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mountainman
02-05-2015, 10:56 AM
Politics aside: Who is the most arrogant and condescending?

A-Hillary
B-Mr Prez
c-Bill O'Reilly
D-Charles Krauthammer
E-Karl Rove

All strong contenders.... D gets my vote (in a photo over A).....Any person who prefaces every utterance with "look" or 'listen" is hard to beat for overall arrogance....

Robert Goren
02-05-2015, 11:21 AM
C Bill O'Reilly He is even worse than me.

mountainman
02-05-2015, 11:29 AM
C Bill O'Reilly He is even worse than me.
yes...he gives a 5 minute speech posing as a question and then talks over his guest with ANOTHER 5 minute speech before they can get 2 words in..it's just ridiculous..

HUSKER55
02-05-2015, 11:35 AM
Bill O' Reilly hands down

barn32
02-05-2015, 11:41 AM
James Carville

ArlJim78
02-05-2015, 11:41 AM
so it's democrats versus Fox news. lol
Have you listened to Brian Williams talk about himself? what a tool.

There has never been anyone more arrogant, childish, condescending and elitist than Obama.
Okay O'Reilly maybe but Krauthammer doesn't even belong on the list. you're totally misreading him if you think he's arrogant. He's bright, thoughtful, articulate, polite and has strong opinions. but he doesn't namecall, troll, lie and make everything about himself like the president does.

Clocker
02-05-2015, 11:43 AM
O'Reilly is not only arrogant, but ill-mannered. Hillary probably is too, from what I have seen. Obama also hints at it, but is rarely in a position where he has a chance or need to be ill-mannered. Krauthammer and Rove are pretty much always polite and civil.

Krauthammer's "look" thing is an annoying verbal tick, but I cut him some slack on that because he is informative and presents new ways of looking at issues, something none of the rest do. And amazingly for many I am sure, he is the only one of the five I would credit with a genuine sense of humor.

lamboguy
02-05-2015, 11:45 AM
so it's democrats versus Fox news. lol
Have you listened to Brian Williams talk about himself? what a tool.

There has never been anyone more arrogant, childish, condescending and elitist than Obama.
Okay O'Reilly maybe but Krauthammer doesn't even belong on the list. you're totally misreading him if you think he's arrogant. He's bright, thoughtful, articulate, polite and has strong opinions. but he doesn't namecall, troll, lie and make everything about himself like the president does.i fully aree with you on Krauthammer. the other guys on Fox are pretty bad though. i have never paid any attention to Brian Williams, but i suspect you are right about him too.

Greyfox
02-05-2015, 11:55 AM
Politics aside: Who is the most arrogant and condescending?

A-Hillary
B-Mr Prez
c-Bill O'Reilly
D-Charles Krauthammer
E-Karl Rove

All strong contenders.... D gets my vote (in a photo over A).....Any person who prefaces every utterance with "look" or 'listen" is hard to beat for overall arrogance....

Rush Limbaugh not on list? Hmm?

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/assets_c/2012/03/rush-limbaugh2-thumb-300x225.jpg (http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/rush-limbaugh2.jpg)

mountainman
02-05-2015, 11:59 AM
so it's democrats versus Fox news. lol
Have you listened to Brian Williams talk about himself? what a tool.

There has never been anyone more arrogant, childish, condescending and elitist than Obama.
Okay O'Reilly maybe but Krauthammer doesn't even belong on the list. you're totally misreading him if you think he's arrogant. He's bright, thoughtful, articulate, polite and has strong opinions. but he doesn't namecall, troll, lie and make everything about himself like the president does.

Differing opinions are the fun of this. And write-in candidates are more than welcome. I simply listed the politicians and talking heads whom I find the most arrogant. And I'll stick with Krauthammer. Again, prefacing every single remark with "look" or "listen" takes the cake with me. But it's a matter of personal taste.

FantasticDan
02-05-2015, 11:59 AM
Rush Limbaugh not on list? Hmm?That's like leaving Babe Ruth off a list of all-time baseball players :blush: :p

mountainman
02-05-2015, 12:00 PM
Rush Limbaugh not on list? Hmm?

