Awesome article. Now, bring on the OBAMABOTS.

OBAMABOTS - attack, attack, attack!!!!!!!!

wow is krauthammer not just a smug racist?

Another insightful and oh so true article by Mr. Krauthammer. If candidate Obama displays this much hubris, what would a President Obama be like? Would Pelosi have to kneel and kiss his ring when she was granted the favor of an audience? Would his birthday be declared a national holiday? Once in power, would he heed the constitution and leave after his term was up? Or declare himself President for life like Castro and Chavez?

As usual, Charles Krauthammer is right on the money. How, how on earth can any rational person believe Barack Obama should be President? It's just mind boggling that this lightweight could win.

And, predictably, we get the increasingly stale cry of "racist" from the Obamatons who don't appreciate their messiah being criticized.

Sorry. Got enough of the pitiful race-baiting from the Obama kooks during the Dem primary. The guy's a one trick pony. No experience. Wrong and/or waffling on the issues. Frantically sprinting to the center while telling his congregation to be prepared for the Evil, Racist White Republicans who WILL be making an issue of my race.

Still waiting, Barry. Seems the only ones constantly obsessing over race and making the racist remarks are on your side - along with the main stream media.

Love the Obama quote "generations from now we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment the rise of the oceans began to slow."
That's great t-shirt and bumper sticker material to mock Obama. Gee, generations from now, won't "we" be dead. And if I did live to be 175, why would I tell my children that the oceans were rising until The Almighty Obama saved us.

The guy's essentially a state senator from IL who has accomplished absolutely nothing. Served 12 months as a US senator - again accomplishing nothing - before deciding "well, enough of that. Time to run for president".
What a charlatan.
He'd be down 30 points in the polls if the media wasn't worshiping him 24/7.

Hey, Porchdope. You'll get that poll you want in Nov.

Can't wait to watch the wailing by the pundits on CNN and MS-NBC when Obama gets pummeled. :-) The whining and belly-aching will be even louder than it was in 2000 and 04, with the added fun of hearing Chris Matthews declaring America "still racist".

Ahh you critique Obama...therefore you must be a racist. This is getting soooo old yawn; please get something new.

Ahhh whine....Don't tease our Messiah, it would be an Obamanation!

To make a point in an article on deadline, Charles simplistically forgets (or ignores) that we (well, our fearless leader) have strained our relations with our allies over the last seven years.

Obama, from the beginning, has clearly made it his mission to re-build those ties with our allies that have been messed up by Bush. These are the same relations that made the demolition of the wall a reality, and other diplomacy and policy based triumphs possible.
A reboot of those same relations can make a sustained victory over Al Queda possible

It is the height of Hubris to tell someone where or where not they can speak. The cold war is over, so the cold war backdrop is up for grabs now that it is devoid of THAT gravitas.

However it does have gravitas in the context of the post Bush world. "We made mistakes. We are strong enogh to admit them. Let's partner up with you again, like the old days (after 1945, of course), and make the world a better and safer place".
Becasue the Brandenberg gates were the locations of our public anouncments of our alliances against the Soviet Union, it is fitting that they be the place where our alliance is reborn - to all of our benifit.
Duh.
Ed

Charles Krauthammer voiced my opinion precisely. In fact I wrote the same theme on my blog a little while back. --Celebrities, glitter, glamour, and a healer too? I'm overwhelmed with all Obama can do.

It does make a person wonder though - if he has all these supernatural powers of healing the world, why he couldn't heal his finances or at least find a better way to fund his home without relying on his old pal Rezko - who was under investigation at that time. (now convicted, 2 trials to go)

The fact that Obama is black doesn't bother me - it's his long time radical friends, religious militant church, James Cone philosophy, and New Party/ACORN affiliations that bother me.



McCain 08

Look, Congress has been wasting its time on unimportant matters. It's time for us to unite around something that we can all agree upon. We must pass laws that provide stiff prison sentences for people that write opinions like this one that attack what will be our new leader in November, likely the best, smartest, most suave, most adept president that this country has enjoyed or even will see again.

Racist drivel like Krauthammer's must never be allowed to be published. Has anyone ever considered how embarrassed our country will be ten, twenty or more years from now when it comes out that column's like this one were published before the earth united around its natural leader who brought peace, prosperity and enlightenment to the entire world? Please believe me: it will be much better to imprison non-believers now. We must obey our new world leader! (p.s.-- and his wife, too)

Bill Carson Wrote:
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> Look, Congress has been wasting its time on
> unimportant matters. It's time for us to unite
> around something that we can all agree upon. We
> must pass laws that provide stiff prison sentences
> for people that write opinions like this one that
> attack what will be our new leader in November,
> likely the best, smartest, most suave, most adept
> president that this country has enjoyed or even
> will see again.
>
> Racist drivel like Krauthammer's must never be
> allowed to be published. Has anyone ever
> considered how embarrassed our country will be
> ten, twenty or more years from now when it comes
> out that column's like this one were published
> before the earth united around its natural leader
> who brought peace, prosperity and enlightenment
> to the entire world? Please believe me: it will
> be much better to imprison non-believers now. We
> must obey our new world leader! (p.s.-- and his
> wife, too)


Do you think we can have "re-education camps" too? You know liberals, um I mean enlightened people believe in rehab.

McCain & Krauthammer 08!

Hey lata-drinking-libs, crawl out of your parents basements and get some fresh air.

Don't forget that Obama arose from one of the most corrupt and dirty political machines in the country (Chicago), they encouraged and elected him. It's not a reach to say that half of his electorate can't read or write, thanks to a wonderfully controlled public educational system run by liberals and radicals.

I offer him to come down south, enjoy the fresh air with us "Bitter" Americans, learn how the rest of us live, we could go bass-fishing.

Mr Krauthammer,Bravo! Bravo! I love to read your columns, you get to the heart of the matter. Obama's conceit is an amazing thing to behold. A refreshing piece of journalism at a time when many seem to fear printing the actual truth of the man.

OMG!!


"Racism, racism, racism, racism, racism, "RE-EDUCATION CAMPS TOO" racism,racism, racism, racism, "REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS" racism, racism, "AND DID I MENTION HE'S BLACK" racism, racism, racism." How they do carry on.......
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Posted by: CaDem4McCain
Comment: #21
Jul 17, 11:31 PM Report Abuse
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Um, D. Greene,

At the risk of asking a question that may seem, ahh racist, how are any of those impressive qualifications you listed in any way relevant to the job of being President?

Posted by: CaDem4McCain
Comment: #22
Jul 17, 11:33 PM
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Bill Carson Wrote:
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> Look, Congress has been wasting its time on
> unimportant matters. It's time for us to unite
> around something that we can all agree upon. We
> must pass laws that provide stiff prison sentences
> for people that write opinions like this one that
> attack what will be our new leader in November,
> likely the best, smartest, most suave, most adept
> president that this country has enjoyed or even
> will see again.
>
> Racist drivel like Krauthammer's must never be
> allowed to be published. Has anyone ever
> considered how embarrassed our country will be
> ten, twenty or more years from now when it comes
> out that column's like this one were published
> before the earth united around its natural leader
> who brought peace, prosperity and enlightenment
> to the entire world? Please believe me: it will
> be much better to imprison non-believers now. We
> must obey our new world leader! (p.s.-- and his
> wife, too)


Do you think we can have "re-education camps" too? You know liberals, um I mean enlightened people believe in rehab.
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Anti Reaganess.

Porchnik Wrote:
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> Have you noticed the snide, peevish tone in all
> these attacks on Obama?

> Brandenburg Gate . . . let's poll the German
> people themselves and see if they'd rather have
> McCain. Hell, poll the people in any country,
> including the USA.
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Porchnik, I'm quite confused by your post.

Are you saying that the President of the USofA should be chosen by polling "the people of any country, including the USA."?

Are you suggesting Obama is running for President of the World? Or, King of the planet? Or, should we make it the Universe? Why not?!

Your disproportionately magnified and obviously distorted perception of Obama - as held by the followers of Obama's personality cult - helps confirm Mr. Krauthammer's thesis on the worrisome magnitude of your candidate's ego!

OMG!!

So true, watching J leno tonight, there were jokes about McCain, not a word about Obama, "Maureen Doud," pegged it right, one can't talk about Obama, or as she called him "the Messiah," if you do, you're a bad evil person, and of course, a racist..... Long live the New Yorker, they pegged Obama right too.... Right down to the bone marrow. And now, the "Hammer," is hammering down, all in all, it's been a refreshingly nice, last few days.
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Posted by: Pinkie
Comment: #26
Jul 17, 11:49 PM

Mr Krauthammer,Bravo! Bravo! I love to read your columns, you get to the heart of the matter. Obama's conceit is an amazing thing to behold. A refreshing piece of journalism at a time when many seem to fear printing the actual truth of the man.
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Anti Reaganess.

You guys are so ..... funny. Krauthammer is just hating. If it he wasn't Black, his trip and venues would be a shrewd political move and everyone would applaud him. Reagan and Kennedy used the Bradenburg Gate as a prop. And by the way Reagan nor Kennedy did anything so unique as to qualify themselves as unique. Reagan was around at the right moment in history when the International commitment was in favor of European restructuring. Kennedy had to respond in the manner he did. Now we have a minority at this time who will turn a new chapter on Western Politics. Shrewd politicians with great organizations know how to get the upper hand. A check mate if you will. And, because of the fascination being paid by the mainsteram media... and the world's desire to understand America is finally living up to what it touts as Freedom and Will of the People. Wby shouldn't Obama use the Bradenburg Gate to introduce himself to the World. Electing someone with fresh ideas who will get us out of this deceit and Republican tragedy that White Moneyed Men have monopolized throughout our history demonstrates...The Presidency is finally back in the hands of the People. Well, you guys just keep hating and The People will vote for Obama... because CHANGE IS COMING!

Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha. Reagan had experience before running for President? Reagan was 'governor' of California like I was mayor of London (which I have never visited). Apparently, almost everyone else knows that he was just a figurehead gallivanting with his Hollywood friends while literally 'acting' as governor of CA. Similarly, Reagan spent his second presidential term sleeping at meetings while his minions ran wild. At least Obama actually did something for people in his Chicago community and can write his own speeches if he wishes to. As far as voting present in his state seat in Illinois 130 times, Krauthammer conveniently omits that there were over 4,000 votes and that voting present is a commonly used tactic in Illinois politics.

