Victor Davis Hanson: A Cardinal Rule in American Politics Is To Never Compare Yourself to Abraham Lincoln

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DAVIS HANSON: “It’s kind of like the Greeks said, 'Whomever the gods want to destroy, they make crazy.' So then she doubled down and doubled down in the way that John Bolton and Bill Kristol have. To take two examples, they think that 'My Washington fides and influence will finally will convince these people out there, the rubes, that I'm right,' and they get radical, they get excessive, and then they end up comparing themselves — that’s a cardinal rule in American politics: you never compare yourself to Abraham Lincoln. Obama did, he started his campaign in Springfield, and it was laughable. And yet here she is — not just Lincoln, but Grant, the general of the Wilderness Campaign. So, it’s very sad and tragic in a way, but it’s happened to a lot of people."