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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stands for decibels
December 29th, 2011
12:19 pm
You don’t think this will be back in with a dem controlled house?
well given that the dems controlled the house when the ACA was debated and passed, and it was the Senate that took out the public option… I have no idea what point you’re trying to make, actually.
I guess you think that a government run health insurance program for people who don’t currently qualify for Medicare or Medicaid would be a bad thing. But the point is, such a program didn’t make it into the ACA, so what, exactly, was your point?
(and for what it’s worth, a single-payer insurance program akin to what they have in Canada is probably the best thing America could do for its business community.)
and what the heck, long as I’m having a bit of fun here:
Or the coverage for illegals that was also taken out?
ok, I’ll bite, what “coverage for illegals” are you talking about?
Thulsa Doom
December 29th, 2011
12:19 pm
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:09 pm
USinUK – “Why would you post such a horrible story about those poor sharks? What did they do to deserve to be so brutally attacked.”
I’m sure that the poor fish that sharks brutally attack and eat ask the same question of themselves.
“And then the people send in a dog after the sharks too. That is just wrong.”
No. The people didn’t *send* in the dog. Dogs just bark at things they don’t understand and or fear. Its what they do. They’re dogs. Sheesh.
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 29th, 2011
12:19 pm
Dusty December 29th, 2011 12:06 pm
We told you so! Newt has tooooo much baggage. His big mouth go in his way.
You reap what you sow. Poor children everywhere can rejoice.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
December 29th, 2011
12:20 pm
Well, seems like poor old Newt had a bad couple weeks. The only thing left is for some woman to come out of the blue and sue him for child support. Or for his third wife to announce she’s divorcing him to run off with a circus dwarf.
Have a good p.m. everyboy.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:20 pm
RB: I have only had 1 employee leave me for a new job in over 20 years of managing people.
That you know of. I certainly wouldn’t tell my boss why I was leaving if he was a jerk. I’d just leave.
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:21 pm
USinUK – Its cool. I mean they’re sharks, they probably earned it. Just without a trial, how can we be certain?
Kamchak – But a lot of people are scared of Newt. Just not in the way that some would want you to think. We’re scared because we think he would be a bad leader.
Butch Cassidy
December 29th, 2011
12:22 pm
Stevie Ray – “I’m a very small business so the math is easy….not sure about mega-employers..”
You are aware that Obamacare will only affect employers with 50 or more employees right? Exactly how large is your “small” business?
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:24 pm
td: And all this prosperity was based on what? Borrowing money? What is happening now since all the money has run out?
Money doesn’t “run out” because money is not tied to anything tangible. It is a completely made-up construct that we all accept because it’s supposedly simple, and we all have this idea in our heads that in the end, everyone owes someone else something.
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:25 pm
Butch – It affects everybody, or at least it has already affected me. My insurance rates went up last year, and will probably again this year (I have private insurance) and my insurance company sent me a letter with the notice of rate increase stating it was because of the regulatory costs associated with Obamacare (well, they didn’t say Obamacare, they said whatever the bill was actually called).
getalife
December 29th, 2011
12:25 pm
We should be thankful rb is not your boss.
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:26 pm
Butch – That wasn’t meant to be taken as a defense of Stevie Ray, I know better than to jump on a sinking ship, and he seems to be doing a great job of sinking his ship on his own.
RB from Gwinnett
December 29th, 2011
12:26 pm
Adam – “That you know of. I certainly wouldn’t tell my boss why I was leaving if he was a jerk. I’d just leave.”
I wonder if your boss ever even realize you were gone.
One of your serious problem is you think your boss is a dumb as you are. I’m absolutely positive I’ve never had an employee just dissapear like that, Adam. I don’t what planet you’re living on, that’s just dumb. Seriously, are you capable of having an adult conversation about anything at all?
TaxPayer
December 29th, 2011
12:27 pm
Bush’s Huge Budget Numbers Blamed on Obama
The Republicans do like to blame their actions on others.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:27 pm
(ir)Rational: whatever the bill was actually called
QUIZ TIME!
What is the actual name of the bill? (I know the answer, and no, it’s not “Obamacare”)
Butch Cassidy
December 29th, 2011
12:27 pm
kayaker71 – “Mark Zukerberg, Facebook. All of these people started from very meager beginnings”
You consider a trust fund kid that came from a family that was worth millions to be from “meager beginings”?