Krauthammer also omits the fact that this no-name first year senator from Illinois has a good chance to become President. Whether you agree with his policies or not, THAT by itself says something about his remarkable abilities and vision. The New York Times brilliantly summed him up in one word-- "incandescent". Perhaps, Krauthammer can enlighten us on the last time that happened and to whom. Perhaps, Krauthammer can also explain why with all his abilities, HE did not run for President.


mamatx Wrote:
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> Obamabots try to compare Obama's lack of
> experience with that of Reagan and Lincoln. What
> they fail to understand that both of those great
> men had strong core beliefs, forged over many
> years, that guided their lives and their policy.
> Regan had executive experience as governor of
> California. Obama has talked to lots of people
> and watched Rev. Wright closely to learn how to
> make people swoon and faint with his sermons.
>
> Obama's core belief: I want to be President. I
> will be President. I deserve to be President. I
> will do or say anything that I need to to become
> President.
>
> Barack Obama: He stayed in a Holiday Inn last
> night.

krauthammer, you come across very angry in this article.

Modesty cannot get you to be the President of the USA. Obama's demand to speak at the Brandenburg gate shows his confidence and cockiness. Its okay to be cocky if you have brains to back it up.

American Presidents dont earn the title "leader of the free world" by being modest.

this is a brilliant piece and an accurate one. The only thing better is all the Obama supporters posting in an attempt to defend his arrogance. They use the same old tired retorts. McCain is a war monger, McCain is 4 more years of Bush, Obama has as much experience as Reagan/Lincoln did.......yawn...Obama supporters need to come to the realization that none of these are sticking. Your nominee has taken to buying all the crap that the MSM has said about him. He actually believes he is going to save America. So much so he is not concerned with his own policy flip flops. Americans are starting to see him for what he is and come November the Liberal Left will once again be wondering what happened.

D. Greene Wrote:
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> CADEM 4 MC cain no I'm not going to call you
> racist at all but honestly I'm not sure if you're
> trying to be funny,
>
> HERE IS WHATR HE's DONE THAT QUALIFY HIM TO BE
> PRESIDENT
>
> 1) Raising more money than any candidate in
> history while not using PACS or 527's
> 2) Defeating the political machine of the Clintons
> without "campaing shake-up" etc.
> 3) Being an award winning writer--umm you don't
> see how that qualifies one to be a president?
> 4) Graduating with a LAW degree from one of the
> best universities in the world? You don't see how
> that helps one to be president?
> 5) Starting a grassroots organization of the
> people and by the people without lobbyists or
> 527's the average donation in the 52 million month
> of June was 68.00. That shows A. the PEOPEL are
> willing to finance this candidate and B. Corporate
> america is not pulling his strings
> 6. That he overcame adversity and has the
> leadership skills to run an effective and
> disciplined multimillion dollar corporation ( his
> campagin)
> 7. State legislature
> 8. National legislature
> 9. University faculty member
>
> ( the list easily goes on)
>
> Not Mc Cain, Not Reagan, not Clinton ( Bill or
> Hillary ) had these credentials
>
>
> CaDem4McCain Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Um, D. Greene,
> >
> > At the risk of asking a question that may seem,
> > ahh racist, how are any of those impressive
> > qualifications you listed in any way relevant
> to
> > the job of being President?

What made any other American so qualified to be President. Leadership.... Let's look at the millions of votes he received in the Primary. Now lets look at The Millions of Votes he will receive in November....Obama wins. Headlins... Obama Wins Big!!! Anyonone who votes for McSame is either Very Rich or just plane STUPID.

Sad that the only candidate the Neo-Cons has is a War Hero wasn't that used before by the Dems. Too bad for this war hero though, that's all the credentials he thinks will take to win this election. What a sham. God bless all our true fallen heroes. God bless America

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It must suck to Krauthammer. The guy does nothing but hate on Obama. I guess that's why people read him, man, that can not be enjoyable way to go about life.

CaDem4McCain Wrote:
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> D. Greene-I CAN read. You just reposted what you
> had earlier. Again, HOW exactly are those
> "accomplishments" relevant to the JOB of being
> president? He's only run his campaign for a short
> time, and wasn't Axelrod et al the ones actually
> running it? None of the things you mentioned are
> noteworthy enough to be POTUS, unless you're an
> affirmative action (AA) candidate, and since you
> highlight Obama's achievements being so special
> because he is black, I guess you agree that he is
> an AA candidate.
>
> Raditz #29, Krauthammer has more real
> accomplishments than Obama:
> Charles Krauthammer is a 1987 Pulitzer Prize
> winner, 1984 National Magazine Award winner, and a
> columnist for The Washington Post since 1985.
> Maybe HE should run for president. Oh, but he's
> not black.

You boast, sounds like the title of the article. Maybe he should add, Harvard Law to that list! It may bolster it a thousand times greater. Idiot!

Beautifully reasoned as always, Charles----

Bigdaddy54 Wrote:
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>Anyonone who votes for McSame is either
> Very Rich or just plane STUPID.


Ah ... when intelligence takes flight!

OMG!!

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Posted by: CaDem4McCain
Comment: #35 ............... About Krauthammer.
Jul 18, 12:12 AM
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Medical school is a far more difficult academic endeavor, than Law. It's really very difficult to compare the two, the mastery that medicine requires, is mind boggling. Of course Law school is no joke, it's a big time intellectual game too, but it's a far cry from the academic game of medicine. Krauthammer, may be, and he is, many things, but dumb is not one of the them.... I was un-aware of all the other writing stuff he has done. He is certainly one of the more/most intellectual pundits that I have ever seen, poignant....to a fault.


Anti Reaganess.

Chuck, you sound like an old curmudgeon! In fact, there are a lot of old curmudgeons on the right, not to mention certain African American elders, wheezing indignantly that this young whippersnapper dare run for president without the "proper" qualifications! Obama does have a resume in the state senate that included going across the isle, he was not silent in the US senate, but yes, he is very much a novice for a presidential candidate.

He ran because he was encouraged to, because he could represent a real change in style and in generation. People saw in him leadership and inspirational qualities that the party and the nation is crying out for. He and his team have so far run a very impressive campaign, in spite of the best that the Clinton's and now the good 'ole right can dish out. That kind of management and leadership should not be dismissed so quickly.

I've had a good laugh in the last week at Bush and McCain, those noble warriors who are so much more competent that that young whippersnapper. Along with the "government" of Iraq, they seem to be falling in line with the Obama foreign policy. Lets see, we need to 1) send more troops to Afganistan, 2) begin to establish timetables for withdrawal of troops from Iraq (and hopefully send some home in the fall), 3) send an "appeaser" envoy to sit in on talks with Iran- with no preconditions. while conservatives rush to explain why these events only sound like what Obama has been suggesting, I assert that some subtle but significant damage has been done to the idea that Obama is a naive fool about foreign policy.

Of course, the conservative Patriots here will hit back at that kind of talk- yes indeed! Now the fashion is to belittle Obama's trip overseas, the absence of which was just a month ago a reason to call him uneducated on the matter. Well, conservatives, be careful what you wish for! I predict that his trip will further impress the people that matter that McCain is not much better or different than Obama with regards to foreign policy.

Furthermore, the focus continues to be Obama. Against Clinton, he was deemed too soft, too reticent. Now he is too confident, an egotist (like all candidates aren't!). Against very long odds, Obama is still a good bet, even if he went too far in choosing the Brandenburg gate. The polls are still close, showing that McCain still has a decent chance, but the truth is that it ain't good when everyone is always focused on Obama. The Obama campaign has taken big hits for swinging center, refusing public funds, and everything else that the Chukie K's can come up with, but they are in fact where they want to be, with months to go to keep Obama's message on track.

In the end, in this kind of election, John McCain will really start to look like an old, stale, curmudgeon, just like Chuck K!

OMG!!

Wes, I agree he cuts pretty hard, but his writing is (very) analytical, and usually spot on point..... It can be overbearing for many. The mocking tone of his writing is palpable, but exceedingly accurate, I think he could take apart the Pope, citing of the Lord's Prayer. I'm sure the Pope is pleased that Krauthhammer doesn't turn his analytical guns on him....
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Posted by: Wes
Comment: #50
Jul 18, 12:38 AM

It must suck to Krauthammer. The guy does nothing but hate on Obama. I guess that's why people read him, man, that can not be enjoyable way to go about life.
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Anti Reaganess.

Good article that hits home.

If Obama was applying for any other job with the resume he has, he'd be told "Don't call us, we'll call you."

No wonder neocons like Krauthammer are doing all they can to disparage, in advance, Obama's appearance before much bigger crowds in Germany than ever cheered either JFK or Reagan, there or anywhere else. Despite McCain's closeness to Obama in the misleading national polls, McCain is sinking like a stone in the electoral college count, and the neocons are feeling plenty of realistic panic about this. They thought they could defeat this guy with their usual race card smears, but there are not enough Archie Bunkers left to turn the tide this year. Obama's crushing McCain in Michigan, and is well ahead in Ohio and PA, too. So who cares if McCain takes West VA? No one's even trying to use Rev. Wright anymore. It backfired even in Mississippi and Louisiana. On top of this, the neocons are slowly realizing that McCain's dumb challenge to Obama to go abroad was nuts from a media perspective. McCain and Black are apparently too old to fully grasp the fact that, worldwide, Obama's the biggest thing since the Beatles. He makes Brangelina look like nothing. So a world tour with cheering crowds everywhere except for Likud headquarters is going to make Obama look to American TV viewers and People readers--i.e., about 90% of the public--like the greatest conquering hero on the world stage America's ever had--more popular than JFK and Reagan combined. This is going to be the worst year for the Republicans since '32, up and down the ticket, and Republican regulars know whom to blame. Their sights are firmly fixed on the neocon fools who brought us the proxy war for Israel in Iraq, the most unpopular in American history, by far. And the war that brought us an extra trillion dollars of debt, which wrecked the dollar, which gave us tripled gas prices at the pump. The Republicans will not soon forget the way the neocons singlehandedly wiped out their party, and there will be hell to pay for them after November.

I am a Democrat and I looked at you as a journalist for a Republican. However, I you did hit the nail on the head. Obama is arrogant.

Henry B Wrote:
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At least Obama actually did something for people in his Chicago community and can write his own speeches if he wishes to.

