Fox News Sunday Panel Remembers Krauthammer: Among the Top Conservative Intellectuals of the Last 50 Years

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Wallace In ░░░░░░░░ time we have left ░░░░░░░░ to talk about the ░░░░░░░░ of our colleague Charles ░░░░░░░░ Back in 2013 when ░░░░░░░░ best selling book Things ░░░░░░░░ Matter came out we ░░░░░░░░ a Power Player segment ░░░░░░░░ Charles And it was ░░░░░░░░ interesting it was the ░░░░░░░░ two part Power Player ░░░░░░░░ have ever done And ░░░░░░░░ is a portion of ░░░░░░░░ BEGIN VIDEO CLIP Charles ░░░░░░░░ The best thing I ░░░░░░░░ going for me is ░░░░░░░░ the first day I ░░░░░░░░ no hope and no ░░░░░░░░ is a redeeming thing ░░░░░░░░ knew what life would ░░░░░░░░ like and I you ░░░░░░░░ accept it or you ░░░░░░░░ t Wallace voice over ░░░░░░░░ that may be the ░░░░░░░░ remarkable part of this ░░░░░░░░ More than all Charles ░░░░░░░░ accomplished and all he ░░░░░░░░ in a wheelchair There ░░░░░░░░ not a trace of ░░░░░░░░ pity Not a bit ░░░░░░░░ You ve got two ░░░░░░░░ You re either going ░░░░░░░░ live a good life ░░░░░░░░ you re going to ░░░░░░░░ a miserable life And ░░░░░░░░ to me was a ░░░░░░░░ easy choice END VIDEO ░░░░░░░░ Wallace Rich where do ░░░░░░░░ think and I just ░░░░░░░░ out that you worked ░░░░░░░░ Charles one of your ░░░░░░░░ job out of college ░░░░░░░░ does Charles rank in ░░░░░░░░ pantheon of conservative thinkers ░░░░░░░░ and just among commentators ░░░░░░░░ the public scene in ░░░░░░░░ LOWRY Well let me ░░░░░░░░ I worked for him ░░░░░░░░ a research assistant out ░░░░░░░░ college I was scared ░░░░░░░░ entire time Obviously not ░░░░░░░░ he did anything to ░░░░░░░░ me feel uncomfortable he ░░░░░░░░ be incapable of that ░░░░░░░░ just he had a ░░░░░░░░ dignity to him and ░░░░░░░░ always knew you were ░░░░░░░░ the presence even if ░░░░░░░░ wasn t rubbing it ░░░░░░░░ your face of a ░░░░░░░░ intellect I think he ░░░░░░░░ he ranks with Bill ░░░░░░░░ Irving Kristol as among ░░░░░░░░ top conservative intellectuals of ░░░░░░░░ last 50 years He ░░░░░░░░ one of the great ░░░░░░░░ of our civilization and ░░░░░░░░ represented what was best ░░░░░░░░ it And his voice ░░░░░░░░ be missed and never ░░░░░░░░ Wallace Is there one ░░░░░░░░ from your days as ░░░░░░░░ college graduate dealing with ░░░░░░░░ Krauthammer LOWRY I once ░░░░░░░░ a typo into his ░░░░░░░░ late when it was ░░░░░░░░ know almost going to ░░░░░░░░ printer at The Washington ░░░░░░░░ and I had to ░░░░░░░░ tell him this the ░░░░░░░░ day I thought I ░░░░░░░░ t realize in Washington ░░░░░░░░ actually pass the buck ░░░░░░░░ you cover for your ░░░░░░░░ And he he wasn ░░░░░░░░ Wallace You mean you ░░░░░░░░ have said well it ░░░░░░░░ the paper that did ░░░░░░░░ or LOWRY He wasn ░░░░░░░░ he wasn t mean ░░░░░░░░ it or nasty about ░░░░░░░░ but I remember still ░░░░░░░░ rings in my ear ░░░░░░░░ said why did you ░░░░░░░░ it And and like ░░░░░░░░ you know I d ░░░░░░░░ my mother and and ░░░░░░░░ came to joke about ░░░░░░░░ over the years Wallace ░░░░░░░░ you were on the ░░░░░░░░ side fencing with Charles ░░░░░░░░ and it always struck ░░░░░░░░ that whether you agreed ░░░░░░░░ him or not and ░░░░░░░░ know Charles wasn t ░░░░░░░░ right I think we ░░░░░░░░ agree if you ignored ░░░░░░░░ you missed out on ░░░░░░░░ important part of the ░░░░░░░░ conversation WILLIAMS Without a ░░░░░░░░ You know it comes ░░░░░░░░ mind because I was ░░░░░░░░ the opposite side that ░░░░░░░░ talk about Wayne Gretzky ░░░░░░░░ Michael Jordan as knowing ░░░░░░░░ the puck or the ░░░░░░░░ was going before it ░░░░░░░░ there So Charles was ░░░░░░░░ a chess player strategic ░░░░░░░░ And when it came ░░░░░░░░ debate he thought out ░░░░░░░░ had a strategy in ░░░░░░░░ He s going someplace ░░░░░░░░ to go along with ░░░░░░░░ was to learn and ░░░░░░░░ match strategies The best ░░░░░░░░ of this would be ░░░░░░░░ Miers going back to ░░░░░░░░ I don t know ░░░░░░░░ was if you remember ░░░░░░░░ was nominated for the ░░░░░░░░ Court by George W ░░░░░░░░ Then their I supported ░░░░░░░░ as a Democrat I ░░░░░░░░ this was a moderate ░░░░░░░░ the best we can ░░░░░░░░ for from this president ░░░░░░░░ opposed her and there ░░░░░░░░ tremendous opposition from the ░░░░░░░░ They feared Harriet Miers ░░░░░░░░ be another David Souter ░░░░░░░░ of a indistinct even ░░░░░░░░ justice Charles then cames ░░░░░░░░ comes up with this ░░░░░░░░ for how George W ░░░░░░░░ can pull Harriet Miers ░░░░░░░░ effectively an exit strategy ░░░░░░░░ the White House follows ░░░░░░░░ instructions And for me ░░░░░░░░ was like oh my ░░░░░░░░ he came up with ░░░░░░░░ idea and he had ░░░░░░░░ influence to make it ░░░░░░░░ It was it s ░░░░░░░░ revelation So you know ░░░░░░░░ just give thanks that ░░░░░░░░ was on the other ░░░░░░░░ of a chess master ░░░░░░░░ public debate Wallace You ░░░░░░░░ it s interesting It ░░░░░░░░ like when Walter Cronkite ░░░░░░░░ against the Vietnam War ░░░░░░░░ Johnson said if I ░░░░░░░░ lost Cronkite I ve ░░░░░░░░ the country I suspect ░░░░░░░░ W Bush thought if ░░░░░░░░ ve lost Krauthammer I ░░░░░░░░ lost the country Thank ░░░░░░░░ all panel See you ░░░░░░░░ week.