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KRAUTHAMMER:: Redacted truth, subjunctive outrage – WaPo
By MB Snow at May 17, 2013 | 4:58 pm
By Charles Krauthammer, Published: May 16 E-mail the writer -- Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don’t know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn’t meet presidency-breaking standards. Third, focusing on the political ... Go To Article
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Pink line over Damascus – WaPo
By MB Snow at May 10, 2013 | 4:45 am
By Charles Krauthammer, Thursday, May 9, 4:29 PM You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama’s fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to the New York Times that Obama’s initial statement had been unprepared, unscripted ... Go To Article
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KRAUTHAMMER: Obama: The Fall | NRO
By MB Snow at May 2, 2013 | 5:15 pm
By Charles Krauthammer, May 2, 2013 Fate is fickle, power cyclical, and nothing is new under the sun. Especially in Washington, where after every election the losing party is sagely instructed to confess sin, rend garments, and rethink its principles lest it go the way of the Whigs. And where the victor is hailed as the new Caesar, facing an open road to ... Go To Article
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: The language of terror – WaPo
By MB Snow at April 19, 2013 | 9:38 am
By Charles Krauthammer, Thursday, April 18 -- Terrorism is speech — speech that gathers its audience by killing innocents as theatrically as possible. The 19th-century anarchist Paul Brousse called it “propaganda by deed.” Accordingly, the Boston Marathon attack, the first successful terror bombing in the United States since 9/11, was designed for maximum ... Go To Article
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[VIDEO] KRAUTHAMMER: “First Successful Bombing, Terror Explosion Since 9/11″ | RealClearPolitics
By MB Snow at April 16, 2013 | 2:00 am
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Krauthammer: "First Successful Bombing, Terror Explosion Since 9/11" CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: What strikes me is part of the reason for the psychological shock is that if you think about it, Bret, this is the first successful bombing -- terror explosion since 9/11. We've had some that were attempted, like the one in Times Square that never succeeded. We've had by my ... Go To Article
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: The trigger and the poison pill – WaPo
By MB Snow at April 5, 2013 | 7:20 am
By Charles Krauthammer, Published: April 4 Is a bipartisan immigration deal at hand? It’s close. Last week, the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce worked out a guest-worker compromise that allows in foreign workers on a sliding scale of 20,000 to 200,000, depending on the strength of the economy. Nice deal. As are the other elements of the Senate’s bipartisan ... Go To Article
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: What really happened in Jerusalem – WaPo
By MB Snow at March 29, 2013 | 12:50 am
By Charles Krauthammer, Thursday, March 28 “I honestly believe that if any Israeli parent sat down with those [Palestinian] kids, they’d say, ‘I want these kids to succeed.’ ” — Barack Obama, in Jerusalem, March 21 Very true. But how does the other side feel about Israeli kids? Consider that the most revered parent in Palestinian society ... Go To Article
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER:: Codify the drone – WaPo
By MB Snow at March 15, 2013 | 12:53 am
In choice of both topic and foil, Rand Paul’s now legendary Senate filibuster was a stroke of political genius. The topic was, ostensibly, very narrow: Does the president have the constitutional authority to put a drone-launched Hellfire missile through your kitchen — you, a good citizen of Topeka to whom POTUS might have taken a dislike — while you’re cooking up ... Go To Article
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VIDEO:: CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER on Rand Paul Filibuster: ‘Stroke of Political Genius’
By MB Snow at March 7, 2013 | 1:20 pm
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER:: Hail Armageddon – WaPo
By MB Snow at March 1, 2013 | 12:42 am
By Charles Krauthammer -- “The worst-case scenario for us,” a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told The Post, “is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens.” Think about that. Worst case? That a government drowning in debt should cut back by 2.2 percent — and the country survives. That a government now borrowing 35 cents of every dollar it ... Go To Article
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