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Opinion: The Right Kind of Elitism
By Michael Medved - AOL NewsIt's healthy, even natural, for Americans to feel populist resentment against elites that base their status on inherited wealth and family connections. But it's toxic, misguided and profoundly stupid to focus public hostility on leaders who achieved their positions through education, diligence and ability. Recent sniping between Sarah Palin and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Charles Krauthammer highlights the crucial distinction between rebellious attitudes that attack unfairly arrogated power and privilege and a trendy neo-populism that attacks brains. When Krauthammer dared to suggest ...
With His Tax Cut Deal, Can We Call Obama the 'New Comeback Kid'?
By JJ Helland - AOL News(Dec. 17) -- Barack Obama might have some of his mojo back. At least The Washington Post's Charles Krauthammer certainly thinks so. In a column today titled "The New Comeback Kid," Krauthammer says the president not only scored a policy coup (he actually referred to it as a "swindle") with the tax package passed by the House last night, but that Dec. 6, the day the legislative deal with Republicans was announced, could mark the day things really turned around for Obama. Here's more from Krauthammer: Remember the question after Election Day: Can Obama move to the center to win ...
Conservatives Divided Over Delaware Tea Party Candidate Christine O'Donnell
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyThe 2010 Republican primary elections have pleasantly provided us with many examples of conservative insurgents ousting establishment insiders. But as I noted yesterday, Tuesday's GOP primary in Delaware is different. It is the first time bona fide conservatives are sharply divided over whether to support the Tea Party candidate (Christine O'Donnell) over the establishment candidate (Rep. Mike Castle). This is not to say that O'Donnell has not received her fair share of conservative support. She has been endorsed by Sarah Palin, the NRA, and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), for example. ...
Opinion: Are Mideast Peace Hopes in Danger?
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 14) -- Less than two weeks after President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed optimism that U.S.-sponsored peace talks between Israel and Palestine would be successful, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has complicated the process by announcing he will not extend the freeze on Israeli settlement construction in Palestinian territories. The freeze is scheduled to conclude at the end of the month. The settlements have been the central issue in peace talks, as they provoke conflict in those areas and will make it far more difficult for Palestinians to ...
Conservatives Rally Around Shirley Sherrod
By not in system - AOL News(July 22) -- A number of high-profile conservatives are speaking out against the ousting of U.S. Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod. Sherrod's resignation was announced on Tuesday after conservative pundit Andrew Breitbart posted an edited video of her speaking at an NAACP banquet in 1986. In the video, Sherrod, who is black, admits to not doing everything she could to help a white farmer. The NAACP quickly denounced Sherrod's words, calling them "shameful" and appalling. In a statement reporting her resignation, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said, "There is zero tolerance ...
Obama and 'Initial Error' on Diplomacy, Domestic Issues and Expectations
By Peter Wehner - Politics Daily"When one begins with an initial error," Aristotle wrote in Book V of "The Politics," "it is inevitable that one should end badly." Almost 17 months into his presidency, things are going badly for President Barack Obama on multiple fronts. That is in part because he entered office with, and has governed based on, several initial errors. Among them are these: 1. Barack Obama entered office believing that when it came to international relations, opposition to America was largely the result of the personality and policies of his predecessor. Stalemates and conflicts were caused by the ...
Obama Dines With The Enemy: Journalists, That Is
By David Knowles - Politics DailyLast night, at 6:34 pm, President-elect Barack Obama's motorcade came to a stop in front of an unlikely Maryland address. The occasion was dinner, and the host was none other than George F. Will, one of The Washington Post's conservative columnists. Also waiting in that den of lions were such luminaries as David Brooks, Peggy Noonan, Bill Kristol, and Charles Krauthammer, who, like Will, tend to inhabit distinctly non-liberal portions of the political spectrum.So, no word yet on what was discussed over cocktails and gnosh, but the event itself must come as a surprise to those who have been ...
Obama's Lead: Growing, Growing. . .
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThis race is a long way from over, but even arch-conservative Charles Krauthammer seems to see the writing on the wall:You can't blame McCain. In an election in which all the fudamentals are working for the opposition, he feels he has to keep throwing long in order to keep hope alive. Nonetheless, his frenetic improvisation has perversely (for him) framed the rookie challenger favorably as calm, stead and cool......he's [Obama has] got both a first-class intellect and a first-class temperament. That will likely be enough to make him president.Snap polls show independent voters prefered Obama ...
The Vice President to Nowhere
By David Knowles - Politics DailyI read the news today, Oh Boy:ST. PAUL--A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain's choice as running mate, called into question on Monday how thoroughly Mr. McCain had examined her background before putting her on the Republican presidential ticket. The first rule of picking a Vice President is to "do no harm." Well, consider this mission not accomplished. Like a hybrid echo of all the lousy picks and appointments from the Bush years (Harriet Miers, Michael Brown), Sarah Palin's was put forth in stunning, "Father Knows Best" fashion. What's clear now is that McCain ...
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