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Great point, Henry B. Regarding the people in Chicago, when he represented the people of Chicago in the Illinois state senate, did he or did he not hold hearings on the conditions his constituents were living under in the apartments that Tony Rezko took public money to rehab? Oh, no he didn't. Guess that was still when Tony had money to donate.

Sorry. Guess that's something he didn't do for those people.

And the speeches. Those droning monotone self-regarding speeches. So eloquent in his ability to describe what is wrong while asserting that by virtue of electing this magical negro, himself, we will all be healed.

Unfortunately, you get him off the written speech and he starts to stutter and stammer like a poorly prepared sophomore.

And did you have anything to refute from Krauthammer's column? Didn't think so.

BTW, there is no "Bush 42", numbskull.

Thank you for saying what millions of Americans have been thinking and what needed to be said....

Well done Charles, well done indeed. I cannot understand what has happened to this nation when the likes of an Obama is heralded messiah-like, especially in light of the very reasons you've so eloquently pointed out.

Pat Racimora Wrote:
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> The distinction between elected state leaders and
> a partisan candidate (one who has yet to be
> formally nominated!) has not escaped German
> Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was upset by the
> request by Barack Obama to give a speech at the
> Brandenburg Gate, calling such a rally
> “inappropriate.” She does not believe that Germany
> should give any impression that it is involved in
> American political races.
>
> The Obama team is apparently surprised at the
> controversy, which in itself reveals a lack of
> understanding of the world community and
> international protocol. One cannot bluster into a
> sovereign foreign country without regard for its
> tradition and political situation.
>
> To Germans, the site holds significant meaning.
> The Brandenburg Gate, built in the 18th century,
> became the symbol of peace and unification after
> the fall of the Berlin Wall. Speaking before this
> hallowed place is considered a honor that is
> reserved for already elected officials. Previous
> speakers include Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and
> John F. Kennedy. (Actually, Kennedy’s famous ‘Ich
> bin ein Berliner’ speech was delivered at a town
> hall in the city, but he did visit the gate.)
>
> According to Chancellor Merkel’s spokesman Thomas
> Steg. “It is unusual to hold election rallies
> abroad. No German candidate for high office would
> even think of using the National Mall (in
> Washington) or Red Square in Moscow for a rally
> because it would not be seen as appropriate.”

I agree, Obama is even more embarrassing than Bush and I didn't think that was possible.

D. Greene Wrote: and i added some to it..

1) Raising more money than any candidate in history while not using PACS or 527's
(uhh you believe that?)

2) Defeating the political machine of the Clintons without "campaing shake-up" etc.
(Bill Clinton says the Race Card was played against him, also lots of Women said that Obama ran a sexist campaign)

3) Being an award winning writer(Who gives the awards? Liberals Duhh)--umm you don't see how that qualifies one to be a president?(He wrote about what? Himself.. he's a narcissist..)

4) Graduating with a LAW degree from one of the best universities in the world? You don't see how that helps one to be president?(from all his umm's and err's and uhh huhh's when he talks without a tele-prompter is pretty amazing that he even graduated High School)

5) Starting a grassroots organization of the people and by the people without lobbyists or 527's the average donation in the 52 million month of June was 68.00. That shows A. the PEOPEL are willing to finance this candidate and B. Corporate america is not pulling his strings(YAWN, Moveon dot org... he's a puppet of Soros has has been forever your tool)

6. That he overcame adversity and has the leadership skills to run an effective and disciplined multimillion dollar corporation ( his campagin) (what? that pennies and thats all you will have left after he taxes you to death, just a couple pennies in your pockets unless he steals that change too)

7. State legislature(big woop.. liberal he got his competition disqualified he first ran unopposed he was the only person on the ballot)

8. National legislature (Whoo hoo what has he done? NADA.. you have named a single thing he has done.. )

9. University faculty member (huh.. wow.. i would't trust my kid to be indoctrinated by that loon)

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BTW, good article Charles
keep up the good work

Thank you, thank you, thank you. This may be the first time I've seen EXACTLY my thoughts on this subject in print by a journalist. I'm sitting here laughing...but upon reflection, it makes me sad and fearful 'cause this guy just might pull it off. Scary.

> What Obama does not seem to understand is that
> the Brandenburg Gate is something you earn.

Yep, otherwise you have to prance around in a jumpsuit in front of a "Mission Accomplished" banner on some aircraft carrier.

From a European perspective Obama and McCain have already both earned it, since it's likely that one of them will be the first US President to take serious action to combat climate change.

You know I used to love Charles, so soft spoken and easy to listen to, educated, knew when he said something it was reasearched. However, in this instance I feel that, Obama is screwed if he does, screwed if he doesn't take this trip. McCain and the GOP have been literally counting days since Obama's last trip overseas, he has been belittled for lack of forgein policy experience, and then when the trip is planned he is belittled about taking it. My guess is he couldn't win either way.

> 1) Raising more money than any candidate in
> history while not using PACS or 527's

raising money? rezko for president! no wait karl rove for president!


> 2) Defeating the political machine of the Clintons
> without "campaing shake-up" etc.

without "campaing shake-up"? etc.? what does that even mean? the democratic party is in shreds!

> 3) Being an award winning writer--umm you don't
> see how that qualifies one to be a president?

stephen king for president!

> 4) Graduating with a LAW degree from one of the
> best universities in the world? You don't see how
> that helps one to be president?

my friends scott and mark for president!

> 5) Starting a grassroots organization of the
> people and by the people without lobbyists or
> 527's the average donation in the 52 million month
> of June was 68.00. That shows A. the PEOPEL are
> willing to finance this candidate and B. Corporate
> america is not pulling his strings

nader for president!

> 6. That he overcame adversity and has the
> leadership skills to run an effective and
> disciplined multimillion dollar corporation ( his
> campagin)

steve jobs for president! no wait karl rove for president!

> 7. State legislature

what legislature? significant legislature? name it...

> 8. National legislature

what legislature? significant legislature? name it...

> 9. University faculty member

my evil ex-sister-in-law for president - she's the dean of UVA!

Matthew H Wrote:
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> *yawn*
>
> You are aware that in Germany, they actually have
> a speaking platform up there, right? Every day,
> somebody or another goes up there and makes a
> speech. It's not like you need to be a Great U.S.
> President to speak there. It's not like speaking
> at the Statue of Liberty. It's like speaking from
> the public speech platform in Central Park.
> Politicians who do not constantly kiss Bush's butt
> know this.
>
> [rawstory.com]
> andenburg_Gate_07082008.html
>
> Yes, we get it that you think that Obama isn't
> experienced enough to be President. After all, he
> only has 9 years in politics...one more than
> Ronald Reagan had before he became President. And
> of course, his jobs as community organizer and law
> instructor shouldn't count, because he didn't do
> anything great, unlike Reagan whose history as an
> actor and head of the union was, um, completely
> forgetable.
>
> If I recall, in fact, lots of Democrats were upset
> about Reagan's lack of experience. They called
> him a has-been actor who couldn't find the White
> House bathrooms and far, far worse. Now Obama
> comes in with the same level of experience, and
> the shoe's on the other foot. Pardon me if I
> don't buy your shock.
>
> Sorry, not all of our Presidents can be Richard
> Nixon.

You keep yawning, Matthew - it's the only response an Obamabot can have to something like this. Oh, that and calling Obama critics racists and Nazis. Perhaps you can save that accusation for your rebuttal to me.

Your Ronald Reagan reference betrays a stunning lack of intelligence and comprehension of political history. Ronald Reagan was governor of one of the WORLD's top 5 economies for 8 years. I'll say it again slower for you so you can absorb it - one of the top 5 economies in the WORLD, not in the United States. Also, California represented and continues to represent the greatest diversity in ethnicity, politics and income out of any state in the Union. And you're trying to compare that legacy to Obama's service as a STATE SENATOR from Illinois? LOL. What you should have done is made the argument about Lincoln, who had a much more similar record to the Junior Senator of Illinois.

Regarding your comments about the Brandenburg Gate, you are missing the larger point, which is that we continue to see that Obama's all about the PR and selfcenteredness, not about the substance. It's about Obama's advisers' transparent obsession about what that venue looks like on TV and how it frames Obama as a GREAT LEADER. Y'know, similar to his stunning decision to move his Democratic acceptance speech from the indoor Pepsi Center in Denver to the outdoor Invesco Field. More room for Obamabots to bow down and worship their leader. Like the Brandenburg Gate fiasco, this will also backfire, as again it speaks to Obama's hubris and instinct for PR rather than good sense. Mark this post - the Invesco Field thing will come back to haunt Obama, who will come off like Castro, not Kennedy.

Barack Obama cannot possibly see incongruity in his narcissistic actions. After all, he's so in love with himself that even the image in the mirror bows to what it reflects.

Wonder if he'll take the faux presidential seal with him to place on the lectern?

Or if he'll have the masses sing that new anthem "Das Lied des Obama," with its first few words "Barack Obama über alles, Über alles in der Welt . . ."?

Or wonder if he'll have a clue that he's earning is self-inflicted ridicule and contempt back in America for going to Europe to campaign, while there are parts of America into which he's afraid to go?

Some leader, yessir.

Sieg Heil.

Matthew H Wrote:
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> *yawn*
>
> You are aware that in Germany, they actually have
> a speaking platform up there, right? Every day,
> somebody or another goes up there and makes a
> speech. It's not like you need to be a Great U.S.
> President to speak there. It's not like speaking
> at the Statue of Liberty. It's like speaking from
> the public speech platform in Central Park.
> Politicians who do not constantly kiss Bush's butt
> know this.
>
> [rawstory.com]
> andenburg_Gate_07082008.html
>
> Yes, we get it that you think that Obama isn't
> experienced enough to be President. After all, he
> only has 9 years in politics...one more than
> Ronald Reagan had before he became President. And
> of course, his jobs as community organizer and law
> instructor shouldn't count, because he didn't do
> anything great, unlike Reagan whose history as an
> actor and head of the union was, um, completely
> forgetable.
>
> If I recall, in fact, lots of Democrats were upset
> about Reagan's lack of experience. They called
> him a has-been actor who couldn't find the White
> House bathrooms and far, far worse. Now Obama
> comes in with the same level of experience, and
> the shoe's on the other foot. Pardon me if I
> don't buy your shock.
>
> Sorry, not all of our Presidents can be Richard
> Nixon.


Matthew H:

Reagan's 8 years in politics were spent as governor of the largest state, California. Obama's 9 years were in the state senate, where, as Krauthammer points out, the most memorable thing he did was vote present 130 times. Sorry, he's no Ronald Reagan.

