Desperately Derailing Donald
American Greatness,
by
Victor Davis Hanson
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
9/7/2020 4:56:48 AM
One always expects the media surprise leak of a purported hidden scandal as a presidential campaign winds down. Remember the last-minute “discovery” of George W. Bush’s undisclosed 24-year-old DUI arrest in 2000? Or the October 7, 2016 effort of the Washington Post to publish the hoarded 11-year-old “Access Hollywood” tape, just two days before Donald Trump’s second debate with Hillary Clinton?We should expect lots of these “bombshells” and “walls are closing in” pseudo derailments. Except Trump has been the most widely investigated, probed, attacked, and smeared president in history. And so the scandal-field has pretty well been picked over,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 9/7/2020 6:38:48 AM (No. 533596)
VDH: National Treasure.
Read for the intelligent arguments. But also for the “Schlichteresque” turns of phrases.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Lazyman 9/7/2020 7:04:49 AM (No. 533616)
TDS has caused them to shoot their load already. They now have to resort to lies that are so self evident any child or uninformed person can figure them out.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
jinx 9/7/2020 7:37:09 AM (No. 533636)
He's right as usual. I have not been polled. Maybe it is because I do not answer calls from strangers. I just let the phone ring and delete the caller as soon as I can. I do not buy books written about Pres. Trump by disgruntled people who were fired by him and put in jail for fraud, etc. I just read what so-called journalists say and poo poo it since I know that the talking heads and "journalists" hate our President and will support anyone, including known crooks and liars, who will say negative things about him. I am one of the silent majority who will vote in November. Until Biden is covered in the same way as President Trump, I will not even consider voting for him.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Pearson365 9/7/2020 7:43:11 AM (No. 533639)
Since this latest attempt by Democrats to smear PDT involves an American cemetery for our fallen in World War I, why isn’t there any mention that these men died in The War to End All Wars? President Wilson, Democrat icon, knew Americans were opposed to interfering in the constant wars in Europe, so he created the false slogan War to End All Wars. It wasn’t, and 21 years later WWII made WWI look amateurish. And both Wilson and FDR campaigned to keep us out of both wars while quietly working to enter both.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
thelmalou 9/7/2020 7:55:52 AM (No. 533646)
RE: #1 + VDH is indeed a national treasure, and Herr Schlicter isn't far behind. But I submit that Schlicter uses "Hansonesque" turns of phrase. ;) Either way, we win.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
MattMusson 9/7/2020 8:44:57 AM (No. 533692)
VDH makes fun of the Summer of Love BLM protests. Well they have been Mostly Peaceful.
Of the 10,000 BLM protests:
ONLY 530 have been violent riots at
ONLY 220 different locations, causing
ONLY 2.3 Billion in property damage and
ONLY killing 18 people.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 9/7/2020 9:30:04 AM (No. 533735)
The key word here is "Desperately". People who do things in a desperate mood rarely come up with good solutions. Dems have a high incompetence level to begin with. Throwing in despiration makes their efforts ludicrous.
Of course, the dems/media/Left is somewhat immune to the absurdity of their attempts. They are like little kids learning to walk. They take a few steps, splat they fall down. They struggle to get up, a few more steps, splat, down they go. With a child, it is cute to see their determination. With the adults on the Left, it is pathetic.
Further, every failure is corroding their credibility. As they start their latest squawking, they have less of a receptive audience with each successive failure. Some of these losses will be permanent as people seek out alternative news sources and find out just how much they have been lied to. Other dems may just be discouraged enough about the lies to sit out the election.
The hard Left will, sadly, continue to drink the Kool-aid. With the latest smear against Trump over disrespect for the military, a person I know who had military service and is a solid Liberal felt incensed enough to broadcast an email about it. I pushed back about the falseness of the accusations and requested he not send me political emails. I spoke up. I will bet many he emailed were unhappy with it but didn't say anything.
Yes, Biden is being forced by despiration into public view. I expect that it was a close call as to whether Punxsutawney Joe would do more damage remaining in his burrow or coming out and casting a shadow predicting 4 more years of Trump. I think they will find the following adage applies to Joe: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.". Joe needs a ventriloquist.
Biden blunders and freezes, virus fading, economy rebounding, riots exceeding their sell by date, Leftist despiration, Leftist absurdity breaking all bounds, Trump campaign organization and enthusiasm. I think we are heading for a very Trumpy Fall season.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 9/7/2020 9:44:58 AM (No. 533746)
Fifty eight! We only have 58 more days to earnestly PRAY for the United States and her President, to keep our freedoms won by the blood of our fathers, brothers, uncles and grandfathers in their youth. If you love Liberty, you will offer up at least one prayer. (''If my people,'' etc.)
Now for something a little lighter: if you want to tap into the bountiful humor of VDH, watch a YouTube where VDH is interviewed by Eric Eric Metaxas and the conversation turns to Jussie Smollett. It is roflmao funny.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 9/7/2020 2:56:14 PM (No. 534046)
I also recall the unfounded rumor that the media played up at the time. It was Bush Sr and someone released an accusation that he had an affair some years ago. This was also splashed across the media just before the election. The Atlanta Journal-Constipation ran a "news" story about it every day for a week before the election.
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