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January 26, 2013

NRI Summit: Krauthammer
— rdbrewer

He talks for about an hour. It's fantastic, a must-watch. Unfortunately, I can't embed the video. Here it is.

Added: Here is the live stream.

Added 2: I found a snippet, just one question and answer. It's embedded below the fold.

Posted by: rdbrewer at 06:44 AM | Comments (194)
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1 Dude? An hour? And is it me or does the HQ have a serious love/hate thing with The Kraut?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 06:47 AM (USJCT)

2 So does everyone wait an hour to comment?

Posted by: Grey Fox at January 26, 2013 06:47 AM (lZdTc)

3 Lowry says something about planning his schedule around Special Report's All-Star Panel, where you can see Charles almost every day at around 6:40.

I do the same. In fact, I call it "the Krauthammer show."

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 26, 2013 06:47 AM (Iyg03)

4 First?

Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 06:47 AM (XLuH2)

5 So does everyone wait an hour to comment?

We don't read the posts before we comment...

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 26, 2013 06:48 AM (ZKzrr)

6 TOM COTTON!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 06:48 AM (USJCT)

7 Stand up and let em see ya, Chuck!

Posted by: Joey Biden at January 26, 2013 06:49 AM (8hBZi)

8 What kind of name is Kraut-hammer? Fo'reals?

Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 06:49 AM (XLuH2)

9 I tweeted Charles about a year ago and asked him to do me a solid and write a blog post for my signature. That offer is still on the table.

What does he get in return? He gets paid in glory and honor.

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 26, 2013 06:49 AM (Iyg03)

10 I do the same. In fact, I call it "the Krauthammer show." I do the same. It's the only thing I watch on FNC anymore.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 26, 2013 06:51 AM (8aAQ9)

11 Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 10:48 AM (USJCT) For the love of all that is holy, DO NOT start that shit.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 26, 2013 06:52 AM (8aAQ9)

12 What kind of name is Kraut-hammer? Fo'reals?

Flemish.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 26, 2013 06:56 AM (ZKzrr)

13 I likes the K Man.

Posted by: Tobacco Road, is on ice. at January 26, 2013 06:59 AM (4Mv1T)

14 Krauthammer has shown himself to be an establishment fuck over and over again. He supports himself inside the washington bubble by playing captain obvious without breaking any new ground. He is also an enemy of the Tea Party.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 06:59 AM (l86i3)

15 Aaaaah Flemish....I was thinking Welsh. Thanks HR.

Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 07:00 AM (XLuH2)

16 12 What kind of name is Kraut-hammer? Fo'reals?

Flemish.

Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at January 26, 2013 10:56 AM (ZKzrr)

******

Actually K-hammer is more phlegmatic.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 26, 2013 07:01 AM (1OZSU)

17 11 For the love of all that is holy, DO NOT start that shit. Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 26, 2013 10:52 AM (8aAQ9) COTTON/RUBIO 2016!!!!!!!!!!! fapfapfapfap

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 07:01 AM (USJCT)

18 If this is live, I have a concern. He still says we are a "center-right" country. As of November 7th, I abandoned this belief. Sadly.

Posted by: Tobacco Road, is on ice. at January 26, 2013 07:01 AM (4Mv1T)

19 COTTON/RUBIO 2016!!!!!!!!!!! fapfapfapfap Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 11:01 AM (USJCT) Doesn't Rubio wear Cotton underwear?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 07:02 AM (l86i3)

Oh c'mon, he's better than that sissy George Will. Both men vacillate from incisive to wrong-headed commentary.

Even with that I'm hard pressed to name better pro commenters on the current scene. Still like Michael Barone despite his election debacle.

Posted by: Meremortal, Watching It Burn at January 26, 2013 07:02 AM (1Y+hH)

A relative of a former co-worker (hows that for a connection?) works for the John Locke Foundation in North Carolina, and told a few things about Krauthammer.

1) The last few years have really been great for his "business" and paid for appearances. The John Locke Foundation paid a pretty penny to have him speak to them.

2) Because of his handicap, he is actually not in very good health, and has a lot of unusual demands that go along with his appearances.

3) Nice work if you can get it. Seen him speak, and have limited interest in what he has to say. Same warmed over "advice" that may or may not work, but he still gets paid. Capitalism!

What is really needed is for the "Tea Party" to take over the Republican Party from the inside and re-organize it to make it more of a populist and vital organization, instead of Democrat-Lite. Champion freedom, liberty and the enumerated rights of the Constitution. Is this rocket science? Many commenters say the SAME THING everyday here for free, unless someone gets to read other stuff because of the Platinum Membership as AoS

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at January 26, 2013 07:02 AM (Md8Uo)

22 Uh-oh.

Shit, I forgot to bring my flask. Guess I'll have to sit back and watch this with a plain Coke.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 26, 2013 07:02 AM (ZKzrr)

23 For the love of all that is holy, DO NOT start that shit.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 26, 2013 10:52 AM (8aAQ9)

I agree...if we can't have Palin/Cotton 2016, we shouldn't talk about anything.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 26, 2013 07:03 AM (GsoHv)

24 Kraut HAMMER. Obviously an Allies name, people.

Posted by: Miss Scarlett at January 26, 2013 07:04 AM (GnJ7A)

25 I agree...if we can't have Palin/Cotton 2016, we shouldn't talk about anything. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 26, 2013 11:03 AM (GsoHv) Still.Tired.From.Yesterday.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 07:04 AM (l86i3)

26 He is one smart MFer. I don't have an hour to watch it now. Board certified MD from Harvard and wrote for Walter Mondale before he saw the light.

Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at January 26, 2013 07:05 AM (wR+pz)

27 >>>24 Kraut HAMMER. Obviously an Allies name, people. Posted by: Miss Scarlett

I believe he's a distant relative to the Ban HAMMER side of the family.

Posted by: Tobacco Road, is on ice. at January 26, 2013 07:06 AM (4Mv1T)

28 I agree...if we can't have Palin/Cotton 2016, we shouldn't talk about anything. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 26, 2013 11:03 AM (GsoHv) I'll bet Sarah Palin doesn't wear cotton underwear. Hmm, wonder what she does wear...I wonder if she wears any.... Ummm....pardon me for a few minutes...

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 07:06 AM (USJCT)

29 I do the same. In fact, I call it "the Krauthammer show."

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 26, 2013 10:47 AM (Iyg03)

Special Report and Redeye are their best shows. Way to much fluff, libs and repetition among the snoozer shows. Fox needs some competition.

