Joe Klein: Krauthammer Would Be More ‘Nuanced’ If He Weren’t In Wheelchair

FinkelBlog ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

We may have hit a new low in the category of tasteless, ignorant comments made by one pundit about another . . .

Politico has an article today about Charles Krauthammer rightly depicting him as an eminently articulate and influential conservative critic of Pres. Obama. Then comes this [emphasis added]:

“There’s something tragic about him too,” Klein said, referring to Krauthammer’s confinement to a wheelchair, the result of a diving accident during his first year of medical school. “His work would have a lot more nuance if he were able to see the situations he’s writing about.”

[lentulusgracchus]

The tragic thing about Joe Klein is his amoeboid IQ, which prevents him from learning anything from his previous monumental lapses of judgment and integrity. (Remember Primary Colors? Joe probably doesn't.)

[Skooz]

Pres. Bush was right all along: Disabled Dr. Charles Krauthammer on Stem Cell Research. For those who refuse to consider the moral implications of Embryonic Stem Cell research, and who believe in the fantasy rhetoric of the “stem cells will cure all ailments” crowd, Charles Krauthammer has just put you in your place. Krauthammer’s politics may stand on the right side of centre, but his bio makes him a source beyond reproach. A trained Medical Doctor, Krauthammer became a paraplegic in a diving accident while studying at Harvard Medical School, and after practicing for several years, went to work for the Carter administration in the late 1970s, and has been a writer ever since. Always an advocate for continued research on discarded embryos from fertility treatments, but queasy about the ethical implications of obtaining future embryos and the possible treatment options available from embryonic stem cells, he now believes the argument is essentially moot, now that new research has shown that therapeautic stem cells can be produced from a simple cheek swab – and he exposes the ugly alliance between money-hungry medical researchers and ugly political partisans who exploited the hopes of suffering people by purposely ignoring the truth:

http://flaggman.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/krauthammer-and-goldberg-on-stem-cell-research/

BUMP

[gridlock]

I told someone yesterday...I’d rather be a liberal trapped in a room of conservatives, than a conservative trapped in a room of liberals.

So you've been to my family's annual Thanksgiving get-together, I see...

[jeepers creepers]

When liburls say things like this they get applauded. When conservatives say something like this they get fired. Joe Klein is an irrelevant libtard.

[Sacajaweau]

Hmmm....Never knew Charlie was in a wheelchair...Thanks for the knowledge..Charlie sure is an impressive gentleman.

[SueRae]

Get the two of them in the same room on a debate - of any subject. Charles will “nuance” the floors with him.

What a small, creepy litle man Klein is.

[LibLieSlayer]

That beard has been smacked by many a scrotum.

LLS

[Dr. Scarpetta]

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Nuance what a ridiculous word to use why is subtle so important?

It's important to devils. Subtlety helps deceivers do their work. There's a couple of good examples in Genesis, so it's a very old accessory. :)

[bmwcyle]

And if a conservative said this............

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Nuance what a ridiculous word to use why is subtle so important?

That’s easy. “Subtle” is sorta like “sneaky”. Like saying “Honesty is the best policy but the Truth should be mitigated.” Suits liberals to a tee!

[geezerwheezer]

Klein has a lot of class. Problem is: It is all low! What a complete and total 1st class putz!

[buck61]

Leftists should be shunned

Have to sisters, “leftist” I have shunned them ever since they married leftist who brained washed them. And, I would advise others to do the same. I will never become one of the PC’s.
Our Dad was an educator, taught us the principle values of being a conservative and what the Republican Party stand for.

The Democrats who claim to be Christians can preach to the choir but, I can not see how one can be a Christian while supporting those who push the abortion issue and vote for it’s continuations.

[RU88]

And Time wonders why they’re going out of business!?

[Daisyjane69]

I was the one sneaking extra mashed potatoes and gravy.

heh

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

He is testifying against himself that he knows that Krauthammer is at least twice as intelligent and persuasive as himself. That is why he has to resort to childish ad hominem attacks.

How do you like this ad hominem: You're a scumbag, Joe. And you have an infantile, crippled mind.

[Steel Wolf]

Seldom has one word fit one man so perfectly; Joe is a douchebag.

This is another glaring example of how truly immersed liberals are in philosophy that 'the ends justify the means'. Words mean nothing. It's the intent and goals of the speaker that matter.

Joe will get a pass with this because regardless of his words, his intent is to suppress a conservative voice, which will reduce resistance to the liberal agenda.

This is %100 the reason why Barack Obama and Carrie Prejean can have the same opinion, but only one person suffers for it. It's why Obama's wiretaps and Guantanamo and Afghan surge are okay, but Bush's weren't.

It's not the ideas, not the words, not the actions that matter. It's the 'faith' behind them.

In small, rare doses, like, say, waterboarding, 'ends justify the means' can be a necessary evil. As a daily habit, this philosophy is the crack cocaine of fanatics, tyrants, and well meaning idiots.

What percentage of liberals do you suppose would support waterboarding Charles Krauthammer, if it would get him to stop writing, or to start bashing Republicans? All joking aside, conservatives wouldn't support waterboarding Joe Klein for holding opinions we don't agree with.

We believe it's a free country, and you can think what you will. They think it's too free, and time for a 'change'.

[Wontsubmit]

People like Klein are the reason I’m in favor of abortion ...
I favor abortion if “time limits” are removed ....

[csmusaret]

Proving once again that liberals are consumed with hate for all non liberals.

[Matchett-PI]

“While they applaud themselves for nuanced thinking ...in fact they only make the simplest distinctions:

[snip] Scroll down to July 27, 2006 - Narcissism in the Real World III - http://shrinkwrapped.blogs.com/blog/2006/07/as_readers_of_t.html