The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart.
June 08, 2018, 05:20 PM
Aquabird
Yeah, he never understood Obama until Obama was almost out of office. He just never believed the guy was as bad as he was. I never understood how he could not see through Obama.
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June 08, 2018, 05:21 PM
justjoe
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he was a merciless, articulate, and consistent foe of Obama,
Sorry, Artie, but I disagree. When Obama was a candidate and through his first year, Krauthammer was a cheerleader. I don't think he ever mentioned Obama without getting in a "brilliant" or two.
I wasn't surprised that he was a Never Trumper.
Having said that, I am deeply impressed-- in awe, actually-- of what he was able to accomplish despite a setback that would have been life-ending for most people. For one thing, unable to sit up, he read medical textbooks projected on the ceiling. Not only highly intelligent, but incredibly tough and determined. His life story is inspiring.
"You get much farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone."
June 08, 2018, 11:50 PM
old rugged cross
He did his part to try and turn the election. Thankfully it did not work for him and many others.
My impression was he always tried make himself out to be a much smarter man than our President. Did not work either.
I do agree he accomplished a lot despite his situation and should be commended for that.
"Practice like you want to play in the game"
June 21, 2018, 05:41 PM
ArtieS
Godspeed, Charles. Thank you for the insight and decency.
"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."
Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
June 21, 2018, 05:52 PM
smschulz
Good bye Mr. Krauthammer, RIP. Yes you were too analytical sometimes and didn't quite get to ride the Trump Train.
June 21, 2018, 05:55 PM
darthfuster
Now he is free.
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier
June 21, 2018, 05:57 PM
Sigmanic
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Yes you were too analytical sometimes and didn't quite get to ride the Trump Train.
I'm really curious what his latest thoughts on Trump may have been. As an arguably very solid Conservative, I have to wonder if he didn't warm up to Trump, or at least his accomplishments. His track record now speaks for itself.
June 21, 2018, 06:06 PM
Ogie
RIP Charles Krauthammer.
June 21, 2018, 06:13 PM
BMR
I probably starting reading Krauthammer's columns 17 or 18 years ago. I appreciated his common sense reasoning as the only thing worth reading coming from the WaPo. His stance on the threat of Islamic fundamentalism was especially excellent compared to the Islamic apologists out there. Yeah, there were some things that I wasn't crazy about, like being anti-Trump and being too "neoconish" at times, but I generally agreed with his conservative views. RIP, Dr. Krauthammer.
------------------------------- Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out. - David Horowitz
June 21, 2018, 06:47 PM
EasyFire
Another Socialist minion complaining about other socialists without respect for true individualism.
He passed from my consciousness when he continued the attacks on Trump/
I respected his opinions but didn't always agree with him. Sad to see him pass. He will be missed.
Officers lives matter!
June 21, 2018, 07:54 PM
armored
RIP
June 21, 2018, 08:29 PM
cokehockey
I agreed with him on many things, but not everything. He was a great American and will be missed.
““My mother always used to say: The older you get, the better you get, unless you’re a banana.” —Betty White
June 21, 2018, 09:43 PM
chellim1
RIP Charles Krauthammer
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown
"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor
June 21, 2018, 10:12 PM
Georgeair
A tool, who made me feel bad for judging based on his otherwise apparent knowledge.
You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02
June 21, 2018, 10:17 PM
Bassamatic
I'm not going to miss him. He got so bad with his anti-Trump behavior, I would change the channel whenever he was a guest.
.....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress.
June 21, 2018, 10:32 PM
Hamden106
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Originally posted by Bassamatic: I'm not going to miss him. He got so bad with his anti-Trump behavior, I would change the channel whenever he was a guest.
Intolerance knows not right or left.
Personally I like CK.
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June 21, 2018, 10:56 PM
Gustofer
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Originally posted by Hamden106: Personally I like CK.
Same here. It seems that I always found myself respecting his opinion, whether I agreed with it or not.
This one hits a little close to home for me. I had a brother who lived for 30 years as a quadriplegic following an MVA in his senior year in college. He, too, bounced back to achieve great things.
What people can do when faced with unimaginable hardship is remarkable and deserving of respect.
Me? I don't know that I'd have it in me. I've always been of the opinion that I'd go to rehab just long enough to learn how to drive my wheelchair...into a swimming pool.
________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
June 21, 2018, 11:36 PM
synthplayer
quote:
Originally posted by Gustofer:
quote:
Originally posted by Hamden106: Personally I like CK.
Same here. It seems that I always found myself respecting his opinion, whether I agreed with it or not.
Yes, even if you disagreed with him, at least you could see the LOGIC behind what he believed. He was a true intellectual.