go deeper into denial as each one is disproved:
AGW, NCLB, Nurture/Nature, and the others I
won’t list, to reduce the chance of this comment
being moderated out of existance: Shhh !
Obama has kept one promise to “transform”:
Wash. DC. is now Wash.District of Chicago.
Dr. Hanson: Please don’t give away too much of the secrets of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Make mention of “The Lake”, don’t be too specific. We love our mountains and want to keep them as pristine as possible. Thousands of tourists trampling the valley’s and meadows of the range will not help.
93. baal:
82. skeeziks: It died when The Messiah Pivoted to beat on Wall St. in an attempt to regain populist support.
It tanked 230 the day before Obama made any comment abut that.
Are you misnathropicus or mongoose or goy?
Don’t feed the troll. It’s just looking for a slap fight.
Good points as always doc.
Rush went to the hospital in Hawaii. It was one of two that Obama’s relatives said he was born in. Neither will confirm the birth.
Nobody has come forth to say they knew Obama at Columbia University.
Nobody was allowed to talk to his grandmother and then she died…
The press stinks.
Nobody in their right mind wants to be ruled by Chicago thugs.
Just to state my bonafides again – I’m a VDH man since 1998. I’m as cold-hearted and gruff as the next conservative.
But it was tactless to use the earthquake metaphor so soon after the Haiti disaster. It was a matter of timing, not that the metaphor should never be used.
To claim political correctness is weak tea. It ain’t. It’s simple decency.
Just as people didn’t want to see movies made of NYC being destroyed for a few years after 9/11, or use hurricane metaphors for transient matters in the weeks after Hurricane Katrina, or silly war metaphors during the Iraq invasion, or earthquake metaphors after the 1989 California earthquake for that matter – using the graves of a few hundred thousand to expostulate on politics is more a pattern of the hysterical and indecent left. They forget their manners b/c of their obsession with all things political.
If it were accidental – fine. But to smugly defend it now is stupid and petty. Simply say, “I probably could have made my point in a better way given the circumstances” and admit an error in judgment now and then.
The yahoos who have defended it on the last two forum boards are indicative of the coarseness and indecency of it.
Say what you like, but more than a few true-blue conservatives found it tasteless.
skeeziks, the market’s a funny thing. It doesn’t react to issues the day of or day prior. Please don’t tell me you’ve heard Obama recently espousing, ‘Banks.. bad’ just this past week!
BTW, the ‘bad banks’ have contributed to Democratic candidates 2-1 money-wise to that of Republicans. Obama received nearly $1 million from Goldman Sachs alone in 2008..!
The top 8 recipients of Wall Street PAC dough are Democrats.. I digress.
The market fell more than 5%.. this week alone! I believe trashing the market, where 70% of the country has their retirement tied up is a ‘bad choice’. Though his minions loooove it.. even if their own nest egg is in the market.
Obama’s made Wall Street an uncertain environment, which means banks are hard pressed to make loans/ not making loans, which means businesses are not asking or being turned away and thus no hiring/ hiring freeze/ shrinking assets..
So, recap this past week, mandated health insurance in the name of ‘healthcare reform’ is shelved and the very next day Teleprompter Guy says, ‘were forging ahead’ – Yeah, I ‘wonder’ why the market, Americans grow weary of this guy..
The same guy who claims, ‘We want our money back’ is the same guy who HELPED the banks take our money..
Strangely, Barney frank has made more lucid remarks since Tuesday than Obama! hahahaha
“” … at least 25% of (criminal) aliens in California themselves (are) not employed and very few (have) documents in the first place that could become un-anything.”"
Unless, that is, one catches one who’s been here more than ten minutes. After which he will have visited the local forgers and may be described only as being at least “adequately documented.”
B A:. – L A – CA — and the Very Far Away ….
“In all seriousness, is Obama borderline deranged?”
I think so. I am not a shrink, but I would not be surprised if he has to be removed from office in 2011 for “health reasons”.
Odd isn’t it,no resume, no obvious moral compass, no experience, asinine statements, numerous indications of delusions of grandeur and Obama is still elected President.
