{"id":8865,"date":"2013-04-11T06:20:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T06:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/04\/11\/victor-davis-hanson-on-generation-screwed\/"},"modified":"2013-04-11T06:20:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T06:20:08","slug":"victor-davis-hanson-on-generation-screwed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/04\/11\/victor-davis-hanson-on-generation-screwed\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Davis Hanson on Generation Screwed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/blogs\/print\/345028\" target=\"_self\">Here.<\/a> Are the Obaminations of the current administration inadvertently building a libertarian-leaning youth movement that will unseat both the RINOs and the leftists?&#0160; One can hope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Many young people voted for Obama because they think him &#39;cool.&#39;&#0160; Well, he is one cool dude, no doubt about it, except that the criterion of cool is not germane.&#0160; Appreciation of that truth, however, tends to come after the bloom of youth has worn off.&#0160; In the meantime, opponents of nanny-statism need to front a cool candidate.&#0160; Maybe the vigorous young Rand Paul can supply the cool the youngsters crave.&#0160; But first they need to learn that they are only screwing themselves by supporting the fiscally irresponsible Dems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Speaking of fiscal irresponsibility, I was pleased to see that the prolific Hanson&#0160; has taken aim at Krazy Krugman in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/articles\/344529\/krugman-s-california-dreaming-victor-davis-hanson\" target=\"_self\">Krugman&#39;s California Dreaming<\/a>.&#0160; See also <a href=\"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/articles\/hanson113012B.html\" target=\"_self\">The Ahistorical Krugman<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">&#39;What-me-worry?&#39; 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Are the Obaminations of the current administration inadvertently building a libertarian-leaning youth movement that will unseat both the RINOs and the leftists?&#0160; One can hope. 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