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/assets_c/2012/03/rush-limbaugh2-thumb-300x225.jpg (http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/rush-limbaugh2.jpg)

lol...write in votes more than welcome

Overlay
02-05-2015, 12:06 PM
Before he left the political arena for sports reporting, I thought that Keith Olbermann was right up there.

DRIVEWAY
02-05-2015, 12:09 PM
David Letterman :rolleyes:

Robert Goren
02-05-2015, 12:10 PM
You would have to dig into the sports world to find the "real winner" . I nominate Skip Bayless who barely edges out Stephen A Smith. John Madden in his day was a contender. He use to drive my mother nuts.

Overlay
02-05-2015, 12:13 PM
You would have to dig into the sports world to find the real winner.
As far as sports, there'll never be another Cosell.

Tom
02-05-2015, 12:17 PM
OBama
mopo
H4C

woodtoo
02-05-2015, 12:31 PM
Whiskey*Tango*Foxtrot*

Did you hear Ozeros National Prayer Breakfest speech? :faint:

Defending ISIS.

mountainman
02-05-2015, 12:39 PM
Gary Koch..Phil Simms..Jason Whitlock..

Tom
02-05-2015, 01:07 PM
Whiskey*Tango*Foxtrot*

Did you hear Ozeros National Prayer Breakfest speech? :faint:

Defending ISIS.

What a total ass clown he is.
No doubt he is a terrorist.

thaskalos
02-05-2015, 01:58 PM
Boxcar. The man with the direct connection to the "Holy Spirit".

TJDave
02-05-2015, 02:21 PM
Boxcar. The man with the direct connection to the "Holy Spirit".

Beat me by this much.

dartman51
02-05-2015, 02:22 PM
My TOP 5

1. Obama
2. Limbaugh
3. O'Reilly
4. Hillary
5. B. Williams

Flysofree
02-05-2015, 02:36 PM
Rush Limbaugh not on list? Hmm?

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/assets_c/2012/03/rush-limbaugh2-thumb-300x225.jpg (http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/rush-limbaugh2.jpg)


This guy said.... "I hope the President fails" referring to Obama.


He's what's wrong with this country... I personally never voted for Bush , but I rooted for him each and every time as an American.

I never in my life hated anyone until Rush Limbaugh..

ArlJim78
02-05-2015, 03:03 PM
Success to Obama is to degrade and destroy a vibrant successful America.
Everyone with a brain should hope he fails.

Flysofree
02-05-2015, 03:21 PM
I never hope to live to see any US President fail. But I support Limbaugh's freedom of speech and my right to change the channel.

DRIVEWAY
02-05-2015, 03:29 PM
Boxcar. The man with the direct connection to the "Holy Spirit".


Fortunately, the "Holy Spirit" now has call waiting.

fast4522
02-05-2015, 03:31 PM
I really do not think there is any place for a runner up.

Ocala Mike
02-05-2015, 03:31 PM
No votes for Rove? Seems to me he talks down to just about everyone, even his compadres.

Tom
02-05-2015, 03:33 PM
When Obama wins, we fail.
Rush was right.

JustRalph
02-05-2015, 03:48 PM
This guy said.... "I hope the President fails" referring to Obama.


He's what's wrong with this country... I personally never voted for Bush , but I rooted for him each and every time as an American.

I never in my life hated anyone until Rush Limbaugh..

Another lemming going over the edge? Rush was so right about Obama

mountainman
02-05-2015, 04:02 PM
No votes for Rove? Seems to me he talks down to just about everyone, even his compadres.

Rove embarrassed himself and fox on election nite, but while I can understand him surviving as a pundit, the network allowing him to sneak that silly white-board-the very symbol of his petulant melt-down- out again just amazes me.

Flysofree
02-05-2015, 06:00 PM
Another lemming going over the edge? Rush was so right about Obama


I hope Rush will soon endorse his choice for the Republican nomination. He and Trump make great entertainers.... They should run .... Not sure which would be on the top on the ticket... But the rednecks will come out of the wood work to endorse.

