Poor Newt Gingrich, hoisted by his own petard in Iowa
Newt Gingrich’s campaign has apparently gone into freefall in Iowa, to the point that the recent frontrunner has been reduced to musing publicly that a fifth-place finish wouldn’t be so bad. Millions of dollars of negative campaigning aimed in his direction has put a torpedo right in his ample midship.
Newt has complained bitterly about the tactic, calling the attacks “reprehensible” and claiming that the candidates who use them “ought to be ashamed of themselves” and that it “demeans America.” Personally, though, I think there’s a certain poetry in the fact that Gingrich has come undone in such a fashion.
After all, his fellow Republicans are merely using what someone once called “contrasting words,” “powerful words that can create a clear and easily understood contrast.” That certain someone even created a list of such words, urging his followers to “apply these to the opponent, their record, proposals and their party.”
On the vocabulary list drafted by that certain someone and recommended for deployment in politics are many of the words now being directed at Gingrich by members of his own party, and apparently with devastating effect. For example:
abuse of power
betray
bizarre
cheat
coercion
collapse(ing)
corrupt
corruption
cynicism
decay
destroy
destructive
devour
disgrace
endanger
excuses
failure (fail)
greed
hypocrisy
ideological
impose
incompetent
insecure
insensitive
intolerant
liberal
lie
mandate(s)
obsolete
pathetic
radical
self-serving
selfish
sensationalists
shallow
shame
sick
steal
threaten
traitors
waste
Watching all this happen, another word comes to mind, a word that isn’t on that certain someone’s list. That word is karma.
– Jay Bookman
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Finn McCool
December 29th, 2011
10:06 am
Clint said “A man’s gotta know his limitations.’
Who also said: ‘Dying aint much of a livin’
stands for decibels
December 29th, 2011
10:07 am
greenwald is nothing but consistent concerning rendition, illegal wiretapping, no matter who is president…
as are Sam Seder and Duncan Black (aka “Atrios”), two of my other favorite DFH pundits.
Butch Cassidy
December 29th, 2011
10:07 am
Anyone else notice that everytime one of these idiot candidate takes a dive the party faithful automatically shift into how bad Obama is? Not saying he’s great, but it really doesn’t bolster their position by saying that the guy going down in flames is better than the guy who isn’t. Just sayin.
Paul
December 29th, 2011
10:09 am
Peter!
You found your way out of the vortex!
You probably do not realize how fortunate you rare.
Stevie Ray
December 29th, 2011
10:10 am
ADAM,
Since both are above the law relative to corruption and cronyism, I suggest that reflects they both feel they possess higher station in life than the rest of us…as do Cheney, Bush, Pelosi, Reid, Hastert…long and less than distinguished list of those uppity politicians…too bad we are collectively too sheepish to bit#h slap them down so they are held legally and ethically accountable same as the rest of us…
larry
December 29th, 2011
10:11 am
Anyone else notice that everytime one of these idiot candidate takes a dive the party faithful automatically shift into how bad Obama is?
They need to boster their self esteem. They know that their field is not what they wanted. They also know after the Bush debacle, no one of any substance decided not to enter the race. I wonder if Tim Palenty is kicking himself for getting out of the race too early.
Finn McCool
December 29th, 2011
10:12 am
Note that Greenwald points out Rachel Maddow as being one of the few tv personalities to take issue with the Obama administration’s expansion of the drone wars.
Paul
December 29th, 2011
10:12 am
larry
So it’s better that crippled companies limp along and eventually go under, tossing lots of folks out of jobs than it is to take over a failing company, get rid of the diseased part, put the company on a course to success so it can grow and expand and create more jobs?
There’s a lot of qualifiers behind the talking points.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
10:13 am
Misty Fyed: You can’t privatize everything. Somethings are best administered by government.
Now we’re getting somewhere….
Bill Orvis White
December 29th, 2011
10:14 am
@larry
The honorable Gov. Romney had to make painful choices just like any good businessman has to make. Right now, I’m making painful choices not to hire anyone until Hussein Obama leaves office. This is the most business-unfriendly anti-colonialist president that the world has ever seen.
