The U.S. political scene just got a little less weird
Yesterday, Newt Gingrich “suspended” his campaign for president, in the same sense that back in 1776 the British “suspended” Nathan Hale for spying. The campaign is dead, and with it whatever remaining hopes Gingrich had to be president.
In his speech, Gingrich offered a very tepid endorsement of Mitt Romney, whose campaign had said more than a few unkind things about the former speaker. Romney himself had called Gingrich’s behavior “highly erratic,” pointing out that “it does not suggest a stable, thoughtful course, which is normally associated with leadership.” Gingrich has been less than complimentary to Romney as well; in fact, the Obama campaign has released an ad featuring Newt’s repeated skewering of his party’s nominee.
So on Wednesday, Newt promised to work to elect Republican candidates for the House, Senate, staet governors and state legislatures.
“As for the presidency, I’m asked sometimes, is Mitt Romney conservative?” he continued. “And my answer is simple. Compared to Barack Obama? You know, this is not a choice between Mitt Romney and Ronald Reagan. This is a choice between Mitt Romney and the most radical leftist president in American history.”
All of which is prelude to this, from Shep Smith at Fox News after watching Newt’s withdrawal speech:
You ain’t so bad your own self, Shep.
– Jay Bookman
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stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
7:48 am
Newt’s withdrawal
ew.
Normal Free, Plain and Simple
May 3rd, 2012
7:49 am
If you saw Luckovich this morning you have it all…
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
7:50 am
The things Republicans will do are weird and creepy.
Jay
May 3rd, 2012
7:51 am
http://blogs.ajc.com/mike-luckovich/
Normal Free, Plain and Simple
May 3rd, 2012
7:52 am
“Politics is weird, creepy and now I know lacks the loosest attachment to reality”
Gotta love a truth teller…
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
7:56 am
Mike’s wee wee weeee pig-ears on Newt are really what make that ‘toon shine.
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
7:58 am
Gotta love a truth teller…
Fox News talking heads are allowed to tell the truth only slightly more often than Mr. Spock’s ilk are allowed to mate.
Soothsayer
May 3rd, 2012
7:59 am
Oh Well! Maybe ol’ Gnute can get his job back at Fannie and Freddie.
I can only imagine the crushing disappointment that Callister must be feeling at this moment. “Where will I go, what will I do?”
“Frankly, my dear . . . “
Paul
May 3rd, 2012
8:01 am
Shep is great. During the health care debate he gave conservative guest fits with his exasperated questions.
But on topic, we’re discussing Newt. “Normal” is not a word to be used in the same sentence. Unless it’s preceded by ‘not.’
But he is great for a laugh.
Moonbase, out.
Paul
May 3rd, 2012
8:04 am
sfd
“pon farr is a psychophysical condition affecting Vulcans, in which Vulcan males and females go into heat every seven years, going into a blood fever, becoming violent, and finally dying if they do not mate ”
Yup, sounds like our Newt.
Except for the once every seven years part -
Soothsayer
May 3rd, 2012
8:04 am
Sorry. Job should have been in quotation marks.
Mary Elizabeth
May 3rd, 2012
8:05 am
“This is a choice between Mitt Romney and the most radical leftist president in American history.”
===============================================
More propaganda – bought into by those who refuse to look at how they have been manipulated to think.
Recon 0311 2533
May 3rd, 2012
8:05 am
Jay, this is Fox News, you know that radical right wing news organization, you know owned by that guy whose unsuitable? What are your left wing bloggers going to think when you reference a Fox News anchor and say that he “ain’t so bad”.
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
8:06 am
Incredibly off topic, but… am I the only one who gets a little queasy whenever hearing about this or that low-level / maybe-a-terrorist-group that’s
entrappedset up by the Federales into planting some fake bomb somewhere, and who then face a zillion years in prison for it? No?Then maybe some of you will take this bit of advice from my favorite blogspot-dot-commer to heart. To wit:
It’s an old lesson, but one that young protesters have gotta understand: Ask anyone who was around in the anti-’Nam protests, anyone who marched for civil rights – the infiltrators are always the most violent a##holes. Anyone who is cheering for the big action that could kill people ain’t one of you.
