Victor Davis Hanson: Confessions of a Contrarian [deconstructing Obama, the Left and more]

pajamasmedia.com ^ | April 22, 2009 | Victor Davis Hanson

[GBA]

Good post. His writing keeps getting better and better.

[Gritty]

BTTT

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

“Nice to see VDH is finally starting to unbutton his collar, but he has a way to go before it gets fluent and easy as I. a) b) c) II. III.”

Very well said. I of course massively agree with VDH but I also agree there’s always minimally that 10%-25% of his writing that veers off the road. In this case, it was the Ali-Frazier googah, at least for me. Still, I appreciate his insight.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

I of course massively agree with VDH but I also agree there’s always minimally that 10%-25% of his writing that veers off the road.

Agreed. I rarely find anything to disagree with in his works, infrequently any poor examples of logic, yet for some reason he's just a muddy track for me to run.

[MrB]

Everyone should reflect on history and understand that whenever leftists/collectivists attain power,

they seek to eliminate their political opposition.

This takes the form of prosecuting their predecessors,
criminalizing dissent,
and naming political opposition as enemies of the state.

Hmmm...
prosecuting predecessors - CHECK
criminalizing dissent - (hate crime laws) CHECK
political opposition is terrorism - CHECK

Leftists seek to ELIMINATE YOU. Always remember that. It’s not about polite disagreements.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Me neither - had to look it up - cuz that caught my eye too. Not sure what VDH intended.

[Tolik]

He writes a lot lately, and the quality may be uneven sometimes. Also, I post his blog entries, and pajamasmedia IS his blog place as well as the Corner at NRO versus his more polished articles in the NRO and syndication.

[r9etb]

He writes a lot lately, and the quality may be uneven sometimes.

Among the trends I see in his writing is a tendency to make observations of what's wrong; i.e., his dissection of how what Obama says, should be understood as a statement that he's actually doing the opposite.

This sort of thing is quite valuable -- it's always necessary to understand the problem before addressing it.

I just wish VDH would spend more time adressing the problems he uncovers. OK, so Obama practices the Big Lie ... what are some of the things we might do about it?

More than just about anybody else these days, Hanson brings to the table the intellectual heft and common sense that are so sadly lacking from our political discourse.

If we're ever to rebuild the foundations of conservatism, we need folks like Hanson to start thinking and writing about "what we need to do," rather than just pointing out "what others do."

[Blind Eye Jones]

“Obama practices the Big Lie ... what are some of the things we might do about it?”

I agree. What to do with the big lie when the media won't expose it or is in on it. Which leads to what to do with the media and how to deal with a society that is media dominated. It is easier to point to faults than know how to correct them, in general.

[happygrl]

We have forgotten that the clichés that have been so loudly on display during the recent Obama global tours — such as “tolerance” (for what?), “multilateralism,” “partnerships,” etc. — while often therapeutic, avoid the harder and often tragic choice to stand up to the glad-handing multicultural thug who wants a photo-op with an American president, who in turn wants a photo-op emphasizing how well he is liked abroad and resonates with the global masses — all at the expense of the poor soul thrown into a Cuban jail, or beaten up by the Chávez goon squads, or slaughtered by the Ahmadinejad religious police, or shut down and hounded by the Ortega thugocracy.

I remember President Bush, at the point of tears when he described the suffering of the North Korean people at the hands of their evil leaders.

That president didn't care about his image or the praises of men, but what his Final Accountability would be.

0bama isn't fit to lick his soles.

[neverdem]

VDH usually writes with a style of wry cynicism. This column seems to have a scathing fury.

1978-02-15 Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks

I would be hard pressed to think of a single person who did more lasting damage to our culture than Muhammad Ali, IMHO. May God have mercy on him.