Bill Kristol writes a good column?!?!

Is it me or does Bill Kristol consistently write some of the worst columns you'll ever read in your life? Honestly this has nothing to do with liberal and conservative. Despite disagreeing with them on so much, I love reading Peggy Noonan, David Brooks, George Will and some writers on the National Review. They're mostly smart, intellectually honest and put up coherent, well-thought arguments.

Not Mr. Kristol. From his unyielding support for G.W. and Sarah Palin to his stupid naivety about the Iraq War all while admitting no wrong has been truly dishonest and vile. So imagine my shock when I read this today:

Obama commented wryly that the canine question had “generated more interest on our Web site than just about anything.”

He continued: “We have two criteria that have to be reconciled. One is that Malia is allergic, so it has to be hypoallergenic. There are a number of breeds that are hypoallergenic. On the other hand, our preference would be to get a shelter dog, but, obviously, a lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me. So — so whether we’re going to be able to balance those two things, I think, is a pressing issue on the Obama
household.”

Here, in a few sentences, Obama did the following: He deepened his bond with every dog lover in America. He identified with every household that’s tried to figure out what kind of dog to get. He touched every parent with a kid allergic to pets. He showed compassion by preferring a dog from a shelter. And he demonstrated a dry and slightly politically incorrect wit by commenting that “a lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.”

Not bad. It could be a tough four or eight years for conservatives. It will be tougher yet if they underestimate Obama. His selection of Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff suggests that Obama’s not going to be mindlessly leftist, and that he’s going to shape a legislative strategy that is attentive to Congressional realities while not deferring to a Congressional leadership whose interests may not be his own. Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton were both tripped up in their first two years by their Democratic Congresses. Obama intends for Emanuel to ensure that that doesn’t happen.

And Obama has the further advantage of inheriting a recession that will give him a very tough first year or two (for which he won’t be blamed), but that should be followed by a recovery well timed for his re-election bid.

So Obama will be formidable. But conservatives should welcome the challenge. It’s good for conservatism that conservatives will have to develop refreshed ideas and regenerated political skills to succeed in the age of Obama.

Amazing. He actually credited Obama for something positive. Maybe he doesn't want to be on the wrong side of history? Or maybe for once, Mr Kristol is showing a little bit of humility and understands that the Republican brand has failed the country the last 8 years and needs a bump start to bring it back. Either way, I'm glad for once that not a whole lot of B.S. is coming out of Bill Kristol's mouth. Except this:

And it wouldn’t hurt for Governors Sarah Palin, Mitch Daniels, Bobby Jindal and the other possible 2012 G.O.P. nominees to begin bringing some puppies home for their kids.

Bill, it's time to let Sarah Palin go, man...