...Conservative columnist, Charles Krauthammer
You know it’s really bad when the major conservative writers and the radio & TV pundits are holding their noses.
As my loyal readers are aware, I am anything but a fan of the conservative op-ed writer for the Washington Post and the FOX TV contributor, Mr. Charles Krauthammer. But even this great, droll writer of conservative fiction does occasionally have a vision within his head that I can agree with.
Of course, there is always his negative approach that says that none of the positive areas within the economy over the past three years have had anything to do with any of the efforts of President Obama or the Democrats. But to Mr. Krauthammer’s credit, even he is astute enough to recognize that those presidential candidates currently being offer up by the GOP are hardly worth any praise for their accomplishments or capabilities.
As he explained during a FOX Special Report, “No credit should go to President Obama. [Instead, it should be given] to the embarrassing Republican candidates and the ridiculous behavior of the Congressional Republican leadership.”
Krauthammer stated during this Special Report that, “President Obama has mostly been a passive observer to a landscape that has been remarkably favorable to him and his administration.” Krauthammer attributed the, “ridiculous way the Republicans have conducted themselves in Congress for making Obama look at least like a grown-up while Republicans have had an almost year-long exposure to a weak Republican field.” “The fact that Santorum is the last standing alternative,” he explained, “think of how this is going: Trump, Bachmann, Perry, then Cain, then Newt– who’s really in decline now– Ron Paul, who is on the ascent but not electable, then Santorum.”
Krauthammer rightly concluded that “Every [Republican] alternative is going to get a try.”
Krauthammer highlighted how the weak field made such a big difference by arguing, “imagine a race with a Mitch Daniels, Paul Ryan, Christie, Thune… it would’ve had a completely different complexion” [instead of having] “embarrassing candidates like Cain and the others.”
When Krauthammer gets it right, he really and rightfully goes for the party’s jugular.
It’s hard to argue with Mr. Krauthammer when he and other conservative writers such as Brooks, Gerson, Noonan, Will and Frum have all written various negative columns about the weak field of Republican presidential candidates. And even the FOX pundits such as O’Reilly, Hannity, Malkin, Coulter and Huckabee have not been super cheer-leaders for any of the 2012 GOP presidential offerings.
And let’s not forget the bizarre Mr. Glenn Beck and the “King of Conservative Blowhards”, his rudeness, Rush Limbaugh. They too have not been particularly enamored with any of those running under the GOP banner.
The real disgusting part of all this is that none of these Republican candidates have offered one policy or program idea that deals with this country’s real issues. That being job creation, infrastructure building and repair and helping those affected by the mortgage crisis.
In a recent example of how totally out-of-touch these lame candidates are, a recent observer of the 15 past so-called GOP debates posted on the internet a “90 second revisiting of the past Republican Presidential Debates”. When the recording was played back, the 90 seconds consisted of the hundreds of recorded times that the candidates stated the word “taxes” and the number of times they mentioned the name “Ronald Reagan”. But there was not one mention of US “jobs”, or the nation’s “infrastructure” or housing needs.
And this is doubly interesting, as based on today’s far-right Republican Party and its Tea Party members, their current past political icon, Ronald Reagan, would not even be allowed into today’s Republican Party, due to his raising of taxes 11 times and his position on abortion during his presidency.
Yes, due to the down economy, the US Supreme Court’s Citizens-United decision, with all the money being spent against the Democrats, it is still going to be a big election-duel regardless of who is running against the president. But based on the current 13% approval rating of the US Congress, plus the poor field of GOP candidates and President Obama’s almost 50% approval rating, it’s looking better for the Democrats than it probably should be, at least for now.
But no one should get cocky as it’s still a long time to November 2012, and the Republicans can and will still do a lot of political damage.
Yes, with all that’s going on with the “Occupy” groups around the country and with all the “Citizens-United” investments in the GOP, it’s going to be a very interesting election year.
Copyright G.Ater 2012
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