Newt Gingrich Doing the Obama

Mitt should have released his Taxes earlier and then pointed out In 2004, John Kerry and his wife released portions of their separate tax
returns that showed the couple paid an effective federal tax rate of
about 13 percent on $5.5 million in income from the year before. (At
first, Kerry only released his own tax return. He later released the
first two pages of the tax return of his millionaire wife, Teresa
Heinz.) Some conservatives, like Stephen Moore of the Club for Growth,
used Kerry’s effective tax rate to criticize him for his opposition to a
flat tax that would raise his taxes.
 
George and Laura Bush paid
about 28 percent of their income in taxes in 2003, though their yearly
income was a tenth of the Kerrys’ that same year.   He should have at the same time released all college information and demand to see Obama`s.

Better yet, he should do so at the debate and physically hand them to the moderator and add………Just so the media can`t ignore what I have asked for.

I agree Romney has made some unforced errors. Refusing to release his taxes was one. It made him look as if he had something to hide. And the anti-Romney crowd played that for all it was worth.

Meanwhile Mr. Sanctimonious Gingrich, has the absolute effrontery to say:  

Gingrich: it’s not my debating, it’s articulating deeply held American values.

Who knew whoring around and cheating on multiple wives were deeply held American values?

i loved michael murphy’s comment that alcohol sales have gone up in DC after the SC results:  cases of champagne being delivered to Pelosi’s office and the hard stuff to REP’s offices. 

newt is now harping on the fact that romney’s staff ditched their hard drives when he left the governorship of MA.  i wonder whether the gingrich records from the House are available.  wouldn’t they be great?

Using the excuse since they did it that way I’m doing it that way does not work very well anymore…
Like I said in a few other posts, Romney looking like he was working from the Obama playbook of 2008 was getting to me.
Those who patted Romney on the back saying that since Obama has hidden so much whats the difference irked me even more. Hey, isn’t Obama secretive background many of us still do not like him.
The problem that Romney has is that he gave the impression that he has something to hide. Not being straight and forthcoming to the American People is the real problem. Rather he has something to hide or not, he is giving the impression he is hiding something not what is in the tax returns or what type of offshore accounts he has…

Damn Right Newt has a shipload of crap in his history, yet what politician doesnt.. Now a days its actually strange to find a good honest upfront politician.

I have clues that reveal a lot more about Newt.  I’ve spent the past 24 hours coming up with something you said you were looking forward to….

http://thesibylspeaks.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/2012-gop-florida-primary-swimsuit-edition/

If they are I will make a bet that Newt will bring the majority of it forward, cause if he doesnt someone else will and I think Newt knows that….

With all the politicians in the world; why cant the GOP come up with a better slate to choose between.

Off -topic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will step down from Congress this week to focus on her recovery, her staff announced Sunday.
I actually love this lady and the courage she has had in her recovery, but realized when she appeared to vote in Congress that day that there was a good possibility she was not going to be the person that her voters elected into office several years ago.
http://news.yahoo.com/rep-giffords-resign-congress-week-192109276.html

love this:
 
 
 

Here’s the problem… the dems may be cracking open bottles of bubbly, but DON’T ASSUME they are right to be doing so.

To do so implies the conventional wisdom is correct.  The political elite are showing themselves to be incompetent at every other turn, so why should their belief that a Gingrich candidacy would be a win for the wun have any validity?

I am not a Gingrich fan, but I also do not think that if he does get the nomination, it will be the equivalent of “snake eyes” being rolled twice in a row as Larry seems to fear.

this is what i meant to include

 ”why cant the GOP come up with a better slate…”     

I don’t know, but could it have anything to with the democrats apparently having the anointed ones of the world who have come down off the mountain with no trash in their luggage? Ha, that certainly isn’t the answer.  Could it have anything to do with maybe pundits, backers of certain candidates, and the establishment deciding who the perfect candidate for us is?  Maybe the lowly dumb voter who supposedly can’t make up his/her mind realizes that there is no perfect candidate and that each has some sort of baggage in his/her background which the voter doesn’t necessarily measure against that same set of criteria or values as those pundits, backers, or the establishment.

Surely the current republican situation couldn’t have anything to do with a good many voters being somewhat fed up being told up front that this is the only candidate who possibly can win against Obama because those within the republican establishment and monied interests have said so.  IMHO many voters are fed up with that kind of mandate from the higher ups who must certainly be better informed, better educated, and have vastly more worldly experienfce than we!  It may be that many a voter has finally decided he/she will decide which candidate meets his/her requirements the best.

I maintain that gingrich is on axelrod’s payroll.

Prepare for the worst. Hope for the Best. And do your duty to fight to win and help – even a Newtron nomination.

