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

2012-01-27T16:30:00.001-05:00

This is too cool:

Next Stop Waterboarding.

Recalcitrant Willardism Rebounds - Operation Batshit back on track

2012-01-27T08:30:00.002-05:00

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

2012-01-25T14:45:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-25T12:00:00.000-05:00

Reagan probably thought Newt was a Douche Bag

The Radical Transnationalism of American Elections….

2012-01-25T11:15:00.001-05:00

….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

2012-01-25T10:45:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-24T16:15:00.002-05:00

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!

2012-01-24T11:45:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-24T09:30:00.001-05:00

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

2012-01-24T09:15:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-23T20:55:00.001-05:00

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

The Irony is delectable

2012-01-23T16:15:00.002-05:00

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

2012-01-23T15:45:00.000-05:00

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....

2012-01-23T15:30:00.002-05:00

.... 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 ! ! !

2012-01-23T15:15:00.000-05:00

Operation Batshit in Grave Danger

2012-01-23T11:30:00.002-05:00

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

2012-01-23T11:15:00.001-05:00

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

2012-01-23T11:00:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-23T10:45:00.003-05:00

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

2012-01-23T09:00:00.000-05:00

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!

2012-01-21T22:36:00.002-05:00

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

2012-01-20T14:45:00.001-05:00

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

2012-01-20T08:15:00.001-05:00

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......

2012-01-19T16:45:00.001-05:00

......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

2012-01-19T16:30:00.000-05:00

Perry Calls it Quits - Endorses Newt

2012-01-19T15:15:00.000-05:00

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

Sponge Dob Endorses Santorum

2012-01-19T14:30:00.001-05:00

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

2012-01-19T13:45:00.001-05:00

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

2012-01-18T16:45:00.002-05:00

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

2012-01-18T12:45:00.000-05:00

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?

2012-01-18T10:00:00.001-05:00

I fear for my country:

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

Which Mitt?

2012-01-18T09:45:00.000-05:00

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?

2012-01-18T09:30:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-18T09:00:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-17T14:30:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-17T11:45:00.002-05:00

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

2012-01-16T09:00:00.002-05:00

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

2012-01-16T03:00:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-13T13:45:00.001-05:00

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?

2012-01-12T12:15:00.000-05:00

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!

2012-01-12T11:15:00.001-05:00

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

2012-01-12T11:00:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-12T09:15:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-12T09:00:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-10T20:05:00.001-05:00

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

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

2012-01-10T08:45:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-10T08:15:00.000-05:00

"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

2012-01-09T16:45:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-09T13:15:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-07T18:30:00.001-05:00

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

2012-01-06T16:45:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-06T14:30:00.001-05:00

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!

2012-01-06T09:00:00.000-05:00

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.

Theocracy Alert!

2012-01-06T08:45:00.001-05:00

Santorum Settles into a Grove:

Santorum told the audience about a radio interview out of Boston he did earlier today. According to Santorum, the interviewer said, “We don’t need a Jesus candidate, we need an economic candidate.” “My answer to that,” Santorum added, ”was we always need a Jesus candidate. “We need someone who believes in something more than themselves and not just the economy,” he added. “When we say, ‘God bless America,’ do we mean it or do we just say it?”

Awesome! Dude Seriously is pitching a Theocracy. Unfortunately for Bachmann and Perry, it's the Catholic Kind (which is bad to those folks) instead of the Protestant Fundamentalist kind (which is good in the mind of those folks).

Maxed Out

2012-01-05T15:30:00.000-05:00

I've been maxed out with things going on and haven't been able to make fun of any of the stupid surrounding the GOP presidential candidates. This is very frustrating. There is just sooo much stupid, but no time to enjoy mocking it. Life is not fair.

Recalitrant Willardism Reigns; Santorum Consolidates Crazy Vote; Newt Still a Douche Bag

2012-01-04T08:45:00.000-05:00

Awesomeness Abounds.

In Last night's Iowa Caucuses the Willardites lined up behind their Champion, Willard Milton Romney, for the long hard slog toward defeating Obamunism. However Willard's march to sea will not be without obstacles as Newt Gingrich vowed to oppose him at every turn by taking the unprecedented tactic of….(gasp) telling the truth about Romney. If I had extra cash, I'd be tempted to throw a few dollars in Newt's direction to help him share the truth about Romney. However, since my health insurance provider is sucking every last dollar from my wallet, Newt will have to go without my help. One thing else is clear from last night's vote: Santorum has got the Theocracy Vibe going Smoothly. Good for Rick.

Rick Santorum is a POWERFUL leader who will Crush his foes……. and then will implement a Theocracy based upon selected parts of the bible and....

2012-01-03T09:15:00.003-05:00

......other things written during the DARK AGES.

In honor of the so-called Santorum Surge. Hoisted from the Archives:

One of the far right candidates has a shot at the nomination. Before Bachmann entered the race, my bet would be that Santorum had a shot at winning the nomination. I’m not sure now. Sarah Palin was always a joke, but she’s fun to have around. Her reality show was hilarious - at the least the episode and a half that I watched were.

