Posted on 08/21/2015 4:57:32 PM PDT by markomalley
For those of you who have never seen Charles Krauthammer get schooled by a fellow journalist – here you go…
Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham just absolutely destroyed Charles Krauthammer on the 14th amendment and anchor babies tonight on Special Report.
Charles Krauthammer: The issue of anchor babies or birthright citizenship, it is a sideshow because it’s a symptom…
Laura Ingraham: There’s quite a debate about whether the 14th Amendment has to be repealed. I know a lot of people glibly say… That’s not actually been settled and you could do a whole hour on the jurisprudence surrounding that.
Krauhammer: It’s been around for 150 years.
Ingraham: Well, we actually didn’t have a problem with illegal immigration in the 1800s as we know. That wasn’t an issue. It was directed at the slaves who did deserve to stay here. So, it really was an important clause and the author of the clause Howard Jacob said it didn’t apply to foreigners in the United States. But, you know, this is a long conversation… And I know Trump’s rise annoys a lot of people now. And I get it. But the people in this town who have been propping up two parties that have failed the Middle Class, failed them on these global trade deals… that have absolutely not delivered what they promised to deliver to the Middle Class, failed them on enforcing the border, failed them on all these ideas that America was going to export its values around the world… They’re ready to throw in with the guy who has all these conflicting positions maybe because the guys who said they were going to be consistent weren’t. And they’re not fighting for the people.
Krauthammer: It’s easy to go and attack Washington and it’s a clever dodge. The issue here is birthright citizenship…
Ingraham: And Bush and Obama didn’t stop it. Neither stopped it. Neither did McConnell or Boehner when they had the chance. They’re not stopping it. People are tired of it.
Wow. That was brutal.
Never has Charles Krauthammer sounded more like a Wshington elitist than he did tonight.
Via Special Report:
(video at link)
Bookmark the date and see when Laura makes it to the Fox wise guys table again.
In 2013, Fox did an hour-long documentary on Krauthammer, “A Life That Matters”. In it, he said that he attended a dinner party at George Will’s house where Obama would be in attendance. I think it was in the period between the 2008 election and the 2009 inauguration. He said that when he went to the party he was eager to meet Obama; he wasn’t sure what kind of a president he would be.
Seriously? Everyone on this site knew in 2007-8 exactly what kind of a president Obama would be. Either Krauthammer was having an epic brain fart as he entered George Will’s house, or he’s an idiot. I believe the stories of his tremendous brain power are greatly exaggerated. I lost every bit of respect for that man when I watched the documentary.
It’s like an officer told DH many years ago when pulled over for speeding...
DH said, “But officer, others were speeding too!”
Officer to DH, “Son, have you ever been fishing?”
DH, “Yes, sir.”
Officer, “Ever catch ‘em all?”
Time for my ‘George Will’ diddy again... :)
Georgie Porgie, Puddin’ and Pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry,
When the boys came out to play
Georgie Porgie ran away.
Guess I need to think about a diddy for ‘Kraut-Humper’ too...
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