Sarah Palin, Victim of Elitism? - Victor Davis Hanson

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/20/Victor_Davis_Hanson_Obama_Palin_and_the_Culture_Wars

Conservative columnist and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson alleges Sarah Palin to be a victim of "caricature" by liberal feminists and national media elites.

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Victor Davis Hanson discusses Obama, Palin, and the Culture Wars.

This event was part of the Hoover Institution's Fall Retreat 2008.

Victor Davis Hanson is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor emeritus at California University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. He is also the Wayne & Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History, Hillsdale College, where he teaches each fall courses in military history and classical culture.

He was a full-time farmer before joining CSU Fresno, in 1984 to initiate a classics program. In 1991, he was awarded an American Philological Association Excellence in Teaching Award, which is given yearly to the country's top undergraduate teachers of Greek and Latin.

Hanson has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, New York Post, National Review, Washington Times, Commentary, The New Republic, Claremont Review of Books, American Heritage, Policy Review, Wilson Quarterly, Weekly Standard, Daily Telegraph, and has been interviewed often on National Public Radio, PBS Newshour, the Hugh Hewitt Show, and C-Span's BookTV. He serves on the editorial board of Arion, the Military History Quarterly, and City Journal.

Since 2001, has written a weekly column for National Review Online, and in 2004, began his syndicated column for Tribune Media Services. In 2006, he began writing a blog for Pajamas Media, Works and Days.

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[MrStainzseedzify]

@HarioHarima , If your stat of 2% is accurate, that still accounts for nearly 143 million barrels of oil every year. I would think simply speaking from a layman's perspective, a hell of a lot of damage can be done extracting that much oil annually in an imprudent manner. I think we would all have serious concerns if we became aware of just 0.5% of our own domestic oil being extracted in the manner it is in a Kenya or a Nigeria. In short, 2% of 7.14 billion barrels annually is still a lot of oil

[ixamxmsright]

Feminism is a LIE>It is not a Women's movement,It's a Liberal .Marxist

,Progressive movement. Any women with a different viewpoint is never given the respect she has earned.Thankfully we, the new generation of women ,have caught on.Evident by the decreasing numbers of their ranks.I have no interest in associating myself with an organization of hypocritical elitist.

[revelationmd]

You have to laugh at the ''Palin is an idiot'' brigade.

You just know these are the very same HopeyChangey kids that voted in a man who thinks there are 57 states in the US, that they speak Austrian in Austria, Hawaii is in Asia and that Asthmatics use breathalyzers.

Next year the same kids will vote for the dumbest president the US has ever seen again whilst sat in their mum's basement on their XBoxes wondering why they can't get a job.

[hrfalcons22]

And as far as being uneducated or unintelligent, MongoloidBabyUSA, he has a PhD from my alma mater, just a small-time little university called Stanford. And now that I'm about to black out from this overwhelming level of ignorance, I bid you adieu.

[hrfalcons22]

That's the whole point you fucking mongoloid. The very definition of feminism is complete and utter rights and/or political power for women. You're missing his point entirely. If the feminist movement were in fact supportive of those values, they would've lauded Palin. But they didn't. The fact that they made fun of her (the fact that she is stupid notwithstanding) reveals their true intentions. Educated, wealthy white men do not trash feminists. Feminists trash feminists.

[shandcunt]

Sarah Palin aint a victim of Elitism, she is a victim of her own stupidity

[xanderbro92]

TRILLION PLUS dollars 

[xanderbro92]

@BirdValiant @BirdValiant WRONG no can be the best or "elite" at telling me how to run my life. Sure its good to be educated, but not everyone is. And not everyone wants to be told that they cant do certain things even if it effects NO ONE but him/herself and be told its for his/her own good. That is why there should be term limits, so people with new ideas have a chance to try. They cant be much worse than what we have now, and what we have now among many other problems is Five

[jkjl234]

@socalcraigster i don't even remember what his point was. i made this comment 7 months ago and don't have time to watch again right now. all i know is, no matter what anyone says, sarah palin is an idiot. she may be a good politician and good at wielding power, but she is a fuckin idiot. she represents one of the core problems in our country: anti-intellectualism. stupid, stupid americans.

[socalcraigster]

@jkjl234 - I understand. I got up and left when your mother took her top off.

The fact you can not understand Hanson's point goes to show that your are a petulant twat.