@Stevie Ray
You’re an anti-Semite like Ron Paul. The so-called Zionist Experiment is a battle between good versus evil, pure and simple. WE THE PEOPLE know that the good people of Israel need to be protected from the evildoers in that neighborhood.
Amen,
Bill
Mr. Snarky
December 29th, 2011
10:15 am
Wow…that list of words…was Newt looking for words to describe himself in 2011? That man has vision.
Stevie Ray
December 29th, 2011
10:15 am
STANDS,
Thanks for referrals to add to my often nauseating search beyond the half-truths spouted by far right and leftist…Maybe I can get a rise out of one of them unlike my failure to do so after more letters to congressfolks on both sides…all I ever got from that toil is thanks for contacting us and an equal number of requests for donations….mostly after submitting rants about how crappy a job the addressees are doing..
Peter
December 29th, 2011
10:15 am
Paul……. I have maintained my “independence” from both parties, most of my life….. I do vote according to the lesser of 2 evils in most cases.
I really also believe in a persons individual choice, but understand that Government has a “role ” to play, and if they play within a certain role then I support it.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
10:16 am
Stevie Ray: Do you understand what is meant by someone’s “station?” It means basically “Know your place, knave.” I reject that notion, as do many Americans. We have elected officials and rich people, but make no mistake – they are not entitled to be there forever, and they are not entitled to smack anyone else down who is trying to be in those positions.
USinUK
December 29th, 2011
10:17 am
“This is the most business-unfriendly anti-colonialist president that the world has ever seen.”
which is why the DOW has increased 50.4% since he took office.
YAY!
Welcome to the Occupation
December 29th, 2011
10:17 am
Stevie Ray: “I really dig Glenn Greenwald…I read him daily. I thought he was a liberal, if so, he is by far and away the most balanced I’ve ever experienced. ..”
What’s a ‘liberal’?
If Greenwald is a liberal, then that poses a problem for all those people who define liberal as someone who endlessly cheer-leads on behalf of Barack Obama no matter what he does (which, in fairness, is the norm among large segments of the “progressive” media class — I’m thinking here of people like Al Sharpton, Melissa Harris-Perry, Eugene Robinson, Rachel Maddow, but does NOT include Chris Matthews or Greenwald, to their credit).
Finn McCool
December 29th, 2011
10:20 am
“This is the most business-unfriendly anti-colonialist president that the world has ever seen.”
i.e.”I can’t seem to run a business profitably.”
Stevie Ray
December 29th, 2011
10:21 am
BILLORVIS,
Labeling me an anti-semite is quite an accomplishment. Pointing out that no evidence exists that the Zionist state is a success and represents only democracy is religiously & ethnically discriminatory is quite different than suggesting I possess an unreasonable hatred of all things Jewish. I can put my spouse on the blog….her maiden name is Silverstein…
Leave the name calling in the sandbox there genious….generally means you concede the debate.
JKL2
December 29th, 2011
10:21 am
-Misty Fyed: You can’t privatize everything. Somethings are best administered by government.
If only we had some kind of document that said what the government was and wasn’t supposed to do…
deegee
December 29th, 2011
10:22 am
Has it occurred to anyone that people in Iowa just love this kind of attention? What else do they have outside of a straw poll in August and a presidential caucus every 4 years? The fact that they are first is meaningless if you consider that at least half of the electorate will cast their vote based on what they heard in a 30 second sound bite approximately 24 hours before entering the polling place. Let’s give it a rest already.
Lord Help Us
December 29th, 2011
10:22 am
If Romney wins the nominations (and does not pick a gimmick VP), his record as Governor of Mass will be the most relevant item to me.
I was a bit surprised to see how his job approval withered during his last couple of years as Gov.
His experience with Bain will mean very little to me…he ran a successful company. Period.
