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.
Update: Instalanche!
I’d vote for him!
I’d vote for him!
Best candidate that I have heard mentioned, would vote for him.
Best candidate that I have heard mentioned, would vote for him.
Krauthammer is a frikkin’ genius.
Krauthammer is a frikkin’ genius.
No. No. No. No. No. No.
No. No. No. No. No. No.
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 🙂
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 🙂
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).
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).
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].”
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].”
Drop the hammer in 2012, gotta love that!
Drop the hammer in 2012, gotta love that!
I’m in! Love me some Krauthammer!
I’m in! Love me some Krauthammer!
I’d vote for the shirt!
I’d vote for the shirt!
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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.
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.
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…
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…
Drop the Hammer. I’m down.
Drop the Hammer. I’m down.
Look up his healthcare reform plan. Brilliant and concise.
Look up his healthcare reform plan. Brilliant and concise.
I would give my left arm to watch a Krauthammer/Obama debate.
I would give my left arm to watch a Krauthammer/Obama debate.
I would vote for a Krauthammer/Thomas Sowell ticket.
I would vote for a Krauthammer/Thomas Sowell ticket.
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…”
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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I’d hope for someone vastly more conservative, but Krauthammer is probably the best that is realistic to hope for.
I’d hope for someone vastly more conservative, but Krauthammer is probably the best that is realistic to hope for.
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?
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?
To quote one of my favoirte Southern philosophers, “That there’s funny, I don’t care who you are!”
To quote one of my favoirte Southern philosophers, “That there’s funny, I don’t care who you are!”
Uhhh…was he born in Canada?
Uhhh…was he born in Canada?
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.