A big Gingrich win would be GOP nightmare
UPDATE: That was an impressive win. A 14-point margin for Newt Gingrich is probably more than the former speaker could dream of a week ago, and certainly was unimagined by the Romney camp. A lot of Republican Party officials will not sleep well tonight.
The voting booths close at 7 p.m. in South Carolina, and given movement in the most recent polls, it wouldn’t be surprising if the networks name Newt Gingrich the winner shortly thereafter.
If that happens — and particularly if Gingrich can push his margin into double digits, which seems plausible — the Republicans have themselves a serious problem. Newt will come out of South Carolina with the smell of napalm in his nostrils, and we all know what napalm smells like: victory.
The greater the Gingrich margin, the more it will validate his strategy of attacking Mitt Romney on the issue of his Bain-gotten wealth. As his high-school yearbook photo tells you, this is a man with a grandiose sense of destiny, and the closer he gets to seeing it realized, the more aggressive he will become.
And as I’ve pointed out before, the Republican establishment will have only itself to blame. They have trained their base to turn up its nose at even the slightest aroma of moderation. They have fed it on resentment, and instilled it with a deep disdain for the media. In short, they have turned it into an audience utterly susceptibel to a man of Newt’s talents and eccentricities.
On the other hand, if Romney wins, this thing’s all but over. We’ll know in a few hours.
– Jay Bookman
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Welcome to the Occupation
January 21st, 2012
10:33 pm
Thanks Scout. I do admire your calmness under fire. Dare I say, comrade-worthy ?
Welcome to the Occupation
January 21st, 2012
10:36 pm
There is great merriment and exultation in the Gingrich camp tonight.
But perhaps nowhere more so than at Pennsylvania Ave and at the Axelrod compound in Chicago.
DebbieDoRight
January 21st, 2012
10:42 pm
Nite all!! I’m off to see the Wizard.
Kamchak
January 21st, 2012
10:44 pm
Please tell me how I am as “shrill” as they are?
You are employing the same binary mind-set that you are whining about
On one hand you have a group of people who think in order to win, they must appeal to the the extreme base
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On the other hand you have the incumbent.
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And the pundits and politicians on BOTH sides are feeding America that vile diet.
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They all do the same thing, but they are despised by the other side.
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I’m making a point about the people who will dismiss a story from Drudge and then post a story from think progress.
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And this is how you see yourself: And in the middle, we have us, the American people scratching our heads saying WTF?
You think by claiming that you are “in the middle” that you are somehow above this?
bman
January 21st, 2012
10:45 pm
“But perhaps nowhere more so than at Pennsylvania Ave and at the Axelrod compound in Chicago.”
with his approval #s ? I seriously doubt that lol….
Billybob
January 21st, 2012
10:53 pm
jay,
you should really review some of my previous posts…..you know i am trying to help you…..obama is toast….dems AND rino’s in the senate(33 total) are in big trouble as well………this is momentum gaining steam against big gov’t and FOR capitalism and free markets…….the problem with our current issues doesn’t lie with our gov’t institutions ,per-se, as much as with the morals and the values of those entrusted with it……that’s why the conservative message will reasonate and garner many more votes than obama and his message of class warfare, redistribution, and division…….let me know what else you would like to know………good day libs
The Kid
January 21st, 2012
10:54 pm
josef
Where-ever the confederate flag flies is too much for me because of what it stands for. One more thing…, I’m probably as conservative or more so than ole td. So it’s not always a liberal who speaks for what is right in this country. What some see as a right, others see a hateful expression. Just a matter of perception. There are those in Ga. and through-out the south who wish the civil war had gone the other way. Newt plays to these people. Thanks for enlightening me on the flag thing.
Brosephus
January 21st, 2012
10:57 pm
DDR
I refuse to watch those paid political campaign ads that are mislabeled as debates. The idea of a debate is to stake a position and use factually laden dialogue to back your position. This crap they do every election is nothing more than a sham uses to hide the fact that we are being played for fools.
Your Party SUCKS........But My Party is GRRRRRREAT!!!! (formerly That Black Guy)
January 21st, 2012
10:59 pm
Kam, I see what you are saying and will take that into account. I may even agree with it, except the “whining” part. But isn’t that an example of what I was saying? Was the descriptor “whining” necessary? Obviously I was/am not making this exchange confrontational or trying to belittle you, but you decided to belittle me. Why? As I have said to you before, if I ask a question, it is just that, A QUESTION. There is no “gotcha” set up. Some of the bloggers on this site are pretty smart, so when I ask a question, it is purely for information. I realize there are people here that are smarter than I.
