Oh, puhleeeze. I have heard him speak in person and he knows his audience. He throws the red meat just as much, just not as loudly probably due to physical reasons. But he was a long time commentator on FOX. I wish condolences to his family and friends, but this reverence as some great intellectual, no. He buried that long ago.
A man of great intellect and an interesting background. Here are some select quotations to discuss his “character:”
“The New York Times denounces America’s “dancing with dictators.” Guilty as charged. Dance we do. And without apology. With no more apology than Franklin Roosevelt offered when he reportedly said of Nicaragua’s Anastasio Somoza, “He may be a son of a bitch. But he’s our son of a bitch.” [Note: there is NO evidence that FDR ever said such a thing. It is possible that Cordell Hull did, but there is no direct attribution. He is trying to enlist FDR — the guy who went after Hitler before “America First” ever wanted to, remember — in the support of dictators. Fallacious at best, reprehensible at worst.]
“The trouble when people stop believing in God is not that they thereafter believe in nothing; it is that they thereafter believe in anything. In this century, ‘anything’ has included Hitler, Stalin and Mao, authors of the great genocidal madnesses of our time.” [So he is conflating a lack of belief in God with belief in totalitarian states. Wrong again, Charles.]
“Don’t touch my junk, you airport security goon—my package belongs to no one but me, and do you really think I’m a Nigerian nut job preparing for my 72-virgin orgy by blowing my johnson to kingdom come?” [Bravo for this one. Too bad he supported George W. Bush and his TSA.]
“Highfalutin moral principles are impossible guides to foreign policy. At worst, they reflect hypocrisy; at best, extreme naivete.” [In other words, morality is irrelevant to policy. Except when you don’t believe in God, of course.]
“Religion—invaluable in America’s founding, forming and flowering—deserves a place in the schools. Indeed, it had that place for almost 200 years. A healthy country would teach its children evolution—and the Ten Commandments.” [Thus missing the point entirely that the Ten Commandments are NOT part of a science curriculum, and that is exactly where the right-wing fundamentalists want it.]
“Unilateralism simply means that one does not allow oneself to be held hostage to the will of others.” [Um…collaboration, compromise, and partnership are not being “held hostage” in my world.]
“The most basic parental bond is maternal. Equal parenting is great—it has forced men to get off their duffs—but women, from breast to cradle to cuddle, can nurture in ways that men cannot.” Seriously? Men can’t cuddle? I have news for you, Krauthammer – men are every bit as able to nurture as women, even if not the same way. And I fed my younger daughter more often than my wife for various reasons. Didn’t seem to have harmed her any.]
“I’m not a global warming believer. I’m not a global warming denier. I’m a global warming agnostic who believes instinctively that it can’t be very good to pump lots of CO2 into the atmosphere but is equally convinced that those who presume to know exactly where that leads are talking through their hats.” [You’re a denier. You aren’t entitled to judge the validity of the science. Your arrogant assertions that no one can “presume to know exactly where that leads” makes as much sense as watching two locomotives on the same track heading at each other at 90 miles an hour and saying “no one knows exactly where that leads.” It’s grade-school physics. You were a psychiatrist. Theoretically you studied that.]
LOL! An omnipotent god needs “political wisdom”? And why would any of the inhabitants of your heaven? He’d have to be someplace else. And I suspect Satan wouldn’t be terribly interested either…
Dr. Krauthammer overcame major obstacles, won a Pulitzer Prize and was respected by many of all political persuasions. A man with so much class that he would NEVER label his critics as mindless jackasses.
One that stands out above all others is: ““The trouble when people stop believing in God is not that they thereafter believe in nothing; it is that they thereafter believe in anything.” The total opposite is true. Those “believers” in God will “believe” everything that Trump, television evangelists, and Faux News tell them. When you stop believing, you start thinking and start looking for reason and evidence, throwing out all belief as an inaccurate and fallible way of ascertaining truth.
Migrating parents are having their children ripped away from them at the border for the sin of desperation. The US is committing a sin of volition, lacking even ordinary logic or a philosophy of compassion, both of which are today in scarcer supply with the departure of Charles Krauthammer.
Darsan54 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Oh, puhleeeze. I have heard him speak in person and he knows his audience. He throws the red meat just as much, just not as loudly probably due to physical reasons. But he was a long time commentator on FOX. I wish condolences to his family and friends, but this reverence as some great intellectual, no. He buried that long ago.
Haukki almost 6 years ago
I’ m old enough to remember when his columns were actually worth reading, which should tell you how ancient I really am…
Radish the wordsmith almost 6 years ago
Another right wing twit who regretted that all their efforts put the monster named Trump into office.
martens almost 6 years ago
I didn’t agree with Charles Krauthammer, but I’d rather have someone like him on the other side of the political fence than the Trumpistas.