JustRalph
02-05-2015, 06:37 PM
I hope Rush will soon endorse his choice for the Republican nomination. He and Trump make great entertainers.... They should run .... Not sure which would be on the top on the ticket... But the rednecks will come out of the wood work to endorse.

There you go and betray yourself by illustrating your lack of knowledge about Rush. He never endorses or announces "his choice for the Repub nomination"
He discusses all of them. But doesn't endorse anybody. You have something against Rednecks huh? Let me guess? East coast personality disorder?

You are all up in arms because he said he hoped Obama failed? He said he was going to fundamentally change the country. I was hoping he would fail too. I am against socialism, quasi communism and illogical policies on whole. I don't care if you are President or a misguided college student. If you're wrong, you're wrong.

You can debate, in fact we can debate those policies. But when the most powerful man in the world is a beacon for socialism, wealth re-distribution etc, I not only hope he fails, I hope he disappears into a malaise of continuous failure. Btw, I got most of my wishes......he has failed on so many levels. The one place he succeeded was in fooling you and the others into voting for him a second time. This success is only rivaled by the success he had paying off his supporters.

Billions to green energy, all his bundlers got paid.

Propping up GM, Ford and Chrysler ( yes, Ford got money on the down low, in tax breaks) to pay off the unions. Robbing the bond holders at GM.

He has reigned over the greatest minority unemployment plunge in history. All the while fawning over "minority leaders" and allowing them to get away with crimes no ordinary businessman could. He has allowed the Justice department to be one big joke. From the obvious circus atmosphere of gun running to Eric Holder being held in contempt of Congress.

History will not be kind when the foreign affairs of a downright dolt are examined for future reference. The Dolt in Chief will be judged a failure. Vindicating those who wished that he fail. His only transformation will be the unsustainable healthcare changes that will eventually be undone.

NJ Stinks
02-05-2015, 06:41 PM
That picture you posted is hilarious, Fast4522! :ThmbUp: :ThmbUp:

O'Reilly spends the entire hour acting like his opinion is irrefutable. Bill Maher is condescending too.

And then there's Chris Christie. :rolleyes:

Elliott Sidewater
02-05-2015, 06:57 PM
Bill O'Reilly, and it's not even close. Has he ever worked with a partner on any show? If so I can't remember it because this pompous blowhard has to have the last word on every topic of discussion. To escape watching after 5 minutes of him, I'd even be glad to endure 30 minutes of Geraldo Rivera.

NJ Stinks
02-05-2015, 06:59 PM
History will not be kind when the foreign affairs of a downright dolt are examined for future reference. The Dolt in Chief will be judged a failure. Vindicating those who wished that he fail. His only transformation will be the unsustainable healthcare changes that will eventually be undone.

You judged Obama a failure years ago. You long to be vindicated for this position but the damn economy and lower healthcare costs keep getting your way.

And guess what? "Rednecks" can be found North of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Robert Goren
02-05-2015, 07:09 PM
After giving it some thought, I think have come up with the winner. ............Chris Mathews. I really don't think anybody else is even close.

Stillriledup
02-05-2015, 07:12 PM
Arrogance is tricky sometimes, you have to be able to separate "schtick" with true and inherent arrogance that a person can't really hide even though they make an attempt to hide it. Here's who i feel are just so arrogant it just drips off them and even if they tried to hide it, they wouldn't be able to.

There's also a difference between arrogance and being a nice guy, you can come across as a nice guy, but just be bad at hiding your arrogance and last of all, we don't want to confuse people we dislike with arrogance, although they do go hand in hand somewhat.
Not necessarily in order.

1) Mike Francesca
2) Adam Schefter
3) Mike Golic
4) Jay Leno
5) Colin Cowherd
6) Kathy Griffin
7) Bill Maher
8) Robin Quivers
9) Paulie (Dan Patrick show)
10) Paul Loduca

fast4522
02-05-2015, 07:18 PM
That picture you posted is hilarious, Fast4522! :ThmbUp: :ThmbUp:

O'Reilly spends the entire hour acting like his opinion is irrefutable. Bill Maher is condescending too.

