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VDH's columns are almost universally brilliant. I cannot for the life of me, however, understand what the heck he's trying to say here?
We are all North Koreans now. (and I hate that fact)
The new government is Tyrannically, giving away our Constitution, our principles, our faith, our education, our history, and replacing it with destructive, laws, deceptive plans, rigorous decisions, that are destroying our system (the greatest in the world ... that brought success and the best life available on the globe to the most people): as if it were a good thing.
HOW CRAZY IS THAT? THEY HAVE JUST BEGUN AND IN 5 MONTHS HAVE CREATED CRISIS AND FEAR IN AMERICA. WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, ARE WE GOING TO STOP THIS MADNESS?
WE ARE SO PASSIVE AS TO BE THE 100 PPOUND WEAKINGLY OF THE COMICS, OF FORMER YEARS. A JOKE. WE SIT AND READ AND WATCH OUR GOVERNMENT ON STEROIDS WRECKING HAVOC; AND CALL IT
THE BEGINNING OF OBAMA'S GOOD IDEAS. WE CAN SEE IT IS WREAKING ALL of OUR RIGHTS,
Are we really going to go down with a whimper?
There are a number of men/women with good brains, good hearts, and quality character ... IE Sarah Palin ... that is destroyed daily in the news; and people are going along with the mischaraterization.
INSANE!
"The media" per se are not actually the real issue.
The real issue is the fact that the people who are in the media are unable/unwilling to distinguish between their jobs and their personal lives (beliefs, politics, etc).
They have a personal stake in Obama that is far more visceral and religious than it is political.
His achievements are a vindication of their affection; his errors are a reflection on their judgment, and he must therefore be defended lest it reflect poorly on his supporters.
There is nothing particularly rational about this -- I seriously doubt that the media people reflect on it at all; and if they do, it's with some degree of embarrassment.
By way of disclaimer, I've experienced something like this in a much different context. It's remarkable the degree to which people can rationalize their way past glaring problems. My own experience of it is not something I look on with pride.... But at least I did, finally, figure it out.
I think we're already seeing a tiny trickle of this dynamic -- for example, somebody posted an evisceration of Obama's national security speech, posted on the CBS site.
There's probably no hope for large swathes of the reportorial class; but there doesn't need to be. Some few organizations will suddenly figure out the rut they're in and start behaving like reporters; and those organizations will suddenly start making money again. When that happens (I'd guess by next year), there's no telling what might happen.