Miss Marple, I've been an employer for years and over time have developed the knack of spotting a liar. (You know, I didn't come in yesterday because I had to -insert reason here.) Something about Bill Kristol makes me want to label him a liar. Is your theory already posted somewhere and could you point me to it? Or would you be so kind as to share the short version?
Kristol is mostly insterested in causing divisiveness amongst conservatives. Currently he does this by attacking the President when he can get away with it.
Kristol managed to get hired by an unsuspecting Dan Quayle after Dad Bush's pepople wouldn't hire him to work in the White House. They felt he was untrustwowrthy. By the time Kristol managed to get himself promoted to Chief of Staff for Quayle, James Baker wouldn't allow Kristol to sit in on campaign meetings, because he didn't want everything leaked to the press. Quayle in his book says that this was because Baker felt intimidated by Kristol's intellect and leadership. (I personally think this is what Kristol told Quayle, as I cannot imagine Baker being intimidated by much of anyone.)
Kristol also was reponsible for having Quayle insert the "Murphy Brown " phrase into that speech, which ended up making Quuayle a laughing-stock.(Source, Kristol's own words on Britt Hume's show.)
Kristol also was the one who scooped everyone on the Jeffords defection. I am almost positive he was responsible for the defection itself, by carrying tales to Jeffords about how the administration was going to shaft Jeffords (when they had no such intention). When Kristol found out about this defection, he didn't bother to warn Lott or the president, but instead chortled gleefully about it on Brit's show. I saw this myself.
Kristol campaigned for Hubert Humphrey. Now, we all get more conservative as we get older, but he has never really given an account of how he changed his politics.
Oh, and one other thing. Back before he latched onto McCain, Kristol was pushing Colin Powell as the alternative candidate to Governor Bush. Until Powell firmly refused to consider it, Kristol was on a lot of shows and wrote a lot of columns pushing Powell as the ONLY candidate who could defeat Gore. The same Powell that now he castigates at every opportunity, was once his choice to lead the party. I can only conclude that he was desperate to defeat Bush.
I do not trust him. He is a divisive fource in the party, and even if he occasionally agrees with me on some policy matters, I always keep in mind his record of "accomplishments."
There is a lot more, but I hope this will give you a general idea of why I am suspicious of him. Grampa Dave shares my views.