I also believe that if he gets the nomination and embraces, rather than abdicates, his healthcare accomplishment that he will win.
Peter
December 29th, 2011
10:23 am
Bill Orvis White . If you are not hiring, then maybe your business plan is not working ?
For you to blame your business not working out on the President is a JOKE…. Corporate America is BOOMING !
Please you have more excuses for everything, and God is not helping your business is he ?
USinUK
December 29th, 2011
10:24 am
oh, and while we’re talking about how Obama is so bad for bidness, the S&P is also up 50% since he took office … the NASDAQ is up 75% … and corporations are sitting on record profits …
but other than that, what did the Romans ever do for us …
Peter
December 29th, 2011
10:24 am
Lord Help Us . If you want Romney….then of course you should be all in with the Obama Health care plan correct ?
USinUK
December 29th, 2011
10:25 am
Finn – “i.e.”I can’t seem to run a business profitably.””
more like “I can’t run a business profitably … but it’s someone else’s fault”
Stevie Ray
December 29th, 2011
10:25 am
WELCOME,
Thanks for response…Jay turned me on to him as a liberal worth reading…He clearly falls into my way of centrist thinking…I may have misunderstood the liberal leaning label…Agreed on others particularly anyone on the Democratic channel MSNBC who are as partisan as FOX. Both have high entertainment value in my book but worthless as credible info sources for the most part…My favorites are BIGED and John (Jerry Springer) Gibson…both masters of the shoutdown.
USinUK
December 29th, 2011
10:25 am
“What else do they have outside of a straw poll in August and a presidential caucus every 4 years?”
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang … talk about an east coast elitist
sheepdawg
December 29th, 2011
10:26 am
I’ll miss newt, he’s a funny guy.
Gator Joe
December 29th, 2011
10:27 am
Jay:
The racists, the bigots and the narrow-minded, united in their blind hatred for President Obama will desperately grasp at any candidate no matter how unqualified they are to actually be the President. While this spectacle is amusing, it is at the same time pathetic and tragic.
sheepdawg
December 29th, 2011
10:27 am
So happy newt is getting his well earned and deserved praise!!!!
sheepdawg
December 29th, 2011
10:27 am
what an f ing idiot……
Stevie Ray
December 29th, 2011
10:28 am
ADAM,
Guess we will agree to disagree on the uppity label..I don’t like the word to begin with but feel that anyone feels a sense of entitlement the rest of us don’t share fall into that category. That basically covers most inside the beltway.
Lord Help Us
December 29th, 2011
10:28 am
‘Lord Help Us . If you want Romney….then of course you should be all in with the Obama Health care plan correct ?’
Put me in the camp of, ‘it does not go far enough.’ However, it was the best that could be done at the time with political realities.
Eventually, we will go to single payer. Takes the burden off business and dramatically lowers the cost.
avemaria old bean
December 29th, 2011
10:28 am
Hoist “with” or “upon” but not “by”
Once again the intelligence of the editorial writers shines dimly:
The word petard comes from the Middle French peter, to break wind, from pet expulsion of intestinal gas, from Latin peditum, from neuter of peditus, past participle of pedere, to break wind; akin to Greek bdein to break wind. (Merriam-Webster) Petard remains a French word meaning a firecracker today (in French slang, it means a handgun, or a joint).
The word remains in modern usage in the phrase hoist with one’s own petard, which means “to be harmed by one’s own plan to harm someone else” or “to fall into one’s own trap,” literally implying that one could be lifted up (hoist, or blown upward) by one’s own bomb.
Stevie Ray
December 29th, 2011
10:30 am
USNUK,
What do you suppose the underlying reason these corporations are sitting on record amounts of cash which drive up share value?
What will happen when they actually put this money to work?
Bill Orvis White
December 29th, 2011
10:30 am
@Stevie Ray
I’m just dedicated to spreading the truth, “sir.” You’re either with those who care about good defeating evil or you’re against it and with the jihadists who wish to destroy our way of life.