There is a theory under one of the schools of thought in Political Science, that holds that party preferences tend to moderate with time out of office. Generally it holds that the longer your party has been shut out, the more moderate that party voters tend to be in selecting a candidate. There is group think and what not going on, I believe. The converse is also believed to be true – the party will tend to nominate a more ideological candidate if it has only been out of office a short the period of time – like now. If this pattern holds, a winger has a shot in a GOP primary. I think this is especially the case now, with the GOP winning the last election. Its voters are likely susceptible to believe their own propaganda rather than to realize that president’s party usually does badly in midterms and that economic conditions, jobs, etc are the drivers in elections.

I am not an expert on the topic, but I read books instead of burning them. This is just a theory advanced by a pointy headed college professor from an elitist coastal university. The Political Scientists use statistics and charts and other fancy pants learning devices to come up with this stuff. Now I know that all good right wingers should be suspicious of anything that is “just a theory” like global warming, evolution and gravity, but I generally reckon that the Egg Heads know a little more than me, having spent their careers in that type book learning.

Right now the GOP field is crowded with Loons, retreads, no-names and other unimpressive folks. So who knows what will happen. My guess is that Romney will somehow weasel his way to victory. That is what he does best – weasel.

I still think Willard will roll the GOP nomination this year because he's all the establishment has got this time around. But the piss-poor field aside, the fact that Willard Milton Romney is the last non-crazy candidate standing, is the price the GOP pays for keeping its voters fat, dumb and ignorant.

Santorum 2012 - Who is kidding now!

2012-01-03T08:45:00.000-05:00

Hoisted from the Archives:

Santorum 2012 – You Got to be Kidding Me?
Not really. Yes I know he’s hardcore into extreme right wing ideology, but it’s a possibility.
And if so expect a Crusade of Holiness from Rick Santorum:
How can he, having lost his last election, run for president? Isn't he a spent political force? Well, was Richard Nixon defunct after losing the California gubernatorial race in 1962?
Santorum has made nine trips to New Hampshire, where he has hired a chairman of his state political action committee and a state director, and is returning soon. He has been that many times to two other early delegate-selection states, Iowa and South Carolina, and has other trips to those states scheduled.
……. for three hours every Friday he hosts William Bennett's nationally syndicated radio program, which also has a mostly conservative audience.
Santorum does not ignore economic issues, but as a relentless ethicist, he recasts those as moral issues: "What is European socialism but modern-day monarchy that 'takes care' of the people?" He is, of course, correct that America's debt crisis is, at bottom, symptomatic of a failure of self-control, a fundamental moral failing.
The first event of the nominating process, Iowa's Republican caucuses, are, Santorum says, a bifurcated event. One part concerns born-again and evangelical Christians, who are 60 percent of caucus participants. The other part involves everyone else. This is why Mike Huckabee won Iowa in 2008 and why in 1988 Pat Robertson finished a strong second to Bob Dole and ahead of George H.W. Bush.…………… If unemployment is still above 9 percent in 2012, almost any Republican can win, and if there is a convincing recovery the party had better nominate someone who can energize its base.
That is only a theory, but this is a fact: Social conservatives are much of that base, are feeling neglected and are looking for someone like Santorum.
George Will – Lamestream Media figure and Global Warming Denialist.
Actually, this is not so far off the mark.
Pointy-headed over educated political scientists with fancy degrees from coastal universities have noticed a pattern in electoral politics that may come into play here. Simply put there is a tendency for a party to pick a true believer when it has only been out of the Whitehouse for a short period of time. In this case 4 years. After eight or more years, the party preferences moderate toward a practical pick more toward the center. This doesn’t always happen, but the egg heads tell us there is more of a probability that the GOP will nominate someone from the far right as their Presidential Candidate. And if the base gets its say, why not Rick Santorum.
Sure he’s borderline crazy – but in this case it may work for him. I know its counterintuitive.

Who knows what will happen today. It Could be Santorum Mania.

Happy New Year!

2011-12-31T23:45:00.001-05:00

That is all.

Newt Gingrich Really is a SHAMELESS douche bag, cntd

2011-12-31T06:30:00.000-05:00

Example 4,391: The individual mandate for Health Insurance. He was for it before he was against it:

Events Happen

2011-12-30T13:30:00.000-05:00

The Blogosphere says:

"The news coming out of Iran -- that it might block all oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz to retaliate against U.S. economic sanctions -- is a reminder for all politicos that next year's issue matrix could change in the blink of an eye. After all, how many people in Dec. 2007 were talking about the perilous state of the U.S. economy? In Dec. 2009, who could believe that Republicans (with power from the Tea Party) were set to win back control of the House? And in Dec. 2010, was anyone talking about the Arab Spring? A U.S. military confrontation with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz would certainly change the landscape of the 2012 presidential election, no matter how high the unemployment rate is."

Of course if Iran does go to the front page of the newspaper for shutting down oil flow through the gulf, the GOTP would just use this as a ruse to invade Venezuela or Spain or whoever is on the list at that time . I think voters may see through this.

