Factoid of the Day

Via Reformed Neocon (the best kind, btw) Zakaria's GPS site , who tells us just where US public debt is held.

• Hong Kong: $121.9 billion (0.9 percent)

• Caribbean banking centers: $148.3 (1 percent)

• Taiwan: $153.4 billion (1.1 percent)

• Brazil: $211.4 billion (1.5 percent)

• Oil exporting countries: $229.8 billion (1.6 percent)

• Mutual funds: $300.5 billion (2 percent)
• Commercial banks: $301.8 billion (2.1 percent)
• State, local and federal retirement funds: $320.9 billion (2.2 percent)

• Money market mutual funds: $337.7 billion (2.4 percent)

• United Kingdom: $346.5 billion (2.4 percent)

• Private pension funds: $504.7 billion (3.5 percent)

• State and local governments: $506.1 billion (3.5 percent)

• Japan: $912.4 billion (6.4 percent)
• U.S. households: $959.4 billion (6.6 percent)

• China: $1.16 trillion (8 percent)

• The U.S. Treasury: $1.63 trillion (11.3 percent)

• Social Security trust fund: $2.67 trillion (19 percent)

From a quick read it looks like the American People are the biggest holders of US Debt. And if the Teahadists got their way, back in August with threats to default on the Nation's Bills, they - the Teahadists - would end up defaulting on America and her people.

Let the Circular Firing Squad Continue

This really is not surprising to those of us in the field of advanced Wingnutology. But when a political party has sold it's followers a phony ideology based upon free market fundamentalism and the politics of grievances, what more can Newt do but attack Willard's character:

"Gingrich is accusing Romney not just of liberal and moderate viewpoints, but of a craven dishonesty in his attacks -- the kind of dishonesty that will make it seem strained at best when and if Gingrich throws his support behind Romney for the general election. He's using the attacks to fuel an argument that Romney simply can't beat President Obama in November. Sarah Palin, speaking to the tea party activists and other base conservatives, is emerging as Gingrich's chief ally in arguing for the campaign to continue. Her voice was reinforced by that of former candidate Herman Cain, whose endorsement of Gingrich Saturday puts an exclamation point on the split between the party's establishment and anti-establishment wings."

The seeds of disunion were sown long before this feud between Gingrich and Romney. Sooner or later it will have to deal with its ideology and Demographics problem.

But in Newt's defense, Romney is a tad bit weasely.

Sometimes a Circular Firing Squad is a Beautiful Thing, Man

The Lamestream Media Posits:

"The traditional rationalization about intraparty smears is that it's too early to dismiss the GOP's chances; that it's healthy for the party to battle with mud-flinging; that all this will be forgiven in the heat of August when the party embraces the man who would be king. However, the recklessness of Gingrich's assault on Romney as Long John Silver, and the ruthlessness of the party's Romney chorus screeching at Gingrich as the Undead, all this does reinforce doubts already in place with the independent voters, as well as creating a YouTube bonanza of clips for the Obama re-elect ops in Chicago."

Newt can't back down now. He has already resigned in Disgrace from public life once. He cannot do it again by quitting the race now - especially after how Mean Romney was to him. Civilization is at stake. Newt must fight on or be labeled an eternal loser of the like that mankind has not witnessed before.

Recalcitrant Willardism Rising in Florida

The latest PPP poll late Monday night shows Willard Milton Romney with a firm lead in Florida.

Mitt Romney 39%

Newt Gingrich 31%

Rick Santorum 15%

Ron Paul 11%

And tonight establishment republicans will give Romney an unenthusiastic cheer. "Yeah, Romney won. Now pour me another drink - make it a double."

In other news, Newt vows to fight on to the bitter end, no matter what happens tonight in Florida. In Newt speak, this means he's about to throw in the towel or he really wants to flame Romney. I don't think Newt should give up. He would just be labeled a quitter or worse, an appeaser, if he gives in to Romney's Millions in shady commercial money. No,Newt owes it to America to soldier on and expose Willard for the fraud that he is.

This is a Public Service Announcement from Newt Gingrich

This Feels So Good - it just has to be True

The Lamestream Media Reports this apocryphal tale from the 1990s about Bob Dole and Newt:

"Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?" asked a perplexed Gingrich, to whom Dole bluntly explained: "Because it saves them time."

Labeling Dole as the Tax Collector for the welfare state probably didn't endear Newt to Dole. This sounds true enough to me.

Our Lady of Perpetual Outrage Endorses Rick Santorum for President

Michele Malkin is a day late and dollar short:

Rick Santorum opposed TARP.

He didn’t cave when Chicken Littles in Washington invoked a manufactured crisis in 2008. He didn’t follow the pro-bailout GOP crowd — including Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich — and he didn’t have to obfuscate or rationalize his position then or now, like Rick Perry and Herman Cain did. He also opposed the auto bailout, Freddie and Fannie bailout, and porkulus bills.

Santorum opposed individual health care mandates — clearly and forcefully — as far back as his 1994 U.S. Senate run. He has launched the most cogent, forceful fusillade against both Romney and Gingrich for their muddied, pro-individual health care mandate waters.

He voted against cap and trade in 2003, voted yes to drilling in ANWR, and unlike Romney and Gingrich, Santorum has never dabbled with eco-radicals like John Holdren, Al Gore and Nancy Pelosi. He hasn’t written any “Contracts with the Earth”

Santorum is strong on border security, national security, and defense. Mitt the Flip-Flopper and Open Borders-Pandering Newt have been far less trustworthy on immigration enforcement.

Santorum is an eloquent spokesperson for the culture of life. He has been savaged and ridiculed by leftist elites for upholding traditional family values — not just in word, but in deed.

See - A Theocracy based upon Medieval Theology can be appealing.

And Then Newt's Friends Accused Willard of MURDER!!!!!!

This is too cool:

Next Stop Waterboarding.