Billybob
January 21st, 2012
10:59 pm
implying newt voters in SC are a bunch of racists is exactly why conservatism is growing……
Welcome to the Occupation
January 21st, 2012
11:01 pm
Billybob: “implying newt voters in SC are a bunch of racists is exactly why conservatism is growing……
”
So you’re conceding that conservativism is in essence just resentment?
Kamchak
January 21st, 2012
11:02 pm
Obviously I was/am not making this exchange confrontational or trying to belittle you, but you decided to belittle me.
That was not my intent, and I apologize for coming across that way.
As Good as it might get
January 21st, 2012
11:04 pm
Welcome to the Occupation
I saw where you rambled on about “was the deionization like bla, bla, bla”
The answer is no. Republicans can never have the resources that Democrats have. Republicans have FOX and talk radio, an average daily audience of a couple million while the Democrats have the combined mainstream with a daily audience of about 100 million. The comparison is actually laughable.
But it is noted that of all the horrible problems Obama has brought to our country, that the very best you could do to refute any of it was such a pathetic attempt.
Its all true and you know it is. Gas prices have never been this high for this time of year. Food prices are going crazy. Unemployment stats are a big lie and Obama is decreeing less and less freedom and much more dictatorial control and this is with an election coming up. Just think about what he will decree if he doesn’t need to worry about being elected. .
My post is true. The only question is will the indoctrination be enough for the American public to ignore all these horrible problems and vote for who the media tells them to vote for. Who will you vote for?
josef
January 21st, 2012
11:05 pm
Kid
Just remember though that the Pesky Redskin could see and feel something similar on seeing the Stars and Stripes, so will you go for taking it down as for what it brings to their mind?
Brosephus
January 21st, 2012
11:05 pm
Lights out time here…
Check y’all later
0311/1811
January 21st, 2012
11:06 pm
Welcome to the Occupation:
I just try to have a good exchange with everyone. Some on here will …….. some won’t. They’re easy to pick out.
TAPS !
Your Party SUCKS........But My Party is GRRRRRREAT!!!! (formerly That Black Guy)
January 21st, 2012
11:09 pm
Kam, no need to apologize, that’s just your style. You don’t suffer fools and people constantly try to bait you into flame wars. Please recognize, I am not one of those people.
Welcome to the Occupation
January 21st, 2012
11:10 pm
bman: “with his approval #s ? I seriously doubt that lol….”
Compare the favorability ratings for Obama and Gingrich.
http://polltracker.talkingpointsmemo.com/
This could be huge in a general election.
Kamchak
January 21st, 2012
11:11 pm
. Please recognize, I am not one of those people.
Done.
Billybob
January 21st, 2012
11:11 pm
welcome,
have you been sippin’ the sauce tonight?…..extrapolating that i conceded that conservatism equals hate is just silly my friend……ideas are what this election will be about, not about who says who is a racist…….that lib media template is six-feet under……….republicans have ideas and hussein has blame…..
Jm
January 21st, 2012
11:13 pm
Jay 10:21
Plenty of people comprehend
It is a bit of a tribute to OWS
Bad for prosperity though
Jm
January 21st, 2012
11:15 pm
Newt s running for the wrong party nomination
Kamchak
January 21st, 2012
11:16 pm
Compare the favorability ratings for Obama and Gingrich.
The folks at intrade — the ones with actual skin in the game — have Obama 54% chance of winning and Gingrich at 11%. Romney still remains the best money bet at 31%.
bman
January 21st, 2012
11:16 pm
welcome to the occupation .. ..
Maybe. I just don’t believe that the people in the Obama Administration are celebrating. I believe Newt is the one they would rather not have. They would love Santorum or Ron Paul, Bachman etc..
Kamchak
January 21st, 2012
11:17 pm
Oops, dropped the link
http://intrade.com/v4/markets/?eventId=84326
Your Party SUCKS........But My Party is GRRRRRREAT!!!! (formerly That Black Guy)
January 21st, 2012
11:17 pm
So, Kam, do you see what I am trying to say about the opposing political views? If so, how would you present it without being shrill or whining?
WTF
January 21st, 2012
11:18 pm
The serial adulterer won the “family values” party vote in South Carolina.
