Posted on 01/17/2012 7:18:52 PM PST by TBBT
Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer sat down with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly and opined that Newt Gingrich won last night’s debate — in fact, he “won big.” Krauthammer criticized Mitt Romney‘s mediocre debate performance and was incredulous at how the former Massachusetts Governor wasn’t prepared for a question on his tax returns. “How could he not have prepared a nice short succinct humane answer about what he did at Bain?” Krauthammer perplexedly exclaimed. “He didn’t really have that — he kind of stumbled around.”
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O’Reilly wondered why Romney was apprehensive to explain his capital gains tax policies. “I don’t know what they are afraid of, I think they are intimidated by the press,” O’Reilly observed quizzically. “I really think the press intimidates Romney and some of the others.”
“I don’t know if it’s the press,” Krauthammer replied. “But he simply doesn’t have the capacity to explain with some color and sort of force conservative ideas. He is a businessman. he, you know, he looks like he is chairing a meeting of the board….Why didn’t he say in the debate last night: Look, when the Democrats, the ones who supposedly are the ones who are the champion of the Middle Class or Working Class took control of GM and Chrysler, hundreds, thousands of people lost their jobs, dealerships were shut down, the Pontiac and other lines were shut down. You have to do it to save the company to enable it to survive and then to grow it as it is now beginning to grow and restore the jobs.”
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Romney simply doesn’t have any conservative ideas.
The Kraut in cya mode.
No kidding.
Romney is no conservative. Never was. Romney is the anti-TeaParty candidate.
Ronald Reagan had a word for people like Willard. He called them “Democrat.”
Well color me awestruck this douche has been carrying Mittster’s bags for months and NOW he says the guy can’t articulate?
I would have been less surprised if he had grown a 3rd ear out of his forehead.
It looks like he’s waking up to the fact that he can no longer convince the general public that Romney is a good debater, so he went into CYA mode.
Romney is a respectable RAT candidate under normal circumstances.
Its important for South Carolina to realize Romney is running for his ego and legacy and not to restore the republic and articulate conservative values.
Krauthammer better watch out. He will find himself supporting the same person Sarah Palin supports. How embarrassing for him.
you can’t explain something you don’t believe in.
Romney is NOT a conservative, the best he can do steal lines from real conservatives and add them to his canned responses to every question.
Conservative ideas and RINOmney are an oxymoron.
He can’t explain them because he ain’t one.
I would feel better is Krauthammer would say someting like, “I don’t know what I was thinking..Romney is a flaming lib!”
Make no mistake about it. Romney’s job is to show the Republican party that there can be victories WITHOUT the support of the Tea Party.
It’s up to us to prove him wrong.
DUH... that is because he is NOT CONSERVATIVE
10 Begin
20 Print “Romney is a vapid dork.”
30 Go to 10
Yup, shoulda been “go to 20”.
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