http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/krauthammer/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:30:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051162/posts In a stunning upset, Barack Obama this week won the Iraq primary. When Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki not once but several times expressed support for a U.S. troop withdrawal on a timetable that accorded roughly with Obama's 16-month proposal, he not only legitimized the plan. He relieved Obama of a major political liability by blunting the charge that, in order to appease the MoveOn left, Obama was willing to jeopardize the astonishing success of the surge and risk losing a war that is finally being won. Maliki's endorsement left the McCain campaign and the Bush administration deeply discomfited. They underestimated... Town Hall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051162/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:30:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049947/posts We've come to expect incisive and articulate analysis from Charles Krauthammer, but he still never ceases to amaze me. In this segment of the Fox News All Stars on Special Report, Krauthammer lays out the democratic understanding of the world: everything from terrorism, the weak dollar, the mortgage crisis, global warming (or is it "climate change" now?), is the fault of the Bush administration. That is, of course, everything but the good news coming out of Iraq. That just happened by chance. Please pay special attention at 1:03 into the clip as you get a glimpse of the other guests... Primetime Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049947/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:35:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047465/posts A political messiah, who — unlike Reagan and Kennedy — needn't bother to do anything. Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast — a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins — would be a picturesque way to bolster his foreign-policy credentials. --snip--After all, in the words of his own slogan, “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for,” which, translating the royal “we,” means: “I am the one we’ve been waiting for.” Amazingly, he had a quasi-presidential seal with its own Latin inscription affixed to his... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047465/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:31:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047396/posts Obama is a three-year senator without a single important legislative achievement to his name, a former Illinois state senator who voted "present" nearly 130 times. As president of the Harvard Law Review, as law professor and as legislator, has he ever produced a single notable piece of scholarship? Written a single memorable article? His most memorable work is a biography of his favorite subject: himself. It is a subject upon which he can dilate effortlessly. In his victory speech upon winning the nomination, Obama declared it a great turning point in history -- "generations from now we will be able... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047396/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:33:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047319/posts Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast -- a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins -- would be a picturesque way to bolster his foreign policy credentials. What Obama does not seem to understand is that the Brandenburg Gate is something you earn. President Ronald Reagan earned the right to speak there because his relentless pressure had brought the Soviet empire to its knees and he was demanding its final "tear down this wall" liquidation. When President John F. Kennedy visited the Brandenburg Gate on the... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047319/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:30:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047243/posts Obama is a three-year senator without a single important legislative achievement to his name, a former Illinois state senator who voted "present" nearly 130 times. As president of the Harvard Law Review, as law professor and as legislator, has he ever produced a single notable piece of scholarship? Written a single memorable article? His most memorable work is a biography of his favorite subject: himself. It is a subject upon which he can dilate effortlessly. In his victory speech upon winning the nomination, Obama declared it a great turning point in history — "generations from now we will be able... Investors' Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047243/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:06:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044166/posts The great danger in offering unqualified praise to another person is they could turn around, do / say something really stupid, and make you doubt your original judgment. That’s why the greatest praise for public officials comes when they are safely dead. From that position, they are unlikely to offer any new, public embarrassment. Still, it’s important to climb out on a limb from time to time. There are three people whose bylines I always follow. I have never ceased to be impressed by any column I’ve read from any of these three gentlemen (in alphabetical order): Charles Krauthammer, Thomas... Special to FreeRepublic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044166/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:22:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044285/posts It's Not Easy Being Hard Ingrid Betancourt's liberation is yet another vindication of much-reviled hard power. July 11, 2008 By Charles Krauthammer On the day the Colombian military freed Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other long-held hostages, the Italian parliament passed yet another resolution demanding her release. Europe had long ago adopted this French-Colombian politician as a cause celebre. France had made her an honorary citizen of Paris, passed numerous resolutions, and held many vigils. Unfortunately, karma does not easily cross the Atlantic. Betancourt languished for six years in cruel captivity until freed by a brilliant operation conducted by the Colombian... