The Gingrich political career, now at an end
“A lot of us who were around him before and didn’t think this was a good idea from the beginning were worried this was the way it was going to end. He’s in danger, I think, of becoming a laughingstock.”
– Rich Galen, former staff member for Newt Gingrich, quoted in Politico
The sense of personal destiny that has driven Newt Gingrich throughout his life, the deep and defining belief that he was fated to do great things and write his name in large letters upon the history books, has finally run aground on the sharp shoals of reality. And that is a hard thing for the former speaker and Georgia congressman to accept.
He has no money and in fact his campaign is deeply in debt. He lacks the resources to travel, let alone buy campaign ads, and the press has abandoned him, raising the age-old question: If a man utters pearls of profound wisdom, and no one is there to hear him, did he really utter them at all? Yet still he presses on, insistent against all evidence that he remains relevant. As he told Fox this week, “I have no incentive to get out because I have a set of ideas that include $2.50-a-gallon gas, etc. So I have every incentive to stay in.”
I’m sorry: “$2.50-a-gallon gas” is not an idea, it is an ill-disguised pander inconsistent with reality. Newt’s inability to distinguish between an idea and a pander betrays a lot about how he thinks, and about why he has fallen so short of his dreams.
To give the man his due, Gingrich has fashioned a political career that by most standards would be considered a huge success. He truly did shock the political world when he led a Republican revolution in 1994 that ended the Democrats’ death grip on the House of Representatives. He was enormously gifted, possessed with a clever mind and one of the sharpest tongues in American political history. And his strong sense of personal destiny insulated him against doubts that might have haunted other men.
But a clever mind is not a wise mind. A man so easily distracted by shiny intellectual objects, flitting from one idea to the next, can never attain the depth suggested by the most prominent words in the Gingrich vocabulary, such as “profound” and “fundamental.” And those who are equipped to lead heady revolutions are almost never equipped for the day-to-day drudgery required to govern and to build.
However, the fatal flaw that ensured that Gingrich would never satisfy the ambition that burned within him was his basic lack of respect for other people. The contempt that he showered upon opponents in public life was reflected in his private life as well, and also in how he treated colleagues and staff. He showed little loyalty and earned little loyalty, and in politics as in life, that makes long-term success very difficult.
– Jay Bookman
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emo
March 29th, 2012
1:21 pm
“He’s in danger, I think, of becoming a laughingstock.”
Was this comment made ten years ago? If not, it’s way too late.
In any case, if Newt & Callista want to go looking for greener pastures, I hope they remember they’re Catholics now, and will need an annulment from the Pope. And I fear Newt is too broke to buy one.
MiltonMan
March 29th, 2012
1:23 pm
“Milton Man – you know the saying, if a tree falls in the forest, did it make any noise? Well some of our brethern here would rather not hear it so they can continue to deny it.”
Affirmative. Man, I am still trying to figure at the other 7 states and go to bed at night worrying if, as Michelle stated, that she is still proud to be an American for the first time in her life. I might even vote for her husband for her to maintain her pride.
Libs cue up with “lies, all lies” in 3,2,1…
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:24 pm
RB: No point in a trial. You’ve already deemed Martin innocent and Z guilty of killing an unarmed innocent “child”.
Of course there’s a point in a trial, and Keep won’t be on the jury anyway. What’s the problem with having a trial?
RamboDog
March 29th, 2012
1:24 pm
To gm
Why don’t those camera hound has beens (Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton) stay on tv when there are black kids shooting each other in every major city in America? Every large city that is governed by liberal democratic leaders are at the top of violent crime statistics and they are among the poorest in our country.
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:25 pm
Why don’t those camera hound has beens (Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton)
No, why do you give a sh*t? is the better question
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
March 29th, 2012
1:25 pm
MiltonMan
The fact that you apparently have no clue as to how the legislative process works and also no desire to learn or understand
is just shameful
I always wonder how people can be proud of lacking basic civics knowledge.
Pitiful.