@Peter
I’m not hiring because of the uncertainty that the Hussein Obama “administration” has created.
Amen,
Bill
Peter
December 29th, 2011
10:30 am
Lord Help Us ………Well I know folks trying to get Blue Cross and Blue Shield….. one person in the past had a “Cholesterol issue” they said, and denied her coverage.
How is that working for the Individual ?
Finn McCool
December 29th, 2011
10:30 am
petard comes from the Middle French peter, to break wind,..
Sounds appropriate to me. Whenever Newt opens his mouth….
Donovan
December 29th, 2011
10:31 am
Thanks again Jay for your astute observation of yet another GOP candidate. It just seems that there is no one amongst this group of Republicans that are qualified to be president.
Wait a minute…I get lost in the rhetoric of this blog site. I regretably loose sight of the fact that you are a liberal, preach to a liberal audience, and enjoy the collective lunatic ideas of your political party. Is it any wonder that you and your blog club have voted for immoral liars and inexperienced community organizers to represent the office of the president. Therefore, pragmatic people and common sense people take you guys with a grain of salt and swallow your rhetoric with a healthy dose of lubricant.
No matter who you demean and rail against, the fact remains that any one of these candidates are a far better choice for president than the one you voted for and are trying to defend. His record speaks for himself. The congressional Democrats (Pelosi, Reid, Kerry, Boxer, Schumer, Frank, Franken, etc.) lead the pack in kook ideology.
We have historical debt on account of the above lunatics. Your Democrat Senate has failed to pass a balanced budget in over 900 days. This group proudly proclaims cost cutting initiatives from the House as DOA before it even arrives on the Senate floor. It’s their way or no way. Pathetic.
There is no serious thought to the idea of reduced spending. There is no serious thought to the idea of curtailed borrowing. There is no responsibility in fiscal management. You spend like drunken sailors. Is it any wonder business owners won’t invest when there is uncertainty in their future?
We have ideas, but you Democrats have none. You Democrats have nothing to offer but cheesy 2 month plans of kicking the can down the road and ripping the good intentions of your political opponents.
Get on board or get out of the way.
stands for decibels
December 29th, 2011
10:31 am
I’m making painful choices not to hire anyone until Hussein Obama leaves office.
And “Joe the Plumber” really WAS about to buy a business that would provide him with personal income above $250K per year, but was hesitant to do so because he was afraid his income taxes might go up at some point. Uh huh.
Finn McCool
December 29th, 2011
10:32 am
I’m not hiring because of the uncertainty that the Hussein Obama “administration” has created.
umm, you’re not hiring cause aint nobody buying what you’re selling.
Lord Help Us
December 29th, 2011
10:32 am
‘How is that working for the Individual ?’
Better now than before ACA…
USinUK
December 29th, 2011
10:32 am
“What do you suppose the underlying reason these corporations are sitting on record amounts of cash which drive up share value?”
welp … what’s going on in Europe isn’t helping – predictions of a double-dip in the UK and Eurozone is going to create a significant headwind
plus … it’s short-term thinking (the paradox of thrift) – they’re afraid of spending too much in case of the US going into a double-dip – but, it’s BECAUSE they’re not spending and hiring that could actually CAUSE the double-dip
Peter
December 29th, 2011
10:33 am
Bill Orvis White.. DUMB statement….when is having a business ever certain ?
That would be a business plan, and adapting like any company does.
When is getting up and driving certain, eating something certain, taking a shower, or sleeping certain ?
Please tell me what your issue is…..cause you talk silly.
USinUK
December 29th, 2011
10:33 am
“It just seems that there is no one amongst this group of Republicans that are qualified to be president.”
truth. it hurts.
Smelly Liberal Land
December 29th, 2011
10:33 am
You are almost there, Jay. Two or three conservatives left. But my, my what a large group of bobble heads you have here.
Let’s all agree with Jay. He likes it like that. He’s banned almost everyone who doesn’t agree with him.
Jay’s a god on this blog. He can post whatever he wants and these people will praise him as the wise one. Its his own little perfect world.