And the larger lesson is this: they are going to push and push until someone acts so that they can then point and say, “Look at how awful these Occupy people are.” Idiots will, of course, believe it.
more context here:
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2012/05/check-this-out.html
carlosgvv
May 3rd, 2012
8:07 am
When Newt started his run for the nomination, I was fairly sure he would not succeed. Unfortunately, at the rate the Republican electorate seems to be dumbing down, in about eight years don’t be surprised to see a Newt clone getting the nomination. For the Republicans, scary and weird are starting to become the norm.
kayaker 71
May 3rd, 2012
8:08 am
Sheppard Smith is right on target. It is a wonder to me how attack ads against an opposing candidate can be so effective in this country. They are a bit like Bookman’s threads and the resultant comments from his sheep. But just wait. We are starting one of the most vicious and vile campaigns yet to happen in this country. Newt bashing is little league compared to what is in store. And all of it will be OK if we can just “get our boy elected”. Whatever we say about an opposing candidate, his wife, his children, how he spends his money, how much money he has and how he got it……. all are fair game. The putdowns, the belittling, the rancor, all sucked up by a media eager to sell TV time, mesothelioma ads. and blog space. It’s disgusting.
barking frog
May 3rd, 2012
8:08 am
Newt will still try to
influence this election.
He has no shame.
USMC
May 3rd, 2012
8:10 am
“…This is a choice between Mitt Romney and the most radical leftist president in American history.”
Hits the Nail on the Head!
Adam
May 3rd, 2012
8:11 am
You know, this is not a choice between Mitt Romney and Ronald Reagan
Considering Obama’s positions that mirror Reagan’s, that statement may need to be re-evaluated.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
May 3rd, 2012
8:11 am
“Politics is weird, creepy and now I know lacks the loosest attachment to reality”
and yet we are all strangely drawn to it.
Aquagirl
May 3rd, 2012
8:12 am
What are your left wing bloggers going to think when you reference a Fox News anchor and say that he “ain’t so bad”.
We’ll think that Jay understands Faux News, like any other group, is not a monolith of demonic, crazed, one-dimensional cartoons.
You should try that sort of thinking sometime. Maybe you’d spend less time hiding under your bed, frightened by Teh Left.
Adam
May 3rd, 2012
8:13 am
I loved how Shep Smith just was bewildered over this. It gives him a certain amount of cred, but let’s face it – if you watch Fox you aren’t just watching Shep Smith, and even if you ARE, you still are going to get a conservative slant on the news. CNN has a similar approach, only rarely siding with liberals on an issue, and only after rigorous fact checking (see “women don’t make less than men” argument by the right). Sometimes, even that doesn’t happen.
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
8:14 am
all sucked up by a media eager to sell TV time
K-71, like they say, follow the money. I can only imagine the war whoops that were heard among the media conglomerates’ offices when the SCOTUS handed down Citizens United. They benefit from this multi billion dollar international embarrassment we call the American electoral process. The rest of us? not so much.
Paul
May 3rd, 2012
8:14 am
Adam
“Does Pres Reagan fit more in the mold of a modern Democratic president or a modern Republican presidential contender?”
Interesting question.
And the answer, to cite an overused phrase, will cause Republican heads to explode -
kayaker 71
May 3rd, 2012
8:14 am
Aquagirl, 8:12,
“A monolith of demonic, crazed, one-dimensional cartoons”….. You describe Luckovich perfectly.
Brosephus™
May 3rd, 2012
8:15 am
Shep Smith is an ok guy. He’s a far cry from any of the talking heads. I guess that’s the difference between doing news and opinion though.
