Kristol Ball fails: Predicted on Sunday that Granholm would be Supreme Court nominee.
Kristol Ball fails: Predicted on Sunday that Granholm would be Supreme Court nominee.
Today, President Obama picked Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his Supreme Court nominee. On Fox News Sunday this past week, right-wing pundit Bill Kristol (ie “Kristol Ball”) confidently predicted that Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) would be the next Supreme Court nominee:
KRISTOL: I think he has made up his mind, and I think it’s going to be Jennifer Granholm, the governor of Michigan, for this reason. Obama gave that interview Friday which we saw the snippet from. In that interview, he uses the term practical seven times — I want someone with a practical sense of how the world works, I want someone with practical experience. Obama knows what he’s doing, and I think he wants to say, I’m putting on someone who went to Harvard Law School, clerked at an appellate level, was attorney general of Michigan, has good quotes from Republicans and Democrats about their conduct of that legal office, but who really understands the effect on real-world decisions.
Watch it:
Bill Kristol has also wrongly predicted that Ted Stevens would “hang on” in Alaska, that McCain would conquer “the path to the presidency,” and that Colin Powell would endorse President Obama at the 2008 DNC.
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What are you talking about , TP ?
Kristol’s got a “perfect record” ………..Zero-for-the-last-nine-years ……..Tough to top that.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:03 pm“Crystal Balls, more like. Has this buffoon ever been right about anything? Ever?
May 26th, 2009 at 4:05 pmHe’s the perfect conservative pundit… never right…
May 26th, 2009 at 4:07 pmTP, you’ve got it backwards.
It will be worthy of a headline if Bill Kristol ever gets a prediction RIGHT.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:07 pmBill Kristol is not an columnist or commentator; he is a propagandist. He is not honestly attempting to make predictions about future events; he is trying to influence the outcome. It is irrelevant whether his predictions turn out to be correct. And the crystal ball is just a prop.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:08 pmJosephP Says:
Bill Kristol is not an columnist or commentator; he is a propagandist.
Exactly so. He’s merely daydreaming for the wingnuts. Since they’re in a constant downward spiral of massive failure, it’s therefore a foregone conclusion that all of his “predictions” will be wrong.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:09 pmKristol is ALWAYS wrong! :-D
May 26th, 2009 at 4:13 pmKristol is the anti-Nostradamus or otherwise known as the Nothinbutadumbass
May 26th, 2009 at 4:15 pmI guess I won’t be consulting KrystolMeth for those winning MegaMillions numbers?
Joseph P is right, Krystol just throwing BS out there, and hoping some of it sticks.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:18 pmdoes anyone know where i can buy a crystal ball with dogshit inside of it? i think it would be a fitting prop for billy boy to use on fixed news when he makes anymore “predictions”
May 26th, 2009 at 4:19 pmKristol is a neocon war monger and the face of the group that have driven this country right into the ditch. He is neither a “Republican” nor a “conservative,” but helped hijack the GOP to meet his PNAC ends–and Republicans let him and his ilk do it. They all get what they deserve–a place on the fringes of politics and society.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:20 pmBill Kristol couldn’t predict the future if his Kristol Balls were in his lap.
Oh, wait…
May 26th, 2009 at 4:23 pmHow in the world would Billy know what Obama “wants to say”?
May 26th, 2009 at 4:23 pmdagnabbit! I was beat twice over to making my “balls” pun…
May 26th, 2009 at 4:25 pmIsnt this just a snark headline?
May 26th, 2009 at 4:29 pmI just really wonder who pays him money and why. Whatever happened to “the marketplace of ideas?” You could pick ten homeless crazy people off the street and they’d all be able to deliver more cogent and accurate political analysis than this guy.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:33 pmIs this the same Crystal who pushed Sarah Palin onto McCain??? If so…I guess he’s 0 for 10….lol.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:36 pmThe important thing is that Kristol thought he could read Obama’s mind. It is a common delusion of the Right that they can read the minds of liberals and Democrats.
Of course, this would be akin to a dog reading his master’s mind.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:38 pmCan’t this idiot get anything right? No wonder the Bush rule was such a spectacular failure….He was one of the original signers of the Project for a New American Century. LOL!
May 26th, 2009 at 4:38 pmHe would have a better record if he just flipped a coin. It’s almost like his superpower is that of an “anti-psychic”. Statistically, he should be right more often on pure chance.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:38 pmIsn’t it troubling that, should Sotomayer get confirmed, there will be six catholics on SCOTUS?