Just pitiful.
barking frog
March 29th, 2012
1:26 pm
It’s possible Newt may
return to Georgia due
to the encouraging vote
he got here.
Thulsa Doom
March 29th, 2012
1:26 pm
RB: Who is going to pay the insurance premiums for all these poor people who are required to buy them under Obama’s plan?
“The same people that pay for Medicaid now. Or didn’t you know Medicaid was a poor person medical program?”
Adam,
I was watching a discussion on the news the other night about Obamacare. Its no secret that in Obamacare that millions of people would be moved to the Medicaid rolls. What you have to understand is that the states can’t afford it. On average medicaid eats up 22% of state budgets and to put millions more on medicaid won’t work. The states simply do not have the money for it.
William
March 29th, 2012
1:26 pm
“Incidental to your question – guy from Heritage who came up with individual mandate was on Fox yesterday at lunchtime. Said they’d abandoned the idea and now favor…. are you ready for this? Subsidies!”
The problem underlying the idea of a mandate is indisputable: there are a considerable number of people who are unwilling to buy health insurance if they are young and healthy. And that is disastrous to the health insurance industry and to all of the rest of us. So I think it is obvious people need to be compelled to buy insurance. But how to do it? I am thinking that if you remove the “safety net” introduced in the Reagan era (of being treated at an ER no matter what) and spend time and money impressing upon people that they will NOT receive medical care without insurance, then that might work. Those who still elect not to obtain insurance will have pay out of their own pockets (an some clearly can). Of course, this means that insurance will also have to be affordable for all. But I am confident this could be accomplished as well.
Paul
March 29th, 2012
1:27 pm
Afternoon, Thulsa
“From the day O stepped into office until now we have gone another 5 trillion in debt.”
I’ve yet to hear a specific response to the question of what a McCain presidency would have done in the face of the financial meltdown that would have avoided adding billions to the deficit.
Paul
March 29th, 2012
1:27 pm
Thulsa
Trillions. Make that adding trillions to the deficit.
stands for decibels
March 29th, 2012
1:27 pm
What you have to understand is that the states can’t afford it
refresh my memory–what percentage of the increased Medicaid premiums are states on the hook for, under the ACA?
You should know this, since you’re such an expert on, well, everything.
Paul
March 29th, 2012
1:28 pm
Thulsa
“What you have to understand is that the states can’t afford it. On average medicaid eats up 22% of state budgets and to put millions more on medicaid won’t work. The states simply do not have the money for it.”
Which is why the feds are paying for it.
RB from Gwinnett
March 29th, 2012
1:28 pm
Adam, so more load is dumped on the 53%?? Funny Obama doesn’t mention that in his campaign speeches.
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:29 pm
RB: Adam, so more load is dumped on the 53%??
55% now, and yes. I am one of those. Boohoo to anyone who only wants to pay taxes for what they use. Cry me a river, really.
297 more days
March 29th, 2012
1:30 pm
Thulsa Doom
March 29th, 2012
12:49 pm
Great Post………….The current POTUS is the worst ever.. You can pile fact upon fact, and all they can do is blame Bush, you know the guy who has been out of office for over three years…………Thank goodness for the Republicans in the House, other wise we would be 10 Trillion in debt and praising Allah several times a day………….Keep the faith, it woi’t be as long
Doggone/GA
March 29th, 2012
1:30 pm
” Z guilty of killing an unarmed innocent “child”. ”
Well, he did kill Martin. There’s no argument about that. Whether or not it was justified has yet to be determined.
oblama
March 29th, 2012
1:31 pm
Fannie Mae – sorry. Term Limits for idiots on both sides – don’t you agree?
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:31 pm
BTW, healthier people means more able bodied people to work. Who DOESN’T want that to happen?
RamboDog
March 29th, 2012
1:32 pm
RB from Gwinnett….you are correct. See comment above, the “Feds” are paying for it. With what? Oh yeah, more taxes on you and me.
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:32 pm
Term Limits for idiots on both sides
No, because then the only people who know how to pull the right levers and press the right buttons to get stuff done will be the lobbyists.
