[goldstategop]

Victor Davis Hanson surveys the year of the Obama presidency and the factors that led to the meteoric ascension of Scott Brown to the US Senate. He concludes Obama can either return to his campaign promises or continue along his present path and bring political catastrophe on himself and his party. That is the stark choice that awaits him now.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[Diogenesis]

[gusopol3]

Brown got about the same number of votes as McCain had; Coakley got about half the number Obama did.

[Cobra64]

Great read. Thanks for posting.

[Enterprise]

"he could either press on with his polarizing ideology, damage his party for a generation, and eventually end up churlish and sneering at the electorate, who did not appreciate his exalted morality and genius"

Well why not? It's the Chicago way!

[RightOnline]

Another brilliant piece by VDH. Bump.....

[PogySailor]

bttt

[ryan71]

“Dream up a gargantuan backlash against Barack Obama’s left-wing gospel, and you still could not invent the notion of a relatively unknown, conservative Scott Brown knocking off an Obama-endorsed, liberal, female attorney in liberal Massachusetts — in a race to fill the seat once held by Ted Kennedy.”

No doubt! Of all the things we hoped would happen, particularly this November, we never dreamed of this.

[Jim Noble]

He concludes Obama can either return to his campaign promises or continue along his present path and bring political catastrophe on himself and his party

Which campaign promises is Obama breaking?

He has been entirely transparent since his first fundraiser in Bill Ayers living room, he wants to "build coalitions of power to bring about redistributive change", in his own words, and the fact that there were millions of white morons who wanted to be fooled isn't his fault.

[REPANDPROUDOFIT]

Voters are sick and tired of a terrible year of big spending and big deficits — especially the sight of Obama and his congressional allies almost daily talking breezily about spending what we do not have.

Couldn't have said it better!

[sourcery]

Cogent and perspicacious.

[Boucheau]

This is but the first salvo in what I hope will remain a peaceful uprising.

They pilfer our paychecks.
They threaten the health of our families with DMV-sytle medicine.
They threaten our prosperity by attacking the private sector.
They dare confesses our “sins” to foreign powers, bow to foreign leaders, and humiliate a proud people.
They weaken our defense.
They coddle our sworn enemies.
They threaten our founding principles with their “change.”
They label us “extremists”, the same people whose ancestors fought and died for this system and country.

and on, and on...

They have no idea the rage that is boiling just beneath the surface.

This election was a kiss on the cheek.

Heed the warning from the greatest force known to humankind, a free people:

LEAVE...US...ALONE!

[wita]

The best thing that could happen to Barack Obama is more Democratic losses in hodgepodge elections that might yank away our young transfixed Narcissus from his mesmerizing reflecting pool.

Only if sufficient humility takes its place and allows him to become somewhat human whereby he is able to understand basic economics. Impeachment is otherwise the only alternative to a continual train wreck.

[SkyPilot]

The voters have figured out that their president likes the elite plutocracy and the lower middle classes, but not so much the wannabe rich who aspire to cross his hated $250,000 income threshold — at which point suddenly they become unpatriotic, unwilling to pay their fair shares, and reluctant to spread the wealth around. It is not particularly smart to constantly demonize the entrepreneurial classes, promise to raise income, payroll, health-care, and inheritance taxes on them, and expand government regulations — and then wonder why they are not creating more jobs.

It goes a little deeper than that, but no one really wants to talk about it.

Obama is, at his core, a blatant racist who is for "his people" and against whites (even though he is half white).

I had a neighbor who was of mixed race (African American father, white German mother).

The man hated half of himself, and did everything he could to favor anything "black" over everything "white."

Obama (and his wife) think of Americans who are of European ancestry as evil, and he thinks they should be looted so that any goods and income they have can be "redistributed" to "his people."

The New Black Panther thugs can waive nightsticks at voters outside a white old folks home used as a polling place, and Obama protects them.

Nothing speaks louder of his racism than this.

He fashions himself as some kind of bastardized black Moses, and it is incredibly dangerous to this nation.

More so than people realize.

[dennisw]

VDH eviscerates this phony baloney 0bama and his cheap rap-star rhetoric and boasts
A rap-star tells me global warming is a threat...Yeah I’m sure going to believe that! Cap n trade ...yeah I’ll believe that too

[The_Victor]

bump for a later read.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Posts don’t get better than this one! Perfectly said.

[Lazamataz]

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

The best thing that could happen to Barack Obama is more Democratic losses in hodgepodge elections that might yank away our young transfixed Narcissus from his mesmerizing reflecting pool.

Ha!

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Jive-Talking Rapper.

That sums up the fool in the White House.

[Tolik]

Victor Davis Hanson:

Just a partial list: http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/victordavishanson/index:

"Let me be perfectly NOT clear" & "Make lots of MISTAKES about it" [Victor Davis Hanson on Obama's lies]

Our Sorta, Kinda War on Terror - President Obama has not signed up for a serious effort against radical Islam

Truths We Dare Not Speak. Five propositions that simply have become taboo

When Conservative Felonies Become Liberal Misdemeanors

2010: Our Year of Decision

Beating the Dead Terrorist Horse. September 11 taught us many lessons. To our peril, we have forgotten them

Bush Did It! And, Really, Bush Did It! And Bush Really Did It!

A Humpty-Dumpty View of the World

2009 Chickens and Their 2010 Roost

Where Did These Guys Come From? The Origins of Obamism

The War Against the Wannabe Rich. Why attack the productive classes who want to be rich?

The Long March From California to Copenhagen [Hanson on debate between capitalism and socialism]

The Palin Wonder

Why Are We Tiring of Obama?

Change, Weakness, Disaster, Obama: Answers from Victor Davis Hanson

If Iran Refuses To Cooperate, Block Its Ports

Resetting the Reset Button [Victor Davis Hanson dissects 0's pathetic diplomacy]

Riding the Back of the Tiger [Victor Davis Hanson on Obama not understanding What Causes Wars...]

What Bush Inherited, and What He Left Left Behind

Who Are ‘They’? To Obama, “they” are responsible for all our troubles. Problem is, “they” are most of us

Afghan Mythologies. We have everything we need to defeat the Taliban.

The Discreet Charm of the Left-wing Plutocracy

Truman and the Principles of U.S. Foreign Policy. Jimmy Carter rejected the postwar consensus. President Obama appears to be following a similar path

Dr. Barack and Mr. Obama - The backlash is sharp as voters learn that Obama is not the man they thought he was

Obama and "Redistributive Change". His real agenda

The War Against the Producers

President Palin’s First 100 Days. Imagine if Sarah Palin had Obama’s record

Thoughts About Depressed Americans

Our Battered American [gets angrier - Must Read Rant]

Just a partial list. Much more at the link:  http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/victordavishanson/index