Posted by: Invictus at January 26, 2013 07:06 AM (OQpzc)

30 OT Tom Hartman from Iowa won't seek re election to the Senate.

Posted by: Dick Nixon at January 26, 2013 07:07 AM (VrVBw)

31 Special Report and Redeye are their best shows. Way to much fluff, libs and repetition among the snoozer shows. Fox needs some competition. Posted by: Invictus at January 26, 2013 11:06 AM (OQpzc) Agreed, throw in 5 minutes with PAB and my fox viewing day is complete.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 07:07 AM (l86i3)

32 12 What kind of name is Kraut-hammer? Fo'reals?

Flemish

Jewish too.

Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at January 26, 2013 07:07 AM (wR+pz)

33 To the general public, the political pundits are more popular than congress, but just below yeast infections.

Posted by: Invictus at January 26, 2013 07:08 AM (OQpzc)

34 COTTON/RUBIO 2016!!!!!!!!!!! fapfapfapfap I am usually embarrassed for him when he starts in with that. One should love, but not too much. One should love politicians not at all.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 26, 2013 07:08 AM (8aAQ9)

35 Oh c'mon, he's better than that sissy George Will. Both men vacillate from incisive to wrong-headed commentary. Krauthammer has a much better batting percentage than Will though. He may be a beltway insider, but at least he doesn't hate jeans.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 26, 2013 07:08 AM (B/VB5)

36 Kraut-Hammer. A goodband name?

Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 07:09 AM (XLuH2)

Harkin damnit HARKIN

Excuse my ignorance.

Posted by: Dick Nixon at January 26, 2013 07:09 AM (VrVBw)

38 Agreed, throw in 5 minutes with PAB and my fox viewing day is complete. Notorious PAB??? Damn, I love that woman. Just not too much.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 26, 2013 07:09 AM (8aAQ9)

39 One should love politicians not at all. Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 26, 2013 11:08 AM (8aAQ9) Politicians are like Junkyard dogs. Feed them a little, contain them a lot and they will do their job when called upon. Don't ever set them free.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 07:10 AM (l86i3)

40 Quit watching FOX a few years ago. Can get Hammer's stuff elsewhere, and not much else there to bother with anymore. Hume is defending his party invitation list, and the rest are pretty much a loss. Is Hayward still there? He's decent, thought a bi too low key.

Posted by: Meremortal, Watching It Burn at January 26, 2013 07:10 AM (1Y+hH)

41 Agreed, throw in 5 minutes with PAB and my fox viewing day is complete.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon.

4am central time they are onto something. Leg chair babes to bring in eyes as a lead in for the painful, boring and repetitious Fox and Friends.

Posted by: Invictus at January 26, 2013 07:10 AM (OQpzc)

42 I am usually embarrassed for him when he starts in with that. One should love, but not too much. One should love politicians not at all. Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 26, 2013 11:08 AM (8aAQ9) When you repeatedly behave like an ass/13 year old girl meeting Bieber, and you've been told over and over that you're embarrassing yourself, my pity is nonexistent.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 07:11 AM (USJCT)

43
Krauthammer has a much better batting percentage than Will though. He may be a beltway insider, but at least he doesn't hate jeans.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 26, 2013 11:08 AM (B/VB

Yes, and I will never trust a man who doesn't like jeans. Besides, bowties, arrgh.

Posted by: Meremortal, Watching It Burn at January 26, 2013 07:12 AM (1Y+hH)

44 When you repeatedly behave like an ass/13 year old girl meeting Bieber, and you've been told over and over that you're embarrassing yourself, my pity is nonexistent. I am pretty much at that point with him now.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 26, 2013 07:12 AM (8aAQ9)

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Posted by: super deals on lead pipes and fittings at January 26, 2013 07:12 AM (jfSqj)

46 I think he is a bit superior and rude sometimes. After all, he doesn't even stand up to greet the women panelists.

Posted by: Typical clueless Moron at January 26, 2013 07:13 AM (GsoHv)

47 Anonymous appears to be throwing down on the government IT team ... Crazy high risk shit right there.

Posted by: Plutarch at January 26, 2013 07:13 AM (bS6uW)

48 I added some video.

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 26, 2013 07:13 AM (Iyg03)

49 I've met Krauthammer several times, he is sharp. In an ideal world, he and Romney would be the standard bearers for the Democrats. Unfortunately, the leftists in DC laugh in their sleeves at him and use his ailment as some sort of Strangelovian image of the Right. As for Krauthammer, it should be an honorific for surviving members of the 3rd Army

Posted by: Jean at January 26, 2013 07:14 AM (XwRIg)

50 There are only two instances in which bow ties are acceptable. You're in a tux or you're a 70+ yr old Southern lawyer wearing a searsucker suit. Other than that, you deserve an ass beating followed by a swirlie.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 07:14 AM (USJCT)

51 He still says we are a "center-right" country. As of November 7th, I abandoned this belief. I haven't. You're assuming that voters have thought deeply about this stuff and have alternatives to the MFM. I prefer to believe and hope that the MFM's monopoly isn't permanent.

Posted by: t-bird at January 26, 2013 07:14 AM (FcR7P)

52 I'm here extra early how does this AM thingy work?

Posted by: Jake in ID at January 26, 2013 07:14 AM (jfSqj)

53 Anonymous appears to be throwing down on the government IT team ... Crazy high risk shit right there. Posted by: Plutarch at January 26, 2013 11:13 AM (bS6uW) I think the Paramilitary branch of the CIA might start hunting.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 07:14 AM (l86i3)

54 http::save/moron/leadpipes_net

*applause*

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 26, 2013 07:14 AM (ZKzrr)

55 http://bit.ly/WZIGrE

Terror Robespierre and the French Revolution = Obama?

Will burn an hour latter.

Posted by: sTevo at January 26, 2013 07:16 AM (VMcEw)

56 He works a block away from me. Usually gets in around 6am. Coffee with cream, no sugar. Bathroom at about 11 or so. Lunch is usually high protein/low carb. Various meetings the rest of the day. Gets ready formhis Fox show. Leaves DC around 9. What?

Posted by: RWC at January 26, 2013 07:16 AM (sqp6o)

57 t tt tit

Posted by: sTevo at January 26, 2013 07:17 AM (VMcEw)

You can't punch a guy in bowtie. You have to slap him with an open hand.

And then spit on the floor.