Thulsa Doom
March 29th, 2012
1:33 pm
297 days,
No matter how much you throw the facts at the libs it just doesn’t matter. They either slink off or they change the subject to some irrelevant point or they resort to an emotional argument that makes no sense at all. Its their MO. Its what they do.
getalife
March 29th, 2012
1:34 pm
“Hitting the American people twice’
Obama urges Congress to repeal billions in tax breaks to oil companies that are reaping huge profits.”Yahoo
Lets cut big oil welfare cons.
Stand up.
MiltonMan
March 29th, 2012
1:34 pm
Okay libs now that it has been two years since ACA has passed, please, oh please clue us in what exactly is in the bill. I will start us off:
(1) Everyone has the “right” to healthcare; however the “evil rich” with their “cadillac” plans will have to pay a premium.
(2) The HHS dept. will pick and choose (i.e., their union buddies) who receive ObamaCare waivers
Recon 0311 2533
March 29th, 2012
1:35 pm
The police video of Zimmerman doesn’t prove anything. The report is that para-medics cleaned him up at the scene and this video was taken one hour later. When this story first broke 73% believed this young man was killed in cold blood I was among those who thought Zimmerman probably stepped beyond the law. Now only 48% believe Travon Martin was shot in cold blood. The media’s rush to judgment and Sharpton, Jackson et al stirring up emotions along with so many on the left jumping to the conclusion about Zimmerman’s guilt not to mention this black panther idiot have turned people off. Additionally the facts that have now come out disproving the original media reports describing Martin as an innocent angel. I don’t know about Zimmerman’s guilt or innocence but people should chill and await completion of the investigation.
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:35 pm
Thulsa: They either slink off or they change the subject to some irrelevant point or they resort to an emotional argument that makes no sense at all.
I believe this is what I call “Projection” and that I have also recently heard described as the “I’m rubber, you’re glue” juvenile argument.
RB from Gwinnett
March 29th, 2012
1:35 pm
Btw Adam. How is that research coming along ?
Common Sense isn't very Common
March 29th, 2012
1:35 pm
Newt for GA. Gov. he can run on the moonie party ticket
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:36 pm
Recon: If that’s true then in a court of law the defense should have no problem getting the medic’s report for cleaning him up. Did he wash the grass off the back of his shirt and tuck his shirt back in too?
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:37 pm
RB: 9 out of a target 30 businesses
Thulsa Doom
March 29th, 2012
1:37 pm
“Which is why the feds are paying for it.”
Paul,
Are you talking about the same feds who are 16 trillion in debt and growing, who this year have an estimated 1.3 trillion dollar budget defiict, and who last month had the largest monthly budget deficit in U.S. history?
MiltonMan
March 29th, 2012
1:38 pm
MiltonMan
“The fact that you apparently have no clue as to how the legislative process works and also no desire to learn or understand
is just shameful”
Coming from a “lady” who thought Lockheed Martin was a government entity that built C140s, I take that as an extreme compliment. Many Thanks!
Thulsa Doom
March 29th, 2012
1:39 pm
“I believe this is what I call “Projection” and that I have also recently heard described as the “I’m rubber, you’re glue” juvenile argument.”
Adam,
And I’ll just call it observed behavior.
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:41 pm
And I’ll just call it observed behavior.
You’re right, I am observant of your behavior. Thank you.
Keep Up--Te gusta losing woofinpoofs?
March 29th, 2012
1:41 pm
RB, again you try to put words in my mouth that I did not say and you fail to make an intelligent statement as I predicted. There is no dispute that Zimmerman did kill an innocent child. He is guilty of that by his OWN admission. The only dispute is whether it was justified under the FL Stand Your Ground law and if it excuses his killing of a child who did nothing wrong other than, if the claims most favorable to Zimmerman are accepted–and they do not seem to hold up–defend himself against an unknown stranger pursuing him. That is a matter for the jury to determine.
