* In case you haven’t seen it yet, I was on Instavision with Glenn Reynolds:
I still have a lot of room for improvement in interviews, but I feel like I’m at least moving in the right direction. And, BTW, buy my book
* NEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWT!
Gingrich got a major newspaper endorsement in New Hampshire (which apparently actually means something there) and now he’s surged on Intrade to over a 20% chance of getting the nomination.
Now, I know we’re all desperate for a not-Romney, but I wonder if he’s the one we really want. He’s got baggage in his past, and you just know in his arrogance he’s going to say things that will anger us and things that anger everyone else. Then again, he does have a record from being Speaker of getting significant legislation through that actually leads to real change — i.e., I’d have more hope of useful things happening during his presidency than Romney’s.
But I’m starting to get kind of worried of how mad will Romney be if he isn’t nominated. We hear over and over how he’s the smart reasonable choice, so will he turn on us if we reject because we just don’t like him? I mean, could he just as easily go from liberal to conservative and back to liberal?
* Speaking of going liberal, David Frum is threatening to leave the Republican Party if we don’t nominate Romney or Huntsman. Didn’t we kick that twerp out?
There seems to be a cottage industry of useless idiots decrying how dumb and unreasonable everyone is in the Republican Party other than them. Of course, these people never have any solution for how to do things such as get real reductions in spending; they just like patting themselves on the back. It’s very masturbatory, and really shouldn’t be encouraged in public.
* Politico has up a story on how Obama’s toughest critic is himself… which is hard to believe since he hasn’t committed seppuku. If Obama ritually disembowled himself, do you know what I’d say? I’d say, “I misjudged him. I thought he was completely out of touch, but now I see he shares some of my own beliefs.”
* More ClimateGate emails have come out about the manipulation of global warming data to make it look like the science is “settled”. We really need to reverse this almost religious reverence some people have for scientists. If you put a white lab coat on an idiot, you don’t get an infallible sage — you just get an idiot with more pockets.
* Wisdom of the Day: “When my wife gets a little upset, sometimes a simple ‘calm down’ in a soothing voice is all it takes to get her a lot upset.” –Bryan Donaldson
* It’s happening. The U.S. government is confiscating fat kids. With us already so much in debt, how are we going to feed all these government-held obese children? And pay for chair repairs?
Anyway, now you have something to help get your kids to eat their vegetable. “You have to eat healthy or you’ll become fat and the government will take you away. It’s true. I can just leave you on the curb Monday; that’s when the government picks up fat kids.”
* It’s an early Festivus miracle!
David Frum saying he’ll leave the party you aren’t elected is similar to getting Hugo Chavez’s endorsement. It really doesn’t help your cause.
You know, I think you did great, you know? I, you know, wouldn’t change a thing.
“Speaking of going liberal, David Frum is threatening to leave the Republican Party if we don’t nominate Romney or Huntsman.”
And we didn’t even need another reason to vote for Herman Cain.
But, does this mean that Frum and Frank will be leaving…umm…together?
Incidentally, that comment was referring to Barney Frank, not the best-selling author.
How is Barney Frank’s impending retirement a miracle? Do you think that the voters who elected Barney Frank aren’t going to elect somebody with the same politics to succeed him? Worse yet, it’s unlikely that his replacement will be nearly as good for comedy material.
First time I’ve seen masturbatory used in a sentence.
Obese kid, and NPR says avg. adult is 20lbs heavier than 20 years ago.
I blame smoking.
Lack of smoking. Give them some ciggies to help those idle hands stay away from the junk food.
politico says, “obama’s toughest critic is himself.”
not as long as i’m alive.
@jw – Obama is working on that.
If Romney loses, will we get the Romney Strangler?
Romney is liberal who grows a spine and likes Reagan every full moon. Which makes him the Lib Man. And still more conservative than Obama.
When I need to fall asleep, I think of Newt Gingrich. Sadly, I always wake up after having nightmares about Bushian economic and immigration policies.
If there’s one thing America needs, it’s more compassionate conservatism.
Barney Frank is retiring. He likes the idea of his seat being up for grabs.
“. . . they just like patting themselves on the back. It’s very masturbatory, and really shouldn’t be encouraged in public.”
That’s some weird-ass anatomy right there. Are there aliens among us?
Newt does make a lot of smart-a** comments, but he’s earned the right to do so by actually being smart. I’m still hoping for Herman Cain though.
