Conservatives should take heed
Victor Davis Hanson, the most important writer in America, delivers sobering news to conservatives today at NRO:
That might seem a reasonable enough, if distant, proposition, but Hanson goes on to describe the vulnerabilities that a more sober Democratic Party could take advantage of:
In other words, sitting back and relying on Democrats to continue poisoning themselves with the usual liberal nostrums, might be to fight the last war, a perfect strategy for defeat.
There is... no guarantee that the Democratic party is going to stay politically suicidal, as if an embarrassing Barbara Boxer or an unhinged Michael Moore will always remain self-appointed symbols of the opposition.
That might seem a reasonable enough, if distant, proposition, but Hanson goes on to describe the vulnerabilities that a more sober Democratic Party could take advantage of:
Note... that the critique against trade deficits, budget shortfalls, national debt, and a weak dollar comes from Democrats. Far from applauding such expansionary policy and the spectacular growth in entitlement spending, they are now sounding like old-time sober conservatives. True, free-market supply siders can make the argument that as a percentage of GDP, current shortfalls are not that serious, or that the trade deficit and weak dollar are inherently self-correcting. But at a time of war, perception — not reason, much less long-term trends — is everything.
In other words, sitting back and relying on Democrats to continue poisoning themselves with the usual liberal nostrums, might be to fight the last war, a perfect strategy for defeat.
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