Charles Krauthammer on Executive Overreach
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Charles Krauthammer has a new column on what he calls "executive overreach" — executive branch officials acting beyond the authority they have been granted by Congress, and so escaping the consent of the governed. He writes:

How did we get here? I blame Henry Paulson. (Such a versatile sentence.) The gold standard of executive overreach was achieved the day he summoned the heads of the country's nine largest banks and informed them that henceforth the federal government was their business partner. The banks were under no legal obligation to obey. But they know the capacity of the federal government, when crossed, to cause you trouble, endless trouble. They complied.

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Krauthammer on the Arrogant Elites
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Charles Krauthammer (as did William McGurn earlier) ties together the Arizona immigration, California gay marriage, and New York ground zero mosque debates:

how can one reason with a nation of pitchfork-wielding mobs brimming with "antipathy toward people who aren't like them" -- blacks, Hispanics, gays and Muslims...

The Democrats are going to get beaten badly in November. Not just because the economy is ailing. And not just because Obama over-read his mandate in governing too far left. But because a comeuppance is due the arrogant elites whose undisguised contempt for the great unwashed prevents them from conceding a modicum of serious thought to those who dare oppose them.

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Martha's Vineyard Myths
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It's a pretty common experience: a journalist or publication you respect, trust, or admire writes or talks about an event in which you are personally involved or have firsthand knowledge. And the account turns out to be a lot less accurate than you would have expected.

Here's Charles Krauthammer talking about President Obama's vacation on Martha's Vineyard:

You know, the Vineyard doesn't have any bridges to it. You either get there on a ferry in your Maserati, or on a jet or a helicopter. It's not exactly where ordinary folks will take a vacation.

Here's Peggy Noonan, writing about the same topic:

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Jonah Goldberg on Obama's T.R. Speech
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The best response I've yet seen to Obama in Osawatomie comes from Jonah Goldberg. Charles Krauthammer is also right up there.

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Jonah Goldberg on Obama's T.R. Speech
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The best response I've yet seen to Obama in Osawatomie comes from Jonah Goldberg. Charles Krauthammer is also right up there.

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Martha's Vineyard Myths
futureofcapitalism.com

It's a pretty common experience: a journalist or publication you respect, trust, or admire writes or talks about an event in which you are personally involved or have firsthand knowledge. And the account turns out to be a lot less accurate than you would have expected.

Here's Charles Krauthammer talking about President Obama's vacation on Martha's Vineyard:

You know, the Vineyard doesn't have any bridges to it. You either get there on a ferry in your Maserati, or on a jet or a helicopter. It's not exactly where ordinary folks will take a vacation.

Here's Peggy Noonan, writing about the same topic:

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Charles Krauthammer on Executive Overreach
futureofcapitalism.com

Charles Krauthammer has a new column on what he calls "executive overreach" — executive branch officials acting beyond the authority they have been granted by Congress, and so escaping the consent of the governed. He writes:

How did we get here? I blame Henry Paulson. (Such a versatile sentence.) The gold standard of executive overreach was achieved the day he summoned the heads of the country's nine largest banks and informed them that henceforth the federal government was their business partner. The banks were under no legal obligation to obey. But they know the capacity of the federal government, when crossed, to cause you trouble, endless trouble. They complied.

Read More...

Krauthammer on the Arrogant Elites
futureofcapitalism.com

Charles Krauthammer (as did William McGurn earlier) ties together the Arizona immigration, California gay marriage, and New York ground zero mosque debates:

how can one reason with a nation of pitchfork-wielding mobs brimming with "antipathy toward people who aren't like them" -- blacks, Hispanics, gays and Muslims...

The Democrats are going to get beaten badly in November. Not just because the economy is ailing. And not just because Obama over-read his mandate in governing too far left. But because a comeuppance is due the arrogant elites whose undisguised contempt for the great unwashed prevents them from conceding a modicum of serious thought to those who dare oppose them.

Read More...