Newt’s not done playing the wealth card vs. Romney
UPDATE: As the tweet to the right suggests, Newt’s not the only one who believes that Romney’s tax records make good fodder.
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I think some Republicans were hoping that Newt Gingrich might stop targeting Mitt Romney’s wealth after widespread criticism that the tactic played into Democratic hands.
Yet here’s Newt today, dismissing the Romney argument that illegal immigrants would solve the problem by “self-deporting” themselves:
“You have to live in a world of Swiss bank accounts and Cayman Island accounts and automatically $20 million income for no work to have some fantasy this far from reality.”
So I guess that hope was in vain.
Two more quick points:
– Newt is doing it because he knows it’s working, even in a GOP primary. Again, that bodes poorly for Romney in a general election.
– The pleas from fellow Republicans are rather interesting. Are they asking Gingrich to put the best interests of the group ahead of his own selfish interests? What are they, Marxist or something?
– Jay Bookman
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Jefferson
January 25th, 2012
4:45 pm
Just how much money can a man make pulpwooding ?
td
January 25th, 2012
4:46 pm
Whatever Newt is doing must be woking.
Newt draws thousands as Romney draws hundreds in Florida.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/florida-gingrich-draws-thousands-romney-draws-hundreds_618509.html
Matti's amusement
January 25th, 2012
4:46 pm
AmVet,
I was certain that PB thing was a name jack! Surely no one takes this stuff seriously….
TaxPayer
January 25th, 2012
4:46 pm
Have I missed anything.
Thulsa Doom
January 25th, 2012
4:47 pm
Fluffy pillows at the ready troops!
Granny,
Well now at least that was funny. Speaking of funny you never make me serve you coffee anymore. What’s up with that? Are you slipping on your game?
Granny Godzilla
January 25th, 2012
4:47 pm
Jay
Sorry I repeated what Thomas posted and got moderated.
But it’s good to see you took down his post as well.
AmVet - Every time a publicly educated neo-con drives on public roads they are Marxists.
January 25th, 2012
4:47 pm
jcb, I remember nap time. I think we also used to get milk and graham crackers from our Marxist kindergarten teachers…
Ah, those were the days…
Stevie Ray
January 25th, 2012
4:48 pm
RECON,
Check it out…just call out my name…
http://www.rightspeak.net/2012/01/democrats-and-labor-unions-send-message.html
Zelurishinique
January 25th, 2012
4:48 pm
“Newt is doing it because he knows it’s working…”
I believe you’re mistaken about that Jay. Most Americans aspire to be financially well off and we don’t resent the wealthy as long as we feel the playing field is reasonably level for us to have a shot too. Other than the OWS crowd, we understand that a successful businessman like a Mitt Romney is more likely to be a job creator than some vagrant who lives in an appliance carton under a freeway bridge.
Granny Godzilla
January 25th, 2012
4:49 pm
Thulsa
Again….Coffee saturday and sunday mornings only.
And frankly there’s a pretty cute old dawg that takes care of that for me.
Jefferson
January 25th, 2012
4:49 pm
I’ll bet 10k Mitt knows what pulpwood is.
Kamchak
January 25th, 2012
4:49 pm
“It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you”
–Thomas Jefferson
Thulsa Doom
January 25th, 2012
4:50 pm
“Actually, Obama should be thanking Jimmy Carter. Without Carter’s abysmal 37.9% for 1979, Obama would have set the lowest mark in Gallup history for third-year approval ratings.”
And the voters shall speak in 10 months.
getalife
January 25th, 2012
4:51 pm
They kicked me out of kindergarten for getting up and leaving.
Yeah, I was a problem child.
Anyhoo, the blog was acting funny.
Recon 2533 1811
January 25th, 2012
4:51 pm
Stevie Ray,
Interesting that Gallup polls all voters, while Rasmussen polls only likely voters. They’ve both been polling pretty close to the same over the last several months. Later…have to go pick up my daughter.