Guarantee of the Day

2011-12-29T13:45:00.001-05:00

Rick Santorum on the Iowa Caucuses:

"If I finish dead last behind the pack I'm going to pack up and go home."

Hate to break it to Rick, but quitting is a form of appeasement. If he quits, his adversaries will just follow him home. Everyone knows this.

UPDATE: Word on the internets speaks of a (gasp) Santorum Surge. It is growing.

How to speak to a Libertarian on Climate Change

2011-12-29T12:30:00.001-05:00

From the Wingnet:

Since reconsidering climate science, I’ve had a number of debates with conservative and libertarian friends, who oppose government regulation of carbon emissions in part because they believe those regulations will cost too much. Of course regulations cost; limiting ecological damage and preserving public health requires money. The issue is whether those costs are moral to impose. If no entity has a constitutional right to pollute, and if the federal government has a compelling interest in reducing carbon pollution, then how can those costs not be moral?

It cost money to pay for the night watchman's billy club. The tax payers will need to fork over cash so he can to pay for the night stick to strike down out of control thugs. This is a moral cost.

Rick Santorum is a Powerful Leader and will SMITE his foes.....old testament style

2011-12-28T16:45:00.000-05:00

A Santorum Surge in Progess?

[T]he biggest beneficiary of Gingrich’s collapse appears to be former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who’s rocketed into third place with 16%, a dramatic 11-point climb in three short weeks. Santorum now leads among born-again Christians, and is tied with Paul and Romney among self-described conservatives and Tea Party supporters. The surge by Santorum, who’s quietly made stops in each of Iowa’s 99 counties and won the endorsement of some of the state’s top evangelical leaders, only adds suspense to next week’s caucuses, the outcome of which remains incredibly unpredictable.

Happy Holidays

2011-12-28T09:15:00.000-05:00

Light Posting in Progress for the Holiday season, i.e., X-mas, Hanukah, Festivus, Sol Invictus , New Year's, MLK day and Kwanza. Of Course if you live in the Southern States you likely get to celebrate Robert E Lee day and MLK day on the same day.

Chart of the Day

2011-12-28T08:45:00.001-05:00

If it feels good, just do it! Filibuster.

Chart of the Day

2011-12-27T10:00:00.000-05:00

The Biggest Drag right now is the economy. Get folks back to work and Tax Revenue goes up and Government spending goes down

Merry Festivus Everyone

2011-12-23T00:00:00.000-05:00

Today is the annual Festivus for the Rest of Us holiday. Enjoy the day with Family and friends.

Newt Gingrich Really is a SHAMELESS douche bag

2011-12-21T14:45:00.000-05:00

Family Values!

In September 2009

Allison Vivas of Pink Visual received a fax from Newt Gingrich’s American Solutions for Winning the Future (ASWF) group, informing her that she’s been chosen for a 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year award by his Business Defense and Advisory Council. From the letter obtained by ThinkProgress:

Newt would like to arrange a private dinner with you at the historic Capitol Hill Club on the evening of October 7, 2009 in Washington. You’ll dine privately with Newt at this exclusive venue and he’ll take the occasion to present you with your well deserved award and have your photo taken together.

This tremendous honor is a testament to your success in building your business and recognition of the risks you take to create jobs and stimulate the economy.As an award winner, you’ll be on the ground floor as Newt and his Council begin the work to turn this country around. … Newt is looking forward to hearing your ideas on getting the economy moving again and getting your feedback on his plans over dinner.

Pink Visual is a porn DVD superstore — not the type of company you’d expect Gingrich would want stimulating the economy.

I guess their idea about getting the economy moving again would be more porn. For all we know, Gingrich would have agreed with them.

Joe Klein is an elitist and may hate America

2011-12-21T14:30:00.001-05:00

Case in point. Casting scorn on good hearted folks like George Bush Rick Perry:

Is it elitist to expect that a candidate for President of the United States have a passing familiarity with the English language? Rick Perry is a mud-track biker when it comes to fluency, slipping and sliding past proper usage into the realm of the nitwit ridiculous. Most of his malapropisms are of the classic kind: a not-so-smart guy trying to sound intelligent. Thus, in the first five minutes of his stump speech yesterday, he praised the 10th Amendment to the Constitution as “simplistic” and called the troops fighting in Afghanistan “sacrificial young people.”

This would be a minor, Dickensian curiosity but for the fact that Perry is sneaking up the polls in Iowa again.

He had a pretty good crowd in Davenport last night. He speaks softly, sidled up to the audience, left foot forward, right back, like a fencer. He speaks slowly, usually, because every sentence offers the opportunity for disaster. (I know George W. Bush would screw up from time to time, but he was Diogenes compared to this guy.) And then, there’s the substance of his remarks–which is appalling. Asked why Texas was first among the states in the number of uninsured children, he said, “Texas has chosen to have that sort of health care delivery system” and then immediately compared that Mitt Romney’s individual mandate in Massachusetts.

Apparently, Perry’s definition of “freedom” includes the freedom to allow children to get sick, suffer and die.

Sounds like a perfect candidate for the GOTP to me.