With the SOPA scare and now NDAA passed, people are dreading another four years.

I couldn’t agree more.  Or at least he donated to his campaign.  

It wouldn’t be the first time that an operative for one candidate made a HUGE donation to a candidate they were sure would lose in an election.

Expect it to get worse when the race goes to Nevada.  Newt’s Sugardaddy (Sheldon Adelson, Las Vegas) already gave him $5M 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/las-vegas-casino-tycoon-gambles-5m-on-backing-for-newt-gingrich-6287009.html

I cannot believe that the GOP would even support this man. I guess they have no morals……

And this one…

And this one…

I want to see the ethics records.

I want to see the ethics records.

I don’t know how Newt did it but I am glad he did. Santorum seems to be going down the tube (money) and that leaves the hyperventilating vulture capitalist and Dr Magoo to share a well deserved loss. I sort of like Santorum but alas it was not meant to be. I never liked Newt but I think he will be better than the other also rans. Looking forward to how Newt handles the racial assault , re. juan williams, and how the democrat socialists will tear into Newties sex life from back in the 1990s as they did Cain’s sexual advances toward fragile women going back 13+ years, especially since their boy, Obama, was sexually active outside of matrimony toward fragile men like S. Sinclair, so the story goes. I am sure John King will choose his questions of Newt a little more carefully after that last debate. LOL!!!!

I don’t know how Newt did it but I am glad he did. Santorum seems to be going down the tube (money) and that leaves the hyperventilating vulture capitalist and Dr Magoo to share a well deserved loss. I sort of like Santorum but alas it was not meant to be. I never liked Newt but I think he will be better than the other also rans. Looking forward to how Newt handles the racial assault , re. juan williams, and how the democrat socialists will tear into Newties sex life from back in the 1990s as they did Cain’s sexual advances toward fragile women going back 13+ years, especially since their boy, Obama, was sexually active outside of matrimony toward fragile men like S. Sinclair, so the story goes. I am sure John King will choose his questions of Newt a little more carefully after that last debate. LOL!!!!

I will never support Gingrich… I would sit it out like many others.

I will never support Gingrich… I would sit it out like many others.

Puhleeze…annie…morals went out in this country in the 60s. Do you expect the morals in Washington will be better than those in the majority of the country?  One thing about Newt, his morals are out there for all to see.   I doubt we could say the same for our other elected representatives.  I prefer to attempt to concentrate on the issues and who will be better to get our country back on track.  I hate to think of those I voted for who I thought were moral people who turned out to be maybe even worse than Newt…thinking back, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Bill Clinton, and then there was John Edwards who I might have voted for…I’m sure there are Republicans in the not so moral list too.  I just can’t recall them right now.  I wouldn’t have voted for Obama, but then the media hid his transgressions. Romney is a flip-plopper right up there with the best of the flip-floppers, so I don’t know what he stands for; Santorium seems to be as moral as they come, but he doesn’t seem to be acceptable to most; Ron Paul seems to be a moral person also, but again peolpe are afraid of his Foreign Policy stance – CAIR loves him though.  So, what’s a voter to do?  The best we can and I hope No Quarter can accept that from those of us who just can’t jump on the Romney band wagon at this time.

Puhleeze…annie…morals went out in this country in the 60s. Do you expect the morals in Washington will be better than those in the majority of the country?  One thing about Newt, his morals are out there for all to see.   I doubt we could say the same for our other elected representatives.  I prefer to attempt to concentrate on the issues and who will be better to get our country back on track.  I hate to think of those I voted for who I thought were moral people who turned out to be maybe even worse than Newt…thinking back, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Bill Clinton, and then there was John Edwards who I might have voted for…I’m sure there are Republicans in the not so moral list too.  I just can’t recall them right now.  I wouldn’t have voted for Obama, but then the media hid his transgressions. Romney is a flip-plopper right up there with the best of the flip-floppers, so I don’t know what he stands for; Santorium seems to be as moral as they come, but he doesn’t seem to be acceptable to most; Ron Paul seems to be a moral person also, but again peolpe are afraid of his Foreign Policy stance – CAIR loves him though.  So, what’s a voter to do?  The best we can and I hope No Quarter can accept that from those of us who just can’t jump on the Romney band wagon at this time.

No.  You are a hypocrite. If you excuse and justify the shit Gingrich does then you deserve four more years of Obama.  Gingrich is walking toxic waste.  He is worse than Obama.  He is more dangerous.

Thanks.  I’ll put it up top.

I have to laugh . . . the breathless hyperventilating over Gingrich -Romney or Obama.

 In truth we are screw regardless of who ever succeeds in this joke of an election. Nobody here is up to the task to getting this death spiral turned around . Not one of them.