Perhaps your poutrage would change if this were a fetus wearing a hoodie.
oblama
March 29th, 2012
1:41 pm
If my idiot is a Dem vote him back in but if your idiot is a Repub vote him out. Got it. That’s why we need term limits. Your definition of IDIOT doesn’t match the one in the dictionary!
William
March 29th, 2012
1:42 pm
“No keep, that’s where you and other morons like you are dangerously wrong. Its undisputed Zimmerman killed Martin. The Innocent part is something tools like you put in the conversation in your quest for revenge. Since neither you norr any of the idiot news people reporting on this were there, maybe we should let the investigators do their job and make a decision to prosecute based on the actual evidence and not crap people like you claim to be facts cause you saw it on a rally poster.”
Of course one can try to incite mob violence as Spike Lee apparently did by tweeting Zimmerman’s address to thousands and thousands of people. Except in this case, he tweeted the wrong address (that of a 70 year old couple) and exposed entirely innocent people to potential harm.
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:44 pm
If you’re basing it on the definition of idiot, idiots shouldn’t be in office in my opinion. You know, people who are just stupid or mentally handicapped, unable to make rational choices, etc. But if you are basing it on whether or not you can CALL someone an idiot, well, I don’t think that should be something that disqualifies someone to get any votes.
bluecoat
March 29th, 2012
1:45 pm
Newt needs to team with Rush.
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:45 pm
maybe we should let the investigators do their job and make a decision to prosecute based on the actual evidence
And where was this sentiment when it came to the first investigators – the Sanford Police Department?
getalife
March 29th, 2012
1:45 pm
The leader of the gop is a Mormon moderate that started willardcare.
He flip flops on most of the issues and has a weird sense of humor.
Recon 0311 2533
March 29th, 2012
1:46 pm
Adam, if he is in fact indicted I’m certain that evidence will be called. As for cleaning off grass stains and tucking in his shirt, I wasn’t there to observe and I presume you were not as well.
William
March 29th, 2012
1:47 pm
“No, because then the only people who know how to pull the right levers and press the right buttons to get stuff done will be the lobbyists.”
Huh? This statement implies you know how long it takes for an elected official to actually learn the ropes. So, please, tell us long that is. And then tell us how this applies to Obama who had no executive experience prior to becoming president.
Keep Up--Te gusta losing woofinpoofs?
March 29th, 2012
1:47 pm
William, if Lee did that I would agree that it was completely wrong. Do you also take the position that it is wrong and unacceptable when abortion protestors do the same on websites by posting all sorts of personal information about medical providers or when political opponents do it?
My Party has ALL the answers. Your party is full of poopyheads! (formerly That Black Guy)
March 29th, 2012
1:48 pm
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:14 pm
That Black Guy: If your point in your 12:48p was trying to say what is in the health care law is a mandate that Congress make more mandates, then you, too, do not know what is in the law. – That statement is just plain silly, but don’t let that stop you. IF the Fed gov’t can mandate that a citizen purchase a product from a private company, then you can’t HONESTLY say that from now UNTIL the end of time they won’t/can’t do it again with another product.
My answer of Nothing and none is just as good as anyone else’s claim that it means the government will force people to buy brocolli, when it comes to proving what will happen in the future. – In other words, they as well as YOU do not know what the gov’t will do in the future. So, that means you can’t HONESTLY say in response to the question “what else can/will the gov’t mandate a pvt citizen to purchase”, “Nothing and none” because you DON’T KNOW. You can hope, pray, and believe that to be the truth, but you DON’T KNOW because the future is just that, THE FUTURE!
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
March 29th, 2012
1:49 pm
MiltonMan
Yes, I was wrong. Yes, I stated so publically.
(although I think you have some details about what I had wrong – wrong)
That said is that an acceptable EXCUSE for you to not have the same civics knowledge most 5th graders have?
Do you consider yourself to be the intellectual equal of Jethro Bodine?