Kamchak
December 29th, 2011
12:28 pm
We’re scared because we think he would be a bad leader.
He already is a bad leader.
And that’s the point. We were all “scared” of
Sarah PalinSnowbilly Snooki (also a bad leader) four years ago.Nice Guy
December 29th, 2011
12:28 pm
Jay – “I think there’s a certain poetry in the fact that Gingrich has come undone in such a fashion.”
Few things in life give Jay as much pleasure as finding different ways to call Newt an idiot.
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:28 pm
Thulsa – That’s different, the sharks killed those fish for food, the whales didn’t eat the shark(s). And trust me, I know all too well what dogs will do when given the chance. One of mine would go after a 747 if he thought it was too close to my wife. The other one would as long as there was someone else there to protect her.
TaxPayer
December 29th, 2011
12:28 pm
Seriously, are you capable of having an adult conversation about anything at all?
Damn, RB. I’m glad I was not drinking anything when I read that from you.
getalife
December 29th, 2011
12:29 pm
“The Republicans do like to blame their actions on others”
Nothing is their fault in la la land.
Michael
December 29th, 2011
12:29 pm
Kayaker – You gave an interesting list of companies started in the USA. All in technology fields. They could only start in the USA because the government funded the R & D that created those industries. In the first years of the computer industry the only customer was the US government – no private market existed. The internet was a product of government R & D. All of those companies and industries thrived because of government initiatives. After our government program (public, private, and educational systems involved) successfully landed a man on the moon, we attracted all the bright engineering students, since our programs were dominant.
So – no, those companies could not have started in any other country. However, if we continue to attack all government programs, that will not be true in the future.
Normal
December 29th, 2011
12:29 pm
All this “Newt-Poot” has made me want to open a window and let some enlightenment in…
Said the little boy, “Sometimes I drop my spoon.”
Said the old man, “I do that too.”
The little boy whispered, “I wet my pants.”
“I do that too,” laughed the little old man.
Said the little boy, “I often cry.”
The old man nodded, “So do I.”
“But worst of all,” said the boy, “it seems
Grown-ups don’t pay attention to me.”
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.
“I know what you mean,” said the little old man.
Dusty
December 29th, 2011
12:29 pm
NO, NORMAL, I am not into satire. I leave all the funny stuff to liberals.
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GM
You asked: When will Romney release his tax returns?
Answer: When Obama releases his academic records at universities.
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JOSEF…Prodigious son,
I am not a prodigal daughter. Just a temporary observer of the cool karma of kooks.
GM
December 29th, 2011
12:29 pm
This just in:
satan has announce he is jumping in the rep race, the polls show he up by 20 points against Obama.
Everyone knows these rep will sell their soul to try to get him out of office, despite all the things he has done””’
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:29 pm
Adam – If I had of known then I would have put it, but I have since looked it up – The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Welcome to the Occupation
December 29th, 2011
12:30 pm
td: “And all this prosperity was based on what? Borrowing money? What is happening now since all the money has run out?”
The prosperity was based on a sense of shared prosperity. The real explosion in the ‘borrowing’ you speak of — by which I assume you mean deficits — was under Reagan.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:30 pm
RB: One of your serious problem is you think your boss is a dumb as you are.
Actually my boss is pretty awesome. That’s why I still work here. Notice the “if” part of my statement and maybe it will make sense.
I’m absolutely positive I’ve never had an employee just dissapear like that, Adam.
That is not what you have said previously. You CONSTANTLY complain about people just one day not showing up and never coming back.
Mr Right
December 29th, 2011
12:30 pm
TaxPayer
December 29th, 2011
12:27 pm
Bush’s Huge Budget Numbers Blamed on Obama
The Republicans do like to blame their actions on others.
Ho Ho , how many times did we hear it was Bushs fault? Thats funny right there!!
stands for decibels
December 29th, 2011
12:30 pm
You consider a trust fund kid that came from a family that was worth millions to be from “meager beginings”?
From the same folks who brought you “Preznit I-Wanna-Have-A-Beer-With.”
Nice Guy
December 29th, 2011
12:30 pm
Taxpayer – “The Republicans do like to blame their actions on others.”