Recalcitrant Willardism Rebounds - Operation Batshit back on track

After a week of being pummeled by GOTP fat cats, Neocon doyenne and possible unregistered Foreign Agent Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin praises Newt Gingrich's fall from grace:

I’d be surprised if the Romney camp had a hand in every statement and article that criticized [Gingrich] over the last week or so. (They aren’t that good.) Conservatives have had enough of him, and have come forward out of fear he might actually get the nomination. After tonight they have less to fear. Not only did Romney have the best debate of the primary season, but Santorum’s strong showing should bleed votes away from Gingrich as well.

There you go. Santorum could have used more cash to compete in Florida, but he may take just enough of the crazy vote from the ever odious Newt Gingrich to allow Willard to weasel his way, comfortably, to VICTORY in the Florida primary.

Poor Newt. It looks like the vast right wing conspiracy circled its wagons and knocked him down a peg or three. He should not give up however. That will only embolden the vast right wing conspiracy to hit him even harder. It would be the worst mistake since Chamberlain met with Hitler in Munich last week for Newt.

Recalcitrant Willardism Failing in Florida

Bi-Coastal Elitist Media Forcasts the Gingrich-Romney race:

Our forecast model currently gives Mr. Gingrich a 75 percent chance of winning the state. That seems like too confident a prediction, frankly. On the other hand, Mr. Gingrich does appear to have a modest lead in the polls — and the nonpolling factors do not clearly favor one or the other candidate, in my view. So I would call Mr. Gingrich the favorite for now — but not a clear favorite.

It may be too late for Florida, but Karl Rove needs to get in the game to prevent the Gingrich Disaster from befalling on our Great Nation destroying the banana republican party. And he needs to do it by hitting Newt on his perceived strengh - his grandiose intellect. Since Newt does not possess a grandiose intellect and is little more than a blowhard, this should not be difficult.

More Transnationalism in progress

Reagan probably thought Newt was a Douche Bag

The Radical Transnationalism of American Elections….

….continues. And this time it's Newt's turn to dish out a dose of Transnational Cash against Romney:

Without the Supreme Court's decision to open up American Elections to transnational cash, Newt would be dead in the water now. Fortunately for Newt and unfortunately for Us, the Supreme Court decided to create a new law that allows foreign investors to manipulate American elections.

Adventures in Originalism - GPS edition

I have not read this recent supreme court decision ruling that the government's use of a GPS tracking device during 28 day surveillance amount to a warrantless search.

The Supreme Court said Monday that law enforcement authorities might need a probable-cause warrant from a judge to affix a GPS device to a vehicle and monitor its every move — but the justices did not say that a warrant was needed in all cases.

The convoluted decision (.pdf) in what is arguably the biggest Fourth Amendment case in the computer age, rejected the Obama administration’s position that attaching a GPS device to a vehicle was not a search. The government had told the high court that it could even affix GPS devices on the vehicles of all members of the Supreme Court, without a warrant.

“We hold that the government’s installation of a GPS device on a target’s vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor the vehicle’s movements, constitutes a ‘search,’” Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the five-justice majority. The majority declined to say whether that search was unreasonable and required a warrant.

All nine justices, however, agreed to toss out the life sentence of a District of Columbia drug dealer who was the subject of a warrantless, 28-day surveillance via GPS.

Four justices in a minority opinion said that the prolonged GPS surveillance in this case amounted to a search needing a warrant. But the minority opinion was silent on whether GPS monitoring for shorter periods would require one.

I don't remember reading anything in the Federalist Papers about GPS tracking devices. Did Madison write anything about the topic? How about Hamilton or Jefferson Thomas Aquinas. I don't think so. As a matter of fact there is nothing in the constitution about GPS tracking devices. As far as I know, none of the founding fathers expressed any opinion on the 4th Amendment applied to GPS tracking devices in a virtual age. So what is the deal with Judge Scalia and Thomas? Why did these two not raise holy hell about case? It is almost as if they are willing to create Judge Made Law.

Operation Batshit in Peril

A New GOP Poll spells lurking doom for Willard:

1. Newt Gingrich 35%

2. Mitt Romney 28%

3. Rick Santorum 16%

4. Ron Paul 10%

This is a 10% bump for the disgraced ex-Speaker since last week. Even more ominous for Romney is that GOTP primary voters believe that Newt is more likely to beat Obama in the General Election.

Clearly Karl Rove and the rest of the Conservagensia need to roll out the big guns now. The Crazy Vote is starting to coalesce around Newt. You got to keep 'em separated, instead. Sure bashing the disgraced Ex-Speaker with mean attack ads is a good idea. But I'd use Karl time honored approach at hitting his opponent where he strength is perceived to be. Since Gingrich represents what a dumb fella' thinks a smart fella' looks like, I'd hit him there. Start by mocking Newt as phony using Newt's own words. Newt wants to build a Giant Space Mirror to fight global warming (which is fake, btw), no doubt run by a vast United Nation's Bureaucracy. It is True! He proposed this. Or how about the fact that Newt wants to be the first Man to Land on the Sun - probably true but unconfirmed. Run all sorts of ads with a mocking tone belittling Gingrich. Then you'd need to build up Santorum some to steal away just enough of his voters so that Willard can weasel his way to victory.

Now if you do all of this and it still doesn't work, perhaps a dirty trick might be the ticket. If Willard cannot make headway, Karl Rove and his Operation Batshit could leak out a phony medical report showing the Newt's Third Wife has Cancer. This would cause a chain reaction when Newt files for divorce. It would be bad PR for him and sink him even lower with women voters. Eventually, Newt will find out the fake report was a dirty trick, but the damage will be done. You got to think out of the box here.

Believe it or NOT!

Newton Leroy Gingrich describing Willard Milton Romney at last night's GOTP debate:

"I just find that sad as a way to run for president... I think watching some desperate guy throw wild punches doesn't get him very close to the presidency.

People want stability, they want honesty, they want accuracy, and as Mike Huckabee says in the commercial, the guy who will lie to you to get the job will lie to you to keep the job.

And I think last night people got a chance to see just how desperate Mitt Romney is."