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:49 pm
Recon: That medic should get promoted to doctor if he is able to clean off grass stains, tuck in a shirt, clean up a BROKEN (not just bloody) nose and back of his head to the point where it looks like nothing happened, all within the 30 minutes (not an hour) from the time of the shooting to the time he ARRIVED at the police station, meaning even if the medic got there right after the shooting, 0 seconds, that he would only have 30 minutes MINUS whatever time it takes to put Zimmerman in the car and drive him to the station. I mean that’s a good cleanup job!
oblama
March 29th, 2012
1:50 pm
Adam are you saying you aren’t capable or have the guts to vote the idiots out – not even if they are Dems? Lobbyists only pull the lever for one vote per lobbyist just like we do and for every lobbyist o the left there is one on the right. Term Limits are good enough for the President – should be good enough for Congress.
297 more days
March 29th, 2012
1:51 pm
Poor #*@&, He now will have to work even harder at his Republican hate, the DNC does not want to lose in 297 more days.
Whats the going rate of pay at the DNC #*@&?
When O’Bama loses, you will be out of a job……….Do you have a pension plan? Unemployment benefits? Just looking out for ya dude. Might want to update that resume’.
I would imagine that the unemployment rate will go back to 10%, when O’Bama’s crowd of Czars and cronies lose their job with the change of leadership to the Republicans……………
But of course, this could apply to several of Jay’s minions.
Mick
March 29th, 2012
1:51 pm
Doom
Bait and switch, who consuming again? Are you saying it doesn’t factor in rising prices? Speculators that can buy oil without storage capacity? I think thats a problem. Who STARTED all these tax cuts and wars that led to where we are at anyway? Not obama…
Truth of the matter is that both parties are equal opportunity debt producers. I do believe the first half of the past decade got the ball rolling bigtime, we’ve been trying to right the ship ever since…
oblama
March 29th, 2012
1:51 pm
Adam you are against term limits because you want to keep your idiots in. Gotcha!
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:52 pm
IF the Fed gov’t can mandate that a citizen purchase a product from a private company, then you can’t HONESTLY say that from now UNTIL the end of time they won’t/can’t do it again with another product.
And you can’t honestly say they didn’t already have that power affirmed through previous SCOTUS rulings.
So, that means you can’t HONESTLY say in response to the question “what else can/will the gov’t mandate a pvt citizen to purchase”
Ah, but it wasn’t “can/will,” it was just “will.” Had can been in there I would have said they “can”, but I don’t think they will, because they haven’t since the 1942 case of Wickard v. Filburn.
Keep Up--Te gusta losing woofinpoofs?
March 29th, 2012
1:53 pm
Ahhh, the legally rejected “well she was a tramp, therefore she could never have been raped” disparagement by some is just evidence of a lack of comprehension. But keep trying to bring up rabbit holes, del.
Amazing how a struggling Zimmerman fighting for his life can just “wipe” off the grass stains. I am sure that will be presented at trial (if one) and the parties can dissect it. It is sure not as strong as case as seeing significant grass stains.
William
March 29th, 2012
1:54 pm
“William, if Lee did that I would agree that it was completely wrong. Do you also take the position that it is wrong and unacceptable when abortion protestors do the same on websites by posting all sorts of personal information about medical providers or when political opponents do it?”
Inciting others to violence is wrong, period. And often criminal. What Lee did is scary, because he is a celebrity with a much wider audience – thereby, I would think, increasing the likelihood that a totally innocent couple might have been seriously harmed. He not only was attempting to indirectly incite violence, he was unwittingly doing it against the wrong people. Dang…that is scary. I guess I had better not tick off Sean Penn.
oblama
March 29th, 2012
1:54 pm
History lesson: The states did run the Medicaid system originally but the Fed government felt the need to take over and ever since the costs have gone higher and higher under their one system fits all policy.
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:55 pm
Adam are you saying you aren’t capable or have the guts to vote the idiots out – not even if they are Dems?
No, I’m saying:
1) that an idiot, by DEFINITION, is someone “of profound mental retardation having a mental age below three years and generally being unable to learn connected speech or guard against common dangers.” No one in Congress is an idiot BY DEFINITION.
