Krauthammer: It's Disgusting How Obama Can't Stop Attacking Bush

Krauthammer: It's Disgusting How Obama Can't Stop Attacking Bush

By Noel Sheppard (Bio | Archive)
October 28, 2009 - 11:47 ET

Almost six years since he coined the phrase Bush Derangement Syndrome, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer is accusing Barack Obama of having the same malady.

On Fox News's "Special Report" Tuesday, Krauthammer called out the President's constant negative references to his predecessor saying, "There is something truly disgusting about the way he cannot refrain from attacking Bush when he is being defensive about himself."

The topic under discussion at the time was the rising casualties in Afghanistan, and how Obama seems intent on deflecting blame to someone who has been out of office for ten months (video embedded below the fold with transcript, h/t Hot Air):

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: We are finally getting Afghan policy right after long years of drift.
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN,(R) ARIZONA: The events of the past couple of days, I believe, lend some urgency to this process, and so I hope that the president will make the decision as rapidly as possible.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BRET BAIER, HOST: More U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan, and there you see the numbers adding up -- October, 55 deaths. This is now the deadliest month in Afghanistan since the beginning of the war in 2001.
And there you see 2009, 277 so far. We're not even through November and December, as the president decides on whether he will answer the request of General Stanley McChrystal, the commander on the ground in Afghanistan.
Let's bring in the panel, Jeff Birnbaum, managing editor digital of the "Washington Times," A.B. Stoddard, associate editor of "The Hill, and syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer.
Charles, this decision, as we've talked about, has been portrayed by the White House as thoughtful and not making the wrong decision at the wrong time to rush it. However, when days like today add up, you hear Senator John McCain and others speaking out.
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST: It does, of course, impress us with the urgency of the matter and how it has to be decided.
But I want to point out one thing about what Obama had said when he talked about the long years of drift. There is something truly disgusting about the way he cannot refrain from attacking Bush when he is being defensive about himself. I mean, it is beyond disgraceful here.
He won the election a year ago. He became commander in chief two months later. He announced his own strategy, not the Bush strategy, his strategy six months ago, and it wasn't offhanded. It was in a major address with the secretary of defense and the secretary of state standing with him.
And now he is still talking about the drift in the Bush years.
What is happening today is not as a result of the drift so-called in the Bush years. It is because of the drift in his years. It is because of the flaws in his own strategy, which is what he is now reexamining.
He has every right as commander in chief to reexamine his own strategy, but he ought to be honest, forthright, and courageous enough as the president to simply say I'm rethinking the strategy I adopted six months ago and not once again in a child-like way attack his predecessor.

Maybe just as important as Obama beginning to accept responsibility for his own policies is the media doing the same.

After all, if Bush-deranged journalists actually start holding the current President's feet to the fire concerning what's going on in Afghanistan, maybe he won't feel like he can get away with blaming it on his predecessor.

I'm just saying.

—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.

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The blame game.

October 28, 2009 - 12:00 ET by serious1

The only way he can hope to send more troops without having a complete meltdown in his own party, particularly the code pink and far left of the party is by blaming Bush even though the strategy now employed is his own and the vp's and he's 10 months into HIS presidency.

This Hits Close To Home....

October 28, 2009 - 13:59 ET by GeneralAl

I currently have a nephew serving in Iraq and will have a niece in Afghanistan in January. I'll set aside all my political differences with Obama for a time.

I just wish he had the ability to be honest! He is either posturing politically or is incapable of making a decision. I would have respect for him if he could be honest enough to admit that this is above his "Pay Grade" and defer to his Generals!

If he is posturing politically, this is akin to treason!I shudder to think political victories are worth the blood of our fighting forces to this man. If thats the case, instead of apologizing to the world, he needs to apologize to our armed forces!

done too long and too often already

October 28, 2009 - 14:44 ET by jon_torlin

He is posturing politically. You can't keep doing the same thing over and over again and call it indecisive, it's really dereliction of duty. There's no question about it at this point.

He needs to do more than apologize, he needs to step down.

-Jon

10 months very good

October 28, 2009 - 15:00 ET by red_dragon311

10 months very good point

how many times were we told 9/11 was "on Bush's watch" even though it was only months into HIS time as president?

so by their own rules this is on Obama's watch...right

lib-think:

Male/female gender roles, especially the desire of women to be mothers, are purely social constructs. But homosexuality - and every other sexual proclivity - are immutable, ingraned biological desires that cannot be questioned

Where does he stand?

October 28, 2009 - 12:03 ET by VT Con Man

Rather than tell us what his policy is (he can't because if he did his approval rating would go into free fall, even more than it already is), he craps on his predecessor.

Weak, small, divisive, demagogue.

You're right...

October 28, 2009 - 13:43 ET by unkeeaf

A typical Marxist.

MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party

Bingo Charles Krauthammer -

October 28, 2009 - 12:03 ET by Gary Hall

..it's right on Noel. Charles "hammered it home."

Gives me comfort with starting to refer to Obama as the "adolescent president," some months back.