And the same ones are here, every day, every single day.
How completely pathetic.
Finn McCool
December 29th, 2011
10:34 am
We have historical debt on account of the above lunatics.
Umm, no. We have historic debt due to somebody giving out tax breaks while running two simultaneous wars.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
10:34 am
What will happen when they actually put this money to work?
Jobs and economic growth. Now granted, they could just release a LITTLE of it, hire maybe just a tad more workforce. Right now, workers are doing the work of 3-5 people because of cut backs. Businesses COULD respect the need for humans to get some rest and have less stress in order to do better work, OR they could focus on how much money they are saving by forcing people to do tons more work than they used to at reduced cost.
getalife
December 29th, 2011
10:35 am
“I’m still loving Newt. Primarily because you guys hate him so much”
Never underestimate the ignorance of the American voter.
stands for decibels
December 29th, 2011
10:35 am
The congressional Democrats (Pelosi, Reid, Kerry, Boxer, Schumer, Frank, Franken, etc.) lead the pack in kook ideology.
Donovan, I’ll probably regret this, but I’ve got to ask, and I’ll make it super simple for you.
Just what “kook”y legislation has, oh, Al Franken supported and/or voted for? Please explain what was/is “kooky” about it.
thanks in advance.
Stevie Ray
December 29th, 2011
10:35 am
GATOR,
Why is anyone who disagrees with your way of thinking a bigot, or narrow minded racist? It’s not like your party haven’t done everything in their power to unseat any sitting member of the other party.
BO was completely unqualified relatively speaking….other than a talent for gum flapping. His history in Congress was less than distinguished and his display of poor, spineless leadership (it’s not my fault…) is not a record of substance enough for re-election….Unfortunately, he will be the best of the worst it would appear..
md
December 29th, 2011
10:35 am
“oh, and while we’re talking about how Obama is so bad for bidness, the S&P is also up 50% since he took office … the NASDAQ is up 75% … and corporations are sitting on record profits … ”
What would one expect when good companies were devalued for the sake of devaluing?
These companies didn’t all go bad over night just because Wall St had a sell off.
And to clarify, SOME corporations are sitting on big profits…….but it is hardly the majority. The mom and pops make up the majority, and they aren’t doing quite as well.
And what would one expect in the way of profits when these corps lay off tons of employees? It’s not hard to see that a good bit of it is through subtraction……not addition.
USinUK
December 29th, 2011
10:36 am
“He’s banned almost everyone who doesn’t agree with him. ”
who brought the hair shirt … we seem to have a new martyr for The Cause …
Adam
December 29th, 2011
10:36 am
Donovan: It just seems that there is no one amongst this group of Republicans that are qualified to be president.
Huntsman and Romney would be “qualified,” and Romney would not be a good choice because he would basically rubber stamp GOP positions of the political winds of any particular time. Huntsman would be an ok choice, because he would think about and seriously consider the impacts of his words and actions.
Peter
December 29th, 2011
10:36 am
Smelly Liberal Land… Really….. tell us all about the GOP Mantras then ? Thank you.
Finn McCool
December 29th, 2011
10:36 am
Next up, Rick Santorum!
Gonna be more fun than Newt!
Jay
December 29th, 2011
10:36 am
Ave writes:
“…literally implying that one could be lifted up (hoist, or blown upward) by one’s own bomb.”
So one can be hoisted BY one’s own bomb, but not BY one’s own petard, which itself is a bomb?
Sorry professor. You fail. You have been hoisted by your own by, so to speak.
stands for decibels
December 29th, 2011
10:36 am
Businesses COULD respect the need for humans to get some rest and have less stress in order to do better work, OR they could focus on how much money they are saving by forcing people to do tons more work than they used to at reduced cost.
And I’ll give you three guesses as to what collective choice they invariably make without being nudged by responsible legislation.
Peter
December 29th, 2011
10:37 am
hey md…….The mom and pops make up the majority, and they aren’t doing quite as well.
