The Evolution of Negative Advertising
The absurdly hypocritical “Pot v. Kettle” sniping towards the end of yesterday’s MTP debate between Newt Gringrich and Mitt Romney over the legitimacy and moral superiority of the viciously negative…
Newt Gingrich
The biggest loser in Iowa: the Tea Party
Among the Iowa winners were Mitt Romney (establishment candidate), with Rick Santorum (Evangelical candidate) trailing by 8 votes, then Ron Paul (Libertarian candidate). Trailing significantly was Newt Gingrich, an old…
Ron Paul to Newt Gingrich: yer a chickenhawk
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…
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,…
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…
Deep 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…
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…
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…
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…
Gingrich 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…
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…
Gingrich 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…
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…
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”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Freddie 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…