Presidential Rhetoric

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

If only the president might show the same audacity to weigh in on the murderous Tsarnaev brothers as he did when he expressed his displeasure during the ongoing Henry Louis Gates or Trayvon Martin matters — or perhaps at least an anguished cry of the heart that the two killers were part of something “shameful” or were habitually “lying” as in the case of his commentary about gun-control opponents. Could we at least expect another presidential call to “punish our enemies” or an unguarded moment of furor from Eric Holder about the attack on ” my people” from these “cowards”?