—————————-
It is a wonder to me how attack ads against an opposing candidate can be so effective in this country.
That’s rich coming from somebody who attacks ad nauseum here. No wonder they are so effective.
—————————-
on Newt….
Guess he won’t have his major book signing tour now.
Mary Elizabeth
May 3rd, 2012
8:15 am
“and yet we are all strangely drawn to it.”
================================
Because it effects our personal and the course of history
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
8:15 am
It gives him a certain amount of cred
Shemp has had his moments over the years, IIRC.
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
8:16 am
I’m sure there is a joke in there somewhere about the British suspending Hale, but I’m not sure I’m the right person to make it. If I can recall my history correctly though, I seem to remember him being suspended from a tree. Guess that is a good analogy for his campaign.
Mary Elizabeth
May 3rd, 2012
8:16 am
personal lives
Adam
May 3rd, 2012
8:18 am
Paul: And the answer, to cite an overused phrase, will cause Republican heads to explode
For many of them, no it won’t. See, many of them no longer live in fact-based and evidence-based reality, and have compartmentalized and rationalized away anything that might gt in the way of their pre-determined conclusion and goals.
Paul
May 3rd, 2012
8:18 am
Jose Rodriguez (guy who defends enhanced interrogation) up next on Morning Joe on MSNBC.
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
8:18 am
Hits the Nail on the Head!
no, it keeps the base whooped up and absolutely nothing beyond that.
It is incredibly difficult to imagine that ANYBODY in the wooable-voters subset, gives a good crap about these silly assertions from the usual wingers that Obama is somehow a dangerous “radical.”
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
May 3rd, 2012
8:18 am
kayaker @ 8:08
SO
are you going to be part of the problem or part of the solution?
Recon 0311 2533
May 3rd, 2012
8:19 am
Fair and balanced.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2kGPdxkofo
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
8:19 am
GG – I that supposed to be rhetorical? Cause we all know the answer.
jconservative
May 3rd, 2012
8:20 am
As for Reagan, he tripled the national debt during his presidency. And Newt wants to nominate someone like Reagan.
Go figure!
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
8:20 am
Jose Rodriguez (guy who defends enhanced interrogation) up next on Morning Joe on MSNBC.
Refresh my memory, is Joe Scar pro- or anti- torture these days?
Adam
May 3rd, 2012
8:20 am
stands: Shemp has had his moments over the years, IIRC.
Yes, he has earned the right to be called on as more balanced than everyone else on Fox, even challenging the conservative arguments and lies on a regular basis. However, he is not a 100% balanced personality on his show. He still hasn’t gotten to the level of balance needed to report on some stories in the balanced way you find on broadcast news channels.
Jack
May 3rd, 2012
8:20 am
Newt lost the nomination, is in big-time debt and still has that manikin to deal with; but he’s still in better shape than John Edwards.
Adam
May 3rd, 2012
8:22 am
Let’s see if anyone can set the bar lower than Jack just did
kayaker 71
May 3rd, 2012
8:22 am
When you have nothing to run on, what you have done is obviously not working, more and more people are realizing that their vote in 2008 was a huge mistake, the only thing you have to turn to is attack ads and division of the electorate called class warfare. Make one segment of the electorate pissed off enough at someone else and they might forget that we still have an economy in the tank and not much on the horizon. Axelrod is right. This will be a titanic struggle. Attack ads are all that this clown has left.
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
8:22 am
Newt lost the nomination, is in big-time debt and still has that manikin to deal with; but he’s still in better shape than John Edwards.
Lord only knows what Newt got up to during his Excellent Campaign Adventure. Took awhile for the gross details to emerge after Edwards’ (ew!) 2008 Super Tuesday withdrawal.
Brosephus™
May 3rd, 2012
8:22 am
“Does Pres Reagan fit more in the mold of a modern Democratic president or a modern Republican presidential contender?”
