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Bill Kristol: Romney lost Latinos because they want free health care
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol says that Latino voters decided to support President Barack Obama over former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2012 because they wanted government handouts like free health care “and thought Obamacare provided it.” During a panel discussion on Fox News Sunday, Kristol told host Chris…
Bill Kristol: Republicans look like they ‘don’t care about the middle class’
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol is warning Republicans to stop blocking an extension of payroll tax cuts because the party is “looking as if they don’t care about the middle class.” During a Sunday panel segment on Fox News, Kristol noted that President Barack Obama had embraced an extension of…
Bill Kristol: ‘Obama team turned around’ Bush’s financial meltdown
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol says that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is going to have a tough time winning if the election is a referendum on President Barack Obama’s first term. “They need to focus on the next four years,” the conservative columnist told Fox News host Chris Wallace…
Bill Kristol: People don’t have a right to assault rifles
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol on Sunday broke with fellow conservatives and backed restrictions the sales of “assault weapons” like the AR-15 that was allegedly used to kill at least 12 people and wound 58 others in Aurora, Colorado last week. “People have a right to handguns and hunting rifles,”…
Bill Kristol: Romney ‘crazy’ not to release tax returns
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol on Sunday called on presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to follow in his father’s footsteps and release more than just one or two years of tax returns. “He should release the tax returns tomorrow,” the neoconservative pundit told Fox News’ Brit Hume. “It’s crazy.…
Bill Kristol: Right wing attacks on Trayvon Martin ‘ridiculous’
Conservative columnist Bill Kristol criticized potential smear campaigns on Trayvon Marton from right-wing websites Sunday morning. Appearing on his usual role as a panel guest on Fox News Sunday, Kristol did accuse the media and activists bringing more attention to the incident as those promoting “demagogugery.” But he then chastised…
Kristol: ‘Occupy Wall Street’ is a Marxist term for ‘taking over’
In Fox News’ latest attack on the Occupy Wall Street, Fox News Sunday regular panelist Bill Kristol felt the movement’s name resembled a Marxist term. “The whole notion ‘Occupy Wall Street,’ that’s not a sort of democratic movement of ‘Let’s participate in the political process,’” Kristol said. “The whole term Occupy is…
Bill Kristol concedes 2012 presidential race to Democrats
In a column at the Weekly Standard website, former New York Times columnist Bill Kristol opines that “assuming that presidential field remains as it is” for the GOP, “2012 won’t be a repeat of 1980″. He is referring to the election of Ronald Reagan after Jimmy Carter’s single term in…
Bill Kristol calls for U.S. ground forces in Libya
The operation to create a no-fly zone in Libya has just begun, but already conservative Fox News pundit Bill Kristol is wishing the U.S. would send in ground troops “sooner rather than later.” U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday the “Odyssey Dawn” operation launched under a UN Security Council resolution…
Stewart: Steele going against GOP principle of ‘blowing sh*t up’
Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele is facing criticism from his own party after making controversial comments about the Afghanistan war. A puppet in the image of the chairman appeared on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show Monday to explain himself. Speaking at a fundraiser last week, Steele was caught on video…
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