I agree he is one of the worst Presidents in world history, because he is letting the Iranians get the a-bomb when he could prevent it in an afternoon’s airstrike. So rather than play George Bush he is going to cause the deaths of multitudes.
What will history say of the US electorate of 2008?
Good thoughts yet again, Professor. I found this a stunning week for American liberties (http://tinyurl.com/yegj4cs) and it has been quite amusing to hear the progressive liberals spinning at such a furious pace as their grip on the American people slips more and more. Just today, a very liberal friend referred to those who supported Scott Brown as the “Bubba vote”.
May the gods save us from such warmth and caring.
Well done Mr Hanson, as a fellow Californian I had no problems with your Richter scale metaphore. It’s like being sensative to saying there was a wildfire of public opinion sweeping Brown to victory. Sure real things are happening that are bad but why are we self-censoring ourselves so much?
Saw Jimmmmmy Carter this week in ATL. He had this huge smile on his face..
For those who know what I mean, the more I think about it, the more Obama reminds me of Canadian PM (and socialist) of the 1970′s, Pierre Trudeau. Law professor, philosopher king, utopian with gaps in his resume / personal history that until today have not been satisfactorily disclosed, propagandist, community organizer.
Thank you for your inspiring post, Gylippus @ 25.
I was especially uplifted by your last point, about offering a vision, using space exploration as an example.
It made me suddenly remember when we had good, exciting, proud, and hopeful times. As a normal state of affairs!
The left has done a worse number on us (me) than I realized. They have beaten us down so badly, over the past eight years especially, that their dismal view of us has seeped into us like an infection, without our even realizing how much.
When all you hear are your fellow citizens telling you how awful we are, what a horrible country we are, how greedy we are, how stupid most of us are as individuals, what rubes we are, what a blot upon the environmental landscape we are, how we kill people in other countries for no reason, how corporations and businessmen and insurance companies and other industries are evil -
- and on and on, endlessly – it takes a toll, whether we realize it or not. The hate rhetoric – hating us – has been intense, pounding, on every front, and relentless.
I remember when we were not only the good guys, but also the guys who could do anything. Your post brought back those feelings. I’d forgotten how they even felt!
Optimistic times, times when we believed in ourselves, in our essential goodness, and in our future to go on to do even greater things – I remember them now.
In trying to destroy our country, the left has done a pretty good job of destroying our faith in ourselves, leaving us in a sad, mea culpa state of malaise.
I didn’t realize how much they’d succeeded, until your post triggered memories of how it used to be.
All topped off by a president who goes around the world apologizing for us! That would have been unthinkable in earlier times!
I think you are right – we can have those good times back. What’s more, we should. We deserve them. And I want them back!
I’m tired of being held responsible for every ill, real or imagined, in the universe. The left is basically sick.
Make no mistake – Obama and his minions do not care what happens in VA, CT, or MA – they are going full steam ahead with their attempt to socialize this country. Granted, it will be somewhat more difficult now, but the fact is they are bound and determined to destroy capitalism and freedom. It’s their world vision and they cannot help themselves. They must try everything possible – election results be damned – to undermine the hard-working, decent, church-going, honest and free people of the USA like Joe the Plumber and the millions just like him.
The mask really has slipped on this god with feet of sand, We now see the haughty, sneering, surly third world banana dictator strongman and his authoritarian impulses. He has had some year trying to keep many people from getting a real peak at the man behind the mask, but the mask is disintegrating from too much wear and tear and he stands revealed for the caudillo he is. In this day and age to try to breathe life into a marxist/fascist authoritarian feudal sytem of slavery to the state speaks volumes about his ignorance, vanity, or sociopathology.
PS- Mr. Hanson-your columns on this individual in the WH are always enjoyable to read. You nail him every time.
#18
Vivo,
Never before has anyone used so few words to display such a depth of prejudice and ignorance. I salute you sir, and expect you to soon reinforce my negative impression of you. Blather on, brave Vivo, blather on and expose still further the shallow thinking of people like you.
Why did Scott Brown win the election? He won because of two groups of people. Group A forgave his nude photo because of his conservatism. Group B forgave his conservatism because of his nude photo.
