Victor Davis Hanson: The Face of Desperation (shades of Jimmy Carter circa October 1980)

National Review Magazine ^ | October 22, 2012 12:31 P.M | By Victor Davis Hanson

[drewh]

Sandra Fluke spoke to ten people in Nevada. Michelle Obama (formerly of never-been-proud-before/downright-mean-country infamy) is accusing Republicans of talking down the country. Joe Biden, in his usual adolescent fashion, is gesticulating and acting up behind the stage while others try to speak, babbling about binders and the mythical war in Iran. Bill Clinton, as is his custom, is talking nonstop and monotonously about how Barack Obama should not be blamed for not achieving the sort of economic success that he feels his own genius achieved. Our president goes from rants about Big Bird to something infantile called Romnesia — in between the tired four-year boilerplate about those who do not pay their fair share.

In these last two weeks, Obama and his supporters appear exhausted and without any notion of what they should do in the next four years or even quite what they have done in the last four years, and they have been reduced to adolescent sloganeering, cartooning, and temper tantrums. A month ago voters were somewhat suspicious of polls when Romney was running 3 to 4 percent behind. But when he now runs even or ahead in those polls, apparently the Obama team, at least privately, acknowledges that this translates into a Romney lead, and one that seems to be either fixed or growing, hence the fear of something like the last week of October 1980 — and the current public face of desperation.

No one is making the case how to rev up anemic GDP growth, or what went wrong in Libya and the Arab Spring, or how raising the tax rate on those who make over $200,000 will provide enough revenue to balance the budget, or how and why Obamacare will lower costs and better meet the health needs of Americans.

[Rummyfan]

Who runs the country while he does this stuff?

Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod.

[humblegunner]

You rail against the waste of bandwidth

I don't think I've mentioned bandwidth.

Perhaps I should start.

[BlueDragon]

Actually, adding to THE BEGINNING of a title is the worst.

It can lead to duplicate threads, for starters. If I have to explain how that is...I can only assume you may not have much experience using the "search" function (which has it's own inherent clunkyness, but that's another issue...)

Worse, changing titles can delay compliance with prohibitions to posting, or even linking, that FR has agreed to comply with.

So as a general rule, do not alter titles. It really is as simple as that.

Now what's with this?

Keep ‘em coming. I’ve got all week.

Perhaps try looking at the information from arms length. Distance yourself, look at it neutrally. Pretend that you have no personal involvement.

We have all seen posters use the "abuse" button to ask forum moderators to assist in changing a title mistake. At least I have.