States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking. Victor Davis Hanson More Quotes by Victor Davis Hanson More Quotes From Victor Davis Hanson What is about Palin that drives the elite, especially elite women, crazy? Great looks? That Middle-America accent? The 5 kids and he-man husband? The lack of a powerful father or spouse who could jump-start her 'feminist' career with money, contacts, and influence? That Idaho BA? The wink? The charisma and, indeed, sensuality so lacking in her angry critics? Victor Davis Hanson husband powerful father The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never. 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Victor Davis Hanson generations six house I think everybody realizes some things went wrong in the Middle East and that most of the terrorism is emanating from that area. Victor Davis Hanson middle-east realizing thinking [People] are alike in a sense that the Bernie Sanders anger at Hillary Clinton was that she was a so-called progressive and yet had managed to make $125 million. Victor Davis Hanson progressive clinton people In the case of [Donald] Trump, he was able to tell people that elites live in gated communities, where they have walls around their home. Victor Davis Hanson wall home people The columnist like myself or people at Stanford University don't wake up in the morning and see their job outsourced. Yet we promote free markets. But we're not sensitive to what that does to other people who don't have our privilege. Victor Davis Hanson stanford-university morning jobs Of course, the Clintons are not only corrupt but cynical as well. They accept that the progressive media, the foundations, the universities, the bureaucracies, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley honor power more than trendy left-wing politics; they well understand that their fans will, for them, make the necessary adjustments to contextualize Clinton criminality or amorality. Victor Davis Hanson cynical media wings It's radical Islamic terrorism. And yet, when you see the last eight years, something's gone wrong to call it violent extremism or man-caused disasters. It would be as if we were looking at [Adolf] Hitler in the 1930s. And we were afraid to say that he was a Nazi. Victor Davis Hanson islamic eight men Racial inequality has gotten worse in the last years because any time you have a moribund economy, the people who historically have had more problems getting jobs have suffered. And that, I think, is triggering a lot of the animosity. Victor Davis Hanson jobs years thinking I see a continuation of the populist outrage that prompted the Brexit and sparked the Bernie Sanders campaign. Victor Davis Hanson continuation outrage campaigns I think the Democrat Party is taking its cue from the media. When the media has a narrative, whether it's the use of profanity, the Democratic Party follows it. Victor Davis Hanson democratic party thinking Donald Trump, he didn't dismantle Eastern European missile defense. He didn't go to Geneva and press a plastic red button. He didn't make fun of Romney for saying Russia was an existential enemy. He didn't have a hot mic exchange with a Russian President saying that he would be more flexible with the Russians after the elections. Victor Davis Hanson president fun enemy