GOP-P = Gettin Other People’s P?
td
January 21st, 2012
11:19 pm
Jay
January 21st, 2012
10:21 pm
I shall disagree with you. The exit polls show that the vast majority thought Newt was the best candidate that could defeat Obama. I will submit that the vast majority of conservatives feel Obama’s defeat is the number one issue in the primary.
md
January 21st, 2012
11:24 pm
“It’s really quite stunning, in ways that a lot of people don’t yet comprehend.”
Well….I comprehended it a few pages back, and was called a Dem because of it.
Billibob, you may want to think about what Newt, and the 2 Rick’s just did to the republican platform.
Ask yourself……why would it matter if Romney hasn’t released his taxes?
The answer…it shouldn’t…….especially coming from the party of “opportunity”.
These guys just slit their own throats……..and those that know of me know I’m hardly a dem.
josef
January 21st, 2012
11:24 pm
G’night
bman
January 21st, 2012
11:24 pm
td .. .. I cannot say how many times I have heard “anyone but Obama”. I’m sure I’ve even said it myself.
Kamchak
January 21st, 2012
11:26 pm
If so, how would you present it without being shrill or whining?
My opinion?
If you’re looking for a role model here, I would recommend Brocephus or Joe Hussein Mama.
Your Party SUCKS........But My Party is GRRRRRREAT!!!! (formerly That Black Guy)
January 21st, 2012
11:32 pm
Kam, fair enough.
There are several bloggers who I just scroll past without reading, Bro and JHM are not in that group. Neither is josef, Peadawg, yourself, (ir)rational and others.
Have a great evening and Go 9′ers and Ravens.
td
January 21st, 2012
11:32 pm
The Kid
January 21st, 2012
10:32 pm
Please, I worked for 3 years in government in downtown Atlanta where I was the token white (one of only three out of around 300 and the only straight male conservative). I know about preferences, getting passed over for promotions and feeling like an outsider. Guess what I did not call it racism. It was just the facts of the situation at hand.
You libs have used the word for political advantage so long that it has lost its meaning and hardly anyone even pays attention any longer. Before this years election is over the word will be used so often that it will soon be treated like the story of the boy that cried wolf.
Billybob
January 21st, 2012
11:34 pm
jay,
you misrepresent at 10:21……newt questioned a couple of business decisions he did not use the democratic populist attacking message that you are trying to spin it to……… and it was in response to numerous romney attacks…….obama is the populist candidate so he will be the candidate to go around and blame the rep nominee for the people’s problems and try to deflect what is obviously his fault……..conservatism and it’s philosophy is strong and flourishing i assure you and the rep nominee will will win based on that philosophy…….your welcome
getalife
January 21st, 2012
11:38 pm
“td .. .. I cannot say how many times I have heard “anyone but Obama”. I’m sure I’ve even said it myself.”
That is controlling the message by brainwashing the cons with a talking point but it is not true.
Ask McCain.
CJ
January 22nd, 2012
12:17 am
In a sense, we’re seeing a third-party candidate, and it’s Newt Gingrich.
Only in rhetoric, and only temporarily while he campaigns against Romney. Look at Gingrich’s proposals again. Lower taxes for the wealthy while maintaining welfare for millionaires. Higher taxes for the poor while slashing the safety net. More defense spending (i.e., more deficit spending). Gut regulations. Bellicose foreign policy. More dirty energy. Climate change is a hoax. Cut entitlement benefits. A Christian theocracy. And the list goes on.
Gingrich is Gingrich. A right wing, theocratic hypocrite who has one set of standards for his own personal conduct and another set of standards for everybody else. He’s the plutocrats’ plutocrat, and personally, he scares the crap out of me.
Kamchak
January 22nd, 2012
12:23 am
Only in rhetoric, and only temporarily while he campaigns against Romney.
True dat.
CJ
January 22nd, 2012
12:25 am
By the way, Gingrich still uses his word list (including words that he’s added to the list). Have it nearby so that you can pull it out whenever you catch him on television.
Gingrich and his friends are 100 percent American, strong, leaders, pro this or that, committed, and so on. On the other hand, his opponents are 100 percent radical, destructive, weak, incompetent, intolerant, anti-religious, bureaucratic,…
That word list worked for him before, and he relies on it today.
CJ
January 22nd, 2012
12:29 am
1995 from Fairness in Accuracy in Reporting website–
Since winning control of Congress, Rep. Newt Gingrich (R.-Ga.) has constantly complained about “destructive” and “negative” coverage from the “liberal elite media.”