Posted by: Meremortal, Watching It Burn at January 26, 2013 07:17 AM (1Y+hH)

59 @45

Holy shit the Lace Wigs lady is selling lead pipe!

Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at January 26, 2013 07:17 AM (wR+pz)

60 47 Anonymous appears to be throwing down on the government IT team ... Crazy high risk shit right there. Posted by: Plutarch at January 26, 2013 11:13 AM (bS6uW) I posted this morning a link where they hacked a low level DoJ site and basically said "We're coming." Anything new?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 07:17 AM (USJCT)

61 #50-BC1981- Is a swirlie like a wedgie? I denounce myself for my ignorance.

Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 07:17 AM (XLuH2)

62 A guy at work drew a continuum about "center right", showing our leftward swing from the 50s.. But he still thinks we're center right.

Posted by: USS Diversity at January 26, 2013 07:18 AM (MPjT8)

63 Posted by: t-bird at January 26, 2013 11:14 AM (FcR7P)

I have no idea who those "voters" are anymore.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 26, 2013 07:19 AM (GsoHv)

64 Coooooootton/Khaaaaaaaaan 2016!

Posted by: Grey Fox at January 26, 2013 07:19 AM (lZdTc)

65 #50-BC1981- Is a swirlie like a wedgie? I denounce myself for my ignorance. Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 11:17 AM (XLuH2) A swirly is when you stick someones head in a toilet and flush it.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 07:19 AM (l86i3)

66 You can't punch a guy in bowtie. You have to slap him with an open hand. I prefer a cane. Thank you.

Posted by: Rep. Preston Brooks (D-SC) at January 26, 2013 07:19 AM (8aAQ9)

67
Speaking at the National Review Institute 2013 Summit, Krauthammer said that a strategy of threatening to allow the nation to breach its debt ceiling and allowing automatic tax increases and budget cuts to take effect Â– better known as going over the Â“fiscal cliffÂ” Â– would only hurt congressional Republicans in the eyes of voters.

Â“You canÂ’t call the bluff, or Obama will do it,Â” Krauthammer said. Â“Suicide is not a good option.Â”

So we shan't do anything except concede more ground. Not the hill ect.

Got it.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 26, 2013 07:20 AM (kdS6q)

68 61 #50-BC1981- Is a swirlie like a wedgie? I denounce myself for my ignorance. Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 11:17 AM (XLuH2) 1 demerit. Grab offending person. Turn upside down. Stuff head of offending person in toilet. Flush.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 07:20 AM (USJCT)

69 A swirly is when you stick someones head in a toilet and flush it. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 11:19 AM (l86i3) if you put them in an Orange Jumpsuit.......wait for it.... it is called waterboarding eleventy

Posted by: Jake in ID at January 26, 2013 07:20 AM (jfSqj)

70 OT: Tom "Dung Heap - Do it for Paul!" Harkin retiring and not seeking re-election. Iowa morons, please, I am stuck in New Yorkkk; do your duty and get a conservative on the ticket.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 26, 2013 07:20 AM (XkWWK)

71 If only Kraut would go rabid...

Posted by: sven10077 at January 26, 2013 07:21 AM (LRFds)

72 Grab offending person. Turn upside down. Stuff head of offending person in toilet. Flush. That's not "the move" I know!!

Posted by: George Costanza at January 26, 2013 07:21 AM (8aAQ9)

73 20 Meremortal,

once upon a time George Will was like Tron.....I remember him defeating 5 lib mooks in 6 seconds

Posted by: sven10077 at January 26, 2013 07:22 AM (LRFds)

74 Will Tom Cotton become the new Ron Paul Fap for 20 minutes, then discuss..

Posted by: TexasJew at January 26, 2013 07:22 AM (lD8ju)

75 OSP- thank you. There are so many important/interesting things that I find here that I don't know. I need to study more and stop asking stupid questions.

Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 07:22 AM (XLuH2)

I think the Paramilitary branch of the CIA might start hunting.

I've kinda got mixed feeling about that: The thought of Anonymous weltering in their own gore gives me the warm fuzzies, but the thought of the CIA hunting US citizens (and some of those 'Nonies have to be Americans) is a chilling prospect.

Posted by: Grey Fox at January 26, 2013 07:22 AM (lZdTc)

77 Harkin is out? Wow. The collapse may be near. The rats are on the run.

Posted by: Meremortal, Watching It Burn at January 26, 2013 07:22 AM (1Y+hH)

78 OSP- thank you. There are so many important/interesting things that I find here that I don't know. I need to study more and stop asking stupid questions. Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 11:22 AM (XLuH2) Glad I can help, please consult the Urban Dictionary if saving face is indeed important to you.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 07:24 AM (l86i3)

79
Krauthammer did offer a little hope that Republicans could advance their agenda, if only incrementally. He said that the recent debt ceiling vote was a victory for the Republicans, because they forced the Democrats to produce a budget in the next few monthsÂ—something they have not done in four years.

Hey guys, we won! Whoot!

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 26, 2013 07:24 AM (kdS6q)

80 I have no idea who those "voters" are anymore. I know what you mean. You talk to, say, relatives, who live as conservatives but have internalized media talking points and you want to just smack them, "Pay attention! Think!" But how can they? They're awash in a sea of propaganda.

Posted by: t-bird at January 26, 2013 07:24 AM (FcR7P)

81 "If this is live, I have a concern. He still says we are a "center-right" country. As of November 7th, I abandoned this belief. Sadly" I think he still pushes that latinos-are-naturally-conservative line too. I think he's ok from time to time, but for the brainy types, I'll take VDH. I'm not really sure I've ever found anything from him I've substantially disagreed with.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 26, 2013 07:24 AM (4c71i)

82 >>>Other than that, you deserve an ass beating followed by a swirlie

So your a fashion maven? Bet you can't tie one.

And yes. I have a closet full of them.

Posted by: Tobacco Road, is on ice. at January 26, 2013 07:25 AM (4Mv1T)

83
Both Krauthammer and Lowry repeatedly referenced KrauthammerÂ’s work for Walter Mondale. KrauthammerÂ’s excuse? He was young once, too.

facepalm

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 26, 2013 07:25 AM (kdS6q)

"once upon a time George Will was like Tron.....I remember him defeating 5 lib mooks in 6 seconds"

The lure of the party circuit seduces them all eventually. I've been to few as an outsider myself. I remember leaving one with my wife grousing in the car about wanting to slap one of Sen. Kenndy's aides. And she's not very political. She called him, "prissy", a term I had never heard cross her lips before.