63. PM:
“Hey – Vivo is back. We’ve missed your death defying logic and wit.”
Yeah, I was following the Late Night Show wars.
72. zhombre:
90. David Sheedy:
“#18. Vivo – how do inflammatory comments further anything other than a toxic conversation(?).”
You call inflammatory and toxic what IS in the minds of the selfish MA leprechauns?
93. baal:
“82. skeeziks: Are you Moho or Vivo or Now and Then?”
Not vivo.
Yes it is a good thing that Barry is being seen for what he is.
I just don’t understand how conservatives can get excited about the possible revival of the GOP.
The damn thing died years ago and the carcass stinks to high heaven. Romney? McCain? Huckaby? Sarah, who endorses and abets McCain?
It is undeniable that the GOP’s utter abandonment of Reaganism gave us Barry Sotero on a silver platter. THIS is the single most salient fact of present day political reality.
But then again we’d never get a third party off the ground. I guess resurrection is our only hope.
I’m pretty sure its only downhill from here though. I don’t think politics is the answer to what ails this land.
I expect we’ll soon see some astroturf Tea Party gatherings by liberals. We may even see Obama attend one of these hoping to bleed off support for the real Tea Parties. Liberals always want to see things in terms of the person, thinking incorrectly that opposition to Obamas comes from opposition to a black liberal. They simply cannot give up on idenity politics. If black Americans ever get past their racist voting record then Democrats are finished forever in America as a political force.
Essential vdh.
Anyone who calls himself a “true blue conservative” is not.
rp: Get yourself a publicist or stop blowing your tin horn.
Right on Chuck!
Being conservative and loving freedom and individual liberties and responsibility is not a state of mind for a politician nor simply a subject for political discourse. It is a necessity for humanity.
Over the millennium the BHO’s always fade away into the dust of history. The problem exists for those humans who happen to exist during the same time.
America as founded has only existed this one time in history. It is being tore down by human weakness. Sounds impossible doesn’t it.
To Alana,
That’s the spirit!
#103 Publius.
I’ve run into this bird on the net before. He is all kindness, sensitivity, and gentleness to those poor people with whom he has never had contact. Oh the humanity! But, if he says three and you say maybe its four, he will class you with the apes and fools from high atop his intellectual mansion above the teeming and squalid masses below (H/T Bob & Ray).
It is hard to believe he is a conservative. I’m sure he considers himself above such petty matters as politics. When one has the weight of conveying the truth about proper manners to a world full of of dolts and oafs, well, there is little time left for anything but matters of the sublime, i.e., ixnay on the ichterray.
Obamanation attacking the Straw Man Wall Street with more political Taxes and fines is populism that is not going to be bought by the US citizen voters. Axelrod, Rham Emanuel, Saul Alinski game plan executed by Obama, Reid and Pelosi are reflected in the Administration’s own massive spending, taxing everyone in sight, porkulus, health care rip off, back room deals, bribery,Union special interest without creating an environment where people who would normally start a business can even think about doing so. Prof. Hanson is right on the money. Go Republicans!
“After a year Obama still has not yet figured out that his promiscuous talk of higher income, payroll, health care, and inheritance taxes, serial demonization of finance and business, and all sorts of new regulations, create a psychological climate in which the employer pulls in his horns and decides to ride things out ”
Yes he has.
The leftists know what works to improve the economy and foster an environment that will increase employment.
But as Mark Levin said Friday….that is their worst nightmare.
And I know VDH knows it as well.
Stop being disingenuos. You have been flirting with the real truth for months. Just say it.
The country needs to learn that there is a substantial track record, around the world, for what works and doesn’t work to combat recessions. Obama is doing exactly what every economist knows does not work. And since he isn’t stupid, the American people need to be told so they can make up their own minds about what his true agenda really is.
Fellow VDH readers – Dr. Hanson referenced his book “Mexifornia” in this post. For those of you who have not yet read it – it is a wonderfully written memoir with terrific insights to the current problems that face California and which may soon face the rest of the nation. The book proves the author to be both pragmatic and caring, and it exposes the sad realities of what has happened to the author’s beloved home state. It’s a great read.
