Here we are 33 years later, and . . . the economy is a mess, an election year is heating up, a liberal president is once again complaining about high gas prices beyond his control while promising a massive alternative-energy program; while seeking to mitigate radical Islamic anger through apology and to ease America into a new, less exceptional world role, as Iran threatens to destabilize the Persian Gulf, Russia seems increasingly bellicose, and Israel senses a U.S. tilt away from it.
All that is missing is the cardigan sweater, and another warning that “We’ve learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.”
“We’ve learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.”
Easily wiser than anything ever muttered by the last five Presidents.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMaybe so, but piles of material goods sure make it easier to bear the emptiness of a live with no confidence or purpose.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseUnfortunately, we don't seem to have learned that government programs cannot fill the emptiness, inspire confidence, or instill purpose either, but instead only makes the ennui worse.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseObama at Notre Dame, 2009:
"Too many of us view life only through the lens of immediate self-interest and crass materialism; in which the world is necessarily a zero-sum game."
Warning KOS link ahead as my citation:
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Now, I must shower. For a very, very long time....
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI've said since almost the beginning of this administration that Obama was the worst president since Carter. Now he has become him.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhat is missing is a Republican challenger that consevatives can be excited about.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWOW, yet another fantastic stretch of reality by Hanson....the yoga is obviously doing wonders for him.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWe're also missing a killer rabbit:
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Actually all that is missing is another Reagan to come in and save the day.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAll that is missing is an opposing candidate that can articulate conservative ideals in an optimistic and convincing manner.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYou write that Obama is "seeking to mitigate radical Islamic anger through apology". This has never happened. It is a right wing myth. Do you have a link? If internet betting were legal, there might be $10,000 riding on this question, as your likely nominee would say.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI take it that you never actually watch the news. Say two days ago?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseTwo days ago, President Obama apologised to the President of Afghanistan for some Koran=burning by US soldiers. Now, where are my 10 grands?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLet's hope we get the same election outcome as we did all those years ago.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNow we get to live what would have happened 33 years ago had there been no leader such as Ronald Reagan and no sane Democrats around.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMr. Davis Hanson fails to explain which of the four current Republican candidates is the second coming of St. Ronald Reagan, who, by the way, could not meet the current purity tests being imposed on the candidates if he were running today as the same candidate he was in 1980.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI've got a cardigan around here somewhere. Should I send it to the White House?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYet conservatives want a sweater vest with crucifix in the White House.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNice non-sequitor. Did you think it up all by yourself?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseBang on, Victor. But there is no Reagan in the wings.
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