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The Remains of an Administration
National Review ^ | May 26, 2020 | VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

Posted on 05/26/2020 11:10:00 AM PDT by SJackson

Edited on 05/26/2020 11:38:07 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Each day that the Obama administration fades into the past, its wrongdoings manage to wander back into the present.

After years of suppression, all sorts of strange events keep popping up to remind us of what little is left of the Obama years

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: corruption; nationalreview; obama; vdh; victordavishanson
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To: Verginius Rufus
The most recent Presidential poll, from 2017, of 91 historians and other scholars, ranked Obama #12 among all of the Presidents—more overrated than Kennedy at #8. I wonder if the scandals will cause Obama’s ranking to drop—I would guess not, or only a little. Meanwhile, G. W. Bush was ranked #33 (lower than Carter).

That is the C-Span poll. They are talking about it on C-Span 3 right now. The Siena poll has Kennedy at 10, Obama at 17, Carter at 26, Bush at 33, and Trump at 42 (three up from the bottom). The general tendency is for Democrats to fall and Republicans to rise.

People forget how things were at the time and historians come to rely on things that are at odds with what people felt back then. Carter was at 33 in the first Siena poll when he had just left office and we had fewer presidents. Trump is better than GW Bush, but if he doesn't win reelection, he's sure to rate lower than Bush, because historians focus on procedural details that most people don't care about.

21 posted on 05/26/2020 12:58:06 PM PDT by x
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To: Liz

It must be incredibly comforting for Bammy, Holder, Lynch, Rice to know they have pigmentation immunity, that they are above the law forever.


22 posted on 05/26/2020 1:47:19 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: SJackson

VDH nails it...again...as always.


23 posted on 05/26/2020 2:27:49 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: x
I saw a program on C-Span the other day that is perhaps the same one as is being shown today. The poll from 2017 did not include Trump. I'm not surprised that the new poll has him so low--in spite of all of his successes. That GWB is ranked lower than GHWB is telling--after all, his father failed to be re-elected.

Some Presidents have fallen significantly in the last few decades, such as Andrew Jackson. He was ranked highly as the founder of the Democratic Party, but now greater weight is given to issues like his treatment of the American Indians (although the Trail of Tears occurred under Van Buren). Eisenhower, by contrast, has risen to #5--he used to be ranked much lower. Why William Henry Harrison is ranked at all makes no sense--he died after one month in office.

24 posted on 05/26/2020 3:01:14 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: laweeks
And Valerie Jarrett, un-elected bureaucrat, led our country for 8 years because Obama didn’t know a damn thing about his office
I think we're going to find out she's the real evil behind all of this.

All of the others are guilty as sin too, but I think she's the master planner of it all.

25 posted on 05/26/2020 3:12:25 PM PDT by lewislynn (STOP SUPPORTING CHINA AND ANTI-AMERICAN GLOBALISTS! DO IT NOW!)
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To: Psalm 73
Hard to believe the panty-waists at NR allow VDH articles to appear in their publication.
Early on VDH was also a never-Trumper until he saw the light.
26 posted on 05/26/2020 3:15:06 PM PDT by lewislynn (STOP SUPPORTING CHINA AND ANTI-AMERICAN GLOBALISTS! DO IT NOW!)
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To: SJackson

Can’t happen fast enough. NIGHTMARE!


27 posted on 05/26/2020 4:02:02 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: lewislynn

...the panty-waists at NR...
________________________________________________

I never read NR, but the VDH article caused me to at least read the headlines on a series of other articles and I was surprised to find them, for the most part, honest.


28 posted on 05/26/2020 4:27:30 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: SJackson

You neglected to mention the IRS Scandal, The fast and furious scandal, Obama Care where they admitted of camera that they intentionally lied to get the bill passed.

The most corrupt and criminal president ever. What do you expect when you elect a foreigner that hates America.


29 posted on 05/26/2020 6:14:41 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
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To: reformedliberal

30 posted on 05/26/2020 7:03:28 PM PDT by lewislynn (STOP SUPPORTING CHINA AND ANTI-AMERICAN GLOBALISTS! DO IT NOW!)
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To: SJackson

VDH bump for later....


31 posted on 05/26/2020 8:58:26 PM PDT by indthkr
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To: lewislynn

Nice post. And many of them have seen the error of their ways - good for them. The rest are still jerks.


32 posted on 05/27/2020 2:28:17 AM PDT by Psalm 73
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To: SJackson

Obama’s a hardcore leftist at heart and right now the country and world are hurtling toward totalitarianism at a speed we couldn’t have imagined less than six months ago.

Sure a few hard-won crumbs of the Obama admin have been given back, but his team is winning loaves and bread trucks and bakeries at a time now.


33 posted on 05/27/2020 3:15:02 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Psalm 73
You could add Mark Levin to that list too....Even Rush Limbaugh was borderline but he's too smart to show his hand.

Don't forget, Rush was all in for Marco Rubio.

Trump has made a lot of people true believers.

34 posted on 05/27/2020 8:12:48 AM PDT by lewislynn (STOP SUPPORTING CHINA AND ANTI-AMERICAN GLOBALISTS! DO IT NOW!)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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35 posted on 05/27/2020 3:51:31 PM PDT by bitt (Much of our culture is intended to traumatize us, as traumatized people are easily controlled)
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To: Dick Bachert

Amen !


36 posted on 05/27/2020 4:41:38 PM PDT by redrhino47
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To: Boogieman

The historical imprint of the scandals can only be memorialized by high level prosecutions going all the way to the top.

Any imprint will leave a large permanent mark only if any of the charges rise to treason.


37 posted on 05/27/2020 4:44:28 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Reily
To this day, any room Zero walks into he’s the least qualified person there!

You're forgetting about gay bath houses.

38 posted on 05/27/2020 5:48:58 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: Dick Bachert

https://i.imgur.com/lStPwVD.jpg

that’s a great image to spread around, mr. bachert


39 posted on 05/27/2020 7:25:37 PM PDT by bitt (Much of our culture is intended to traumatize us, as traumatized people are easily controlled)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

nor is Kamel Harris


40 posted on 05/27/2020 7:37:46 PM PDT by bitt (Much of our culture is intended to traumatize us, as traumatized people are easily controlled)
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