Paul
Asking questions like that will result in pure anarchy. You can’t mess up people’s dreams like that. Too much truth at once can lead to Grand Mal seizures…
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
8:23 am
more and more people are realizing that their vote in 2008 was a huge mistake
cite please.
fair and balanced
May 3rd, 2012
8:23 am
Gasbag ran out of gas and money to pay for Calista’s jewelry and hairdos-poor thing
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
8:24 am
Anyway, fun as these electioneerin’ threads can be, I gots to produce. Later, Bookmaniax!
Adam
May 3rd, 2012
8:24 am
When you have nothing to run on
I love this particular argument. You go on thinking that and spreading it around. Only your friends in the bubble buy that crap.
Osama bin laden dead.
General Motors alive.
Fair Pay Act
Wall Street Reform
Broadband access in rural areas that badly needed it (so more of you cons can spew your vile hatred online)
etc.
Yeah, nothing to run on. Yeah. Sure. Right. I buy that…
JohnnyReb
May 3rd, 2012
8:25 am
I should have known Shepard would strike some favor with you Moonbats since he’s my least favorite on FNC.
Some people have extraorinary talents for specific tasks but don’t excel at others. Some are good coordinators/leaders while others are best as support. Newt is an ideas man and a very valuable assest to Conservatisim and the Republican Party, but he is not a good leader. His House history shows that and it played out in the primaries.
kayaker 71
May 3rd, 2012
8:25 am
Granny, 8:08,
I think you know the answer to that.
Butch Cassidy
May 3rd, 2012
8:26 am
Great, Newt dropped out just as I got my H1 serviced and ready to go for the $2.50 a gallon gas. I guess I better call my tailor and have him cancel the moon suit. I just don’t understand how Newt didn’t have this election wrapped up.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
May 3rd, 2012
8:26 am
ir
I suspect I know the answer.
It would be nice if he could have the courage to answer the question.
USinUK
May 3rd, 2012
8:27 am
criminey … the grace of Walter Cronkite is lacking in that one
Rockwell
May 3rd, 2012
8:28 am
Unless of course, having a composite girlfriend and eating dog is normal…..
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/2/president-says-girlfriend-book-was-composite/
Soothsayer
May 3rd, 2012
8:28 am
Things are going great!
JohnnyReb
May 3rd, 2012
8:29 am
Here’s some humor for today.
You live to be 80 and know who you are, then along comes someone and blows
it totally out of the water!
An old Marine Pilot sat down at the Starbucks, still wearing his old USMC
flight suit and leather jacket, and ordered a cup of coffee. As he sat
sipping his coffee, a young woman sat down next to him. She turned to the
pilot and asked, “Are you a real pilot?”
He replied, ‘Well, I’ve spent my whole life flying planes; first Stearmans,
and then the early Grummans. I flew a Wildcat and Corsair in WWII, and
then in the Korean conflict, Banshees and Cougars. I’ve taught more than 260
people to fly and given rides to hundreds, so I guess I am a pilot. And
you, what are you?”
She said, “I’m a lesbian. I spend my whole day thinking about naked women.
As soon as I get up in the morning I think about naked women. When I shower
I think about naked women. When I watch TV I think about naked women. It
seems everything makes me think of naked women.”
The two then sat sipping their coffee in total silence.
A little while later, a young man sat down on the other side of the old
pilot and asked, “Are you a real pilot?”
He replied, “I always thought I was, but I just found out I’m a lesbian.”
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
May 3rd, 2012
8:30 am
Kayaker 71
No record to run on?
You MUST be talking about Mitt Romney the liberal governor and perennial
presidential candidate.
What record is he running on?
Or more accurately…..running from?
