I had no idea Scott Walker was so popular

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

"I am too reasonable!!" See even though I say I am center right, I imply others as far right whack jobs even though they hold similar positions to me. Thus I must be believable. Putz.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I guess when people refer to President Obama as "far left", the term far has become relative.

[rah]

Damn, all I was trying to say was that he was farther right than I. That does not mean I was classifying him as a far right religious wacko.

[giblets]

He's a far right not-very-religious wacko.

[The Mad Monk]

...who wrote for Walter Mondale.

[giblets]

...over 30 years ago.

[Elok]

I don't even know who you're talking about, but I was in diapers the last time Mondale was politically relevant. Whoever this is could potentially have changed his mind. Also I understand the center of this country has shifted--but in the other direction, such that many of Reagan's policy's wouldn't make it past the teabaggers now. Anyway, it's been a while.

XPost, you dirty whoreson with your cute widdle puppy avatar.

[Lorizael]

Charles Krauthammer, WaPo's token rightie.

[Hauldren Collider]

No, that's Jennifer Rubin.

[Elok]

Charles Krauthammer, WaPo's token rightie.

Really? I thought that was George Will. I don't read either, of course, but Will's the fellow who wrote that cute editorial about young people and their impertinent blue-jeans-wearing around 2007 or so, while Krauthammer is the one who flies into an incandescent rage anytime anyone criticizes Israel. Do they do other stuff too?

[Hauldren Collider]

I don't think Krauthammer ever flies into an incandescent rage over anything, and George Will is pretty much always on-point, even if you disagree with him. George Will has a unique writing style. He doesn't usually state his thesis, he likes to pull together a number of anecdotes that lead you to see them as somewhat analogous to a current event.

[Hauldren Collider]

More importantly, neither of them are partisans. They don't see it as their job to follow the Republican party line and they frequently don't. The token right-wing partisan of the Washington Post is Jennifer Rubin. Her column is even called "Right Turn".

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

I don't think Krauthammer ever flies into an incandescent rage over anything, and George Will is pretty much always on-point, even if you disagree with him. George Will has a unique writing style. He doesn't usually state his thesis, he likes to pull together a number of anecdotes that lead you to see them as somewhat analogous to a current event.

Incandescent rage is hyperbole, however, I recall the Will article that Elok refers to and it did come off a bit like a scene from "Grand Torino".

[Lorizael]

More importantly, neither of them are partisans. They don't see it as their job to follow the Republican party line and they frequently don't. The token right-wing partisan of the Washington Post is Jennifer Rubin. Her column is even called "Right Turn".

I'll grant you that; Rubin is pretty much insufferable as far as I'm concerned. Krauthammer makes interesting points, at times, but I feel as if spends too much time attacking others' positions and not enough time defending his own. I mostly read the FactChecker on the Post. And Redskins news.

[Hauldren Collider]

I actually like Rubin. While her writing is pretty much always in lockstep with the standard moderate-right Republican, she does a good job of providing a well-reasoned argument for the party line. If you want a lucid explanation of the standard Republican doctrine, Rubin's a good place to get it. She can get fairly condescending at times, though.