18: Comments like yours are the reason the term schadenfreude was invented. And it feels good, my dear troll.
#77. “(Republicans should) Expand the tent and include socially liberal, fiscally conservative candidates. Also, run more female candidates like Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina!”
(laughing) – you’re kidding.
Republicans need to nominate small government, strong defense, fiscally conservative people who, IMO, have practical experience running successful businesses. I could care less if they’re gay, black, green, or female, and I really doubt that many of us give a fig about race, class, or gender.
You’re a troll, right?
“This sort of unreality will ensure that the Obama flame continues to engulf the congress of liberal moths that swarm to it.”
I enjoy the style as well as substance of your writings. This line made my day. Thanks!
I agree with Jeffrey @ 76. The networks need to be exposed in detail. Otherwise political victory for the right will only be a temporary reprieve from authoritarian single party rule. The Left will simply continue to ‘burrow from within’, as Sr. Gramsci taught them so many years ago. Their ‘Long March’ has been thorough, aimed first at our cultural well-springs: academia and mass-media (including Hollywood), which they have populated with their well indoctrinated minions. We must accept some of the blame for allowing it to happen, when we should have known better. From there, they have insinuated themselves into our legal and financial systems, our corporations, and as John Derbyshire pointed out the other day, into our military too (though I still have enormous faith in our fighting champions of freedom.)
As Alana @ 111 so eloquently argues, they have largely succeeded in their task. Largely, but not quite, as Alana herself demonstrates (a sing of great hope). Their goal has always been to blunt the success of American style individualism, so that it could not stand in the way of neo-Communist global oligarchy. In fact, America was seen as the linchpin of this revolution. Their method is fourfold: 1 – to undermine American culture by attacking its foundations (manipulating our youth, and the misplaced sense of guilt which often accompanies success). 2 – To agitate from below, indoctrinating and mobilizing the disenfranchised (wether real or imagined) with exaggerated grievances and self-destructive promises.(ACORN etc.) 3 – to stack political offices with corrupt ideological pawns. And 4 – to exploit the secondary differences among conservatives, and between conservatives and independents. We all agree on core principles: fiscal restraint, low taxes, strong military. But we differ on important, but less foundational issues, we need to learn to see beyond those. That is our great weakness, and until we realize that without a strong economy / military posture all else is lost, we will not be able to effectively counter the left in the long term.
The other important lesson is that now that we have seen how the left operates, we must teach our youth to recognize the signs. They must understand that they are vulnerable to manipulation, at risk to surrender their autonomy and even their individuality to false, short term promises of gratification and easy fixes. Youth instinctively resists authoritarian limits on freedom, but ironically their lack of experience makes them susceptible to the siren song of immediate power (which is in fact slavery). The threat of collectivism will never go away completely, but a well-informed and alert citizenry is a sure defense. An American citizenry, free to move rapidly, to create and respond to opportunities, and committed to supporting all peoples’ who share the dream of Liberty remains mankind’s best hope as we move into an always uncertain future, that yet brims with potential.
For my part I highly recommend the works of David Horowitz and his colleagues Peter Collier, Ben Johnson and Richard Poe. This is an excellent place to start to learn about how the left has embedded itself in our society, and how to confront and dislodge it. “The Politics of Bad Faith” is a great read, so are “Unholy Alliance” and “Party of Defeat.” Armed with this knowledge we will not be so easily fooled again.
Chuck, though I agree with some of your points I have to disagree with your take on ‘Joe the Plumber’.
Joe wasn’t very forthcoming when speaking with Obama. Though the flack, illegal electronic checks on the guy, he’s more an opportunist than anything.