Dispatches from the Wingnut-O-sphere

2011-12-21T14:00:00.002-05:00

Hinderaker Edition:

When Barack Obama became president in January 2009, there was no energy crisis in progress. The price of gasoline was a manageable $1.83 at the pump. Usually, when gas prices rise it is because the economy is booming and demand for energy therefore increases. During the Obama administration, the economy has cratered and gas prices have risen anyway–a double whammy that many would have believed impossible until they saw how Obama’s “green” cronyism suppressed energy development. Thus, while Reagan’s policies led to a 34% decline in the price of gasoline at the pump, by December 2011 the average price was up to $3.29, an 80% increase in the price of gas, even though the economy was in the tank, and recoverable gasoline in the ground was more plentiful than at any time in world history! One wonders whether any other administration could have produced such an inept result.

Gas Prices had fallen due to the law of Supply and Demand. In the free Market, demand for oil drops, so to does the price. Since Oil Prices are set globally, an economic crisis in China reducing the need for oil would mean lower gas prices in America. A Global Economic Crisis would cause a reduction in demand and lead to gas prices under $2.00 in the USA as was the case in January of 2009. As the global economic crisis stabilized, so to did gas prices which then rose to their pre-crisis levels. Not rocket science.

Here is how a winger at the NRO debunks the gas price canard:

The only policies I can think of that would surely accomplish the $2.00 a gallon target are:

1) The seizure by force and nationalized exploitation of a large proportion of the world’s oil supply.

2) The massive federal subsidization of fuel costs.

3) The fomenting of a second global recession as bad as or worse than the last one, complete with negative global GDP growth.

Am I missing something?

Let me say again: We should increase domestic production and expand drilling. But not because it will, by itself, cut gas prices in half. It won’t by a long-shot.

Folks, this what Derangement Syndrome will do to a person. Even the NRO guy can see through the BS that Hinderaker has fallen for. Blaming Obama for the global economic crisis that occurred before he was even elected as president should get one sent to a FEMA run re-education camp. But alas none exist. In a perfect world there would be such places. However, the world is not perfect.

Breaking……………..APPEASEMENT ALERT ! ! !

2011-12-21T13:30:00.001-05:00

Newt Gingrich calls on House Republicans to surrender to Obamunist Strongman on the Payroll tax holiday:

“Incumbent presidents have enormous advantages. And I think what Republicans ought to do is what’s right for America. They ought to do it calmly and pleasantly and happily,” Mr. Gingrich said when asked about the clash between President Barack Obama and House Republicans over extension of the payroll tax cut…

He offered sympathy to House Speaker John Boehner for having to negotiate with “a Senate majority leader who is totally disruptive and a president who is basically campaigner-in-chief, who has no interest in solving the problems of the American people.”

But he said resistance was doomed.

“It’s very hard for the legislative branch to outperform the president in communications,” he said. “He has all the advantages of being one person. He has all the advantages of the White House as a backdrop, and my experience is presidents routinely win.”

This coming from Newt Gingrich who routinely saw defeat at the hands of President Clinton in the 1990s. This is predictable.

But what Newt fails to note is that this surrender will only embolden President Obama to do more and more popular things at the expense of the GOTP.

Think about it this way. If the house GOP rolls over and complies with public opinion, what is going to stop the President from following them home to their congressional districts and further subjecting them to more popular appeals? Nothing.

The House Simply Must Not Give in.

The Elitism of Lamestream Media Just Won't Stop

2011-12-21T12:15:00.000-05:00

Of course Newt Gingrich is not an actual historian. Everyone knows this. If you want to discuss Belgian colonial education policy in 1960, Newt may be a resource, because this was his area of study in college. However, the guy is not a historian. Douche Bag, yes. But Historian, no.

With that being said why would one go this end to discredit the notion that Newt ? The Meanness of Liberal Blog-o-sphere:

"For openers 'historian; Gingrich could not get tenure in a minor institution, West Georgia College... When first asked, Gingrich fudged and said he didn't apply for tenure, then changed his story to having had a conversation with the dean who told him he was not going to get tenure 'under any circumstances. You've spent four years campaigning, you can't turn now and say, 'let me get on the track.'"

For starters I think there is more than just a whiff of elitism to imply that a small college like West Georgia College did not have standards for tenure. Of course this College did not offer Gingrich tenure. What College would?

Rick Santorum is a Powerful Leader and will CRUSH his foes

2011-12-20T13:45:00.003-05:00

Santorum gets endorsed by Bob Vander Plaats of the Iowa Family Leader: Rick Santorum gets baccking from Hardcore Iowa Theocracy set:.

Influential Iowa conservative activist Bob Vander Plaats Tuesday endorsed fellow social conservative Rick Santorum for president, saying, "I believe Rick Santorum comes from us, not to us."

Vander Plaats made the announcement immediately after the Christian conservative organization group he heads, The Family Leader, said it would be staying neutral in the race. Fellow activist Chuck Hurley joined Vander Plaats is offering his personal backing of Santorum immediately after the announcement.

Now he must use this juice to crush his foes in Iowa and move onto South Carolina. If he is man enough he'll do it.

