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Krauthammer for President?

Posted on | March 7, 2010 | 101 Comments

Bloggers aren’t supposed to call attention to their advertisements (i.e., gaming the click-throughs) but the AdSense rotation just featured an ad for a product clever enough to be legitimately newsworthy: 

OK, who wants to organize the “Draft Krauthammer Committee”? Even those who don’t agree with Krauthammer must admit he crafts sentences with brutal conciseness:

Late last year, Democrats were marveling at how close they were to historic health-care reform, noting how much agreement had been achieved among so many factions. The only remaining detail was how to pay for it.
Well, yes. That has generally been the problem with democratic governance: cost. The disagreeable absence of a free lunch.

Drop the Hammer 2012!

Update: Instalanche!

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101 Responses to “Krauthammer for President?”

  1. chamblee54
    March 8th, 2010 @ 6:08 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Thomass
    March 8th, 2010 @ 6:22 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….

  4. Edith
    March 8th, 2010 @ 6:22 am

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

  5. 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….

  6. 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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  8. LoboSolo
    March 8th, 2010 @ 7:10 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

  9. 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

  10. Joshua
    March 8th, 2010 @ 8:05 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.

  11. 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.

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

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

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

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

  14. David Jay
    March 8th, 2010 @ 9:04 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.

  15. 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.

  16. Ellie Light
    March 8th, 2010 @ 9:39 am

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

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

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

  18. rosignol
    March 8th, 2010 @ 10:39 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.

  19. 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.

  20. egoist
    March 8th, 2010 @ 10:48 am

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

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

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

  22. READ THE ORIGINAL COLUMN, OLD
    March 8th, 2010 @ 11:12 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.

  23. 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.

  24. Terrye
    March 8th, 2010 @ 11:18 am

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

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

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

  26. Bob
    March 8th, 2010 @ 11:39 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.

  27. 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.

  28. TheAbstractor
    March 8th, 2010 @ 12:24 pm

    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.

  29. 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.

  30. rob sama
    March 8th, 2010 @ 1:25 pm

    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

  31. 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

  32. Doug Johnson
    March 8th, 2010 @ 1:54 pm

    Krauthammer would be a great choice.

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

    Krauthammer would be a great choice.

  34. Live Free Or Die
    March 8th, 2010 @ 2:05 pm

    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!’

  35. 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!’

  36. Old Rebel
    March 8th, 2010 @ 3:09 pm

    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.

  37. 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.

  38. 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.

  39. Silvia A. Gonzalez
    March 8th, 2010 @ 5:15 pm

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

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  41. Bob
    March 8th, 2010 @ 9:23 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.

  42. 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.

  43. Mountain Viewer
    March 8th, 2010 @ 9:44 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.

  44. 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.

  45. ReNae
    March 9th, 2010 @ 5:18 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

  46. 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

  47. Old Rebel
    March 9th, 2010 @ 7:15 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.

  48. 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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  50. Matt Klaber
    June 26th, 2010 @ 9:24 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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