But then, she's a Montana girl.

Posted by: Meremortal, Watching It Burn at January 26, 2013 07:25 AM (1Y+hH)

85 76 I've kinda got mixed feeling about that: The thought of Anonymous weltering in their own gore gives me the warm fuzzies, but the thought of the CIA hunting US citizens (and some of those 'Nonies have to be Americans)is a chilling prospect. Posted by: Grey Fox at January 26, 2013 11:22 AM (lZdTc) Anonymous vs Eric Holder's DoJ? (That's who they're specifically targeting) *munches popcorn and roots for injuries*

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 07:25 AM (USJCT)

86 Harkin is out? Wow. The collapse may be near. The rats are on the run. Posted by: Meremortal, Watching It Burn at January 26, 2013 11:22 AM (1Y+hH) Suddenly these people that worked so hard to destroy our country will find themselves civillians, with little or no security. Hmm.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 07:25 AM (l86i3)

87 I need to study more and stop asking stupid questions. Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 11:22 AM (XLuH2) naw, just ask them

Posted by: Jake in ID at January 26, 2013 07:25 AM (jfSqj)

88
   Had an interesting talk with a couple LEO's about Gunner Cuomo's little escapade. Upstate (where I live) is pretty much unanimously against it. None even want to think about confiscation OR enforcement. Some, I suspect will go along, but they look to be in the minority.

   We tend to be quite conservative, with the left confined to places like Saratoga Springs. They haven't metastasized in sufficient numbers yet, though they tried and failed to put the brakes on a local gun show recently.

   This is going to be interesting later on this year.

Posted by: irongrampa at January 26, 2013 07:25 AM (SAMxH)

89 Posted by: Grey Fox at January 26, 2013 11:22 AM (lZdTc)

The U.S. Sentencing Commission has no need for secrecy. That it does is indicative of how far down the road to serfdom we have gone.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 26, 2013 07:26 AM (GsoHv)

90 Saving Face no. Being run off beaten like a cur. Yes. 1 demerit already. Urban dictionary. Check.

Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 07:26 AM (XLuH2)

91
When one audience member asked him about the president leading America on the Â“slippery slope to socialism,Â” Krauthammer firmly said that socialism is too broad of a word to use for the presidentÂ—social democrat is more accurate. He wanted to give the president the courtesy of acknowledging his true positionÂ—a courtesy, he noted, that the president does not give to his conservative rivals.

facepalm

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 26, 2013 07:27 AM (kdS6q)

92 Iowa morons, please, I am stuck in New Yorkkk; do your duty and get a conservative on the ticket.

Iowa's as Free Shit Army as NYC. Illegal aliens, octogenarians, and wind farms.

And Berkely-on-the-Iowa, at least until I drop by with my suitcase nuke.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 26, 2013 07:27 AM (ZKzrr)

93 Posted by: Grey Fox at January 26, 2013 11:22 AM (lZdTc) If you're not hacking .gov aystems you have nothing to worry about. Well, until they move onto the next group of undesireables. Start checking off the bucket list.

Posted by: RWC at January 26, 2013 07:27 AM (sqp6o)

94 CJ Burch. I subscribed to the Carolina Journal newspaper as soon as I moved to NC and heard about it. I used to listen to their weekly hour-long radio program, but the damned local station dropped it. Both are John Locke Foundation enterprises. I got tickets to a Locke sponsored lunch/speech thing with Dick Morris a few years ago, it wasn't bad. He spent 90% of his time mocking Hillary Clinton. JLF is geat.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 26, 2013 07:27 AM (ZshNr)

95 I have a closet full of them.

Posted by: Tobacco Road, is on ice. at January 26, 2013 11:25 AM (4Mv1T)

Unless they are hanging next to drying hobos, you are in for it this morning.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 26, 2013 07:27 AM (GsoHv)

96 This is becoming a Center-Marxist country

Posted by: TexasJew at January 26, 2013 07:28 AM (lD8ju)

97 Ok, I am out Morons. Time for life maintenance. Hope to catch y'all on the ONT at least. BC, make sure you get your protective gear. Rug rats....they're animals, man. Animals.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 26, 2013 07:28 AM (8aAQ9)

98 Suddenly these people that worked so hard to destroy our country will find themselves civillians, with little or no security. The most secure position in the country is being part of the lobbyist-government revolving door program. Do you think he's going back to Iowa?

Posted by: t-bird at January 26, 2013 07:28 AM (FcR7P)

99 So your a fashion maven? Bet you can't tie one. That's not an insult, that's a point of pride. Your choices are yours to make, but bowties look ridiculous.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 07:28 AM (USJCT)

100 Posted by: Lincolntf at January 26, 2013 11:27 AM (ZshNr) I get that Paper and the radio show too. Good stuff.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 07:29 AM (l86i3)

101 The most secure position in the country is being part of the lobbyist-government revolving door program. Do you think he's going back to Iowa? Posted by: t-bird at January 26, 2013 11:28 AM (FcR7P) Eventually.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 07:29 AM (l86i3)

102 ]Harkin is out? Wow. The collapse may be near. The rats are on the run.

Plenty of demented fascists on their farm team.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 26, 2013 07:30 AM (ZKzrr)

103 I need to study more and stop asking stupid questions. Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 11:22 AM (XLuH2) Just pull up a seat, grab a coffee and ask away. (the blue waffles they serve here are to die for.)

Posted by: RWC at January 26, 2013 07:30 AM (sqp6o)

104 >>>Unless they are hanging next to drying hobos, you are in for it this morning. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Their hanging in the same closet with a rather large gun safe. I can take the heat.

Posted by: Tobacco Road, is on ice. at January 26, 2013 07:30 AM (4Mv1T)

105

He wanted to give the president the courtesy of acknowledging his true positionÂ—

"social democrat"

That's party-invitation saving shit right there....

Posted by: Meremortal, Watching It Burn at January 26, 2013 07:31 AM (1Y+hH)

106 Eventually.

Do they embalm the undead?