It would be interesting to see a bulleted list of all of the quotes from this white house of the personal blame and personal attacks pointed directly at President Bush... as well as those pointed directly towards others, including journalists, pundits, organizations and certain news outlets.

And then challenge the left to come up with their list of Bush doing the same! Ha. It would be like the volumnous War and Peace up against a physicians hand written prescription.

(;~. gary

War & Peace

October 28, 2009 - 13:16 ET by Blonde

Spot on, Gary.....most powerful writer since Julius Caesar.

NOT!

I hope he fails, too.

Blonde..

October 28, 2009 - 13:50 ET by Gary Hall

did you catch this closing statement from Krauthammer, back on Oct. 11th? He captures the discussion of the president, when he concluded with:

Less than two months ago — Aug. 17 in front of an audience of veterans — the President declared Afghanistan to be “a war of necessity.” Does anything he says remain operative beyond the fading of the audience applause?

(;~/ gary

I'd be shocked

October 28, 2009 - 15:35 ET by Blonde

He just makes things up for whatever occasion. Sheesh.

Just for you Gary....my mom just brought me home an issue of Food Network's magazine (it is wonderful)...I was happily paging through it until I got to page 192. And what to my wondering eyes should appear as I turned the page?

Obama! His favorite places to eat.

Suffice it to say, my magazine is now missing that page. Is nothing sacred?

I hope he fails, too.

Blonde..

October 28, 2009 - 15:49 ET by Gary Hall

Just a wee bit curious here. Is his favorite food Middle Eastern?

Jus wondering..

..and I didn't know that they had a magazine - with over 192 (-1) pages. ha!

gary

Food Network Mag

October 28, 2009 - 15:53 ET by Blonde

No fallafel. It was his favorite haunts "around town". Where he takes Joe for a burger, the girls for ice cream, Michelle for a date.

I am serious, I tore that page out so fast! And wadded it up, I had to unwad it to show it to B. He just rolled his eyes.

I'll try the magazine one more time (it's really excellent, BTW, and cheap, too....a year for $15, ten issues). If Nobama, I'll get a subscription (something I haven't done in years....last mag I took was the Economist, but I never had time to read it).

I hope he fails, too.

Warning!

October 28, 2009 - 23:03 ET by Unsane

I first heard of the man I now know as His Majesty The Shahinshah in the pages of The Economist. The staff of that mag worship Him. Their editorial where they endorsed Him for President is still the most incoherent and crappiest article I have ever read in that mag.

Seriously, if I read anything in The Economist remotely critical of His Majesty The Shahinshah, I will be stunned. (I especially loved the cover from last July with Him dressed as a surgeon, flashing His HOT, BEAUTIFUL SMILE. As I do not subscribe to personality cults, that immediately disappeared into my shredder (as it also had my address printed on it).

"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)

I'm curious also

October 28, 2009 - 15:56 ET by Willis_Leon_Johnson

Is PORK on his menu at home?

I know it's in his agenda.

http://gjresult.com

Same with Mens Health

October 29, 2009 - 00:11 ET by ReaganFan

I had the same problem with Mens Health. In the 10 issues released so far this year, Obama has been on two. I've been getting the magazine for 5 years and not once did I see Bush on the cover. As a matter of fact, it usually has some buff guy with no shirt and a tag line like, "Six-Pack Abs in Six Weeks."

Needless to say, I canceled my subscription. The media try to work this guy into any subject. I bet he'll be the December cover of Cat Fancy.

Selective Amnesia

October 28, 2009 - 14:56 ET by Abraxos

Hey Blonde, that ignorantly idolatrous statement made by the NEA Chairman – that Obama is the most powerful writer since Julius Caesar – is a crock of bilge. Obama's award-winning book, Dreams of My Father, was ghostwritten by Bill Ayers, the guy Obama barely knows, just a neighbor down the street.

Jack Cashill proved it beyond the shadow of a doubt, and it was confirmed in that recent, widely praised book by Christopher Anderson, Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage.

Even conservative media people are still buying that lie. Why?

You got my sarcasm, eh?

October 28, 2009 - 15:49 ET by Blonde

I saw that headline linked on Drudge and couldn't even bring myself to click on it....such a patently absurd lie.

In fact, I'd apply one of my favorite terms to it....galactically stupid!

IOW, Que'lle Crap!

I hope he fails, too.

Obama & Co.

October 28, 2009 - 14:21 ET by MrShy

Keeping it classy.

A partial roll call of Obama and his minions...

