Dr. Charles Krauthammer on Obama
Last Monday Dr. Charles Krauthammer
spoke to the Center for the American Experiment. He is brilliant,
intellectual seasoned and articulate. He is forthright and careful in
his analysis, and never resorts to emotions or personal insults. He is
NOT a fear monger nor an extremist in his comments and views. He is a
fiscal conservative, and has a Pulitzer Prize for writing. He is a
frequent contributor to Fox News and writes weekly for the Washington Post.
The entire room was held spellbound during his talk. Here is a summary of his comments, as we
are living in uncharted waters economically and internationally:
1. Mr. Obama is a very intellectual, charming individual.
He is not to be underestimated. He is a cool customer who doesn't show
his emotions.
It's very hard to know what's behind the mask. Taking down the Clinton
dynasty from a political neophyte was an amazing accomplishment. The
Clintons still do not understand what hit them. Obama was in the
perfect place at the perfect time.
2. Obama has political skills comparable to Reagan and Clinton.
He has a way of making you think he's on your side, agreeing with your
position, while doing the opposite. Pay no attention to what he SAYS; rather, watch what he DOES!
3. Obama has a ruthless quest for power. He did not come to
Washington to make something out of himself, but rather to change everything,
including dismantling capitalism. He can't be straightforward on his
ambitions, as the public would not go along. He has a heavy hand, and
wants to level the playing field with income redistribution and punishment to
the achievers of society. He would like to model the USA to Great
Britain or Canada.
4. His three main goals are to control ENERGY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE by the Federal government. He doesn't care about
the auto or financial services industries, but got them as an early
bonus. The cap and trade will add costs to everything and stifle
growth. Paying for FREE college education is his goal. Most scary
is his healthcare program, because if you make it FREE and add 46,000,000
people to a Medicare-type single-payer system, the costs will go through the
roof. The only way to control costs is with massive RATIONING of
services, like in Canada.
God forbid.
5. He has surrounded himself with mostly far-left academic types.
No one around him has ever even run a candy store. But they are going
to try and run the auto, financial, banking and other industries. This
obviously can't work in the long run. Obama is not a socialist; rather
he's a far-left secular progressive bent on nothing short of
revolution. He ran as a moderate, but will govern from the hard
left. Again, watch what he does, not what he says.
6. Obama doesn't really see himself as President of the United States,
but more as a ruler over the world. He sees himself above it all,
trying to orchestrate and coordinate various countries and their
agendas. He sees moral equivalency in all cultures. His apology tour
in Germany and England was a prime example of how he sees America, as an
imperialist nation that has been arrogant, rather than a great noble nation
that has at times made errors. This is the first President ever who has
chastised our allies and appeased our enemies!
7. He is now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill (and
pain) will not come due until after he is re-elected in 2012. He
would like to blame all problems on Bush from the past, and hopefully his
successor in the future. He has a huge ego, and Mr. Krauthammer
believes he is a narcissist.
8. Republicans are in the wilderness for a while, but will emerge
strong.
We're pining for another Reagan, but there will never be another like him. Krauthammer believes Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Bobby Jindahl (except for
his terrible speech in February) are the future of the party. Newt
Gingrich is brilliant, but has baggage. Sarah Palin is sincere and
intelligent, but needs to really be seriously boning up on facts and info if
she is to be a serious candidate in the future. We need to return to
the party of lower taxes, smaller government, personal responsibility, strong
national defense, and state's rights.
9. The current level of spending is irresponsible and outrageous.
We are spending trillions that we don't have. This could lead to
hyper-inflation, depression or worse. No country has ever spent
themselves into prosperity.
The media is giving Obama, Reid and Pelosi a pass because they love their
agenda. But eventually the bill will come due and people will realize
the huge bail outs didn't work, nor will the stimulus package.
These were trillion-dollar payoffs to Obama's allies, unions and the Congress
to placate the left, so he can get support for #4 above.
10. The election was over in mid-September when Lehman brothers failed,
fear and panic swept in, we had an unpopular President, and the war was
grinding on indefinitely without a clear outcome. The people are in
pain, and the mantra of change caused people to act emotionally. Any Dem
would have won this election; it was surprising it was as close as it was.
11. In 2012, if the unemployment rate is over 10%, Republicans will be
swept back into power. If it's under 8%, the Dems continue to
roll. If it's between 8-10%, it will be a dogfight. It will all
be about the economy. I hope this gets you really thinking about what's
happening in Washington and Congress. There is a left-wing revolution
going on, according to Krauthammer, and he encourages us to keep the faith
and join the loyal resistance. The work will be hard, but we're right
on most issues and can reclaim our country, before it's far too late.
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