Let's hope the people want stability, honesty and accuracy. Because if they do, Newt Gingrich doesn't have a chance in hell to become President. If folks don't care about stability but still want honesty and accuracy, Romney doesn't have a chance in hell to become President, either.

Practical Debate Advise for Newt Gingrich

Last Night Newt Talked about Beet Farming at the GOTP debate in Florida. Newt should never do this again. Case in Point.

Newt Alongside with TV's most famous Beet Farmer Dwight Schrute from the TV show "The Office". The internets tell me that Dwight Schrute is a dead ringer for the 30 year old version of Newt Gingrich during his time at West Georgia College.

Romney Survives Steel Cage Match in Florida

I Watched the GOTP debate last and was disappointed at the restraint shown by both the audience and by Newt Gingrich. Not once did Newt lash out at the debate moderator for being a member of the Lamestream Media Elite. Disappointing to say the least. What was clear is that Willard Romney, whose street name is "Mitt," walked away the winner of the debate on points. This has to come as a relief to Willard who was at risk of being run from gym by big bully Newt.

This reminds me of the GOP 2008 Florida Primary, where John McCain turned Willard Romney into a cheese eating surrender monkey who secretly longed to have Hillary Clinton's love child - this for suggesting that President Bush talk privately with Prime Minister Maliki about an Exit Strategy in Iraq. "Blasphemy" cried McCain. "Why does Willard hate our brave soldiers? Does he want their sacrifices to be in vain." Watching Willard desperately trying to recover from his Florida kneecapping was simply awesome, as winger on winger violence tends to be.

Whether Willard survives Florida this time is still an open question. If not there is always 2016 and then 2020.

Romney on trial tonight

The Florida primary is where John McCain buried Willard in 2008. Good chance that Willard remembers this from last time.

The Irony is delectable

Via the mean, Mean LIBERAL blogosphere:

The Republican Establishment, having spent three years stoking its voters into a fit of wild rage against President Obama, now finds itself in a panic over the possibility that those voters might be wild and enraged enough to go ahead and select Newt Gingrich as their nominee. There really is a lot of humor in the situation. The proposition Gingrich is offering GOP voters is just the natural extension of what they have come to believe. Obama is an ultra-radical, as well as a lightweight, who can’t speak without a TelePrompTer, so simply forcing him into a series of lengthy debates will expose his incompetence and extremism. To convince Republican voters to settle for Mitt Romney, the Establishment now has to tell them that defeating Obama will be … tough. [….]

here is an uncharismatic, politically clumsy, Cater-esque president facing unremittingly terrible circumstances and advocating wildly unpopular policies. And now Republicans should worry that if they don’t nominate the right opponent they’ll lose?

This isn’t an insolvable dilemma for the GOP Establishment. The solution is to bury Gingrich beneath a pile of money, just like in Iowa. But Republicans find themselves with an expensive problem that is largely of their own creation.

It is there own damn fault, if Gingrich is nominated. It is hard enough putting your pants on one leg at a time, figuring out your health insurance, raising children, paying the bills, doing your job, taking care of your spouse and living your life. The average teabagging son of a bitch doesn't have the time or the ability to debunk all the bullshit that has been thrown at him by the Foxnews over the past 3 years not to mention the Official GOP propaganda thrown his way over the past 30 plus years. There is a good reason these baggers are voting for a douche bag like Gingrich, they've bought into the bullshit that folks they trusted sold to them as the fair and balanced truth.

Moral of the story: Foxnews is a defective product. If you use according to its instructions, it will fuck you up. Case in point: People actually voting for Newt Gingrich.

It is a tough Job, but somebody has to do it

Check out where the money was spent in South Carolina. The majority is hardcore Anti-Gingrich and hardcore anti-Romney:


I know that I am not supposed to like these guys but, the folks running the Anti-Romney and the Anti-Gingrich Ads really seem to be doing the Lord's work.

I may feel differently in the future, but now I can't complain.

BREAKING......Romney says something I agree with....

.... except for the part about Fannie Mae causing the Wallstreet Meltdown, that is. But wingers believe its true so......

This is really fun!

FAMILY VALUES ! ! !

Operation Batshit in Grave Danger

Is there any other kind of Danger:

I seem clear to me that Karl Rove and Crossroads GPS need to invest a shitload of their transnational cash in Santorum. That is right. Rick Santorum is the man who can save the GOP from its excesses by, ironically, play the extremism card on values and religion. Only extremism can save the GOTP from extremism.

If Santorum can rise in the polls, I believe it likely that it will be at the expense of Newt. To knock Newt Down, Santorum must be raised up. He must capture more of the crazy vote so Willard can weasel by with 30% of the vote. Time to spend big Karl. Operation Batshit needs you. Promise a theocracy or forced prayer in schools or something.

Let others Fear for their Party

Neo-Con doyenne and possible unregistered Foreign Agent for a Middle Easter Nation with a parliamentary democratic form of government, Jennifer Rubin, Warns The GOP Fat Cats not of the risk to America but of the risk that Gingrich poses to the banana Republican party:

It seems, gentlemen, it’s time to get off your . . . er . . . time to get off the bench and into the game. It is time to make the case for winning conservatism — a conservatism attractive to centrist voters that can be translated into a reform agenda. If conservatism becomes a movement of anti-media bashing and hyperbolic rhetoric, it will cease to be a force in American politics. And if it is led by an egomaniac whose personal advancement takes precedence over any principle, the GOP will be (correctly) mocked.

Party first! Gingrich is a useful idiot when he knows his station, but when he rises from his proper place and threatens the prospects of the Party it is time to take the gloves off.

I do not often travel to the swamps of DC, but I imagine there is a growing sense of fear ready to fall upon the Conservagensia should the ever odious Newt Gingrich prevail in the Florida primary.

Let some Fear for their Country

Gingrich would be the better candidate to face in an election for character issues and of course due in part to the fact that the 19th amendment to the constitution practically bars Gingrich from ever becoming president. But yet, there are downsides.

