The Truth Drips Out

May 1, 2014 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson // NRO’s The Corner

Deputy_National_Security_Advisor_Rhodes_Addresses_Reporters_(12222740226) — Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes

For over a year and a half the White House successfully withheld communications between public servants, apparently in hopes that the death of four Americans in Benghazi would not become an issue in the 2012 election (at the eleventh hour CNN’s Candy Crowley did her best to ensure that goal by unethically becoming both moderator and advocate of Barack Obama in the second debate).

Even with the heavily censored and redacted recent releases of White House e-mails, one of the many messaging “goals” of Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes (“To underscore that these protests are rooted in an Internet video, and not a broader failure of policy”) is the evidence that proves exactly what the White House so far has denied: the highest White House officials were in a pre-election frenzy to pressure Continue reading “The Truth Drips Out” →

The Mother of All Scandals

August 13, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ Media

IRS?

A system of voluntary tax compliance cannot survive a dishonest IRS. Lois Lerner and company have virtually ruined the agency. For the foreseeable future, each time an American receives a tax query, he will wonder to what degree his politics ensures enhanced or reduced scrutiny — or whether his name as a donor, activist, or partisan has put him on a watch list. Continue reading “The Mother of All Scandals” →

The President’s Boilerplate Address to Berliners

June 20, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

Aside from the usual Obama “hope and change/yes we can” boilerplate platitudes, there were also the same old disturbing and disingenuous statements in his Berlin speech. Continue reading “The President’s Boilerplate Address to Berliners” →

Reap What You Sow

May 21, 2013May 22, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

In the next few weeks, we will probably hear more stories about journalists whose correspondence was monitored, and more creepy details about the corruption of the IRS. Continue reading “Reap What You Sow” →

The President Won–Sort Of

May 21, 2013May 22, 2013 victorhanson

The administration spent the last six months of the campaign in cover-up mode.

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

On September 11, 2012, Barack Obama was 1 point ahead of Mitt Romney in the ABC and Washington Post polls. Continue reading “The President Won–Sort Of” →

A Tainted Campaign?

May 14, 2013May 20, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

If it is proven that the IRS thwarted some groups from obtaining tax-exempt status in fear that their traditional or conservative messages might hurt the 2012 Obama campaign (especially if it did so under pressure from White House-affiliated operatives), Continue reading “A Tainted Campaign?” →

The Face of Things to Come

February 20, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson

NRO’s The Corner

Campaign Rhetoric

The campaign contour is pretty clear: The Obama reelection team will not make the case for the advantages and popularity of Obamacare, for the Chuian advantages of $4-a-gallon gas, for the dynamism of a 1.7 percent GDP growth rate, for the stimulatory effects of adding $5 trillion in new debt, or for why 8 percent unemployment does not qualify under the old rubric of a “jobless recovery.” Continue reading “The Face of Things to Come” →

Iran 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0

February 14, 2013March 4, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

On the campaign trail, presidential candidate Barack Obama once called for a “reset” policy with Iran. Supposedly, the unpopularity of the Texan provocateur George W. Bush and his administration’s inability to finesse “soft power” had needlessly alienated the Iranian theocracy. Continue reading “Iran 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0” →

Incoherent Immigration Reform

February 14, 2013February 15, 2013 victorhanson

by Victor Davis Hanson

Tribune Media Services

Nothing about illegal immigration quite adds up. Continue reading “Incoherent Immigration Reform” →

Not the Message, Not the Messenger, It’s the Voter: Part I

February 10, 2013April 10, 2013 victorhanson

by Bruce Thronton

FrontPage

Nearly 3 months after the presidential election the Republicans are still trying to fix what they think went wrong. A popular culprit is the Republicans’ alleged failure to communicate forcefully or persuasively a message that would move voters presumably receptive to conservative policies and principles. Continue reading “Not the Message, Not the Messenger, It’s the Voter: Part I” →

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