Conservatarian – since Frank became a word artist, he’s using all sorts of new word brushes and colors. And like Obama, he has whole palettes of crystal word panes to draw from. One can only view the resulting masterpieces with awe and mystery which reaches from the very inner mind to the outer limits… of credulity.
Best-selling e-book author threatens life of president! T-Men arrest Frank J. in random sweep following weekly pickup of fat kids! News at eleven!
I think Newt’s fading already. He really is a loose cannon. A long time ago he wanted to use government money to throw computers at children. That would hurt! And now this immigration thing has come up, the weirdest non-plan I’ve yet heard, guaranteed to rip communities apart. Newt is toast.
Frum’s still a Republican. Wow. He really puts the INO in RINO.
@FormerHostage – that’s a good one!
If the Newt boomlet is starting to die down already, can we get back on the Perry bandwagon for our Not-Romney choice? Some of us never left it in the first place.
Perry may not be the smartest, the smoothest, or the best debator, but he far and away has the most conservative record as an administrator.
Obama’s toughest critic is himself, huh? Unfortunately, that’s not a very high bar to clear when you consider the name that his closest advisors have lived up – or, this case, down – to … http://bit.ly/qVdDUt
So, once the fat kid loses 100 lbs and becomes a serial killer, he’ll be much better off, right? The unemployed welfare leech next door to me has to be 300 lbs at least, why don’t they come and confiscate her?
If Obama ritually disembowled himself, do you know what I’d say? I’d say, “I misjudged him. I thought he was completely out of touch, but now I see he shares some of my own beliefs.”
Thanks for the laugh.
Whomever wrote that article about Obama being his own harshest critic obviously hasn’t ever been to this site.
The Dark Side of Buying Frank’s Book: I was among the first to buy Frank’s book, pre-ordering it from Amazon and receiving it (on the West Coast) 3 hours earlier than its official release date. I enjoyed it immensely and have shared it with my daughter. HOWEVER, the purchase – added to previous purchases from Ann Coulter and P.J. O’Rourke – convinced the Amazon spybots that I am interested in Politics in general. As a result, their “We Suggest” section on my Kindle Store page includes, as a first choice, Bill Clinton’s “Back to Work,” with a picture of his leering face greeting me every time I open the Store page. I am now going to have to buy a boat-load of Agatha Christies and sci-fi to get that f’ugly mug off of my Kindle. Frank’s book turns out not to have been so cheap after all. You have been warned.
For me. Crabby, there is no ‘dark side of buying Frank’s book.’
Okay. Anyone who hasn’t bought Frank’s book yet, raise your hand…
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The blank sheet of paper is your canvas, the keyboard is your brush and words are your paints…let’s make a mater piece FrankJ!
I’m glad the Government is taking away fat kids because they always smell funny but think of the joy of picking on fat kids that will now be denied every little boy in America…or…I guess any little boy who tries to pick on a fat kid is probably shot full of drugs and sent to gender identity studies so it probably doesn’t matter! What would I have done in Gender Identity studies…I would have called everyone Teh Ghey…they they would have like shot me up with more drugs and probably hooked my nads to a battery or something…but hey…anything for a rush!!!
Loved your interview! Especially the part about how we don’t want evil oil laying around all over the ground at the current price where nobody can afford it! Mother Earth needs to stop pumping that rotten stuff out of herself so that we can’t use it anymore because it spoils Mother Earth…or something…
Thanx #12 FormerHostage. I needed a good laugh today………….z
Frank J:
As a monkey faced liberal, please, I beg of you, support Newt! He is the Republican presidential candidate we liberals have dreamed of running against for years!
And with your support (and of course, your dozens of readers), perhaps he just might get the nomination!
Please! If you endorse Newt, I will even try to pretend that your writing is funny!
Example: “I loved the Festivas reference FrankJ! Nothing funnier than sit-com quotes from more than a decade ago. Master of my Domain! Ha.”
Hmm. Pretending you are funny might be harder than I thought. But if you endorse Newt, I promise to give it my all!
Best Regards,
Monkey Faced Liberal
P.S. NEWTTTTTTTTTTT!
FrankJ:
By the way, what is with the combed-forward Caesar haircut you and Glenn both seem to be rocking?
Is that what all the hip young wingnuts are wearing these days? Or is that just another homage to 1997?
Best Regards,
Monkey Faced Liberal
Who left the door to the monkey house ajar again?
Poor MFL, just last week he was begging us all to support Cain. He must be all confused now that Cain has been accused of acting like a Democrat candidate.
Frank — you did an absolutely fantastic job, sir! Absolutely hilarious. Just started on the book..great stuff!