 U wanna pray for something ? U want a Miracle?
Pray for a quick death.

Larry, I don’t think there is anything more dangerous then losing your job, your home, your hope in America. People are living in their cars, they’re committing suicide, they’re getting divorced. They’re lined of five blocks down hoping to draw a lucky number at the food bank. They are sleeping on the sidewalk in front of the unemployment office.That is what Obama has done. I don’t think people care anymore about a candidate’s integrity, they just want to see somebody kick some ass.

A dead goat would be better than Obama.

If he isn’t releasing them… then he doesn’t need to be talking about them. Saying 15% and not releasing them was the work of an ignoramus. 

I disagree that Newt is more dangerous than Obama-Newt can be impeached should he reach the oval office.  Obama never can no matter what he does.
So Larry who are you for………

I disagree that Newt is more dangerous than Obama-Newt can be impeached should he reach the oval office.  Obama never can no matter what he does.
So Larry who are you for………

Gingrich is far smarter and a more effective demagogue than Obama.  That’s why he is more dangerous.  If it comes to a Newt vs Obama I will vote third party.

and then don’t we end up with 4 more years of Obama?  A third party cannot win.

Take the link–it’s so funny!  (Unless you’re a Newt fan or a Santorum fan.)

Well, I, even with my genuine allergy to alcoholic beverages, will have to be drunk or on drugs–which I also never take, before I could force myself to fill in the circle for Newt. 

And I did used to think I was an ABO person.  Now, I’m not so sure.  And I know several Dems who voted for O but who had grown disillusioned with him would then have to vote for him anyway because they hate Newt and would view a vote for him as the same as a vote for GWB.

I am with you on this.  Newt is even more blatant in his narcissism than O.

I wish people would really think about Larry’s post comparing the stuff happening now to what happened in Germany before WWII.  No, Newt is not Hitler.  But the things happening now in our country are so eerily similar, not just in regard to Newt bu in regard to O especially.  I think an election between those two is a LOSE LOSE situation. 

I recently watched a History channel show on the build up to Nazi control in Germany.  Very frightening stuff–the most frightening thing about it was that it happened so fast.  If it starts here, we won’t have time to stop it either.

I know you don’t think I am serious, but I am when I say that I am actually keeping my options open to move out of the country given the horrid political situation here.

yttk–read my comment above.  That IS exactly the situation as it was in Germany.

Diana – for the sake of the nation I hope folks like you and Kata K can learn to hold your nose with one hand, while you vote with the other.

If you want to know how Newt won read this:

Iowa: Conservatives 53%, Moderates 26%, Libertarians 21%

New Hampshire: Moderates 56%, Libertarians 23%, Conservatives 19%

South Carolina: Conservatives 57%, Moderates 28%, Libertarians 17%

Now apply that to the general and the swing states.

Now who stands the best chance.

Sure as Hell not Newt.

We can`t let Obama make more appointments to the Supreme court.

His condescending attitude is going to wear thin on the rest of America-guaranteed.  Newt would not be better for the country than Romney.  Many of Newt’s own party, who worked with him before, are not supporting him.  That says a lot about someone. 

I’ve already had to quietly make such contingency provisions for my family and I, on two seperate continents, to maintain my own sanity, precisely because I was brought up to understand you have to calmly prepare for any eventuality, if you are to survive.

Conditions ARE beginning to deterioriate, and I only wish I were ten years younger, so I’d be more physically agile to handle the practical details on my own. 

“I recently watched a History channel show on the build up to Nazi control in Germany. Very frightening stuff–the most frightening thing about it was that it happened so fast. If it starts here, we won’t have time to stop it either…”

And every bit of it is true, but what is never expressed is how much deception, manipulation, and control postures are implemented, in order to maintain a sense of benign continuity you are trained to accept, before it’s too late.

You cannot trust your neighbors.  They fear for their own.

You can’t extend the most basic of courtesies to friends and acquaintances you’ve known all your life, without losing the ability to keep your own lies straight.

Barky signing NDAA was a game changer for me.  Passport renewals in process,  licenses renewed, necessary paperwork obtained, surrogates chosen, pharmacy scripts….all for a “maybe”.

And all of this is expensive.  But we will stay FREE, if the worst were to come to pass.

And my home here can be “safe haven”, for those who cannot sustain the upheaval.

If it all turns out rosy, I have a great time-share for vacations, a successful “dry run”, and having a chance to rebuild, gives me a serenity you cannot imagine.

I need to be able to CHOOSE to be free to watch chaos at a distance…

This is not for everyone.  Look at your lifestyle and geographic location, and at least take the first step toward securing yourselves, and it makes this political instability so much easier to manage.