Tells us what business are they in that are not doing so well please.
Paul
December 29th, 2011
10:37 am
Enter your comments here
dw
December 29th, 2011
10:38 am
GOOD ONE AQUAGIRL!
Bill Orvis White
December 29th, 2011
10:38 am
@Finn McCool
I am plenty busy, but I WILL NOT hire or invest because I’m nervous that Hussein Obama and his band of thugs are coming to confiscate my earnings and place draconian regulations on me.
Amen,
Bill
Whocares?
December 29th, 2011
10:38 am
How can ANYONE take Ol Bill seriously when he INSISTS on calling our president “Hussein” Obama..instead of using his rightful first name? Doesn’t that speak volumes about his thought processes (or lack thereof).
Sir: you are NOT hiring, because apparently, your business isn’t DOING well enough to justify that. It has nothing to do with the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Stop deluding yourself and making yourself out to be some kind of martyr.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
December 29th, 2011
10:38 am
I’m just dedicated to spreading the truth, “sir.” You’re either with those who care about good defeating evil or you’re against it and with the jihadists who wish to destroy our way of life.
I am with you Billy! I am against those Christian jihadist and Republican jihadists too……we must defeat the evilllllllllll that spreads hatred against so many Americans and against the HONORABLE Barack H. Obama, the duly elected President of this country. I am sure your little militia group will be fighting to preserve the rights of Americans to free speech and liberty. Freedom from corporate excess and abuses. Freedom to worship as any person may choose include “pagan” religions or even not to believe. Freedom to be educated without imposition of religious beliefs as “science”. Be a real patriot Billy. Join us in wrapping ourselves in the flag and using the buzzwords. Perhaps we can all stand on a hill and scream Freedom together after painting our faces half in blue…or is that too smurfy?
mm
December 29th, 2011
10:38 am
“but why not a blog on a $4,000,000 tax payer vacation coupled with a $2,000 dress”
Bush was on vacation over 900 days in 8 years. You righties are pathetic.
Welcome to the Occupation
December 29th, 2011
10:39 am
avemaria old bean, is that you josef?
Finn McCool
December 29th, 2011
10:39 am
Companies do well when the middle class has money and buys stuff. Gonna be a long while till (if) that ever comes around again. It’s a new day.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
10:40 am
How can ANYONE take Ol Bill seriously
He IS pretty good at disguising the fact that he is complete satire. It’s really quite good acting.
F. Sinkwich
December 29th, 2011
10:41 am
“… and corporations are sitting on record profits …”
Because they they are afraid to invest in an economy facing increasing and uncertain regulatory burdens.
We know O’bozo wants energy costs to “necessarily skyrocket” which he his accomplishing through the EPA. He wants healthcare costs to increase. He wants taxes to increase. He wants to expand the reach of government to aspect of our lives — reflecting his euro-socialist belief system.
All that ain’t pro-business.
JKL2
December 29th, 2011
10:41 am
getalife- Never underestimate the ignorance of the American voter.
After all, we do have “president obama”
When skin color is all that matters, vote obama. Free money for everyone!
Thomas
December 29th, 2011
10:42 am
i.e.”I can’t seem to run a business profitably.”
Please do tell of your immense business successes
A dad
December 29th, 2011
10:42 am
Just signing on, albeit briefly. In all honesty, I think Gingrich would make a fair POTUS. He is accomplished in the political arena, and there were some positives during his tenure as speaker. Too bad he’s just such a horse’s arse though. I’d be afraid he would annoint him self King or Ceasar or something and send all dissenters to a gulag somewere in Alabama, or, worse yet, Arkansas.
Shame you can take his political accumen and blend it with someone more even-keeled. Only problem is finding that person.
SFD – Pelosi got a two million dollar grant to study the Salt Marsh Harvest mouse (or something like that) in the SFBay area. May not be legislation, per se, but you have to admit what a waste of tax payer dinero. But guess something like this is ok when a Dem does it.
