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Rhetorical Q&A
If I Ran the Zoo — Q (Andy McCarthy): Will There Be an Obama Derangement Syndrome?A (Victor Davis Hanson): I think we are slowly (and things of course could change) beginning in retrospect to look back at the outline of one of most profound bait-and-switch campaigns in our political history, predicated on the mass appeal of a magnetic leader rather than any principles per se. He out-Clintoned Hillary and followed Bill's 1992 formula: A young Democrat runs on youth, ...

alicublog — OFF TO A BAD START. Victor Davis Hanson says Obama's centrist appointments show that "Obama's victory... more so even than perhaps a John McCain's, may do more for Bush's reputation that anyone ever imagined." ...

Will Obama Rehabilitate Bush?
The Sundries Shack — Victor Davis Hanson takes a look at P-E Obama’s early staffing picks and concludes that the Obama administration may well improve President Bush’s reputation. I think we are slowly (and things of course could change) beginning in retrospect to look back at the outline of one of most profound bait-and-switch campaigns in our political history, predicated on the mass appeal of a magnetic leader rather than any principles per se. He out-Clintoned Hillary and followed Bill’s 1992 formula: A young Democrat runs on youth, popular appeal and charisma, claims the incumbent Bush ...

"Obama may do more for George Bush's reputation than anyone thinks."
Althouse — Says Victor Davis Hanson. blog advertising blog advertising

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Obama may do more for George Bush’s reputation than anyone thinks….
Instapundit — VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Obama may do more for George Bush’s reputation than anyone thinks.

Mrs G in the Corner
Mudville Gazette — ... Follow this link, and not only will you get to read the thoughts of Victor Davis Hanson, you'll discover a VALOUR-IT ad, space for which was generously donated by the good folks at NRO. ...

SATURDAY ROUNDUP
The Hill's Blog Briefing Room — ... College of New York center bearing his name. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] Lieberman Damage Control - Daniel De Groot, Open Left [image] So, Just out of Curiosity… - Pejman Yousefzadeh, RedState [image] Another Call for Rangel to Step Down - A. Carptenter, Townhall.com [image] Freedom and Torture - Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish [image] More Ignorant Questions - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo [image] Bush through the Obama Prism - Victor Davis Hanson, The Corner [image] Franken's ...

Sunday morning links
Maggie's Farm — ... clear on that. That Steyn is so multicultually insensitive, isn't he? How does the sheep community feel about this casual dissing? Have Europeans ever believed in freedom? I very much doubt it. (And voting isn't freedom, is it?) Black Friday and Love. Anchoress "A murderer in Canada has more rights than somebody accused by the Canadian Human Rights Commission." Ezra Levant Bush through the Obama prism. VDH Via Boudreaux: In modern America, the ...

Sunday morning links, with snow
Maggie's Farm — ... clear on that. That Steyn is so multicultually insensitive, isn't he? How does the sheep community feel about this casual dissing? Have Europeans ever believed in freedom? I very much doubt it. (And voting isn't freedom, is it?) Black Friday and Love. Anchoress "A murderer in Canada has more rights than somebody accused by the Canadian Human Rights Commission." Ezra Levant Bush through the Obama prism. VDH Via Boudreaux: In modern America, the ...

Ambiguous tea-leaves, Part Two
Power Line — ... Victor Davis Hanson detects in Barack Obama's early personnel decisions "the outline of one of most profound bait-and-switch campaigns in our political history, predicated on the mass appeal of a magnetic leader rather than any principles per se." In this account, "Obama is a masterful politician who never has had any real ideology or persona other than his own diversity story and history, youth, and charisma that together allow him to be whatever is politically expedient at the time." ...

Mr. Bush Goes to Rehab
Whiskey Fire — ... Apparently Victor Davis Hanson has been tasked with reanimating the corpse that is the Presidency of George "W." Bush. Here he says that Bush's worst problems weren't catastrophic, and that they can be explained by his lack of rhetorical acumen. For example, we may lament "a certain administration haughtiness about the problems in Iraq between 2002-6." But! However! mostly we will remember that No Child Left Behind was a success. Similarly, Mussolini betrayed a certain haughtiness about the wonders of fascism and the prospects of an Italian pact with Germany circa 1939 to 1943, ...

Lickspittle for a Pig
The Poor Man Institute — ...  (rehabilitation through titilation) in tandem with a psy-ops campaign based on the notion that Bush’s unpopularity is really just one big misunderstanding: ...

Conservatives: Bush Legacy Hinges on Obamessiah
Whiskey Fire — ... Obama owes his pragmatism on Iraq to the "success of the surge. Perhaps never has someone owed so much to a policy he opposed so vehemently." Thus, "God does have a sense of humor." If Lowry's right (um, ha!), well, the joke's on Him. And then there's the Victor Davis Hanson opinion (mentioned ...