Right, because Obama has nothing, and I mean nothing, to do with the fiscal condition of this country. Thanks, Taxpayer, I got it now. /sarc
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:30 pm
Kam – He may already be a bad leader, but he isn’t leading anything overly important right now.
Thulsa Doom
December 29th, 2011
12:31 pm
Money doesn’t “run out” because money is not tied to anything tangible- Adam
Money is tied to the “full faith and credit of the issuing govt” which isn’t exactly tangible but if its a credible govt such as the U.S. govt then its pretty damn credible and worth a helluva lot more than many tangible things. Your understanding of all things economics has failed you yet again. Nothing new there.
TaxPayer
December 29th, 2011
12:31 pm
What is the actual name of the bill? (I know the answer, and no, it’s not “Obamacare”)
Now you’re getting into the true problem with Democrats and the reason why Republicans do not like them or their bills. The Democrats need a Luntz to call their own.
getalife
December 29th, 2011
12:32 pm
“Just a temporary observer of the cool karma of kooks.”
Kyle’s blog is still closed or you would finally have a point.
Toil toil.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:32 pm
(ir)Rational : thank you. Well, companies can cite regulatory costs, but in essence they MUST spend 80% of the premiums on health care, only 20% can go to other things. If what they are saying is even remotely true, they were front loading profits so they would have some cash once that particular aspect kicked in.
Nice Guy
December 29th, 2011
12:33 pm
Kamchak – “We were all “scared” ”
Any who exactly endowed you with such power as to speak for all of us?
-(Btw, this is a favorite little jab of the holier than thou crowd on this blog)
0311/1811
December 29th, 2011
12:33 pm
Irresponsible and Upatriotic …………. self condemnation !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyLmru6no4U
Thulsa Doom
December 29th, 2011
12:33 pm
“Bush’s Huge Budget Numbers Blamed on Obama”
The blame W card. Couldn’t see that coming.
stands for decibels
December 29th, 2011
12:33 pm
Damn, RB. I’m glad I was not drinking anything when I read that from you.
yeah, I’ve lost count of the number of times RB has greeted us with “you tools” or some other kindly term of endearment.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:33 pm
Thulsa: Money is tied to the “full faith and credit of the issuing govt” which isn’t exactly tangible
….
Your understanding of all things economics has failed you yet again. Nothing new there.
So I was right, but I don’t understand economics. Interesting….
Butch Cassidy
December 29th, 2011
12:34 pm
ir -”My insurance rates went up last year, and will probably again this year (I have private insurance) and my insurance company sent me a letter with the notice of rate increase stating it was because of the regulatory costs associated with Obamacare (well, they didn’t say Obamacare, they said whatever the bill was actually called).”
Yeah, but when didn’t your rates go up? Mine were increasing on a regular basis long before Obama came along.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:35 pm
Now you’re getting into the true problem with Democrats and the reason why Republicans do not like them or their bills.
Personally I would love to see a ban on naming any house or senate bills at all. Call them HR1701 or SB405. Forget the stupid names, since sometimes they are used very very wrongly, like Clear Skies Act or No Child Left Behind.
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:36 pm
Adam – They probably are just front loading their profits, and I’ll probably be looking in about three months for a new company after they go up again. That is one of the huge benefits of being 26, I can find awesome health insurance for fairly cheap.
Paul
December 29th, 2011
12:37 pm
Why should a candidate release personal tax records?
If it was of such vital importance to the electoral process, would not Congress have made it mandatory?
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:37 pm
Butch – Sorry, my insurance rates went up by a greater percentage last year than they did the year before. Better?
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:37 pm
(ir)Rational : Damn and I thought I was the youngun
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:38 pm
Adam – I could agree with that idea. Let them be HB whatever or SB whatever and then we don’t have to debate them based off their name. Then again, people like Jay or Neal Boortz would probably still give them a nickname and we would end up right back where we started.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:39 pm
(ir)Rational: The 80% aspect has gone into effect as of sometime earlier this month, I believe. So you should be able to start finding good rates soon. Once they realize they can’t maintain that ratio without actually providing care, the costs will go down or they will start badgering you to go in for regular appointments XD
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:39 pm
Nope, I’ve got that one covered. At least among the regulars.
Common Sense isn't very Common
December 29th, 2011
12:39 pm
Adam – you are a youngun. Just among more of them now
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:40 pm
Adam – They’ve already started that. Sent out a nice letter earlier this year saying I had free physicals, and should probably take them up on that offer.