Rick Santorum is weak and pathetic and should, quite frankly, be embarrassed

2011-12-20T13:30:00.000-05:00

A new Lamestream Poll in Iowa proves it:

Ron Paul - 24%,

Mitt Romney - 18%,

Rick Perry - 16%,

Newt Gingrich - 13%,

Michele Bachmann - 10%,

Jon Huntsman - 4% and

Rick Santorum - 3%.

Man, Gingrich's voters are there for the taking and they are going to Paul and Perry. This is Pathetic. Hasn't Santorum gotten around to telling folks that he wants to make America into a Theocracy? He'd need to skip the part about papal decrees and such, but really 3%. Such a loser.

Definition of a Sociopath

2011-12-20T13:15:00.000-05:00

From the Super Mean Liberal Blogosphere:

What makes Newt Gingrich so entertaining is that he is able to combine an adolescent arrogance with a childlike capacity to live in the exact moment, with no sense of the past or the future. Everything is always perfectly obvious, even when it is the exact opposite of what he believed before. He can toggle between perfectly obvious conclusions at will….

For a self-styled historian and futurist, Gingrich has an unusually poor grasp of both the past and the future. He prefers to reside in a present in which he sees everything with perfect clarity.

This fits Newt to a core. If it feels good at the time, he'll do it and not have a second thought about any of it.

Occupational Hazards of Being a Douche Bag

2011-12-20T08:35:00.002-05:00

Why are People so MEAN?

From the net:

A website that promotes adultery has endorsed Newt Gingrich for president, and even erected a giant billboard in Pennsylvania to announce it. Next to a picture of Gingrich making a “shh” gesture, the billboard reads:“Faithful Republican, Unfaithful Husband.” Ashleymadison.com, a dating website for people looking to cheat on their spouses, welcomes visitors with the tag line, “Life is short, Have an affair.”

I guess this makes Newt America's most famous Family Values Adulterers.

Iowa Republicans beginning to realize that Newt Gingrich really is a Douche Bag

2011-12-19T14:00:00.001-05:00

A new Lamestream Poll shows Gingrich in free fall with Ron Paul in the lead:

Ron Paul - 23%,

Romney - 20%,

Gingrich - 14%,

Santorum - 10%,

Bachmann - 10%

Perry - 10% and

Huntsman - 4%.

"Gingrich has now seen a big drop in his Iowa standing two weeks in a row. His share of the vote has gone from 27% to 22% to 14%. And there's been a large drop in his personal favorability numbers as well from +31 (62/31) to +12 (52/40) to now -1 (46/47). Negative ads over the last few weeks have really chipped away at Gingrich's image as being a strong conservative -- now only 36% of voters believe that he has 'strong principles,' while 43% think he does not."

Note that Santorum is up to 10%! He may be a man whose time has come.

Politifact: Newt Gingrich "mostly" a Barbarian

2011-12-19T09:30:00.000-05:00

Surprisingly Politifact, a fact checking outlet, is "mostly" backing Michele Bachmann's following charge against the odious Newt Gingrich:

"And also I think even more troubling, when he was in Washington, D.C., he made an affirmative statement that he would not only support but he would campaign for Republicans who are in support of the barbaric procedure known as partial-birth abortion."

Well maybe it is not the same thing as calling Gingrich a "Barbarian," but it is close enough for me so I am rating Gingrich as "mostly" a barbarian. And in term of saving "civilization" or defending "civilization," which Newt prattles on about so much, it is ironic that to defend "civilization" one must defeat the barbarians which is this case is represented by Newt Gingrich.

BREAKING NEWS..........

2011-12-17T09:52:00.001-05:00

Brittany Spears to join Gingrich Club with 3rd Marriage to some guy.

Good Riddance….Boy

2011-12-16T15:00:00.000-05:00

Pending a Tea Party victory next year, the per capita IQ of congress will get a boost with news that Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY) won't run for re-election "so that he can spend more time with his family," the Lamestream Media Reports.

Geoff Davis, who may or may not be named for Confederate President Jefferson Davis, is famous for referring to President Obama as - Boy in 2008. Now that's some real old school conservatism.

Kentucky's 4th congressional district has been a safe Republican seat. Good chance that it may be a tea party seat next time around

Back to the 90s

2011-12-15T16:15:00.002-05:00

Willard spent the Vietnam War in France and Gingrich sat it out. Ron Paul takes a minute to remind folks about Newt:

After saying that Gingrich backed “all the wars in the Middle East a thousand times more than I would,” Paul brought up the fact that due to various deferments, Gingrich had not served in Vietnam.

“In the 1960s, when I was drafted into the military, he got several deferments,” Paul said. “He chose not to go. Now he’ll send our kids to war. But at that time, he said that one person wouldn’t make a difference. He didn’t know how he could make a difference. So I see that as important information people should know that and it reflects on him.”

It is looking more and more likely that we have hit Peak Gingrich.

Ex-conservative David Frum Assesses the State of the GOTP

2011-12-15T14:00:00.001-05:00

The thing most wrong with present-day Republicanism is its passivity in the face of the economic crisis, its indifference to the economic troubles of the huge majority of the American population, and its blithe insistence that everything was fine for the typical American worker up until Inauguration Day 2009 or (at the outer bound of the thinkable) the financial crisis of the fall 2008.

