British Historian Paul Johnson: Bush Must Win

Hispanic American Center for Economic Research ^ | 12 Oct 2004 | Paul Johnson

[Museum Twenty]

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[txrangerette]

Yeah, but he's WRONG in saying "Bush has no sparkle". He's got plenty and Lefties hate him for it.

[Chgogal]

Thank you! Mega Bump.

The first paragraph is astonishingly true.

"The great issue in the 2004 election — it seems to me as an Englishman — is, How seriously does the United States take its role as a world leader, and how far will it make sacrifices, and risk unpopularity, to discharge this duty with success and honor? In short, this is an election of the greatest significance, for Americans and all the rest of us. It will redefine what kind of a country the United States is, and how far the rest of the world can rely upon her to preserve the general safety and protect our civilization."

Let us hope a majority of us in the majority of states vote wisely.

[willyboyishere]

Paul Johnson possesses absolutely the most lucid mind and offers the shrewdest judgements of any living historian.
It was absolutely thrilling to read so concise a summing-up of our current situation. I especially liked "there is nothing glamorous about the Bush Administration....it is all hard pounding...." as he refers it back to wartime 200+ years ago. Contrast the realities of the world the Bush Administration has dealt with for four years with the ersatz Nouveau- Camelot image the Kerry wannabes are trying to sell: it's simply the difference between Reality and Fantasy, and it's a reality we must face now, in this accelerated game of "catch-up" we've been forced to play by the unprecedented event of 9-11. But back to Johnson:
I have to recommend INTELLECTUALS, in which he deals with some prominent 20th century "public intellectuals" like the odious Lillian Hellman, bad boy Norman Mailer, and Jean-Paul Sartre, among at least a dozen others. Once you have read Johnson's analysis of Sartre, replete with some incredible real-life details, you will NEVER forget it, and NEVER be able to hear or read the name "Sartre" again without snorting. THANKS FOR THIS GREAT POST!!

[cookcounty]

"Hispanic American Center for Economic Research"

"quoting a Brit about a war in Iraq??'

"A tad bit off their focus?"

Lots of Hispanic Americans making the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq.

Johnson is absolutely top drawer.

[Tench_Coxe]

I'd say 'thank you' to this author. Well, thank you.
His analysis is spot on which won't be recognized by folks on the take or those with their head in the clouds.

[Billthedrill]

Great find, and thanks for taking the trouble to type it in for us. Anyone who honestly thinks that the UN can handle the radical Islamists is free to vote for Kerry. (I'd just as soon somebody that stupid didn't drive, but there it is.) What I find baffling is the level of deliberate denial among those who seriously consider a hugely-funded international effort that has committed the atrocities that radical Islam has to be a "nuisance." I'm sure there were those who thought that Pearl Harbor was but a pinprick, but at least back then they were smart enough to keep their mouths shut about it.

[rwfromkansas]

I am forwarding this to some conservative history teachers.

Wow. What an article.

[Revolting cat!]

Paul Johnson gees it (in fact, in another article he recently wrote for Forbes magazine he points out the Bushies' mistake in Iraq in underestimating the Arab capacity for prolonged resistance - citation from memory) while most Americans, yes most, don't. If George W. Bush were in the next three weeks go into a grocery store, look at a barcode scanner and say "Golly, when did they invent that?" or, heaven forbid, mispell the word "tomatoe", he'll be sure to lose this coming election.

[rwfromkansas]

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[Revolting cat!]

gees=gets

[MistyCA]

Thanks! I will read it. :)

[HighWheeler]

bump. good find

[Rocky]

Anti-Americanism, like anti-Semitism, is not, of course, a rational reflex. It is, rather, a mental disease, and the Continentals are currently suffering from a virulent spasm of the infection, as always happens when America exerts strong and unbending leadership.

Bush must win. Fabulous. Thanks for posting this. I am e-mailing it to friends.

[McGavin999]

Well....from his mouth to God's ear. We all know this, that's why we've been so strongly behind this man. He's us, and he has to finish what has been started. This world is in a battle for it's very life.

[MistyCA]

Very good article ~~~Ping~~~ British Historian's view of why Bush must win.

[dead]

I'd like to drug Michael Moore and tatoo this entire essay on his belly.

Twice.

[Sam Cree]

thanks
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[Congressman Billybob]

It is always a pleasure to read an article by someone who reaches deep into American history to find the right analogy to present circumstances. It is also why the latest book I am working on, is about Thomas Paine, who wrote the memorable line that is quoted in this article.

That line, which is also the title of my book, is "These are the times that try men's souls."

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "Mein Fuhrer, I Can Valk!"

[kanawa]

Historian Paul Johnson on American Liberty

From the evil empire to the empire for liberty