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lotowner
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Charles Krauthammer
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6/22/2009 12:15:45 PM
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Charles Krauthammer Speech/Comments on the 'New Economy' and Barack Obama
Last Monday was a profound evening, hearing Dr. Charles Krauthammer speak to the Center for the American Experiment. He is a brilliant intellectual, seasoned and articulate. He is forthright and careful in his analysis, and never resorts to emotions or personal insults. He is NOT a fear monger nor an extremist in his comments and views. He is a fiscal conservative, and has a Pulitzer prize for writing.
He is a frequent ontributor to Fox News and writes weekly for the Washington Post. The entire room was held spellbound during his talk. I have shared this with many of you and several have asked me to summarize his comments, as we are living in uncharted waters economically and internationally.
Even two DEMS at my table agreed with everything he said! If you feel like forwarding this to those who are open minded and have not 'drunk the Kool- Aid,' feel free.
A summary of his comments:
1. Mr. Obama is a very intellectual, charming individual. He is not to be underestimated. He is a 'cool customer' who doesn't show his emotions. It's very hard to know what's 'behind the mask.' Taking down the Clinton dynasty from a political neophyte was an amazing accomplishment.
The Clintons still do not understand what hit them. Obama was in the perfect place at the perfect time.
2. Obama has political skills comparable to Reagan and Clinton. He has a way of making you think he's on your side, agreeing with your position, while doing the opposite. Pay no attention to what he SAYS; rather, watch what he DOES!
3. Obama has a ruthless quest for power. He did not come to Washington to make something out of himself, but rather to change everything, including dismantling capitalism. He can't be straightforward on his ambitions, as the public would not go along. He has a heavy hand, and wants to 'level the playing field' with income redistribution and punishment of the achievers of society. He would like to model the USA to Great Britain or Canada.
4. His three main goals are to control ENERGY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, and NATIONAL HEALTHCARE by the Federal government He doesn't care about the auto or financial services industries, but got them as an early bonus. The cap and trade will add costs to everything and stifle growth. Paying for FREE college education is his goal. Most scary is his healthcare program, because if you make it FREE and add 46,000,000 people to a Medicare-type single-payer system, the costs will go through the roof. The only way to control costs is with massive RATIONING of services, like in Canada. God forbid.
5. He's surrounded himself with mostly far-left academic types. No one around him has ever run even a candy store. But they're going to try and run the auto, financial, banking and other industries. This obviously can't work in the long run. Obama's not a socialist; rather a far-left secular progressive bent on nothing short of revolution. He ran as a moderate, but will govern from the hard left. Again, watch what he does, not what he says.
6. Obama doesn't really see himself as President of the USA, more as a ruler over the world. He sees himself above it all, trying to strate and coordinate various countries and their agendas. He sees moral equivalence in all cultures. His apology tour in Germany and England was a prime example of how he sees America, as an imperialist nation that has been arrogant, rather than a great noble nation that has at times made errors. This is the first President ever who has chastised our allies and appeased our enemies!
7. He's now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill (and pain) will not 'come due' until after he's reelected in 2012. He'd like to blame all problems on Bush from the past, and hopefully his successor in the future. He has a huge ego, and Mr. Krauthammer believes he is a narcissist.
8. Republicans are in the wilderness for a while, but will emerge
strong. We're 'pining' for another Reagan, but there'll never be another like him. He believes Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Bobby Jindahl (except for his terrible speech in Feb.) are the future of the party. Newt Gingrich is brilliant, but has baggage. Sarah Palin is sincere and intelligent, but needs to really be seriously boning up on facts and information if she's to be a serious candidate in the future. We need to return to the party of lower taxes, smaller government, personal responsibility, strong national defense, and states' rights.
9. The current level of spending is irresponsible & outrageous. We're spending trillions that we don't have. This could lead to hyper inflation, depression or worse. No country has ever spent themselves into prosperity. The media is giving Obama, Reid and Pelosi a pass because they love their agenda.
But eventually the bill will come due and people will realize the huge bailouts didn't work, nor will the stimulus pkg. These were
trillion-dollar payoffs to Obama's allies, unions and the Congress to placate the left, so he can get support for #4 above.
10. The election was over in mid-September when Lehman Brothers
failed. Fear and panic swept in, we had an unpopular President, and the war was grinding on indefinitely without a clear outcome. The people are in pain, and the mantra of 'change' caused people to act emotionally. Any Dem would have won this election; it was surprising is was as close as it was.
11. In 2012, if the unemployment rate is over 10%, Republicans will be swept back into power. If it's under 8%, the DEMS continue to roll. If it's between 8-10%, it'll be a dogfight. It'll all be about the economy.
I hope this gets you really thinking about what's happening in
Washington and Congress. There's a left-wing revolution going on, according to Krauthammer, and he encourages us to keep the faith and join the loyal resistance. The work will be hard, but we're right on most issues and can reclaim our country, before it's far too late.