Adam
May 3rd, 2012
8:31 am
And btw, the whole “divisive President” argument is nothing more than a deliberate distraction, attempting to blame Obama for the bloc opposition to Obama AS OFFICIAL POLICY (which is what is ACTUALLY divisive, btw). To make the “you’re divisive” argument is to make whatever problems being discussed seem insignificant or to pretend those problems don’t actually exist. The GOP has learned that if you don’t admit the problem, ON PURPOSE, then you can avoid dealing with it entirely. For example, here are some lies the GOP and supporters tell:
“There’s no war on women”
“Women don’t make less than men”
“Smoking is actually good for your health”
“Occupy is all about violence”
“Violence only comes from the left”
“They’re going to take away your guns”
“There is no reason for a graduating student to have over 80k in student loan debt”
And to cover up these lies they start with saying something extremely divisive “Our goal should be to make Obama a one term President” and then every time they are challenged on their actual positions, or their ridiculous opposition, it’s “OMG STOP BEING SO DIVISIVE!”
The jig is up, guys. Either start getting reasonable, or see your party slowly dwindle to nothing.
kayaker 71
May 3rd, 2012
8:34 am
Adam, 8:24,
Jobs report not so good. It’s that pesky jobs number…… it just won’t go away, will it? GM and their affiliate finance branch still owe the American taxpayer close to 50B in unpaid debt. And a 28 hour flight to Afghanistan to give an 11 minute speech with his Seal Six suit on is just not going to cut it with any intelligent American. “The war on terror is over”. That’s about as bad as Mission Accomplished, without the flight suit. Broadband to rural areas was begun with Clinton and was improved with Bush and finally passed with Bozo. We’ll see how Dod-Frank works out. If it costs the taxpayer anywhere near what Bozocare is going to cost, it will be a flaming success, now won’t it?
Paul
May 3rd, 2012
8:35 am
sfd
I like the Morning Joe panels because they have a wide political array and you never know where the questions will go.
Normal Free, Plain and Simple
May 3rd, 2012
8:35 am
Rockwell
May 3rd, 2012
8:28 am
Rockwell,
In the introduction of the book he explained why that was…quit reading the Drudge Report and and read the book for your facts. As to eating dog, I learned in ‘Nam that dog is a good meal.
Ayn Rant
May 3rd, 2012
8:35 am
So, we bid adieu to the “nattering nabob”, Newt Gingrich.
Thanks to that great Republican Vice-President, Spiro T. Agnew, for inventing the term that has finally found its mark!
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
May 3rd, 2012
8:35 am
Rockwell
You AND Drudge And Politico fell for that! Too funny.
To my knowledge only Politico had the backbone to correct the story.
We’ll be waiting to see your prove you have a spine after you catch up.
tee hee hee
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
8:36 am
Johnny – That’s pretty funny.
USinUK – I heard a rumor yesterday that you were a Spurs fan. So, yeah, guess we’re enemies now.
Oh, but also I guess you had a much better day yesterday than Kam did.
tireofit
May 3rd, 2012
8:39 am
Adam, why no mention of Bush and the fall of 2008, you guys almost destroyed the USA. Now we our all paying for it.
scott
May 3rd, 2012
8:39 am
Now if we can just get the Campaigner In Chief out of the race, perhaps we could have a race between candidates that will actually DO something other than tack on even more trillions onto our national debt. ABO
Rockwell
May 3rd, 2012
8:40 am
As if composite girlfriends and eating dog wasn’t enough, we have ….Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren
Speaking to a reporter on a local news station in Boston, Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts cited her ancestor’s “high cheekbones” (quoting an aunt) as evidence of her Native American heritage.
Earlier today, the Harvard law professor explained that she listed herself as “Native American” on school directories in the past so she could meet others “who are like I am.” Genealogists have been unable to verify that Warren is descended from Native Americans, despite her claims.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
May 3rd, 2012
8:42 am
Well Jay ……….. old “Shep’s” a little weird too after he said “blow job” on national t.v. !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzV8wrnLfS4
P.S. Keep whistling in the dark !