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 29th, 2011
12:40 pm
@Dusty December 29th, 2011 12:29 pm – You asked: When will Romney release his tax returns?
Answer: When Obama releases his academic records at universities.
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You have beat that horse to death. If you are riding a horse and it dies GET OFF!
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:40 pm
(ir)Rational: Yeah that’s tricky. You could potentially outlaw Congress calling them any names (except for the ironic thing that Congress would have to pass such a measure) but freedom of the press would allow the press and pundits to call them things.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:41 pm
(ir)Rational: I like how they called the physicals “free”
Personally I’d be testing to see how low I could get my premiums by requesting less care over the period of a year
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:42 pm
Well, we have to have some way to get the dumb masses riled up against things we want them to revile. Those catchy titles are the only reason many people pay attention.
stands for decibels
December 29th, 2011
12:43 pm
Why should a candidate release personal tax records?
If it was of such vital importance to the electoral process, would not Congress have made it mandatory?
I don’t know if it’s of vital importance; all I know is, it’s been SOP for Presidential candidates in living memory to release this information, if my not-always-perfect memory is correct. So I’d imagine it Mitt or some other candidate makes a point of not releasing that information, it becomes an object of speculation.
That said, I was just rooting around in an FEC explanation of public matching funds…
http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/pubfund.shtml
I didn’t see anything in there requiring a candidate to release income tax records to qualify for matching funds.
Butch Cassidy
December 29th, 2011
12:43 pm
ir – “Butch – Sorry, my insurance rates went up by a greater percentage last year than they did the year before. Better?”
I wasn’t judging you. It’s just funny to me that over the last 25 years there has been a constant complaint about insurance rates and how the the insurance companies always screw you every year with increases. But all of a sudden Obama is elected, and it’s like insurance rates were the best thing since sliced bread until he ruined them with the healthcare act.
0311/1811
December 29th, 2011
12:43 pm
“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America ’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure…. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America ’s debt limit.” Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. 2006
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 29th, 2011
12:44 pm
@GM December 29th, 2011 12:29 pm – This just in: satan has announce he is jumping in the rep race, the polls show he up by 20 points against Obama.
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No my friend satan was already in the Republican race.
His name was DOG WHISTLE!
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:44 pm
Well, that physical was the only time I went this year. I would probably cancel it, but I tend to be accident prone, and while I may not get much use from it as far as doctor’s appointments are concerned, I find it worth it for the occasional ER visit.
josef
December 29th, 2011
12:45 pm
Dusty
My karma ran over your dogma.
ADAM
You are a youngun, a pretty sharp one and hope for the future, but still a youngun!
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:46 pm
Butch – I wasn’t saying the rate increase was his fault, that’s what Coventry said. I probably still have the letter, but even if I did, I wouldn’t be overly interested in emailing it to you as proof, you’ll just have to take my word for it. And as far as what has been going on for the past 25 years, I wouldn’t know, I’ve only been worrying about insurance for the past 4.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:47 pm
josef: Yes but not THE youngun. “They stoles it from usssss”
josef
December 29th, 2011
12:48 pm
Personally, I think Obama should release his transcripts…Copy Me Biden did and so did Embarassment to C Students everywhere Bush…I mean if you’re going to tout that Ivy League schooling, well, how’d you do there and what did you study?
Butch Cassidy
December 29th, 2011
12:49 pm
josef – “I mean if you’re going to tout that Ivy League schooling, well, how’d you do there and what did you study?”
Are you the only person on the planet that doesn’t know he studied law?
stands for decibels
December 29th, 2011
12:49 pm
I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America ’s debt limit.
Where’d he say he’d shut down the government if he didn’t get his way on this, Scout? Think you left something out.
Kamchak
December 29th, 2011
12:50 pm
Kamchak – “We were all “scared” ”
Any who exactly endowed you with such power as to speak for all of us?
I see that I didn’t speak clearly enough for you to understand.
What I should have posted was, we all (liberals) were accused of being scared….
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 29th, 2011
12:50 pm
@Thulsa Doom December 29th, 2011 12:33 pm – “Bush’s Huge Budget Numbers Blamed on Obama” – The blame W card. Couldn’t see that coming.
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No its the give credit where credit is DUE card.