117. Vivo – invective usually doesn’t produce much other than a negative result. If that’s you’re goal, you’ve achieved it in spades as well as your standing
Plainly and simply the President is enamored with himself. He sees himself, not a President of the United States unlike other countries governed by a written Constitution, but as a messianic figure. He has surrounded himself with a coterie of acolytes, some of whom dominate, but most of whom are craven grovelers. He bows profoundly to foreign dignitaries thinking they will see him as magnanimous. But his bows are signals, to them, of obeisance. “We can handle this guy”, they say to themselves. No wonder the President has cost us the respect of our traditional allies. He has little influence in the Congress, a fact well demonstrated by the manner in which the “Health Care” bill was developed. It was written with little or no input from the President, and shaped by bribery before it collapsed. During the period this bill was before the Congress, the President saw fit to intervene in political races in Virginia, New Jersey and Massachesetts, as well as travel to Copenhagen twice; and on each occasion, to no avail. He is blinded by his ego. He does not realize that he, blinded by himself, is contributing significantly to the healthy and growing discontent over government excess in the United States.
Oh vivo vivo vivo … those nasty greedy selfish MA voters must be disenfranchised, uprooted and sent to reeducation camps to learn and confess the errors of their way. This poor ignorant and short-sighed electorate stumbling to the polls, mistaking their own long-term best interests (Thomas Frank: What’s the matter with Kansas AND NOW Massachusetts?) and voting incorrectly — well, that has to stop. The progressive wave is the future and if people can’t get this, they will have to be dragged there anyway. Too much is at stake to tolerate mere individual caprices.
Publius, @ #103, smarten up! VDH’s Richter Scale metaphor is just fine. It’s in no way an insult to Haitians. In fact, the seismic—whoops!—changes in their lives absolutely validate the use of VDH’s predictions for changes in the USA after Scott Brown’s win.
(I guess I insult all horse lovers if, when hungry, I say, “I could eat a horse.” Give me a break. And, literalists like Publius, get a life.)
PC, cry baby feelings are altogether not worth adjusting to.
A wonderful essay, and great comments. cfbleachers, outstanding….
Fred Beloit #103 says of Publius – “I’ve run into this bird on the net before.”
You’re a genius Fred! Me and Alexander Hamilton are the only two people in history to ever use the pseudonym ‘Publius’. You’ve tracked me down and found me. You are internet tracker extraordinaire!
I won’t bother recounting my life or experiences to such a Web-Weenie as yourself – I made a point which no one bothered to intelligently refute.
But in case this is your first few months on the internet ol’ boy – you should know that many people use the same handle on forum boards – all unbenownst to each other. Imagine!
I promise if we ever meet Fred, I will be far from all kindness, sensitivity, and gentleness.
Thanks for the laugh Freddy.
I’ve read only 1/3 of the comments, but noticed one particular thing was not covered:
The hard left – Obama and his administration included – are clearly in complete denial about the meaning of Massachusetts. Thus, when they do lose power – in 2010 and finally in 2012 – they won’t understand or accept it. They simply cannot accept Reality and cannot learn from their mistakes. The need to live in a Fantasy world of perfect socialism is too strong for them – they find affirmation, a sense of belonging and superiority and rightness that they simply don’t have the strength to abandon and deal with the world as it truly is.
I strongly suspect that when they completely lose power, a few of the loons on the left will actually go so far as to refound the Weather Underground and try to do by force what they could not do at the ballot box.
This isn’t over yet.
VDH- Thank you for your clarity and the courage to speak your mind. Though the fact that I think you have to have courage is a sad commentary on our times. Keep up the good work. We need you.
James Carville’s big advice to Obama is:……Put more blame on Bush….. 2010 and 2012 are starting to look very solid
Is there a teleprompter jammer on the market, or even better one that overrides the text from one computer to say a laptop broadcasting inane stuff. I would love to see that happen with Obama, without a teleprompter he is totally clueless.
“The left neither quite understands the populist outrage nor would have a clue how to deflate it if it did.”
**And along comes trusty nutjob vivo to prove it.
From my point of view, President Barack Obama does not have the slightest concern for the well being and safety of this republic and its people.
It is difficult for me to view him other than as an enemy of the state in a wartime environment.
While I’ve been known to use hyperbole with the same regularity that some use hand sanitizer, this is one time when I’m giving it to you straight. Consequently, Congress must band together to control this man who I believe possesses the mental schematic of a deranged individual. He has made at least ten decisions that I consider proof positive of his unbalanced-as-a three-legged-horse nature.