And the downside is a real Fear for Our Country:

Yes, an unstable demagogue should be a lot easier for Obama to beat than a candidate who'd make a plausible president -- e.g., judging by past work product, Romney. But in a two-party system, either party nominating an unstable demagogue is a danger to democracy, both because any incumbent can be beat if economic conditions are bad enough or if catastrophe strikes, and because the takeover of one major party by extremists, reactionaries and hatemongers means we are always on the knife's edge. The counter-argument, often expressed by Sullivan, is that only by electing an extremist and getting its clock cleaned can a party submerged in its own ideology be dragged back to the center. That may have worked in the case of Goldwater. But Goldwater was a sober statesman compared to Gingrich, Perry, Palin.

It may be that it is better to run against Romney than facing the risk of President Newt. For the sake of the Republic that is.

The Big Question

Are they this stupid? The Teabaggers probably may be, but not all republicans are baggers:

Romney can be a dishonest demagogue, but Gingrich is the one who thinks (or pretends to think) the “Kenyan anti-colonialist” theory about Obama makes sense. Many Republicans are unenthusiastic about Romney, but far more people nationwide can’t stand Gingrich. Romney has a record of trying to have things both ways on many issues, but as far as I know he has never been on both sides of a major issue within the same month. Gingrich has that unfortunate distinction. Gingrich isn’t going to be the nominee. The Republican primary electorate can’t be that stupid.

Generally it is bad policy to assume that your opponents are stupid, but the ball is in their court to prove otherwise. So far the extreme tea bagging craziness that has infected the GOTP base is so virulent that it has scared all non-crazy candidates from the race, with the exception of Willard Romney. No John Thune, No Chris Christie, No Jeb with the last name that cannot be mentioned, no what's his name from Indiana. Willard, Newt and Santorum is all that is left.

So you can vote for the shameless hack without a conscience or the weaselly millionaire or the guy who wants to create a theocracy. It is not much of a choice. I don't really think you can blame the GOP primary voters for going with their hearts and voting for Gingrich instead of their heads and voting for Willard. With all the bullshit they have been fed by the Foxnews, it is not really their fault they are so confused. Again, the state of the GOTP presidential field reflects the state of the Party. Reap what is sown. Etc.

Young Conor Summed up the GOTP Field

This snippet caught my eye:

Four candidates, all flawed. The least charming, Rick Santorum, helped himself the most [in the debate]. And the biggest loser? Newt Gingrich, if substance counts.

If substance counts…...in a GOTP debate? There is very little substance at a GOTP debate.

Of the four, Ronpaul offers the most substance but his idea of turning the clock back to before the Morrill Act of 1862 only appeals to a small percentage of voters. "Elect me to head the Government," says Ronpaul "So i can dismantle it." That only gets you so far. It is substance, however. Kooky, but substantive.

Rick Santorum's Theocratic vibe based upon things dead popes have written is real and sincere, in my opinion. Except from his Neo-con foreign policy vibe, Ricky offers some substance. Sure it is kooky, but substantive.

But Willard and Newt offer no substance. Willard says whatever he needs to say to navigate the political winds of the time and Newt says whatever he feels at a given time. There is no substance, only convenience.

I'd have to say Newt's unapologetic media bashing did well for him on Saturday because it captured the emotions of the GOTP.

Douche bag wins South Carolina!

The supreme court's decision to transnationalize red-blooded American elections has paid off for Newt Gingrich.

Good job activist judges!

Newt couldn't have done it without you.

Operation Batshit Strikes Back, South Carolina Edition

With Gingrich on the rise and Willard Romney in trouble, it is time for Operation Batshit to step up and slow down the crazy vote from consolidating around Newt. And it looks like Karl Rove and his Operation Batshit may be up to the job because this finger prints all over it - A fake CNN news alert reporting that Gingrich forced his second wife to have an abortion:

In what appears to be a last ditch attempt to halt Newt Gingrich’s late momentum in South Carolina, a fake CNN Breaking News alert was emailed to state Republican activists early Thursday morning claiming that the former House Speaker pressured his ex-wife to have an abortion.

CNN did not send out the email alert.

It’s not clear how many people received the fake email, though at least two members of the South Carolina GOP Executive Committee, who did not want to be named, were among those who found the missive in their inboxes this morning.

Two South Carolina Republicans from different parts of the state independently informed CNN about the email on Friday morning.

The email alert was sent from fake account made to look like a CNN breaking news email address: “BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com.”

“A source close to Marianne Gingrich tells CNN that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich forced her to abort a pregnancy conceived during the affair that preceeded her marriage to Gingrich,” the fake email reads.

Do I have any evidence that Karl Rove is behind this dirty trick? Of Course not. Romney could be responsible for all I know. But it does match Karl's MO in South Carolina before. Whether it is accusing your opponent of being a pedophile or whispering about John McCain's out of wedlock black baby, it all a pattern.

On the other hand it could be Gingrich himself who is pushing this fake news story if his relentless jihad against the media. The Point is that we really don't know at this point. Karl seems as likely as perpetrator if you ask me.

Well, Newt is an admitted SERIAL ADULTERER, isn't he

Liberal Bloggers are Mean. Case in point - xpostfactoid on Newt's outrage at last night's GOTP debate:

Newt's little show of high moral dudgeon when asked at the opening gun about his ex-wife's allegations of cruel, self-serving betrayal is getting rave reviews as performance art. And it was an astounding display of the Audacity of Hubris. In the space of a minute or two, Gingrich managed to blame or condemn questioner John King, the news media, his ex-wife and Barack Obama for his being forced to address the consequences of his serial adultery.

Romney: Woodrow Wilson's Navy could Whoop Barack Obama's Navy......

......an it is all Obama's fault.

Furor on the Wingnet. Politifact calls Romney's Statement a Pants on Fire Lie. More Furor on the Wingnet.