361 more days
January 25th, 2012
4:51 pm
Surprise, Surprise
BO has started his 2012 re-election campaign last night, and not once did he brag about his economic success so far in his first term. I can’t understand that, seeing as he promised that he would correct the problems he inherited from GB by the end of his first term…………..you people are silly with your blind faith to this man.
JohnnyReb
January 25th, 2012
4:53 pm
Jay, your pieces are going downhill fast. I know I don’t have to visit, but I would think considering your position and the AJC’s new push to be more inclusive it would be important to present while a partisan opinion one that is not over the top. Some of your regulars here have a difficult time separating the wheat from the chaf.
Clearly, there is a difference between Newt accusing Mitt of corporate raiding, which the party does not like, versus referring to him as a rich person removed from reality. The corporate raider part can be debated. There is no debate on Mitt being rich.
361 more days
January 25th, 2012
4:54 pm
Surprise, Surprise
BO has started his 2012 re-election campaign last night, and not once did he brag about his economic success so far in his first term. I can’t understand that, seeing as he promised that he would correct the problems he inherited from GB by the end of his first term…………..you people are silly with your blind faith to this man.
1000 days and no budget, wow real leadership there
Joe, from below, I must have missed that seminar, I think it was the same day as the anti brain washing seminar, supose you missed that one, huh?
jewcowboy
January 25th, 2012
4:55 pm
Off topic…
NASA releases the newest Hi-Def “Blue Marble” photo ever. It was taken from from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA’s Suomi NPP.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001/in/photostream/
“We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.” ~ Carl Sagan
Thulsa Doom
January 25th, 2012
4:56 pm
Granny Godzilla
January 25th, 2012
4:49 pm
Thulsa
Again….Coffee saturday and sunday mornings only.
I rarely chime in on sat and sun mornings. If I do how would you like your coffee served to you?
JohnnyReb
January 25th, 2012
4:56 pm
AmVet – your handle extension is amusing. Like Elizabeth, do you? She’s a kook. If MA elects her, they get what they deserve.
AmVet - Every time a publicly educated neo-con drives on public roads they are Marxists.
January 25th, 2012
4:56 pm
Matti, it was certainly odd, huh?
I’ve been on a big Buckingham jag lately.
When the last insult comes down from your friends
Hoping all your blind ambition will fall
And the love you know has come to an end
And the silence answers your call
Save me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUErSA0VK0o&feature=related
Stevie Ray
January 25th, 2012
4:57 pm
THULSA,
They certainly will….too bad it has to be from an spineless, unqualified “great uniter” and those on the other side who defy logic and taste….
No way all those folks who bought all BO’s change rhetoric and came out to vote for the first time in their lives in 2008 are coming out again in such numbers. Their lives suck more now than before. What’s BO gonna run on…”its still not my fault” or how about more “change you can believe in only you can’t take it to the bank unless you give me 4 more years”???
AmVet - Every time a publicly educated neo-con drives on public roads they are Marxists.
January 25th, 2012
4:58 pm
Like Elizabeth, do you? She’s a kook.
Johnny, please expound.
Thulsa Doom
January 25th, 2012
4:58 pm
A dog lover posts a post about chihuahuas and it gets moderated? No names mentioned. Not directed at anyone. Just a posting of some yappy chihuahuas and it gets moderated? Seriously?
Jay
January 25th, 2012
4:59 pm
Zelurishinique, if it isn’t working, why is Newt still doing it?
If it isn’t working, how has Newt soared to victory in South Carolina at least a tie with Mitt in Florida since he started working that theme?
JohnnyReb
January 25th, 2012
5:00 pm
AmVet – no explanation necessary. You clearly know the tie between your handle extension and Elizabeth’s bleeding heart rant against Conservatives.
Welcome to the Occupation
January 25th, 2012
5:00 pm
JohnnyReb: “… and the AJC’s new push to be more inclusive it .. ”
What new effort are you referring to exactly?