I tell myself, “Remember the past, live the present, and trust the future…”

It helps.

That rationale no longer registers with me, for it’s obvious we have no choices we really can trust.

For whatever reason, I have the tiniest smidgen of faith in Dr. Paul, so I’ll stick with what feels like a quality decision, and let the parties take the blame for any eventualities.

I already own land in Canada.

February will see Gingrich recede a bit due to the lack of debates and heavy emphasis on ground organization in Caucus states that may allow Romney to recapture some momentum. Pick your poison. Newt is every bit as manipulative and unprincipled as Romney – he simply isn’t cursed with the weakness of a glass jaw that would allow it to manifest for voters personality-wise.

Hmmm… not sure I’d say that too loud… from the stats it looks like they actually *are* deeply held American goals, at least for men…

yttik- don’t say that too loud.  We’ll get Kerry again

Packing now…

was I that obvious?

RRRRRROOOOOOFFFFFLLLLL!!!!!!

If Romney can’t deal with Noot. How the hell is he going to deal with the Chicago meat grinder?

I used to say the same thing about Romney, but then I listen to Hannity (or was it levine?) who pointed out n obvious: Neither Gingrich, Romney or Santorum are marxists. And not voting for the Rep candidate would be voting for a Marxist. That I cannot do for the sake of my country.

I’ll have a pair of clotheline pins embeded on my nose this whole November day, but it will come down to ABO.

Easily.  

If they want to throw in the Mormon thing, then they’ll have to deal with Rev. Wright’s bullshit

If they want to talk about flip-flopping, they’ve got a mouthful to swallow.

Romneycare?  Well then – let’s talk about Obamacare

Job creation?  Bring it!

The economy?  Let’s roll…

Not to mention that the things that were too “sensitive” for Hillary to mention (Larry Sinclair, Tony Rezko, 3 dead guys in the church, Vera Baker, Valerie Jarrett, Blago, etc.  I’m sure you get my drift) – FAIR GAME among the GOP.

ROFLMAO!!

(I’m laughing, if it didn’t have the ring of bitter truth to it.)

I fundamentally do not trust this man, this agent of Satan.

I’m sorry, but this is my attitude.

And the reason why my disgust for him surpasses even that of Cain, or Barky, is this.

When Barky spoke of “hope and change” I thought his followers were morons.  But, on some level, I could at least understand the change they sought.  I despised Bush, too.

When the “Cainiacs” went for their bait, I couldn’t fathom being taken in by “9-9-9″, cutesy down-home expressions like “I doesn’t care”, and sang songs to them.

That was the sum total of content.  At this point, I’m convinced conservatives in general, have gone batshit insane, this is karmic punishment for having supported Hillary, these crazy-ass Southerners are in some way unconsciously atoning for guilt over a policy of slavery, or looking for a SPIRITUAL leader, or charmed by the daffiness of this all, etc., etc.

But this was the point where I understood how profound the utter hatred of the media, and media bias, was to them.

I remembered how, when Eva Peron took over Radio Belgrano, that was the end of all political opposition, and the military was stifled.

Then Gingrich showed up, and I couldn’t get why he had ANY support, among the hard right.

I actually agreed with some of what he and Perry are saying, but why is HE saying it?  And how do Mr. FannieFreddie and Commander Gardasil explain away their own hypocrisies?

Larry’s observations helped me to pull it altogether….

“Jump ahead four years. Republicans are fed up, hell, many are livid, over the economic policies of Barack Obama and his vision of putting the government in control of health care. Riled up by the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levine, Michael Savage and Sean Hannity, the conservative faithful deeply believe that Obama is a socialist bent on destroying America. The desire to be rid of Obama is equal to the passion of the left in 2008 to be rid of Bush…”’?

“…Newt’s ability to lie and dissemble matches anything we saw Obama do. Just like Obama it is all about getting elected…”

“Newt, like Obama, understands how to play on the anger of his base and tell them what they want to hear. The base hates Obama for being a socialist yet get moist in the shorts for Newt even though Gingrich uses the same kind of divisive class warfare rhetoric as Obama…”

I’m not totally convinced that so many on the right will buy into this looney-tune psy-op, even if they are not oblivious to the obvious endgame.

But the architects of darkness always start off with a kernel of truth, to obscure the populace’s ability to recognize the lies.

I don’t believe for a moment they actually believe his base actually believes that Romney is a greedy robber baron.

That would be MY argument, not the evangelicals and neocons.

The point is, FEW, if ANY, Romney-haters stood up and defended him, on principle.

They were WILLING to let the propagandists set the agenda.

They see Newt as their WARRIOR.  He will SPREAD FREEDOM!  PAX AMERICANA!  The, NEW AMERICAN CENTURY!  GLASS PARKING LOT……

As I suspected, there is something very sinister, that surpasses our ability to recognize who’s behind it all.

