Posted on 08/26/2014 7:44:03 AM PDT by Steelfish
AUGUST 26, 2014 The Madness of 2008 A nation became unhinged by trivialities like “hope and change.” It has now awakened. By Victor Davis Hanson
America is suddenly angry at the laxity, incompetence, and polarizing politics of the Obama administration, the bad optics of the president putting about in his bright golf clothes while the world burns. Certainly, no recent president has failed on so many fronts — honesty, transparency, truthfulness, the economy, foreign policy, the duties of the commander-in-chief, executive responsibilities, and spiritual leadership.
For those who are “shocked” at the present meltdown, of a magnitude not seen since the annus horribilis of 1979, in their defense: Obama certainly did not campaign on a new health-care plan that would force Americans to give up the doctors they liked and their existing coverage, while raising premiums and deductibles, while giving exemptions for insiders and cronies, and while raising the deficit.
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Common core ends any hope of restoring the great nation through the electorally process.
The incompetence of the current president is only exceeded by the stupidity of those who voted to elect him...twice!
Not every school nor every student is being taught by the ‘Common Core’.
We as conservatives need to work harder to get our candidates elected.... from the school board on up. Plus we need to be willing to do what the left does....take little steps if that is what we can get and continue to push for more. That is how they did it and the only way to undo it short of armed revolt
Yes, one thing to keep in mind, is that the left
WANTS armed revolt as the mechanism to deal with
any opposition. Folks think that it would be a
simple thing but the communists would be sticking
their fingers in the pie from the get go.
After all, it would be to their interest to see
a particular winner emerge.
We must use the tools our founders gave us, revolution
IS one of them but only in the last resort.
And the good thing is it already appears to be sinking in that Obama was a terrible mistake. Like the recent poll showing Romney would win if the election were held today.
Having to deal with the consequences of your stupidity usually has good results. After Carter we got Reagan. I hope we can block the Huckabees, Christies & Bush’s to get someone great in 2016.
I hope we can block the Huckabees, Christies & Bush’s to get someone great in 2016.
Failure to do so, could insure a revolution we stand
little chance of winning.
That is if Ebola doesn’t kill us in the mean time...
Hanson is right insofar that anyone “shocked” at this point simply wasn’t paying attention.
...and who still proudly display the obama-Biden bumper stickers on their car!
Getting Cancer is "change"
Surviving an earthquake is "change."
Getting mugged is "change."
Being beheaded is "change."
What was all the excitement about?
Sheer massive stupidity?
Yes, & the only way to do that is to get behind ONE candidate early & push them to the front. We’ve repeatedly wasted our time & money with too many candidates, allowing the one with the most money (like Romney) to win in the end. Conservatives should hold a their own convention & select a candidate to back all the way.
I’m inclined towards Scott Walker (a proven reformer) or Mike Pence. Ted Cruz I’d rather see on the Supreme Court, making the liberal justice’s heads explode on every case.
Then you must not be old enough to remember the long string of truly horrible presidents that ran from the 60s to the 70s.
Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter.
Of those, Kennedy, the Democrat, was the most conservative. Reagan was a breath of fresh air.
War on Drugs - Recreational drugs were not very big until the Johnson era.
Ramped up de-industrialization - Entirely due to Nixon’s recognition of Red China
Exploding deficits - Sorry, this is a Johnson issue. But see military expenditures
Exploding debt - see military expenditures
Exploding military expenditures - The United states military had been very badly degraded because of the bad taste that Vietnam had left. Carter’s inept handling of Iran was clear evidence that the military was no longer able to protect American interests. Something had to be done...I don’t think Reagan should be blamed for fixing the faults of his predecessors.
Growth of government - The only area of government that grew under Reagan was the military.
Yes, but he had to contend with Dems in the House & Senate. It’s why I’m leaning toward Scott Walker. Instead of just holding the line until the next Dem comes along, he’s actively reformed Wisconsin’s gov’t.
And something else Reagan didn’t have: a mobilized grass roots base ready to push Republicans as well as Democrats.
A couple of rebuttals. Wall Street’s debt making machine was lionized during Reagan’s tenure and the result was LTCM and the October 19, 1987 Black Monday! and Alan Greenspan too!
As for De- industrialization, you can thank currency arbitrage and the reckless ramping up of our leading export
FRNs amongst many other Wall Street/District of Corruption enterprises for the GloBull assault on US products and labor!
Well said and all too true.
Us Georgia folks seem to think alike. Glad I am here
This will require taking over the convention and pushing the epubs out of the building. Civility for the civil, for the rest, send them packing. The Dems will take them in.
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