Fox News star Charles Krauthammer reveals he has weeks to live in heartbreaking letter

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Fox News

Charles Krauthammer, the beloved and brilliant Fox News Channel personality who gave up a pioneering career in psychiatry to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning political analyst, on Friday revealed the heartbreaking news that he is in the final stages of a losing battle with cancer.

The 68-year-old’s incisive takes on politics of the day have been missing from Fox News Channel’s “Special Report” for nearly a year as he battled an abdominal tumor and subsequent complications, but colleagues and viewers alike had held out hope that he would return to the evening show he helped establish as must-viewing. But in an eloquent, yet unblinking letter to co-workers, friends and Fox News Channel viewers, Krauthammer disclosed that he has just weeks to live.

“I have been uncharacteristically silent these past ten months,” the letter began. “I had thought that silence would soon be coming to an end, but I’m afraid I must tell you now that fate has decided on a different course for me.” . . .

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/08/fox-news-star-charles-krauthammer-reveals-has-weeks-to-live-in-heartbreaking-letter.html

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Was never a fan, but respected him as a bright guy who overcame being a paraplegic to contribute - even if it was Fox News. I suspect he was heartbroken at the end to see what he and his GOP colleagues had created.

[Coventina]

1. I hope his end is peaceful, but I'm not going to mourn him.

He's a despicable neo-con who cheered on the Bush criminal syndicate.

[olegramps]

3. Yes, that is the reality. I won't shed any tears.

[erronis]

2. I'm sure there's a special place in the afterlife for Mr. Krauthammer. I just wouldn't

want to be there too.

Along with William "F" Buckley - perfected the art of the sneer.

[jb5150]

4. Per my mom, I'm saying nothing ......

But I can't make the same promise for Pat Robertson.

[kimbutgar]

6. Pat, Rush, Rupert and Sean are four, I would drink a celebratory drink in their passing

[Va Lefty]

7. Add McConnell and Ryan to that list

[kimbutgar]

8. I forgot them cretins

There’s are so many. I will add one more to the list,Newt. So now I am up to 7.

[Coventina]

9. McConnell, I will actually dance about.

He is responsible for the right-wing SCOTUS, by unconstitutionally blocking Obama's nomination.

Never forget, never forgive.

on edit: typo

[leftynyc]

15. Add cheney (n/t)

[kimbutgar]

17. Another odious person

He is on a machine keeping him alive like Frankenstein.

[leftynyc]

18. It still burns me

that this cretin got a heart transplant and probably had it stolen from a much more deserving person.

[kimbutgar]

21. Luckily it is not working that well because his appearances are limited

[lastlib]

43. (Not sure that was a heart "transplant"......maybe a heart *plant*....

I don't know what he had before, but it wasn't a heart....)

[yurbud]

22. Rush is suffering a fate worse than death for an attention-whore: being forgotten

[Martin Eden]

32. My Mother always taught me to speak good of the dead.

Charles Krauthammer will soon be dead.

Good.

[CanonRay]

33. Same here

silence is golden.

[PSPS]

5. LOL "the beloved and brilliant Fox News Channel personality." Hagiography much?

Oh, I see. It's a Fox-penned pre-obit.

[Demit]

26. It was the "eloquent, yet unblinking" that got me.

[Cryptoad]

10. Fuck him and Foxxx Neeews,,,,,,,

Hope he lots of time left for his Karma account to liquidated........

[lagomorph777]

29. Doesn't look like he'll be able to pay down the balance.

I think he'll come back as a tick.

[Liberalagogo]

11. I'll give him this

He refused to vote for the Shithole and he totally believes there was collusion with the Russians.

That's all.

[Major Nikon]

12. Broke clock...

[LanternWaste]

28. Maybe a military clock?

Maybe a military clock?

Maybe a clean clock?

Maybe a circuit clock?

Maybe a reference clock?

They all seem as "reasonable."

[leftynyc]

13. May his passing be peaceful and pain free (n/t)

[greytdemocrat]

47. Agreed.

[musette_sf]

14. Like Blankley, Snow, and Novakula before him,

I won't piss or dance on his grave, but I won't mourn, either.