I worked in the State Senate of another state as a page. Any moron can be a State Senator. In fact, it helps.

shela Wrote:
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> You know I used to love Charles, so soft spoken
> and easy to listen to, educated, knew when he said
> something it was reasearched. However, in this
> instance I feel that, Obama is screwed if he does,
> screwed if he doesn't take this trip. McCain and
> the GOP have been literally counting days since
> Obama's last trip overseas, he has been belittled
> for lack of forgein policy experience, and then
> when the trip is planned he is belittled about
> taking it. My guess is he couldn't win either way.




What is happening to Obama in this instance is that he talked a big game without credibility. And he's paying the price.

On target, Mr. K. ; you said what others only think or whisper- this " HE IS THE ONE WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR' stuff is actually pretty creepy- a secular messiah/savior -from Chicago political machine no less- I for one don't need to be "saved" by this underqualified overinflated Carterseque egomaniac- may I be @#$%& to secular Hell for feeling this way

Boo Hoo!

Obama's arrogant and vain. However, so are most politicians. GW Bush thought he was on a mission from God when he ran for President. So, other than the fact that we now know that Obama gets under Krauthammer's skin, there's really nothing of substance to this article.

Sorry Krauthammer, but fair is fair.

The Republicans got to have their incompetent ex-crackhead in the White House. Now we get to have ours.

Sorry to disappoint everyone but only Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were honored to speak in front of the Brandenburg Tör. John Kennedy spoke from the Rathaus at Schönberg a nearby town.

There is no speaking platform at the Brandenburg Tör as it was originally designed for vehicle traffic going from Die 17th of Juli street to Under die Linden street. Hitler used the Die 17th of Juli street for military parades and Under die Linden was a historical shopping area, Humbolt University, Berlin Opera enjoyed by the upper class of Berlin and visitors.

The new American Embassy sits in a line with the Brandenburg Tör with the Commerzbank bank building between the two.

Senator Obama should go out to Potsdam and give his speech at the bridge where Russia and America swapped spies. The one where the world saw John Powers come back after losing his U2 spy plane over Russia.

I am a european citizen and as so many over here I follow the US presidential elections closely because we happen to think that it matters who is in the White House. Not just for the US but for all citizens of the world.

I also follow our own politics rather closely. All in all I consider myself qualified to shed some light on the reasons why Obama is so popular over here.

First there is the catastrophic terms under G.W. Bush. This poor excuse for a president has managed to totally destroy the goor reputation the US had here amongst a very large portion of the european population. The arrogance of Bush and his cronies is beyond belief. Then they still expect us to support their wareffort in Iraq and Afghanistan. The war in Iraq we opposed (you are with us or against us the @#$%& said, thus destroying any residual goodwill) and the one in Afghanistan we support and our troops are fighting there daily and getting killed as well. We support that war because we hate extremists of all kind (including the christian taliban that are influencing Bush).

Obama is a man that seems very intelligent, thoughtful, eloquent, down to earth and a person willing to listen to and debate on an equal basis with his critics. In short: he seems to be everything Bush is not. We still have to see how much of this is true and remains true under an Obama presidency, but the beginning is very promising.

McCain seems to be more like Bush everyday with his policies, opinions and ideology.

So we have a US president that a very large majority here cannot take seriously at best and is downright hated at worst, a republican candidate that seems to be very willing to follow the current presidents footsteps, and a democratic candidate that seems the total opposite of the first two.

Guess who will be popular here?

The reality is that it doesn't matter where Obama speaks, there will be huge supporting crowds.

The rant from the author against Obama only highlights how much the US republicans are out of touch with the ones they consider their allies. Get it into your thick skull Krauthammer: the democrats candidate will always be more popular with the european nato allies unless the republicans actually start to take the rest of the world seriously and start to listen to them as well, instead of just listening to their rich US friends only.

A factual error:

1) President Kennedy did not speak at the Branderburg gate... he spoke at what now is the JFK platz.

Also, the newly opened American Embassy is a few steps from the gate. Wouldn't it make sense for an American presidential candidate to speak in front of his embassy?

Cheers

Although I agree he has a bit of an ego I have to take offense at this...

"President Reagan earned the right to speak there because his relentless pressure had brought the Soviet empire to its knees"

Really? Singlehandedly? Did Reagan leap the Brandenburg Gate in a single bound as well?

I think you'll find, if you take the time to actually know what you're talking about, it was a combination of things and people, not the least of which being the fact that the Soviet empire was based on an inherently flawed idealism.

It's irritating that people like you actually get paid to spread your ignorance.

Come on folks, the platform in front of the Brandenburg Gate is an OPEN speaking platform that has all sorts of folks with all sorts of positions from all sorts of places speaking from there. Talk about hubris!! When in Rome (or Berlin) do as the Romans do. It's a sign of RESPECT on an American's part for the GERMANS. I am an Independent, and I am now thoroughly sick to death with Republicans' incredibly NASTY and divisive junk. I keep trying to focus on McCain's real policy positions (that seem to keep changing), but you guys are making it really hard to look beyond what is sounding increasingly like envy and spitefulness. JUST STOP IT! Put forward McCain's good ideas for how he is going to help ALL of US Americans and enough already with tantrums and nastiness about Barack and his wife. As a voter, I really do have a brain and want to consider each candidates' policies. Stop trying to push "flag pin" buttons. It makes it look like you think undecided voters like me are idiots.

This is a fairly poor article. To even follow Charles' logic to any conclusion, one would simply have to assume he would not be satisfied unless Obama just came out and said he's not worthy, all the criticisms the GOP is lobbing are on point, and that all americans should should support John McCain.

The alternative is that Obama has the self confidence to belive that he is the best equippped person to be chief executive of the most powerful country the world has ever seen. He may even take some comfort in the fact that he has received more primary votes than any candidate in history, more financial supporters and aggregate dollars raised than any candidate in history, and is about to re-write an eloctoral map that will have a lasting impact on elections we haven't seen since 1980.

then again, if one is preaching to the converted why bother with facts, right Charles?

Perry Logan Wrote:
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> Sorry Krauthammer, but fair is fair.
>
> The Republicans got to have their incompetent
> ex-crackhead in the White House. Now we get to
> have ours.




Yes, Obama the ex-crackhead. Finally, a cult-loving ObamaLuster speaks the truth!

It is up to us common people to turn our thermostates away from 72 and leave our SUVs at the side of the road to gain the respect of the rest of the world. Obama, the DIVA, travels only with a full entourage of network anchors and speaks at the Brandenburg Gate when he goes overseas. When asked by his German waitress, "Would you like some syrup with your waffle", Obama replies, "Merci beau coup". He sure is getting to the essence of the Ugly American.

Charles Krauthammer is a celebrated neo-con and one of those who led the country economically postrate with the illusory of democratizing Middle-East by imperial conquest of neo-colonialism of the type with no example. In retrospect, Charles Krauthammer has no modicum of humility to seek forgiveness from his readers he misled into believing in fantastic wild-goose chase of bringing democracy to the Middle-East at the cost trillion dollars, over 4000 lives and counting.

For those who are not following the writings of Charles Krauthammer, he was one of the first columists to chastise Obama for suggesting negotiation with rogue regimes without pre-conditions. Is it not true that Krauthammer and his ilk believe that to enter into direct negotiation with Iran, the regime must first suspend Urannian enrichment as a precondition? Did Iran meet the precondition set by Bush Administration before sending the third highest ranking State Dept. diplomat to enter into direct negotiation with Iran?

That John McCain is very old, unattractive to the eye, speaks like retiring old headmaster, lacks charm and magnetism is not Senator Obama’s fault. Why spend time trying to make Senator Obama a victim of his own natural gifts and endowment out of malice and envy?
Very amazing to say the least.

Terrible start to your article because you have it wrong, the German Democratic leader invited him to speak there, and if you would tell the truth which you hardly do even on Lou Dobbs then you would know he has declined speaking there. Typical conservative columinist leaving critical talking points out to spread the agenda.

Excuse me my friend blacks have always supported the Democratic candidate 88 to 90 percent of the time, and if my mind serves me correctly they have all bee white, so the argument you are trying to make is futile, next please.

Many years ago there was a children's radio show every Saturday, it was entitled: Let's Pretend.
The stories were the fairy tales of legend and were quite entertaining, however, they did lack
one important ingredient: a great, imaginative storyteller. In recalling my childhood joys I
can't help think what a marvelous contribution B. Husien Obama would have made.

Regards, and go Charlie !

EJH07 Wrote:
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> McCain & Krauthammer 08!
>
> Hey lata-drinking-libs, crawl out of your parents
> basements and get some fresh air.
>
> Don't forget that Obama arose from one of the most
> corrupt and dirty political machines in the
> country (Chicago), they encouraged and elected
> him. It's not a reach to say that half of his
> electorate can't read or write, thanks to a
> wonderfully controlled public educational system
> run by liberals and radicals.
>
> I offer him to come down south, enjoy the fresh
> air with us "Bitter" Americans, learn how the rest
> of us live, we could go bass-fishing.



oh, but your from the South, so you obviously hate blacks.

CK nails it yet again. So on the money with this.

I never knew that the mesiah was a racist though. Obama - the lying racist politician who has not one clue what to do about REAL issues. Doubt me - just listen to him babble like a blithering idiot whenever he doesn't have a prepared speach or teleprompter.

Best. Column. Ever.

Thanks Charles. Brilliant!

Kennedy did not hold the "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech at Brandenburg, but outside City hall.

But the article is right is one thing. The one's using this scenery has earned the priveledge, and Obama is early. He should do some debates before coming to Europe and crown a presidency he hasn't won yet.

THe full force of the Republican nastiness is in full effect. They can't stand to see a democrat rise to power. While McCain almost flunked out of college and ranked in the bottom 5 of his class. Obama went on to Harvard and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Intelligence should count for something in a president. But after 8 years of GW Bush, I'm not suprised that the Republicans are ready to elect another idiot that can't speak.

The following 17 psychological characteristics (single or in any combination) describe someone who suffers from Narcissistic Personality disorder (NPD); how many of them (17 traits) would you assign to Obama?

