Comments from Charles Krauthammer

[NoN (NowOr Never)]

Last Monday was a profound evening, hearing Dr. Charles Krauthammer speak to

the Center for the American Experiment. He is a brilliant intellectual,

seasoned & articulate. He is forthright & careful in his analysis, & never

resorts to emotions or personal insults. He is NOT a fearmonger nor an

extremist in his comments & views. He is a fiscal conservative, & has a

Pulitzer prize for writing. He is a frequent contributor to Fox News &

writes weekly for the Washington Post. The entire room was held spellbound

during his talk. I have shared this w/ many of you & several have asked me

to summarize his comments, as we are living in uncharted waters economically

& internationally. Even 2 Dems at my table agreed w/ everything he said!

If you feel like forwarding this to those who are open minded & have not

'drunk the Kool-Aid', feel free.







A summary of his comments:



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 & Clinton. He has a way

of making you think he's on your side, agreeing w/ your position, while

doing the opposite. Pay no attn. 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, incl.

dismantling capitalism. He can't be straightforward on his ambitions, as

the public would not go along. He has a heavy hand, & wants to 'level the

playing field' w/ income redistribution & punishment of the achievers of

society. He would like to model the USA to Great Britain or Canada .



4. His 3 main goals are to control ENERGY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, & NAT'L

HEALTHCARE by the Fed. govt. He doesn't care about the auto or financial

services industries, but got them as an early bonus. The cap & trade will

add costs to everything & stifle growth. Paying for FREE college education

is his goal. Most scary is healthcare program, because if you make it FREE

& add 46,000,000 people to a Medicare-type single-payer system, the costs

will go thru the roof. The only way to control costs is w/ massive

RATIONING of services, like in Canada . God forbid.



5. He's surrounded himself w/ mostly far-left academic types. No one around

him has ever run even a candy store. But they're going to try & run the

auto, financial, banking & other industries. This obviously can't work in

the long run. Obama's not a socialist; rather 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 USA , more as a

ruler over the world. He sees himself above it all, trying to orchestrate &

coordinate various countries & their agendas. He sees moral equivilency in

all cultures. His apology tour in Germany & 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

1st President ever who has chastised our allies & appeased our enemies!



7. He's now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill (& pain) will not

'come due' until after he's reelected in 2012. He'd like to blame all

problems on Bush from the past, & hopefully his successor in the future. He

has a huge ego, & Mr. Krauthammer believes he is a narcicist.



8. Republicans are in the wilderness for a while, but will emerge strong.

We're 'pining' for another Reagan, but there'll never be another like him.

He believes Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty & Bobby Jindahl (except for his

terrible speech in Feb.) are the future of the party. Newt Gingrich is

brilliant, but has baggage. Sarah Palin is sincere & intelligent, but needs

to really be seriously boning up on facts & info if she's to be a serious

candidate in the future. We need to return to the party of lower taxes,

smaller govt., personal responsibility, strong nat'l defense, & states'

rights.



9. The current level of spending is irresponsible & outrageous. We're

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 & Pelosi a pass because they love their

agenda. But eventually the bill will come due & people will realize the huge

bailouts didn't work, nor will the stimulus pkg. These were trillion-dollar

payoffs to Obama's allies, unions & the Congress to placate the left, so he

can get support for #4 above.



10. The election was over in mid-Sept. when Lehman brothers failed. Fear &

panic swept in, we had an unpopular President, & the war was grinding on

indefinitely w/o a clear outcome. The people are in pain, & the mantra of

'change' caused people to act emotionally. Any Dim would have won this

election; it was surprising is 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 Dims continue to roll. If

it's between 8-10%, it'll be a dogfight. It'll all be about the economy.



I hope this gets you really thinking about what's happening in Washington &

Congress. There's a left-wing revolution going on, according to Krauthammer,

& he encourages us to keep the faith & join the loyal resistance. The work

will be hard, but we're right on most issues & can reclaim our country,

before it's far too late.