Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Obama and the Willful Blindness of the Conservative Beltway Intelligentsia
American Thinker ^ | 10/30/2013 | Victor Volsky

Posted on 10/30/2013 2:46:24 AM PDT by markomalley

Fox News is justifiably proud of its star commentator Charles Krauthammer, widely considered to be the most influential conservative journalist in the country. In an hour-long interview with Fox News 6 P.M anchor Brett Baier that fist ran last Friday, the usually reticent Krauthammer told the fascinating story of his life, relating how he coped with the crippling accident that left him forever wheelchair-bound and how he almost inadvertently traded the psychiatrist's couch for the journalist's keyboard. Listening to this remarkable man, one couldn't help admiring his spunk, his strength of character and, above all, his towering intellect. And then out of the blue came a sharply discordant note alertly picked up by Rush Limbaugh.

(snip)

If they had, how could they have missed the numerous signs that Barack Obama was a far-left ideologue? They say that the past is prologue, and Obama's past offers more than enough clues as to his true identity. Was it possible to miss the significance of Obama's 20-year close association with the Rev. Jeremiah "God damn America" Wright, whom Obama called his friend and mentor, who married the Obamas and baptized their children. Could anyone believe that Obama, who for two decades had regularly attended the services at the Trinity United Church of Christ and listened to the Reverend Wright's fiery sermons pulsating with insane hatred and fury, never heard a disparaging word about America, as candidate Obama averred on the campaign trail?

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS:

1 posted on 10/30/2013 2:46:24 AM PDT by markomalley
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: markomalley

Rush was discussing this for the last two days. It’s amazing that these people refuse to see a Marxist in front of their faces.


2 posted on 10/30/2013 3:40:09 AM PDT by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LS

Excellent article. Both George Will and Krauthammer embody “the very definition of a POMPOUS ASS”. (G&S!)

The writer forgot Frank Davis, Obama’s communist boyhood mentor, his radical mother, and his Marxist father. OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST THROUGH AND THROUGH. WE ALL KNEW THAT. HOW THEW HELL COULD YOU MISS IT????

And he was deposited where he is by forces yet to be clearly identified.


3 posted on 10/30/2013 4:05:14 AM PDT by SC_Pete
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: LS

people refuse to see

I think most Americans were/are unable to grasp that a President would want to intentionally harm his country & consequently they rationalize his actions. Hopefully, they’re waking up.


4 posted on 10/30/2013 4:13:44 AM PDT by FES0844
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: FES0844

Coining the term “low-information voter” may yet be Rush’s greatest contribution to the political debate, but what Rush did not intend was that the “conservative” intelligentsia is also part of the “low-information” class in many ways, or at least the “low-discernment” class. No wonder things seem hopeless.


5 posted on 10/30/2013 4:22:05 AM PDT by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs have spoken: "It's Jebbie's turn!" to LOSE!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: LS
It’s amazing that these people refuse to see a Marxist in front of their faces.

Marxists always cloak themselves in good intentions. Many people don't want to see evil in other people, and so willingly allow themselves to be blinded by the veneer.

6 posted on 10/30/2013 4:23:12 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: FES0844
Hopefully, they’re waking up.

VA on Tuesday will give the first assurance that they are NOT waking up, as it now appears.

7 posted on 10/30/2013 4:23:19 AM PDT by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs have spoken: "It's Jebbie's turn!" to LOSE!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: exDemMom

An old Marxist like Nikita Khrushchev was more honest about his intentions that the kind in charge today.


8 posted on 10/30/2013 4:24:15 AM PDT by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs have spoken: "It's Jebbie's turn!" to LOSE!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: markomalley

I’ve been tracking Rush’s commentary over this for the last couple of days, and he’s honestly being polite. Anybody who couldn’t, or more likely refused to, see that Zero was a Commie, is a moron. Krauthammer should be ashamed, not angry with Rush.


9 posted on 10/30/2013 4:26:30 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (You can keep your doctor - if you lock him in your basement.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: markomalley

Great Article — thanks. Many of my friends think Charles K is the most intelligent of all and do not appreciate any information from me to the contrary. Many in our armed forces have overcome problems such as he had.

great article


10 posted on 10/30/2013 4:27:17 AM PDT by winkadink (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: markomalley

kraut is not a Conservative and holds no real sway with those that are. Conservatives listen and weigh the evidence... kraut is a progressive playing a Conservative for a paycheck.


11 posted on 10/30/2013 4:32:08 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS! BETTER DEAD THAN RED!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LS

They refuse to see the Marxist because they are also Marxists, they are not conservatives as the title suggests.

I tire of writers calling a republican conservative just because they are republicans.


12 posted on 10/30/2013 4:54:24 AM PDT by stockpirate (It appears good men have decided to do nothing, so evil is prevailing......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: LibLieSlayer

Correct. As much as I like Kraut, he’s only a change of one or two positions away from David Brooks. He really detests Sarah Palin.


13 posted on 10/30/2013 5:05:06 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (We're At That Awkward Stage: It's too late to vote them out, too early to shoot the bastards.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Cyber Liberty

Palin is the main reason that I dislike krauthammer... but only one reason amongst many... he is an idiot marxist dimrat... born a rat, raised a rat and served rats like a serf.


14 posted on 10/30/2013 5:11:17 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS! BETTER DEAD THAN RED!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: exDemMom

The Bible says that we should not be jealous of our neighbor’s good fortune and want for ourselves that which is rightfully his, now we see the wisdom of that Commandment.

The reason followers of Marxism, Nazism, and the other isms cloak their evil in so-called good intentions is because they know that the majority of men are in rebellion against the word of God. The followers of the various isms believe the Word and know its power much better then many of us so called Christians. Therefore they fear it.

Ever hear someone say Oh he or she is just jealous ect., like it is a minor thing, dismissing as a small flaw the breaking of this Commandment. Now we see the result of this willful rebellion of man against God.

What have you done for me lately, knock him off his high horse, he’s above his raising, all signs of our falling away as a nation. The result, sometimes we get what we deserve.

Ever ask yourself why the followers of the isms always go after Christians? It is because true Christians can never be defeated, even in death. They fear Christians because they fear God.

Don’t bother trying to wake the sheep, they have made their choice. None are so blind as he who will not see, don’t bother trying to remove the scales from their eyes, they made their choice.

We must confront evil in our everyday lives, we, as Christians, have our orders. I, for one will follow my orders and let God sort them out.


15 posted on 10/30/2013 5:54:05 AM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: markomalley

Ya gotta be a REAL intellecteuall to be that pre-empted and confused (at the same time).

BTW—He’s NOT black (he’s an A-rab), but hey—who’s counting?


16 posted on 10/30/2013 5:56:40 AM PDT by Flintlock ("The redcoats are coming" -- TO SEIZE OUR GUNS!!--Paul Revere)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: markomalley

DOCTOR Krauthammer didn’t know what Obama was?

Only one of two possibilities Doctor.

You are too incompetent to be a DOCTOR or you flat out lie DOCTOR.

I can’t wait to hear the oh so smarter than anyone else DOCTOR Krauthammer give us his professional opinion of the psychopath Hillary Clinton and how she is middle of the road.


17 posted on 10/30/2013 5:57:27 AM PDT by IMR 4350
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SC_Pete

I agree. Will lost me in the 1980s (!) when he came out against the Reagan tax cuts.


18 posted on 10/30/2013 6:43:18 AM PDT by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson