Conservative Charles Krauthammer on Trump

[CousinIT]

https://twitter.com/JohnRMoffitt/status/814267336798695424

[progressoid]

1. God I hate it when I agree with him.

[AwakeAtLast]

5. +1000! n/t

[lindysalsagal]

11. +1000 N/T.

[Roy Rolling]

87. Yes

I feel like I need a shower now.

[madokie]

14. Thats the first fucking thing I thought upon reading this

Fuck

How did we get here?

[stevenleser]

17. Trump is THAT bad. That's how we got here. Nothing to worry about as far as

worrying about agreeing with folks with whom you normally don't agree.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

53. In this instance

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

[pbmus]

51. Agree. Nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

23. I know those were your words but I swear I heard them in my own voice. :-)

[JHB]

25. Console yourself by remembering he helped pave the way for Trump

All conservative pundits, relentlessly slagging Democrats, continually pimping "Clinton scandals" when it was them just recirculating their own hot air, always redbaiting anything they don't like, ready to burn the country down if they don't get their way. Every foreign policy they don't care for is "Munich".

The Disownership Society can try to claim they had nothing to do with Trump all they want, but they paved the road and they can't hide their asphalt stink.

[trc]

41. Beautifully said and dead on. nt

[LittleGirl]

46. me too eom

[Mr.Bill]

49. The reason you agree with him

is he is just articulating what most people on this forum feel already. He and other pundits like him are no smarter than the rest of us, they are just more articulate than most. I feel the same way about George Will. I always read him not because I thought he was more intelligent, but because he is a great wordsmith and I am an avid fan of the craft of the English language.

Be careful not to confuse being articulate with intelligence. The two can go hand in hand, but they are often confused for each other.

[LakeArenal]

55. Not me. I love it when HE agrees with ME!!!!!!

He's the turning worm. Not me.

[progressoid]

56. Ha! Good point. n/t

[War Horse]

66. Yep

Very good point

[wildeyed]

57. It is soooo bad if I am now on the same team as that guy.

I retweeted Kristol recently too. Must be a cold day in hell.....

[LakeArenal]

77. I believe I also just saw a pig fly by!

[brush]

71. I bet he voted for trump though.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

84. +1000

eom.

[mountain grammy]

2. Guy still looks like Count Dracula..

Coming out of the crypt with a rare flash of truth..

[longship]

16. He's paralyzed.

Diving accident during his first year at Harvard Medical School. He later graduated with an MD in psychiatry.

Krauthammer is wheelchair bound.

[raccoon]

54. And yet he's a conservative? nt

[Crunchy Frog]

67. I believe the guy who owns Free Republic is too.

Why would that preclude someone from being a RW asshole?

[rurallib]

3. with friends like that, who needs enemies?

[Feeling the Bern]

4. Ummm. . .when did I start agreeing with Joe Walsh, Lindsay Graham and this douchenozzle?

WTF?

[lillypaddle]

38. What's that expression?

Politics make strange bedfellows. We just never knew HOW strange until now.

[JHan]

6. One of few sensible things he's ever said in his political life.

[Cha]

7. Some fancy words for trump is a

crawling infant in a man's body and needs his pacifier stat.

I love it when the so-called conservatives start jawing on drumpfft They must not be scared of him.

[longship]

8. Well, Krauthammer is an MD psychiatrist.

He graduated from Harvard Medical School. He helped compile the DSM-III.

So he is more or less qualified to diagnose Drumpf.

Frankly, I am not a Krauthammer fan, however this is nevertheless interesting.

[Alice11111]

80. Ditto. K and some Republicans have independent thoughts. Newsworthy

Deserves some respect.

[smirkymonkey]

9. Wow, I actually agree with a conservative for once.

Who knew?

[pangaia]

10. OMG This fuckwad got something right!! Is there hope? NAH.

[niyad]

60. pity he had nothing like this to say during the campaign.

[pangaia]

62. Looks like he said it in August. See JHAN's post #22 below.

And now, like all the others, he's licking trumps ass... which is the activity he spends most of his life doing.. when and wherever he finds a tasty ass to lick...

[UTUSN]

12. Can somebody explain this dude for me, pls? He worked for MONDALE & is a whacked wingnut.

And he rags on Dems/OBAMA constantly up to a minute ago, then he says this (which I like)?!1

[JHan]

22. He said this in August, shortly after Trump's attack on the Khan's ( I think) ...

So don't expect consistency. Charlie is already falling in line - he said Trump should turn the UN into condos because of the recent resolution against Isreali settlements.

[UTUSN]

42. Yip, a mass of contradictions, some on our side. His Wiki bio

First, for these several years that I never looked up his bio, I suspected that his wingnuttiness derived solely from Israel-First, but then there's all this:

* CARTER administration. Now, for me, there was a nest of vipers at Jimmy's breast: Tweety (who traitored over to RAYGUN), CADDELL, David RUBENSTIN/Carlyle Group (although a humanitarian/philanthropist). And now I know, this KRAUTHAMMER. A nest of vipers.

* Coined the "RAYGUN Doctrine".

* "contributed to creating the DSM5" - the diagnostic manual for psychiatry. Funny that "contributed to creating" is same verbiage about "contributed to inventing" the internet that got twisted and hung on Al GORE.

* Is FOR legalizing abortion, AGAINST "intelligent design"/creationism, FOR stem cell research, FOR the Two State solution (same as the brilliant exegesis KERRY delivered yesterday (40? yrs of U.S. policy), FOR science (evolution), FOR energy tax to stimulate conservation.


So, as a psychiatrist/MD he's qualified to diagnose DRUMPF. And despite his points on our side, he eviscerates Dems/OBAMA/CLINTON every night.

[Alice11111]

81. At least he believes in science

Never could stand him. However, you give him a pretty good resume. Geez, he is Not crazy! This elevates him to the 1% of the Republicans. Let him attack, if he is pro choice, pro 2 state, etc., then, we need him now. Our government has descended into toddlers and neanderthals. We need to find sane people who have influence among them. Remember, we control NO branch of government, and even the moderate and left press helped BIGLY elect Putin, excuse me, Trump. Chris Matthews interviewed/ fawned over Conway a full hour right b4 a debate. He cried on election night, but he too was responsible.

[UTUSN]

82. Tweety also cried when Gore conceded, after trashing him daily all 2000

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. A picture is worth a thousand words.

A commenter posted this on Joe.My.God a few weeks ago.

[iluvtennis]

50. Yep, Trump crawling around in shit and taking it everywhere he goes nt

[democrank]

15. Krauthammer makes a lot of sense here.

An added bonus...I now know the definition of SOLIPSISM, used perfectly here in reference to Trump`s cocoon.

[eppur_se_muova]

34. Yes, this is the first time I've seen that word used re Trump ....

and it just rings so true.

[Still In Wisconsin]

18. Is Trump really that different from Kim Jong Un?

I say no.

[Crunchy Frog]

68. He just has a much bigger playground.

And doesn't have the means to dispense with anyone who gets under his skin. Yet.

[90-percent]

19. Geeez, Charlie!

If you know Trump so well, have you not considered that you will be INMATE NUMBER ONE at The U.S. Government FEMA Camp for lyin' journalists?

It's time for all talking heads TO WATCH WHAT THEY SAY!

-90% Jimmy

PS - Charlie has go this Kissenger speaking voice, that is like chalk on a blackboard. Phlegm-speak

[barbtries]

20. very well put.

i've been saying the same thing for months but not nearly as eloquently.

[Xipe Totec]

21. As he looks in the mirror... nt

[ailsagirl]

24. Spot-on!!

I'm glad he's not slobbering all over drumpf, as are so many other flip-flopping repukes-- he's been consistent with his opinion and isn't being swayed

[BlueMTexpat]

26. Gather up the ice skates

because Hell has frozen over!

Krauthammer speaks truth for the first time ever.

[Paladin]

27. Fuck you, Krauthammer.

You're a long-time member of the conservative propaganda machine, which dumbed down enough of the electorate to make a Trump presidency a reality. So don't come around now, whining about Trump's many faults. You're late, motherfucker.

[GoCubsGo]

52. Thank you!

He was one of the many who helped create this monster.

[liberal N proud]

28. It is still difficult to comprehend how trump became the elected one

There were so many republicans and conservatives who were against trump, that his defeat was almost certain. I am still having trouble with this.

[SHRED]

29. When did he say this?

[griloco]

30. Trump responds by outlawing handicap ramps

[mopinko]

31. i think people are underestimating the depth of the contempt out there.

folks may be falling in line to save their asses, but when push comes to shove, it think his majesty will be quite surprised just how vicious those w a brain will be.