And then there's Chris Christie. :rolleyes:

I am glad you enjoyed it stinks, after watching a bunch of Barry Goldwater & Frank Zappa on youtube I did not have funny in mind.

horses4courses
02-05-2015, 07:23 PM
If you're going to venture outside the political arena,
how could you not include Stephen A. Smith ?

I know the man is outspoken for a reason,
as it pays to be controversial, but he is hard to listen to. :ThmbDown:

Stillriledup
02-05-2015, 07:26 PM
If you're going to venture outside the political arena,
how could you not include Stephen A. Smith ?

I know the man is outspoken for a reason,
as it pays to be controversial, but he is hard to listen to. :ThmbDown:

He's in the conversation for sure.

PhantomOnTour
02-05-2015, 07:41 PM
Boxcar. The man with the direct connection to the "Holy Spirit".
Game over - we have a winner.

snickster
02-05-2015, 08:54 PM
Politics aside: Who is the most arrogant and condescending?

A-Hillary
B-Mr Prez
c-Bill O'Reilly
D-Charles Krauthammer
E-Karl Rove

All strong contenders.... D gets my vote (in a photo over A).....Any person who prefaces every utterance with "look" or 'listen" is hard to beat for overall arrogance....

If you think D is arrogant in the least bit you are a fool. He is a very humble person and if you cannot see that then you are a total waste.

There are only three arrogant persons in your list rated as follow:

B (no comparison to anyone else in the US) - A & C (about equal)

snickster
02-05-2015, 09:01 PM
Arrogance is tricky sometimes, you have to be able to separate "schtick" with true and inherent arrogance that a person can't really hide even though they make an attempt to hide it. Here's who i feel are just so arrogant it just drips off them and even if they tried to hide it, they wouldn't be able to.

There's also a difference between arrogance and being a nice guy, you can come across as a nice guy, but just be bad at hiding your arrogance and last of all, we don't want to confuse people we dislike with arrogance, although they do go hand in hand somewhat.
Not necessarily in order.

1) Mike Francesca
2) Adam Schefter
3) Mike Golic
4) Jay Leno
5) Colin Cowherd
6) Kathy Griffin
7) Bill Maher
8) Robin Quivers
9) Paulie (Dan Patrick show)
10) Paul Loduca


Bill Mahuer a despicable arrogant POS. I don't know about the others on your list. Seems like you might have something personal against them.

Stillriledup
02-05-2015, 09:04 PM
Bill Mahuer a despicable arrogant POS. I don't know about the others on your list. Seems like you might have something personal against them.

Not personal, just observations.

snickster
02-05-2015, 09:10 PM
Not personal, just observations.

There is a big difference between being arrogant and being self confident. I don't even know the others on your list but Jay Leno and Paul Laduco I think are not arrogant at all but just have a lot of self esteem and self confidence. Especially Jay Leno who is always very nice to everyone and I have never seen him express his opinions like he is an absolute authority and know it all like Bill Mauher for instance.

mountainman
02-05-2015, 09:24 PM
If you think D is arrogant in the least bit you are a fool. He is a very humble person and if you cannot see that then you are a total waste.

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Please keep it impersonal. I'm not here to fight or argue. This kind of posting is just uncalled for. And long out of fashion on this forum.

thaskalos
02-05-2015, 09:33 PM
Please keep it impersonal. I'm not here to fight or argue. This kind of posting is just uncalled for. And long out of fashion on this forum.

And from a "Christian"...no less. :rolleyes:

JustRalph
02-05-2015, 10:15 PM
If you're going to venture outside the political arena,
how could you not include Stephen A. Smith ?

I know the man is outspoken for a reason,
as it pays to be controversial, but he is hard to listen to. :ThmbDown:

Stephen A Smith has grown on me. He won me over with an interview on the Mark Levine show a few months ago. They are apparently friends.

