Victor Davis Hanson Ping !
Pray hard.
Victor nailed it.
And all those reasons are why I and so many other people love the guy so much.
Bush defends the Western Civilization the Left seeks to replace with their dystopia.
Wham! All these things the libs hate about W are the very things I love about him.
Put the words to my frail brain I have been looking for. My mother has such hate for this great American Patriot and cannot give me a satisfactory reason "why", other than he stole the election and the economy is so bad (and OJ didn't do it either). I despise that the liberal press has poisoned her mind.
Probably should change my post name now, lest I join the ranks of being double standard.
It's as I have said for 3 years....they DESPISE him because he is a Christian!!! A Practicing Christian.....and they HATE it!
This is it. This is why he'll never get more than 42% of the vote in California - years of Hollywood catechism have taught the masses that such a man can't possibly be anything but a bad guy.
"But W.? His wife is pure Texas: a closet smoker from a family that does not have lots of money or status — not a Kennedy or Kerry spouse..."
I was unaware that Mrs. Bush smoked. Jacqueline Kennedy was a chain-smoker, but the press loved her so much that there are virtually NO pictures of her with a cigarette. I don't know if Mrs. Heinz-Kerry smokes or not (and don't care, either)
I am personally acquainted with someone who sat next to Mrs. Jenna Welch (Laura's mom) in church a few weeks ago. Lovely woman, very polite, welcoming to new church members...just a down-to-earth type like most of us here in Texas.
Most Democrats were in complete denial when it comes to the 8 years of Bill Clinton. Could some of their hatred merely be displaced anger at Clinton that has been unfairly projected on Bush?
Manichaeian bump.
BTTT
Outstanding...but, then again, isn't VDH always a cut above the rest?
My brother-in-law hates GW because of his religious references...to him religion is a social formality...I told him that I never understood why some people are afraid of people who believed in God...he said that he didn't want anyone imposing their religious views on him or his children...I said that by removing any reference to God from public discourse we were in effect imposing a form of religious censorship on ourselves and that I did not like censorship...that I believed in freedom of speech...I also said that I was more worried about Islamic fascism as a real physical threat to myself and my family than I was about the language of Christianity spoken by a man who was out to destroy the fascists. BTW I live in downtown Brooklyn about 2 miles from Ground Zero so the threat is very real.
Absolutely true. Their bileous hatred for Bush and the red-zone Americans he represents tells me the psuedo-intellectual, psuedo-sophisticated, effete, emasculated, snobby, navel-gazing, narcissistic, educated-beyond-intelligence, east and west coast liberal elitists are so shallow and devoid of character a gentle summer breeze would blow them away.
Personally, I believe much, if not most, of the left's bilious hatred for Bush is generated by his open confession of faith in Jesus Christ as his saviour and Lord. Jesus told his disciples:
"If the world hate you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love it's own, but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you"............."But all these things they will do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me."
Darkness hates the light, evil hates good, and Godless, humanistic elitists hate anyone who "wears his religion on his sleeve", as girly-man Ron Jr. referred to Bush's faith. Those of us who have openly declared our faith in Jesus Christ are somewhat familiar with the hatred and disdain for our intelligence that Bush faces daily at a higher intensity from the media, Hollywood, and academia.
Of course our American elitists don't hate the muslims who murder and plunder in the name of a bloody-handed, warmongering false god. They only hate those of us who worship and follow the gentle and forgiving Prince of Peace. That isn't logical, but it demonstrates the truth of Jesus' prophetic words to his disciples.
Not voting for George Bush is, of course understandable and millions in fact will do precisely that. But for those haters who demonize the man, their knee-jerk disgust tells us far more about their own shallow characters than it does anything about our wartime president. And there is a great danger in all these manifestations of pure hatred. We are in a war. And in these tumultuous days, the Left's unhinged odium will resonate with and embolden not only our enemies abroad, but also the deranged, dangerous folk here at homeIOW, it's Bush's fault? VDH is an [characterization deleted].
j. Another one.
I personally feel the country is more like 60/40 pro Bush
and we will see that come election day.
Very good piece.
"But for those haters who demonize the man, their knee-jerk disgust tells us far more about their own shallow characters than it does anything about our wartime president."
Hanson, and Bush are such a gift to all of us.
What a great article! Tolik, thanks for posting