Charles Krauthammer Tells Bill O’Reilly Sarah Palin Must Expand Policy Knowledge

Mediaite ^ | 12/14/10 | Glen Davis

[pissant]

Bill O’Reilly recently talked with frequent Fox News guest Charles Krauthammer to handicap potential GOP candidates’ chances in the 2012 presidential election. Krauthammer called Mitt Romney the front-runner” and said Mike Huckabee has established himself as a “major player”…but his most dissected comments will probably be his remarks on one Sarah Palin.

Krauthammer compared Palin’s problem to Hillary Clinton’s in the late 1990s – strong support from her core base, virulent opposition from most others. O’Reilly asked if the level of opposition to Palin is the media’s fault, and while Krauthammer said they’ve “contributed enormously” and that “the animus to her is unprecedented,” he also allowed that “she is not practiced in policy” and that the infamous Katie Couric interview was “not a ‘gotcha’ interview.” According to Krauthammer, Palin’s growth in mastering policy issues will shape her fate:

“I think if you want to expand your base, you have to get into policy even though it sounds dull.”

[BuckeyeTexan]

Yes, FB is a networking site. It isn’t a place to refine one’s ability to communicate policy positions in a mutable environment. See my post above for further details.

[onyx]

Yes, you’re right of course, and dear Charles is the embodiment of the ultimate Beltway snob. The trouble for Charles is that he would be immensely charmed by Sarah Palin and also converted to her side because she *is* truly smart. She just doesn’t “dell” (that ‘s deal) in $10 dollar words, which dominate Charles=speak.

[llandres]

“Jindal—couldn’t even build a sandbar to protect his state’s coastline from an oil spill. Oh, and he isn’t natural born either.”

To be fair here, have you heard any of his recent interviews about his book (that he wrote in large part out of anger over the disgraceful BHO treatment of the BP spill and his outrageous treatment of La. and Jindal while down there)? He outlines how he (BJ) had workers ready to start building the sand berms and BHO said they had to wait at least two weeks while he “got authorization” for them to begin??

As to your second statement - that hasn’t seemed to be a problem for the current occupier of the White House now, has it? In fact, it’d be very interesting were Jindal the candidate, to see just how the ‘Rats and lamestream media would treat THAT issue, since they’ve totally ignored it with BHO and so fiercely protected him.

[Niteflyr]

Well, you’re just wrong about facebook. It started out as a tool for kids, and a lot of them use it, but it is a social NETWORKING site and in 2008 Obama used it to rally his troops in an unconventional campaign that seemed to work out okay for him.

My first reaction to Twitter was what a dumb childish name...but when the only news coming out of an Iranian uprising was on Twitter I knew I had to get with the program. Some people need to mothball their rotary phone and try to catch up~

[onyx]

Well, Charles was a democrat for the majority of his life and Hillary went to Wellsley and Yale.

[Vendome]

In San Fransicko, maybe...

[Eska]

At least with Palin, you’d know she would do the right thing and you could trust her judgment to be sound & fair. Best Gov I ever saw up here. Minus 28 at 9 pm, cool for nx few days I hear; feed the wood stoves.

[JApost]

He’s really not that brilliant. He proclaimed in August 2009 that the townhall protests and the tea party would turn moderates/independents away from the gop and hurt them in the election. He defended the “science” behind global warming and the “scientists” spending hundreds of millions in grant money when the scandal broke in Nov 2009. He wrote a column saying Palin “should leave the room” regarding the healthcare debate, excoriated her over her “death panel” metaphor, then proceeded to plagiarize her “death panel” facebook note. Immediately after the 7-22-09 barry press conference, where obama said the Boston policeman acted stupidly and that doctors were greedily amputating feet so they could collect $30,000+ from insurance co.s, etc. Krauthammer gushed over and declared that obama was brilliant and masterful. He was so uninformed on the issues during the Biden-Palin 2008 debate, he was unaware that Biden made 18 different glaring errors. He sneered down his nose at those trying to save Terri Schiavo from a 13 day torture until dead from denial of water, he’s pro-abortion, I could go on and on.

[Clyde5445]

“He wrote a column saying Palin “should leave the room” regarding the healthcare debate, excoriated her over her “death panel” metaphor, then proceeded to plagiarize her “death panel” facebook note.”

Exactly.!!!!