Normal
December 29th, 2011
10:42 am
Adam
December 29th, 2011
10:40 am
Adam,
I agree…it took me awhile, but when I really started reading his stuff, I got it. He is a master at satire.
LawDawg
December 29th, 2011
10:42 am
Maybe Newt actually has grown as a person. I figured by now his ego would have had him comparing himself to Jesus.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
10:42 am
but why not a blog on a $4,000,000 tax payer vacation coupled with a $2,000 dress
As I said before, claiming a $4m trip smacks of that whole “$200m per day trip to Asia” that never was. Your credibility on the numbers is nil without some proof. It’s also really clear that this came straight from right wing talk radio, which gives it even less credibility (if that’s even possible).
F. Sinkwich
December 29th, 2011
10:43 am
“Gonna be a long while till (if) that ever comes around again. It’s a new day.”
Thanks to O’bozo.
Stevie Ray
December 29th, 2011
10:43 am
BILLORVIS,
Evil is a relative term and the presumption that “the truth can be found with Big Bill” sounds like the jingle for either FOX or MSNBC. By any measure, the ZIONIST state is a failure….we should have given them South Dakota….we certainly are not defeating any evil with our support, seems to me it has taken on a life of it’s own and increased over time with the Israelis need to expand their racist kingdom….Quite an arrogant tone you have assumed. Must be difficult always being right….
I suspect you think 911 et al are a response to Muslim’s wanting to destroy our Christian, captialist values as opposed to payback for our support of the Jewish state and generally keeping our noses firmly under their tents in the name of security interests…???
Welcome to the Occupation
December 29th, 2011
10:43 am
JKL2: “When skin color is all that matters, vote obama. Free money for everyone!”
Unless your token ’skin color’ candidate happens to be named Herman Cain, in which case the most avid and dedicated support is all hunky dory.
Newtpewt
December 29th, 2011
10:43 am
Here’s a retrospective on Newtron-Bomb, in a “Frontline” Documentary from 1996…you can watch it online:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newt/
Newtie’s tactics are biting him in the bohunkus, big time!!
USinUK
December 29th, 2011
10:43 am
“These companies didn’t all go bad over night just because Wall St had a sell off.”
nor have they all recovered because people took advantage of cheap prices.
as for the mom-and-pops, who did YOU do your Cmas shopping with??? Amazon or the shop on the corner?
Erwin's cat
December 29th, 2011
10:44 am
Right now, workers are doing the work of 3-5 people because of cut backs. Businesses COULD respect the need for humans to get some rest and have less stress in order to do better work, OR they could focus on how much money they are saving by forcing people to do tons more work than they used to at reduced cost.
I’m speechless
Adam
December 29th, 2011
10:44 am
F. Sinkwich: We know O’bozo wants energy costs to “necessarily skyrocket” which he his accomplishing through the EPA.
And that’s why gas prices dropped recently and have stayed at or below $3/gallon for a while!
Peter
December 29th, 2011
10:44 am
Well Bill Orvis White just announced to the world…. ” HIS FEAR ” being afraid is not a way to live Bill…..
I WILL NOT hire or invest because I’m nervous that Hussein Obama and his band of thugs are coming to confiscate my earnings and place draconian regulations on me.
What are you doing fro business Bill that Obama is going to target YOU ?
I really thought you claimed you were religious….. Jesus teaching you to live in fear ? Boy you really have the man made teachings of the Bible upside down Bill !
Smelly Liberal Land
December 29th, 2011
10:44 am
USinUK
Of the dozens of conservative posters that once contributed here, I’m pretty sure that no one considers themself a martyr. That would imply that we are missing something.
But I see that you are still here. Every day.
Think of what you could have done with the months of time that you have spent here.
But when you believe such complete nonsense as is posted here, you need to know that you aren’t the only one, and good old Jay will eventually get rid of all vioces that don’t agree. Its the liberal way. Burn the books. Silence the opposition.
Liberalism makes a lot of sense if no one complians.
