Victor Davis Hanson
"Racial relations in this country seem as bad as they have been in a half century. " . . .
Mr Hanson writes of what he sees happening in Obama's home stretch:
. . . "Apparently Obama is veering even further to the left, in hopes of establishing a rhetorical
progressive legacy in lieu of any lasting legislative or foreign policy achievement. Turning the
presidency into an edgy soapbox is seemingly all that is left of Obama's promise to "fundamentally
transform" the country.
"But divisive sermonizing and the issuing of executive orders are not the same as successfully
reforming our health care system. The Affordable Care Act, born of exaggeration and untruth, is now
in peril as insurers pull out and the costs of premiums and deductibles soar.
"Even presidential nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not really defending the
Obama administration's past "red line" in Syria, the "reset" with Vladimir Putin's Russia, the
bombing of Libya, the Benghazi tragedy, the euphemistic rebranding of Islamic terrorism as mere
"violent extremism," the abrupt pullout from (and subsequent collapse of) Iraq, or the Iran nuclear
deal that so far seems to have made the theocracy both rich and emboldened.
"The U.S. economy with its record low growth over eight years, near record labor nonparticipation
rates, record national debt and record consecutive years of zero interest rates is not
much of a legacy either. " . . .
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