"This administration has inherited a $1.3 trillion deficit — the largest in our nation's history, and our investments to rescue the nation's economy will add to that deficit," -- February, 2009

"By any measure, my administration has inherited a fiscal disaster." -- March 4, 2009

When asked if he (Obama) was a socialist: "It wasn't under me that we started buying a bunch of shares of banks. It wasn't on my watch. And it wasn't on my watch that we passed a massive new entitlement -- the prescription drug plan -- without a source of funding…. We've actually been operating in a way that has been entirely consistent with free-market principles and that some of the same folks who are throwing the word 'socialist' around can't say the same." -- March, 2009

Obama on the deficit: "Of course I do... which is why we're doing everything we can to reduce that deficit. Look, if this were easy, then, you know, we would have already had it done, and the budget would have been voted on, and everybody could go home. This is hard. ... And the reason it's hard is because we've accumulated a structural deficit that's going to take a long time..." -- March, 2009

"High U.S. budget deficits are being driven by an economic crisis that President Barack Obama inherited." -- White House Budget Director Peter Orszag, May, 2009

"It was not an accident or a normal part of the business cycle that led us to this situation. There were some irresponsible decisions that were made on Wall Street and in Washington." -- July 28, 2009

Responding to unemployment hitting the highest it's been in 26 years: "It took us years to get into this mess, and it will take more than a few months to get us out." -- July, 2009

In his White House press conference last week, Mr. Obama referred to the Bush era at least nine times, three times lamenting that he "inherited" a $1.3 trillion debt that has set back his administration's efforts to fix the economy. -- from The Political Jungle, July, 2009

Obama on his policies regarding the skyrocketing deficits: "If we had done nothing, if you had the same, old budget as opposed to the changes we made in our budget, you'd have a $9.3 trillion deficit over the next 10 years. Because of the changes we've made, it's going to be $7.1 trillion. ... Now, that's not good, but it's $2.2 trillion less than it would have been if we had the same policies in place when we came in." -- July, 2009

On automaker woes: "The auto interventions weren't started by me. They were started by a conservative Republican administration..." -- August 20, 2009

On recent Afghanistan woes: "This was underresourced, underfunded, undermanned and ignored for years," -- White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, August, 2009

"I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess..." -- August, 2009

"When I'm busy, and Nancy's busy, with a mop cleaning up somebody else's mess, we don't want somebody sitting back saying, 'you're not holding the mop the right way' … 'you're not mopping fast enough' … 'that's a socialist mop.'" -- October 15, 2009

"It's clear that basically we had a war for eight years that was going on, that's adrift," said Rahm Emanuel. "That we're beginning at scratch, and just from the starting point, after eight years." -- October, 2009

Mr. Shy.. now for pages 2 - 1,745

October 28, 2009 - 14:41 ET by Gary Hall

There's really no end to it, is there. I'd like to remind Obama and Mr. Gibbs, that President Bush also inherited a disaster when he "won" the election in Nov., 2000, and President Bush, rather than being a child, did not spend his time bashing Clinton and his administration, rather he set about trying to pull us out of the disaster - with no little help from the Democrats, and no help from the national media.

Dean Baker, CEPR, a way left of center economist adored by the national MSM, predicted the crash in the last year of the Clinton era, predicted that it would result in a recession, and predicted that the collapse and resultant economic fallout from it would cause the federal budget to quickly return to deep deficits.

In March of 2000, he offered up:

"The main feature of the 'new economy' is a stock market bubble of unprecedented magnitude. When the bubble bursts, the new economy will just be a bad memory. The inflated stock market has created enormous distortions in the economy, the ramifications of which will only be apparent when stock prices return to more normal levels. If the market falls 50 percent and loses $10 trillion of wealth in a correction, it's going to be very hard to avoid a recession. A lot of these dot.coms are worth a corner lemonade stand and are putting real companies out of business. What are you going to tell people who lose much of their retirement savings in their 401K when there's a downturn?"

Of course the answer there, continues to this day - they will blame Bush, the guy that inherited it.

He also, in 2001, offered up a nice summary of the financial leadership out of Washington during the Clinton bubble years, which President Bush may not have seen, because the MSM only quotes Baker when he is pushing their agenda:

"The decline in the stock market was an entirely predictable event for anyone familiar with basic arithmetic, even if the exact timing could not be known in advance. The nation's political leaders chose to ignore the stock market bubble... As a result, millions of families have seen their dreams of a secure retirement or their children's college education vanish with the stock market bubble. The level of negligence of the nation's political leaders in ignoring the stock bubble exceeds anything since the days of Herbert Hoover."

(;~/ gary

Gary

October 29, 2009 - 11:05 ET by MrShy

Yes, that is just page 1... :p

Mentioning to GregE, below, that we should start a website like "Times Watch".... "Bush Blaming Watch", perhaps? :)

Great list. Is there a

October 28, 2009 - 19:18 ET by GregE

Great list. Is there a website with a long listing? I'd like to have that!!

I skim the transcript of the Saturday radio addresses occasionally, looking for more Bush blame. A few weeks ago he did it 3 times in one address.

GregE

October 29, 2009 - 11:02 ET by MrShy

Hey, thanks! Is there a site? Hmm, not really, that I'm aware of, although I should start one... eh? :)

I just compiled this during my off-time at work, in about an hour, googling "Obama blames Bush".

Yes, I am sure this is barely skimming the surface. I'll bet this guy and his shills have their anti-Bush/past administration talking points at the ready everywhere they go on a daily basis.

Dr Krauthammer

October 28, 2009 - 12:06 ET by BondPlainBond

Hits the nail on the head - AGAIN!