Doggone/GA
May 3rd, 2012
8:43 am
“Genealogists have been unable to verify that Warren is descended from Native Americans, despite her claims”
Her and millions of others. I’ve never figured out why people think ONLY Native Americans can have high cheekbones.
St Simons - codewords are the new black
May 3rd, 2012
8:44 am
oh yeah, mission accomplished, newt.
get Sheldon Adelson (someone else’s money) to pay off your bills
while you live the high life…..
oh, the irony
if they ever get that gene, they might not go extinct. Fat chance heheh
cue that “hypocrisy makes us human” AM raydio talkin point now…
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
May 3rd, 2012
8:46 am
ROCKWELL
KEEP UP!
Damn.
“BOSTON — A genealogist in Massachusetts has uncovered evidence that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren does have Native American heritage as she claims.
Christopher Child of the New England Historic and Genealogy Society said Monday he found an 1894 document in which Warren’s great-great-great grandmother is listed as Cherokee”
Do us a favor will ya’?
Look into that area 51 thing next.
KTHXBYE
ty webb
May 3rd, 2012
8:46 am
Elizabeth Warren…Fauxcahontas
St Simons - he-ne-ha
May 3rd, 2012
8:48 am
“Genealogists have been unable to verify that Warren is descended from Native Americans, despite her claims”
We’ll claim her. What – you want me do a rain dance – ok, here we go.
Mon, if this thing had a screen cam
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
8:49 am
GG – Which would make her ineligible to be a member of the Cherokee Nation if I’m correct. Also, it wouldn’t allow her to claim minority status when applying for jobs, to schools or for scholarships. If I’m wrong on that, then the Mrs. is most definitely paying too much for law school.
Steve - USA (I support "None Of The Above")
May 3rd, 2012
8:50 am
Elizabeth Warren…Fauxcahontas
LOL
Butch Cassidy
May 3rd, 2012
8:53 am
scott – “Now if we can just get the Campaigner In Chief out of the race, perhaps we could have a race between candidates that will actually DO something other than tack on even more trillions onto our national debt.”
Super. Now perhaps you’d like to inform the rest of us who, other than Obama, is running for President on the Democratic ticket.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
May 3rd, 2012
8:53 am
ir
are you correct?
St Simons - he-ne-ha
May 3rd, 2012
8:54 am
“Look into that area 51 thing next.”
well, that mystery has been solved.
Area 51 is where that Amnesia Machine was secretly developed and
tested over the AM radio band. Those of limited brain power, and
who listen to that band still to this day, cannot seem to remember
the years 2001-2008.
Normal Free, Plain and Simple
May 3rd, 2012
8:56 am
St Simons – he-ne-ha
May 3rd, 2012
8:54 am
barking frog
May 3rd, 2012
8:56 am
Granny Godzilla
Romney is running on
Obama’s record.
Brosephus™
May 3rd, 2012
8:57 am
Which would make her ineligible to be a member of the Cherokee Nation if I’m correct.
According to the Cherokee Nation requirements, she would have to establish a direct bloodline, and the relatives would have to be listed on one of the government rolls from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s that established membership in the different tribal nations. If she’s able to meet all the requirements, she could petition for membership. If she only wants to claim that she’s a descendent of Cherokees, all she needs to do is establish someone in her lineage was a Cherokee.
kayaker 71
May 3rd, 2012
8:57 am
Rush stated yesterday that Warren’s great-great grandfather was Cherokee. That would make her 1/32 Cherokee Indian. Ought be enough to scam the system for affirmative actions, grants, loans, etc. Typical liberal.
Butch Cassidy
May 3rd, 2012
8:57 am
St. Simons – “Those of limited brain power, and
who listen to that band still to this day, cannot seem to remember
the years 2001-2008.”
Actually they do remember it, but they remember it in reverse. Their perception is that GW walked into a giant economic catastrophe, and left office with tthe streets paved with gold and skittles falling from the sky.
