The Obama model has never succeeded anywhere, Calif., Illinois, Greece, or Spain, with or without movie star entourage

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6/25/12, "Is the Country Unraveling?" Victor Davis Hanson

“Nowhere is the Obama model of massive borrowing, vast increases in the size of the state, more regulations, and class warfare successful — not in

• California or Illinois, not in
• Greece, Spain, or
• Italy, not anywhere.
  

Culturally, Obama might at least have played the Jimmy Carter populist and eschewed the elite world that had so mesmerized Bill Clinton. Instead, Obama proved a counterfeit populist and became enthralled with the high life of rich friends, celebrities, high-priced fundraisers, and family getaways to Martha’s Vineyard, or Costa del Sol. He somehow has set records both in the number of meet-and-greet campaign fundraisers and the number of golf rounds played. As Obama damned the fat cats and corporate jet owners,

• he courted them in preparation to joining them post officium.”
  

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