Fun fact: He was born in Cumming, Iowa.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 26, 2013 07:31 AM (ZKzrr)

107 Just pull up a seat, grab a coffee and ask away. (the blue waffles they serve here are to die for.) Posted by: RWC at January 26, 2013 11:30 AM (sqp6o) That was just mean.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 07:31 AM (l86i3)

108 I think Tucker Carlson improved when he removed his bow tie. Like he grew a pair overnight.

Posted by: RWC at January 26, 2013 07:32 AM (sqp6o)

109 I think Tucker Carlson improved when he removed his bow tie. Like he grew a pair overnight. Posted by: RWC at January 26, 2013 11:32 AM (sqp6o) I think that was the day after he lost his virginity.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 07:32 AM (l86i3)

110 "That's not an insult, that's a point of pride." +1

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 26, 2013 07:32 AM (4c71i)

111 Great. More Establishment Republicans to further destroy the Conservative Movement If Krauthammer can't bring himself to call Obama a socialist, then he's worthless..

Posted by: TexasJew at January 26, 2013 07:33 AM (lD8ju)

112

I have one bowtie and I can tie it. It was used for a Dracula costume a few times.

My favored accessory is a pair of those dressy sleeve-bands the old gamblers used to wear. They look great with a fancy cowboy vest.

Posted by: Meremortal, Watching It Burn at January 26, 2013 07:33 AM (1Y+hH)

113
On his past Â“hopeÂ” for Obama: Â“In his first term he made very centrist appointments,Â’ Krauthammer said, naming former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. Â“These are not radicals.Â”

*sigh*

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 26, 2013 07:33 AM (kdS6q)

114 >>>but bowties look ridiculous.

So do poor manners. 'nough said. Let's move it along.

Posted by: Tobacco Road, is on ice. at January 26, 2013 07:34 AM (4Mv1T)

115 Time to walk Doggeh, Love to all fine rons, and goofy ones too.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 07:34 AM (l86i3)

116 "social democrat" Ahhh the names socialists contrive to keep from having to admit they're socialists. Amusing.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 26, 2013 07:34 AM (4c71i)

117 Harkin? Wasn't he some "top gun" fighter pilot or something getting shot at by the Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. Oh, that's right it was a lie, and Harking was fulloshite. Who's the libtard in Iowa on the bench to take his place??

Posted by: Jim Scrummy at January 26, 2013 07:34 AM (Vu3LY)

118 RWC- wouldn't the media say they were Red waffles? Made of the blood of innocents. Yum. I think I will stay awhile. Thanks.

Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 07:34 AM (XLuH2)

119 RWC, I think the ancient pixy code herein might leave the anonymous crowd laughing.

Posted by: Jean at January 26, 2013 07:35 AM (QH36x)

120 I think that was the day after he lost his virginity. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 26, 2013 11:32 AM (l86i3) Well, they were both around the same time.

Posted by: RWC at January 26, 2013 07:35 AM (sqp6o)

121 Damn LDC, I knew the Kraut had some issues, but those quotes are actually making me think he should be actively avoided.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 26, 2013 07:36 AM (4c71i)

122 Who's the libtard in Iowa on the bench to take his place??

Take your pick.
http://is.gd/mkRH0b

They'll probably go for a vaj, so they can say they ran a vaj.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 26, 2013 07:36 AM (ZKzrr)

123 114 So do poor manners. 'nough said. Let's move it along. Posted by: Tobacco Road, is on ice. at January 26, 2013 11:34 AM (4Mv1T) Hahahaha. I'm suddenly reminded of a certain post from Ace yesterday.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 07:37 AM (USJCT)

124 Oh, that's right it was a lie, and Harking was fulloshite. Who's the libtard in Iowa on the bench to take his place?? Posted by: Jim Scrummy at January 26, 2013 11:34 AM (Vu3LY dude? aren't all Democrats liars? can anyone name a Democrat who is not a liar? isn't the guy from CT a Green Beret until it was discovered he never got closer to Vi-ateNAM! than Subic, or something?

Posted by: Jake in ID at January 26, 2013 07:38 AM (jfSqj)

125

The most annoying bunch around D. C. are the mid-level diplomats, like Consul Generals and such. Fortunately they are usually in some foreign port city drinking expensive wine and eating caviar with ship captains like that idiot that ran the cruiser aground off Italy's coast.

Posted by: Meremortal, Watching It Burn at January 26, 2013 07:39 AM (1Y+hH)

126 Charles, Hammer of the Krauts

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 26, 2013 07:39 AM (8sCoq)

127 Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 11:34 AM (XLuH2) Goos. I see you didn't do an image search for 'blue waffles.'. Maintain your innocence and DON'T!! Posted by: Jean at January 26, 2013 11:35 AM (QH36x) Or totally in awe. "How can this possibly work?!?".

Posted by: RWC at January 26, 2013 07:39 AM (sqp6o)

128 No center right country elects Barack Hussein Obama twice.

TWICE!!!!

Posted by: General Woundwort at January 26, 2013 07:39 AM (zOP5o)

129 More Establishment Republicans to further destroy the Conservative Movement

Posted by: TexasJew at January 26, 2013 11:33 AM (lD8ju)

I can't imagine us never fighting a two front war.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 26, 2013 07:39 AM (SFjfI)

130 Bloody troglodytes. Krauthammer isn't fit to shine my shoes.

Posted by: The chap in the silken ascot at January 26, 2013 07:40 AM (WM+rJ)

131 I haven't bought off on the Center Right Country idea for the last 20 years. Not that I'm trying to say I'm in the Conservatives Already Knew This crowd. I just never understood why people thought it to be honest. It always struck me as wishful thinking.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 26, 2013 07:42 AM (4c71i)

132

TWICE!!!!

This. That. Whatever. It's a given. Center-right my ass.

Posted by: Meremortal, Watching It Burn at January 26, 2013 07:42 AM (1Y+hH)

133 50 There are only two instances in which bow ties are acceptable. You're in a tux or you're a 70+ yr old Southern lawyer wearing a searsucker suit. Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 11:14 AM (USJCT) --- I would offer a third instance: if you're an economist. Those guys still look nerdy as all get out in their bow ties but it seems to be a tradition.

Posted by: Socktopus at January 26, 2013 07:42 AM (1FLBb)

134 Krauthammer is a RINO squish.

He dispenses just enough "conservatism" to keep the sort of rubes that think National Review is a rock ribbed media outlet nodding.

Mickey Kaus???

Fuck Krauthammer he's part of the problem.

Posted by: General Woundwort at January 26, 2013 07:42 AM (zOP5o)

135
4am central time they are onto something. Leg chair babes to bring in eyes as a lead in for the painful, boring and repetitious Fox and Friends.