Blaming Bush

October 28, 2009 - 12:19 ET by merlin61

Press Sec'y Gibbs did it again today. Couldn't answer a question about Afghanistan without blaming or mentioning Bush's fault. Its Obama's war whether he wants to claim it or not. Our GI's are dying over there. Get with it Obama.

Gibbs Gibberish

October 28, 2009 - 15:05 ET by Abraxos

I cannot watch that man speak for more than 1 second without feeling an uncontrollable urge to throw a giant brick through my TV screen.

You too?......

October 28, 2009 - 15:21 ET by BEGRUNT

I thought it was just me. I have a name for him......"Bullsh*t Bob"

"A nation can suffer it's fool's, but cannot survive the traitor"

Cicero

He sounds so weak

October 28, 2009 - 12:18 ET by StarAZ

What I don't get is why doesn't the president just do whatever he wants to do, between golf, trips, and basketball, and stop telling people not to comment on it or tell him how to mop up, etc. So unnecessary and he looks dopey.

Correct me if I'm wrong...

October 28, 2009 - 12:21 ET by MichelleC

But, didn't people blame Bush for 9/11 because he was in office for eight months when it happened and should have forseen it and stopped it in that time?

Now, Obama has been in office even longer and is getting away with blaming the previous administration for dragging his own feet on Afghanistan when he has had more time to make a plan - I swear I'm living in Bizarro World.

Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July. Democrats believe every day is April 15th ~ Ronald Reagan

Bizarro World

October 28, 2009 - 12:25 ET by holeinthehull

Holeinthehull

Good point, well said

But...

October 28, 2009 - 13:00 ET by onewiseguy

...the people that blamed Bush for 9/11 were wrong whereas the current argument concerning Afghanistan is that Obama is doing nothing with what he inherited. I don't think anyone is blaming Obama for the war in Afghanistan...he certainly did inherit it but, since assuming the Presidency , he also has escalated the focus there but has not followed it up with the appropriate action. He certainly is dragging his feet as you state and for that he is RIGHTLY criticized.

Nice quote by Reagan btw....

You are correct in that the

October 28, 2009 - 19:49 ET by MichelleC

You are correct in that the people blaming Bush were wrong - I didn't say otherwise. I was trying to point out the hypocrisy of people blaming Bush for something that came out of left field after eight months in office and then not blaming Obama for something he's known about and had over a year to make plans for. He stated numerous times the focus should be on Afghanistan yet now he's blaming Bush for his lollygagging around. It's hypocrisy and not following through, plain and simple.

Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July. Democrats believe every day is April 15th ~ Ronald Reagan

Just an FYI....

October 28, 2009 - 20:50 ET by ckc1227

...Obama didn't inherit anything. It wasn't given to him, he ran for the job knowing full well what the score was.

Charles Krauthammer

October 28, 2009 - 12:29 ET by rpeeler42

I agree with Mr. Krauthhammer that the President needs to take some responsibility and make a decision, hopefully the correct one for the security of our nation.

I think Charles Krauthammer is one the top two or three best spokesmen on television, he probably is the very best. He is so articulate as he states his case, he does not look at notes or stumble with words. He is so very intelligent that all the other panel members are almost spellbound when he is on a roll.

We are very fortunate to be able to listen to a very wise sage discuss the important issues of the day.

Absolutely right...

October 28, 2009 - 13:46 ET by unkeeaf

I couldn't agree more. He's one conservative that the Left can't label a moron.

MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party

Don't sell them short

October 28, 2009 - 14:28 ET by Franksam

It's only a matter of time before Grayson disparages Krauthammer for being wheelchair-bound. He just has to figure out to leave FDR out of the quote.

I don't agree

October 28, 2009 - 21:55 ET by ahusser

The absolute only way of getting rid of this guy is to actually make folks see that Obama is a dangerously unqualified idiot. To do that he has to keep stepping on his wee wee constantly and do it with arrogance. He has to fail and fail miserably and continue to do the dumb and wrong thing each and every time no matter what the issue otherwise he and the leftist wing of the Democratic party will remain with us through the next election and maybe forever. They have to be shown up as the dangerous constitution squashing fools they are. Before this happens though I suspect real damage will be done to the country. I don't think there is any other way to relieve us of him and his ilk.

"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'

I posted a similar question

October 28, 2009 - 12:29 ET by dvdaughtry

I posted a similar question my facebook page a while back:

"Can a liberal address a critique of Obama without bring up George Bush?"

There was only one response and it was handled like an Olympian on the pommel horse.

You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

Sure they can

October 28, 2009 - 13:26 ET by Chaitealover

That's why they're all schooled in the use of the term "racism."

Chai

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” —H.L. Mencken

At least Palin isn't VP

October 28, 2009 - 12:30 ET by kefka

At least Palin isn't VP right Mr. Krauthammer?

I don't get it.

October 28, 2009 - 12:40 ET by inquiringmind

I don't get it.

Krauthammer isn't crazy

October 28, 2009 - 13:46 ET by Newsbusterbrown

Krauthammer isn't crazy about Palin.