Not a Neal Boortz Redneck
December 29th, 2011
12:50 pm
What if Obama tried to pull this off?
http://archives.hud.gov/news/2003/pr03-140.cfm
Imagine the Tea People’s reaction?
(Giving each low-income homebuyer $10,000 for a downpayment – 2003)
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:51 pm
josef: I am pretty sure that releasing his transcripts is 1) just another form of “papers please” and 2) won’t change anything. It’s pretty obvious what his major was and just how well he did. You don’t graduate magna cum laude without a large number of A grades. If he DID release his transcripts, he would be lambasted for favoritism/affirmative action once people see the sheer number of As he got.
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:51 pm
Butch – As an undergrad? Impressive.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:52 pm
Not a Neal Boortz Redneck: pfft. Barney Frank made them do it. OBVIOUSLY. DUH!
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:52 pm
Adam – I didn’t steal your precious.
TaxPayer
December 29th, 2011
12:53 pm
The blame W card. Couldn’t see that coming.
Given that it was a blame Obama card, I can understand why you couldn’t see it coming.
Butch Cassidy
December 29th, 2011
12:53 pm
ir – “Butch – As an undergrad? Impressive”
I don’t know what he studied as an undergrad. Then again, I barely remember my undergrad work. When I got my first job it was based on my MBA.
Thulsa Doom
December 29th, 2011
12:54 pm
Adam,
Nope. You’re still wrong. Reason being that the U.S. govt is very real. And very tangible. And I don’t think there’s any disputing that.
Back to Newt
December 29th, 2011
12:55 pm
The fact is that Newt has been slurping and slipping and slopping at the K Street trough for over a decade. He says what he has been paid to say. He ran for President when he saw how much more money he could make. Why do you think he has taken so much time off the campaign trail to Hawk books? Also maybe, he thinks he can now charge more to be a “historian.” Why do all the Tea Party Crazies ignore the fact it is the other Republicans are the ones attacking him. And the right wing loves to label any one that questions them a “liberal.” Who cares about their name calling and shoddy thinking? The Tea Party Republicans in the House are incapable of governing as they are so out of step with the majority of mainstream Americans. That is why the Dems will keep the Senate. And if a Tea Party Crazy is the Republican US Senate nominee in Georgia, they will lose that seat. Thank God for Senators Chambliss and Isaacson!
By the way, Newt is so incompetent he let someone else get the rights to http://www.NewtGingrich.com
Thulsa Doom
December 29th, 2011
12:55 pm
Taxpayer,
I just wanted to be out in front of the race to blame W is all. Nice to see you are still part of my fan club.
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
12:56 pm
Butch – Just pointing out that law wasn’t all he studied. I got my first job based off my mad computer skills. And my second based off my first. And my current based off my second. Luckily for me, no one has asked to see my transcripts. Well, except for the admissions office at Tech when I asked them if they would let me come back.
Erwin's cat
December 29th, 2011
12:56 pm
Agree with josef, why not man up and release the transcripts….? what’s there to hide?
Adam
December 29th, 2011
12:57 pm
Thulsa: Reason being that the U.S. govt is very real. And very tangible. And I don’t think there’s any disputing that.
What makes the US government tangible? You know I chose that word for a reason, don’t you?
josef
December 29th, 2011
12:57 pm
Butch
Nah! Do tell…what courses? What grades? Who did he study under? What did he write about? I really would like to know…
ADAM
I agree with what you say, but that’s still no reason not to do it. Biden and Bush did and they knew that theirs would be trotted out for, well, comment! And being magna cum laude and A’s pretty much say you knew how to parrot the line. I’m interested in what the parrot, obviously a bright one, said…
If someone comes to me applying for a position, I would NEED to know what courses they took and what they made of the information imparted there…
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 29th, 2011
12:59 pm
@josef December 29th, 2011 12:48 pm – Personally, I think Obama should release his transcripts…
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You cannot have it both ways. You want Obama to certify his education and give the idiots below a pass.
If Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich release their transcripts we might have a rational discussion.
I bet you Obama is smarter than that bunch of idiots COMBINED!
Common Sense isn't very Common
December 29th, 2011
1:00 pm
Back to Newt –
did anyone get NewtGingrich.xxx yet? If so, then you might get a ‘TRUE’ picture of the Nutster
Butch Cassidy
December 29th, 2011
1:01 pm
Erwins cat – “Agree with josef, why not man up and release the transcripts….? what’s there to hide?”
