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The wisdom of Charles Krauthammer
Fox News ^ | June 22 2018 | Steve Kurtz

Posted on 06/22/2018 3:08:24 AM PDT by knighthawk

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AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM

“America is the only country ever founded on an idea. The only country that is not founded on race or even common history. It's founded on an idea and the idea is liberty. That is probably the rarest phenomena in the political history of the world; this has never happened before. And not only has it happened, but it's worked. We are the most flourishing, the most powerful, most influential country on Earth with this system, invented by the greatest political geniuses probably in human history.”

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Rest in Peace, he will be missed.
1 posted on 06/22/2018 3:08:24 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Beautiful words, indeed.

Now tell me: why is he gone and Peter Fonda is still around?

So sad.


2 posted on 06/22/2018 3:16:37 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: knighthawk

He was a great writer, BUT he was an AGNOSTIC at best! Everyone is making him into a saint.


3 posted on 06/22/2018 3:21:22 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: miss marmelstein

Or Jane Fonda, for that matter.

4 posted on 06/22/2018 3:22:07 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: knighthawk

The “wisdom of Charles Krauthammer”?

After Obama was elected, and before his inauguration, CK said he didn’t know what kind of president he would be. WE knew what kind of president he would be. How could he not know?


5 posted on 06/22/2018 3:27:20 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: Ann Archy

Read the article.


6 posted on 06/22/2018 3:34:53 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Agreed. BTT


7 posted on 06/22/2018 3:35:23 AM PDT by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
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To: knighthawk

Krauthammer started as a Marxocrat speechwriter for the odious Walter Mondale, then became a neocon warmonger shill advocating for every leftwing RINO position from anti-gun to pro-abortion to pro-illegal alien invasion to Hussein apologist to Tea Party hating to Never Trumper, with an unbroken record of always being on the wrong side of any position that the conservatives or traditionalists wanted to pursue. The guy was a false face Marxocrat plant in the Republican camp, like his bestest buddy George Will.

It is beyond ridiculous to see how the supposedly conservative people on this site trot out every stupid trope praising this guy to see who can post the most egregious hagiography for good ‘ol Krauthammer.


8 posted on 06/22/2018 3:43:03 AM PDT by DrPretorius
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To: DrPretorius

Tell us how you really think, lol!


9 posted on 06/22/2018 3:46:17 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: DrPretorius
I thought the guy was very smart, and I loved his very logical/rational approach to his political discussions.

But you are right: He espoused a lot of viewpoints that were completely at odds with my own political philosophy, and in some cases were downright repulsive.

10 posted on 06/22/2018 3:46:18 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: DrPretorius

P.S. — As I’ve said before ... If Charles Krauthammer was the worst political adversary in the U.S., this would be a great country indeed.


11 posted on 06/22/2018 3:47:08 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: DrPretorius

Ahh, the refreshing truth.


12 posted on 06/22/2018 3:49:17 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Alex Jones isnÂ’t quite the wing nut now, all things considered.)
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To: DrPretorius
Agree with some of what you said. I didn't always agree with Charles Krauthammer and often found myself vehemently disagreeing with his conclusions.

He did make me think though, often his column made me refine more thoroughly my own positions and become better at defending them.

Didn't agree with him at times and yet I respected his approach in how he debated. That's not a statement I can say very often about so many in the "media."

13 posted on 06/22/2018 3:51:23 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: miss marmelstein
"Now tell me: why is he gone and Peter Fonda is still around?'

________________

Good question.

14 posted on 06/22/2018 3:53:25 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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To: DrPretorius
Imagine a convocation of saints posting on an internet forum and picking over the details of your life.
15 posted on 06/22/2018 3:54:46 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: miss marmelstein; DrPretorius
Tell us how you really think, lol!

I dunno, lots of grey area in that post, lots of room for reading between the lines, supposition and assumption.

I look forward to a follow-up post clarifying his position.

(KIDDING!!)

16 posted on 06/22/2018 3:54:59 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: DrPretorius

I prayed for Krauthammer all night long and today I’ll be praying for him all day and all of the night.


17 posted on 06/22/2018 4:06:18 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Ann Archy
He was a great writer, BUT he was an AGNOSTIC at best!

I saw him once quoted as having said something along the lines of atheism being an illogical point of view..a position that I strongly agree with.I have much less of a problem with those who'll at least acknowledge the possibility that God exists (agnostics) than with those who absolutely reject that possibility.

18 posted on 06/22/2018 4:07:42 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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To: Gay State Conservative

If you are TRULY smart, you will KNOW that GOD Exists!!


19 posted on 06/22/2018 4:09:45 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: DrPretorius

Thanks for your fine post. I didn’t know most of what you said in your post. Can’t know everything.

I watched Bill O’Reilly a few times and K said Trump would not win the nomination. Now that you tell me K was in league with that slimy George Will as a kiss-up to the Swamp Elite it all comes clear.

My semi serious satirical mantra: Thou Shalt Not Speak Ill of Donald Trump.


20 posted on 06/22/2018 4:12:26 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End non-citizen voting ,vote fraud & leftist media news censorship or "we're finished.)
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