The NPD patient has:
1) has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
2) is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
3) requires excessive admiration
4) has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
5) is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
6) is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

Here are some more signs of Narcissistic Personality Disorder to look out for:
7) Jealousy and possessiveness
8) Excessive need to feel special, adored, loved, appreciated, or admired
9) Rage attacks when you do not sufficiently meet his/her needs
10) Controlling behaviors (trying to control how you spend your time, who you talk to, how you dress, etc.)
11) Inflated self-esteem, or grandiosity (bragging, "fishing" for compliments)
12) Dramatic, insecure behaviors
13) Expecting you to take responsibility for making him/her feel better about him/herself
14) Blaming you for behaviors or feelings (i.e., "YOU made me do this," or "YOU made me feel this way.")
15) Not taking responsibility for angry behavior and justifying angry outbursts
16) An attitude that demonstrates "the world revolves around me" and "you need to cater to my ideas, opinions, thoughts, and feelings."
17) An unwillingness to reflect on his/her own behaviors.

How many of these 17 characteristics would you assign to Obama?

Joe2300 Wrote:
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> THe full force of the Republican nastiness is in
> full effect. They can't stand to see a democrat
> rise to power. While McCain almost flunked out
> of college and ranked in the bottom 5 of his
> class. Obama went on to Harvard and graduated
> Magna Cum Laude. Intelligence should count for
> something in a president. But after 8 years of GW
> Bush, I'm not suprised that the Republicans are
> ready to elect another idiot that can't speak.




No, it's not about being a democrat, it's about being a egomaniacal socialist.

Obama and Deval from Massachusettes, two peas in a pod, both Axelrod marketing concoctions, who think the only thing worth writing about are themselves.

Devals only major accomplisment in Massachusettes is to get a book deal for his autobiography. I suspect Obamas going to be doing at least 3 or 4 more autobiographies before publishers run for the hills when they see him coming with another one. Talk about the me generation. Geesh.

So the only question I have is who's gonna beat the Guiness world record for auto-biographies, Obama or Deval?

The Kraut can only preach to his choir,the same dead-enders who whine how unfairly treated their idiot Bush has been, the ones who conveniently forget that the last 7 1/2 years have been a nightmare for America and the rest of the world.

Kraut is a bitter creature. But he has plenty of company. But none of you ever look in the mirror and see what the rest of us (majority) see: quasi-traitors, in love with a thoroughly-discredited world-view.

Prepare for the wilderness, you cone-headed fascists with your blind loyalty to Zionism. hahahhahahha

Backtrack will be "channeling" JFK, "Ich bein ein Beginner"

Krauthammer has an uncanny ability to speak the truth, and the majority of American's minds.

Thank you.

Obama will have the opportunity to laud the communists on their great beliefs at the gate in Germany. He will no doubt say America won against that noble force of greatness called the communists, and that America still has many things to learn from those great fallen regimes.

Maybe people don't know Obama's history, and some of his mentors. Obama believes in communism which in America is coined by the softer term socialism.

Why do Obama campaign offices have flags of Che Guevera in their offices? Is this the type of change we are to believe in?

The reality is that Obama pretends he has experience when in reality he only has ill formed ideals. And he twists and lies his way into political pretzel to appeal to whatever audience is at hand at that moment.

Obama doesn't care about America. He cares about himself first, and his ill-formed liberal ideas come in at a close second. Either way, Obama is not the guy we can trust to lead our country.

from what I've read it isn't a big deal. This was on a list of potential speach places, the Germen canceler didn't like it but the locals seem to be in support of it. I don't see the vanity in wanting to speak at a place that is familiar to Americans.

hairdresser4McCain Wrote:
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> MadMech Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > All hail the New Messiah!
> >
> > Not quite as good as the last Messiah!
> >
> > But save you he will whether you need it or
> not!
> >
> > Bend!
> > a
> > r
> > a
> > c
> > k
> >
> > Over!
> > b
> > a
> > m
> > America!
> >
> > The New Messiah is going to stick it to you!
>
> PERFECT!!!
> Thanks for the great laugh...Obama's name now has
> meaning....this guy has to go!
> America vote in Nov...
> McCain2008


Just a freindly reminder to people, that when someone like BO places their hand upon your shoulder it is usually not to help you stand up straight.

I am a Charles Krauthammer groupie and proud of it! I will read anything that has his name attached to it. Wonderful article! "Who does he think he is?", indeed! Charles, when are you going to tackle the issue of Obama's legitimate/illegitimate US birth certificate???

CA DEM 4 mc cain

Right so graduating from Harvard Law school and being president of the Law Review that doesn't help one to be president?

and writing tow award winning books ?

and running a national campaign

and no in fact I didn't repeat myself you just didn't really read the post...


Krauthammer in fact has nbot graduated from harvard, ( legislature constitution sort of important when it comes to being president) writing two books that win awards, krauthammer has not done that, mobilize an entire nationwide organization, krauthammer has not doen that, overcome the "inevitable" incumbent HRC, Krauthammer ahs not done that, ( and not once so far have i mentioned anything about being black)

you also failed to respond to the simple truth not reagan nor clinton nor mc cain have such qualifications...


CaDem4McCain Wrote:
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> D. Greene-I CAN read. You just reposted what you
> had earlier. Again, HOW exactly are those
> "accomplishments" relevant to the JOB of being
> president? He's only run his campaign for a short
> time, and wasn't Axelrod et al the ones actually
> running it? None of the things you mentioned are
> noteworthy enough to be POTUS, unless you're an
> affirmative action (AA) candidate, and since you
> highlight Obama's achievements being so special
> because he is black, I guess you agree that he is
> an AA candidate.
>
> Raditz #29, Krauthammer has more real
> accomplishments than Obama:
> Charles Krauthammer is a 1987 Pulitzer Prize
> winner, 1984 National Magazine Award winner, and a
> columnist for The Washington Post since 1985.
> Maybe HE should run for president. Oh, but he's
> not black.

jss Wrote:
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> Brilliant! Add to this the man has no sense of
> humor. Huge mistake attacking The New Yorker for
> their cover. First of all, The New Yorker was
> Obama friendly. No candidate gets elected that
> can't joke with the America press. Look what they
> did to Richard Nixon (another guy that took
> himself too seriously and he was qualified!). The
> press loved both JFK and Reagan because they could
> laugh at themselves. Interesting that Obama likes
> to compare himself with JFK and Reagan...he's not
> even close!

So at point did you ever see or hear Obama say anything about the New Yorker? I am a deep committed supporter of Senator Obama and he did not say a word. I also have never heard him compare himself with either JFK or Reagan though he has suggested that both were great Presidents. If you aren't paying attention and you have no real opinion you can go to Obama's website because comments of this are just you in our echo chamber, all of you. And Charles, Suck it up. This is MY country and don't forget it.

This is too funny. Its like a written declaration that you haven't left your mother's house your entire adult life. I hope your ham radio is picking up all the UFO conspiracy shows at night after mommy turns off your internet connection.

chappy4 Wrote:
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> I am a Charles Krauthammer groupie and proud of
> it! I will read anything that has his name
> attached to it. Wonderful article! "Who does he
> think he is?", indeed! Charles, when are you going
> to tackle the issue of Obama's
> legitimate/illegitimate US birth certificate???

No UNCLE SAM I don't say that -- what I say is he sold out. MC CAIN = BUSH @#$%&

1. HE WAS AGAINST THE TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHIEST 2% BEFORE HE WAS FOR THEM
2. HE WAS AGAINST A CONTINUED PRESENCE IN IRAQ BEFORE HE WAS FOR IT
3. HE WAS AGAINST TORTURING ENEMY COMBATANTS BEFORE HE WAS FOR IT
4. HE WAS A SUPPORTER OF ROE V WADE AS THE LAW BEFORE HE WAS AGAINST IT
5. HE CALLED ROBERSTON AND FALWELL AGENTS OF INTOLERANCE BEFORE HE SOUGHT THEIR ENDORSEMENT
6. HE WAS AGAINST DRILLING IN ANWR BEFORE HE WAS FOR IT

Uncle Sam Wrote:
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> There are those Obama supporters who contend that,
> while Sen. McCain has been someone special, he is
> now simply an old shell of a man who once did
> wonderful things. With all due respect to my
> Obama friends, I summarily reject this notion.
> The very qualities which define John McCain are
> timeless and remain relevant in the 21st century.
> The truth is that John's heroism is not isolated
> to events that occurred in war forty years ago.
> Nor is it limited to courageous bipartisan reform
> efforts over the past decade. It is not even
> restricted to a willingness to forego one's own
> presidential hopes this election year in service
> to a greater cause.
>
> You see, the greatness that has been evident in
> the life of John McCain cannot be written off so
> cavalierly. It does not become old-fashioned
> merely because the calendar has turned or as a
> result of the maturity of age. When a person has
> demonstrated the depth of moral courage and
> consistency of self- sacrifice that John has, his
> qualifications for leadership of the country he so
> dearly loves do not simply wither away, but rather
> they grow stronger and more obvious with each
> passing year.
>
> The traits of integrity, honor, and duty which
> Sen. McCain embodies do not go out of style.
> They remain as relevant today as ever for this
> nation and its citizens. We can be grateful that
> someone the likes of John McCain is here to remind
> us of that fact. He is precisely the ideal
> American for the position of president and now
> more than ever.

God bless you and yours Charles.

Thank you for writing this clear and concise article. I will be sure to e-mail this and get this worthy article out on many websites. Sir, you are one of those men in life who I deem to be credible, when you speak Charles, I listen. You are a very galant and regal man.

Perhaps you can write and article on why Obama is afraid of doing Town Halls with us ordinary Americans. I'd appreciate that. Thank you for putting to paper what multiple millions believe and understand. Please take good care of yourself.

krauthammer is off base - Bush saw himself as president with absoutely no accomplishments whatsoever - baseball and governorship based on his family and father. Dramatic failure with both. Obama rises because of his merit and there's a problem? Weren't Bush's skills and self-impressions chasmically different from the requirements of the presidency? Hasn't Obama shown leadership and inspirational ability in his career that has resulted in the nomination of his party, which happpens to represent approx 50% of this country. You may not like his politics, but a major party presidential, who happens to be well liked internationally and would certainly lead in rebuilding our deteriorated global reputation, wants to speak abroad? What the issue. Just because he does not speak French or Spanish, is it wrong to push the country in a better direction. Isn't that the role of the president, to move us as a counrty in the right direction. Would anyone dispute that being multi-lingual can open up business and cultural opportunities for our children? Does anyone who supported Bush, unarguably a failure domestically, econonically, and internationally, have the right to call someone else unqualified? Sorry, this article seems to triviliaze and ignore that real issues of the day.

