Posted on 06/03/2011 9:21:10 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Talk radio host Mark Levin added to a growing chorus against Charles Krauthammer yesterday, saying he’s “sick and tired” of the pundit’s smears against Palin.
Levin took issue with much of the common criticisms of Palin, particularly those concerning whether or not she can win the 2012 election and how she left her governorship post early, which is normal for presidential candidates, Levin says.
“So what is it? What’s the problem?” he said. “She’s solid on social issues. She’s solid on fiscal issues. She’s solid against these subsidies against big companies – in other words, she is not a corporatist. She’s not a crony or a believer in that. She’s solid on taxes and spending. I’m just confused. She’s solid on Israel. She’s solid on the military. She’s solid with respect to our allies. Is there some big issue that’s disqualifying? What – because the liberals don’t like her? …
“I’m getting sick and tired, as I said yesterday, last week and I’ve said over the months – I’m getting sick and tired of these smears by Krauthammer against her,” Levin said. “He’s a thoroughly decent man, I understand, but he doesn’t seem very decent in this regard and I don’t know why. He’s certainly owes us a column or a better explanation, doesn’t he? He wants to influence the outcome.”
Levin is spot-on. Krauthammer is not the only one — and Sarah Palin isn’t the only object of his disdain. Krauthammer, Karl Rove and other conservative strategists have derided Herman Cain and Donald Trump, as well. Maybe it’s in the nature of punditry to point out the “flaws” in a politician’s pedigree, and it’s certainly within the scope of commentary to poke holes in a candidate’s policy positions, but, when thoughtful criticism becomes insistent censure-for-the-sake-of-censure, it reveals little more than the pundit’s superior view of himself.
But what I like best about Levin’s comments are not his criticisms of Krauthammer. What I like best are his affirmations of Palin — not so much because of any personal affinity for her, but because of a personal affinity for positivity. I’ve thought this repeatedly, as pundit after pundit and columnist after columnist has pointed out all that’s wrong with the GOP field. It seems to me a more productive approach might be first to enumerate each candidate’s qualifications — and then pick whichever candidate out-qualifies the rest. Build on the positive, in other words, rather than merely point out the negative. If conservative critics just have to criticize somebody, let it be Obama.
I’m listening to the recording right now. It is quite good.... perhaps historic.
Krauthammer, Rove and their merry band of elitists, can go straight to hell.
In my world, Fox is now on it’s deathbed.
“A great leader doesn’t move to the center, he [she] moves the center.”
When is the last time we had anyone on the national scene who could fill those boots?
Sarah scares people on both sides of the political spectrum because they know she has no investment in the “good old boy and girl” corrupt political system.
And that is where they live and prosper.
To those who profit from the status-quo she really is a rogue.
They are so invested in the system as it is that they do not see how she can function in it. They miss the point that Sarah will change the system rather than letting the system change her.
People in The Big Government Party (both Unit D and Unit R), and people in other positions who are really (parasites?) part of the establishment political system (talking heads, reporters, etc.) cannot concieve of a complete shake up and change in direction of our sorry, bloated federal government.
Notice that all they are prepared to discuss are relatively minor tweaks to the same flawed system. We don’t hear politicians or talkng heads discuss serious, significant changes.
Even Obama with all his talk of “Change” isn’t interested in real change - he is only interested in exploiting the existing system to loot the treasury and enrichen those who support him or can launder government money and pump it back to him and his friends. He likes the system as-is because he uses the same rules and laws he ignores to keep his critics in line.
You will be shown to be dead wrong on that one. Were the election held right now, Palin would win. The Gay Kommie schlamielles who gave you the "Tina Fey" version of Sarah in the first place are the same ones now pushing the canard that the "Tina Fey" public image of Palin remains significant enough to shape a ballotted outcome.
It is Goebbelsian Propaganda at its very most vile, and the less time you spend deciding whether you will allow yourself to be dragged around by their ring through your snout, the better off this country will be. Because if they aren't influencing you, they probably aren't infulencing the guy next door, either.
You can either be a man, or you can be a piece of Liberal Silly Putty. Just leave Palin out of it. She's charted her own course, and it doesn't come within miles of those murky shoals.
Once "The Undefeated" has finished its first month as the most-watched political documentary in cinematic history (just like everything else Sarah Palin touches...), the number of drooling imbeciles who are still ignorant enough to buy the Liberotten Misleadia slop about her being "stupid" will be less than one tenth of what it is today.
Most people don't like being played like a brain-dead rube, nor do most normal people enjoy the sensation of some would-be puppetmaster's forearm jammed halfway up their sphincter. When "The Undefeated" proves how badly these unoriginal lemmings have been raped, alot are likely to back away from the cliff.
IMHO. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic, and too charitable with the lemmings. I don't think so.
:-/
But that's so unfair. We don't know what Obama's scholastic record was because the records are sealed. Oh, wait, I think I see your point.
Bit of elitism, there?
