Dr. Charles Krauthammer is a Great American who has not only overcome extreme physical disability but who is also intellectually brilliant, a Pulitzer Prize winner, a frequent contributor to Fox News, and who writes weekly for the Washington Post. He is seasoned, articulate, careful in analysis, and his insights command deep respect.
Dr. Krauthammer spoke recently about Barack Obama and Administation. Here is a summary of his comments…
1. Mr. Obama is a very intellectual, charming individual.
He is not to be underestimated. He is a cool customer who doesn’t show his
emotions. It’s very hard to know what’s behind the mask. Taking down
the Clinton dynasty from a political neophyte was an amazing
accomplishment. The Clintons still do not understand what hit them. Obama was in the perfect place at the perfect time.
2. Obama has political skills comparable to Reagan and
Clinton. He has a way of making you think he’s on your side, agreeing with
your position, while doing the opposite. Pay No Attention To What He Says;
Rather……,WATCH WHAT HE DOES!
3. Obama has a ruthless quest for power. He did not come to
Washington to make something out of himself, but rather to change
everything, including dismantling capitalism. He can’t be
straightforward on his ambitions, as the public would not go along. He has a heavy hand, and wants to level the playing field with income redistribution and punishment to the achievers of society. He would like to
model the USA to Great Britain or Canada .
4. His three main goals are to control ENERGY, PUBLIC
EDUCATION, AND NATIONAL HEALTH CARE by the Federal government. He doesn’t care about the auto or financial services industries, but got them as an early bonus. The cap and trade will add costs to everything and stifle growth. Paying for FREE college education is his goal. Most scary is his healthcare program, because if you make it FREE and add
46,000,000 people to a Medicare-type single-payer system, the costs
will go through the roof. The only way to control costs is with massive
RATIONING of services, like in Canada . God forbid.
5. He has surrounded himself with mostly far-left academic
types. No one around him has ever even run a candy store. But they
are going to try and run the auto, financial, banking and other
industries. This obviously can’t work in the long run. Obama is not a
socialist; rather he’s a far-left secular progressive bent on nothing short
of revolution. He ran as a moderate, but will govern from the hard left.
Again, watch what he does, not what he says.
6. Obama doesn’t really see himself as President of the
United States , but more as a ruler over the world. He sees himself above
it all, trying to orchestrate and coordinate various countries and their
agendas. He sees moral equivalency in all cultures. His apology tour in
Germany and England was a prime example of how he sees America, as an
imperialist nation that has been arrogant, rather than a great noble
nation that has at times made errors. This is the first President ever
who has chastised our allies and appeased our enemies!
7. He is now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill
(and pain) will not come due until after he is re-elected in 2012. He
would like to blame all problems on Bush from the past, and hopefully
his successor in the future. He has a huge ego, and Mr. Krauthammer believes he is a narcissist.
8. Republicans are in the wilderness for a while, but will emerge
strong. We’re pining for another Reagan, but there will never be
another like him. Krauthammer believes Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and
Bobby Jindahl (except for his terrible speech in February) are the
future of the party. Newt Gingrich is brilliant, but has
baggage. Sarah Palin is sincere and intelligent, but needs to really be
seriously boning up on facts and info if she is to be a serious
candidate in the future. We need to return to the party of lower taxes,
smaller government, personal responsibility, strong national defense, and state’s rights.
9. The current level of spending is irresponsible and
outrageous. We are spending trillions that we don’t have. This could lead tohyper-inflation, depression or worse. No country has ever
spent themselves into prosperity. The media is giving Obama, Reid
and Pelosi a pass because they love their agenda. But eventually the
bill will come due and people will realize the huge bail outs didn’t work, nor will the stimulus package. These were trillion-dollar payoffs to Obama’s allies, unions and the Congress to placate the left, so he can get support for #4 above.
10. The election was over in mid-September when Lehman
brothers failed, fear and panic swept in, we had an unpopular President, and the war was grinding on indefinitely without a clear outcome. The people are in pain, and the mantra of change caused people to act
emotionally. Any Dem would have won this election; it was surprising it was as close as it was.
11. In 2012, if the unemployment rate is over 10%, Republicans will be
swept back into power. If it’s under 8%, the Dems continue to roll. If
it’s between 8-10%, it will be a dogfight. It will all be about the
economy. I hope this gets you really thinking about what’s happening in Washington and Congress. There is a left-wing revolution going on, according to Krauthammer, and he encourages us to keep the
faith and join the loyal resistance. The work will be hard, but we’re
right on most issues and can reclaim our country, before it’s far
too late.
Do yourself a long term favor, send this to all who will listen to an
intelligent assessment of the big picture. All our futures and children’s futures depend on our good understanding of what is really going on in DC!!!! And our action pursuant to that understanding!!!
It Really Is Up To Each Of Us To Take Individual Action!!! If You Are Not OutRaged About The State Of Our Country’s Present Government,….You Are Not Paying Attention!
Start With Educating Your Friends And Neighbors!!!
I am not econ-smart but doesn’t this mean interest rates will go way up? I thought this is what happened under Carter?