AmVet - Every time a publicly educated neo-con drives on public roads they are Marxists.
January 25th, 2012
5:01 pm
They kicked me out of kindergarten for getting up and leaving.
Yeah, I was a problem child.
Too funny.
A true wild child.
getalife, I bet that given the chance, we could party so badass, we’d make the youngsters jealous…
Jefferson
January 25th, 2012
5:01 pm
The current President’s record is better than the previous President’s record, or do you just not keep up with current events.
Jm
January 25th, 2012
5:01 pm
Romney up by 2 in latest polls
Df. I noticed the same thing at intrade
Newt is a moron
Assuming mitt is president, if he doesn’t fix the tax code including straightening out the tax rates between labor and capital, I will possibly be supporting his opponent
This includes in particular carried interest
Leaders take on their own constituencies
I expected O to fix entitlements. He has not
He lost my vote
Go Romney
ByteMe
January 25th, 2012
5:01 pm
Sorry, Occupation, but I’m supposed to be working and the Huns have invaded, so I have to cook them dinner soon so they can get to bed by 8.
But if you want some background, check out
http://www.frontlinethoughts.com/
Or go over to ritholtz.com (if you don’t like entering your e-mail address to get free information), where you’ll get much of the same info from people who know what’s going on. NEVER get your info from anonymous bloggers, make sure the person puts their name on it and has some credibility.
And, I may not make money on the coming failures, but I am trying hard now to make sure I don’t lose much.
Joe Hussein Mama
January 25th, 2012
5:01 pm
Jay — “Like a bunch of third graders in here.”
But you give us such *nice, shiny* things to play with, Jay.
ByteMe
January 25th, 2012
5:02 pm
Jm, was the poll taken before or after the SC win? I’m seeing polls that show he was up before SC, but down after. Hard to know what to make of the fluidity.
Thulsa Doom
January 25th, 2012
5:02 pm
“No way all those folks who bought all BO’s change rhetoric and came out to vote for the first time in their lives in 2008 are coming out again in such numbers. Their lives suck more now than before”
Yep. He got a record number of young voters and first time voters. Considering how many college kids that can’t get jobs coming out you know he can’t count on them again.
I suspect he’ll run on the blame W card even after 3 years. You may not think there are people that would fall for that crap. But there are. This blog proves it.
ByteMe
January 25th, 2012
5:03 pm
And, Jay, I wonder what will happen in the general if it’s Newt vs. Obama and both are claiming to be populists (when we know they’re both corporatists anyway).
361 more days
January 25th, 2012
5:03 pm
Stevie
The sad part of thier voting for him, is they would never admit that they made a mistake in 08.
Matti's amusement
January 25th, 2012
5:03 pm
JohnnyReb,
I like her, and it amuses me that she frightens you so.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
January 25th, 2012
5:04 pm
Well, I see the men are ganged up 12 to 1 against Midori. It ain’t a fair fight and Bookman should do something about it. It ought to be 20 to 1 at least.
Joe Hussein Mama
January 25th, 2012
5:04 pm
ByteMe — “Or go over to ritholtz.com (if you don’t like entering your e-mail address to get free information), where you’ll get much of the same info from people who know what’s going on.”
+1 for Barry Ritholtz’ Big Picture blog. He also posts lots of interesting reading matter, and not just from the world of business and finance. I think that he would be a wonderful person to have coffee or drinks with, and that the conversation would be very enjoyable whether we agreed with each other or not.
Thulsa Doom
January 25th, 2012
5:04 pm
“The current President’s record is better than the previous President’s record, or do you just not keep up with current events”
Only if by record you mean a record amount of debt being run up in such a short amount of time.
Welcome to the Occupation
January 25th, 2012
5:05 pm
” Most Americans aspire to be financially well off and we don’t resent the wealthy ”
What does wanting to radically change the system have to do with “resenting” the wealthy?
