53 Responses to “Krauthammer for President?”

1. proof
   March 7th, 2010 @ 3:21 pm

   I’d vote for him!

2. victoria_29
   March 7th, 2010 @ 3:26 pm

   Best candidate that I have heard mentioned, would vote for him.

3. Lazarus Long
   March 7th, 2010 @ 3:57 pm

   Krauthammer is a frikkin’ genius.

4. John S
   March 7th, 2010 @ 4:06 pm

   No. No. No. No. No. No.

5. CFHeather
   March 7th, 2010 @ 4:10 pm

   I agree with Victoria_29 – I would SOOOOO vote for him -Krauthammer has no delusions about the situation our country is in – he is also a psychiatrist, which would be very beneficial when dealing with liberals

6. Paco
   March 7th, 2010 @ 4:16 pm

   I think Krauthammer should be drafted just on the basis of the awesome coolness of that slogan (although there are many other good reasons, of course).

7. Old Rebel
   March 7th, 2010 @ 4:36 pm

   Krauthammer?

   I’ll let Pat Buchanan respond:

   “Howard Dean wants the white trash vote,” wrote Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer in mockery of the Vermonter. “[T]hat’s clearly what [Dean] meant when he said he wanted the votes of ‘guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.’”

   After Dean was savaged by Al Sharpton, who called the Confederate flag an “American swastika,” Krauthammer was rhapsodic. His humiliation serves Dean right, Krauthammer chortled. He should never have pandered to Southern “yahoos” and “rebel-yelling racist redneck[s].”

8. Fuzzy
   March 7th, 2010 @ 5:11 pm

   Drop the hammer in 2012, gotta love that!

9. Pat
   March 7th, 2010 @ 6:33 pm

   I’m in! Love me some Krauthammer!

10. Adobe Walls
    March 7th, 2010 @ 9:07 pm

    I’d vote for the shirt!

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12. Fûz
    March 7th, 2010 @ 10:18 pm

    I still remember Krauthammer’s op-ed about how ‘a thousand points of light were muzzle flashes.’ That op-ed is among my papers somewhere.

    A Krauthammer anti-gun op-ed.

    So sorry, no vote for Krauthammer over here. The slogan is cool, I admit, but no vote here.

13. henry butler
    March 7th, 2010 @ 10:34 pm

    Thank you Number Seven…I needed to be reminded of his anti-southern screed…just goes to show you can’t find total agreement with anybody anymore…as a great grandson of four southern soldiers who did not go to war to defend slavery, I’m going out to raise the “american swastika” and find another hero…

14. Monty
    March 7th, 2010 @ 10:36 pm

    Drop the Hammer. I’m down.

15. StuckinKansas
    March 7th, 2010 @ 10:38 pm

    Look up his healthcare reform plan. Brilliant and concise.

16. Monty
    March 7th, 2010 @ 10:39 pm

    I would give my left arm to watch a Krauthammer/Obama debate.

17. Janet
    March 7th, 2010 @ 11:00 pm

    I would vote for a Krauthammer/Thomas Sowell ticket.

18. Porkopolis
    March 7th, 2010 @ 11:01 pm

    One of Krauthammer best piece is ‘Morally Unserious in the Extreme’ on his declining Obama’s inventation to attend the signing ceremony for the new stem cell policy (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/03/using_embryoswithout_limit.html):

    “…I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a human embryo is the moral equivalent of a hangnail and deserves no more respect than an appendix…

    …That part of the ceremony, watched from the safe distance of my office, made me uneasy. The other part — the ostentatious issuance of a memorandum on “restoring scientific integrity to government decision-making” — would have made me walk out…”

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20. Gregg the Obscure
    March 7th, 2010 @ 11:05 pm

    I’d hope for someone vastly more conservative, but Krauthammer is probably the best that is realistic to hope for.

21. Robert Stacy McCain
    March 7th, 2010 @ 11:26 pm

    I wish to thank Old Rebel and others who have recalled Krauthammer’s errors. The anti-Southern prejudice pointed out by Buchanan is unfortunate, but everyone has their own prejudices — as I pointed out earlier today in reference to Marty Peretz.

    It so happens that the political conflicts of 2010 have united, as de facto allies, some who were not exactly friendly during the Bush years. Rather than brood over remembered grievances against those who are now on our side, I say it behooves us to focus on uniting in an effort to defeat the common foe.

    Must even a light-hearted post about a humorous T-shirt result in arguments among conservatives?