Normal Free, Plain and Simple
May 3rd, 2012
8:57 am
Funny how a post about Newt ends up on Area 51, isn’t it?
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
8:58 am
GG – I don’t know. That’s just what I’ve been told. I’m not really sure how to find out exactly.
Butch Cassidy
May 3rd, 2012
8:58 am
Normal – “Funny how a post about Newt ends up on Area 51, isn’t it?”
For this blog, I’d consider it par for the course.
Steve - USA (I support "None Of The Above")
May 3rd, 2012
8:58 am
“Funny how a post about Newt ends up on Area 51, isn’t it?”
I think everyone but native Georgians thought Newt being weird was a given.
Normal Free, Plain and Simple
May 3rd, 2012
8:59 am
kayaker 71
You need more roughage…
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
8:59 am
Bro – Thanks for clarifying that for me.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
May 3rd, 2012
9:00 am
kayaker 71
May 3rd, 2012
8:57 am
Rush stated yesterday that Warren’s great-great grandfather was Cherokee. That would make her 1/32 Cherokee Indian. Ought be enough to scam the system for affirmative actions, grants, loans, etc. Typical liberal.
YEP AND
1/2 American and 1/2 Kenyan makes President Obama a muslim.
US politics remain weird
Willydoit?
May 3rd, 2012
9:00 am
“Mike’s wee wee weeee pig-ears on Newt are really what make that ‘toon shine.”
Why doesn’t Mike Luckovich open up his cartoons for comments?
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
9:01 am
Normal – I don’t know, his wife could pass for an alien.
Rightwing Troll
May 3rd, 2012
9:02 am
“We are starting one of the most vicious and vile campaigns yet to happen in this country. Newt bashing is little league compared to what is in store. And all of it will be OK if we can just “get our boy elected”. Whatever we say about an opposing candidate, his wife, his children, how he spends his money, how much money he has and how he got it……. all are fair game. The putdowns, the belittling, the rancor, all sucked up by a media eager to sell TV time, mesothelioma ads. and blog space. It’s disgusting.”
Yep… it’ll be interesting to see how Obama responds…
Brosephus™
May 3rd, 2012
9:03 am
Rush stated yesterday that Warren’s great-great grandfather was Cherokee.
Rush = Conservative Ramses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bQnxlHZsjY
Peadawg
May 3rd, 2012
9:04 am
“I think everyone but native Georgians thought Newt being weird was a given. ”
I’m a native Georgian and I think Newt is weird. Don’t paint w/ such a broad brush and ASSume, k punkin?
Brosephus™
May 3rd, 2012
9:05 am
(ir)Rational
No problem. Been tracing the family tree for a few years, and we came across Creek Indians. One of my aunts had questions about membership and stuff so we looked it up. I don’t know if any of our ancestors were on any of the government rolls though. I didn’t look that far.
Butch Cassidy
May 3rd, 2012
9:06 am
Peadawg – “I’m a native Georgian and I think Newt is weird.”
I propose that all Georgians capable of analytical thought and rational thinking need to put an asterisk next to their handle. That way we can distinguish the sane ones from the crazies.
kayaker 71
May 3rd, 2012
9:07 am
Brosephus, 9:03,
One of my favorite movies.
Peadawg - I'm a native Georgian capable of analytical thought and rational thinking
May 3rd, 2012
9:07 am
That better, Butch?
weetamoe
May 3rd, 2012
9:07 am
Newt will probably now pen his own hagiography. Wonder if it will be as hilarious as Obama’s, with tales of the composite girlfriend. Think the preezy meant cosmopolitan? That Obama! What a crazy guy! He is becoming a punch line. Above his weight? We’ll see. Meanwhile, in response to Hilary’s *will no one relieve me of this burden?* plea, the courageous really smart really gutsy Chen was hustled out of the embassy just in time to avoid embarrassment. As the AP report inadvertently admitted, Chen is *out of the way.*