2) If I disagree with someone in Congress enough, I will either not vote for them, or if I like what the one of the challengers wants to do instead, I will vote for them. But I won’t vote for the other person if I deem them to be just as bad or worse.
kkong
March 29th, 2012
1:56 pm
Let’s see now…if Newt would be elected our prez, that would make Clrista the first third lady, right?
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:58 pm
kkong: Probably not. I doubt he would be the first to enter office during his third marriage.
oblama
March 29th, 2012
1:59 pm
Enough with this Zimmerman B.S. You don’t know all the facts since they have not been released to the public. You don’t know who is guilty or innocent. Surely you trust your precious Oblama run Fed government to handle it? Relax – your government is slow but hardly working. Just hope we don’t get the O.J. jury.
My Party has ALL the answers. Your party is full of poopyheads! (formerly That Black Guy)
March 29th, 2012
2:01 pm
Adam
March 29th, 2012
1:17 pm
I didn’t make declarations I can’t back up unless they are declarations about possible futures, – fair enough
which I am well within my rights to guess at without claiming qualifiers because, in general, people shouldn’t be stupid enough to think I was actually saying this was a definite outcome and no other future is possible. – are you saying that you don’t ask other posters to justify their statements when they don’t use quantifiers?
P.S. I really hope you are not calling me stupid.
MiltonMan
March 29th, 2012
2:01 pm
Lib friends, since ya’ll are so brilliant at interpreting what the princess Nancy says when she speaks and “I have no clue”, please decipher this one for me. Thanks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOJ1n2jJjqI&feature=related
oblama
March 29th, 2012
2:01 pm
Adam – I hate to say it but by your own words Newt is not an idiot.
Recon 0311 2533
March 29th, 2012
2:02 pm
Adam, if you practice criminal law or have functioned as a crime investigator you may want to get involved. I’ll await the final results from the investigation before forming my opinion.
St Simons - we're on Island time
March 29th, 2012
2:04 pm
“The Gingrich political career, now at an end”
Cmon, cons – Defend Georgia’s pick for President
really, just to make it easier, the blog ought to have the AM radio
shows’ transcripts every day, and rather than type “blahhhhdy-blah-blah”
just post “Refer to paragraph1, Rush, 2nd hour” saves time
cuts down on plagiarism liability, win-win
hahahaha
yeah, imagine a world where cons were jailed for plagiarism hahaaha
Doggone/GA
March 29th, 2012
2:05 pm
“Adam you are against term limits because you want to keep your idiots in. Gotcha!”
And you want them because you’re too lazy to voate your idiots out.
Adam
March 29th, 2012
2:07 pm
are you saying that you don’t ask other posters to justify their statements when they don’t use quantifiers?
When it comes to future predictions I don’t say such a thing unless I am being snarky in response to someone else’s “Crystal Ball” comment. And I try to stay away from insisting on qualifiers if I can tell the qualifier was an oversight rather than a deliberate omission or a repeated talking point without any critical thinking behind the repetition.
And no, I’m not saying you’re stupid. In fact, I know you knew better.
St Simons - we're on Island time
March 29th, 2012
2:08 pm
Newt need some dreads mon. Den he have cred, ya see
He already a cheetah & a creepah. 2 outta 3 ain’t bad, donchaknow
William
March 29th, 2012
2:08 pm
“yeah, imagine a world where cons were jailed for plagiarism hahaaha”
Imagine a world where liberals were jailed for ad hominem and red herring arguments.
oblama
March 29th, 2012
2:08 pm
I said the dictionary doesn’t fit YOUR definition of idiot. I already know what the definition of idiot is. I also know what Clinton’s definition of “IS” is. You are wrong. There are several long time idiots in Congress – on both sides. Nancy Pelosi fits my definition.
Adam
March 29th, 2012
2:09 pm
No, Newt is not an idiot. He is just not at all right for the office of President, especially because of his lying and belief in hate being a force that helps him win.
Jack
March 29th, 2012
2:09 pm
Newt’s personal life did him in. That wig his present wife wears didn’t help any either.