For example, when asked on Nightline (11/29/94) about his reference to the Clintons as “counter-culture McGoverniks,” he first insisted that he had been misquoted–”I used the term McGovernite, not McGovernik–it was one of those things that the Times picked up and therefore it’s now history” (actually, at least four different newspapers–including the New York Times–quoted Gingrich in their November 10 editions as calling the Clintons “counter-culture McGoverniks”)–and then blamed the media for selective reporting:
I didn’t say that to attack the president, I was asked an analytic question. But because I am now the next speaker, I am learning that everything I say has to be worded carefully and thought through at a level that I’ve never experienced before in my life.
In fact, the new speaker of the House–who once described his goal as “reshaping the entire nation through the news media” (New York Times, 12/14/94)–has given a great deal of thought to the media and how to manipulate them. One Newtonian axiom is “fights make news” (Boston Globe, 11/20/94). Another skill he has taught to Republican candidates through his political organization, GOPAC, is how to create a “shield issue” to deflect criticism:
“A shield issue is just, you know, your opponent is going to attack you as lacking compassion,” a GOPAC training tape advises. “You better find a good compassion issue where, you know, you show up in the local paper holding a baby in the neonatal center, and all you’re trying to do is shield yourself from the inevitable attack.”
But the clearest expression of Gingrich’s philosophy of media came in a GOPAC memo entitled “Language: A Key Mechanism of Control.” Distributed to GOP candidates across the country, the memo’s list of words for Democrats and words for Republicans was endorsed by Gingrich in a cover letter: “The words in that paper are tested language from a recent series of focus groups where we actually tested ideas and language.” Next time you hear Gingrich complain about media focusing on the negative, refer back to these lists.
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1276
CJ
January 22nd, 2012
12:34 am
Here’s a better link. It has the entire list of words, and the extremely classic GOPAC cover letter: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4443.htm
As you know, one of the key points in the GOPAC tapes is that “language matters.” In the video “We are a Majority,” Language is listed as a key mechanism of control used by a majority party, along with Agenda, Rules, Attitude and Learning. As the tapes have been used in training sessions across the country and mailed to candidates we have heard a plaintive plea: “I wish I could speak like Newt.” That takes years of practice. But, we believe that you could have a significant impact on your campaign and the way you communicate if we help a little. That is why we have created this list of words and phrases.
Kamchak
January 22nd, 2012
12:38 am
Next time you hear Gingrich complain about media focusing on the negative, refer back to these lists.
Thanks for that link CJ, already bookmarked.
From the positive list —
Use the list below to help define your campaign and your vision of public service. These words can help give extra power to your message. In addition, these words help develop the positive side of the contrast you should create with your opponent, giving your community something to vote for!
share… change…
How’s that change going for you, cons?
Your Party SUCKS........But My Party is GRRRRRREAT!!!! (formerly That Black Guy)
January 22nd, 2012
12:46 am
CJ, thanks for the info.
bman, how can I vote for this guy?
Welcome to the Occupation
January 22nd, 2012
12:50 am
Billybob: “ideas are what this election will be about, not about who says who is a racist…….that lib media template is six-feet under……….republicans have ideas and hussein has blame…..”
Ok, noted. (Emphasis mine).
Your Party SUCKS........But My Party is GRRRRRREAT!!!! (formerly That Black Guy)
January 22nd, 2012
12:50 am
Would this be the GOP’s Rules for Radicals?
They both basically teach how how to manipulate the public.
Not excusing either, but pointing out it is not limited to either. (sorry Kam, I’m working on it)
pat
January 22nd, 2012
12:58 am
Why did it fail? “The people didn’t try to relate to the world around them…when they couldn’t change it a bitterness set in,’WE WANT MORE! WE WANT IT NOW! If somebody tells us not to, we will because might make right. And the flowers wilted and the scene changed.” ~ Bill Graham
Even the origional hippies, the ones who were there from the begining realized, when it becomes about you, nothing can succeed.
It’s time to stop demanding others do something. YOU do something.
You want change you make it happen, quit demanding others do it for you.
bman
January 22nd, 2012
12:59 am
“bman, how can I vote for this guy?”
i don’t know. The same way you would vote for Obama .. .. hold your nose
Your Party SUCKS........But My Party is GRRRRRREAT!!!! (formerly That Black Guy)
January 22nd, 2012
1:05 am
bman, to vote for Newt would take more than holding my nose. I would have stuff both nostrils, attach a pair of vice grips, and take a hit of acid.