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044285/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:22:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044110/posts On the day the Colombian military freed Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other long-held hostages, the Italian Parliament passed yet another resolution demanding her release. Europe had long ago adopted this French-Colombian politician as a cause célèbre. France had made her an honorary citizen of Paris, passed numerous resolutions and held many vigils. Unfortunately, karma does not easily cross the Atlantic. Betancourt languished for six years in cruel captivity until freed by a brilliant operation conducted by the Colombian military, intelligence agencies and special forces - an operation so well executed that the captors were overpowered without a shot being fired.... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044110/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:16:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043828/posts On the day the Colombian military freed Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other long-held hostages, the Italian Parliament passed yet another resolution demanding her release. Europe had long ago adopted this French-Colombian politician as a cause celebre. France had made her an honorary citizen of Paris, passed numerous resolutions and held many vigils... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043828/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:39:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041019/posts You'll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. Again. During the primary campaign, he rarely did, explaining that he'd worn one after 9/11 but then stopped because it "became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism." So why is he back to sporting pseudo-patriotism on his chest? Need you ask? The primaries are over. While seducing the hard-core MoveOn Democrats who delivered him the caucuses -- hence, the Democratic nomination -- Mr. Obama not only disdained the pin. He disparaged it. Now that he's running in a general election against John McCain, and in dire need of the... The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041019/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:34:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040673/posts You'll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. Again. During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he'd worn one after 9/11 but then stopped because it "became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism." So why is he back to sporting pseudo-patriotism on his chest? Need you ask? The primaries are over. While seducing the hard-core MoveOn Democrats that delivered him the caucuses — hence, the Democratic nomination — Obama not only disdained the pin. He disparaged it. Now that he's running in a general election against John McCain, and in dire need of the gun-and-God-clinging... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040673/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:41:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038028/posts <p>"To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies."</p> <p>THAT WAS THEN: Democratic primaries to be won, netroot lefties to be seduced. With all that (and Hillary Clinton) out of the way, Obama now says he'll vote in favor of the new FISA bill that gives the telecom companies blanket immunity for post-9/11 eavesdropping.</p> Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038028/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:27:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037079/posts "To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies." —Obama spokesman Bill Burton, Oct. 24, 2007 That was then: Democratic primaries to be won, netroot lefties to be seduced. With all that (and Hillary Clinton) out of the way, Obama now says he'll vote in favor of the new FISA bill that gives the telecom companies blanket immunity for post-9/11 eavesdropping. Back then, in the yesteryear of primary season, he thoroughly trashed the North American Free Trade Agreement, pledging to force a renegotiation, take "the hammer" to Canada and Mexico, and... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037079/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:58:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2034205/posts <p>Gas is $4 a gallon. Oil is $135 a barrel and rising. We import 2/3 of our oil, sending hundreds of billions of dollars to the likes of Russia, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. And yet we voluntarily prohibit ourselves from even exploring huge domestic reserves of petroleum and natural gas.</p> Townhall via Carpe Diem http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2034205/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:05:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034198/posts Gas is $4 a gallon. Oil is $135 a barrel and rising. We import two-thirds of our oil, sending hundreds of billions of dollars to the likes of Russia, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. And yet we voluntarily prohibit ourselves from even exploring huge domestic reserves of petroleum and natural gas. At a time when U.S. crude-oil production has fallen 40 percent in the last 25 years, 75 billion barrels of oil have been declared off-limits, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That would be enough to replace every barrel of non-North American imports (oil trade with Canada and Mexico... The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034198/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:21:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033830/posts <p>Gas is $4 a gallon. Oil is $135 a barrel and rising. We import two-thirds of our oil, sending hundreds of billions of dollars to the likes of Russia, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. And yet we voluntarily prohibit ourselves from even exploring huge domestic reserves of petroleum and natural gas.