Be forewarned on what is
happening.
Dr. Charles Krauthammer
was the featured speaker for The Center for the American
Experiment at 7:00PM,
June 1, 2009, at the
McNamara
Alumni Center.
Here are his resumes from
Wikipedia and
from
The Washington Speakers Bureau. The
comments below are first-hand commentary from one of the 26 audience
members in a closed room. You would do well to read and pass this along to
EVERYBODY that loves his country. The ramifications are staggering for us &
our children.
To my Friends & Associates:
Last Monday was a profound evening, hearing Dr. Charles Krauthammer speak to
the Center for the American Experiment. He is brilliant intellectual,
seasoned & articulate. He is forthright and careful in his analysis, and
never resorts to emotions or personal insults. He is NOT a fear monger nor
an extremist in his comments and views. He is a fiscal conservative, and
has a Pulitzer prize for writing. He is a frequent contributor to Fox News
and writes weekly for the
Washington Post. The entire room was held spellbound during his talk. I
have shared this with many of you and several have asked me to summarize his
comments, as we are living in uncharted waters economically and
internationally. Even 2 Dems at my table agreed with everything he said!
If you feel like forwarding this to those who are open minded and 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 and Clinton. He has a
way of making you think he's on your side, agreeing with your position,
while doing the opposite. Pay no attention 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, including
dismantling capitalism. He can't
be straightforward on his ambitions, as the public would not go along. He
has a heavy hand, and wants to "level
the playing field"
with income redistribution and punishment to the achievers of society. He
would like to model the USA to Great Britain or Canada.
4. His three main goals are to control ENERGY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, & NATIONAL
HEALTHCARE by the Federal government. He doesn't care about the auto or
financial services industries, but got them as an early bonus. The cap and
trade will add costs to everything and stifle growth. Paying for FREE
college education is his goal. Most scary is his healthcare program,
because if you make it FREE and add 46,000,000 people to a Medicare-type
single-payer system, the costs will go through the roof. The only way to
control costs is with massive RATIONING of services, like in Canada. God
forbid.
5. He's
surrounded himself with mostly far-left academic types. No one around him
has ever even run a candy store. But they're
going to try and run the auto, financial, banking and other industries. This
obviously can't
work in the long run. Obama's
not a socialist; rather he's 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 United States, but more as a ruler
over the world. He sees himself above it all, trying to orchestrate &
coordinate various countries and their agendas. He sees moral equivalency
in all cultures. His apology tour in Germany and 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 first President ever who has chastised our allies and appeased
our enemies!
7. He's
now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill (and pain) will not
"come due"
until after he's
reelected in 2012. He'd
like to blame all problems on Bush from the past, and hopefully his
successor in the future. He has a huge ego, and Mr. Krauthammer believes he
is a narcissist.
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. Krauthammer believes Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty &
Bobby Jindahl (except for his terrible speech in February) are the future of
the party. Newt Gingrich is brilliant, but has baggage. Sarah Palin is
sincere and intelligent, but needs to really be seriously boning up on facts
and info if she's
to be a serious candidate in the future. We need to return to the party of
lower taxes, smaller government, personal responsibility, strong national
defense, and states'
rights.
9. The current level of spending is irresponsible and 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
and Pelosi a pass because they love their agenda. But eventually the bill
will come due and people will realize the huge bailouts didn't
work, nor will the stimulus package. These were trillion-dollar payoffs to
Obama's
allies, unions and the Congress to placate the left, so he can get support
for #4 above.
10. The election was over in mid-September when Lehman brothers failed. fear
and panic swept in, we had an unpopular President, and the war was grinding
on indefinitely without a clear outcome. The people are in pain, and the
mantra of "change"
caused people to act emotionally. Any Dem 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 Dems 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
and Congress. There's a left-wing revolution going on, according to
Krauthammer, and he encourages us to keep the faith and join the loyal
resistance. The work will be hard, but we're right on most issues and can
reclaim our country, before it's far too late