22. Robert Stacy McCain
    March 7th, 2010 @ 11:37 pm

    The other part — the ostentatious issuance of a memorandum on “restoring scientific integrity to government decision-making” — would have made me walk out

    To quote one of my favoirte Southern philosophers, “That there’s funny, I don’t care who you are!”

23. Emkay
    March 8th, 2010 @ 12:14 am

    Uhhh…was he born in Canada?

24. Fat Man
    March 8th, 2010 @ 12:41 am

    I don’t want to rain on your parade, and my respect for the Hammer is almost limitless, but I believe that I have heard him speak of his youth in Montreal. And while being Canadian is not disreputable, it is a disqualification for the highest office in the US.

25. Possum
    March 8th, 2010 @ 12:53 am

    I have tried to order K’Hammer tee shirts which I would like for myself and as gifts. The site won’t accept my order. My credit card is valid.
    There is no “contact us” on the site.
    Any advice? Thanks

26. skwiself
    March 8th, 2010 @ 1:07 am

    The problem with saying you’d vote for Pundit X is that Pundit X is, well, a pundit. If being able to win debates with wit and solid thinking translated into good presidential material and a successful presidency, Buckley (not Chris) would currently hold Ronald Reagan’s spot in the conservative constellation as the greatest President of the 20th century (instead of, or perhaps along with, the one he already occupies).

    And if Krauthammer has anti-Southern prejudices, hell, so do I. The problem is that Krauthammer apparently believed or believes that “white trash” constitute some significant or relevant portion of the South’s population; they do not, nor are they exclusive to the South. Places below the Mason-Dixon line still get an unfair stigma attached to them thanks to the Civil War. Anything but the immediate and total rejection of the Confederacy and anything and everything it stood for isn’t politically acceptable in mainstream America. Except for states’ rights, and that opinion itself has been bludgeoned unfairly by associating it with the Confederacy.

    I agree entirely with what Krauthammer said regarding “yahoos”; only problem is, those “yahoos” exist largely only in some people’s (Krauthammer’s apparently included) minds.

27. chamblee54
    March 8th, 2010 @ 1:08 am

    Mr. K is a cheerleader for Israel.
    While most of our bought and paid for leadership serves this function, Mr. K brings a polysyllabic flair to the sidelines.

28. Thomass
    March 8th, 2010 @ 1:22 am

    I’m pretty sure the dude is not a natural born citizen (not an Obama joke, I think he was born Canadian)…. So, it won’t fly… which sucks as I’d donate a kidney to have him run against Obama next time around….

29. Edith
    March 8th, 2010 @ 1:22 am

    Yes, this is perfect. Please let this become more than just a T-shirt.

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31. LoboSolo
    March 8th, 2010 @ 2:10 am

    Over the years, I’ve agreed with Krauthammer more than I have disagreed with him.

    However, I just took Krauthammer to task over his inaccurate statements while criticizing Obama killing human space exploration beyond LEO (low earth orbit).

    http://lupussolusluna.blogspot.com/2010/03/open-letter-to-charles-krauthammer-re.html

32. Joshua
    March 8th, 2010 @ 3:05 am

    Fat Man: Although Krauthammer grew up in Montreal, he was born in New York, so he doesn’t have any citizenship issues that would prevent him from becoming president.

33. David Rickel
    March 8th, 2010 @ 3:37 am

    Wikipedia says he was born in New York (but raised in Montreal).

34. David Jay
    March 8th, 2010 @ 4:04 am

    Robert – I caught that as well! Nice insult:

    “SO BAD CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WOULD WALK OUT”

    When Krauthammer says something which with I disagree, I respect his view enough to go back and carefully review my assumptions.

35. Ellie Light
    March 8th, 2010 @ 4:39 am

    I’d vote for right after Obamao. What a wuss.

36. rosignol
    March 8th, 2010 @ 5:39 am

    Wikipedia says he was born in NYC and attended college in Montreal.

    Now, I doubt he wants the job (and is unlikely to win), but as near as I can tell, he’s eligible.

    And it is a funny t-shirt.

37. egoist
    March 8th, 2010 @ 5:48 am

    In a microsecond! Maybe Thomas Sowell or Walter Williams for Veep.

38. READ THE ORIGINAL COLUMN, OLD REBEL
    March 8th, 2010 @ 6:12 am

    Really? You’re basing your views of Krauthammer on what Patrick Buchanan wrote? GO READ THE ORIGINAL COLUMN, YOU LAZY, RIDICULOUS BASTARDS! It’s on-line at townhall-dot-com.

    “Read the whole thing,” as Sensei Glen says.