Haley Barbor warned against purity for the GOP but it seems the elites want the “purity” for their candidate.
And Krauthammer’s fawning over some of 0bama’s rhetoric has also made me question his motives.
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You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Just explaining their likely strategy... I don't bother with that crap, because I have no interest in catching flies. I kill flies.
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“Obama - Occidental College Fr/Soph
Columbia University - Jr/Sr
Harvard Law - Magnum Cum Laude “
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And those schools have totally sold out to “diversity” and donations for seats.
Being a Halfrican was worth at least a full point off the GPA to get into Harvard Law.
In other words, Obama with a 3.0 or lower GPA would have been competitive against a white applicant who aced the LSAT and had a 4.0 undergraduate GPA. I know one of the latter who was a member of the same HLS class as Obama and it was easy to identify who got in on merit and those who were admitted based upon the diversity or other “contributions” they brought to the school.
For example, if there were wealthy patrons promoting Zero, a seven-figure donation to HLS would do a lot to ensure admission. A friend of mine turned down the chance to donate $800,000 in exchange for a seat. That was a while ago so the price has probably gone up.
As for the schools Palin went to, so what?
My wife and I graduated from some of the top private universities in the country. This isn’t to brag but to make the following point...
Our son has an excellent GPA plus excels at both music and sports at a 5A high school.
However, we’re encouraging him to spend the first two years at the local community college because the return on investment is better than spending $50,000+ per year for him to attend an Ivy League school where he can be indoctrinated in classes that promote Anti-American alternative lifestyles instead of a real education.
And when he’s done with the first two years, we’re hoping he goes to state college instead of attending a so-called “top tier” school.
No. But Palin could not have accomplished what she has done during the past few months if she had been tied down in Alaska. Quitting the governorship was really the only way to break free and have time to build momentum.
I'm sure it was a tough choice for her, but it was a bold one. I think one of her greatest characteristics is her courage. She demonstrated it during the McCain campaign when the media was out to destroy her, and she has shown that same courage in the face of criticism all along the way since the campaign.
The criticism that hurts the worst is unfounded criticism from people who should be on your side, and that's why I think Levin is right to go after Krauthammer and Rove. I would add George Will and Peggy Noonan to that as well. They all care more about preserving the status quo, which includes them being at the top, than they do about conservative ideals or solving our country's most serious problems.
I don't have to like that fact but I have to face it when it's true.
Note to Karl Rove:
Deride & disrespect me for believing in Sarah Palin?
I will be squeezing $20 out of my next Soc Sec check to send to her campaign.
Keep it up, Karl, & I will find more to send.
I seriously doubt I am the only one.
Except it’s adult stem cells that show the most hope...
She engages in "hick" activities like cleaning fish.
She relates well to those racist white rubes in flyover country.
She didn't go to Harvard.
What else do you need? She's clearly unqualified. :)
I don’t have access to I.Q. scores or grades, but if you compare the educational institutions the two attended, well, it’s not close.
Palin - Hawaii Pacific college
North Idaho College
Matanuska-Susitna College
University of Idaho - B.S. Communication/Journalism
Obama - Occidental College Fr/Soph
Columbia University - Jr/Sr
Harvard Law - Magnum Cum Laude””””
Geee—I’ll bet that Sarah can find other college attendees who can ‘remember her being there’.
I don’t for one minute believe any of the lies about Barry’s grades, since he has hidden such records from the public & the voters.
I still would bet $5 that Sarah has a higher I Q.
Your analysis is right on target.
You could extend your reasoning to other alleged conservatives — Kathleen Parker, Dorothy Rabinowitz, David Frum, Peggy Noonan and many more elitist establishment types who hold Sarah Palin in disdain.
While those CINOs may not have placed their hopes in embryonic stem cells, they also hate Sarah Palin.
Why? Because Palin is such a beautiful paragon for the pro-life cause.
I believe that 99% of Palin-hatred derives from the nagging consciences of the haters. They know in their hearts that abortion is evil, but they want desperately to pretend it is not.
She engages in “hick” activities like cleaning fish. “””
Meanwhile, the elites know only how to ‘order fish off the menu’. They have no idea that the fish has to be caught & cleaned before it is on the grill at their local favorite restaurant.
Talk radio host Mark Levin added to a growing chorus against Charles Krauthammer yesterday, saying he’s “sick and tired” of the pundit’s smears against Palin.Here's the *problem* with the good doctor ..... himself:
Charles Krauthammer [His Wiki Bio]It reads like a who's who of *important* Liberals, Leftists, Moonbats, and (cough) 'Democrats'. And like he wrote the DNC Party Platform by himself. As such he gets to go to all the 'right parties' in Georgetown, and likely even gets preferred parking.
In plain English, a 'conservative' he ain't.
('heck', he barely makes 'republican')
FWIW, ever since Brit Hume left 'Special Report' I can't watch it. Nothing against Bret Baier, but IMHO he's mentally over matched by Krauthammer and that disgusting pos Neocon 'little' Billy Kristol.
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