[MurrayDelph]

16. Not my favorite person

but since I watched my dad die of cancer many years ago, I hope he can find some enjoyment, with minimal pain, during his last days.

[Calista241]

19. I had no idea he worked for Jimmy Carter or was

A speechwriter for Walter Mondale. Surprising.

[appalachiablue]

27. Years ago I was surprised to hear he'd been a liberal when young.

His personal background and history is interesting.

WIKI, Political views[edit]
Meg Greenfield, editorial page editor for The Washington Post who edited Krauthammer's columns for 15 years, called his weekly column "independent and hard to peg politically. It's a very tough column. There's no 'trendy' in it. You never know what is going to happen next." Hendrik Hertzberg, also a former colleague of Krauthammer while they worked at The New Republic in the 1980s, said that when the two first met in 1978, Krauthammer was "70 percent Mondale liberal, 30 percent 'Scoop Jackson Democrat,' that is, hard-line on Israel and relations with the Soviet Union"; in the mid-1980s, he was still "50–50: fairly liberal on economic and social questions but a full-bore foreign-policy neoconservative." Hertzberg now calls Krauthammer a "pretty solid 90–10 Republican." Krauthammer has been described by some as a conservative.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer

[onenote]

20. He regularly attended Nationals baseball games

sitting in the wheel chair section which was at the back of the section where my tickets were located. I rarely if ever agreed with him and often found his columns infuriating. But he never seemed to seek any special treatment at games and seemed genuinely happy when he was just able to enjoy an afternoon or evening at the ballpark.

[Grins]

23. Maybe he will finally find out...

...what happened to those missing WMD's? And his and the Reich-wing's credibility?

"Hans Blix had five months to find weapons. He found nothing. We’ve had five weeks. Come back to me in five months. If we haven’t found any, we will have a credibility problem." - Krauthammer, 22 April 2003.

[JohnnyRingo]

24. In respect, I'll forgo the Count Chocula reference.

Well. I guess I actually used it there, but I'll say he wasn't nearly my least favorite Fox contributor.

At least he's a true conservative, with sincere values and convictions, instead of a propagandist like many of his co-contributors on Fox. I've seen him criticize republicans, including Trump, when he feels they do harm for the sole sake of the party.

Hang in there Kraut.

[TeamPooka]

25. Charles "but her emails!" Krauthammer helped create Trump, but he gets the easy way out and

leaves the rest of us with the mess.

[Ztolkins]

30. Small quibble...He is not a para.

But a quadriplegic.

[Nitram]

31. "Beloved?" Why are we posting Fox News quotes about their conservative "personalities"?

I found Krauthammer to be a dour conservative, who put Obama down every chance he got. I mean what was the big deal about the White House Churchill bust, anyway?

[LakeArenal]

36. This.....

[Cal Carpenter]

34. FYI this thread was alerted on for peddling RW talking points

Maybe because fox news is the source? I don't know. I can't imagine your comment on the bottom being construed that way.

Anyway, thought I'd let ya know

[greyl]

42. "Don't peddle right-wing talking points, smears, or sources" is the rule.

(I didn't alert on this, but it should be obvious that foxnews more than exceeds requirements for being a right-wing source)

In this case, I might agree with the jury, since this particular article has an unusual personal aspect and doesn't exactly qualify as right-wing propaganda, which is what the spirit of that rule is about.
Then again, I might not, since I'm against giving link juice to foxnews as a rule.

[meadowlander]

35. Well, access to quality medical care has given him a few more weeks to reflect and make amends.

For example... bashing people for having "moral principles".

[SFnomad]

37. During Krauthammer's career, he was wrong about virtually everything

I hope for his family, he's wrong about this too.

[basta]

38. If you support the republican party

I will not morn your death

[Faygo Kid]

40. Welcome to DU. We try to spell correctly here.

It's mourn, not morn, and Republican Party is capped. Not that they deserve it.

[tonekat]

39. Not a fan

I guess the nicest thing I can wish him is quick painless death in his sleep.

[NNadir]

41. Sorry but I don't weep for fascists.

[Kaleva]

44. May he have a peaceful passing

[Solly Mack]

45. Well, I fucking hate cancer.

That's all I have to say.

[Marcuse]

46. Only the good die young. The rest of us learn from experience