I may or may not resent the wealthy as human beings, but that’s irrelevant to my opinion on how our economic system could be made more just.
Unless of course certain interests want to keep the discussion within such narrow bounds — which keeps it as a trivial back and forth about resentment instead of the discussion of economic justice that it should be.
ByteMe
January 25th, 2012
5:05 pm
I think that he would be a wonderful person to have coffee or drinks with, and that the conversation would be very enjoyable whether we agreed with each other or not.
Agreed.
Jefferson
January 25th, 2012
5:05 pm
Yep, you don’t keep up.
Joe Hussein Mama
January 25th, 2012
5:05 pm
Doom — “Yep. He got a record number of young voters and first time voters. Considering how many college kids that can’t get jobs coming out you know he can’t count on them again.”
I’ll keep saying it — being disappointed in the current President does not automatically mean that you’re going to vote for his challenger. Just look at 2004.
Kamchak
January 25th, 2012
5:06 pm
Lots of whistling past the graveyard today after the SOTU address. Someone even said last night, “The stock market will go down 200 points tomorrow”, but seeing how the DJIA gained 83.10 pts, that prognostication was just pulled out of wishful thinking.
Jay
January 25th, 2012
5:07 pm
According to a poll released just last week by the Washington Post, 54 percent of Americans blame the economy on George “this sucker’s going down” Bush; 29 percent blame Obama.
AmVet - Every time a publicly educated neo-con drives on public roads they are Marxists.
January 25th, 2012
5:07 pm
AmVet – no explanation necessary.
One word.
Lame.
And you expect me, or others here, for that matter, to take you seriously?
You clearly know the tie between your handle extension and Elizabeth’s bleeding heart rant against Conservatives.
Uh, no.
But trust me, I won’t ever again ask for any explanations. LOL.
Reminds me of Peter Gabriel a bit…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD-mdI6bw5I&feature=related
getalife
January 25th, 2012
5:09 pm
“getalife, I bet that given the chance, we could party so badass, we’d make the youngsters jealous…”
“I am half the man I used to be”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I_Ah6H1wII&feature=fvwrel
ByteMe
January 25th, 2012
5:09 pm
According to a poll released just last week by the Washington Post, 54 percent of Americans blame the economy on George “this sucker’s going down” Bush; 29 percent blame Obama.
Clearly those 54% are all food stampin’ socialists, doncha know.
barking frog
January 25th, 2012
5:12 pm
Geithner says Obama will not ask him to stay in a second term.
jewcowboy
January 25th, 2012
5:13 pm
“Their lives suck more now than before”
OK..again, maybe some of you folks may not have noticed, but when Obama took over, we were hemorrhaging 700,000 jobs a month. I would say there are plenty of people whose live suck a whole lot less now…including the people that would have lost their jobs if the this President had not stepped in. Is it as good as we would hope for? No…is it better than what it is? You’d have to be either blind, addle-minded or completely in denial not to see that it is.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7j2vlv0HDNY/Tw5hNiJOCDI/AAAAAAAAEmQ/LXGAIMmMbXs/s1600/Obama+battles+job+crisis+chart+3+Jan+2012.jpg
Joe Hussein Mama
January 25th, 2012
5:14 pm
B. Frog — “Geithner says Obama will not ask him to stay in a second term.”
I’d hope for Paul Volcker to be his replacement, assuming he’s in good enough health to do it. It would have been sweet justice indeed if Volcker had succeeded Alan Greenspan as Fed chairman.
Welcome to the Occupation
January 25th, 2012
5:16 pm
Greetings, ByteMe, and thanks for the link. I’ll have a look.
Jm
January 25th, 2012
5:16 pm
Byteme
Those polls are after
The latest
Yes lots of fluidity
ByteMe
January 25th, 2012
5:17 pm
Jm, reason I asked is that there was a poll just released, but the dates of the poll calls were around the SC primary, so you had to look at the internals to see how it was affecting the candidates. And the differential on that poll was also 2. So that’s why I wondered about it.
bman
January 25th, 2012
5:20 pm
anyone have a poll for the lack of the economic recovery?
