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Topic: Oh, We Forgot to Tell You . . . |
Oh, We Forgot to Tell You . . .
National Review Online, by Victor Davis Hanson
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Posted By:StormCnter, 11/15/2012 5:27:18 AM
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| The second-term curse goes like this: A president (e.g., Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and so on) wins reelection, but then his presidency implodes over the next four years — mired in scandals or disasters such as Watergate, Iran-Contra, Monica Lewinsky, the Iraqi insurgency, and Hurricane Katrina. Apparently, like tragic Greek heroes, administrations grow arrogant after their reelection wins. They believe that they are invincible and that their public approval is permanent rather than fickle. The result is that Nemesis zeroes in on their fatal conceit and with a boom corrects their hubris.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
pineledger, 11/15/2012 5:54:00 AM (No. 9015389)
Another first-class article from VDH. Well worth a read for its catalog of the bizarre string of post-election revelations we´ve just lived through.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Rather Read, 11/15/2012 6:04:16 AM (No. 9015399)
Much as I would love to see The Won´s second term implode (and I know that is petty of me), I don´t think the press will allow it. They will cover up everything that would reflect negatively on their Precious One.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
lil dotty, 11/15/2012 6:18:26 AM (No. 9015407)
If it should implode, the MFM will only cover it as a July 4 NChaser going off.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
RosietheObserver, 11/15/2012 6:18:47 AM (No. 9015408)
VDH does not take into account the lengths the media will go to protect Zerobama and the lengths liberals will go to to ignore any scandal. The day after the election, libs were saying that Zero had a scandal-free first term. It´s mind-boggling how they can delude themselves.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
lancelink1, 11/15/2012 6:40:10 AM (No. 9015427)
None of the stuff in the article matters a whit to anybody. None of it is the presidents fault. He is perfect. Still.
obama is awesome.
Besides, he gives us free stuff.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
sfacheem, 11/15/2012 6:43:47 AM (No. 9015433)
I disagree with VDH´s premise, which states that Obama´s second term is imploding due to his arrogance from having been re-elected.
His FIRST term imploded and what we´re seeing now is only happening now because of problems that were accrued to post election.
He is a disaster from day ONE. Not only in his second term.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Nevadadad46, 11/15/2012 6:52:00 AM (No. 9015442)
Not gonna happen and even if it did, the media and the fawning useful idiots will not care. This is America´s worst nightmare and it is not going to just "implode" away.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Spidey, 11/15/2012 7:43:24 AM (No. 9015515)
The only problem is Obama has the media more in his pocket than his predecessors,so he can get away with anything.Everything is a minor distraction,not a scandal.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
heneverlies, 11/15/2012 7:45:57 AM (No. 9015521)
Prof Hanson might fail in realizing that Obama-Mao has been out to destroy the American way of life since the get go! He has been succeeding beyond his wildest dreams and continues to do so.
Each event that creates chaos and drains America´s resources, etc. is a victory for Obama and his pals, marching us faster and further to the end of this creation, the USA as the greatest and best country on the planet...which they too want to control via the UN.
Your greatest enemy sleeps with you...
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Grambo, 11/15/2012 8:51:32 AM (No. 9015671)
A Director of the CIA is vetted by Congress to assure that he has no weaknesses that a hostile foreign power could use to blackmail him. Congress missed the weakness that allowed General Petraeus to be blackmailed by a hostile foreign power – Barack Hussein Obama.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Holeymoses, 11/15/2012 9:24:38 AM (No. 9015761)
Contrary to the thoughts expressed by other readers, this article gives me hope that Obama´s second term will not give him comfort and may yet unravel. Think Nixon, Clinton, and Bush. Let the gloat begin!!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
oh-heck, 11/15/2012 12:33:47 PM (No. 9016370)
The second term curse normally happens naturally because of actions taken or not taken early in the second term. What is unique about Obama is the huge pile of bombs that he has "frozen" to make the mechanism delay until after the election. Add to that all the government management decisions he postponed to 1/1/2013. Unless the GOP allows themselves to become the patsy, this is going to all blow Jan 1. Imagine what the paycheck of someone making 2,000 a month is going to look like at the end of January. The Dems have, and that is why they are accusing the GOP of holding The People hostage. Let the existing law stand with everyone paying more and government spending less. When the screaming starts, Reid and Obama may be willing to talk.
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