Thulsa Doom
March 29th, 2012
2:09 pm
“Speculators that can buy oil without storage capacity?”
If you read history Mick we outlawed the speculation a long time ago by I think making them take delivery. So what happened? They simply moved to Britain and the exchange for oil futures took place over there. So we lost those firms and their taxable profits before deciding the wise thing was to bring it back after all.
Exactly what do you propose to do to penalize the speculators knowing this bit of history?
“I think thats a problem. Who STARTED all these tax cuts and wars that led to where we are at anyway? Not obama…”
In other words you’ve deflected from the central point of discussion and made a full circle right back to the blame W card.
Adam
March 29th, 2012
2:10 pm
Imagine a world where liberals were jailed for ad hominem and red herring arguments.
That would solve a lot of problems on BOTH sides of the political aisle
Rocky's Lil
March 29th, 2012
2:11 pm
newt, a small slimy critter that lives in rotten logs. Pusselgut needs to go. What an embarrassment for the state of Georgia!
Thulsa Doom
March 29th, 2012
2:12 pm
Paul,
Hard to speculate on what a McCain presidency would have been like. I consider him to be a rino considering the presidential debates. Its a hypothetical that is kind of useless to pursue except that I things would be much better. We would be drilling more, the regulatory environment would not be so anti-business, and I’ve a feeling we wouldn’t be anywhere near the shocking debt levels we are at now.
Adam
March 29th, 2012
2:12 pm
Exactly what do you propose to do to penalize the speculators knowing this bit of history?
Well, obviously, we should let them get away with that kind of behavior, simply because they always try to get away with it. Why bother?
Rightwing Troll
March 29th, 2012
2:12 pm
We know who was stalking whom, we know who pulled the trigger, we “know” the lead investigator felt he had cause to arrest… We know Zimmerman was a Democrat…
That last one right there should be enough for most of the wingnuts here to make an arrest. I’m sure if Zim had used a knife not a gun, the wingnuts would be screaming for his head. But he used his holstered penis extension, so not-so-much…
The boy’s body? What shape were his hands in? If you’re beating somebody to death, there has to be physical evidence. We have plenty of corraborating evidence against Zimmerman, but just his word of mouth the other way. Show me some physical evidence that the boy was beating Zim to death and I’ll shutup…
Common Sense isn't very Common
March 29th, 2012
2:13 pm
Jay -
‘The Gingrich political career, now at an end’?
should have had a question mark.
He can run for governor of Va. or Ga. (if he relocates to his popularity center).
He can be chosen as a running mate for Mitt.
His running for nationwide office is probably at an end (THANK THE LORD).
But never say never about the Nutster.
William
March 29th, 2012
2:14 pm
“And you want them because you’re too lazy to voate your idiots out.”
I guess some precedents are more equal than others, huh? The president is term limited, so it is not as if term limits are a pie-in-the-sky concept. I bet liberals who oppose them would not wish to argue that someone like Byrd, who served in office into his 90s, should probably not have stayed that long. I guess in that case, some term limits are more equal than others.
oblama
March 29th, 2012
2:15 pm
Doggone – Sometimes I have to decide which idiot is better than the other idiot as in the case of Oblama vs Mac. I vote in EVERY election. So if you are voting an idiot back in you are lazy? Are you lazy?
RB from Gwinnett
March 29th, 2012
2:16 pm
Keep. You keep claiming Martin is innocent. If you have evidence to support that, get off this blog and call the Sanford police. If not, maybe you should give it a rest.
And to say Z has agreed he killed an innocent child is an outright lie.
William
March 29th, 2012
2:16 pm
“…and I’ve a feeling we wouldn’t be anywhere near the shocking debt levels we are at now.”
Whatever McCain may not be in people’s eyes, he was certainly a fiscal conservative and has the record to prove it.
Rightwing Troll
March 29th, 2012
2:16 pm
“and I’ve a feeling we wouldn’t be anywhere near the shocking debt levels we are at now.”
Bwahahahahahaha….