In the last GOTP debate, Willard Milton Romney made the assert that President Obama has hollowed out the armed forces claiming the Navy is at its weakest point since 1917 and the Air Force at its weakest point since 1946. Well he did it phrase it exactly this way, but that was the impression that Willard was trying to leave in the minds of the rabid audience members. This is of course false. The Air Force and Navy have a few more ship and planes today than they had at the end of the Bush Administration. And while we may have had a lot more rowboats in 1917 than the 11 Aircraft Carriers we have today, everyone knows that today's Navy is a bit different than the navy of yesteryear. Would you trade 11 Aircraft Carriers for 11,000 row boats? Hell No! With that said, Politifact gave Romney's bogus charge a pants on fire rating…….because it was factually indefensible.

While everyone knows that the US Navy is the strongest Navy in world (China has a recycled Russian Aircraft carrier and Russia has zero), one would think that defending Romney's statement would be a waste of time. NOT SO! Jonah Golberg and the Scott Guy from Powerline Blog are outraged because Politifact does not consider 11,000 rowboats superior to 11 Aircraft Carriers and gave Willard the pants on fire designation for misleading his audience in a most devious way.

Isn't 11,000 more than 11, dammit! Well actually no, it is not. You just can't win with these guys.

Newt Makes an Interesting Point

Perry Calls it Quits - Endorses Newt

No word on who the three South Carolina voters who supported him will vote for on Tuesday.

Sponge Dob Endorses Santorum

A day late and a dollar short:

James Dobson, the founder and former president of Focus on the Family, has joined a number of social conservative and pro-life leaders have who announced endorsements for Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum.

Dobson today announced his personal endorsement of the former Pennsylvania senator, and is not speaking on behalf of the pro-life Christian group he led before his retirement.

“The institution of the family is the key issue facing this great nation. It is the foundation, the bedrock, upon which every dimension of Western Civilization rests,” he said. “If it is undermined or weakened by cultural and governmental forces, the entire superstructure will collapse in short order. And indeed, today it is in serious jeopardy. The very definition of marriage is threatened, which has implications for the next generation and the stability of society itself.”

“Of all the Republican candidates who are vying for the presidency, former Sen. Santorum is the one who has spoken passionately in every debate about this concern,” Dobson continued. “He has pleaded with the nation and its leaders to come to the aid of marriages, parents, and their children. What a refreshing message.”

Ol' Dobber feels that theocracy vibe grooving out from Santorum and just can't help but to mount up and ride with Rick.

Douche Bag Surges to the Lead in latest Poll

According to the Media:

Newt Gingrich led Mitt Romney 34-28 in PPP's South Carolina polling last night, the first of what will be three nights of tracking. Ron Paul at 15%, Rick Santorum at 14%, Rick Perry at 5%, and Buddy Roemer at 3% round out the field.

This is not a case of Romney imploding. His support has been pretty steady in the 28-30% range in our South Carolina polling so far. But Gingrich has risen from 23% to 34% over the last two weeks, benefiting from declining support for Santorum and also from undecided voters moving into his camp.

It's clear that the debate Monday night did a lot to help Gingrich's prospects in the state. 56% of voters say they watched it, and with those folks Gingrich's lead over Romney is 43-27. Romney still has a 29-22 advantage on Gingrich with those who didn't tune in.

I think this race is boiling down to a lesser of two evils with the top two candidates being the man without a soul and the man without a conscious. Pick either one and either way you are a loser.

SIMPLY AWESOME

Return back to the period in the 1970s when Newt Gingrich was a History Professor at West Georgia College. The internets are telling me that Newt spent little time teaching history and too much time campaigning to be the College President and when that laughable attempt failed, a failed attempt at the department Chair.

Quote of the day.

as it turns out, ’70s Gingrich was a dead ringer for Dwight Schrute. Classic.

Yeah! West Georgia College had standards, man. Sending Newt Packing was the best thing they could have done for the kids seeking an education.

UPDATE: For Extra Awesomeness

Romney Pockets Chump Change on the Lecture Circuit

ABC News (“Romney Reveals His Tax Rate Is ‘Probably Closer to 15 Percent’“):

Mitt Romney revealed for the first time today that his effective tax rate is “closer to 15 percent,” suggesting that he pays less in taxes than many middle income Americans despite being worth an estimated $250 million.

“What’s the effective rate I’ve been paying? It’s probably closer to the 15 percent rate than anything,” Romney said during a press conference after an early morning rally. “Because my last 10 years, I’ve…my income comes overwhelmingly from some investments made in the past, whether ordinary income or earned annually. I got a little bit of income from my book, but I gave that all away. And then I get speakers fees from time to time, but not very much.”

It turns out that the chump change the Willard pockets on the lecture circuit came in at $374,000 last year. It sure is rough out there.

Which Newt?

I fear for my country:

Newt portrayed as a flip flopper by a Romney supporter is priceless.

Which Mitt?

The losers running against Mitt Romney could have done something like this for months:

But I guess that is why they are losers.

ACORN-ROMNEY CONNECTION, election stolen?

So just when did Mitt Romney hook up with ACORN, the notorious but imaginary vote stealing operation? I am not sure, but the internets are reporting of possible voter irregularities coming from the Iowa Caucuses that favor Willard. And if there are irregularities, this can only mean one thing: ACORN! If the allegations are true, Rick Santorum was the rightful winner of the Iowa Caucuses .

This is a developing story.......

I think Newt Gingrich may be a Sociopath, cntd

I am not a doctor and don't play one on the internets, but there is something very wrong about Newt Gingrich. He simply says whatever self serving thing he feels at the time with no conscience, second thoughts or regrets.

Here's Jokeline on Newt:

You may have missed it, but the “biggest act of weakness by any American President in my lifetime” took place this morning. At least, according to Newt Gingrich, who has a bit of a problem with hyperbole. Indeed, in the ensuing moments after denouncing the wimpatheticity of Barack Obama, he proclaimed the President “the most radical President in American history” and the election “the most important in American history.” (Shockingly, most of the acts that made Obama “most radical” in American history–like support for an individual mandate for health care and cap-and-trade to control Co2, were things that Newt used to support.)