This country has gone to hell in a hand bag.  A cheap one to boot

Excellent.

Just don’t put your money there.

Too inextricably linked to our system.

Calista is no score.

That in a nutshell is pretty much the appeal of Newt. A large number of reps, independants and former dems cannot wait to see the puppet in chief KO for the count in a debate with Newt.

Even with Jarrett in one ear, Axlerod in the other, 4 teleprompters in view and one more up his ass for good measure, in addition of the all MSNBC moderator staff lined up, Obama cannot win a debate against Newt.

But it is also about the day after. Newt as Prez: scary as hell with a bad ending ala Nixon.

See, this is my hypocrisy.

I voted for Kerry.

But, somehow, how he feathered his nest, didn’t really affect me as much as these guys do, nowadays.

I mean, I never gave the fact that he was banging a ketchup maven for his daily bread a second thought…

If he doesn’t release them this week, he’s fucked.

And the same, for Dr. Paul.

Out of solidarity, they should stand up, be men, and release them simultaneously, just to fry Barky’s ass.

Ron Paul said he would drop out  if…….

If he doesn’t finish in the top two in Virginia,   LOL Will Newt say the same thing?

Don’t know much about Kagan.

You’d wouldn’t like Sotomayor, though.

Dumb as a post, liberal in a “Gloria Bunker” vein, openly hostile to all law enforcement, gun-grabber, utterly corruptible, potential Fed rat, emotionally disturbed.

And I’M saying this…

HE DID???

HE CAN’T!!!!

No God Please….

No, I’m not a hypocrite.  I don’t excuse and I don’t justify.  I never required that my elected representative be a saint or without sin.  And, I haven’t found one yet who is perfect.  My primary has not come around yet and when it does the fix will already have been in.  I’ve stated that I don’t like Romney but I’ll vote for him.  He may not have committed adultery, but again we may find out years from now that he has.  Just like we found out about John F. Kennedy.

I could agree with everything except your last paragraph.  I don’t see Romney getting down and dirty with that.  He might be chicken enough to let his PAC handle it, but I don’t see him going face-to-face with Obama about it.

I can see the Pac breaking the ice, and then Romney throwing it at him in a debate, just as he did to Newt re: the ethics violations.

I’m hoping Romney learned a little something in SC and steps up to the plate.  At this point, I’m not terribly excited, but still willing to give him a shot.  I mean, what the heck?  Why not?

But I do respect someone who will rise to the occasion, and I sure hope he does.  Otherwise, it’s going to be many shots of Jack for me until this is all over with…

JFk didn’t run on a family values platform.  JFK didn’t run around condemning the sexual peccadilloes  of his opponents.  Newt is a true hypocrite.

But why?

Why bother?  What do you expect to be different, in real terms?

Who will we be given to vote for, next?

Jack Abramoff?

Jon Corzine?

Rahm Emanuel?

Eleanor Clift?

WTF are you talking about, “for the sake of the nation”????

scotty LOL think about  ….If he doesn’t finish in the top two…. ONLY PAUL AND ROMNEY ARE ON THE BALLOT THERE, he HAS to finish in the top two.

LOL I think you just forgot.  Course I think most people have forgotten that newt isn’t on the ballot several places across the US.  But, this isJust a little jab at Newt and Santorum,

I agree that neither Gingrich or Obama are the people they appear to be. But I see Obama as nothing more than a hawker and snake oil salesman. I see Gingrich as more of a magician. He has some tricks up his sleeve. The only reason I would be willing to vote for him for President is the fact that he was basically ousted from his Congessional position. In my book, that is a plus. He didn’t have the support of the degenerates in the US Congress. I don’t know what happened then; I wasn’t paying much attention at the time. But, in any case, I would be more interested in those circumstances than in anything any of the candidates having been saying so far on the campaign trail. What I am really hoping is that one of the tricks that Gingrich has up his sleeve would be to reopen the 9/11 investigation.

Lupe,
He was bounced for incompetence.  His lack of commitment to conservative principles so angered the conservatives that they dumped him.

Great post Julie.  Good stuff.

The gates of Hell are going to opened on Newt:

Gingrich Used Payroll Tax Ploy Often Attacked By IRS

Newt Gingrich avoided tens of thousands of dollars in Medicare
payroll taxes in 2010 by using a technique the Internal Revenue Service
has consistently and successfully attacked.  Republican Presidential
candidate Gingrich and his wife, Callista, treated only $444,327 of
what they got from Gingrich Holdings. Inc. and Gingrich Productions as
compensation to them, while reporting a whopping $2.4 million of their
earnings from these corporations as profits or dividends. Medicare taxes
are levied at a rate of 2.9% on an unlimited amount of compensation
and self-employment income (say, from a consulting contract, speeches
or a book) but not on profits from a business.