It is the lack of concern to the travails of middle-class America that “reform Republicans” should most centrally be concerned with.

- Comrade David Frum

Yes. From a Reality Based Perspective, this is an accurate observation. The GOTP offers folks no solutions. Example: One of the House job proposal is to legal more pollution. This is Poppycock, yet it is the best it can do.

The problem with Frum's assessment, though, is his naiveté. You see Comrade Frum actually thinks that GOTP is concerned about the middle class. This is far from the truth, because it is not concerned about anything but the ideology of tax cuts. You cannot be interested in the middle class and be dominated by an ideology centered around catering to the mega rich. These are mutually exclusive objectives.

Cain Wants to be Secretary of Defense

2011-12-15T11:45:00.001-05:00

His 999 plan and a Treasury post takes a back seat to Herman Cain's desire to rebuild the Military the right way. Hate to break it to Herman but knowledge of the outside world and say, China's nuclear capability are prerequisites for this job.

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There is absolutely no self awareness. I'd say that this fella' is clinical, which made him a perfect candidate for the GOTP.

Foxnews Sticking It to Mitt Romney

2011-12-14T14:30:00.000-05:00

Ah the art of subliminal advertising

This Woman is part of my Brain Trust now

2011-12-14T14:15:00.000-05:00

Hopefully the Brain is not from a Mouse with a fully functioning human brain, but Mitt Romney has just welcomed Christine O'Donnell aboard his team!

“Christine has been a leader in the conservative movement for many years. Christine recognizes that excessive government threatens us now and threatens future generations, and I am pleased to have her on my team."

Payday Christine. Start Billing Willard for your time supporting his team. If he doesn't pay threaten to go public.

A Robot without a Soul?

2011-12-14T11:30:00.000-05:00

BEER RULE UPDATE

Some prefer the Romney-bot 9000 to Gingrich.

“I’m just going by my gut. I shook the guy’s hand, looked him in the eye and he has no soul. I don’t see a conviction. I don’t see a leader. I feel like I’m talking to a robot. I’ve talked to all the other candidates and none of them gave me the vibe that Gingrich did. He is not a guy you want to go have a beer with,”

- Judd Saul, a Tea Party Activist

Looks like Gingrich gives Mr. Saul the creeps. Can't say I blame him for feeling that way, but I thought Romney had the market cornered on Robot references.

The GOTP Race Explained

2011-12-14T11:15:00.002-05:00

If it is between Willard and Newt, Jonathan Chait, who writes very MEAN things, breaks down the choice for wingers:

"The robotic consistency of Romney's newfound conservatism does contrast sharply with Gingrich, who lurches between hysterical right-wing paranoia and bouts of bipartisanship. And yet the erratic character of Gingrich's swings suggests that they're unplanned, and thus that they spring from actual conviction, albeit momentary convictions. Gingrich actually believes what he is advocating at the moment he is advocating it. Nobody can plausibly say the same of Romney.

Romney is the handsome swindler who plots to win your mother's heart and make off with her fortune. Gingrich is like the husband who periodically gets drunk and runs off to spend a week with a stripper in a low-rent motel but always comes home in the end. Which one would you rather see your mother marry?"

ANSWER: Neither.

Interpretation: Gingrich is a political sociopath and Romney has no soul. Take your pick.

Willard just can't catch a break

2011-12-14T10:45:00.000-05:00

The Fundies Ain't into the Willardism…....yet:

The new political director for Newt Gingrich’s Iowa campaign thinks that some evangelicals believe God would reject Mitt Romney because of his Mormonism.

Craig Bergman during a focus group on Wednesday with The Iowa Republican and McClatchy newspapers said he thinks Romney’s religion will eventually cost him votes.

“A lot of the evangelicals believe God would give us four more years of Obama just for the opportunity to expose the cult of Mormon,” Bergman said during the focus group, according to The Iowa Republican. “There’s a thousand pastors ready to do that.”

I wouldn’t want to be a practicing Willardite either, but I guess this was always going to be problem for the GOTP. Let me explain.

In the early 1990s or in the GHW Bush administration the GOP made the decision that in order to keep its southern strategy going it'd need to supplement the racists and segregationists who were either dying out or no longer in vogue with a new demographic group. They turned hard toward targeting white evangelicals and succeeded. Now that the GOTP is a largely a religious party, having a Mormon, who outwardly appears to live a good family life, is not acceptable. Willard just can’t catch a break, but then again, you can’t choose your family, but you can choose your friends. Willard has picked some real doozies.

The Beer Rule Explained

2011-12-14T10:00:00.002-05:00

Lamestream Media Figures often tell us that the candidate that we'd most like to have a beer with is the candidate most likely to be elected President. Think George Bush and Al Gore. The Lamestream media told us that more folks would rather sit down for beers with Bush and talk about baseball than hang with Al Gore. In my opinion this "Beer Rule" is just a theory as I don't think that liberal bi-coastal university professors have affirmed it yet through peer-reviewed research.

