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Krauthammer: Obama a ´Fraud,´ ´Wizard of Oz´ — ´What He Preaches Doesn’t Work´
Daily Caller ^ | 5:42 PM 05/30/2013 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 05/30/2013 3:38:24 PM PDT by drewh

On Dennis Miller’s radio show on Thursday, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to what Miller called “the new normal” — lowered expectations for the American economy — calling President Barack Obama a “fraud” and comparing him to “a Wizard of Oz.”

“It is amazing, and there are two parts to that,” Krauthammer said. “The first is, ‘You didn’t build it.’ This is the ideology of, you know, ‘I built the roads, I gave you your grade school.’ And thus, if you invent the iPad, I did it, you didn’t — which is just preposterous. And the other part of this is that liberals measure success in their sort of compassion ratings by the number of people on food stamps, welfare. The larger the number, the more compassionate you are, whereas a conservative says the smaller the number, the more successful the society. This is kind of elementary, nine-year old stuff — it’s not complicated.”

This is the ideology that this wizard, and he is — he has sort of an hypnotic effect on at least the left in the country — has spun over the last four-and-a-half years,” Krauthammer said. “He came in as this sort of messianic guy who was going to reform everything. And his acolytes are so deeply invested in this theology of Obama that they can’t let it go even though, every day, the empirical evidence is that this guy is a fraud; he’s a Wizard of Oz; what he preaches doesn’t work, and it has very little effect. There may be a turn, I think: By the end of his second term, he will be debunked. But it’s taken a hell of a long time.”

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
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1 posted on 05/30/2013 3:38:24 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

AMEN!!


2 posted on 05/30/2013 3:44:35 PM PDT by RAY (God Bless the USA!)
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To: drewh

Obama as the Wizard? How about the other three characters rolled into one. He has no brain, heart or courage.


3 posted on 05/30/2013 3:44:42 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: drewh

>By the end of his second term, he will be debunked.<

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By then it will be too late because the damage done by him will be irreversible.

Kinda late of you “experts” to come up with this conclusion.


4 posted on 05/30/2013 3:44:43 PM PDT by 353FMG ( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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5 posted on 05/30/2013 3:46:22 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: drewh

I think the’s the Wizard of Ooz.


6 posted on 05/30/2013 3:47:01 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Funny thing happened on the way to the Constitution burning, Lefties rights were violated...)
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7 posted on 05/30/2013 3:49:12 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: drewh

Ooz, the fake and sorrowful...

8 posted on 05/30/2013 3:49:18 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Funny thing happened on the way to the Constitution burning, Lefties rights were violated...)
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To: 353FMG

The Washington crowd is just waking up to this relevation!


9 posted on 05/30/2013 3:50:05 PM PDT by drewh
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To: DoughtyOne

The good doctor was smitten with Zero in 08. Convenient for him to change his opinion.


10 posted on 05/30/2013 3:50:51 PM PDT by Galtoid ( .)
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To: DoughtyOne

The good doctor was smitten with Zero in 08. Convenient for him to change his opinion.


11 posted on 05/30/2013 3:50:52 PM PDT by Galtoid ( .)
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12 posted on 05/30/2013 3:53:17 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: RAY

Don’t look behind the curtain. There’s nothing there except a far-left community agitator.


13 posted on 05/30/2013 3:54:46 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished.)
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To: drewh

Nah, they’re all part of the MSM but some of these clowns are trying to make a name for themselves.

But when the SHTF, they’ll all be crowing: “See I told you so” and they all demand a Pulitzer Prize.


14 posted on 05/30/2013 3:54:56 PM PDT by 353FMG ( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: Galtoid
My thoughts as well. One of a numerous Johnny come lately to realville. Khammer is full of junk science.
15 posted on 05/30/2013 3:55:02 PM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: Galtoid

Anyone that didn’t see this guy coming a mile away, has a screw loose.


16 posted on 05/30/2013 3:57:17 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Funny thing happened on the way to the Constitution burning, Lefties rights were violated...)
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To: I Drive Too Fast

0bama is not the cowardly lion. John Boehner has that role.


17 posted on 05/30/2013 4:03:17 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: drewh

More like the head flying monkey.


18 posted on 05/30/2013 4:11:10 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: drewh
calling President Barack Obama a “fraud” and comparing him to “a Wizard of Oz.”

The perfect definition of and job description for a Community Organizer.

19 posted on 05/30/2013 4:31:34 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: drewh
I know who the flying monkey is.


20 posted on 05/30/2013 4:37:02 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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