Just wanting to poke a little fun at Victor Davis Hanson for being Johnny-come-lately to the classical notion of Nemesis with regard to Obama, which I wrote of on June 16th, entitled From Hubris to Nemesis . Of course, he is the true classicist and uses many of the same themes I wrote on and expands on them. Here is his quote:
Do you remember candidate Barack Obama offering his hope-and-change platitudes in front of the fake Greek columns during the Democratic convention? Or, earlier, pontificating at the Victory Monument in Berlin?
Why didn’t an old cigar-chomping Democratic pro take him aside and warn him about offending Nemesis? She is the dreaded goddess who brings divine retribution in ironic fashion to overweening arrogance.
Excellent idea. Wish I had thought of it first. Oh, wait. I did! Well, at least this time, anyway. Hanson's article is awesome. Go read it! Right now!
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