From the wingnet:

It's a pretty simple law. Here's what you have to do:

You have to act less weird than your opponent.

Note: Long's Law doesn't say you have to act normal. For most office-seekers, that's just not an option. Long's First Law of Winning Elections is, you have to act only slightly less weird than your opponent.

Think about it: Bush v. Gore. Clinton v. Bush. Obama v. Clinton. Even Obama v. McCain. All of these races were colored, primarily, as a contest between an awkwardly packaged and remote-controlled candidate and one who seemed more, well, human. Less weird.

In the epic clash of Mitt v. Newt, what we have is a perfect example of Long's Law. Both of these men are in a race to prove something that is, for whatever reasons, hard to demonstrate to the voters: "I'm less weird than the other guy."

This theory does not bode well for either Newt or Willard. First of all you can't have a beer or a diet coke with Willard and if you sat down with Newt, that'd be just too creepy. I've heard a lot of folks expressing dissatisfaction with the GOTP candidates this year, mainly because they all are either stupid, crazy or did not have a soul. But there is something to the weirdness factor.

That guy, T-Paw, from Minnesota was probably the best candidate they had. He had no personality and was as close to a generic Republican as there was. I think he could have made a perfect Warren Harding Character for the GOP. Just keeping quiet and trying not to offend anyone would have been a perfect formula for Victory in 2012. However the base wanted crazy this time and he couldn't fill the bill - in part because he was a generic republican. You see you can't grandstand and call for the Minnesota Border to be sealed to protect America from an invasion of illegal aliens some of who may be terrorizers to impress the Tea Party, and still be inoffensive to independent voters.

Mark this theory down as another drag on the GOTP.

GOTP Counter-culture on Soon to be on Display

2011-12-14T09:45:00.001-05:00

Believe it or Not!

Glenn Beck TV plans to pump Militia Madness out to the Masses with a new reality survivalism show. Stock up on Bullion and Bullets. You'll need one when worthless paper money becomes worthless and the other when UN troops pour over the county line.

DeadlineTV: GBTV, Glenn Beck’s live streaming video network, has picked up its first reality series, Independence U.S.A. The show, which will premiere January 18 and air on Wednesdays, follows Frank Belcastro and his family as they try to become completely independent and self-sufficient and prepare for life “off the grid” in case of a major calamity like an economic collapse or a natural disaster. Belcastro’s projects include building a car that runs on wood in case gasoline supplies are interrupted, becoming an expert hunter when grocery stores are no longer in existence, and making his own alcohol for barter when the dollar collapses.

Paging Tea Party Titan Joe Miller. We have a casting call for you. Where are you Joe? You and your boys could make citizen's arrests on TV!

BREAKING …… Newt's former Yes-Man endorses Newt in GOTP primary…….

2011-12-14T09:15:00.001-05:00

Tony Blankley:

after the GOP took back the House for the first time in 40 years (and the Senate, too, by the way), Gingrich's four years as speaker proved to be the most productive, legislative congressional years since at least 1965 to 1967, and they were led by Lyndon B. Johnson from the White House. Working against -- and with -- Democratic President Bill Clinton, we passed into law most of the Contract with America, welfare reform, telecommunications reform (which ushered in the modern cell phone and Internet age), we had the first balanced budget since before the Vietnam War, we cut taxes and lowered unemployment to under 5 percent.

Just who the heck do all these wizard political pros think managed all that? It wasn't us clever staffers or many of the now grumbling GOP K Street crowd. We helped, but Gingrich led.

Wow. I never saw this coming. Newt's Yes-man backing Newt and crediting Newt for the Clinton Economic plan and GHW Bush's 1990 budget deal which together balanced the budget? Just Wow.

/sarcasm>.

Late-Nite Comedians are Elitist and Stuff, cntd

2011-12-14T08:15:00.000-05:00

"Yesterday, Newt Gingrich released a statement promising he would not cheat on his wife. Even better, he said he wouldn't cheat on his next wife either or the one after that."

- Conan O'Brien

I've believe Newt has apologized, repented and changed religions so he's in the clear for his past behavior. However, he may run out of religions to covert to if he keeps burning through wives.

Late-Nite Comedians are Elitist and Stuff

2011-12-14T08:00:00.000-05:00

"Well, folks, Donald Trump has decided to cancel his Republican debate he was going to host later this month. The good news, he only has to tell two people."

- Jay Leno

Romney Scores another KEY endorsement….

2011-12-13T17:00:00.000-05:00

…..who is not a Witch - Christine O'Donnell:

In an interview with ABC News, O'Donnell, the Tea Party candidate, said that she empathized with Romney has, in O'Donnell's words, been experiencing "nastiness" from Tea Partiers.

"I find the tone and nastiness of some of the things circulating around the internet about Romney extremely offensive," O'Donnell said according to ABC News.

O'Donnell said it was important that Republicans focus on Obama rather than each other.

"It’s politics of personal destruction aimed at our own and it’s got to stop,” O'Donnell said. “Right now a lawn gnome could beat Obama in 2012, so, yes, we can be picky, but not nasty or malicious. If we don’t stop the Republican cannibalism we’re simply turning this election over to the Democrats, who certainly don’t deserve it."