But anyway, back to…the biggest act of weakness in the history of the worrrrrld! I’ll keep you waiting, hide the answer beneath the fold. Because it was just so damn big and so damn weak. O.K., Here it comes…sit down:

The U.S. and the Israelis announced the postponement of a joint missile-defense exercise in the Persian Gulf because it would be too provocative at the moment. The announcement was made on the Israeli side by that simpering puddle of wimpitude Avigdor Lieberman, the foreign minister who doubles as an anti-Arab extremist. Hmmm….Maybe Lieberman hates Arabs, but has a weak spot for Persians?

The man cannot be well. Someone should arrange for him to move to a farm after the campaign is over so he can run and be free.

The all too very real Risk of Romney

The GOTP base tends to fall for just about anything bright and shiny. The Foxnews tells them that Torture is now cool and they reverse course 180 degrees and fall for it. The same with starting a war in Iraq. The Foxnews tells them that George W Bush is awesome and they fall for it. Same thing with Sister Sarah. The Foxnews tells them that the Tea Party Movement is a sincere grassroots movement focused on limited government and low taxes and they fall for this too.

Now it is Willard Milton Romney's turn as the bright and shiny object. So what will the Base fall for next? Maybe this possible forthcoming Romney speech to the unwashed masses:

I am now speaking to the base of our party, to the 60 percent who believe that God created this fine universe, and humanity in its present form, at some point in the last 10,000 years. Let me make one thing absolutely clear to you: I believe what you believe. Your God is my God. I believe that Jesus Christ was the Messiah and the Son of God, crucified for our sins, and resurrected for our salvation. And I believe that He will return to earth to judge the living and the dead.

But my Church offers a further revelation: We believe that when Jesus Christ returns to earth, He will return, not to Jerusalem, or to Baghdad, but to this great nation—and His first stop will be Jackson County, Missouri. The LDS Church teaches that the Garden of Eden itself was in Missouri! Friends, it is a marvelous vision. Some Christians profess not to like this teaching. But I ask you, where would you rather the Garden of Eden be, in the great state of Missouri or in some hellhole in the Middle East?

Who knows, they might buy it.

I'd hang 'em from the tallest tree I could find, too

Gingrich was on fire last night.

Just got to the series of tubes that forms the internets so I have read the commentary on last night's debate, so this may be old news by now. But Newt Gingrich was in the zone last night in South Carolina. At one point he called out our NATO Ally Turkey as being run by Islamic Terrorists. Turkey, mind you was held up as a model for what Iraq should become after the Iraq War back in the day. Today they are Terrorists. Ramp up the crazy to factor 10.

Next, on a question, about terrorism or the taliban, he referred to history once again, citing Andrew Jackson. Gingrich then relayed that his policy would be the same as Old Hickory's Policy - Kill America's enemies. The Crowd roared with that comment and Gingrich beamed. Left unsaid was that quote from Old Hickory referred to how he'd like to treat secessionists from South Carolina during the nullification crisis of the 1830s. South Carolina. Jackson would hang the first South Carolinian he could find (presumably his own Vice President) from the tallest Tree he could find and lead an army down to South Carolina to finish the job.

The South Carolina wingers is the crowd were actually cheering Jackson's threat to hang disloyal South Carolinians…..not that there is anything wrong with this. -joke/>

Sometimes the wingnuttery is Simply Priceless.

UPDATE: My bad it was Perry who called out Turkey as being run by terrorists.

BREAKING.........Huntsman Converts to Willardism

News on the internets this morning is buzzing the John Huntsman, polling at 1% nationally, will officially drop out of the race for the GOTP nomination for president and will endorse Willard Milton Romney also known as "Mitt."

While the fact that Huntsman eventually was forced to bail from the race is not shocking, I think conceding the field to Romney is counter to his future presidential hopes. I've always thought Huntsman was positioning himself for a run in 2016 assuming that Obama is re-elected. However, with Romney inching toward the nomination, it seems unlikely that the GOTP will nominate a mormon candidate in consecutive presidential elections. With all the zany religious fundamentalism infused in the party it just seems a little much to hope for.

Oh well. For now add Jon Huntsman to list of new Willardites and followers of Willardism.

Happy Robert E. Lee Day Alabama and Mississippi

For most of the Nation it will be Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. However in a few places like Mississippi and Alabama it will also be Robert E Lee Day. Good job Alabama. Good job Mississippi. Way to join the 21st century.

Wingnuts gots the derangement syndrome bad, man

From the wingnet:

Today on NRO, I argue that the main division in the conservative camp is between those who think Barack Obama is incompetent and those who think he is evil. As a number of people have remarked on Twitter (@kevinnr), I failed to offer an “all of the above” option.

Kevin D. Williamson NRO guy and wingnut welfare dependent

This is what the rightwing counter culture does to people. It leaves them unable to compete in the free market of ideas.

Romney could usher in a thousand years of darkness?

That is how I am choosing to read this warning from Newt.

According to Newt, a Romney win in South Carolina could lead to "a thousand years of darkness." While a thousand years is probably an exaggeration, I do agree that Willard is pretty bad. Somehow the darkness that Newt warns of is probably linked to President Obama, but it is never good when your opponents compares your nomination as party nominee in biblical terms.

You tell him Sister Sarah!

Hallelujah and praise to Allah, Sarah is back and she wants to see Romney's tax returns!

The tax returns are a start, but I want to see Romney's birth certificate to prove that his name is "Mitt" and not Willard.

This Guy will Fit in PERFECTLY

When Missouri GOTP gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence says he "earned a degree in Economics" from MIZZOU he ain't exactly correct. He ain't completely wrong either. You see the thing is that he earned his degree home economics not the dark art with all the numbers and charts known as economics.

Spence who admits that he "was not the greatest student in the world," and that he "was a 60-watt bulb in a 100-watt society" will be a perfect candidate to represent the GOTP in a statewide election. The GOTP could do better by going with a guy like Tea Party Visionary and Colorado GOTP nominee Dan Maes, who warned folks of a UN Plot to take over Denver, but this guy will work nonethelesss.