361 more days
January 25th, 2012
5:20 pm
Great news about Geithner, he should not have been in that position to start off with, another tax dodger. He was a big part of the meltdown with WS.
He took care of his buds though, didn’t he?
ByteMe
January 25th, 2012
5:20 pm
Occupation: his stuff is how I was mostly out of the market from 2006-2009. He predicted the credit crisis early (he knew it would happen, his timing was off by about a year). After the March 2009 credit crash, I started grabbing bonds that were way undervalued and have made a nice profit since. Now I’ve lightened up again on certain holdings, because the dominos are in place for another crisis (and we’re at the point in the business cycle where we might see a recession in the next 12 months anyway).
William
January 25th, 2012
5:22 pm
Second Newt column in a day, Jay. Could you make it a trifecta? I wonder if anything else is happening in the world worth commenting upon.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 25th, 2012
5:23 pm
The thrice-married Speaker then defended his personal marital history, claiming his multiple affairs “make me more normal than somebody who wanders around seeming perfect” because he can understand “the human condition and challenges of life for normal people.”
Hmmmm… Newt did not seem so charitable about the human condition and challenges of life before? And then there’s those pledges he has signed. Could it be his coffee?
Mike Shirra
January 25th, 2012
5:23 pm
What’s happening in Florida was caused by people who know everything about Washington politics, but nothing about the economy or business. Romney may be stiff, but he’s got the ability to use his ability in destructive capitalism to actually “turn around” the failing federal government.
Now, about this Newtles fellow. This guy is an embarrassment to the Republican (family values and smaller government) party. He may have had a good couple of years organizing the Republicans in the mid 1990s, but he was thrown out for ethics violations for a reason ($300,000 fine). He’s a habitual liar, a megalomaniac, a 2X adulterer—pissing on his vows to his wife and before God. And what “historian” gets paid $1.6 million over just a few years??? –from Freddy Mac no doubt…. He’s an influence peddling whore—and a bad one at that.
I’m an independent and going for Romney all the way. But, but if that dark “Lord of the Underworld” get’s the Republican nomination, I know plenty of independents—myself included, that will vote for the Libertarian, not go to the polls, or worse yet, vote for that “Obamanation” that’s laughing all the way to his next round of golf…
If sanity does not prevail, I and many others like me will use our votes to punish the Republican party for its arrogance, stupidity and bigotry!!!
Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/01/mitt-romney-gingrichs-radio-ad-outrageous-everybody-shouldnt-own-a-home-enjoy-my-tax-returns.html#storylink=cpy
Jm
January 25th, 2012
5:23 pm
Byteme
I know
Romney was up in FL heretefore
After SC newt was up in FL
Now Romney is up a hair in FL
They do daily polls now
AmVet - Every time a publicly educated neo-con drives on public roads they are Marxists.
January 25th, 2012
5:26 pm
1822 more days, your good point about Geithner notwithstanding, you are setting yourself up for some serious heartache, brother.
getalife, great song.
It’s OK buddy, all we gotta do is…
There’s colors on the street
Red, white and blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdiCJUysIT0
jewcowboy
January 25th, 2012
5:28 pm
“Now Romney is up a hair in FL”
And that is some serious hair.
Castro
January 25th, 2012
5:29 pm
La carrera presidencial republicana es la mayor competenciade “la idiotez la ignorancia” que el mundo haya visto.
TRANSLATION:
“The Republican presidential race is the greatest competition of “idiocy and ignorance” the world has ever seen.”
A Tax Cheat or A Wife Cheat (Is this All There Is?)
January 25th, 2012
5:31 pm
@Castro
January 25th, 2012
5:29 pm
La carrera presidencial republicana es la mayor competenciade “la idiotez la ignorancia” que el mundo haya visto.
