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Victor Davis Hanson: Obama, Palin, and the Culture Wars

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mfg
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Posted: 10.30.08, 01:37 PM
around 33 minutes, he refers to this facade of Palin 'not being one o us.' however, the irony, is that this facade was engineered by the mccain campaign; they are the ones that branded her as an outsider, that was her selling point.
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Posted: 10.30.08, 05:24 PM
This is the most unintentionally hilarious FORA program I've seen in a very long time.
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Posted: 10.31.08, 10:02 PM
I'm beginning to suspect that FORA TV is the new face of Republican Think Tanks, version 2.0 ... Giving the illusion of balance -- in the same way Fox News does -- as a way of conning people into assuming you're balanced and have no agenda.

Just because one night you show Naomi Klein, then show this kind of speaker means nothing in terms of intellectual credibility.

This is the NEW FAUX methodology for bringing extremist right-views to mainstream America - as phony balance.
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JR2ALTA
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Posted: 11.01.08, 12:04 AM
Many liberals scoff at conservatives "You must watch O'Reilly", or "You listen to Rush". Yes..but the truth is brilliant, poetic men like VDH are what really drive the conservative movement. Thank you FORA.
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Posted: 11.02.08, 01:04 AM
JR2ALTA, I'm all for Freedom of Speech. But life is short, so I make the best determinations I can of the credibility of sources who publish those voices.

I see that some of FORA's staff are from CSPAN. Well they already do the job & do it perfectly, after 25 years of refining the craft. Just because FORA offers "longform" speeches vs soundbites, it doesn't automatically make their editorial judgment any good at all. If this is the best they can offer up for a conservative view, "thanks but no thanks".
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Mamasong
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Posted: 11.07.08, 06:27 PM
When speaking of Gov Palin (5:50), Hanson says "she is the first female nominee". Geraldine Ferraro was actually the first female VP candidate in 1984, but I guess his vast knowledge of antiquity caused that recent history to go down the memory hole. If you read Hanson's Carnage and Culture, his arrogance becomes quite clear. Still, it's always interesting to hear the ideology which unfortunately shapes many modern policies.
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JR2ALTA
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Posted: 11.08.08, 12:56 AM
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I thank FORA.tv because it's a free, voluminous resource of intelligent political talk. Again, thanks FORA!
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