Recalcitrant Willardism Settles in at the NRO

From the wingnet, a ringing endorsement:

I want to be okay with Mitt Romney. And really, I am. I will vote for him. He’ll be fine. He’ll be good on the budget. He won’t cut enough, but no one does. He’ll be better than Dole or McCain would have been had they won. Not that they wanted to do much about the budget; he wants to. Could he please get McCain out of the picture now? It depresses me to watch him. Let McCain talk only on defense policy. A fizzled-out guy who ran a loser campaign so recently is not a good mascot. If Romney sticks with Christie as his warm-up act, he’ll be fine; except when Christie reminds us, as he inevitably does, why he should have gotten over himself and run. So we didn’t have to settle for Romney, even though he is very handsome, and has such a good work ethic for a rich guy who really does not have a clue what it means to have to make the choices that normal middle-class people always have to make — which is why we don’t really trust him. Have you ever noticed how the very rich have so much more sympathy for the non-working poor than for the boring old middle class? But really, Mitt’s wife will be a charming first lady, and he will be fine. Especially if he picks the right advisers. But why can’t he hire a conservative speechwriter, who knows the words and the music?

Lisa Schiffren - NRO

She's right about McCain sucking, but watching McCain kneecap Willard Romney during the 2008 primary was a thing of beauty.

Recalcitrant Willardism Settling Over South Carolina

Operation Batshit Holding for the moment.

The latest Lamestream Poll shows "Mitt" Romney with a small lead over his GOP rivals at 23% in South Carolina with Newt at 21%, Santorum at 14%, Ronpaul at 13%, Huntsman at 7%, George Bush Rick Perry at 5% and 17% undecided.

It looks like Romney is back down to the familiar 22%-23% range again. Now if Santorum or Newt can just consolidate a bigger portion of the crazy vote, then we'll be cooking.

After 6 yrs Recalcitrant Willardism settles over New Hampshire

In other news, Perry at 1% of the vote.

Sure Blame it on Bush why don't you everything else is his fault

Actually everything is his fault. It is a general rule that will work 9 times out of 10. But how about for the sorry state of the GOTP candidates. Is this Bush's fault too?

Here is some Bi-Coastal Elitist applying the Bush Rule and blaming Bush for the really shitty GOTP presidential candidates:

A successful Presidency can produce a new crop of future Presidential candidates for the party that controls the White House. The vice president and cabinet officials, as well as governors and senators elected over the course of the administration, are historically major sources for a party’s next round of candidates. The Bush years had the opposite effect. It was unthinkable that his vice president would run for higher office and much of his cabinet left Washington tainted by the President’s unpopularity. Moreover, Bush helped sink his party in the 2006 and 2008 elections, thus depleting the ranks of potential Republican candidates for 2012.

OK I suppose this may be true - to some extent. It turns out that when you are in doubt about whether this thing or that is Bush's fault, it is a safe bet to go with the Bush Rule. And while it is safe to give Bush some of the blame, everything is his fault after all, I think the Right Wing Counter Culture has more to do with the state of affairs in the GOTP. Remember it was the same Right Wing Counter Culture propagated by the Foxnews, the AM radio and the wingnut-O-sphere that propped up Bush and when he was done created and empowered the radicals of the Tea Party. It is Tea Party Radicalism that scared away all the sane conservatives from running for President this year. That is why they are left with Willard. He's the only one of them that can be both pro-Tea Party and anti-Tea Party at the same time.

Is Bush to blame? Why not. We can just add the current crop of Presidential Candidates to the list of thing he's screwed up, but I think the more fundamental cause of this current unpleasantness is the Right Wing Counter Culture.

Late Night Comedian are MEAN people

"Mitt Romney. We're all excited about Mitt Romney. Over the weekend, he said that he enjoyed firing people. Yeah! Way to connect with the middle class there, Mitt."

David Letterman

Personally, I miss the Palin jokes. If the great spirit wanted to help out the cause, he'd line up another reality show gig for her. I really think a Jerry Springer style show would work for her.

This is Pure Social Darwinism

Via Chait who could have of copied this right out of the Gilded Age Writing of the Prominent Social Darwinists of the Day:

...bringing ourselves face-to-face with the very real victims of Romney’s business career explodes his fairy tale of having been a “job creator.” He was in the business of creating wealth, not jobs. Capitalism increases a society’s standard of living, but it does not increase its rate of employment. If your goal is simply to give every willing worker a job, then socialism is the system you want.

Since we want to increase our standard of living, we want capitalism. That wealth benefits the whole society over the long run, but in the short run it can destroy lives and communities — which, of course, is one justification for the role of government in siphoning off a portion of the limitless wealth generated by the Mitt Romneys of the world in order to alleviate social dislocation. But the thrust of Romney’s platform is that people like himself give too much already, and those left behind get too much. His self-presentation as a “job creator” is an attempt to paint over that ugly reality. Republicans must be furious that Gingrich, of all people, is helping expose it.

Democrats often get painted as "Socialists" or "Commies" for promoting modest legislation that smooths out some of the rough edges - the social dislocations - of capitalism. Why shouldn't Republicans be called Darwinists for advocating the same policies prefered by Social Darwinsts of yesteryear? Calling Romney a Darwinist certainly won't endear him in the eyes of The Base. But if the shoe fits…..

Willard Tells the Truth

Like all good corporate raiders, Romney likes firing People and he is not ashamed to say so.

He'll defend the rights of corporations, because they are people. But as to actual folks, he's not so sympathetic .

Before Hitler, the Pharaoh was your go to guy

Dispatches from the wingnut-O-sphere.

Question: Before Hitler, what historical figure did people most use as the worst person ever?

Answer: The Pharaoh

Here's Michele Malkin dusting off the most reviled person from the past so she can compare him to Obama:

Here’s the operating motto of the Obama White House: “So let it be written, so let it be done!”

Like Yul Brynner’s Pharaoh Ramses character in Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments,” the demander in chief stands with arms akimbo issuing daily edicts to his constitution-subverting minions with an imperious wave of his hand. His entourage of insatiable usurpers never rests.