“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)

Gee, I wonder why that is?

October 28, 2009 - 13:57 ET by unkeeaf

I can't get my arms around this conservative infatuation with Sarah Palin. Krauthammer sees her for what she is - a consistently inarticulate spokesperson for the conservative cause. Can she rally a crowd? Yes. Can she effectively defend her positions? Absolutely not.

Look, she gives a great speech, but she is not ready for prime-time and probably never will be. If she is the Republican nominee, we're doomed.

MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party

What ready for prime-time

October 28, 2009 - 14:04 ET by Karma

What ready for prime-time Republican can save us from doom?

Hi. My name is John Q. Public, but some just call me racist.

Mike Pence & Paul Ryan...

October 28, 2009 - 14:31 ET by unkeeaf

Keep your eye on Mike Pence and Paul Ryan. Both of these guys are solid conservatives and very articulate on a number of issues. I think Pence is going to run, not so sure about Ryan.

MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party

Ron Paul. The only

October 28, 2009 - 14:33 ET by pwoz

Ron Paul.

The only response the left has to him is "OMG he's crazy", but he's never wrong because he always holds this country in its best interest.

He destroyed everyone on the Middle East debates during the primaries, but was laughed off.

Ron Paul is also a frequent guest on those garbage shows on MSNBC and CNN, but he's always treated with respect, and his viewpoint is ALWAYS heard with minimal interruption (unless it's Schultz).

If Dr. Paul is not the official #1 GOP, then he should at least be #2 or #3 to help define #1. He's a genuine person.

But.. since the economy is going to be the biggest issue in 2012, I have a feeling that they will push Romney.

His Achielles Heel is "Romneycare" that MA Dems managed to alter and screw up.

The GOP should be on the attack for 2010 on the local front because if the marxist-in-chief continues on his path, there's plenty of time before 2012. Obama was relatively unknown until 2007 anyway.

Never wrong?

October 28, 2009 - 17:00 ET by UpNorth

First, addressing Ronpaul's age, he'll be 76 in 2012, so, again, we'll hear the "old white male" stuff from just about everyone. And there are whole bunches of questions about what he really stands for and why he does so.

But, that isn't the important thing. Ronpaul does appear on "those garbage shows on MSNBC and CNN". The problem with that is, so did John McC. We allowed the State Run Media to pick the winner in the primaries, because McC was always treated with respect and his views were always put out there, uninterrupted. So, we got the left, and State Run Media's, but I repeat myself, idea of who our nominee should have been. Then the State Run Media crapped all over McC, because, even though he acted like he didn't know it, he had an R after his name.

And he's being touted by the LAT, another problem, as far as I'm concerned. This sounds like 2008, Redux.

I would hope that he isn't anywhere near "#1 GOP", or #2 or #3 either.

Parody Post?

October 28, 2009 - 20:44 ET by ckc1227

"He destroyed everyone on the Middle East debates during the primaries, but was laughed off."

Seriously, is this a joke? I believe his basic argument was the equivalent of saying if a woman wears a revealing outfit, it's her fault if she gets raped. He's a naive fool when it comes to foreign policy.

"If Dr. Paul is not the official #1 GOP, then he should at least be #2 or #3 to help define #1. He's a genuine person."

Is this why he slips pork into bills that he knows will pass, then pretends to be guarding the people's money by going out on a limb to vote against the same pork-laden bill he added to because he knows it will pass easily without his vote?Yep, he's genuine alright.

And then there's that little issue regarding the allegedly racist newletter he was putting out. Yeah, that's just who we need heading the party that is already labeled as the party that hates black people. Somehow I don't think he'd get quite the same pass as Obama does for his racist associations. The race pimps and the media would be all over it like Barney Frank on a ding dong.

One more time on Mr. Paul

October 28, 2009 - 23:23 ET by Unsane

The only response the left has to him is "OMG he's crazy", but he's never wrong because he always holds this country in its best interest. Really? Then he may want to explain why he calls the Israeli government the biggest lobby in Washington. Now, if that doesn't indicate his anti-Semitism - I am convinced that he is a big-time anti-Semite, by the way - he IS indicating that he has learned absolutely nothing from a long career in Congress. The biggest lobby in Washington recently sent me some mail, and stupidly so. I am about to send them a very nasty response in reply. Do YOU know what the biggest lobby in Washington is?

And if Ron Paul held this country in its best interest, he wouldn't be constantly dreaming of turning the country into a whiny actor on the world stage with scarcely any ability to defend itself.

He destroyed everyone on the Middle East debates during the primaries, but was laughed off. he was laughed off because he does not know what the hell he was talking about, as he does not know one damn thing about foreign policy (except, as the late Dean Barnett pointed out, he basically thinks the United States should not have a foreign policy). And this line from one of the primary debates was also rich: "I'm not an isolationist. I like to travel." That line is so ridiculous it barely requires elaboration.

By the way, Giuliani destroyed Paul in the primary debates on that very subject.

