Our “Pay No Attention to that Man Behind the Curtain” Moment

Victor Davis Hanson  "An Obama speech echoing boilerplate themes such as “there are no red states, there are no blue states” today simply could not be given — the laughing in the audience would be far too much. After Eric Holder’s “cowards” outburst, the beer summit, Van Jones, the slurs against Arizona, and the video appeals targeted at particular racial groups, the public takes for granted that a Rev. Wright, the clingers speech, “typical white person,” and Michelle’s angst ... were disturbing premonitions rather than rightwing racialist paranoias."