When Fox and Friends first started, they had a puppet. Of a fox, I think. I watched for about two minutes trying to figure out the hell the show was about, and then turned it off. Several months later, I stumbled across the show again, and they'd axed the puppet.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at January 26, 2013 07:43 AM (L7hol)

136 Does Varney rock the bow-tie?

Posted by: RWC at January 26, 2013 07:43 AM (sqp6o)

137 I would offer a third instance: if you're an economist. Those guys still look nerdy as all get out in their bow ties but it seems to be a tradition.

Fourth: If you're in a polka band.
Fifth: If you're Dr. Demento or his protege.
Sixth: Chippendales.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 26, 2013 07:43 AM (ZKzrr)

138 No country that allows 53 million babies to go to slaughter is center right.

GO TO SLAUGHTER

Posted by: General Woundwort at January 26, 2013 07:43 AM (zOP5o)

139 This is going to be interesting later on this year.

Posted by: irongrampa at January 26, 2013 11:25 AM (SAMxH)

They are too smart to go for nationwide confiscation quickly. First they'll get universal registration while confiscating the blue states first. Knock down those owners one state at a time, and they have plenty of manpower to get her done.

Posted by: Invictus at January 26, 2013 07:44 AM (OQpzc)

140 "Mickey Kaus???" You talking the Mickey Kaus who loves him some Obamacare? Never understood the Right's infatuation with him either.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 26, 2013 07:44 AM (4c71i)

141 BC- Peace bro'. I really don't even wear "neck wear" anymore.

I just happen to like real bow ties. And no clip on crap.

I denounce myself.

Posted by: Tobacco Road, is on ice. at January 26, 2013 07:44 AM (4Mv1T)

142 We're a Fascist country. I guess that's to the right of Stalinism, at least.

Chippendales.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 26, 2013 07:45 AM (ZKzrr)

143 Nood.

Posted by: Meremortal, Watching It Burn at January 26, 2013 07:45 AM (1Y+hH)

144 According to CNN Tech, "we are coming" has reached the distribution of files and mobilizing for release stage. Anon also says it has other sites. FBI has cyber overlord Richard McFeeley (um, "Dick McFeeley" ?!?) hot on the job. Looks like he's losing at the moment, unless of course he's actually the one doing it so Obama can then say we need to go along with the UN/Commie net control plan.

Posted by: Plutarch at January 26, 2013 07:45 AM (bS6uW)

145 Mickey Kaus???

Oh come on, he's answering "who's your favorite liberal blogger?" The answer is "Mickey Kaus" or "none."

Posted by: AD at January 26, 2013 07:46 AM (lSjWM)

146 141 BC- Peace bro'. I really don't even wear "neck wear" anymore. I just happen to like real bow ties. And no clip on crap. I denounce myself. Posted by: Tobacco Road, is on ice. at January 26, 2013 11:44 AM (4Mv1T) Haha. Done deal. *spits on hand and holds it out*

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 26, 2013 07:47 AM (USJCT)

147 Sort of like linking Jon Stewart or Politico when they say something you agree with. They're not broken clocks or blind squirrels...they're throwing you a bone.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 26, 2013 07:47 AM (4c71i)

148 IIRC the Krauthammer was talking about SCOTUS Roberts decision as if it was a positive thing. Fucking idiot. As if bleeding out by one femoral artery is good because, hey at least your not bleeding out via both.

Posted by: Lurkasaurus at January 26, 2013 07:47 AM (kpSH/)

149 Krauthammer dumping on Brooks is rich.

And the rationale for his pick for best blog gives you some insight as to why he pulls punches.

Thank God for this place and others like it.

Elites like Kraut and Will are sad fucking echos in the polluted Beltway ecosystem.

Posted by: ontherocks at January 26, 2013 07:48 AM (aZ6ew)

150 I just never understood why people thought it to be honest. It always struck me as wishful thinking.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 26, 2013 11:42 AM (4c71i)

I always used Ohio as a barometer and it seemed like they followed a pattern of electing Repubs for governor (Rhodes, Voinovich*spit*, Taft and Kasich) until they'd temporarily lose their fucking minds and put a random shitstain like Celeste or Strickland in and then come to their senses after the shit hit the fan. But that barometer has gone askew.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 26, 2013 07:48 AM (SFjfI)

151 If anyone thinks Krauthammer is more conservative or a better conservative pundit then Will doesn't read either of them. There isn't a social issue that Krauthammer doesn't take the leftist viewpoint on, from immigration to gays.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 26, 2013 07:49 AM (Fz2C7)

152 Charles, Hammer of the Krauts

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 26, 2013 11:39 AM (8sCoq)

Charles "The Hammer" Martell had a better outlook on how to deal with enemies.

Posted by: Invictus at January 26, 2013 07:49 AM (OQpzc)

153 Kaus is as reasonable as there is on the other side, but like Manchin and others who seem so, they always reliably suck Obama's dick when the time comes.

Posted by: Plutarch at January 26, 2013 07:49 AM (bS6uW)

154 @145

Then it should be none.

Their is no sane, cogent or esteamable liberal writer or blogger.

[n]NONE!

The only reason I might read a Krugman, et al is to see how pretzlized they can make logic and reason.

Posted by: General Woundwort at January 26, 2013 07:50 AM (zOP5o)

155 >>Haha. Done deal. *spits on hand and holds it out*

Done, and done.

Posted by: Tobacco Road, is on ice. at January 26, 2013 07:51 AM (4Mv1T)

156 I posted this morning a link where they hacked a low level DoJ site and basically said "We're coming." I'd love to see them liberate some Fast & Furious documents, but I'm not holding my breath.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 26, 2013 07:52 AM (B/VB5)

157 Gun thread up.

Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at January 26, 2013 07:53 AM (wR+pz)

158 I think this Will bashing started a few years ago when he had the nerve to say our foreign policy in the middle east was fucked up, he said this nation building shit was idiotic and we shouldn't have boots in the ground in Afghanistan. This was as far back as the Bush administration and of course this was met with outrage on the right. Turns out he was way ahead of the curve.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 26, 2013 07:54 AM (Fz2C7)

159 I posted this morning a link where they hacked a low level DoJ site and basically said "We're coming."

I'd love to see them liberate some Fast & Furious documents, but I'm not holding my breath.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 26, 2013 11:52 AM (B/VB5)

I'd love to see them destroy each other.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 26, 2013 07:54 AM (SFjfI)

160

Krauthammer isn't "part of the problem", but he has made himself part of the establishment, the Media Establishment, in Washington. So QED, he is not part of the solution.