ABC reports that O'Donnell has donated $250 to Romney's campaign and plans to give more if Romney wins the nomination.

Maybe the O'Donnell magic will rub off on Willard.

Dispatches for the wingnut-O-sphere

2011-12-13T16:45:00.002-05:00

The Clean Air Act was passed in 1970. President Obama was 9 at the time. The Law amended under The first President Bush in 1990. President Obama didn't have anything to do with this either. Yet some hold grudges.

Via Poweline Blog:

President Obama promised that if he became president, electricity costs would skyrocket. Of course, he intended to bring about that result by enacting cap and trade:

Today’s USA Today headlines: “Household electricity bills skyrocket.”

The increase reflects higher fuel prices and the expense of replacing old power plants, including heavily polluting — but cheap to operate — coal plants that don’t meet federal clean air requirements.

And, to his credit, Obama was able to fulfill his campaign promise without cap and trade!

Ah, yes. When old plants age out and need to be replaced, the new plant must be more efficient and clean. For some reason this is bad. Who needs to breathe anyway?

Let's remember that the clean air act is a success. It has reduced air pollution at the same time that energy consumption and automobile usage has risen sharply. But in today's GOTP, a job plan can be as simple as getting rid of the clean air and clean water.

YOU'RE FIRED!

2011-12-13T16:15:00.001-05:00

Word on the internets has it that Donald Trump has fired himself as moderator for the December 27 GOTP debate.

Probably a good move on his part demonstrating his brilliance.

The Lamestream Media is still Elitist and Stuff

2011-12-13T13:00:00.002-05:00

They just can't leave Poor Sarah alone:

Julianne Moore didn’t bring her research on Sarah Palin home with her. At Waterford’s Live A Crystal Life party Center548 in Chelsea on Thursday night, the flame-haired actress told us she “read every single thing” she could about the Grizzly Mama and “watched every interview” in order to prepare for her role as the former Alaska governor in next spring’s HBO mini-series, “Game Change.” But when we asked Moore if she’d developed a newfound respect for Palin after delving deeper into her life, the actress, 51, raised an eyebrow and sighed deeply. “No,” she said quietly.

Moore brightened when we told her that, earlier in the week, Rosie O'Donnell had compared her new fiancée, Michelle Rounds, to “The Kids Are All Right” star on Howard Stern's Sirius XM radio show earlier that week. “Oh! I have never heard this!” a surprised Moore said, adding: “I am very flattered, of course.

This reporting is of course MEAN.

Notice how the Elitists in the Media add the word "newfound" before the word "respect?" I did and note that it is a tricky way of hiding the obvious "oldfound" respect that so many already hold. I mean if your respect level is already at Maximum, there is very little chance of developing "newfound" respect. Did the Lamestream Media check this possibility out?

Just saying.

Chart of the Day - In it for the Benjamins

2011-12-13T08:45:00.002-05:00

This is why Newt can hold out for a better offer. $1M to drop out of the race? Ha! That is just breakfast at Tiffany's. Why would he drop out for one morning of shopping when he is in this thing to go all out Imelda Marcos. Answer: he won't.

Right Wing Shock Jock Offers Gingrich $1M to drop out of the Race

2011-12-13T08:30:00.000-05:00

Michael Savage, a bigot and grifter, offers this:

“Newt Gingrich is unelectable. Mitt Romney is the only candidate with a chance of defeating Barack Obama, and there is nothing more important than that for the future health, safety, and security of the United States of America,” the statement read. “Therefore I am offering Newt Gingrich one million dollars to drop out of the presidential race for the sake of the nation.”

[…]

“If Newt Gingrich really loves this country as much as he says he does, if he really wants what is best for America, he will set his ego aside, call me, and accept my offer,” the statement said. “His continued candidacy spells nothing but ruin for conservatives, Republicans and all true American patriots. One million dollars in exchange for preserving the nation, Newt. I say take the money and don’t run.”

So Willard over Newt? That is the logical play right now, but why should wingers play along now?

Here is the thing. If you make your living keeping wingers poor, dumb and lazy with AM radio diatribes, don't complain that someone else may also try to cash in on this same crowd. Newt is just playin' the game. The state of the GOTP electorate is piss poor. At one time or another, losers like Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and Donald Trump have lead in the polls. Pathetic. But who can really blame these patriotic tea drinking smucks backing the train to loserville? These folks hear the wingnuttery on the Michael Savage AM radio program and the Foxnews. It is unsurprising that a fair number of 'em have bought into the bullshit. Newt Gingrich's support right now is an example of this.

While this sum could bank role a potential 4th or 5th wife, I think Newt needs to hold out for more Ca$h. Don't hate the winger. Hate the Game and Newt is nothing if not a playa.

PS…. Savage offer this passing shot at the Great White Hope that Gingrich could win an election with dazzling debate performances: Gingrich may please some but in the end he'll

“come off badly compared to Obama and look like nothing more than what he is: a fat, old, white man.”