Btw, Smith signed a new deal with ESPN this week for 5 years. Multi million is the description.

Stillriledup
02-05-2015, 10:36 PM
There is a big difference between being arrogant and being self confident. I don't even know the others on your list but Jay Leno and Paul Laduco I think are not arrogant at all but just have a lot of self esteem and self confidence. Especially Jay Leno who is always very nice to everyone and I have never seen him express his opinions like he is an absolute authority and know it all like Bill Mauher for instance.

You can say that about anyone....you can say Bill Maher has self confidence too and is not arrogant at all. So you're saying that the difference between an non arrogant person and an arrogant one is the ability to experess opinions without acting like you know what you're talking about?

Tom
02-05-2015, 11:31 PM
After giving it some thought, I think have come up with the winner. ............Chris Mathews. I really don't think anybody else is even close.

With age comes great wisdom! ;)

I would add Neal Cavuto - who never lets his guest finish a sentence, worst talk show host ever, and Shepard Smith....real jerk. And Bob Lemon on CNN, a racist's racist.

Stillriledup
02-05-2015, 11:36 PM
With age comes great wisdom! ;)

I would add Neal Cavuto - who never lets his guest finish a sentence, worst talk show host ever, and Shepard Smith....real jerk. And Bob Lemon on CNN, a racist's racist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lemon :D

Dave Schwartz
02-05-2015, 11:38 PM
Politics aside: Who is the most arrogant and condescending?

LOL - You can do that?

Seriously?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

AndyC
02-06-2015, 12:10 AM
Rachel Maddow should not be left off the ballot.

dnlgfnk
02-06-2015, 01:16 AM
To apprehend the phrase, "We are the ones we've been waiting for", as the fight song for "progressive" change, is the height of generational arrogance. It was so predictable that the POTUS (& Co.) would turn out to be just another suit.

snickster
02-06-2015, 06:17 AM
You can say that about anyone....you can say Bill Maher has self confidence too and is not arrogant at all. So you're saying that the difference between an non arrogant person and an arrogant one is the ability to experess opinions without acting like you know what you're talking about?

No I say that I can see and detect arrogance in someone regardless of what they say or do. You have to be a totally non-arrogant person to be able to do this as anything contrary to your nature is easily detected. In other words if you cannot detect who is really arrogant then it may be you too.

Robert Fischer
02-06-2015, 06:31 AM
Listen!

I know this sounds silly in a thread thread about 'arrogance', and you may believe that your opinion and impressions are welcome, but my opinion is the only fact.

HUSKER55
02-06-2015, 08:55 AM
got beat to the punch. Chris Mathews and Rachel Maddow need to be added to the list.

But so does Big ED Schultz...smug bastard
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and yes...our own Robert Fischer :D

good morning to you too!

ArlJim78
02-06-2015, 09:02 AM
Fischer makes a bold move to take the lead turning for home.

Robert Fischer
02-06-2015, 09:39 AM
got beat to the punch. Chris Mathews and Rachel Maddow need to be added to the list.

But so does Big ED Schultz...smug bastard
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and yes...our own Robert Fischer :D

good morning to you too!
Fischer makes a bold move to take the lead turning for home.


:D ha
I am an arrogant bastard, but I was also poking fun at some of the "only my opinion can be right" in-fighting already going in this thread.

Thought there was some humor there, considering the topic is 'arrogance' after all...

Steve 'StatMan'
02-06-2015, 09:53 AM
I will nominate some non-americans, some living, some dead.

Kim Jun-Un (and Il & Sun before him)
Adolph Hitler (of couse)
Robert Mugabe
Idi Amin

ArlJim78
02-06-2015, 11:07 AM
I don't think that believing that your opinion is correct is arrogance.
Everyone believes they are correct. you should believe in your opinions and not be afraid to stand up for them. Of course I also would add that you should also keep an open mind and always be willing to fairly challenge your opinions.

Arrogance is acting superior to others. You can have two people who basically agree on an issue, have the exact same opinion, and one of them can be arrogant towards the other while the other is humble or modest.