Teto85 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
And Chuckles had his hand on that jackhammer. Nothing of value was lost.
pamela welch Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Nicely done Mr Breen
Motivemagus almost 6 years ago
A man of great intellect and an interesting background. Here are some select quotations to discuss his “character:”
“The New York Times denounces America’s “dancing with dictators.” Guilty as charged. Dance we do. And without apology. With no more apology than Franklin Roosevelt offered when he reportedly said of Nicaragua’s Anastasio Somoza, “He may be a son of a bitch. But he’s our son of a bitch.” [Note: there is NO evidence that FDR ever said such a thing. It is possible that Cordell Hull did, but there is no direct attribution. He is trying to enlist FDR — the guy who went after Hitler before “America First” ever wanted to, remember — in the support of dictators. Fallacious at best, reprehensible at worst.]
“The trouble when people stop believing in God is not that they thereafter believe in nothing; it is that they thereafter believe in anything. In this century, ‘anything’ has included Hitler, Stalin and Mao, authors of the great genocidal madnesses of our time.” [So he is conflating a lack of belief in God with belief in totalitarian states. Wrong again, Charles.]
“Don’t touch my junk, you airport security goon—my package belongs to no one but me, and do you really think I’m a Nigerian nut job preparing for my 72-virgin orgy by blowing my johnson to kingdom come?” [Bravo for this one. Too bad he supported George W. Bush and his TSA.]
“Highfalutin moral principles are impossible guides to foreign policy. At worst, they reflect hypocrisy; at best, extreme naivete.” [In other words, morality is irrelevant to policy. Except when you don’t believe in God, of course.]
Motivemagus almost 6 years ago
But wait! There’s more!
“Religion—invaluable in America’s founding, forming and flowering—deserves a place in the schools. Indeed, it had that place for almost 200 years. A healthy country would teach its children evolution—and the Ten Commandments.” [Thus missing the point entirely that the Ten Commandments are NOT part of a science curriculum, and that is exactly where the right-wing fundamentalists want it.]
“Unilateralism simply means that one does not allow oneself to be held hostage to the will of others.” [Um…collaboration, compromise, and partnership are not being “held hostage” in my world.]
“The most basic parental bond is maternal. Equal parenting is great—it has forced men to get off their duffs—but women, from breast to cradle to cuddle, can nurture in ways that men cannot.” Seriously? Men can’t cuddle? I have news for you, Krauthammer – men are every bit as able to nurture as women, even if not the same way. And I fed my younger daughter more often than my wife for various reasons. Didn’t seem to have harmed her any.]
“I’m not a global warming believer. I’m not a global warming denier. I’m a global warming agnostic who believes instinctively that it can’t be very good to pump lots of CO2 into the atmosphere but is equally convinced that those who presume to know exactly where that leads are talking through their hats.” [You’re a denier. You aren’t entitled to judge the validity of the science. Your arrogant assertions that no one can “presume to know exactly where that leads” makes as much sense as watching two locomotives on the same track heading at each other at 90 miles an hour and saying “no one knows exactly where that leads.” It’s grade-school physics. You were a psychiatrist. Theoretically you studied that.]
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Charles Krauthammer was GREAT!! May his family find peace and may he be in Heaven giving his political wisdom.
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member almost 6 years ago
LOL! An omnipotent god needs “political wisdom”? And why would any of the inhabitants of your heaven? He’d have to be someplace else. And I suspect Satan wouldn’t be terribly interested either…
nz4m60 almost 6 years ago
There’s a difference! ?!Just another nasty, mean-spirited old guy on Fox. I’ll be glad when the whole nasty lot of them fade away.
Otis almost 6 years ago
Dr. Krauthammer overcame major obstacles, won a Pulitzer Prize and was respected by many of all political persuasions. A man with so much class that he would NEVER label his critics as mindless jackasses.
NeoconMan almost 6 years ago
The thing I always noticed when listening to Krauthammer on Faux is that he was always and invariably WRONG about everything.
NeoconMan almost 6 years ago
One that stands out above all others is: ““The trouble when people stop believing in God is not that they thereafter believe in nothing; it is that they thereafter believe in anything.” The total opposite is true. Those “believers” in God will “believe” everything that Trump, television evangelists, and Faux News tell them. When you stop believing, you start thinking and start looking for reason and evidence, throwing out all belief as an inaccurate and fallible way of ascertaining truth.
Mr. Blawt almost 6 years ago
Migrating parents are having their children ripped away from them at the border for the sin of desperation. The US is committing a sin of volition, lacking even ordinary logic or a philosophy of compassion, both of which are today in scarcer supply with the departure of Charles Krauthammer.