“It appears that he is not paying his fair share of Medicare tax,’’ Robert E. McKenzie, a partner in the Chicago law firm of Arnstein & Lehr LLP
concluded, in an email to Forbes, after reviewing Gingrich’s 2010 tax
return. McKenzie, a past chairman of the Employment Tax Committee of
the American Bar Association Tax Section and a member of the IRS’
Advisory Council, added:  “There are a multitude of cases where the IRS
has successfully challenged the improper tax strategy of this candidate
and his accountants. Service businesses are only allowed to distribute
a fair return on investment from an S corp. as profits exempt from
Medicare taxes. The remainder of profits must be paid as salary subject
to a 2.9% Medicare tax levy.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/janetnovack/2012/01/22/gingrich-used-payroll-tax-ploy-often-attacked-by-irs/

Yeh. For me that’s the major red flag.  Being dumped by your own party, specially when you know what a cohort of whores they are. Not being able to stay on says a lot for the antigonizing power of Newt.

Ditto Ditto!

How sad. No wonder there are so many broken families, and children being raised without fathers.

typical.    he’s screwing around with his taxes but demanding that mitt publish his. 

di he really say that or are you just being funny.  he’s really beginning to grow on me.

i thought some of them weren’t in IL either

i think the difference is that you don’t expect your own party to be so dastardly. 

it was the evagelicals. 

love this one.

 Nah I think they all made the deadline for IL except huntsman….cant swear there weren’t others tho.

there are quite a lot of people who feel the same way.  count me in that group.  his negatives are huge.  seriously, the story of his multiple wives and leaving them while sick just won’t fly with a lot of women (SC REP women notwithstanding) and men.  i am not a prude at all. and the hypocrisy of impeaching clinton while screwing his congressional staffer just makes it worse.  then there is his position opposing same sex marriage because of the “sanctity of marriage” — it sounds like an SNL skit.  and all his comments about having inner city youths hired as janitors in schools turns off another portion of the population, no matter how much he tries to clean it up.

that’s a lot of groups of voters that will think his arrogance to be unbearable.  someone said that to be elected president, the public needs to feel that they can watch and listen to you for 4 years without gagging.  it’s part of the reason gore and kerry didn’t make it. 

i would commit suicide if i had to listen to his overblown, grandiose rhetoric for 4 years and watch mrs. stepford wife at the same time.

Fox News, 1/12-1/14:Obama, fav/unfav, 51%/46%,
+5Romney, fav/unfav, 45%/38%, +7Gingrich, fav/unfav, 27%/56%,
-29

CBS/NYT, 1/12-1/17:Obama, fav/unfav, 38%/45%,
-7Romney, fav/unfav, 21%/35%, -14Gingrich, fav/unfav, 17%/49%,
-32

No he didn’t really say it but he should!  That would throw those news pundits or a loop!  LOL

 Thank you!  I’ve been hollering about this parallel for 4 years now.  Once you know history you can’t help but start to see the scary road we are on.

It’s not just political.  It’s also monetary disaster looming in front of us. 

Our freedoms are the last domino to fall….without those we are doomed.

And this gives you guys some insight on why I am such a strong Paul supporter.  How can I not be.   Romney would have voted for the NDAA.  He said so in the debate.  Newt said he supported it too in the debate at thanksgiving.  People,  Ron Paul is the only one pledging to protect  our rights and pledging to restore the ones that are being trampled on. 

Even if you don’t agree with me,  you might now understand me better.

Got a cabin deep in the woods near a lake  with a area for a large garden.  I learned to can this summer…. better to be prepared and then if nothing happens no big deal. 

But I believe those who say  the worst depression is coming.  And that will lead to WWIII

I’d rather none of it happen….I really worry for my kids

Go
President Paul!!!

Ditto, Julie.

Thanks for the followup.

Almost pulled the vertical blinds off the window, out of frustration.

Newt Gingrich Praises President Obama on much of  the Stimulus and pushes for bipartisan support for  Obamacare in 2009

OUCH!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJaImGbEclI&sns=em

 I’m sorry Scotty.  I didn’t mean it to have that effect. 

I meant it of course to be bracing against the winter storm of Newt.  Newt can’t win….it’s only a matter of time. 

Chin up!  It’s a marathon not a sprint  Hugs brother

The pockmarked face of one-world government.

I’m sorry.  But, the fundamentals are there.

What’s with the tight closeup?

Was he in a “buddy booth” in Atlantic City, or WHAT?