With Obama, all I have to do is pray.
pat
January 22nd, 2012
1:05 am
It doesn’t matter if you liberals hate gingrich or if he is a divisive character. He does the one thing that is most deadly to democrats, in a media driven by liberals he attracts attention. Every second spent on Romney and Gingrich, is a second Obama can never get back. Gingrich handed the media their own ass the other day, in spectacualar fashion. Exposing the reputable as smut peddalers. It worked well. Giving Republicans attention and allowing them to dominate the conversation is a bad move. The media, if they love Obama would do well to ignore and down play….But the lure of easy money is to great the power of stupidity perpetually under-estimated. This may prove to be a very interesting election yet.
pat
January 22nd, 2012
1:09 am
Pray + Obama= oxymoron.
Obama = Culture of death. Prayer on the carcasses of the innocents are for the atheists. Let their ‘nothing’ save them.
Your Party SUCKS........But My Party is GRRRRRREAT!!!! (formerly That Black Guy)
January 22nd, 2012
1:14 am
pat
January 22nd, 2012
1:09 am
Uhhh, ok.
Jtex
January 22nd, 2012
1:14 am
I honestly don’t understand how the wingnuts of the Right can be so blindly and willfully stupid.
The difference between Clinton and Gingrich is clear to anyone not mired in ideological idiocy. Clinton never made so-called”family values” the foundation of his philosophy, and Gingrich did. More, Gingrich waged war on Clinton BASED on an assertion of moral superiority WHILE committing adultery.
It’s really not complicated…if you pretend not to understand the difference, then you are honestly too stupid to live. Gingrich was a preachy little prat whining about traditional marriage and the importance of family values…that makes him a big,fat, pathetic right-wing POS hypocrite. Clinton not only never based his political position on sanctimonious moral superiority, he also never divorced two sick wives.
Honestly, idiotic right-wing trash…I realize you are stupid, limited bigots…but are you really THIS stupid and ignorant?
Oh…yeah…you are. You are supporting someone who claims to “support traditional marriage” despite the fact that his actions are entirely counter to that. You are bloody idiots who are too freaking limited to even realize how f’ing stupid and bigoted you are.
BP
January 22nd, 2012
1:16 am
Common Sense isn’t very Common
January 21st, 2012
5:39 pm
I wonder what position Callista is going to have if Newt EVER gets to the WH
First Madam?
theyeshaveit
January 22nd, 2012
2:21 am
Mitt was Newtered.
Erwin's cat
January 22nd, 2012
3:13 am
got what ya wanted
Bud Wiser
January 22nd, 2012
6:56 am
Gingrich will destroy the uppity one in one-on-one debates.
President Gingrich.
The anti-Obama.
Bud Wiser
January 22nd, 2012
7:06 am
And as far as media stooges, anyone else read Maureen Dowd’s bit Obama’s feel like victims of being underappreciated?
She is the queen stooge with this one.
Some quotes: “The Obama’s feel like victims…
..we saw the president we had craved for three years…
they (the Obamas) feel overassaulted and underappreciated…
..The question isn’t whether Barack Obama is ready to be President. The question is whether we’re ready..
…Obama was just too talented to do what ordinary people do…
…the Obamas, particularly Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they have sacrificed…
Dowd has done a three and a half somersault off the high platform and done a perfect 10 face plant in the crotch of the Obamas with this one.
Talk about unbridled and non-disguised arrogance, I am not sure which has the most, the Obamas or Dowd.
Oh well, problem solved in November.
Lets see where Dowd’s feeding tray wanders to then.
Techfan
January 22nd, 2012
7:27 am
At some point, nasty won’t sell. If Newt wins the nomination, during debates will he answer questions and look presidential, or will he bitch and moan and attack the moderators? All Obama will have to do is politely answer the questions and let Newt self destruct when his ego explodes. Also, I have the feeling that the more women see Newt, they are reminded of his treatment of his previous wives and will either stay home or vote for Obama.
TaxPayer
January 22nd, 2012
7:27 am
Republicans certainly could not ask for a better poster boy than Newt. He has old Deal beat hands down in the unethical and immoral department. The new GOP. How low can it dig itself. Money cannot buy you everything but it can sure buy you a Republican.
Chaps
January 22nd, 2012
7:46 am
I am ever so certain that Bookman and his syncophants here want nothing more than for the Republican Party to be successful.
larry
January 22nd, 2012
7:48 am
I wonder if ole Newt is even fit for office , considering if he wins the nomination and the general election, two big ifs.