D. Greene Wrote:
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> CA DEM 4 mc cain
>
> Right so graduating from Harvard Law school and
> being president of the Law Review that doesn't
> help one to be president?
>
Academics provide interesting credentials, but does not necessarily provide real world qualifications. In other words it would get you in the door for a good entry level law position, but it is what one does with those credentials that show the qualification to be president. Obama has shown himself to be an excellent academic but where is the leadership?
>
> and writing tow award winning books ?

That reinforces Krauthammer's argument because the books were autobiagraphical. Or in other words Barrack Obama wrote about his favorate subject, himself.

> and running a national campaign

Running a national campaign may get you into office but does not reflect actual qualifications to hold that office, or how well the office will be filled.

> and no in fact I didn't repeat myself you just
> didn't really read the post...
>
>
> Krauthammer in fact has nbot graduated from
> harvard, ( legislature constitution sort of
> important when it comes to being president)
> writing two books that win awards, krauthammer has
> not done that, mobilize an entire nationwide
> organization, krauthammer has not doen that,
> overcome the "inevitable" incumbent HRC,
> Krauthammer ahs not done that, ( and not once so
> far have i mentioned anything about being black)
>
> you also failed to respond to the simple truth not
> reagan nor clinton nor mc cain have such
> qualifications...
>
>
> CaDem4McCain Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > D. Greene-I CAN read. You just reposted what
> you
> > had earlier. Again, HOW exactly are those
> > "accomplishments" relevant to the JOB of being
> > president? He's only run his campaign for a
> short
> > time, and wasn't Axelrod et al the ones
> actually
> > running it? None of the things you mentioned
> are
> > noteworthy enough to be POTUS, unless you're an
> > affirmative action (AA) candidate, and since
> you
> > highlight Obama's achievements being so special
> > because he is black, I guess you agree that he
> is
> > an AA candidate.
> >
> > Raditz #29, Krauthammer has more real
> > accomplishments than Obama:
> > Charles Krauthammer is a 1987 Pulitzer Prize
> > winner, 1984 National Magazine Award winner, and
> a
> > columnist for The Washington Post since 1985.
> > Maybe HE should run for president. Oh, but
> he's
> > not black.

As far as Charles Krauthammer, here is just a little about him.

Charles Krauthammer (born March 13, 1950 in New York City), is a Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist and commentator. Krauthammer appears regularly as a commentator on Fox News and as a weekly panelist on Inside Washington. His weekly column appears in the The Washington Post and is syndicated in more than 190 newspapers and media outlets. He is a contributing editor to the Weekly Standard and The New Republic.

Career
Krauthammer was born in New York City to Jewish parents of French citizenship. He was raised in Montreal, Canada where he attended McGill University and obtained an honors degree in political science and economics in 1970. From 1970 to 1971, he was a Commonwealth Scholar in politics at Balliol College, Oxford. He later moved to the United States, where he attended Harvard Medical School. In his first year there in 1972, Krauthammer was paralyzed in a serious diving accident. Continuing medical studies during his year-long hospitalization, he graduated with his class, earning a M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1975, and then began working as a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital. In October 1984, he became board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

From 1975-1978, Krauthammer was a Resident and then a Chief Resident in Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital. During this time he and a colleague identified a form of mania (a part of bipolar disorder) which they named "secondary mania" and published a second important paper.[8] The standard textbook for bipolar disease (“Manic Depressive Illness” by Goodwin and Jamison) contains nine citations of his work.

In 1978, Krauthammer quit medical practice to direct planning in psychiatric research for the Jimmy Carter administration, and began contributing to The New Republic magazine. During the presidential campaign of 1980, Krauthammer served as a speech writer to Vice President Walter Mondale.

In 1981, following the defeat of the Carter/Mondale ticket, Krauthammer began his journalistic career, joining The New Republic as a writer and editor. His New Republic writings won the 1984 "National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism." In 1983, he began writing essays for Time magazine. In 1985, he began a weekly column for the Washington Post for which he won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.

In 2006, the Financial Times named Krauthammer the most influential commentator in America, saying “Krauthammer has influenced US foreign policy for more than two decades. He coined and developed `The Reagan Doctrine’ in 1985 and he defined the US role as sole superpower in his essay, `The Unipolar Moment’, published shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Krauthammer’s 2004 speech `Democratic Realism’ set out a framework for tackling the post 9/11 world, focusing on the promotion of democracy in the Middle East.”

You know what else is vain? Being dead wrong for nearly a decade, screwing up the country beyond recognition, and strutting around like you have an opinion that is worth a darn.

Republicans always accuse everyone else of their own weaknesses.

Audacity is about all that Obama has going for him, that and the ability to read a good speech. God help us all if he's elected. He would have been annoyed by 9/11 had he been President, but 3,000 dead Americans wouldn't have gotten him very excited. After all they were all in those planes, towers, or the Pentagon because they worked for a living, and we know what he think about working class Americans. Maybe that's too harsh. He would have asked to talk to Osama without preconditions to discuss their differences, given a stern speech that admonshed Osama for trying to achieve his goals through non-peaceful means, and no doubt that would have been enough to maintain the sympathy and approval of the rest of the world. This is turning into a frightening election. Start digging the bomb shelters!

sounds a little like envy to me.

OBVIOUS Wrote:
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> DEBARAK YOU ARE AN IDIOT
>
> OBAMA WAS IN FACT WILLING TO DO THE TOWN HALLS BUT
> THE MC CAIN CAMPAIGN INSISTED ON BEING THE ONES
> TO CONTROL WHO WAS ALLOWED IN THE AUDIENCE AND
> WOULD NOT LET THE TOWN HALLS BE ACTUALLY OPEN TOWN
> HALLS !!!!

This sounds a bit like Obama propaganda, please provide independent varifiable sources.

> THEY WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY JUST BEEN MEETINGS OF
> REPUBLICAN SYCOPHANTS, OR IN OTHER WORDS MEETINGS
> OF THE 3 OUT OF 10 AMERICANS WHO THINK BUSH IS
> DOING A GOOD JOB AND WHO SUPPORT MC CAIN.

This sounds a bit like Obama propaganda, please provide independent varifiable sources.

> OF COURSE OBAMA REFUSED THAT FORMAT ANYBODY
> INTERESTED IN DEMOCRACY WOULD HAVE REFUSED THAT
> FORMAT AND MC CAIN WAS DISHONEST TO EVEN CALL IT A
> 'TOWN HALL' MEETING.
>
> THERE IN FACT HAVE BEEN ARTICLES WRITTEN ON IT,
> AND KRAUTHAMMER WOULD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO POINT
> OUT HOW DISHONEST MC CAIN WAS IN THAT HOLE TOWN
> HALL SOUND BYTE...HENCE WHY YOU SAW SO FEW
> ARTICLES ON IT....

This sounds a bit like Obama propaganda, please provide independent varifiable sources.

>
> > Perhaps you can write and article on why Obama
> is
> > afraid of doing Town Halls with us ordinary
> > Americans. I'd appreciate that. Thank you for
> > putting to paper what multiple millions believe
> > and understand. Please take good care of
> > yourself.

Obvious,
Knock off the personal insults. I am confident that I speak for posters of varying political stripes when I say we have had enough of it. It does not nothing to support your points and only serves to infuse this board with negativity. I am betting that you are better than that.

MAD MECH YOU SOUND A LITTLE CRAZY

First your worship of Krauthammer is odd, secondly a columnist running for president? A columnist who was forced out of psychiatry? Well that's a little weird. and krathammer has been posting the same anti obama rhetoric for months

I wonder why he hasn't lambasted Bush and Rove and Cheyney?

Where are the the Wmd'S
Where is Osama bin laden
Who outed valerie plame
why were the Us attoreney's fitred
who prosecute siegelman

the list goes on


instead krauthammer goes on and on and on about Obama who has more qualificatiuons than mc cain or Clinton or Bush and yes being a LAWYER especially in you study constitutional LAW does in fact help one to be PRESIDENT

Regarding being 'qualified" to be presdient. reagan wasn't ( bedtime for bonzo the movie with a chimp that reagan stared in) but you are just a sycophant so I'm not sure what the point is...

Marry krauthammer I don't care, but myself a jew I find his continued rippining on the minority issue troubling and I think there si more jealousy underneath krauthammers negative opnions rather than substance