Can’t delude legislators into adopting a $1.5 billion Kabuki summer-jobs boondoggle? Create an unfunded program through executive fiat.

Can’t muster up a filibuster-proof majority for radical nominees? Czar-ify ‘em.

Can’t get Congress to approve vast wild lands designations? Grab them under cover of a holiday lame-duck session.

Can’t get the illegal alien bailout DreamAct passed on Capitol Hill? Executive-order it.

“So let it be written, so let it be done!”

In keeping with the dark and defiant habits of this administration, the new head of the half-billion-dollar Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was sworn in behind closed doors last Wednesday night.

The nomination of former Democratic Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to serve as Dodd-Frank regulatory enforcer had been soundly defeated in the Senate before Christmas. …

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Thursday that the administration expects no retaliation for the end-run around the deliberative process. Playing the pharaoh’s helper, Carney dismissed widespread bipartisan questions about the legality of the power grab as “esoteric discussion.”

Michelle Malkin

Maybe Malkin used up all her Hitler references for the President and now has to fall back to comparing the President to the Pharaoh. That's my guess.

Gingrich Predicts Obama will be MEAN to Romney

Gingrich On Willard: He is a Wimp:

Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich drew a clear distinction between himself and his rivals, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, and insisted in an interview with me today that he’s the best conservative candidate to beat President Obama.

He also fought back against the idea that he’s dividing up the conservative vote.

“I think as people look at his record and then imagine him debating Obama, Obama is going to laugh at him,” Gingrich said on “GMA.”

Well Willard ain't exactly the image of a tough guy having sat out the Vietnam War in France and once having chided Obama's naiveté for his declaration that he'd order Bin Laden toasted he was found hiding in Pakistan. Willard would have left Bin Laden alone, or so he said. So that ain't tough. So maybe Gingrich is right. Maybe Obama will laugh at Romney.

Powerline Blog Endorses Father of Nationalized RomneyCare for President

Time to throw down with Willard:

The purpose of a political party is to win elections. It would be terminally stupid for the Republican Party to nominate a candidate whose weaknesses more or less guarantee defeat when it has, readily at hand, a candidate who can win. Ideological movements are another animal entirely. The purpose of the conservative movement is to advance conservative ideals, not necessarily to win elections for a particular party. Some conservative ideologues may choose to argue for a purer candidate (although I am not sure who that would be) in service of the long-run interests of the movement. But that is not the role of the Republican Party. The goal of the Republican Party is to win in 2012.

So: I endorse Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee for president in 2012. I think he can win, and I think there is a real chance that he could be a great president. Perhaps the man and the hour will meet, as with Churchill in 1940 and Reagan in 1980. But at a bare minimum, Romney can beat Barack Obama, and will be an infinitely better president. The time has come for Republicans to coalesce behind their best candidate.

Powerline Blog

I seem to remember great outrage at the enactment of Nationalized RomneyCare just a while ago. The wingers at Powerline actually compared Health Insurance to Slavery - Remember Willard is the father of Nationalized RomneyCare:

At least since the conclusion of the Civil War, the Democrats' war on freedom has never been more brazen. Indeed, there is a tie that binds the Democratic Party of the antebellum era with today's Democratic Party:

It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same spirit that says, "You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it." No matter in what shape it comes, whether from the mouth of a king who seeks to bestride the people of his own nation and live by the fruit of their labor, or from one race of men as an apology for enslaving another race, it is the same tyrannical principle.

Abraham Lincoln said that, on more than one occasion, and he knew what he was talking about.

I guess this would mean the Willard Romney is a Tyrant who seeks to bestride the people of his nation and live by the fruit of their labor. This very well may be true about Willard, but not because of Health Insurance reform. You see actually, Lincoln was not talking about Health Insurance or leading a rebellion in the southern states over health insurance back in the day. He was talking about Slavery. Slavery and Health Insurance are not the same things. Winguts. What can you do?

Hey, Let's Privatize the Weather!

Santorum once held a hurtful grudge against the Weather:

While a seemingly obscure issue next to abortion, gay marriage and tax cuts, weather forecasting inspired a defining controversy for the tail end of Santorum’s U.S. Senate career: his sponsorship of a 2005 bill aimed at hobbling the federal agency’s ability to compete with commercial forecasters like AccuWeather.

The bill went nowhere but brought Santorum a nationwide pasting from bloggers, weather enthusiasts, airline pilots and other critics. Some of them noted that executives from AccuWeather — a company based in State College, Pa., in Santorum’s home state — had donated thousands of dollars to his campaigns over the years.

Doubling down later in the year, Santorum also accused the weather service’s National Hurricane Center of flubbing its forecasts for Hurricane Katrina’s initial landfall in Florida, despite the days of all-too-prescient warnings the agency had given that the storm would subsequently strike the Gulf Coast.

In contrast, fellow Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, who was chairing the Senate Commerce Committee’s Disaster Prediction and Prevention Subcommittee, called the agency’s work on Katrina “one of the most accurate hurricane predictions we have ever seen.”

Weather doesn’t show up as a top issue on Santorum’s presidential campaign website, and AccuWeather doesn’t appear in his 2012 campaign donations. But some of his opponents, such as the liberal website Daily Kos, have tried to revive memories of the 2005 legislation this week — including with headlines claiming inaccurately that Santorum had tried to “abolish” the weather service.

In fact, Santorum’s failed legislation would have left the weather service intact, although with significantly reduced ability to distribute its information directly to the public.

Critics of the bill say the legislation reflects an outdated worldview — one that says government data should flow through profit-making middlemen, rather than being released freely to one and all.

“I think what you see out of Santorum — in particular the weather data thing — is that some private businesses should be anointed to make tons of money off the taxpayers,” said open-government advocate Carl Malamud. “That’s a very 1970s, 1980s mind-set. That’s a pre-Internet mindset.”

What is it with winger, the climate and weather? Global Warming is fake and the weather should be privatized.