I may not agree with him, but he's a darned good wordsmith

[viktor_haag]

On the advice of Mr Tony, I have started to follow Charles Krauthammer's articles at the Washington Post. You should, too. While I may not agree with his point of view or his politics, Krauthammer's voice is very well crafted indeed.

In his latest, as he explains how Clinton has managed to get off the matt and take it to Obama, Krauthammer makes a quiet case for why USAmericans should maybe not be so darned quick to embrace the new guy. I love this quote:

The Obama campaign has sent journalists eight pages of examples of his reaching across the aisle in the Senate. I am not the only one to note, however, that these are small-bore items of almost no controversy ... [b]ipartisan support for apple pie is hardly a profile in courage.

Ouch.

edit: In related news, it appears that cracks continue to appear in the camp of Mr Shiny Happy. Seriously, Samantha; what the heck were you thinking? Whether you have a case, or not, plainly calling your boss' rival "a monster" is only going to lead to one thing: damage for your boss in the public eye, and a resignation for your ownself. I mean, at least have the decency to call her out on the shaky points of her record and her campaign (of which, no doubt, there have been a few)...

Comments

[doc-mystery.livejournal.com]

Krauthammer is pretty R wing, and this thread runs through many of his otherwise well written arguments. He's a US Medical Board trained Neurologist and is very bright, but I stopped following his coloumn after his ongoing arguments in favour of the war in Iraq despite all the evidence to the contrary.

It was also about this time that the Washington Post was putting up some pretty obnoxious hoops to jump through to read his, and others, articles and columns.

::B::

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

I agree about your assessment of his political stance; I started reading him after this period, and pretty much do so only to appreciate the craftsmanship. Frankly it seems to me that all three of the remaining candidates have positive aspects as well as negative aspects, whatever their party affiliation. And the wonders of RSS aggregation mean that I only rarely have to dive into the Post's horribly built website to find stuff; mostly I just click from my aggregator, and hey presto, I'm there at the article. 8)