MadMech Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> D. Greene Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > CA DEM 4 mc cain
> >
> > Right so graduating from Harvard Law school and
> > being president of the Law Review that doesn't
> > help one to be president?
> >
> Academics provide interesting credentials, but
> does not necessarily provide real world
> qualifications. In other words it would get you in
> the door for a good entry level law position, but
> it is what one does with those credentials that
> show the qualification to be president. Obama has
> shown himself to be an excellent academic but
> where is the leadership?
> >
> > and writing tow award winning books ?
>
> That reinforces Krauthammer's argument because the
> books were autobiagraphical. Or in other words
> Barrack Obama wrote about his favorate subject,
> himself.
>
> > and running a national campaign
>
> Running a national campaign may get you into
> office but does not reflect actual qualifications
> to hold that office, or how well the office will
> be filled.
>
> > and no in fact I didn't repeat myself you just
> > didn't really read the post...
> >
> >
> > Krauthammer in fact has nbot graduated from
> > harvard, ( legislature constitution sort of
> > important when it comes to being president)
> > writing two books that win awards, krauthammer
> has
> > not done that, mobilize an entire nationwide
> > organization, krauthammer has not doen that,
> > overcome the "inevitable" incumbent HRC,
> > Krauthammer ahs not done that, ( and not once
> so
> > far have i mentioned anything about being black)
>
> >
> > you also failed to respond to the simple truth
> not
> > reagan nor clinton nor mc cain have such
> > qualifications...
> >
> >
> > CaDem4McCain Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > D. Greene-I CAN read. You just reposted what
> > you
> > > had earlier. Again, HOW exactly are those
> > > "accomplishments" relevant to the JOB of
> being
> > > president? He's only run his campaign for a
> > short
> > > time, and wasn't Axelrod et al the ones
> > actually
> > > running it? None of the things you mentioned
> > are
> > > noteworthy enough to be POTUS, unless you're
> an
> > > affirmative action (AA) candidate, and since
> > you
> > > highlight Obama's achievements being so
> special
> > > because he is black, I guess you agree that
> he
> > is
> > > an AA candidate.
> > >
> > > Raditz #29, Krauthammer has more real
> > > accomplishments than Obama:
> > > Charles Krauthammer is a 1987 Pulitzer Prize
> > > winner, 1984 National Magazine Award winner,
> and
> > a
> > > columnist for The Washington Post since 1985.
>
> > > Maybe HE should run for president. Oh, but
> > he's
> > > not black.
>
> As far as Charles Krauthammer, here is just a
> little about him.
>
> Charles Krauthammer (born March 13, 1950 in New
> York City), is a Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated
> columnist and commentator. Krauthammer appears
> regularly as a commentator on Fox News and as a
> weekly panelist on Inside Washington. His weekly
> column appears in the The Washington Post and is
> syndicated in more than 190 newspapers and media
> outlets. He is a contributing editor to the Weekly
> Standard and The New Republic.
>
> Career
> Krauthammer was born in New York City to Jewish
> parents of French citizenship. He was raised in
> Montreal, Canada where he attended McGill
> University and obtained an honors degree in
> political science and economics in 1970. From 1970
> to 1971, he was a Commonwealth Scholar in politics
> at Balliol College, Oxford. He later moved to the
> United States, where he attended Harvard Medical
> School. In his first year there in 1972,
> Krauthammer was paralyzed in a serious diving
> accident. Continuing medical studies during his
> year-long hospitalization, he graduated with his
> class, earning a M.D. from Harvard Medical School
> in 1975, and then began working as a psychiatrist
> at Massachusetts General Hospital. In October
> 1984, he became board certified in psychiatry by
> the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
>
> From 1975-1978, Krauthammer was a Resident and
> then a Chief Resident in Psychiatry at the
> Massachusetts General Hospital. During this time
> he and a colleague identified a form of mania (a
> part of bipolar disorder) which they named
> "secondary mania" and published a second important
> paper.[8] The standard textbook for bipolar
> disease (“Manic Depressive Illness” by Goodwin and
> Jamison) contains nine citations of his work.
>
> In 1978, Krauthammer quit medical practice to
> direct planning in psychiatric research for the
> Jimmy Carter administration, and began
> contributing to The New Republic magazine. During
> the presidential campaign of 1980, Krauthammer
> served as a speech writer to Vice President Walter
> Mondale.
>
> In 1981, following the defeat of the
> Carter/Mondale ticket, Krauthammer began his
> journalistic career, joining The New Republic as a
> writer and editor. His New Republic writings won
> the 1984 "National Magazine Award for Essays and
> Criticism." In 1983, he began writing essays for
> Time magazine. In 1985, he began a weekly column
> for the Washington Post for which he won the 1987
> Pulitzer Prize for commentary.
>
> In 2006, the Financial Times named Krauthammer the
> most influential commentator in America, saying
> “Krauthammer has influenced US foreign policy for
> more than two decades. He coined and developed
> `The Reagan Doctrine’ in 1985 and he defined the
> US role as sole superpower in his essay, `The
> Unipolar Moment’, published shortly after the fall
> of the Berlin Wall. Krauthammer’s 2004 speech
> `Democratic Realism’ set out a framework for
> tackling the post 9/11 world, focusing on the
> promotion of democracy in the Middle East.”

If a German politician wanted to come and make a speech at the Statue of Liberty I couldn't care less. Methinks Mr. Krauthammer protests too much. The fact that so many people are anticipating a speech by Obama, whether at the Brandenberg Gate or any other setting, speaks for itself. People the world over a yearning for new leadership from America. Obama has "earned" his right to speak by virtue of his capturing the imagination of the world, and promising a way forward from the sad state of U.S. leadership.

The visceral dislike of Obama on these and other comment boards is strange. So much vitriol from people who have spent the last eight years enabling George W. Bush. Maybe you should just sit this election out.

DANDY, YOU FORGOT THE SPACE IN THE MIDDLE SHOULD BE FILLED WITH "JIB JAB'S" CHANGE!

opps , I thought it looked a little empty . Satire you know .

wpi Wrote:
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> DANDY, YOU FORGOT THE SPACE IN THE MIDDLE SHOULD
> BE FILLED WITH "JIB JAB'S" CHANGE!

The McCain camp asked that half the audience be independants or McCain supporters, half independants or Obama supporters so Obama couldn't have his supporters overwhelm the proceedings (ala the caucuses) and have the meetings in all Obama venues. In otherwods, McCain simply wanted them to be fair.

If anyone has any questions about Obama's intentions to debate, look to the democratic primaries. Clinton, a true new kind of politician who has actually worked across the aisles before agreed to 17 debates when she was massively ahead in the polls. The moment Obama got ahead by a few delegates, he refused to ever debate again. He knows he is an idiot when off his teleprompter so he avoids them like the plague. (Hmmm, one more similarity between him and George W Bush).

Stop lying about EVERYTHING just because you hope some people wont be smart enough to see through your con job, OBVIOUS.



OBVIOUS Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> DEBARAK YOU ARE AN IDIOT
>
> OBAMA WAS IN FACT WILLING TO DO THE TOWN HALLS BUT
> THE MC CAIN CAMPAIGN INSISTED ON BEING THE ONES
> TO CONTROL WHO WAS ALLOWED IN THE AUDIENCE AND
> WOULD NOT LET THE TOWN HALLS BE ACTUALLY OPEN TOWN
> HALLS !!!!
>
> THEY WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY JUST BEEN MEETINGS OF
> REPUBLICAN SYCOPHANTS, OR IN OTHER WORDS MEETINGS
> OF THE 3 OUT OF 10 AMERICANS WHO THINK BUSH IS
> DOING A GOOD JOB AND WHO SUPPORT MC CAIN.
>
> OF COURSE OBAMA REFUSED THAT FORMAT ANYBODY
> INTERESTED IN DEMOCRACY WOULD HAVE REFUSED THAT
> FORMAT AND MC CAIN WAS DISHONEST TO EVEN CALL IT A
> 'TOWN HALL' MEETING.
>
> THERE IN FACT HAVE BEEN ARTICLES WRITTEN ON IT,
> AND KRAUTHAMMER WOULD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO POINT
> OUT HOW DISHONEST MC CAIN WAS IN THAT HOLE TOWN
> HALL SOUND BYTE...HENCE WHY YOU SAW SO FEW
> ARTICLES ON IT....
>
>
> > Perhaps you can write and article on why Obama
> is
> > afraid of doing Town Halls with us ordinary
> > Americans. I'd appreciate that. Thank you for
> > putting to paper what multiple millions believe
> > and understand. Please take good care of
> > yourself.

Krauthammer might be slightly off the mark when he compares Obama to King Canute or Jesus. A more appropriate comparison from ancient times would be the self-proclaimed god Caligula. Caligula also did battle with Neptune the Sea God and returned to dump a chest of shells on the Senate floor and proclaimed victory. What does it say about this country that so many people are going to vote not only for this empty egotist but to keep the worst Speaker Of The House in the history of our nation and a Senate Majority leader who is a fumbling embarrassment to our country in their positions of power? Caligula made his horse a Senator; these days, considering the pack of useless morons who infest the Senate and threaten to drive this country into the ground we would be lucky if we elected another Incitatus to the Senate instead of a retarded destructive Marxist gnome like Barbara Boxer or any of her equally misguided Dem collegues. They've already turned the Senate into a stable that reeks of the stupidest most misguided policies that it is possible to conceive. In the name of stopping the rise of oceans WHICH ARE NOT RISING these clowns are preparing to lower the ax on the neck of an already troubled economy. Now Obama emerges to lead the entire socialist lemming parade off the cliff and into depression and poverty. When you vote for ANY Democrat for ANY office no matter how 'moderate' they claim to be, you are saying yes to national suicide at the hands of fanatical leftists who have proven their worthlessness in a century of failure in everything they've ever touched.

[www.skep41.blogspot.com]

Yellow Dog, you are wrong. This is a much more dangerous / effective strategy than you imagine. That's how the Obama's rallied the black population to thier side and won the democratic primary. Obama has just screwed over his base so they play the race card again to rally their base back to him. Don't assume most people are smart enough to see the obvious absurdity of this racism charge, the Clinton's made that mistake to her great peril.

Yellow Dog Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> jimmy g Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > wow is krauthammer not just a smug racist?
>
>
> This is a typical response from Obama supporters
> to any criticism of their candidate. It is a
> foolish and ineffective strategy. There are many
> reasons to criticize Sen. Obama. Racism is the
> least likely motivation for criticism. The
> accusation just inflames the critics. It offers
> no legitimate reasons for reconsidering his
> candidacy. It is also inconsistent with your
> candidate's professed desire to "unite the
> country" and "bridge the partisan divide." You
> make a mockery of your candidate's primary claim
> to the Democratic nomination, that he would "rise
> above politics" to unite the country. You
> undermine his credibility and contribute to the
> mounting sentiment that his primary race was a
> fraud.
>
> Get with the program and quit using this
> meaningless shorthand to discredit any criticism.
> If you will offer specific reasons why the
> criticism is not valid, you may make a
> contribution to your candidate's campaign.

Will the Democratic Party ever grow a spine, they have to know that this fool does not have the experience to lead our country. The major news networks no longer have true journalist working for them and have lost credibility with the american people.

Dandy, I thought your ' space ' spoke volumes...

Even tho the jib jabs would have been great too!

HB



Dandy Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> opps , I thought it looked a little empty . Satire
> you know .
>
> wpi Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > DANDY, YOU FORGOT THE SPACE IN THE MIDDLE
> SHOULD
> > BE FILLED WITH "JIB JAB'S" CHANGE!

kim Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Capertree Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > As usual, Charles Krauthammer is right on the
> > money. How, how on earth can any rational
> person
> > believe Barack Obama should be President? It's
> > just mind boggling that this lightweight could
> > win.
>
>
> But what choice do we have? I'm not ready for
> any more years of running what's left of our
> democracy into the ground. Not to mention
> endless years of attacking everyone or thing we
> don't like primarily with our military. I don't
> know who has the answers, but I do know who has
> proved what doesn't really work.




Kim, the Huffington Post, Moveon.org and the DailyKos are not impartial observers of the political scene. Try to think for yourself and get the facts. The thing about McCain is that he is the right person for this country at the right time. He is neither a warmonger nor a believer in a bloated federal budget. Keep in mind that Obama's fiscal plans don't even attempt to balance the federal budget, while McCain balances the budget by 2013.

