* So, are we really doing this? Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina primary — and by a large margin. And now polls have him leading in Florida. This seems a little… crazy.
I mean, I know we all don’t like Mitt Romney, and New Gingrich is very good at not being Mitt Romney, but the guy ends up angering us about as much as the left. And the general American population doesn’t like him.
Then again, he’s crazy. Maybe in these weird times, that’s what we need. Plus he has actual accomplishments to run on and was Speaker of the House when we last actually balanced the budget. And he’ll probably go after Obama and go after him hard. Hopefully he’ll get under Obama’s skin more than everyone else will get under his. And he’ll drive the left insane, and the more insane they are, the more that helps us in making them and their candidates unelectable.
Jonah Goldberg has a good article on Newt. The establishment conservatives are freaking out about this “unelectable” candidate, but if these are extraordinary times, nominating an extreme moderate like Romney is tantamount to giving up. And in the long run, that’s the suicidal move.
* BTW, Chuck Norris has endorsed Newt Gingrich. Roundhouse kick!
* So what’s Obama up to? Knowing him, it’s nothing that would be useful to anyone. Oh yeah, he’s preparing for his State of the Union speech Tuesday. I can tell you the State of the Union now: Not very good because we have an awful president. I doubt that’s what Obama will say, though, as this will really be a campaign speech for him.
“You like that last four years and want more of that?” No that’s not going to work…
“Wanna see how many more trillions I can spend?” No, that won’t help either. He’s really going to be a tough sell.
“The Republicans are extremists!” Not great either, but it’s about all he has.
* Words of Wisdom from Jim Geraghty:
When you watch The Phantom Menace in 3-D, the acting is upgraded to two-dimensional.
* Man, I always have trouble with these on Monday as I just don’t pay much attention to the news on the weekends. Plus, all of it right now is “Newt! Newt! Newt!” So what do you all think? The choice is basically Romney or Newt. Or pointlessly hope for a brokered convention. Romney is supposed to be electable… but he’s also kind of pointless. And Newt… well, he’s going to be a challenge. And he might not even be that good as president as he fancies himself an intellectual which I distrust. It’s like Sophie’s Choice if Sophie didn’t really like either of her kids.
I think elections should work in reverse. You cast your ballot for who you don’t want to be president. That’s practically how it works now anyway.
I’m sure the State of the Union speech will be full of pointless platitudes and good feelings for democrats and unsubstatiated attacks on conservatives.
The Republican response, should be –
“Look at the decline of the last three years, and pay close attention to the most radical first two of those, when the democrats controlled the White house and all of Congress.
Do you want to give the democrats the three months after November’s election to destroy the country in a manner similar to the first two years, or FOUR MORE YEARS?”
After November, Obama will have a ticket to ride, either way. We get to chose how long he gets to steer his high-speed train towards the cliff.
I’ll be happy with President Newt… I don’t buy into all this “unelectable” stuff, whoever is the Republican Nominee is very likely to be President… they ARE going up against Obama after all. So Assuming things stay as they are, and using current analysis, I can safely assume that Obama will continue to be Obama, They’ll be a republican president, regardless of who wins the primaries.
A Romney presidency would merely be four years of a slower pace of socialism, followed by a democrat landslide in 2016 after the democrats claim that we “tried conservatism and it failed” with Romney. As for Romney in 2012…just say no.
On one hand, Mitt likes firing people. So he should be in charge of the federal government, as I would like to see a lot of those people fired. On the other, Chuck Norris is hard to ignore. When Chuck kicks a habit, it stays kicked. Chuck can slam a revolving door. So this is serious, people.
Mitt Romney is like a computer flip-flop register that is fed the output from a random number generator. Man, you just can’t track the flippin’ and floppin’. Plus, he sounds like a car salesman maxed out on coffee. Wait… Coffee!!
In every American crisis and struggle, the citizenry has produced people capable of greatness. And we the people have to do it again, because the current leaders are a bunch of fools.
And that has to be the most obvious thing I’ve ever written.
@Marko:
“…And we the people have to do it again, because the current leaders are a bunch of
foolstools.” (Improved It for Me)That’s okay, Marko. It’s better than being obtuse.
Newt must give the televised Republican SOTU rebuttal.
Other candidates can give theirs too, but nobody would listen.
I wish Newt would post here.
What is it? Afraid of what your avatar will look like????
Yeah, Newt is chicken. Plus, he likes Israel.
ME 2012! !!!!1!!!1
“It’s like Sophie’s Choice if Sophie didn’t really like either of her kids.” And the kids kept viciously attacking each other.
This may very well end up being know as the first GOP Primary to abide by Thunderdome Primary Rules.
I understand that they are having a steel cage match in Florida tonight? Can’t wait.
You know the GOP primary has been more like professional wrestling than I care to contemplate right now.
I fully expect New Gingrich to leave the podium after Brian Williams first question at the debate tonight, grab Williams note cards, throw them on the ground and then stick Williams face up to them while swatting him on the butt with a rolled up newspaper and saying “Bad reporter, bad Brian Williams, biased questions are bad!”