Finn McCool
December 29th, 2011
10:45 am
So a young entrepreneur has an idea that will net $10 million a year. He goes to the bank to borrow the money to put his plan in place. Banker says “sure”, and agrees to it because that’s what bankers do – they find opportunities that will make their bank profits on interest.
The young entrepreneur then decides it’s too risky – with democrats in the white house and all – and decides to not start the business .
What does the banker do? He b*t@# slaps the young entrepreneur and cancels the loan – because now he knows this idiot could never run a business successfully.
md
December 29th, 2011
10:45 am
“Tells us what business are they in that are not doing so well please.”
Real Estate, Construction, restaurants, retail, landscaping, etc etc…..pick one. And even some of the big boys are still in trouble……Sears/Kmart to close 100+ stores…….
JKL2
December 29th, 2011
10:45 am
whocares- he INSISTS on calling our president “Hussein” Obama..instead of using his rightful first name?
Do you mean Barry?
bill arp
December 29th, 2011
10:45 am
Uh oh, Santorum is on the rise now, time to start digging…
USinUK
December 29th, 2011
10:45 am
“Free money for everyone!”
damn.
they’re handing out free money???
I must’ve missed it! how much did YOU get???
Adam
December 29th, 2011
10:45 am
Normal: Brilliant, isn’t it? He gets a bunch of people EVERY TIME.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
10:46 am
Liberalism makes a lot of sense if no one complians.
And Conservatism largely makes no sense even IF no one complains.
USinUK
December 29th, 2011
10:47 am
“But I see that you are still here. Every day. ”
which means that YOU’RE here … every day … since you’re able to account for my whereabouts …
is it love??? hate to break it to you, but I’m married …
USinUK
December 29th, 2011
10:48 am
Adam – “And Conservatism largely makes no sense even IF no one complains”
more like “Conservatism makes sense if no one thinks about it”
Peter
December 29th, 2011
10:48 am
It’s a free country md…ever think those folks are in the wrong business ?
Ever think after Bush we have lost allot ?
Finn McCool
December 29th, 2011
10:48 am
And all those businesses are in trouble because of Obama and regulations?
It has nothing to do with the fact that no one is buying what they are selling? Demand has nothing to do with it?
Ladies and gentlemen, here are your future business leaders!
Paul
December 29th, 2011
10:48 am
Finn
“So a young entrepreneur has an idea that will net $10 million a year. He goes to the bank to borrow the money to put his plan in place. Banker says “sure”, and agrees to it because that’s what bankers do – they find opportunities that will make their bank profits on interest.”
Only if they get collateral to cover the loan. Bankers are not venture capitalists.
stands for decibels
December 29th, 2011
10:48 am
“SFD – Pelosi got a two million dollar grant to study the Salt Marsh Harvest mouse (or something like that) in the SFBay area.”
two things. ok, three actually
a) I was asking Donovan to define something “kooky” not you, but that’s ok
b) that “salt marsh mouse” business had been debunked ages ago,
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/feb/13/mike-pence/no-money-stimulus-san-francisco-mice/
and
c) none of this has anything to do with Al Franken, who is often cited as some kind of radical nutter, yet any time I’ve ever heard or seen or read him, he sounds like the centrist Democrat he’s always been
Stevie Ray
December 29th, 2011
10:49 am
Businesses aren’t hiring for a couple of reasons the most significant being the inability to assess exactly how much a new employee will cost over time which puts the cost of goods sold difficult to peg…the uncertainty relative to the corporate tax rates is also a chief concern…It is fair to say that demand is weak. I know several (self included) who can get more work but I won’t hire another employee if my personal tax rate is going to reduce my take home pay and result in my inflows becoming threatened by my outflows….Math is pretty clear.
Peter
December 29th, 2011
10:49 am
md.ever hearing about “Saving for a rainy day ” ? That applies to business as well.
getalife
December 29th, 2011
10:49 am
Voting for a pol because the other side hates that pol is just plain ignorant.