BigTobacco Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Michael,
>
> What you say is the sad truth: McCain is not
> Bush.
>
> Yet, he is bending over backwards to continue
> Bush's failed policies. Either McCain is just
> lying to sucker the Bush dead-enders in voting for
> him. Or he is telling the truth, and is going to
> plunge the nation deeper into the Bush cesspool.
>
> I actually think McCain is lying and that he would
> be a decent president. It just makes me sad that
> someone who presents himself as a man of
> principle, and who presents his opponent as a
> liar, is actually flip-flopping, lying, and
> sliming his way through this campaign.
>
> On the other hand, Krauthammer is a vain little
> fascist. He is who I was referring to when I made
> my comment. And, his uncanny ability to be so
> freaking wrong while thinking he is so freaking
> superior means that his opinion on Obama's vanity
> is suspect.
>
> michaelp0429 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > McCain IS NOT BUSH.
> >
> > Why do you guys keep pretending to yourself and
> > trying to con the rest of the world that this
> > election is Bush vs. Obama? Because you know
> > the only way people will vote for Obama is if
> you
> > distort McCain's record and try to twist him
> into
> > Bush III?
> >
> > Some new kind of politics.
> >
> >
> > BigTobacco Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > You know what else is vain? Being dead wrong
> > for
> > > nearly a decade, screwing up the country
> beyond
> > > recognition, and strutting around like you
> have
> > an
> > > opinion that is worth a darn.
> > >
> > > Republicans always accuse everyone else of
> > their
> > > own weaknesses.




Which policies are currently failing?

Wonderful, as usual. I just wish you had added this one fact about Brandenburg Gate-gate.

German Chancellor Merkel, who described Senator Obama's request to schedule a campaign stump at the Brandenburg Gate as "odd," likening it to her campaigning at the Washington Mall, could not legally prohibit such an appearance. That would be up to Mayor Wowereit, of Berlin, where the Gate is located. Mr. Wowereit, who aspires to become Chancellor, endorsed the visit wholeheartedly. Vice chancellor and foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, also spoke in favor of it.

Mr. Obama 's foreign policy platform includes shoring up relationships with our allies. Germany is one of our staunchest allies, and Chancellor Merkel and President Bush enjoy a warm relationship. (Representatives of the U.S., attending the G8 summit, reminded members of the German contingent that George Bush is still the U.S. President, suggesting Germany should work to strengthen relations with him instead of courting a possible successor.) Yet for more than a week, Mr. Obama watched the internal brouhaha he had incited in the German government by negotiating to speak at the Brandenburg Gate without withdrawing his request.

Add this international incident to his foreign policy resume.

Hey... Are you one of Krauthammer's patients? What is it called... secondary mania?

skep41 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Krauthammer might be slightly off the mark when he
> compares Obama to King Canute or Jesus. A more
> appropriate comparison from ancient times would be
> the self-proclaimed god Caligula. Caligula also
> did battle with Neptune the Sea God and returned
> to dump a chest of shells on the Senate floor and
> proclaimed victory. What does it say about this
> country that so many people are going to vote not
> only for this empty egotist but to keep the worst
> Speaker Of The House in the history of our nation
> and a Senate Majority leader who is a fumbling
> embarrassment to our country in their positions of
> power? Caligula made his horse a Senator; these
> days, considering the pack of useless morons who
> infest the Senate and threaten to drive this
> country into the ground we would be lucky if we
> elected another Incitatus to the Senate instead of
> a retarded destructive Marxist gnome like Barbara
> Boxer or any of her equally misguided Dem
> collegues. They've already turned the Senate into
> a stable that reeks of the stupidest most
> misguided policies that it is possible to
> conceive. In the name of stopping the rise of
> oceans WHICH ARE NOT RISING these clowns are
> preparing to lower the ax on the neck of an
> already troubled economy. Now Obama emerges to
> lead the entire socialist lemming parade off the
> cliff and into depression and poverty. When you
> vote for ANY Democrat for ANY office no matter how
> 'moderate' they claim to be, you are saying yes to
> national suicide at the hands of fanatical
> leftists who have proven their worthlessness in a
> century of failure in everything they've ever
> touched.

Look I am going to be totally honest here. McCain is not a bad guy, I even like him. But the contest in November is about this:


DO YOU WANT THE USA OF THE LAST 8 YEARS?

OR DO YOU WANT A COUNTRY WITH
BETTER WAGES HERE
TAX CUTS FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS
TUITION CREDITS FOR STUDENTS
HEALTHCARE FOR MOST AMERICANS
FINISH OFF THE IRAQ WAR?
FIND BIN LADEN AND FINISH HIM OFF
WORLD RESPECT
ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVT
NO LIES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
SOCIAL SECURITY INTACT
VETERANS WITH REAL BENEFITS and so much more


THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT ISSUES AND ABOUT WHERE WE WANT OUR COUNTRY TO GO

VOTE GOPAND YOU WILL PRETTY SEE MUCH OF THE SAME

Complement Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> A fine piece of literary work, with a very
> poignant point I wish more people just asked this
> question.


No one gives a hoot where Obama is giving a speech. What is important is what the speech is about. I think it is very clever what Obama is doing and the repugs can't stand it becausee they realize how clever this so-called "neophyte" is. He is beating them at their own game!!!!! Hehehhehe....


Krauthammer is unhinged. The right doesn't know what to do except smear smear smear .........The GOP will sink in its own mud

GOP failures in a nutshell:

Economy
Trade
Energy
War on Terror
Katrina
Health Care
Housing
Justice Department
Environment
Defense
and so on.

Now, I don't expect politicians to solve all these problems... but at least they could stop making them worse. I won't say that the GOP is inept, because all of these disaster have yielded huge windfalls for the special interest groups that support them. But if you are not one of the profiteers, the GOP looks like a bunch of miserable failures.

Words_Matter Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> BigTobacco Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Michael,
> >
> > What you say is the sad truth: McCain is not
> > Bush.
> >
> > Yet, he is bending over backwards to continue
> > Bush's failed policies. Either McCain is just
> > lying to sucker the Bush dead-enders in voting
> for
> > him. Or he is telling the truth, and is going
> to
> > plunge the nation deeper into the Bush
> cesspool.
> >
> > I actually think McCain is lying and that he
> would
> > be a decent president. It just makes me sad
> that
> > someone who presents himself as a man of
> > principle, and who presents his opponent as a
> > liar, is actually flip-flopping, lying, and
> > sliming his way through this campaign.
> >
> > On the other hand, Krauthammer is a vain little
> > fascist. He is who I was referring to when I
> made
> > my comment. And, his uncanny ability to be so
> > freaking wrong while thinking he is so freaking
> > superior means that his opinion on Obama's
> vanity
> > is suspect.
> >
> > michaelp0429 Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > McCain IS NOT BUSH.
> > >
> > > Why do you guys keep pretending to yourself
> and
> > > trying to con the rest of the world that this
> > > election is Bush vs. Obama? Because you
> know
> > > the only way people will vote for Obama is if
> > you
> > > distort McCain's record and try to twist him
> > into
> > > Bush III?
> > >
> > > Some new kind of politics.
> > >
> > >
> > > BigTobacco Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > You know what else is vain? Being dead
> wrong
> > > for
> > > > nearly a decade, screwing up the country
> > beyond
> > > > recognition, and strutting around like you
> > have
> > > an
> > > > opinion that is worth a darn.
> > > >
> > > > Republicans always accuse everyone else of
> > > their
> > > > own weaknesses.
>
>
>
>
> Which policies are currently failing?

Obama, the Exalted Ruler of All That are Worthy, will not take your insolence lightly.

You sir are in deep liberal doo doo. Do not be surprised if the Obamatrons declare jihad against you.

Joe Smith above hit the nail on its head. The GOP can't stand to see Obama being more clever than they are. I think if the republicans win, it willbe because they !) steal the elections again 2) They will do an untinkable hit job of magnifying proportions.


Let's face it Obama is one of the most clever politician I have seen in a longggg time
Look what Dillard, an Illinois legislator and McCain delegate has to say about Obama:


Sen. Obama worked on some of the deepest issues we had, and he was successful in a bipartisan way,” said Dillard in the ad. “Republican legislators respected Sen. Obama. His negotiation skills and an ability to understand both sides would serve the country very well.”

michaelp0429 Wrote:
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> Bush is a nut job. I've never for one day
> supported the irresponsible fool. But that
> doesn't mean the solution is a knee jerk reaction
> to the opposite extreme. The liberal left is
> making just as foolish a mistake as the
> conservative right made 8 years ago.
>
> Obama much mroe closely resembles the Bush
> candidacy than McCain ever has or will. Obama,
> like Bush, is not very qualified, has been a
> failure in the past, had an irresponsible youth
> (drugs for Obama, alcoholism for Bush), both had
> very inflated senses of their self worth. Both
> were terrible whenever they were off script. Both
> were relatively unknown fresh new faces that
> promised change and unity and a happy new America.
>
>
> Obama is the exact same mistake as Bush was. We
> HAVE to get to a point where the American voters
> can be mature enough to see past the pretty image
> and nice story telling and start valueing real
> experience, consistency and integrity in our
> leaders. If we keep electing fools like Bush and
> Obama we deserve what we get.
>
>
> Mecklen Wrote:
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> -----
> > The Kraut can only preach to his choir,the same
> > dead-enders who whine how unfairly treated
> their
> > idiot Bush has been, the ones who conveniently
> > forget that the last 7 1/2 years have been a
> > nightmare for America and the rest of the world.
>
> >
> > Kraut is a bitter creature. But he has plenty
> of
> > company. But none of you ever look in the
> mirror
> > and see what the rest of us (majority) see:
> > quasi-traitors, in love with a
> > thoroughly-discredited world-view.
> >
> > Prepare for the wilderness, you cone-headed
> > fascists with your blind loyalty to Zionism.
> > hahahhahahha



DO YOU REALLU THINK ANYONE WILL BELIEV WHAT YOU JUST WROTE? ARE YOU NUTS? OBAMA IS LIKE BUSH?????


HEHEHEHE.......LOLLOLLOL

I'll tell you what hubris and vanity are: the continued posturing of an ivy-tower intellect whose string of successes (in terms of positions advocated) include nearly a million dead in Iraq, trillions in debt, the constitution mocked to hell and back, and our standing in the world at an all-time low.