I mean look at him, he’s at least over a hundred pounds overweight, walks like he’s fixing to tip over backwards. I think he has some serious health problems the public doesnt know about.
If I’m Romney, forget about his ethics abuses, everyone knows about them. I’d ask Newt to release reports of his last physical.
Midori
January 22nd, 2012
7:53 am
I honestly don’t understand how the wingnuts of the Right can be so blindly and willfully stupid.
The difference between Clinton and Gingrich is clear to anyone not mired in ideological idiocy. Clinton never made so-called”family values” the foundation of his philosophy, and Gingrich did. More, Gingrich waged war on Clinton BASED on an assertion of moral superiority WHILE committing adultery.
It’s really not complicated…if you pretend not to understand the difference, then you are honestly too stupid to live. Gingrich was a preachy little prat whining about traditional marriage and the importance of family values…that makes him a big,fat, pathetic right-wing POS hypocrite. Clinton not only never based his political position on sanctimonious moral superiority, he also never divorced two sick wives.
Honestly, idiotic right-wing trash…I realize you are stupid, limited bigots…but are you really THIS stupid and ignorant?
Preach it, Brother!!
Jm
January 22nd, 2012
8:06 am
Lets rehash what happened
GOP does want the guy who can beat O most
Many people are justly measuring this by quality of debate performance
While mitt did fine in most of the early debates, he’s had some real big flubs in the last couple debates
Ergo people are going for who they think turns in the strongest debate performance
It shows the overwhelming desire to beat O. Anda complete degradation in GOP principles when an anti capitalist serial adulterer wins a state election
Now, all that said, things will probably simmer down if – when mitt wins FL
But mitt needs to get better at the debates or he does stand a chance of being walloped by O later
Midori
January 22nd, 2012
8:10 am
I see jm is off to see the wizard.
again.
Recon 0311 2533
January 22nd, 2012
8:13 am
“And as I’ve pointed out before, the Republican establishment will have only itself to blame. They have trained their base to turn up its nose at even the slightest aroma of moderation. They have fed it on resentment, and instilled it with a deep disdain for the media. In short, they have turned it into an audience utterly susceptibel to a man of Newt’s talents and eccentricities.”
Jay’s describing the spell that Democrats controlled by the far left casts over their base. He doesn’t point out that Gingrich won nothing in Iowa and New Hampshire and his win in South Carolina was compliments of Juan Williams and CNN’s John King. Much of the South Carolina vote I think reflected more of a protest against the media bias reflected by Williams and in particular King who Gingrich took to the woodshed on national television just before the primary vote began. Plenty more to go in this race and declaring Gingrich the Republican favorite and predestined winner is extremely premature and doesn’t even reflect current national polling of Republican voters.
Newtpewt
January 22nd, 2012
8:22 am
Newtie claims he had those affairs because he was under such pressure and loved his country so much. If he becomes President, every woman in the U.S. better lock their doors at night!
carlosgvv
January 22nd, 2012
8:23 am
The good compassionate conservative fundamentalist born-again Christians of SC have picked the adulterer Gingrich over that cultist Mormon Romney. Gingrich now has a chance to get the nomination. This brings to mind the words of Metallica:
Bow down before the one you serve
You’re going to get what you deserve
Brosephus
January 22nd, 2012
8:29 am
Ask yourself……why would it matter if Romney hasn’t released his taxes?
The answer…it shouldn’t…….especially coming from the party of “opportunity”.
These guys just slit their own throats……..and those that know of me know I’m hardly a dem.
md
AMEN!!!!
larry
January 22nd, 2012
8:30 am
But mitt needs to get better at the debates or he does stand a chance of being walloped by O later
Mitt should do what Newt does, blame the media for every thing that goes wrong in his campaign.
Open marriage claim by ex wife, blame the media
Report of consulting Fannie Mae to the tune of 1.6 million, claim you are the historian and blame the media, etc. etc.
granny godzilla
January 22nd, 2012
8:39 am
Newt 2012
Holy Crap that’s funny!
TaxPayer
January 22nd, 2012
8:39 am
Juan Williams. Where have I heard that name. I think he works for one of those liberal news outlets.
TaxPayer
January 22nd, 2012
8:41 am
Vote for me, the anti-elitist Republican candidate with nothing in my past worth talking about. — Newt
Soothsayer
January 22nd, 2012
8:49 am
Well, Gnute was propelled to victory by the Tea Potty, Dixiecrat, foaming-at-the-mouth, Fright-Wing, hate-o-crat, nut cases.