    The November 7, 2003 column was a take-down of Howard Dean’s “southern strategy.” It’s a fierce attack on Democratic condescension toward White Working Class Southerners. He even defends Southern White Womanhood from remarks by James Carville(!)

    In the column, Krauthammer rightly praised John Edwards for attacking Dean, writing, “All this proved a bit much for John Edwards, whose knowledge of the South is firsthand and not anthropological…”

    Krauthammer is a brilliant, sardonic commentator. Buchanan is a hump, a lout and even worse, an MSNBC commentator.

39. Terrye
    March 8th, 2010 @ 6:18 am

    I love the guy, but wasn’t he born in Canada?

40. Bob
    March 8th, 2010 @ 6:39 am

    I watch Charles regularly on Special Report and other Fox News shows. He consistently stands out as the smartest guy in the room. But ambition not intelligence is the stuff of which politicians are made, as much as the present White House occupant would like us to think otherwise. BTW – do you think Tom Delay would object to Charles using “The Hammer” as his nickname.

41. TheAbstractor
    March 8th, 2010 @ 7:24 am

    He once advocated a sliding scale gas tax: i.e. tax gas at the pump so that it’s always $3.50/gal or some arbitrary price, regardless of it’s actual market cost. Hardly a conservative/free-market stance.

42. rob sama
    March 8th, 2010 @ 8:25 am

    According to Wikipedia at least, Krauthammer was born in New York City. So that would make him a natural born American citizen, no?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer

43. Doug Johnson
    March 8th, 2010 @ 8:54 am

    Krauthammer would be a great choice.

44. Live Free Or Die
    March 8th, 2010 @ 9:05 am

    As a psychiatrist, shouldn’t he have been the one to write a book titled,’Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder’?
    Internationalist, elitist,Neo-conservative, pro-abortion,yet opposes the death penalty, despiser of ‘intelligent design’, advocate of ‘the Science! is settled on evolution’,supports embryonic stem cell research. The man has way too many political warts. I realize this post was classified as Humor, but the comments section turned serious.
    Clever T-shirts to win elections? ‘Yes We Can!’

45. Old Rebel
    March 8th, 2010 @ 10:09 am

    Frankly, I’m disappointed and a little repulsed at what I’m seeing here.

    Don’t think for a moment that Krauthammer’s digs at Obama make him a principled conservative champion. He isn’t — he’s another “Big-Government” conservative, cast from the same mold as David Brooks. All he’s doing is prodding Obama into providing even more support for the Neocon agenda Obama has embraced.

    Krauthammer supported the unconstitutional Patriot Act, which gave the Feds the authority to spy on American citizens.

    Who feels good about the Bush-Cheney power grabs in the hands of socialist Obama?

    Krauthammer is for amnesty for illegal aliens, as well as for endless wars we cannot afford.

    In short, he’s a Neocon. That’s the slick marketing term for Big-Government radicals.

    Bottom line: He’s the enemy.

46. Silvia A. Gonzalez
    March 8th, 2010 @ 12:15 pm

    I am ready to vote for Krauthammer & second Egoist on the Vice President: Thomas Sowell or
    Walter Williams.

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48. Bob
    March 8th, 2010 @ 4:23 pm

    Old Rebel, if even Krauthammer is the enemy, you’ve lost.

    And by branding him “the enemy,” no less, you’ve ensured that no matter my position relative to you two, I’ll take his side.

    Returning to the general carnival, I want the next election to be between Krauthammer/Sowell and O’Rourke/Barry.

49. Mountain Viewer
    March 8th, 2010 @ 4:44 pm

    Fat Man wrote “I have heard him speak of his youth in Montreal. And while being Canadian is not disreputable, it is a disqualification for the highest office in the US.”

    NO – Although Krauthammer was raised in Montreal, he was born in New York. at least according to Wikipedia.

50. ReNae
    March 9th, 2010 @ 12:18 am

    I’ll take Krauthammer with his positions on illegal aliens in order to get his other positions, including the Patriot Act. This is a seriously smart well read man who has firm (almost exclusively conservative Constitutionalist) convictions and can articulate them. Who else do you know that has the same qualifications

51. Old Rebel
    March 9th, 2010 @ 2:15 pm

    Bob wrote, “Old Rebel, if even Krauthammer is the enemy, you’ve lost.”

    Well, Bob, as I read the other comments, I’ve concluded you’re right.

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53. Matt Klaber
    June 26th, 2010 @ 5:24 pm

    Too bad that website RIPPED ME OFF…I had the idea FIRST:
    http://www.cafepress.com/Krauthammer

    Pisses me off…

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