McSame would’ve continued W’s fiscal policies just like Obama has, Florida STILL would’ve been resistant to offshore drilling.
Can you give us a single solitary example of a “job killing” regulation Obama has enacted?
What say ye to the GA legislature raising the unemployment insurance tax on us “job creators” (small businesses)?
Keep Up--Te gusta losing woofinpoofs?
March 29th, 2012
2:18 pm
RB, do tell us all genius what crime Martin was committing? We do know the investigator wanted Zimmerman prosecuted.
Becky
March 29th, 2012
2:18 pm
McCain would have quadrupled the national debt starting wars with every country possible.
William
March 29th, 2012
2:20 pm
“And to say Z has agreed he killed an innocent child is an outright lie.”
I have not read or heard that. But I have read that he has been very remorseful and depressed. However this turns out, Trayvon should not have lost his life. And he wouldn’t have if Zimmerman hadn’t followed him against the directive of the dispatcher. He made an awful decision and now must live with the awful consequences.
Doggone/GA
March 29th, 2012
2:21 pm
“I guess some precedents are more equal than others, huh? The president is term limited, so it is not as if term limits are a pie-in-the-sky concept”
And *I* would do away with that Presidential term limit if it was in my power to do it. We already HAVE term limits…they’re called “elections”
William
March 29th, 2012
2:21 pm
“McCain would have quadrupled the national debt starting wars with every country possible.”
Palm readings, 5 dollars a pop.
oblama
March 29th, 2012
2:21 pm
It’s been a hoot talking to you of strange views. See ya later. Newt’s still alive isn’t he? Jay – wishful thinking on your part.
Rightwing Troll
March 29th, 2012
2:22 pm
Newt story…
In 1997 my fiance and I had our rehersal dinner at a restaurant near Town Center Mall. We were suprised to see Newt and his entourage (pre-calista) traipse in and be seated 2 tables away from us. Back then there were still smoking areas in restaurants, but we were not seated in the smoking area or anywhere near it. That didn’t stop Newts mom and a couple others from firing up however, and our complaints were no avail… Egotistical, arrogant, and above the law… (or in this case the establishments rules) That’s your Newt.
William
March 29th, 2012
2:23 pm
“And *I* would do away with that Presidential term limit if it was in my power to do it. We already HAVE term limits…they’re called “elections”
Yes…on the theory that people are “lazy”. So, to be logically consistent, how does that theory apply to other political issues or policies – say, an insurance mandate?
Rightwing Troll
March 29th, 2012
2:24 pm
“RB, do tell us all genius what crime Martin was committing?”
So far it would appear as if he was defending himself from a stalker, but the I guess SYG laws only apply if a boomstick is used…
John Birch
March 29th, 2012
2:25 pm
Good piece Bookman. His ego did him in, however……he wa very insturmental in a Congress that presided over the longest period of peace and prosperity durng my lifetime. And the only balanced budget.
Rightwing Troll
March 29th, 2012
2:25 pm
Term limits were a big part of Newts Contract on America, they were one of the first promises broken…
They BOTH suck
March 29th, 2012
2:26 pm
“I mean that’s a good cleanup job!”
Maybe he moonlights as a cut man for a prominent boxer……
Adam
March 29th, 2012
2:26 pm
So, to be logically consistent, how does that theory apply to other political issues or policies – say, an insurance mandate?
People weren’t lazy in demonizing it and voting in 2010.
Becky
March 29th, 2012
2:26 pm
John Birch-and the president during those 8 years of peace and prosperity was??????
William
March 29th, 2012
2:27 pm
“People weren’t lazy in demonizing it and voting in 2010.”
Nice attempt to dodge the question, but try again.
Doggone/GA
March 29th, 2012
2:29 pm
“say, an insurance mandate?”
I was, and am, against it, but it was the best we could get and it can be changed. I would have preferred single payer.
William
March 29th, 2012
2:30 pm
“I was, and am, against it, but it was the best we could get and it can be changed. I would have preferred single payer.”
Fair enough. Then we just disagree.