TRANSLATION:
“The Republican presidential race is the greatest competition of “idiocy and ignorance” the world has ever seen.”
************************************************************
I agree………..
Jay
January 25th, 2012
5:31 pm
By the way, for your edification I have taken it upon myself to attend tomorrow morning’s “birther” hearing before Judge Michael Malihi, with the redoubtable Orly Taitz expected to be in attendance. Barack Obama has made other plans…..
If court rules allow, I plan to post live updates from the courtroom.
The sacrifices I make for you….
Joe Hussein Mama
January 25th, 2012
5:34 pm
361 — “Joe, from below, I must have missed that seminar, I think it was the same day as the anti brain washing seminar, supose you missed that one, huh?”
I’m talking about the block of instruction regarding the chain of command and military courtesy. Whether you like the President or not, you dishonor yourself and your service by the way you speak about the man.
I didn’t care for President Bush, but I referred to him as “President,” “President Bush,” “Mr. Bush” and the like, not the silly sorts of names you use for President Obama. What you refer to as “brainwashing” is quite simply showing proper military respect to the Commander in Chief.
All that being said, I have a pretty good idea what kind of serviceman you were, and I’m not going to express my views here since Jay’s already cautioned posters about making personal attacks.
jewcowboy
January 25th, 2012
5:34 pm
Jay,
“with the redoubtable Orly Taitz expected to be in attendance.”
Are you going to get a a tooth capped as well?
Kamchak
January 25th, 2012
5:34 pm
…with the redoubtable Orly Taitz expected to be in attendance.
Please, no pictures.
I beg of you….
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 25th, 2012
5:34 pm
Jay – Just don’t post pictures or Oily T. Calista already gives me nightmares
josef
January 25th, 2012
5:35 pm
Mike Shirra…
Well, steal my thunder! But, yeah, what you said….
Welcome to the Occupation
January 25th, 2012
5:37 pm
ByteMe: “He predicted the credit crisis early (he knew it would happen, his timing was off by about a year). After the March 2009 credit crash, I started grabbing bonds that were way undervalued and have made a nice profit since”
Nice. Sounds like that’s worked out for you.
So I’m curious, are you saying he is bearish on Europe now? Did he say that Europe is effectively bankrupt?
The reason I took issue with that is that while Greece may potentially be insolvent, that’s a far cry from saying that Europe as a whole is at the brink of bankruptcy. Furthermore, the question of its fate as an economic union is a purely political one, not economic really. In other words, it’s a matter of whether the ECB will do what needs to be done and guarantee the debt.
I
josef
January 25th, 2012
5:37 pm
JAY
Wish I had the day off to tune in in real time to your play-by-play…sacrifice, hell, you paid good money for a ringside seat at that circus of the absurd…
AmVet - Every time a publicly educated neo-con drives on public roads they are Marxists.
January 25th, 2012
5:37 pm
He’s an Arab. ~Thomas Jefferson at a McCain rally
Fast and Furious Spending
January 25th, 2012
5:38 pm
Jay,
I’m glad you admit you are a Marxist. I don’t know what you are frankly, besides an unclear thinker, a ditherer of understanding about America and her history but you said it. I’m with you.
As for the Newt comments, you’re whiffing again.
Newt won because he’s saying what we think, not about Romney, but about the media, the country and Barack Obama.
Romney hasn’t ever conjured more poll support than he has now no matter who the opponent is. He can’t convince us conservatives, us Tea Partyers, us taxpayers that he is 1) one of us, 2) really opposed to Obama and his policies; 3) has the strength of character to stand up and say anything other than, “Hey, look America, I’m the only electable one.”
I don’t want a limp-wristed boxer debating Obama= another John McCain.
I want someone who will tell it like it is. Today, that’s Newt; tomorrow it might be Santorum.
But we can all tell it will never be Romney. He’s been campaigning nonstop since 2009, and he hasn’t convinced us. He’s overexposed and what we see isn’t good.