I don’t know if I should feel good or bad that a US Senator can be groped by the TSA. On the one hand at least it’s not one of those things that are imposed on normal people but the powerful get exempted. On the other hand if a US Senator has to be groped before he can get on an airplane what chance do I have of not getting a full body cavity search when I fly to my cousins wedding in a couple months?
I hope my designated TSA rapist at least has warm hands.
I’m trying to work out an extremely complicated metaphor for the GOP primary using Dr. Strangelove. Right now Ron Paul is General Ripper, Mitt Romney is General Turgidson, the GOP grass roots are Slim Pickins, and Newt Gingrich is the bomb. The GOP establishment are Dr. Strangelove and President Muffley arguing about the mineshaft gap seconds before the world ends. After that it gets kind of foggy but I think you get the point.
Hey, Big E. I heard the TSA guys really like it when you writhe and moan a lot when they’re doing their strip search. They especially like it when you yell things like, “Don’t stop!” and “More, more!” They also really appreciate it when you look them directly in the eye with a kind of half-smirk on your face, and if you can do it while pitching a tent, all the better.
My favorite trick is to compare the quality of service they provide with what I could get elsewhere: “I usually have to pay $2 to get this kind of service down at the truck stop!” “You know, should ask your mom for some tips; she’s way better at this sort of thing than you are.”
I figure if they’re bound and determined to molest me, I’m going to make it as uncomfortable for them as possible.
How ’bout a dual ticket, put the brains on the front burner (Newt) and Ken-doll (Mitt) as VP until 2020. You know, the opposite of the Bush-Cheney bill.
All of the candidates are better than Obama, but none of the candidates are good enough to prevent the country from cratering. I guess I’d go with Gingrich, as he did less actual damage while in power than Romney did. Then again, he was in the congressional branch where his impulses had to get by all the other congress cretins.
It really just boils down to how fast I want the car to be going when we drive off the cliff.
Hey Insurance guy we don’t play with dolls…well maybe Jimmy but his is life sized.
meh.
I don’t care anymore.
Just want me when it’s time to push the “not Obama” button.
oops…that should be WAKE not want
It’s okay. Everybody wants to be wanted.
True, Basil, but not everyone wants to be a woken.
Secondly, blarg. Now would be a good time. Go ahead: PUSH the “not Obama” button!! (Then, Get Out! Get Out of There!!!)
Thirdly, Ed. You better believe it. She’s a big girl – and she came straight from your “CELESTIAL DATING CENTER.”
With Victoria’s SecretTM angel wings?
Yes, Crabby, of course!
We need constitutional amendments at the State level in all 50 States to require:
1. NOTA (None of the Above) be listed for every ballotposition
2. If NOTA wins even a plurality of the vote, election for that position starts back at the beginning with every person listed on the ballot for that position disqualified from running.
Maybe we could get a landslide for NOTA for enough positions (POTUS, congresscritters, State legislators, mayors, dog catchers, whatever: come one, come all!) to clean house a bit.
David, so if NOTA wins, who gets to be President until a new one is elected? The previous one? If played correctly, it could extend a President’s term beyond the Constitutionally limited 2 terms.
The current campaign cycle is about 2 years – so does that mean Obama would keep getting 2 year extensions until we get someone else we like?
blarg:
No, Article II, Section 1 (as amended by Amendment XII, Amendment XXII, and Amendment XXV) kicks in, and the House of Representatives elects the president.
Basil:
and then we’re right back to Presidents nobody’s really excited about because they’re picked by the party elites. You just can’t win.
We just can’t get a rip-roaring debate going here like we us to.
I’ll tell you what, though, Crabby, I’m sendin’ her back to Ed for a refund. Her costume ripped and all the stuffing came out.
I watch the debate tonight on NBC.
Mitt was Mitt, Newt was Newt, Rick was Rick, and Ron Paul… Ron Paul wasn’t the crazy uncle nobody talks about!
Boy, you think you’ve got someone figured out, and then they surprise you by doing the unexpected!
I still support Rick – even if his dog wasn’t home-schooled.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZcc1D0YhE0
@Jimmy’s vomitous picture of the anorexic blonde adorned with peacock feathers: Long ago I heard that fashion designers for women are actually woman-hating gay men, and that their intent is to make women look comically hideous.
Jimmy, you have provided proof.
Huh, I’m in moderation land again. I can see a few words that might have sent me afoul of the rules.
Please moderate my comment when convenient. I’ll try not to use bad words again.
I’ll take this …I can’t help myself: I’m an optimistic pessimist.
Someone who is not Mitt does seem like a nice idea, but I’m not sure Newt really works. I mean, I know that technically, Newt is not biologically the same person as Mitt. But doesn’t it kind of matter what the difference is? I mean, does “pretty much Mitt except more of a dickweed” really get the job done? Is that all the difference necessary?
I and Fred Thompson have endorsed Newt! So the rest of you just sit down and shut up! Thank you!
Congressman Gingrich: “I AM NOT A NEWT! I AM A HUMAN BEING!”
Yeah, Burma, Ed the Pastor sent me a defective unit. I’ll have to resume looking here on Earth.