Nice summation...

Well, I can't agree with all of the article but I will say this: It seems to me that the biggest part of Obama's problem is that he doesn't realize that many people voted for him because of the Bush years and the Bush bashing and the McSame stuff, and not so much because they liked Obama's policy proposals. So now when he tries to get the stuff to pass he is finding that he is facing opposition.......through the constituents of the congress-people. Many are making it plain to them that they should not support certain presidential proposals.
 
TurdFerguson said:
I'd just note for the record that Victor Davis Hanson's daddy was a college administrator.

I guess he's throwing his daddy under the bus.
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Yo... I thought I'd apologize the next time I saw a post of yours. For some reason I thought you were somebody making a secondary account and called you a "troll" in another thread. I don't want people thinking you are that, I was mistaken and I am sorry about that.
 
TurdFerguson said:
I'd just note for the record that Victor Davis Hanson's daddy was a college administrator.

I guess he's throwing his daddy under the bus.
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Or perhaps he is speaking based on personal experiences, in addition to the information he observed from the Obama administration.

I don't think this is actually a condemnation of college administrators as much as an explanation of why the techniques do not work well in public office.
 
Damocles said:
Yo... I thought I'd apologize the next time I saw a post of yours. For some reason I thought you were somebody making a secondary account and called you a "troll" in another thread. I don't want people thinking you are that, I was mistaken and I am sorry about that.
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No worries.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
I think the article was just a right wing, anti-intellectual, ad hominin attack with out the least shred of credibility. It's just more raw meat for the wingnuts based on glittering generalities, strawmen and outright lies.
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The very fact that you think it is "anti-intellectual" shows your bias and the absurd belief that the academic world is "intellectual".

Now, that said, what points did you find so incredulous? Because while it was generalistic, it seemed to make some valid points.
 
Superfreak said:
The very fact that you think it is "anti-intellectual" shows your bias and the absurd belief that the academic world is "intellectual".

Now, that said, what points did you find so incredulous? Because while it was generalistic, it seemed to make some valid points.
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I scanned it and stopped doing so as soon as the guy started trying to draw a parallel between "czars" and campus administrators as though it helps explain Obama's weird and unique use of czars. Anyone who knows anything about the last 30 or so years of American politics knows that czars are anything but new and unique to the presidency. It was a huge, transparent stretch which pretty much makes the entire article a joke.

The reason he did this is clearly because the anti-intellectual Fox news viewers/tea party protestors are all fired up about the "czars" because they're ignorant sons of bitches and he's catering to his audience of ignorant sons of bitches.

Also, the entire premise of the article is there to make Obama "one" with the often derided elitist liberal college types that the ignorant right wingers who watch Beck and never went to college hate so much.
 
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leaningright said:
Well, I can't agree with all of the article but I will say this: It seems to me that the biggest part of Obama's problem is that he doesn't realize that many people voted for him because of the Bush years and the Bush bashing and the McSame stuff, and not so much because they liked Obama's policy proposals. So now when he tries to get the stuff to pass he is finding that he is facing opposition.......through the constituents of the congress-people. Many are making it plain to them that they should not support certain presidential proposals.
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You opinion, there were those that did like his policies and thought he would bring change and less division, but the GOP isn't going to allow that to happen. They like the divisiveness, it is the way they get elected, feed the hate of the old white population.
 
ib1yysguy said:
I scanned it and stopped doing so as soon as the guy started trying to draw a parallel between "czars" and campus administrators as though it helps explain Obama's weird and unique use of czars. Anyone who knows anything about the last 30 or so years of American politics knows that czars are anything but new and unique to the presidency. It was a huge, transparent stretch which pretty much makes the entire article a joke.

The reason he did this is clearly because the anti-intellectual Fox news viewers/tea party protestors are all fired up about the "czars" because they're ignorant sons of bitches and he's catering to his audience of ignorant sons of bitches.

Also, the entire premise of the article is there to make Obama "one" with the often derided elitist liberal college types that the ignorant right wingers who watch Beck and never went to college hate so much.
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It is just one guys opinion and a new style of governing has been tried by greats in our past! The fireside chats! Nixon and the czars...why is change a bad thing?

Oh, my gosh, it just isn't done like this, oh no...
 
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