"The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
Margaret Thatcher
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Talullahhound
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Charles Krauthammer
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6/22/2009 4:20:25 PM
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Krauthammer is to the far right of Attila the Hun.
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Lady
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How about Gail Collins
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6/22/2009 4:40:10 PM
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At least this is funny!
A Nation of Candidates
By GAIL COLLINS
The saga of Senator John Ensign of Nevada, who resigned from a party leadership position this week because of a sex scandal, contained one surprising piece of information.
Obviously, it was something other than the fact that a U.S. senator, who is extremely vocal about family values, had a messy affair with a former campaign staff member.
What struck me was that virtually every story about Ensign’s fall from grace included a reference to his having been considered a possible contender for his party’s presidential nomination in 2012.
Who knew? I have to admit, I had trouble even putting a face to Ensign’s name. Since then I have learned, however, that he is the only veterinarian in the Senate.
The Republican Party has finally turned into a big tent. Everybody’s a presidential contender! Being a Republican senator is pretty much an automatic qualification. After all, there are only 40 of them. Once you’ve eliminated the ones with sex scandals and the guy from Kentucky who uses a teleprompter in debates, there’s hardly enough left to fill up a stage at the Iowa State Fair.
One of the reasons that Republican presidential hopefuls are proliferating like rabbits is that the usual suspects — the names that come to mind when you ask people who they think will run against Barack Obama in 2012 — are such an underwhelming crew.
Mitt Romney is pushing himself as the party’s lead attack dog on the Obama health care plan. But every time he shows up on television, we are reminded of a truth we learned during the last presidential campaign: There is something about Romney that causes people to want to change the channel; or, if they are in a senior center in Florida listening to a candidate forum, wander off in search of a second helping of Jell-O.
Bobby Jindal of Louisiana was supposed to be the next G.O.P. hope until he made that one big speech on TV. Instantly, he turned into the Fred Thompson of the new election cycle. (Just wait! He’s the one! He’s coming! He’s here! ... That’s it?)
Mike Huckabee now has a TV show where he discusses current events, plays with a rock band, sings with the new “American Idol” (“The Huckabee household has been rooting for this guy all season!”) and talks to a “Biggest Loser” trainer on his special feature, “Get Healthy With Huck.” I know Huckabee is pretending to be a candidate for the presidential nomination, but really, I think he’s found his permanent niche.
The two biggest names are Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin, one of whom has too many ideas while the other has no ideas whatsoever. But they are bound by the fact that neither one of them is actually ever going to be nominated for president even if we have another Ice Age and the only Americans left alive are them, Dennis Kucinich and that woman who was Miss California until Donald Trump fired her.
Gingrich’s romantic history makes Senator Ensign look like a monk. (Last time around, we were so hoping that he and Rudy Giuliani would survive till the end of the primaries so we could say the three major Republican contenders had had a total of eight wives.) And he’s basically spent the last decade as a talking head. When it comes to career preparation for a presidential race, the worst two options are mayor of New York City and Fox News guest commentator.
The Palin family, meanwhile, seems less likely to replace the Obamas in the White House than to replace the Gosselins on “Jon & Kate Plus Eight.” (Have we mentioned that Sarah’s new grandson is naked in GQ this month?)
Recently, during a dust-up with David Letterman, Palin once again violated the cardinal rule for famous parents who want to shield their children from the media, which is, of course, don’t talk about your children to the media.
She is perhaps the only celebrity in America who does not understand that if a late show host makes a tasteless joke about your daughter, the worst possible response is to complain loudly until it’s certain the entire universe knows your child was insulted, all the while making the joke sound even more offensive than it was.
It might also have helped if your husband had refrained from volunteering your 18-year-old daughter, the mother of the GQ baby, to be the anti-teen-pregnancy ambassador for a clothing manufacturer.
We would worry that all this was a bad signal about how much restraint and judgment Palin might use in the White House. But fortunately, there’s that Ice Age rule.
Maybe the Republicans were too hasty in wiping Ensign off the list. It’s possible that in 2012 the party will feel as though it needs a standard-bearer who knows how to deworm a poodle. Lord knows there are worse possibilities.
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lotowner
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How about Gail Collins
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6/22/2009 5:10:17 PM
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This nation really is in a sad state for leadship at the national level, Democrats and Republicans. Do these names impress you?
Barack (don't call me Hussein) Obama
John (I'll dance with anyone) McCain
Sarah (Mother Thressa) Palin
Nancy (I'm just plain dumb)Pelosi
Harry Reid, Nevada's gift to Washington
Chuck (I hate everybody)Schumer
Joe (I'm confused) Biden
Chappaq Teddy
"I'm the Baby's Daddy" Edwards
Newt (Book Man) Gingrich
Ensign
Sen Fritz (I'm a heart surgeon) from Tn.
Hillary (stand by my man) Clinton
Prez (Sex man) Clinton
Jimmy (Hammas' friend) Carter
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lamont
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Oh Lady......
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6/23/2009 8:32:46 AM
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Beware of glass houses. That is all.
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