Conversely you can have two people who hold completely different opinions who do not show any arrogance about it.

Dave Schwartz
02-06-2015, 02:42 PM
Fischer makes a bold move to take the lead turning for home.

:lol: :lol:

Saratoga_Mike
02-06-2015, 07:58 PM
Krauthammer's "look" thing is an annoying verbal tick, but I cut him some slack on that because he is informative and presents new ways of looking at issues, something none of the rest do. And amazingly for many I am sure, he is the only one of the five I would credit with a genuine sense of humor.

..he's a paraplegic

JustRalph
02-06-2015, 08:18 PM
..he's a paraplegic

The man is in a wheelchair. He manages to drive a car etc. he should be an inspiration.

From: Wiki

Krauthammer was born on March 13, 1950, in New York City[2] and raised in Montreal.[3] "My father was a naturalized French citizen. He lived in France most of his life and moved to the United States after the war and got involved in real estate. A friend of his took him on a business trip to Montreal and he was enchanted by the idea of living in a place where French was spoken" .[4] His parents were Orthodox-Jewish and he went to a Hebrew day school. "I got a rigorous Jewish education. I know what it is to be a Jew. There's a difference between being nominally Jewish or sentimentally Jewish and being grounded in Jewish learning".[4] In 1970, he graduated from McGill University with First Class Honors in political science and economics.[5] The following year, he was a Commonwealth Scholar in politics at Balliol College, Oxford, before returning to the United States and entering Harvard Medical School. During Krauthammer's first year of medical school, he was paralyzed in a diving-board accident[2][6] and was hospitalized for 14 months. He has been confined to a wheelchair ever since the accident. He continued his medical studies at Harvard, however, and graduated with his class, earning his M.D. in 1975. From 1975 to 1978, Krauthammer was a resident and then a chief resident in psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1984, he became board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.[7] During his time as chief resident, he discovered a variant of manic depressive disease which he called "Secondary Mania".[8] He also co-authored the path-finding study on the epidemiology of mania.[9]

In 1978, Krauthammer moved to Washington, D.C., to direct planning in psychiatric research under the Carter administration.[1] He began contributing articles about politics to The New Republic and in 1980 served as a speech writer to vice president Walter Mondale.[1] In January 1981, Krauthammer joined The New Republic as both a writer and editor.[1] In 1983, he began writing essays for Time magazine, one of which first brought him national acclaim for his development of the "Reagan Doctrine".[10] In 1984, his New Republic essays won the "National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism".[1] The weekly column he began writing for The Washington Post in 1985 won him the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1987.[11] In 1990, he became a panelist for the weekly PBS political roundtable Inside Washington, remaining with the show until it ceased production in December 2013. For the last decade[vague] he has been a political analyst and commentator for Fox News.

Saratoga_Mike
02-06-2015, 08:20 PM
Ralph, I don't think many are aware of Kraut's diving accident.

mountainman
02-06-2015, 10:14 PM
I was aware of his disability. And I salute his courage. Nor did I say the man isn't well-qualified to commentate on politics. I simply indicated that I find him extremely arrogant and a world-class know-it-all.

My take is, of course, subjective-a matter of personal taste and opinion. And I couldn't care less if some see it as politically incorrect. Krauthammer gets lots of money to put himself and his opinions out there, and his physical state no way indemnifies him from critique. Nor should it.

JustRalph
02-06-2015, 10:20 PM
I was aware of his disability. And I salute his courage. Nor did I say the man isn't well-qualified to commentate on politics. I simply indicated that I find him extremely arrogant and a world-class know-it-all.

My take is, of course, subjective-a matter of personal taste and opinion. And I couldn't care less if some see it as politically incorrect. Krauthammer gets lots of money to put himself and his opinions out there, and his physical state no way indemnifies him from critique. Nor should it.