</p> townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033830/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:18:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033660/posts Gas is $4 a gallon. Oil is $135 a barrel and rising. We import two-thirds of our oil, sending hundreds of billions of dollars to the likes of Russia, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. And yet we voluntarily prohibit ourselves from even exploring huge domestic reserves of petroleum and natural gas. At a time when U.S. crude oil production has fallen 40% in the last 25 years, 75 billion barrels of oil have been declared off-limits, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That would be enough to replace every barrel of non-North American imports (oil trade with Canada and Mexico... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033660/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:24:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030809/posts <p>In his St. Paul victory speech, Barack Obama pledged again to pull out of Iraq. Rather than "continue a policy in Iraq that asks everything of our brave men and women in uniform and nothing of Iraqi politicians. ... It's time for Iraqis to take responsibility for their future."</p> nydailynews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030809/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:11:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030572/posts WASHINGTON -- In his St. Paul victory speech, Barack Obama pledged again to pull out of Iraq. Rather than "continue a policy in Iraq that asks everything of our brave men and women in uniform and nothing of Iraqi politicians. ... It's time for Iraqis to take responsibility for their future." We know Obama hasn't been to Iraq in more than two years, but does he not read the papers? Does he not know anything about developments on the ground? Here is the "nothing" that Iraqis have been doing in the last few months: 1. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki sent... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030572/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:29:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030402/posts The disconnect between what Democrats are saying about Iraq and what is actually happening there has reached grotesque proportions. Democrats won an exhilarating electoral victory in 2006 pledging withdrawal at a time when conditions in Iraq were dire and we were indeed losing the war. Two years later, when everything is changed, they continue to reflexively repeat their "narrative of defeat and retreat" (as Joe Lieberman so memorably called it) as if nothing has changed. It is a position so utterly untenable that John McCain must seize the opportunity and, contrary to conventional wisdom, make the Iraq War the central... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030402/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:54:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030465/posts In his St. Paul victory speech, Barack Obama pledged again to pull out of Iraq. Rather than "continue a policy in Iraq that asks everything of our brave men and women in uniform and nothing of Iraqi politicians, . . . [i]t's time for Iraqis to take responsibility for their future." We know Obama hasn't been to Iraq in more than two years, but does he not read the papers? Does he not know anything about developments on the ground? Here is the "nothing" that Iraqis have been doing in the past few months: ...The choice could not be more... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030465/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:24:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030367/posts If only John McCain could use surrogates instead of having to debate Barack Obama in person. The other day in Toronto, McCain's team, his foreign-policy adviser Niall Ferguson and conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, crushed the Obama squad - Samantha Power, who had to step down from his campaign after calling Hillary Clinton "a monster," and Richard Holbrooke, who was Bill Clinton's UN ambassador. Before the debate, only 21 percent of the audience agreed with the motion that "the world is a safer place with a Republican in the White House." Two hours later, the mostly liberal, anti-George Bush crowd had... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030367/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:06:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027554/posts <p>WASHINGTON -- So now we know: The price point is $4.</p> <p>At $3 a gallon, Americans just grin and bear it, suck it up, and, while complaining profusely, keep driving like crazy. At $4, it is a world transformed. Americans become rational creatures. Mass transit ridership is at a 50-year high. Driving is down 4 percent. (Any U.S. decline is something close to a miracle.) Hybrids and compacts are flying off the lots. SUV sales are in free fall.</p> Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027554/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 14:02:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026949/posts <p>At $3 a gallon, Americans just grin and bear it, suck it up, and, while complaining profusely, keep driving like crazy. At $4, it is a world transformed. Americans become rational creatures. Mass transit ridership is at a 50-year high. Driving is down 4 percent. (Any U.S. decline is something close to a miracle.) Hybrids and compacts are flying off the lots. SUV sales are in free fall.</p> Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026949/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:56:21 GMT