I think that President Obama is beginning to realize that a lot of his plans have backfired. Jonathan Krohn More Quotes by Jonathan Krohn More Quotes From Jonathan Krohn I want the American people to understand that conservatism... is an ideology of protecting the people and the people's rights. Jonathan Krohn rights want people In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect for life, less government, and personal responsibility. Jonathan Krohn responsibility believe book In politics almost all of us are nerds, so that's just a given... but we're cool nerds. Jonathan Krohn nerd given I'd like to do policy and I'd like to do philosophy, I'd like to be able to get into the depth, into the meat of the argument - that's the kind of stuff I want to do. Jonathan Krohn depth meat philosophy I got into politics when I was eight years old. Six years now. And I got involved because I started listening to talk radio. It goes back to one event. The Democrats filibustered something in the Senate when I was eight years old. I don't remember what it was on and I didn't honestly care when I was eight years old. I cared about the history and the Senate rules. Jonathan Krohn eight listening years My dad thinks Obama is a socialist and all these extreme views. Jonathan Krohn dad views thinking My mother taught me everything I know; how to speak properly, posture, enunciation. Jonathan Krohn taught speak mother Now that I'm a political pundit, I have the ability to influence people. Jonathan Krohn influence political people I am an only child and home-schooled, so I have no siblings or classmates. Jonathan Krohn sibling home children I listened to Bill Bennett and tons of other talk show hosts who talked about that and other policies and started branching out and caring about other issues in regards to politics. Jonathan Krohn issues bills caring As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well. Jonathan Krohn speech acting giving Before I got into politics, I wanted to be a missionary to people in the Middle East. I thought it would be better to speak with them in their own language. Jonathan Krohn middle-east missionary people Conservatism is not about the party, because the party is merely the shell. It is the inside - it's the filling that really means something. Jonathan Krohn shells party mean Bill Bennett really became an idol for me. I listened to him every morning from 6 to 9 for, oh, years. Jonathan Krohn idols morning years I believe that this is the key, the principle itself is the key to conservatism. Because in many ways if you do not have a principled base you do not have policy and if you do not have policy in many ways you do not have an ideology. Jonathan Krohn keys principles believe I got into politics when I was eight years old. Jonathan Krohn eight years I don't think Obama's a socialist or evil, I just think he's wrong and I disagree with him, he's a leftist, that's what they are in France and in Great Britain and in Canada. Jonathan Krohn canada evil thinking I have good voice inflection, that's why I'm good on radio. But on TV, I look too big because I move my hands around a lot. Jonathan Krohn voice hands moving The president hasn't come after me yet, but we've had other people come after me! Jonathan Krohn president people In general President Obama's policies have been very, very skewed and very, very extreme. Like on healthcare for example, I don't think that trying to ram healthcare through was a smart idea politically, because he wasted a lot of capital and now he doesn't have any of that same capital with even his own party that he used to have. Jonathan Krohn think smart party trying