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William "Bill" Kristol (born December 23, 1952) is an American neo-conservative political analyst and commentator. He is the founder and editor-at-large of the political magazine The Weekly Standard and a political commentator on several networks.

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I don't think you want political parties that are entirely driven by some extremely doctrinal ideology.

Doctrinal, Ideology, Party, Political, Thinking

Conservatives shouldn't count on the Supreme Court to do our work for us on Obamacare. The Court may rule as it should, and strike down the mandate. But it may not. And even if it does, the future of health care in America - and for that matter, the future of limited government - depends ultimately on the verdict of the American people.

America, Conservatives, Government, Matter, Obamacare, Supreme

I personally - if I were designing the tax code - would have a tax code in which Mitt Romney paid more than 13 percent, given what I know about the kind of investments he made money from.

Design, Investment, Kind, Know, Personally

Conservatism as an "ism" is always going to be somewhat in tension with a political party.

Ism, Isms, Party, Political, Somewhat, Tension

The most devastating indictment of the president's proposal is that it threatens to destroy virtually everything about American health care that's worth preserving. Under the plan's layers of regulation and oversight, even seeing a doctor whenever you like will be no easy matter: access to physicians will be carefully regulated by gatekeepers; referrals to specialists will be strongly discouraged; second opinions will be almost unheard of; and the availability of new drugs will be limited.

American, Availability, Doctors, Drug, Gatekeepers, Virtually

The liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an excuse by conservatives for conservative failures.

Conservative, Conservatives, Failures, Media, Powerful

White women are a problem, that's, you know - we all live with that.

Know, Problem, White, Women

The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44. 5 percent. In the last three, it was 48. 1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat.

Average, Give, Giving, Gop, Percent, Presidential

At the end of the day,[Mitt] Romney was pro-life, but [Rick] Santorum was more fervently pro-life, and had been for longer. They're all going to repeal Obamacare, but Romney has once endorsed something like it. In the old days, there really were differences on fundamental issues, even on foreign policy, [for which] [Newt] Gingrich, Romney, and Santorum were pretty similar.

Differences, Issues, Obamacare, Old, Romney

I think there was a moment in the middle part of the century into the 60s, 70s when at least elite journalism claimed to be non-partisan. You can go back and look at it and wonder about how non-partisan it was.

70S, Back, Journalism, Looks, Thinking

In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.

Case, Government, Leadership, Levels, Set, War

Lest conservatives be too proud, it's worth recalling that conservatism's rise was decisively enabled by liberalism's weakness.

Decisively, Liberalism, Proud, Rise, Weakness, Worth

I still would say generally that more people have access [to] and take advantage of more diversity of opinion than was once.

Advantage, Diversity, Generally, Opinion, People, Say

You all would be really shocked, if you were dropped back down into when I went to college, by the narrowness of the opinions you could get just by reading newspapers and magazines and watching TV.

College, Down, Newspapers, Reading, Watching Tv

I mean, obviously, one of the strongest arguments against evolution and selection of the fittest and progress, which is part of evolution, is the current field of the presidential candidates. We started off with Washington and Adams and Jefferson and then we had Lincoln, and now we moved ahead and look where we are now.

Arguments, Mean, Obviously, Presidential, Progress

American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.

Defense, Interests, Principles, Promotion

Frankly, if you're 26 years old and there's a war on women or there's not a war on women, you can get all wrapped up in it and get lots of traffic on your website and get into exchanges and scream and yell about it on MSNBC or Fox, and a week later no one can remember what that was about.

Foxes, Lots, War, Years, Yell

While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed - and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president.

Judges, Judging, Nice, Obama, Obamacare

Donald Trump beat Jeb Bush and beat Hillary Clinton. And when everyone thinks of Donald Trump that's pretty impressive.

Beats, Clinton, Donald, Everyone, Impressive, Thinking

Going from three TV channels to broadcast TV to cable to talk radio; obviously the online explosion has changed things.

Explosion, Radio, Talk, Three, Tvs

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