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Why I disagree with Charles Krauthammer

By: kyle8 (Diary)  |  December 9th, 2011 at 09:57 PM  | 

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Ok, I am writing this only from memory so bear with me.   Just a few minutes ago, on The Hannity show, Krauthammer said (I paraphrase)

that Newt Gingrich had too much baggage, and that he would “Frighten” much of te electorate.  Well, Historically I say that is Bunk.

 

Let me state before hand, that I am not a big Gingrich supporter. I actually support and will vote for Perry.  Having said that, I think Gingrich is a phenomenal candidate who can be a transendentil reform candidate.  Romney cannot.

 

But here is the reason I disagree with a Charles.  Those of us who are old enough to remember the years 1979 and 1980 will recall that EVEN WORSE THINGS were said about Ronald Wilson Reagan.  He was described both by Democrats and some of his fellow Republicans as A Dunce, a warmonger, a racist, a cowboy, and of course, as “uncompassionate”.

 

But he won by a rather large margin. The reason he won is because AMERICANS ARE NOT TOTALLY STUPID.  Yes, they can be fooled for a short time, But eventually they will see that the far left is a recipe for disaster.  Obama has now been totally painted with the trait of left/liberal/progressivism and there is no chance now that he can crawl away from it.

I don’t think that a person espousing solid conservative values right now can possibly lose to  Obama, unless they do something stupid to self destruct.   That means that Romney could certainly win.  But how much better to have someone more conservative, and more educated, more intellectual, and more experienced.

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  • valrobex

    but like you, I disagree with him on many occasions.

    He’s a brilliant analyst but he’s also strongly influenced by the Washington, DC crowd. That means he’s tainted with the “DC fungus.” He listens to DC conventional wisdom daily and he would be more than human if it didn’t infect him to some degree. Simply because he’s a staunch Conservative pundit doesn’t mean he knows / understands everything political.

    When I’m really interested in the intellectual foundation of Conservatism I listen to Krauthammer. When I want to learn about campaigning I listen more to my gut and the folks on RS.

    The Newtmeister’s rise in the polls defies all political pundit logic. Newt is not running a “typical” primary. What ever he’s doing is currently working. Will he be the candidate? Only time will tell.

    As much as I enjoy listening to Krauthammer it would be great fun to listen to him should Gingrich win the nomination and the election.

  • David123

    In 1980 a lot of Reagan’s support was due to the Iranian hostage crisis which had dragged on and on and on with no end in sight as long as Carter was president. By the 2012 election, American combat in Libya and Iraq will be over, Osama Bin Laden will still be dead, and the war in Afghanistan won’t be Obama’s fault. In other words, no amount of Reagan “baggage” could equal Carter’s Iranian baggage.

    Newt has already done “something stupid to self destruct.” He cheated on wife #1 with the woman who became wife #2; then he cheated on wife #2 with the woman who became wife #3; AND he led the effort to impeach Clinton for “lying about sex”, the hypocrite!

    Now, I think Obama’s baggage of palling around with terrorists and attending a hate-America church for 20 years is far worse than Newt’s baggage. Unfortunately 52% of Americans disagreed with me. So what can we do to attract at least 3% of those people, and is Newt the best person to attract them?