Nah, on second thought, scratch that.

I don’t think I even wanna know.

Batchelor’s on in the background.  He’s pretty good tonight.

He is covering the end of our world as we know it, from a wide variety of angles.

I detect a wee bit more chortle in his voice, than has been customary lately.

I’ve disagreed with John on a lot of issues, but he has GOT to see this devious hump for what he is.

ann coulter on electability:
“This is not going be the electorate in the fall. I am pretty sure we’ll get everyone who voted for McCain — since no one voted for McCain because we liked McCain — it was to stop Obama. We have those voters. Now you have to get people who voted for Obama and having a candidate who goes out and calls Obama a ‘Kenyan colonialist,’ that is not what you need. And at the same time, with Newt Gingrich you get the name calling for the president — very popular with the tea party crowd in South Carolina, not so popular with independents. He won’t put a fence on the border and wants amnesty for illegals. He took $1.6 million from Freddie Mac. But you know, he attacked Paul Ryan’s plan on Social Security. So with Newt Gingrich, you throw out the baby and keep the bath water.”
Coulter suggested that South Carolina voters ignoring Gingrich’s marriage baggage was the product of the state perhaps “going back to its Democratic roots.”
“I think South Carolina is going back to its Democratic roots,” she said. “I mean, to not care about that, that’s the position of the Democratic Party.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/22/coulter-with-newt-gingrich-you-throw-out-the-baby-and-keep-the-bath-water-video/#ixzz1kG3ePcD3

LMAO at Scotty’s response.

I’m half kidding, Julie, but thanks, LOL!

I’m trying to convince myself that this is some sort of Rovian tactic to strengthen Romney’s position…

My sister had a door plaque made up.

“I love my country, but am I scared of my government…”

I’m half kidding, Julie, but thanks, LOL!

I’m trying to convince myself that this is some sort of Rovian tactic to strengthen Romney’s position…

My sister had a door plaque made up.

“I love my country, but am I scared of my government…”

I can’t.  I can no longer decide between chosing one of two awful candidates.  I hope the Congress keeps it all in check.

I have spent time in Eastern communist Europe and as much as I despise Obama… he is no Marxist.  Socialist sure… Marxist no.

HIgh five your sister for me

 well you’ve seen Ron Paul’s desk plaque haven’t you?

It says “DONT STEAL!  The government hates competition”

HA!

I didn’t hear Newt deny his sexual peccadiloes.  I heard him admit them and say he was sorry.

An oldie, but a goodie.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/Nydailynews_newt.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7j1JXAWPX0

Colonel David Hunt Opposes Ron Paul on Iran, Military Spending, and Foreign Aid

Stossel, on Fox Business.

A must see.

Watch Colonel Hunt, at 2:35. 

Looks like Newt will be on the Ohio ballot after all. Newt is not on the Missouri primary ballot, but that may not mean much since MO picks its delegates later through a caucus.  Don’t you just love caucuses!

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/newt-gingrich-filing-deadlines-and-the-ohio-primary/

Who knew, Gingrich and Santorum, Laurel and Hardy. Too much and waaaay too little.

Who also knew that being moderate and being faithful to your wife, especially if she became ill, was such a great crime? It truly boggles.

Who knew, Gingrich and Santorum, Laurel and Hardy. Too much and waaaay too little.

Who also knew that being moderate and being faithful to your wife, especially if she became ill, was such a great crime? It truly boggles.

From what the exit polls say it applies to the wimmen folk too. So what happens is you screw around, cheat on your wife, (wives) then when time and age, and a large girth catches up with that “cheatin” gene, you  say hallelujah I’m asking God for forgiveness and giving up my cheatin ways.

Then you and your partner in the cheating game get a ticket to the White House via people who just cannot wrap their heads around the fact that a moderate can be a good Republican.

Which leaves us moderate Independents wondering why we should ever support a Republican if that’s the criteria. I know that I, as a moderate Independent will laugh at any person who says they care about family values if they can also support the Newt thing and his floozy. Just what we want as leaders of this country and representing, in the Newt’s own words, “American Values.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hubUNqQLjN8

These two candidates, Gingrich and Obama, are equally bad and dangerous.  I agree with Kata and Diana that I’m tired of holding my nose when I see no difference. 

“We will find out this week if Romney is a more nimble political player than he was four years ago.”

Short answer : no.

Romney will keep playing defense because he remembers how a campaign can go south. His dear old dad died a political death via one word “brainwashed.” Romney fears a game changing gaff, an unscripted moment. He will continue to be stiff as a board, generating zero passion with the base.

As will I. Holding you nose to vote for someone you don’t much like or respect is one thing, voting for a thing like Newt is quite another.