Be entertained by him all you want, but I think he is just talking to make money, and not really invested in changing things for the better. Obama getting elected was a good business outcome for him, as he is now more popular speaking to Right - of - Center groups (like the John Locke Foundation).

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at January 26, 2013 08:03 AM (Md8Uo)

161 I give kudos to Will. Last year he wrote an article saying we'd lose 2012 and we did while most of the people here had stuff in the ears and eyes

Posted by: Flapjackmaka at January 26, 2013 08:05 AM (FKQng)

162 OK. Where are you RWC!? Show yourself! Inviting me so kindly to a Blue Waffle lunch...."pull up a chair" you said...yes. I googled blue waffles. Feeling lucky. My God!!! I lived through the 60's but I don't know I'm coming back from THAT trip. Is there a cure for Gods sake? Oh the humanity!!!

Posted by: Guido at January 26, 2013 08:05 AM (XLuH2)

163

Cap'n Hate @ 150

You forgot John J. Gilligan (Kathleen Sibelius' dad) who famously closed the State parks as Governor to get even with the people for not voting for a tax increase. That got him un-elected real quick in 1974 and two more terms for Jim Rhodes.

Dick Celeste, crooked, silly and incompetent, who brought about the State-backed savings and load crisis earlier in Ohio than nationwide.

Strickland is just doofus, he just did nothing as Governor, and still he ALMOST go re-elected.

2014 will be interesting as to whether or not Kasich gets re-elected, by a little or a lot. I still think Kasich has thoughts about running for President, and if he is re-elected (strongly) in 2014, he might think about running in 2016.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at January 26, 2013 08:11 AM (Md8Uo)

164 God bless him. He is a brilliant, principled, and courageous man.

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at January 26, 2013 08:24 AM (P3dtw)

165 113
On his past Â“hopeÂ” for Obama: Â“In his first term he made very centrist appointments,Â’ Krauthammer said, naming former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. Â“These are not radicals.Â”

*sigh*

Krauthammer is right about this. He only said they weren't radicals, not that they were conservatives. Put them under "liberals you could have an actual conversation with"--rarer and rarer these days.

Posted by: Burke at January 26, 2013 08:25 AM (CrqI6)

166 Geez how could I forget Gilligan; what a fucking dunce he was with that move. Celeste was a northern version of Clinton although with a lezzo wife who came out of the closet. His father was really a piece of shit bilking seniors in nursing homes and getting caught offloading assets to his trash children and grandchildren before declaring bankruptcy. I was really hoping they'd seize the home on Kelly's Island that Dick and his horde of feral children occupied although I don't think that happened (as if the cocksuckers at the Plain Dealer would cover it).

Twitch Strickland was just inept. Literally nothing that asshole did in four years was a success including backing Muffer Stalin-Rodham in 2008. Yes, Kasich should've slattered him in 2010; that was the first clue what a fucking shithole the state had become. Btw, Twitch has been a fucking failure post-governor since they trucked him up to Madison to lead the union humps against Walker. That worked well.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 26, 2013 08:25 AM (SFjfI)

167 I think Kasich would make a great President but I don't see him as a national candidate. I think he's lacking a certain alpha factor to succeed against the donk slime machine. I'd love to be proven wrong because I think he's a Mitch Daniels without a runaway wife so we'll see...

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 26, 2013 08:29 AM (SFjfI)

168

Just talking to make money? And writing, too? The ease in which dismiss writers as Not Sufficiently Committed is pretty impressive, even by Internet standards.

What would a list of Legitimate Conservative Writers look like? What policy stances get one banished from the ranks of the Sufficiently Committed?

I watched this event live last night. It was a rare display: Conservatives having fun, on my TV. You can sway a lot of people to our side with that.

Posted by: CJ at January 26, 2013 08:29 AM (9G+G5)

169

CK can go straight to hell for all I care, he is no conservative, he doesn't care about anything except hearing the sound of his own voice and money.

just like most (not all) of the big name "conservative" punditry, they don't give a damn about the Constitution.

despite what he calls himself, he is a progressive-enabler.

fuck him

Posted by: Shoey at January 26, 2013 08:30 AM (m6OUa)

170

Krauthammer is right about this. He only said they weren't radicals, not that they were conservatives. Put them under "liberals you could have an actual conversation with"--rarer and rarer these days.

Larry Summers was drummed out of Harvard for telling Cornel West to work for his paycheck instead of making rap CDs, and for questioning feminist dogma.

It's quaint to think that these were the kind of Democrats we did battle with in the 1990s.

Posted by: CJ at January 26, 2013 08:34 AM (9G+G5)

171

Posted by: Shoey at January 26, 2013 12:30 PM (m6OUa)

What exactly did he do to get you so worked up?

Posted by: CJ at January 26, 2013 08:36 AM (9G+G5)

172 Watching it right now. CK is a bright guy, but he is an insider. I lean more to Mark Steyn's thinking myself.

His opinion of TFG is, I think a bit naive. TFG is a socialist and giving the chance to be a bad socialist no matter what the people in the beltway think.

Anyone who thinks we are getting through the next four years without bloodshed is fooling themselves.

Posted by: Dandolo at January 26, 2013 08:52 AM (GAJm6)

173

I agree. Enough with Krauthammer. He'll screw you in the pinch. These Washington elites always do.

Posted by: rrpjr at January 26, 2013 08:57 AM (E9l4d)

174 Cotton -> slavery -> racism RAAACIIIIIIST!

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at January 26, 2013 08:59 AM (FsUAO)

175 Kraut will stand with his D.C. brothers and sisters when push comes to shove. He is a Conservative of Convenience and nothing more. His job is to make folks think things aren't so bad that they should get angry and do something rash. Fuck him and all like him.

Posted by: eman at January 26, 2013 09:00 AM (jp2Ur)

176 "I lean more to Mark Steyn's thinking myself."

There you go. After the George Will bashing I was trying to think of one major writer that is actually more to the right then Will, couldn't think of one. From Townhall to the National Review. Never thought of Steyn, he actually is.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 26, 2013 09:02 AM (Fz2C7)

177 And Steyn does not shy away from any topic that I can think of.
He recognizes the dangers Islam poses to a free society for one.

