occasionally will throw a bone to the right? nobody had any ideas. well, that was part of mr. obama s great strength. he was a national rorschach test. so we spent three hours with this new man. he leaves, and we re staying behind a little bit, and i say the same question. is he a centrist? is he a lefty? nobody knew. you think you ve figured him out? i figured him out after that first state of the union speech. we will invest $15 billion a year to develop technologies like wind power and solar power. we can no longer afford to put healthcare reform on hold. it will be the goal of this administration to ensure. i was so astonished that i wrote five columns in a row on what kind of unusual political animal he was in giving an agenda as radical as any since fdr. he basically said, i m not here to tinker. i ve come here to transform america. you ve been pretty tough on this administration, this president. well, i think he s done just about everything wrong.
as the saying goes, he wrote about what he knew. his first article, the expanding shrink, protested how psychoanalysis was creeping into political discourse. for example, president carter s famous malaise speech that blamed the horrible economy on americans crisis of confidence. they liked it and they published it, and i got lucky again. it was republished on the op-ed page of the washington post. it was the first time any article in the new republic had been picked up by the post. krauthammer wrote a few more pieces for the magazine and might have joined the staff, except he got an even more intriguing offer as a speech writer for vice president walter mondale. that lasted six months. and when we got totally crushed in the general election, i got a call from the new republic, and they said, we think you re unemployed now. would you like to come work for us? i said yes right away and started on the day reagan was sworn in. that s the first day i started at the new republic
occasionally will throw a bone to the right? nobody had any ideas. well, that was part of mr. obama s great strength. he was a national rorschach test. so we spent three hours with this new man. he leaves, and we re staying behind a little bit, and i say the same question. is he a centrist? is he a lefty? nobody knew. you think you ve figured him out? i figured him out after that first state of the union speech. we will invest $15 billion a year to develop technologies like wind power and solar power. we can no longer afford to put healthcare reform on hold. it will be the goal of this administration to ensure. i was so astonished that i wrote five columns in a row on what kind of unusual political animal he was in giving an agenda as radical as any since fdr. he basically said, i m not here to tinker. i ve come here to transform america. you ve been pretty tough on this administration, this president. think he s done just about everything wrong.
michael was looking for a managing editor. was there something in the application or phone call that wanted him to be brought down. he was a psychiatrist and never had writing samples. what did you so in him? i enjoyed talking to him. i had a feeling he would be able to write it down. krauthammer gave it a shot. first article expanding shrink. how psychoanalysis was creeping in political discourse. president carter s famous malaise speech blamed the economy on america s crisis of confidence. they liked it and i got it republiced on the washington post. it was the first time any article had been picked up by the post. krauthammer wrote a few more
he leaves, and we re staying behind a little bit. i said same question. is he a centrist lefty? nobody knew. you think you figured him out. i figured him out after that first state of the union speech. we will invest $15 billion a year to develop technology like wind power solar power. we can no longer afford to put health care reform on hold. it will be the goal of this administration to insure. i was so astonished that i wrote five columns in a row on what kind of unusual political animal he was in giving an agenda as radical as any since f.d.r. he basically said i m not here to tinker. i ve come here to transform america. you ve been tough on this administration, this president. what i think he has done just about everything wrong. but just as he was willing to offend his fellow liberals back in the 1980s, he is equally willing to take on conservatives he believes are wrong.