Maybe he’s trying to protect the image of Harvard University. Yeah, that’s the ticket. If it ever got out that just anyone could go there, graduate with honors and be elected President of the Harvard Law Review, the scandal would be unbearable. I have an idea, why don’t YOU try applying for Harvard and see how far you get.
TaxPayer
December 29th, 2011
1:01 pm
Thulsa,
I know you yearn ever so much for attention and so long as you post silly comments that I spot and wish to reply to, you can have a little. Otherwise, you’ll have to settle on your mirror for all the attention you feel you deserve.
Doggone/GA
December 29th, 2011
1:01 pm
“what’s there to hide?”
About as much as there was to hide on his birth certificate
Thulsa Doom
December 29th, 2011
1:02 pm
Butch Cassidy,
I think we can all agree that health insurance premiums have indeed been going up for years but the most recent increases seemed to be steeper than usual. And if new coverages are mandated then of course premiums will necessarily have to rise. No way around that. The only reason rates haven’t increased even more is because the health plans are waiting to see the legal result of whether ACA stands or not when it goes before the scotus. If it stands then I think rates will most certainly rise from everything I’ve been reading on it.
emo
December 29th, 2011
1:02 pm
And I’m sure Newtie was tickled pink by the Citizens United decision… until it bit him in the a$$.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
1:02 pm
Erwin’s Cat: Agree with josef, why not man up and release the transcripts….? what’s there to hide?
The “if you have nothing to hide…” argument? How about you release your own long form, short form, and all college transcripts to the general public. If you have no problem with that, show them right here. If you have nothing to hide, that is….
williebkind
December 29th, 2011
1:03 pm
Jay is boring!
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 29th, 2011
1:03 pm
@Erwin’s cat December 29th, 2011 12:56 pm – Agree with josef, why not man up and release the transcripts….? what’s there to hide?
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If grades were a top priority for president why are these idiots running (Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich)?
George W. Bush was not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Thank god they got rid of asinine 9-9! NEXT
Erwin's cat
December 29th, 2011
1:05 pm
Butch and Doggone – two responses = no answers
Don’t apologize for it, explain it!
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
December 29th, 2011
1:05 pm
Agree with josef, why not man up and release the transcripts….? what’s there to hide?
Well, I don’t like the turn this blog is taking. If the President of the U.S. of A. can be made to release his transcripts, what’s to keep every boss from demanding that his workers release theirs? I don’t want my boss to see my grades, especially in arithmetic. I already said my senior year was the 5th grade. That ought to be good enough. Dang multiplying tables!
Thulsa Doom
December 29th, 2011
1:05 pm
Taxpayer,
You just love giving me attention don’t you. Can’t help yourself can you? Its okay. You remain a member of my court of jesters. And in good standing too.
(ir)Rational
December 29th, 2011
1:06 pm
Adam – I have plenty to hide. I was a horrible student. I don’t even want my mother seeing them, and she professes to love me no matter what I do.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
1:06 pm
And being magna cum laude and A’s pretty much say you knew how to parrot the line. I’m interested in what the parrot, obviously a bright one, said…
(Disclaimer, the “you” in here is a general “you” for anyone seeking transcripts and further info) After getting the transcripts, then, you will need even more information. Is that right? You will drill into the background and general teachings of every single professor, and assume that Obama bought all the lines and never made up his mind against any of them? It would be like this whole Reverend Wright thing all over again, where a single sermon is determined to be something Obama practically said and believed himself for 20+ years.
This proves, though, that handing out the transcripts is useless. It’s like trying to find something, anything that will prove a pre-conclusion of some kind.
Adam
December 29th, 2011
1:07 pm
(ir)Rational: Shh I wasn’t asking you! Don’t give out a disarming answer!
Back to Newt
December 29th, 2011
1:07 pm
Here we go, the ever original name calling williebkind crawled out from under his rock.
Pay attention to what I'm saying than how I'm saying it
December 29th, 2011
1:09 pm
@Butch Cassidy December 29th, 2011 1:01 pm – Erwins cat – “Agree with josef, why not man up and release the transcripts….? what’s there to hide?” Why don’t YOU try applying for Harvard and see how far you get.
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Here’s the bigger question.
Everyone on this blog who got their GED raise your hands.