Posted by: Dandolo at January 26, 2013 09:11 AM (GAJm6)

178 krauthammer is smart and great on critisizing the progs, but when is comes to conservatives all he ever has to say is how this one is not smart, and that one is not electable, and then recommends the blandest, milquetoast dude. And we lose. He should stick to hammering the progs and keep quiet about the rest

Posted by: thunderb at January 26, 2013 09:27 AM (Dnbau)

179

Anyone who thinks we are getting through the next four years without bloodshed is fooling themselves.

So Krauthammer is an yucky "insider", but associating the Right with stupid shit like this is going to get us back in power? Jesus Fucking Christ

Posted by: CJ at January 26, 2013 09:30 AM (9G+G5)

180 >>>What is really needed is for the "Tea Party" to take over the Republican Party from the inside and re-organize it to make it more of a populist and vital organization, instead of Democrat-Lite. Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at January 26, 2013 11:02 AM (Md8Uo) Here's where the Tea Party goes wrong: populism is a disease that kills civilizations. In cases when the majority of citizens are just plain imbeciles (i.e. now), why in the world should we want the vox populi to be the be all end all?

Posted by: Paul at January 26, 2013 09:52 AM (g4Saz)

181 >>>So Krauthammer is an yucky"insider", but associating the Right with stupid shit like this is going to get us back in power? Jesus Fucking Christ Posted by: CJ at January 26, 2013 01:30 PM (9G+G5) Getting in power is for Establishment Tools. We will stop socialism with talk radio and protests on the mall, you'll see.

Posted by: Paul at January 26, 2013 09:53 AM (g4Saz)

182 Krauthammer is an insider, how yucky he is is really irrelavant.

Get mad all you want, but history has been kind to us as a nation for quite awhile. I am not of the opinion that such kindness is going to continue, history is not on our side. There are too many signs to the contrary.

I hope I am wrong, pray I am wrong, but I shall continue preparing as if I am correct.

Posted by: Dandolo at January 26, 2013 09:56 AM (GAJm6)

183

Getting in power is for Establishment Tools. We will stop socialism with talk radio and protests on the mall, you'll see.

And harshly worded blog comments. Nothing strikes fear into liberals like blog comments.

Posted by: CJ at January 26, 2013 09:57 AM (9G+G5)

184

Posted by: Dandolo at January 26, 2013 01:56 PM (GAJm6)

If you really believe there will be bloodshed within the next four years, keep it to yourself. The rest of us are trying to win, and those kind of public statements make our job harder.

Posted by: CJ at January 26, 2013 10:09 AM (9G+G5)

185 "And harshly worded blog comments. Nothing strikes fear into liberals like blog comments."

And you think this will end in the comment section of blogs? What do think will eventually happen? As of now our (conservatives) top political leaders are advancing an immigration policy that pushing this nation further to the left, their solutions to our fiscal problems amounts to slowing the rate of government growth, they're 100% behind turning our military into a liberal diversity program, their foreign policy mirrors that of Obama only they think we should manage it better, etc. etc. This is supposedly our (conservative) leadership. So I'll ask again, how do you think this eventually unfolds? It ain't going to end with some magical election that allows the conservative agenda to just happen.
Hell I'd be amazed if this doesn't end in bloodshed.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 26, 2013 10:17 AM (Fz2C7)

186 Win? Win?

Short of a singular leader emerging (possibly Rand Paul or Marc Rubio) and dragging the GOP into some sense of actual conservatism we are not winning, we are delaying the inevitable. We have the entire dem party committed to national suicide and 90% of "our" party committed to enabling at the very least.

"Our" leaders are the passengers on the train crying out for the drivers to go over that cliff a little slower.

So, yeah, I think we are boned.

And just for the record I can work for the best and hope that I am wrong and still say hey if things do not change drastically then we are boned. Crying fire in a burning theatre is acceptable on occasion and even needed. Pointing out the facts is necessary.

Posted by: Dandolo at January 26, 2013 10:27 AM (GAJm6)

187 It's time for Krauthammer to leave the room.

Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Dispatches) at January 26, 2013 10:36 AM (p4U6S)

188 You know who's really fucking this country? Farmers

Posted by: SFGoth at January 26, 2013 11:08 AM (q0v8H)

189 I'm here at the NRI summit (student scholarship). And yes... the Hammer BROUGHT IT.

Posted by: Seal Team 69 at January 26, 2013 11:17 AM (OupXa)

190 The problem with "conservatives" like Kraut and Will and David Brooks is their pride -- they think they're floating above history, detached, passing judgements on the affairs of lesser mortals, and loath to show passion over the death of freedom because freedom comes and goes and philosophers don't get excited about such things. None of them has ever seen close up or been affected by economic want -- and none of them expect to ever do so. They're cold fish, and they think that's a virtue.

Posted by: Salt Lick at January 26, 2013 11:32 AM (Ek2HU)

191 CK is not a conservative. He just can't stand putting what he and his pals talk about over cocktails. He's a NYWASHHARVARD know it all commonly known as a blowhard in the south. If you listen and subscribe to his thinking you're and idiot who can't think for yourself also known as a liberal.

Posted by: rikthedik at January 26, 2013 11:42 AM (ye/Kc)

192

We have the entire dem party committed to national suicide and 90% of "our" party committed to enabling at the very least.

90 percent? Which means a select few here are part of that super special brave 10% , right? Come on. Politicians want to be elected. And re-elected. Dems and Reps. When conservatism leads to them getting re-elected, we'll have more of it. No need to wait for the Magical Enchanged Perfect Candidate. Not that it doesn't help to have one who can speak in complete sentences.

I know the stakes are high. I know what the demographic trends are. I know the time to turn things around is not unlimited. But 'there will be bloodshed within four years' is not true, and makes the task more difficult.

Posted by: CJ at January 26, 2013 12:32 PM (9G+G5)

193

We have the entire dem party committed to national suicide and 90% of "our" party committed to enabling at the very least.

Posted by: CJ at January 26, 2013 12:32 PM (9G+G5)

194 I think he's off a bit: the simple truth is that with the memetic poison of marxism (and nihilism for that is where the disaffected marxists turned up) the new generations have become increasingly hostile to conservative values due to years of being force fed propaganda and with the older generations soon to die out there will be an immense shift leftward very soon that will be irreconcilable with current conservative values. I think he also has immigrants wrong too. Maybe they're very religious but they also have foolish notions about ideals like generosity- unlike Webster's dictionary they feel that robbing Peter to pay for Paul is no different than self-sacrifice to say nothing of their conception of strong men.

Posted by: Ben(the original) at January 26, 2013 03:03 PM (i2aTW)

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