[Fast Walker 52]

32. I think so too-- his presidency and approval is a house of cards

[eppur_se_muova]

37. With a VP-elect more controllable than the pResident-elect, Trump is far from indispensable.

If the R's need to get rid of him, they will. It'll be better for the Party. They have the WH and Congress, they hold all the cards, and they just don't need him anymore.

(By some strange coincidence, it may turn out to be better for the country -- although it more likely will be worse -- but rest assured that does not enter into their calculations. Fuck the country, save the KGBOP ! )

[Crunchy Frog]

69. They can have it look like an outside job, and use it as

Their Riechstag Fire.

[coco22]

33. Sounds about right..

even more characteristics can be used to describe this nut.

[Maru Kitteh]

35. Somebody is going to have to help Trump look up "solipsism"

On a side note, I hate being made to agree with that Muppet

[RobertDevereaux]

36. Bringing down the hammer...

Have never seen it expressed better. Didn't realize CH is a psychiatrist.

[sarcasmo]

39. Wait until the Seniors who voted Trump realize Medicare and the VA are screwed.

[hatrack]

40. Yep, Chuckles rode the Conservatrain all the way over the cliff . . .

And now he wants off, and a refund as well.

Fuck. Him.

[Tatiana]

43. Trump probably doesn't have the first clue regarding the meaning of that statement.

The world is upside down when I agree with Charles Krauthammer.

[wryter2000]

44. It's going to be fun to listen to this smug bastard for four years

I wonder if he has any idea how much he contributed to someone like Trump rising to power.

[bdamomma]

45. k&r

[KG]

47. piss on kruathammer anyway.

[DFW]

48. Don't be too encouraged by this. Hotter heads will prevail

I was just talking to radical right wing fundraiser and propagandist Richard Viguerie (yes, he's a friend--LONG story), and I thought I would egg him on a bit saying, "you know Trump is no conservative." He just smiled and said,"don't you liberals get it? I don't care if Trump himself is a communist as long as he appoints guys from the hard right to run the government."

[MarianJack]

58. Good for you, Charles, now tell me...

...just HOW MANY columns did you write about Hillary Clinton's emails? Hmmm...?

PEACE!

[SunSeeker]

59. It takes one to know one, Charles. nt

[awoke_in_2003]

61. And I'd wager

that you voted for him any way, asshole.

[catbyte]

63. I'm sure he wrote that before the election. He'll fall in line if he hasn't already.

[elleng]

64. and Kraut's a psychoanalyst!

a psychiatrist involved in the creation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer

(Not 'practicing')

[Crunchy Frog]

65. He's lying in the bed he helped make.

I hope that it causes him acute and extreme discomfort.

[YOHABLO]

70. A Real Conservative tells the truth. Trump is neither a Conservative nor a Liberal. Just a

MEGALOMANIAC

[Calista241]

72. i had to look up the definition of Solipsism. It's a pretty good word.

sol·ip·sism

the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.

a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also : extreme egocentrism

[david4justice49]

73. Even a broken clock...

Is right twice a day. Though I wholeheartedly agree with his assessment of heir drumpf.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

74. I don't like Krauthammer overall, but he also looked frightened...

by the idea of Trump having access to the nuclear launch codes a few months ago while talking to O'Reilly about him. I agreed with his assessment in that regard too!

[tclambert]

75. I gotta give him points for using solipsism in a sentence.

I don't think it exactly applies to Trump, though. He does acknowledge a world outside himself, desperately craves its approval, and throws a tantrum whenever he doesn't get it.

[napi21]

85. Damn, I give him points for usimng the word at all. I had to google it to find out what the heck

it meant! I feel good now. I learned a new word!

[left-of-center2012]

76. What does it say about his supporters? n/t

[Skittles]

83. THEY ARE FUCKING STUPID ASSHOLES

WHO HAVE ZERO CLUE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE

[WcoastO]

78. He hates Trump but.......

hates Clinton even more.......in his last column before the election he trashed Clinton for 3/4 of the column......then wrote a few mildly negative comments about Trump.

[dae]

79. I dislike agreeing with Krauthammer but...Truth!

[McCamy Taylor]

86. Watergate 2016 on course.

He should be out of office by summer.