Such a Strange Malady

[cobra de capell]

Such a Strange Malady

Victor Davis Hanson
February 10th, 2009 10:05 am

The "Change" Is Definitely Here.

The jury's still out on the "Hope" part

More on the New Horizon

A strange thing, this Obama worship (cf. the New York Times op-ed on Sunday where the columnist imagined having sexual relations with Obama) and Bush hatred (cf. the Will Farrell Broadway show trashing Bush, and showing images of his purported penis). They are flipside manifestations of the same sickness that has taken hold of a large subset of the population. Millions seems to think by demonizing A and worshipping B, then once intractable problems (that transcend both A’s faults and B’s merits) suddenly, magically will disappear. But the apocalyptic style is quite dangerous, and the 20th century should have told us that answers are not found through fixating evil on “them” and seeking a “He” to address it. In the meantime, civility is prized, and one should criticize Obama in a spirit and tone that are the exact opposites of the way in which Bush was demonized.

Snip.....http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavish...e-new-horizon/
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4) Taxes everywhere? Conservatives use to call supply-side economics “starving the beast” on the flawed assumption that with less revenue, there would be commensurate cuts in wasteful government spending. Hardly. Now liberals are “force-feeding the beast” on the valid assumption that by spending astronomical sums on government, there will have to be tax hikes and the long desired return to redistributions of income.

[Dan40]

Is criticizing Obama for still using worn out campaign speeches in a completely different situation, uncivil?

If not rerunning a campaign speech, he's dooming and glooming. That's a big help! I'm being uncivil, right?

But they do have plans to "fix" us. [Why'd the dog run under the bed?]

The Treas. Sec. revealed his plan on TARP 2. The plan said that we plan to have a plan while we are planning the plan. Gimme the check!

Its probably like his plan to pay his taxes before the spotlight nailed him. I'm SURE he would have gotten around to paying his taxes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sometime.

OK uncivil again!

Bush had the eloquence of a clown. These guys have the entire clown act working! Why am I crying?

Ewww, very uncivil.

Dan

[Jamo]

Good post. Vic's taking the long view on this pecularity...just like he does on historical events.

He's from FSU and comes back here for various community activites...one of the most engaging folks you can share a bottle of cab with.

[cobra de capell]

Hanson sure is a first class thinker - I would really enjoy talking to him some day.

Go to http://corner.nationalreview.com/pos...FjOGI0ZTQwZWQ=

for a few suggestions that Hanson has for Obama, for example....

1) Calling for bipartisanship seems contradicted when you then allege that those who disagree are being "partisan", and you preface almost every major issue with a blanket invective against the past eight years, even when you seem to adopt many of the past policies, from rendition to FISA. Perhaps try to raise the debate from one of your opponents seeking cheap advantage to one of innate philosophical differences, and then try to cease the campaign mode. The election is over. Bush is gone. Like it or not, the executive responsibility of the U.S. is now yours alone.

Obama is playing us (Americans) like a fiddle - We may well be in for a huge fall.

[Dan40]

Originally Posted by cobra de capell

Hanson sure is a first class thinker - I would really enjoy talking to him some day.

Go to http://corner.nationalreview.com/pos...FjOGI0ZTQwZWQ=

for a few suggestions that Hanson has for Obama, for example....

1) Calling for bipartisanship seems contradicted when you then allege that those who disagree are being "partisan", and you preface almost every major issue with a blanket invective against the past eight years, even when you seem to adopt many of the past policies, from rendition to FISA. Perhaps try to raise the debate from one of your opponents seeking cheap advantage to one of innate philosophical differences, and then try to cease the campaign mode. The election is over. Bush is gone. Like it or not, the executive responsibility of the U.S. is now yours alone.

Obama is playing us (Americans) like a fiddle - We may well be in for a huge fall.

Obama is just sticking with what works for him. Campaign speeches! Look at his life record of accomplishments, Got Elected, Got Elected, and Got Elected. Never wrote a bill, passed or defeated, rarely even voted on a bill even when 'present.' He is Aces at getting elected. Since the election its been an unfunny tragicomedy of errors and lies. There no election to win, he's without a clue.

If I was job interviewing him, I'd consider his gift of gab good enough for an ENTRY level salesperson. Nothing more.

Dan