Gnute’s win is the best of all possible outcomes. His loss to Barack Obama is virtually assured.
What a great day! On to victory, Gnute! On to victory!
WTF
January 22nd, 2012
8:53 am
Newtpewt
Wrong. Women in SC voted overwhelmingly for Newt.
Probably because as we all now, Newt lovvvvvves women…..
WTF
January 22nd, 2012
8:55 am
Newt lovvvvvves women…..
Sometimes more than one at a time…..
larry
January 22nd, 2012
9:03 am
Just think, if Newt wins , what a victory it will be for swingers.
People will be opening their marriages all over the country .
carlosgvv
January 22nd, 2012
9:05 am
If Newt makes it to the White House, I will have to console myself with watching all the simple tool cons struggling to defend one of the few politicians in America who can actually make us long for the days of George W. Bush.
Soothsayer
January 22nd, 2012
9:16 am
Well, it’s obvious that Gnute tore up the memo from the RNC. You know, the one that says he’s supposed to “lay down” so that “someone” with an actual chance to beat Barack Obama can win the Republican nomination.
You didn’t really think Callister was going to stand for that. Not with her blind ambition she isn’t. Try to imagine Callister as first lady. She would be the laughing-stock of the World. Kids would go out and buy Callister wigs.
Friends, this is theater that can’t be dreamed up. Truly fact is stranger than fiction!
Midori
January 22nd, 2012
9:23 am
Sooth – have you seen “Mars Attacks”?
http://i2.listal.com/image/1372118/600full-mars-attacks%21-screenshot.jpg
Soothsayer
January 22nd, 2012
9:24 am
Oh! Midori! There are “two things” about that photo that really “stand out!”
Soothsayer
January 22nd, 2012
9:29 am
You know, friends, we really have to thank the Republicans. Without them, there wouldn’t really be any entertainment. What a great show! I’m enjoying this immensely. I can’t wait to tune in next week to see what happens.
Sooth out.
Jm
January 22nd, 2012
9:37 am
Food for thought
There will be a certain irony that the private equity guys will have done in one of their own, a smart and capable candidate, because of their lobbying and special exclusions regarding carried interest taxes
If mitt loses either the primary or general and if the taxes play a big role
Jm
January 22nd, 2012
9:45 am
Mitt has a sincerity and “genuiness” deficit
That said, he is still the best choice to beat O and would make a capable president
md
January 22nd, 2012
9:46 am
Food for thought
There will be a certain irony that the private equity guys will have done in one of their own, a smart and capable candidate, because of their lobbying and special exclusions regarding carried interest taxes
If mitt loses either the primary or general and if the taxes play a big role”
Now expand that food for thought to crashing the entire republican platform by calling out Romney on his taxes………………
How in the world does Newt and Santorum plan to run on “opportunity” if they have already eaten their own because of his success??
Jm
January 22nd, 2012
9:51 am
Md
Good question
Good question
TaxPayer
January 22nd, 2012
9:52 am
Callista is looking kinda pale. I hope she’s feeling all right.
Jm
January 22nd, 2012
9:52 am
Md
The tax code needs reforming badly
You do have to wonder if mitt has the guts to fix it
Doggone/GA
January 22nd, 2012
9:56 am
“You do have to wonder if mitt has the guts to fix it”
It woldn’t be his to fix. Congress has to pass a bill to fix it and he has to sign it, but he can’t fix it on his own.
Brosephus
January 22nd, 2012
9:56 am
md @ 9:46
I think the layman would best describe that as a circular firing squad.
JamVet
January 22nd, 2012
9:57 am
“Dole was a weak sister with no balls.”
And what could better illustrate the extent to which the collective GOP has swirled down the toilet bowl.
Dole was a highly decorated combat veteran of great courage and valor. He worked very hard as a representative for the Jayhawk State, and as a moderate – a hated word in GOP parlance, to be sure – he tried his best to see that our government was NOT gridlocked. A quiet man of conviction, he knew the meaning of compromise and statesmanship. And the people of Kansas adored him.
But the degenerate, derided Leroy Gingrich of Georgia?
A bombastic faux-intellectual who is the slimy polar opposite – a proven coward, a lying narcissist serial wife-cheater and a man, who more than any other in the history of the modern republic, created the cesspool of venom in Washington.
He would make a tremendous president – in the vein of George Walker Bush, Warren Harding and Herbert Hoover.