Not exactly what I’d call balanced.
PEACE
May 26th, 2009 at 4:39 pmI asked the Magic 8 Ball how the future looks for Swami Kristol’s future as a pundit and it said: ? Outlook not so good
May 26th, 2009 at 4:43 pmIsn’t it troubling that, should Sotomayer get confirmed, there will be six catholics on SCOTUS?
Yeah, I’m worried about that, too, and I’m a Catholic….well, baptised and raised one, but this does not bode well for Roe v Wade, unless she really is that rare human being who can divorce her personal and religious views from those of interpreting the law. We can only hope. Personally, I am also worried about the increasing role religion is taking in the running of our country…..I’m a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and in my estimation, “church” seems to be sticking its nose where it doesn’t belong, no matter what the denomination.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:48 pmI predict Bill Kristol wants to slow dance the night away with Sarah or Bristol Palin. Then top it off with sponsoring Todd’s thong.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:49 pmkristol is wrong so often he couldn’t make it as a TV weatherman in Minot, ND.
As far as the Catholic issue goes, Sotomayor will be banned from taking communion if she refuses to vote against Roe v Wade. It’s funny, it used to be that conservatives were afraid of Catholics because they were supposed to take their marching orders from the pope instead of the constitution, now it’s the opposite…
May 26th, 2009 at 4:49 pmwhat incentive does kristol have to actually be right? that would require hard work and modesty. instead he can be a lazy jackass and get paid for it.
May 26th, 2009 at 5:10 pmWho could be surprised that the Kristol ball is opaque? The New York Times, in spite of buying ink by the barrel, almost ran out of ink printing corrections of Kristol’s notoriously clueless columns.
May 26th, 2009 at 5:11 pmspencer’s mom says,
“Isn’t it troubling that, should Sotomayor get confirmed, there will be six Catholics on SCOTUS?”
Well, it could be, but there’s a solution. We can get rid of Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, Alito and Kennedy. Then there’d only be one.
May 26th, 2009 at 5:16 pmJason Linkins of the HuffPost penned a synopsis of recent actual research that pretty much shows pundits are wrong all the time about everything. Like me, tho, Linkins thinks Kristol & Tom-$75K-Friedman bring the overall pundit success rate WAY DOWN.
Sorry, can’t seem to get the link to Linkins to work: if it doesn’t come up, you can cut & paste:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/05/pundits-wrong-all-the-tim_n_172149.html
Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com
May 26th, 2009 at 5:17 pmBill Kristol was one of Sarah Palin’s greatest “cheerleaders” and is definitely responsible for launching her into the VP slot.
In other words, he has effectively ruined his credibility for the next 2-3 generations.
May 26th, 2009 at 5:19 pmVasagi’s comment 21 is dead on.
Kristol is the mirror image of Cassandra, who had the gift of prophecy, but was cursed in that no one would believe her.
Kristol couldn’t predict what he’s going to say as he’s drawing a breath to say it, but all of the NeoCons eat it up.
May 26th, 2009 at 5:22 pmBilly Kristol proves again that incompetence is no reason to lose a job at Fox news. As long as you do the masters’ bidding, it’s a guaranteed job for life.
May 26th, 2009 at 5:34 pmWhile there should be some attention paid to the number of catholics on the SCOTUS, I think enough catholics are enlightened anough to not let their personal traditions and beliefs interfere with a secular government — at least not the open minded justices.
May 26th, 2009 at 5:36 pmLittle Billy was wrong – AGAIN?
Dog bites man, people. *eyeroll*
May 26th, 2009 at 7:06 pmKristol- utter and complete failure at predicting anything
I bet everyone wishes they could constantly fail at their job and STILL get paid, that would certainly relieve the pressure of actually having to competently perform at work.
May 26th, 2009 at 7:14 pmWould sure free up a lot of time.
I don’t think most Catholics even have personal traditions or beliefs, lol.
Being Catholic is more like being part of a dysfunctional family.
:)
You’re always apologizing for them, they embarrass you every chance they get, and you only go to see them on special occasions.
May 26th, 2009 at 7:15 pmI’m confused as to why ANYONE would give any credence to ANYTHING this man says, but it warms my heart to know that Billy-Boy is keeping his losing streak alive!
May 26th, 2009 at 7:38 pmNo wonder Kristol is a Bushie – they’re both spectacular failures.
May 26th, 2009 at 10:52 pmIf I had Kristol’s track record I would have been shot.
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May 27th, 2009 at 9:44 pm