Some consider the Nation’s Capital as “Fantasyland on the Potomac”. Other outsiders are “Fed Up” with the Federal City. It's better to consider D.C. as “the District of Calamity” (sic).
Charles Krauthammer, the renowned conservative commentator, has not been seen on Fox News in ten months. Viewers knew it was for health reasons. But today, Krauthammer released a letter to bid all farewell. It seems that as he was on the verge of recovery from abdominal cancer surgery last October, the cancer returned and he may only have a few weeks to live. In this letter, Krauthammer graciously thanked his colleagues, viewers and readers hoping that he played a small role in conversations that help guide our nation's extraordinary destiny. Honoring Krauthammer's wit and wisdom, it is worth savoring this pearl on how to understand Washington.
Although Krauthammer does not hold religious convictions, it has been a blessing to have him be a thoughtful conservative commentator for decades after initially serving as Vice President Mondale's (D-MN) speechwriter.
Democrats have been fulminating for months about Donald Trump's refusal to release his tax returns, as most modern Presidential candidates have done. When these calls for transparency fell up Donald's deliberately deaf ears, Democrats have threatened consequences in governing. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) taunted President Trump to release those tax documents or else he should expect efforts to reform the tax code to go down to defeat. This threat seems disingenuous, as Schumer vowed not to cooperate with the Trump Administration unless it acceded to every Democrat demand.
As Tax Day loomed, Between the Beltway pundits pondered if Mr. Trump would reveal his personal IRS papers. Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer pulled no punches with his prognostication. Krauthammer pithily predicted that the issue was "a dead parrot", a reference which harkened back to Monty Python's Flying Circus. It gladdens the heart that when "The Hammer" goes down, he can be mirthful in making his pessimistic political prediction. I wonder if he would say "Ni". I doubt it (sic).