1. Spending millions on New York lawyers to defend uncivilized creatures who kill innocent Americans rather than on new weapons systems to kill them.
2. Letting weapons-carrying, voter intimidating Black Panther pukes get off Scot-free.
3. Running the national debt up by more than three million dollars in fewer than 12 months.
4. Trying to kill the free enterprise system.
5. Refusing to say the pledge of allegiance.
6. Apologizing to thug tyrant mass murderers in other countries for the actions of the land of the free and the home of the brave.
7. Refusing to admit the “surge” worked.
8. Hiring into the Obama administration all manners of tax cheats, self proclaimed NAMBLA supporters and communists (Timothy Guenther,
Kevin Jennings and Van Johnson).
9. Throwing Poland and the Czech Republic under the Russian bus by breaking the promise to provide them with missile defense.
10.Naming a self confessed bigot (white males are intellectually inferior) to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sonia Sotomayor.
In my opinion, three years more of this prima donna, mental whack job are three too many for these are dangerous times. A constitutional majority vote of the executive officers of government is needed to relieve President Obama of the duties that obviously he is unable to discharge forthwith. It’s all comes under the 25th amendment to the constitution. Change. Yes you can.
Thanks for the fine writing Dr. Hanson. As fun it is to watch the philosopher king self destruct, we in the formerly golden state of California have almost completed the task. Pleease continue to write about our democratic politician-made disasters in California.
-32% of state on welfare, only 22% do not even look for work.
-Bloated state salaries and benefits, and collosal fraud on all levels of social welfare. State workers union is 17% of population, and most vote, thus they are almost part of the democratic machine.
-Immigration without assimulation and all of the other negative consequences.
-State universities spend millions on “rabble-rouser” programs: “Pick your Minority Studies Program.” studies”. Too much administration in colleges also, while tutition continues to rise.
-Most taxed state in US history. People are leaving the golden state with generally the best climate in the world for hot Vegas or snowy Reno in the desert.
-Envronmentalist over-represented in population. Send these do-gooders to third world countries to do “real environmental work”
-near dead-last in all national education programs. Sorry Dr. Hanson, but Cal State Universities are not quality colleges overall. Most graducates can’t put together a sentence. Majority of profs are progressive or radicals. SF State has become a protestor’s cesspool.
-affirmative action, quotas out of control and irrational.
Even though John “I want to be liked by democrats, too” McCain loves Meg Whitman alot, she still may be a good govenor. She is saying some tough stuff on her ads such as the 32% welfare line I used above.
Americans turned against Bush and the Iraq War not because they are weak or fickle but because Bush refused to let the military agressively fight. This became apparent after the blatant appeasement and removal of the Marines following the Blackwater butchery at Fallujah I in April ’04 (and a similar State Dept prevention of a military victory by Ist Armored at Najev in Sept. 04). By late Oct. 04, in the most important but under-publicized poll in decades, Rasmussen found support for Bush and the war had dropped to about 42-3% BUT 67% of Americans “favored a more aggressive war!”
The fact of a PC, defensive failure was confirmed by the commanding Marine General (Kelly or Davis?)at the outset of the Surge:
“For the first time in four years, we are taking the fight to the enemy!”
The weakness of the president and his deputies in sacrificing 33,000 dead and wounded in a “defensive war” very nearly lost the war in Iraq just as they lost the support of the American people; as was precisely the same in Viet Nam.
Obama as “anti-business?” He isn’t only anti-business, but the most profoundly ANTI-AMERICAN president in my lifetime, which began in 1942.
Dr. Hanson, I wish I’d had teachers like you when I was in school. Perhaps had there been more like you then, we wouldn’t be where we are NOW.
#136 Pubislius say:
“I promise if we ever meet Fred, I will be far from all kindness, sensitivity, and gentleness.”
Hahaha. Great, Pubes. An offer of violence? What happened to that high-minded clap-trap you spouted intended to demonstrate what a kind and benevolent soul you have. You’ve just made a fool of yourself, pal. (N.B. Threats over the internet aren’t worth a rotten parsnip, my dear friend. Didn’t you know that?)
Very nice information.