[The Cajun]

Thank you for putting it all together.

Explains a lot and how much to trust his opinions.

[Just mythoughts]

Wonder did the ‘i am’ Krauthammer vote for McCain/Palin or the great policy wonks BamBamKennedy/Biden.

I remember as if it were yesterday the ‘almighty’ Krauthammer’s disdain of Sarah from day one. I pray she ignores him because he is not nearly as smart as he thinks he is.

[roses of sharon]

Sarah sounds so much better informed on Facebook and in her books than in person?

It could be just a strength she has...I remember when she was picked by McCain an AK newpaper editor was doing an interview and said she was the first Gov of AK to sit down to editorial board meetings without aides or lawyers.

And I don't recall oil company negotiators running from the room with their hair on fire saying "this woman is stupid".

So maybe like all candidates she has strengths in some areas and weaknesses in others?

Anyway....if she runs, the competition will be exciting, and she will relish it...Kraut and friends are just doing their jobs.

Trying to strangle her in her crib.

[onyx]

At least with Palin, you’d know she would do the right thing and you could trust her judgment to be sound & fair. Best Gov I ever saw up here. Minus 28 at 9 pm, cool for nx few days I hear; feed the wood stoves.

Best Governor! Yep! She'll make us a great President, too.

Yikes, I just shivered when I read "minus 28" !!!!

I am cold and complaining: 33 degrees....lol.

[JApost]

Bullsh*t. He and o’reilly are playing their little pernicious, practiced game to keep the viewers thinking Palin isn’t doing anything to advance her knowledge base or hasn’t done anything to further her knowledge. They specifically know that she’s written on and discussed a myriad of policy issues during the last two plus years, but their objective is to freeze the viewer/voters’ impression of Palin at September 2008. They’re using their voice/position of authority as fox “news” anchors and analysts to dishonestly and perniciously cause viewers/voters to think Palin is uninformed and is not studying up on the issues compared to their favored candidates. And fwiw, krauthammer despises huckabee.

[SoConPubbie]

I researched your page & failed to find anything noting Sarah’s endorsement of John McCain.......

Of course you did.

I haven't updated that page since somewhere in prior to the end of the primary season of 2008.

[onyx]

“He wrote a column saying Palin “should leave the room” regarding the healthcare debate, excoriated her over her “death panel” metaphor, then proceeded to plagiarize her “death panel” facebook note.”

Thanks very much for the reminder.

Sarah Palin changed the national opinion on obamacare with her three words: "obama's death panels."

Now, they're admitting she was right.

[onyx]

Her degree is in journalism. She writes very well.
Her first media job was a sports caster on TV.
Sarah haters are never looking for legitimate answers, but you already know that.

[SoConPubbie]

I know that all of the Palin lovers are not going to take anything that Krauthammer says seriously. If you want to see Palin become the GOP’s candidate for POTUS, you better hope that she takes Krauthammer seriously. Perception is reality when it comes to persuading voters to vote for someone. The perception is that Palin is unprepared to be POTUS among the majority of independents and Republicans. That is a fact. There are not enough Palin supporters for her to win. There is still time for her to change people's views of her, but she has to prove to the independents and her own party that she is prepared to be POTUS.

You need to read post #'s 228 and 229 for a lesson in reality and objectivity.

Your post is lacking in both.

[SuziQ]

“I think if you want to expand your base, you have to get into policy even though it sounds dull.”

I guess Charles isn't one of Sarah's Facebook friends. She's been making policy and issue statements all year via the social network, not to mention her Op-Eds in the WSJ, and other conservative mags. I'm sure there are plenty of things she could learn, and she seems like a person who does just that, when the need arises.

The most important thing about a President, though is not that the person be the uniformly most educated person, but someone with the good judgment to know who would be the best people from whom to get advice about issues.

[SoConPubbie]

To be fair here, have you heard any of his recent interviews about his book (that he wrote in large part out of anger over the disgraceful BHO treatment of the BP spill and his outrageous treatment of La. and Jindal while down there)? He outlines how he (BJ) had workers ready to start building the sand berms and BHO said they had to wait at least two weeks while he “got authorization” for them to begin??

A real leader would have just gone ahead and done the right thing, damn the consequences.

All his behavior in this situation did was cement the idea in many people's heads that he was not ready to lead.

All hat and no cattle, so to speak.