Ron Paul is also a frequent guest on those garbage shows on MSNBC and CNN, but he's always treated with respect, and his viewpoint is ALWAYS heard with minimal interruption (unless it's Schultz). I can say this about countless people. So what? I could also point out that perhaps the reason those nets do so is because they want to paint every Republican with that brush: "Why, the GOP has gone off the deep end! Look at this whack job!"

If Dr. Paul is not the official #1 GOP, then he should at least be #2 or #3 to help define #1. He's a genuine person. Wow. A "genuine person". I guess it's Unsane for the GOP nomination in 2012, huh? I am a genuine person. Also, what's with constantly mentioning his MD? I don't remember many people calling Senator Frist "Dr. Frist" all the time (perhaps because that MD is useless in matters like governance). I like giving MDs their respect and all, but Paul's MD does not qualify him for office. It qualifies him for the delivery room. Maybe he should go back there.

You could come back with Dr. Rice being referred to as Dr. Rice constantly, but in her case, her doctorate had a direct bearing on her being the National Security Advisor and the Secretary of State. Besides, I have yet to hear Newt G_______ referred to as Dr. G_______. Maybe because his history Ph. D. had no bearing on his office, either.

Finally, I keep getting reassured by all these people who worship Ron Paul the way His Majesty The Shahinshah is worshipped by Leftists that Paul is the preeminent, supreme, all-knowing expert on the Constitution. Well, if this is indeed the case, perhaps he can explain to me what he was doing working for an unconstitutional branch of service as a flight surgeon. (The Air Force is not mentioned in the Constitution.) Or, maybe he can show me where it says in Article I, or anywhere else, where the shrimp industry is to be subsidized by the federal government. Or where it states that Congress should supply buses to the city of Galveston.

This embarrassment to my home state just needs to go away.

"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)

Wow. A "genuine

October 29, 2009 - 00:00 ET by Dan The Man 2

Wow. A "genuine person". I guess it's Unsane for the GOP nomination in 2012, huh? I am a genuine person.

Ok to verify that I need 2 forms of ID and 3 real people to vouch for you.

Bull Feathers!

October 28, 2009 - 14:05 ET by GeneralAl

Sarah Palin can defend a point if she is given the chance! She cleaned Biden's clock in that debate! The MSM has always found a way to slice and dice her comments out of context to make out to be inarticulate!

I think Palin needs to do

October 28, 2009 - 20:54 ET by Radical1979

I think Palin needs to do more work before she runs. I like her, but she needs to more direct and consice when answering questions. Until she does that she won't stand a chance.

She needs

October 28, 2009 - 20:58 ET by MightyMouth

to give Carl Rove about 6 months free room and board!

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

Bull Feathers!

October 28, 2009 - 14:05 ET by GeneralAl

I wish you were right...

October 28, 2009 - 14:29 ET by unkeeaf

But I've seen enough to know you are dead wrong. Her folksy act has warn thin with the vast majority of independents and many conservatives.

You believe what you want, I'll side with Krauthammer on this one.

MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party

There is too much Palin

October 28, 2009 - 14:35 ET by pwoz

There is too much Palin Derangement Syndrome instilled in the average voter, just like there still is for Bush.

Sarah is a no-go.

Bingo...

October 28, 2009 - 14:41 ET by unkeeaf

They effectively Dan Qualyed her. She's done.

MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party

And you fell for it hook

October 28, 2009 - 23:19 ET by Dan The Man 2

And you fell for it hook line and sinker. We need to look at each cangitate and evauluate when the time comes. What is funny is the left and SCM hate her so much and why; becuase they know she is electable and can win easily if she can get the message out. McCain fell short on fight and getting out the conservative message, Palin most likely wont do that. She was pretty green for the national stage and the McCain camp did not help much by throtling her back and planning campouts with teh enemy.

And we wonder why there are

October 29, 2009 - 01:37 ET by kefka

And we wonder why there are no conservative leaders. Here is one, oh she is the slightest bit unpopular and the leftist media complex makes fun of her. I might have to make the slightest bit of effort in defending her. Shes done.

Enjoy your media approved RINOs.

Let me see if I have this right

October 29, 2009 - 08:48 ET by Now_I_Want_Change

Can she rally a crowd? Yes. Can she effectively defend her positions? Absolutely not.

That seems to have worked well for Obama....

It must be a cultural thing, but....

October 28, 2009 - 12:40 ET by Prester John

....while I was in the Army I rarely, if ever, heard a new unit commander, whether it was at the company level or division or corps, badmouth the previous commander about the state of the unit he just took command of. It was considered tacky and extremely unprofessional.

That's not to say the new commander's superior wouldn't cut him some slack for maybe a month after taking over a lousy unit to get his feet on the ground and get his policies instituted, but after that the new guy was held accountable for everything his unit did or failed to do.

This continual bashing of W shows such a lack of class, maturity, and seriousness that you could swear the person who's doing it has never held a real job or ever been personally responsible for anything in his life.

Ahem.

"The Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies"

www.campaignforliberty.com

Right On!!