Kamchak
January 25th, 2012
5:41 pm
Today, that’s Newt; tomorrow it might be Santorum.
A frothy mix for America.
Fast and Furious Spending
January 25th, 2012
5:41 pm
And while we’re playing the wealth card, I couldn’t help but notice that last night in the happy Barack show that every time he conjures up a breathy exclamation point to punctuate his speech, that’s exactly what Obama is doing—playing the wealth-envy card.
Maybe Gingrich is too steeped in DC politics.
Still no good reason not to support him. Obama was a relative outsider compared to Gingrich and look where we are.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 25th, 2012
5:41 pm
Jay, have fun in the hearing tomorrow. I have not looked it up but it should be an administrative law hearing. I understand Obama is not going to show up and if the other side wants to enforce its subpoena, they have to as a court to refer it to a Fulton County Superior Court Judge to decide whether enforce it. It would be my thought that the ALJ’s decision would be thrown aside because it was based on “well the other side never brought up the case law even though it raised the point”. Generally a court recognizes existing laws and cases whether they are brought up or not, it is not limited to the cases or law cited by the other side
It would be fun to see Orily squirm….. I wonder if she ever paid her Georgia fines.
Paul
January 25th, 2012
5:42 pm
Jay
We appreciate your sacrifices. Please, try not to laugh out loud while in court. Judges don’t look kindly upon that.
—————————————————————————————————————
“I wonder if anything else is happening in the world worth commenting upon.”
Yup. Supremes voted overwhelmingly to reject the gov’t’s position that it can GPS your car and track you without a warrant.
Good decision.
Paul
January 25th, 2012
5:42 pm
Jay
Oh, and I have jury duty tomorrow.
Different court, though.
If my record holds, I’ll get dismissed.
Ol' Timer
January 25th, 2012
5:43 pm
“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.” ~Josh Billings
Joe Hussein Mama
January 25th, 2012
5:43 pm
KUTGF — “It would be fun to see Orily squirm….. I wonder if she ever paid her Georgia fines.”
I will laugh loud and long if it turns out she hasn’t and she’s taken into custody because of it.
getalife
January 25th, 2012
5:44 pm
Jay,
Ask to see her birth certificate.
They tend to project what they are guilty of.
Joe Hussein Mama
January 25th, 2012
5:44 pm
Paul — “If my record holds, I’ll get dismissed.”
If you’d stop making those hooting noises and swatting at the imaginary insects, you might actually get to see a case this time.
pogo
January 25th, 2012
5:45 pm
To all those that are screaming about Romney and his taxes, why don’t we open up Pelosi’s or any other rich politicians tax records and see what hides there? As for the Newt, well, Newt has no shame. But then again, after hearing Obama last night neither does he and neither do most politicians. Obama spouted the same old tired populist tripe that will never happen and again he did it on an eighth grade level (see Politico today) so his base could understand. I do give him one thing though, he does know the intelligence level and the attention span of his base (no offense to eighth graders, there are a few out there that are promising but not many thanks to our fine educational system).
