When administrations implode
Vietnam had effectively destroyed Lyndon Johnson by 1967. Watergate unraveled the Richard Nixon administration, as the disgraced president resigned in the face of certain impeachment.Gerald Ford could not whip inflation and was not reelected. One-termer Jimmy Carter was undone by the Iranian hostage crisis and skyrocketing oil prices.
For a time, it seemed that Ronald Reagan’s second term might not survive the Iran-Contra scandal. George H. W. Bush could not be reelected after he broke his promise not to raise taxes and Ross Perot entered the 1992 race. The popular Bill Clinton was impeached over the Monica Lewinsky affair and limped out of office tainted. The insurgency in Iraq and the fallout from Hurricane Katrina crashed for good the once-high poll ratings of George W. Bush.
The Obama administration over the last month has seemed on the verge of one of these presidential meltdowns.
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When political parties implode (i.e., the RINO GOP, thank to Mitt Romney)…
Perry/West 2012 The two men that can save America now!
Pragmatic on April 19, 2012 at 5:14 PM
please oh please make it come true
gatorboy on April 19, 2012 at 5:14 PM
They’ve been close to one ever since ObamaCare resulted in the 2010 midterms.
teke184 on April 19, 2012 at 5:14 PM
When political parties implode (i.e., the RINO GOP, thanks to Mitt Romney)…
Perry/West 2012 The two men that can save America now!
Pragmatic on April 19, 2012 at 5:14 PM
Oh geeze get over it already. Ain’t happenin’.
cozmo on April 19, 2012 at 5:16 PM
And yelling won’t make it so.
cozmo on April 19, 2012 at 5:17 PM
Heard ya the first time. One angryed is more than enough.
CurtZHP on April 19, 2012 at 5:18 PM
So resign already. For once he should do something that is actually good for the country.
HotAirian on April 19, 2012 at 5:19 PM
The GSA scandal has barely scratched the surface.
Schadenfreude on April 19, 2012 at 5:19 PM
Tic…tic…tic… Only a matter of time. Barry’s NPD will cause him to go off.
BHO Jonestown on April 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM
This FBI thing is really interesting as well.
Let it be so… please.
Prufrock on April 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM
Irony much?
peski on April 19, 2012 at 5:21 PM
Go to the article itself on the NR page, look at the photo above the article, and tell me if Sheriff Joe isn’t telling Barry: “You still got it, champ, you’re a big effing deal!”
As everyone here would know, VDH is, in addition to being one of the best political commentators and writers around, a classicist. He could tell you why the Greeks loathed the Carthaginians. Because the Carthaginians ate dogs.
de rigueur on April 19, 2012 at 5:22 PM
I look forward to the many, many investigations hamstringing O’s second term. We’ll get a 2/3 majority in the House in 2014 easy. If we’re really lucky, we’ll get a president Biden and VP Boehner.
alwaysfiredup on April 19, 2012 at 5:23 PM
You’re new name is Debbie Downer.
Just kill that buzz.
cozmo on April 19, 2012 at 5:29 PM
I’m a Palin fan. I despise Romney and the Bushtards for what they’ve done to the coalition that Reagan built.
However, there’s this sense building that people have decided to see the back of Barack Obama out in the country. I suspect that a lot of Reagan people, Palin included, have come to this conclusion as well and will endorse Romney over the next couple of months.
It’s still Romney’s to try and win, however. He’s an Establishmentard, and I’d hate to place any bets on anyone from that wing of the party winning a national election against Teh Won. However, things may have turned on their axis over the past month.
I think the voters want a change.
victor82 on April 19, 2012 at 5:29 PM
If an
administrationregime implodes, and the MSM actively covers it up, can it be heard in the voting booth?Rebar on April 19, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Why not? Is it because most Americans don’t want to save this country? Why do you think that is?
This country is worth saving. . . .Perry/West 2012
because America needs to re-grow a backbone
Pragmatic on April 19, 2012 at 5:33 PM
Pragmatic on April 19, 2012 at 5:33 PM
ACaptAhab said what?
chimney sweep on April 19, 2012 at 5:35 PM
Administrations “imploding” need the media to wire the TNT and pull the plunger. Yeah, that is totally going to happen.
Transpo on April 19, 2012 at 5:35 PM
I thought the future I painted was remarkably optimistic! Who wouldn’t want a 2/3 majority in the House? And imagine having a president and veep from different parties. We haven’t had that in over a century.
alwaysfiredup on April 19, 2012 at 5:36 PM
Because Perry and West ain’t stupid.
You nutballs may want to tear the party apart in order to save it. But perry and West want to save the country before 0bama can tear it apart.
cozmo on April 19, 2012 at 5:36 PM
I’m a Palin fan. I despise Romney and the Bushtards for what they’ve done to the coalition that Reagan built.
I agree . . .I saw we draft Perry/West at the convention in Tampa Bay . . .America needs these two men now.
Pragmatic on April 19, 2012 at 5:36 PM
We didn’t start the fire. The GOPE did. We’re merely declining to provide a firebreak.
alwaysfiredup on April 19, 2012 at 5:38 PM
Because Biden wouldn’t choose Boehner.
Biden gets to chose a VP if he steps up.
For your rosy scenario, 0bama has to win.
You get a better result if Romney wins. Lets shoot for that, okay?
cozmo on April 19, 2012 at 5:39 PM
that’s your bag, baby, not mine. I don’t get better result from a guy who promises to raise my taxes, just not as much.
alwaysfiredup on April 19, 2012 at 5:41 PM
Bingo!
Pragmatic on April 19, 2012 at 5:43 PM
No mention of Fast & Furious.
Administrations implode when the media reports the bad things an administration is doing.
The media has given Obama a pass on every single thing that has occurred during his presidency.
ButterflyDragon on April 19, 2012 at 5:43 PM
Elect the man that is certain to cause a party implosion. Vote Romney 2012 for a more liberal permanent future!
astonerii on April 19, 2012 at 5:45 PM
Y’all can wishcast all y’all want. Perry and West are smarter than that.
cozmo on April 19, 2012 at 5:49 PM
Can always count on VDH for profound reflections of history. Very interesting analysis of the last few decades of presidencies.
MadisonConservative on April 19, 2012 at 5:54 PM
You are not really living up to your Nom de guerre?
FLconservative on April 19, 2012 at 5:55 PM
West rocks. I’ve been voting for him for Gingrich’s veep for months on the HA polls.
alwaysfiredup on April 19, 2012 at 5:58 PM
Agreed – very sharp guy, easy to read, excellent insight.
peski on April 19, 2012 at 5:58 PM
I think this guy, pragmatic, is the guy who beat the dog on the roof story forever, for years. I think he really is a dem.
Bambi on April 19, 2012 at 5:59 PM
Whatever makes you feel better about reading dissenting opinions.
Echo chambers rule!
alwaysfiredup on April 19, 2012 at 6:02 PM
I was waiting for a more snarky way to bring that up.
Um, okay…still ain’t happenin’ in this reality.
cozmo on April 19, 2012 at 6:06 PM
lol
WeekendAtBernankes on April 19, 2012 at 6:14 PM
This statement and your nom de plume are so ironic that my irony-meter just broke into a million pieces.
DrW on April 19, 2012 at 6:19 PM
Hotair needs a comment system more like NRO’s … indented by response-to-response, and more like SlashDot (hide low-rated comments, with +/- votes on comments.
Who is John Galt on April 19, 2012 at 7:38 PM
If that happens, all the more reason to vote FOR an alternative to both parties. Just saying.
AH_C on April 19, 2012 at 8:15 PM