I don't think anybody implied otherwise. In fact his public persona opens him up for critique. The discussion of his disability came from the comment about his speech pattern/tick, which is obviously related to his disability

mountainman
02-06-2015, 10:31 PM
I don't think anybody implied otherwise. In fact his public persona opens him up for critique. The discussion of his disability came from the comment about his speech pattern/tick, which is obviously related to his disability

Fair enough, Ralph. I've always respected your opinions and enjoyed your postings. You're an institution here. I just drop in from time to time.

JustRalph
02-06-2015, 11:23 PM
Fair enough, Ralph. I've always respected your opinions and enjoyed your postings. You're an institution here. I just drop in from time to time.

I think most would concur when I say, come back more often. :ThmbUp:

Dahoss2002
02-07-2015, 04:31 AM
My TOP 5

1. Obama
2. Limbaugh
3. O'Reilly
4. Hillary
5. B. Williams
Great list but Feinstein deserves a spot too

jballscalls
02-07-2015, 10:14 AM
I was aware of his disability. And I salute his courage. Nor did I say the man isn't well-qualified to commentate on politics. I simply indicated that I find him extremely arrogant and a world-class know-it-all.

My take is, of course, subjective-a matter of personal taste and opinion. And I couldn't care less if some see it as politically incorrect. Krauthammer gets lots of money to put himself and his opinions out there, and his physical state no way indemnifies him from critique. Nor should it.

Is it him that's a world class know it all, or is it his fans who kind of make him into a know it all as he's thought of as one of the kings of conservative thought. I have friends who never question anything he says and think of him as the gospel.

JustRalph
02-07-2015, 10:57 AM
Is it him that's a world class know it all, or is it his fans who kind of make him into a know it all as he's thought of as one of the kings of conservative thought. I have friends who never question anything he says and think of him as the gospel.

He's been known to take heat. Lots of conservatives were very upset with him when he single handedly shut down Fred Thompson during the early primary season in 2008

He also took heat for being very critical of John McCain early on.

He is a very smart individual. I pay attention to him and love his opinions on baseball. He's a huge fan

johnhannibalsmith
02-07-2015, 11:13 AM
The reason people take Krauthammer so seriously is that he isn't big on running his mouth without something to support it. That alone puts him in some stratosphere of elite babbling pundits. He is logical and people that like to be dictated to in a logical format give immediate credit to his argument just on subconscious style points alone. He's the sort of guy that you can disagree with him, but it almost has to be on principal because you will play hell trying to outmaneuver him in a verbal slugfest on particulars.

But, I do get the arrogant thing. He even tends to look at the camera as though it is no less than eleven inches lower than the tip of his nose. He's the only guy that gets infinity amount of time to wind around his thesis from beginning to end when he's on with Bret Baier and pretty much the only guy that O'Reilly can not figure out for a second how to deal with other than to go take a leak or something when he starts talking. There's this implied respect, like a command presence or whatever they call it when someone's mere presence coverts everyone to a subordinate. It seems to reflect on him so I can see the arrogance thing I guess, but it always seems like more than that.

Secondbest
02-07-2015, 11:16 AM
WFAN NY ' S Mike Francessa

JustRalph
02-07-2015, 11:33 AM
The reason people take Krauthammer so seriously is that he isn't big on running his mouth without something to support it. That alone puts him in some stratosphere of elite babbling pundits. He is logical and people that like to be dictated to in a logical format give immediate credit to his argument just on subconscious style points alone. He's the sort of guy that you can disagree with him, but it almost has to be on principal because you will play hell trying to outmaneuver him in a verbal slugfest on particulars.

But, I do get the arrogant thing. He even tends to look at the camera as though it is no less than eleven inches lower than the tip of his nose. He's the only guy that gets infinity amount of time to wind around his thesis from beginning to end when he's on with Bret Baier and pretty much the only guy that O'Reilly can not figure out for a second how to deal with other than to go take a leak or something when he starts talking. There's this implied respect, like a command presence or whatever they call it when someone's mere presence coverts everyone to a subordinate. It seems to reflect on him so I can see the arrogance thing I guess, but it always seems like more than that.

Charisma