October 28, 2009 - 17:48 ET by srqvet

I had the distinct privilege of commanding two units in the USAF. You are spot-on!

Old joke but ObaMao should heed. A departing supervisor gives his replacement three numbered envelopes and advises the replacement to open only one, in order, when things go horribly wrong. After three months, all is not well so the replacement opens envelope number 1 which states; "Blame your predecessor".

Things go well for a while but after another three months things are not going well at all. So the replacement opens envelope number 2 which reads; "Reorganize!"

This worked like a charm for another three months then the replacement encounters difficulties yet again. The replacement opened the final envelope. The envelope three advised; "Prepare three envelopes!"

ObaMao has been at this for 10 long months and is seriously out of his depth. My advice? ObaMao--Prepare Three Envelopes!!

Pretty benign "drift."

October 28, 2009 - 12:39 ET by CobraMan

"We are finally getting Afghan policy right after long years of drift."

That must have been a pretty benign "drift" there, Obama, as now that you've "finally" got "Afghan policy right" our troops are witnessing the biggest increase in troop deaths then at at any other time of the entire war. That's a great war policy you have there, Obama. Let our troops die while you sit around "planing" to do something and placing blame on Bush for YOUR failures!

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The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

When is this nightmare

October 28, 2009 - 12:41 ET by Six String Spiff

When is this nightmare going to end? when is this school yard punk going to stop calling names, assigning blame and GET THINGS DONE?

Come on Obama.. Man up. MAKE A DECISION FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE!

School Yard Punk

October 28, 2009 - 13:13 ET by matthewdean

Six String:

Thank you for allowing me to realize why this posprez irritates me so.

He is a School Yard Punk.

His arrogant a$$ needs taking down a peg or two.

There was a time I could have dealt.

NOW, however, that he is POTUS, he is f'n untouchable.

I don't even dare think "comeuppance" things too loudly.

Jeez.

The itch I cannot reach.

Sucks.

"I may not agree with what your bumper sticker says, but I will defend to the death your right to stick it." (Unknown)

no way now

October 28, 2009 - 13:23 ET by jon_torlin

I don't want him to man up, make a decision or anything except to leave the office of POTUS.

What I do want is for him to face the law and to be punished in accordance with the Constitution. The same should apply to the VP and then the Speaker of the House and those congressmen.

That's what I want. Too bad it won't happen.

-Jon

I'm with you!

October 28, 2009 - 14:10 ET by Corny_McPoo

PLEASE continue to CAMPAIGN, Mr. President. DO NOT GOVERN! I repeat: DO NOT GOVERN! Slowly step away from the big red button!

Signed, Corny McPoo

Do Something Amazing!

To comment rationally about B. Hussein...

October 28, 2009 - 12:48 ET by SmartyMarty

is to ignore a simple precept in psychology when interacting with the mentally ill - it is futile. This TOTUS has a left-of-left, sick mindset, driven by forces, people and ideology, that are oblivious to reason that can only be dealt with, in our democracy, with constitutional process - election, impeachment, tea-parties...

Sowell, Hanson, Steyn, CK (most of the time) are presenting the details of our descent for all to read.

To suggest that BO will "see the light" is naive.

Well said! Thread Winner

October 28, 2009 - 13:02 ET by Six String Spiff

Well said!

Thread Winner right here, folks.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS

October 28, 2009 - 13:22 ET by jacktheripper

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS WHEN WILL "W" START SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THIS COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IN CHIEF!

"The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can
bribe the people with their own money." – Alexis de Tocqueville

Say what they will

October 28, 2009 - 13:29 ET by Chaitealover

"W" has too much class to comment on the words or actions of his successor. You know, the way all presidents used to be, before Carter.

Chai

I agree, CTL I don't see GWB ever pulling a JimmaCarter-he has

October 28, 2009 - 14:39 ET by Cape Conservative

FAR too much class! As we all are prone to do, yes, the former president made mistakes along the way during his term in office. However, I can't remember hearing 'don't blame me' being spoken by either the president or his spokespeople. He was a man of conviction and didn't fear making decisions.

This comment comes from a proud Tea Party attendee, otherwise designated by Homeland Security as a Domestic Right Wing Terrorist! And now by our president as a 'swiftboater' - both titles I'll wear proudly! It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue ~ Sam Adams

202.224.3121 LET CONGRESS HEAR THE ROAR OF THE SILENT MAJORITY!

202.456.1111 WHITE HOUSE COMMENT LINE

Agree with them. They'll never expect that.

October 28, 2009 - 13:47 ET by DavidR

These days, when people say, "It's Bush's fault", my standard response is:

"You know what? You're right! Everything concerning the US political sphere is Bush's fault, even though he's left office.

"The only way it couldn't be Bush's fault is if this country had principled leadership and someone to take charge and take the country in a positive direction since Bush left office.

"But we haven't had anything close to that, so it must be Bush's fault!"

With every passing day................

October 28, 2009 - 13:58 ET by BEGRUNT

Obama is showing us what a bitter shallow little man he really is.