But you dead red cons don’t care a whit about any of that.
That you want that disgusting little pig to win so very badly is what I find enormously entertaining…
He’s yours cons, own him…
Welcome to the Occupation
January 22nd, 2012
9:59 am
Recon: “Jay’s describing the spell that Democrats controlled by the far left casts over their base.”
And just what “far left” casts a spell over this timid and moderately conservative Democratic party, dare I ask?
Douglas Schoen, Rahm Emanual, Ben Nelson, and Evan Bayh Bayh?
With such an abuse of the political lexicon, I wonder what terms would be left for you to draw on if you were to ever encounter someone who was truly from the far left. Far far far super far left?
Soothsayer
January 22nd, 2012
10:02 am
[T]he career of Newt Gingrich has long since peaked, with many mainstream political pundits even categorizing him as ‘unelectable’, but his recent record-breaking PAC donation from the Israeli lobby establishment figure Sheldon Adelson now begins to make sense. Note that Adelson is also an active financial supporter and media arm for Benjamin Netanyahu’s political career in Israel.
[C]asino magnate Sheldon Adelson recently dashed off a $5 million check to a group backing former House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.), marking what may be the largest single political contribution in U.S. history. Adelson is well known for supporting hard-line policies favoring Israel while also advocating measures that would benefit the gambling industry.
Ron Paul is the only GOP candidate who is not overtly ‘pro-Israel’ in the popular neoconservative sense. On January 13, in the run-up to the pivotal South Carolina GOP primary, the Emergency Committee for Israel, run by neoconservative thinker William Kristol, released an ad in which its Director Gary Bauer makes a plea to voters – not endorsing any candidate, rather, telling conservatives that they must reject Congressman Ron Paul as their GOP candidate, deriding his foreign policy views with respect to America’s ‘special relationship’ with Israel, and fighting the War on Terror – concluding that, “We can do better than Ron Paul.”
Should a foreign country, in this case Israel, be allowed to buy a significant influence through the media in American democratic elections? Should candidates be allowed to accept donations – even indirectly, from foreign interest PACs or agents thereof, thus creating a serious conflict of interest, and threat to national security?
[O]ne can only conclude that the American democratic system of elections has been manipulated and twisted to such a degree by powerful special interests, that major elections in the US cannot be classed as either free or fair. Rather they have warped into cynical, stage-managed events, engineered by the few in order to achieve a particular outcome.
This is a great article which I strongly recommend that you read.
Brosephus
January 22nd, 2012
10:04 am
Welcome
Our political system has been thrown so far out of balance because of the rightward surge of the GOP, that I’m not sure if anybody would know true Far-Leftist people if they took a dump on their front porch. The GOP has gone so far right that they probably have some Far-Lefts in their folds blending in perfectly.
josef
January 22nd, 2012
10:08 am
Lemme see if I’ve got this right. Serial adultery, open marriages and passion-ant patriotism are now traditional Christian family values. Does that mean Unmentionable can have it, but I can’t, seeing as how we Chosen are, after all, held to a different standard? Oh, wait, I keep forgetting, gay folks don’t get to play.
If I were a preacher in South Carolina today, my text would be John 11:35.
Jm
January 22nd, 2012
10:08 am
Doggone 9:56
No. Kidding.
meinpvb
January 22nd, 2012
10:09 am
I’m so tired of the opposition telling us who we should run. People fell for it last time and we ended up with McCain. Here’s a better idea. Ya’ll tell us the problem with our candidate and let us tell the problem with your candidate and we’ll go from there. The problem is, God forbid someone complain about God Obama. Then you are called a Nazi, a racist or a “far right wing” fill in the word. Why can’t we call those who oppose Newt a Communist, a race baiter or a “far left wing” fill in the blank? Hope and change has gotten us despair debt.
Welcome to the Occupation
January 22nd, 2012
10:11 am
Breaking: Romney will release tax returns on Tuesday.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/01/22/408746/romney-to-release-tax-returns-this-tuesday/
Michael
January 22nd, 2012
10:11 am
Yes and SC is a good example of that. Someone said it is too big to be an insane asulym and too small to be a country. They have old ways over there, perhaps dating back 100 years. Jim Demint, what can I say about the man that is good. Nada.
Jm
January 22nd, 2012
10:12 am
Mitt supposedly to release tax returns Tuesday
Jm
January 22nd, 2012
10:12 am
Trotsky
Jinx