Ron Paul is a lot of horrible things but he sure knows how to say what he thinks – and often what we’re all thinking. I don’t know why Paul hasn’t done more of this. He could dress down the entire field of candidates this way. “So right now, he
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American’s third Pearl Harbor: Newt Gingrich’s failure to get on Virginia ballot
9/11 has rightly been referred to as the US’s second Pearl Harbor. Now we have a third instance, although this one is much more comical and sad than real. Ah, the heights of campaign hubris and presidential fantasies. Not making the Virginia ballot had Newt’s campaign director Michael Krull opining
Continue readingbastard.logic: A Giraffe Hunter in a Ditch is Worth Two in the Bush. Or Something.
by matttbastard Newt teh Perfessor outdoes himself on the future of gender in an excerpt from a mid-90s lecture: Traditionally, he said, “if combat means living in a ditch, females have biological problems staying in a ditch for thirty days, because they get infections and they don’t have upper body
Continue readingDeep Thought: If Gingrich thinks delaying the Keystone pipeline is "utterly irrational", then it must be totally rational
Because a prudent review of the environmental impact of such a pipeline would be so ‘irrational’. Judging from last night’s GOP debate, any careful consideration on any topic is the sign of ‘weakness’ and a lack of manliness. John Wayne didn’t die, he just manifested himself as the figurehead of
Continue readinggay persons of color: The Great American Republican Bully Movement
Sometimes the complexity of the American Republican circus can be more readily understood by clearing the pollution of campaign rhetoric and seeing a consistent strategy present in most Republican candidates currently hoping to lead the party into victory at the 2012 U.S. presidential elections. This approach, at its rudimentary level,
Continue readingImpolitical: Late night
Here’s one take on that Newt paper at Newt.org: Ultimately, however, the most frightening thing about Gingrich’s proposal isn’t its direct conflict with the Constitution, but the implications of such a violation of the Constitution for a fair and impartial judiciary. The framers protected judges from exactly this kind of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Crazy Sauce – Is Newt Gingrich a felon?
Hey, if that is a question you have to ask about a potential candidate do you think that he/she should be in the race? Nominating Gingrich would require any last vestiges of ethical conduct possessed by the Republican Party to be taken quietly into the nearest closet and strangled to
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: I Think I Can Answer the Question on This Week’s Cover of Time
“In Gallup’s poll of the Republican faithful at the start of 1966, Nixon was ahead by twenty-three points. Michigan governor George Romney sat fourth. But Romney was the one all the pundits were picking …” Nixonland, By Rick Perlstein, 2008 George Romney was of course, Mitt’s father. But why did the
Continue readingGingrich pledges to keep it in his pants …. this time
Callista: “Maybe now the fat bastard will stop trying to hump me, too.” I doubt Newt Gingrich has pledged to be faithful to his current wife other than to appease family values voters and assure a sceptical public that he can show fidelity to one woman and not cheat on his wife,
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Iowa ABC GOP Nomination Debate Analysis
The following is an assortment of unordered commentary on the people, politics and policies from the Iowa ABC/Yahoo GOP nomination debate. Gingrich vs Romney et al: This was the first debate where Gingrich was now a clear front runner and it showed by many people going after him much as
Continue readingGingrich plans to be next rising of Netanyahu: Palestinians are ‘invented’ people
Showing that he has lost none of his talent for shooting-in-the-foot hyperbole, Newt Gingrich has gone all likud Netanyahu, diminishing the Palestinian people in a sweeping statement of support for Israel: “I believe that the Jewish people have the right to have a state, and I believe that the commitments
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Loontastic!
If anything seems to elicit the barely disguised lunatic aspect of almost every Republican politician (with a few notable exceptions such as Ron Paul and Gary Johnson), it’s their desperate need to almost comically “out-crazy” one another with bellicose, war-mongering rhetoric whenever speaking to radical right-wing Jewish special interest groups.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Bowing to Republican Pressure, EPA Eases Boiler Emission Standards, Threatening U.S. Economy and Health
boiler emissions.jpg The U.S. EPA has bowed to pressure from Republican members of Congress and relaxed the proposed rules for boiler emissions. By allowing utility industry companies to make “upgrades” to existing boilers, rather than replacing them with lower-emission boilers, corporations will save an estimated $1.5 billion in their attempts to
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Newt’s Ressurection
Paul Krugman writes that to win the contest for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, “there are only two ways to make the cut: to be totally cynical or to be totally clueless.” Mitt Romney is the cynical candidate: Romney embodies the first option. He’s not a stupid man; he knows
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: GOP Leadership Contest: The Likeability Factor
Pundits seem to love to profess multitudes of differing explanations for the see-sawing GOP leadership contest that has seen, respectively, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain and now Newt Gingrich surge to the front of the pack in challenging Mitt Romney. These alternative explanations range from the simple to the complex,
Continue readingLeDaro: Herman Cain gone, now it is between Mitt and New-it
Can Newt Gingrich land a knock-out punch on Mitt to throw him into the political pit? Is it possible that Gingrich will be the nominee? Herman Cain is accused of infidelity while Gingrich admits to his infidelity. It is going to be interesting.
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Cain Disabled
Uh oh! Another “bimbo eruption” threatens to derail the Herman Cain Art Project for good this time… “It’s probably an infinite number of people who could come forward with a story…” With his poll numbers ebbing in the wake of an inexplicable popular resurgence by the ethically challenged serial adulterer,
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Dog Whistle Politics and the Return of Old Dance Partners
“Borrowed in part from the legacy of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, Canadian neo-conservatism owes much of it’s character to the right-wing populist tradition of the West. “Indeed, Canadians became exporters of neo-con innovation in the 1990s. ‘I would say Margaret Thatcher and Mr. [Preston] Manning are the two non-Americans
Continue readingFreddie Mac employee Newt Gingrich tries to worm his way out of another fix
Psst, did I forget to mention Freddie Mac? Now that it’s public knowledge Newt Gingrich’s favourite villain Freddie Mac actually paid the disgraced Speaker $1.6 million for lobbying ‘advice’, I guess it will shoot down any chances at the presidency. If he were a Democrat, he’d already be dead meat.
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: GOP Foreign Policy Debate: Iran, Covert Ops, and Sanctions
While most of the CBS GOP Presidential Nomination debate on foreign policy in South Carolina was predictably following the standard script, there was one issue that somewhat surprised me. That is, the extent to which multiple candidates were very empha…
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