The Arrogance of Mendacity

Well, he had a dream... (lol)

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When he says anything, we know now that it is either not true or will not be true or at best will only be partially true.

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Whining Will Get You Nowhere

September 4, 2009

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

The Tingle is Gone?

Many of Obama's problems are in the future.Aside from the rendezvous he has with mega-deficits, rallying support for Afghanistan, healthcare, selling cap-and-trade in the Senate, etc., there is a more fundamental problem with Obama's modus operandi itself. I don't think he will any longer be able to "hope and change" his way out of tomorrow's controversies with mere rhetorical flourishes, since he has already exhausted his capital of credibility, and squandered his "this is our moment" trust.

Watch the faces of the press corps and the townhall throngs when he evades, and instead starts in with the cadences: The collective expression is to roll their eyes and sigh "not this again." And yet the alternative to hope and change is off-the-teleprompter pauses, and "inflate your tires/they're taking out our tonsils" folk mythology...