Victor Davis Hanson: Our American Catharsis - Will Obama-time be a transitory experience or an..?

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE ^ | April 9, 2010 | Victor Davis Hanson

[b4its2late]

whether it will be institutionalized and thus result in an enduring tragedy

Even if we vote a hell of allot of them out in November, it will be an enduring tragedy for a while. It takes time to right a ship this big with the damage these loonies have done.

[DesertRhino]

It’s time to counterattack hard. Not just stop Obama and Pelosi, but to truly roll back the creeping leftist revolution of the past 20 years or so. November will tell all.

[libh8er]

..had Barack Obama run on the agenda he actually implemented during his first year in office — “Elect me and I shall appoint worthies like Craig Becker, Anita Dunn, and Van Jones; stimulate the economy through a $1.7-trillion annual deficit; take over health care, the auto industry, student loans, and insurance; push for amnesty for illegal aliens and cap-and-trade; and reach out to Iran, Russia, Syria, and Venezuela” — he would have been laughed out of Iowa.

The money quote.

[FrankR]

"The watchdog media have become a house kitten that purrs rather than barks at such radical change. "

The BEST line I've heard about the media.

This is a good article, well worth the read.

[kabar]

this rare moment when the dreams of a zealous few are at last becoming the nightmares of a complacent many.

Great description.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The sooner we forget this turd the better.

[nina0113]

When the beggars starve because we producers have dialed it back to pruducing only enough for ourselves (go Hugh Akston!) the situation will resolve itself. My charitable donations are OVER.

[RatRipper]

I believe Bill Clinton has always been numbered with the hard Leftists. Just look at the same kooks that surrounded him who ended up with Zer0.

Clinton was savvy enough to know that they did not have all of the pieces in place to make a takeover work. Zer0 did think all the elements were there, complete with orchestration of economic bubbles in housing and by helping light the fuse to a bank liquidity crisis with the removal of funds from NY banks on 9-15-08.

No, Hillary, as you well know, there is no “vast right-wing conspiracy”, but the vast conspiracy on the Left has shown itself and the battle for the hearts and minds of the American people, along with their national political and cultural heritage, has now been engaged. To Zer0, Bill, Hillary, Nancy, Rahm, John F’n Kerry and the rest of the radical leftist gang, I hope you lose miserably.

[Flycatcher]

An excellent essay with so many great points. Here's one I especially liked:

The watchdog media have become a house kitten that purrs rather than barks at such radical change.

Thanks for posting.

[Dudoight]

Victor says it so well. It is terrifying to me what portends if we can’t stop this tsunami of destruction of the USA.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“Northern liberals like George McGovern, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, and John Kerry.”

Any one of these would seem conservative compared to the Usurper at 1600 PA Ave now.

[Wontsubmit]

His retinue will remain among us! It won’t be over for a while.

[TornadoAlley3]

[major-pelham]

So, so, sad. They only way they could ever get up to bat was with a decoy. If we don’t stop it this November, many will become a 2000’s version of the 1600’s Pilgrims looking for a place to start over.

[bassmaner]

back the creeping leftist revolution of the past 20 years or so.

More like the last 100 years ...

[OneWingedShark]

>Will Obama-time be a transitory experience or an enduring tragedy?

There’s the possibility that he’s a transitory experience into enduring tragedy...

[TalBlack]

Obama is where this nation has been headed for one HELL of a long time.

Obozo isn’t the point at which people should start paying attention about a possible crash...Obozo IS the crash.

[freekitty]

An arrest of Obama and Pelosi would be a good start. Make them accountable.

[DustyMoment]

They have tried to tag liberals with being soft on national security, both for courting those who faulted America and for faulting others who courted it.

The problem with the 'Pubbies is that they are too afraid of making the Dems mad at them. I don't get it. The Dems already hate them and treat them as America's "whipping boy", how much worse could it get if the Dems "get nad at them"?

IMO, we need some conservatives who aren't afraid of the Dems or the pres and are willing to get in the gutter and duke it out with the Dems. For too long, the 'Pubbies have proven that they aren't up to a good fight and the Dems know that when they get face time in the news and spread their lies, the 'Pubbies will cave.

I'm tired of being represented by people who are wimpy and afraid of their own shadows. They not only brought the current situation on America by abandoning their conservative principles when they had the House, the Senate and the WH, they squandered every opportunity available to fix the problems that existed then. Instead, they "partnered with the Dems" (so they wouldn't be mad at them) and let the Dems wag the majority 'Pubbies.

The problem we face this November is that there aren't enough replacements with strong conservative values to reverse the damage the Obot Party has done before the Obots can do more.