"A nation can suffer it's fool's, but cannot survive the traitor"

Cicero

It has to be someone else`s

October 28, 2009 - 14:24 ET by chessplayer

It has to be someone else`s fault. The media has convinced our Dear Leader that he is incapable of making mistakes.

Makes perfect sense to me...

October 28, 2009 - 14:49 ET by PrairieSky

Obama believes he is never wrong. He is always right. Everything he does is the smartest and the best thing for the country. Nothing bad that happens or goes wrong is ever his fault. It is always someone else's fault. Obama will always try to blame someone else for his problems. The fact that he is still, after 9 months in office, blaming Bush for anything and everything that is going wrong under his watch, is disgusting but typical for him. What is pathetic is that we have 3 more years of Obama's BS to suffer through.

"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan

Okay on GWB

October 28, 2009 - 15:13 ET by slickwillie2001

I'm okay with President George W. Bush staying silent, because VP Cheney is doing such a fine job of smacking the Bamster around any time he mouths off about the previous administration. The Bamster seems a glutton for punishment because Cheney steals his lunch money and he's back for more a month or two later. The man just never learns.

I think it's profoundly

October 28, 2009 - 15:18 ET by dcnorman

I think it's profoundly apparent from his actions and manner that Obama is just too immature for the job.

Chris Norman

Best of Krauthammer

October 28, 2009 - 15:40 ET by Kimnota

This was right up there with the "Euro-Trash" comment. Someone needs to make a Besto of Krauthammer video

Hey, Bush-bashing got him

October 28, 2009 - 15:46 ET by RR GOP

Hey, Bush-bashing got him elected.

Believe me, these Libs will be getting mileage off of Bush for years, probably decades to come.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

Sadly, the MSM goes right

October 28, 2009 - 15:48 ET by Radical1979

Sadly, the MSM goes right along with Obama and the blame game. At what point does he plan on taking responsibility for something other than putting up a swingset at the Whitehouse?

Nobody does it better..............

October 28, 2009 - 16:02 ET by Tomorama

Charles K is my gold standard for reasoned opinion and he blows everyone away, no attacks, just facts and people like Rush and Coulter could learn a lot from him.

The d-bags in the media will report the insults in your comments if you are a conservative and LEAVE OUT the factual comments themselves, Charles shoves it up there "arses" and does it with a wink and a smile.

Can someone tell me HOW Rahm AND OBAMBI Got AWAY with the lie that Bush didn't ask questions on Afghanistan or left Obambi holding the bag, WHEN AGAIN CHENEY was proven correct that Bush and company did a thorough report on the good, bad and the new plan in Afghanistan BEFORE they left and as a GOODWILL gesture kept it to themselves and the Obambi admin PER THEIR REQUEST?

ANYONE care to tackle that question?

My bad Palin farted today story one, page one and Bathtub boy will make her the worse person in the world because he wasn't able to sniff the chair.

A great man once said, YOU only get out of life what YOU put into it, he obviously wasn't a liberal.

To Our CIC

October 28, 2009 - 17:50 ET by shuq4

20 years in the U S Army and these words were always present for the NCO's and Officers I worked with:

"I Am Responsible For Everything That Happens or Fails to Happen While In Charge."

What say ye, SIR?

roger that!

October 28, 2009 - 19:26 ET by doug1950

26 years in Naval Aviation. If you had not turned things around in 10 months and at least started showing significant progress you would have been fired on the spot, and if anyone even breathed or thought out loud that the problem was their predicessors they would have lost any and all respect of their peers, superiors and yes, even their subordinates with enough sense to recognize real leadership.

I guess Obama thiinks he should have inherited the Presidency without any problems or issues on the boards. This shows the immaturity and lack of leadership of this man. He would not even make a good seaman duece without constant supervision. His problems are just beginning. I figure our enemies are just buying time, planning something big and probing and testing his mettle (which he has none). Without divine intervention we are in for a bumpy ride until the citizens of the country can throw this bum out of office along with ALL the democrats and Rinos currently in the Congress.

doug

October 28, 2009 - 21:09 ET by NorthCoaster

The "O" acts like a spoiled prince or Little Lord Fauntleroy.

"20 years in the U S Army

October 28, 2009 - 20:10 ET by ckc1227

"20 years in the U S Army and these words were always present for the NCO's and Officers I worked with:

"I Am Responsible For Everything That Happens or Fails to Happen While In Charge."

What say ye, SIR?"

Obama: It's Bush's fault. However, if you would just let government take over health care, we could easily turn things around in Afghanistan.

Obama has painted himself

October 28, 2009 - 20:02 ET by Dan Diego

Obama has painted himself into a corner. He wants to push the war in Afghanistan to prove he is a valid CIC, but if he does he'll lose the hard left of his base which could lead to defeat in 2012. His choice is to be the warrior or the wuss, probably waiting on polling to decide which will harm HIM most.

"That is a cause that could not be more just."
Obama - 27 Mar 09

Usually right after he just got done focusing on it. Someone ought to make a collage of sound bites where he says "we're not about focusing on the past" then blames Bush

My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful

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