And yes, Obama is a Marxist. He is a true believer in the collective ideology wherein those that do not put forth the effort lives as well as those that don’t. There are different degrees of Marxism and on a scale of 1-10 Obama ranks about a 6 or 7. Bush was about let say, a 5 or a 6. If a person believes in wealth distribution and unlimited government control of peoples lives as Obama does that makes one a Marxist or at the very least a Socialist or some amalgam of both. And no matter who the next president is, I don’t see our course towards either of these two things changing because the American people apparently want to hand their liberty and the control of their lives over to the government in exchange for tax dollars in the form of government sustenance. The only difference this election will make is how rapidly we turn ourselves over to the politicians. IF Obama goes in, it will occur rapidly and all incentive to even work will be destroyed. If the republicans go in, it is still a few years out. Americans are becoming lazier and they are getting dumber and those things play perfectly into the hands of the politicians that want to “look out for them” in order obtain more power. But, as with everything else in this life, there is a cost associated with this and in this case it is our liberty. The question is, how much of our freedom are willing to sacrifice in order to a get a small and equal amount of financial security? For many of those that receive government assitance in its many forms the answer is simple; everything, just as long as they get their pittance and that they are guaranteed this pittance and they don’t have to work for it. For those that want to be rewarded for their hard work and their efforts the answer is, they want as little as possible. There are becoming far fewer of the latter type of people in this country which means the funding for those of the previous type of people is becoming less and less and thus our 16 trillion dollar deficit. If nothing else, wealth re-distribution destroys the incentive for people to work hard because they know if they just get along they will get what everyone else has. You know, just like labor unions.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 25th, 2012
5:45 pm
Jay, you may be more up on this than I am but the hearing is showing on OSAH as being at 230 Peachtree not the Fulton County Courthouse. http://www.osah.ga.gov/case-detail.aspx?docketNum=1215136&clerk=230
Jay
January 25th, 2012
5:46 pm
Get, she’s Moldavian by birth, I believe.
Real Scootter
January 25th, 2012
5:46 pm
Please, no pictures.
I beg of you….
I’ll second that emotion Kam.Whew!!
Jay
January 25th, 2012
5:47 pm
That is correct, Keep.
Fast and Furious Spending
January 25th, 2012
5:47 pm
AmVet (and the rest of you libs),
The pretension among the liberal perception of conservatives is that because we are for smaller government, then the understanding goes, we must be for no government, including roads bridges, fire stations, police forces….that we’re for anarchy.
What a ridiculous straw-man argument! You guys don’t have enough brain cells to conjure anything better than that? –really? Evidently not, because Obama himself last night said we need a federal program to help veterans of foreign wars get jobs as policemen and firemen–clearly a program that we do not need because cities and counties are always hiring these positions, and veterans get preferential treatment anyway (if they really aspire to those jobs).
This is government creating a problem and a spending program in search of a solution.
For the record (AGAIN), we are against this exact type of thing. We’re not against infrastructure, military, public utilities and clean air for crying out loud!
Go find another scarecrow to scare, you idiots.
midtownguy
January 25th, 2012
5:48 pm
Kamchak: I wonder how many get that.
josef
January 25th, 2012
5:50 pm
FAST AND FURIOUS
Morality, of course, not at issue, eh? Heretic.
Bruno
January 25th, 2012
5:50 pm
Newt won because he’s saying what we think, not about Romney, but about the media, the country and Barack Obama.
Fast and Furious–That’s also my take on things, but I think that Jay personally dislikes Gingrich so much that he can’t accept it. Newt articulates the conservative message more clearly, and displays more personal confidence on stage than Romney.
What does bother me, however, is the fact that the Lefties her STILL deny that Obama has been divisive from the word “go”.
Jm
January 25th, 2012
5:50 pm
Who cares
Mitt will ground his butt to a pulp in GA
Even if he Obama was from the US
(joking, on the last part)
Fast and Furious Spending
January 25th, 2012
5:51 pm
Jay,
You’re attending what and seeing who?
Glad you’re paying attention to news the rest of us care absolutely nothing about.
That bodes well for the fixations of Democrats this election season. Hope and change is on the way differently this time.
Truth-O-Meter
January 25th, 2012
5:52 pm
JOE Cool @ 3:37
You are spot on! It grieves me that everyone allows Newt to practice class warfare of his own making, but project that very action onto the President and Democrats. You said it well.
Kamchak
January 25th, 2012
5:53 pm
The pretension among the liberal perception of conservatives is that because we are for smaller government, then the understanding goes, we must be for no government, including roads bridges, fire stations, police forces….
“I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.”
–Grover Norquist
Sounds pretty clear to me, sport.
Newt’s not done playing the wealth card vs. Romney – Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) | Chattanooga Christian Radio
January 25th, 2012
5:54 pm
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