I wanna play too. Here’s my favorite…

Romney is getting bad advice from his overpaid consultants. He needs to bring the fight to Obama.

BTW, I’m in the ABO camp.

I have given a lot of thought to my decision. I’m through with turning the other cheek, except to say “bite me.”
My short stint in the Republican Party is over…not another vote, nor another dollar!

I do. Because there are a great many of us moderate Independents who won’t vote for him.

 Takes more that throwing a few punches at the media to get my vote. 

There is nothing Gingrich has, says, does that will get me to vote him and his flawed character, not to mention his floozy into the White House.

I haven’t seen it implied anywhere that Newt took advantage of subordinate women in the workplace. Big difference. 

He is a socialist because of the way power is carved up… but he is working toward Marxist. Make no mistake… given the opportunity school kids would salute his statue every morning before class. Newt with whatever faults he has looks like a Paladin in comparison to Obama.

“We now know how completely full of shit Barack was. Rather than deliver on his promise to get out of Iraq in 9 months he followed the Bush timetable. Guantanamo? Open for business. Detaining anyone, including Americans, suspected of terrorism and holding them without access to a lawyer or a judge? Ditto.”

That is all you got? Pretty weak argument.

We have been in a worldwind of economic collapse, had unprecedented political opposition from the GOP, a massive collapse in tax revenues,  a huge Arab spring, etc. and that is all you got is that Obama was 1 year late withdrawing from Iraq, did not close Guantanamo (because congress blocked him from moving the prisoners to the U.S.) and he has been tough on the terrorism fight? 

Obama is not who he said he was because of that?

Reaching and reaching for straws… 

By your standard your man Romney is in a completely different stratosphere of bullshit.

I was an ABO too. Now I am not. I was able to say I was ABO when there didn’t seem like a snowball’s chance in hell that anyone would vote for the noxious Newt. This deeply flawed and corrupt man is a bridge too far for me. If he’s the nominee I will vote 3rd party. I won’t even feel guilty about it because I’m positive that he cannot win a general election.

He whined and cried when a Romney Pac came after him. What’s Mr. Tough Guy gonna do when the Obama Billion Dollar Slime Machine makes all his flaws and foibles public?  For once they won’t even have to lie. That will be very refreshing for them I’m sure.

They were all ready to attack Romney, who is moderate and rather middle of the road. Now boom, bam they are salivating at the thought they may get a giant gift in Gingrich. That, I’m sure, was beyond their wildest dreams. And beyond my worst nightmare.

Ron Paul’s newsletters that he did not write? read? or authorize? show that he is senile, a liar, or a fraud who hides behind the Constitution like the democrat Robert Byrd.
Rand Paul sends us mailers, for funds to defeat Clinton’s U.N. arms treaty. He draws a salary to do his job, and I’m more likely to cross the border into Kentucky to help defeat him.

he’s stiff because he is a man who has lived his life as a business man; bull doesn’t work in that sphere.  results work.  you either do or you don’t.  you cannot talk yourself out of a lousy bottom line.   

newt is a master at the bull because let’s be serious, what else do politicians do?  they talk a lot and spend money.  obamacare, even if you support it, is a bill that probably no one who voted for it had read or understood.  have you ever seen what bills look like that amend existing bills?

something like this:  at paragraph 5, section 2, delete “not more” and replace with “more than.”  page after page of this unintelligible garbage.  staffers, who are bought and sold by “strategic advisors” (newt’s new name for lobbyists, replacing his former description as “historian”) write the laws.  congressmen/women don’t know diddly.  they only talk trash. 

Obama is Bush the 3rd with more taxes and more loss of freedom.

How you can defend him is beyond understanding.  It can only be….

Koolaid is very strong with you young padawan

By the way how long do you give Obama before he regulates and taxes Koolaid?  Maybe once your drug of choice is regulated and taxed into oblivian like everything else then maybe you will wake up to the crimes of BOTH parties

Sobriety is a good thing though.  I’ve been clean of the purple haze of  grape Koolaid for about 4 years.  Do they give out “4 years clean” buttons cuz I didn’t get mine.

Gingrich ahead in insider advatage poll in Florida http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/01/insideradvantage-poll-gingrich-leads-romney-34-26-in-florida-but-ppp-could-find-closer-race.html

Ditto– Rasmussen

Newt is actually ahead in all three states if you look at the pledged delegate count. Voters have given him 25 delegates, Romney has only gotten 14. What makes Romney appear to be the front runner is the unpledged delegates, the 17 the party has given him. Newt was given one. When you look at the popular vote, Newt is only a few thousand behind Romney.

So SC was not really a game changer, it was more of the same. Romney is simply not performing well with the voters. His alleged lead is coming from the GOP’s unpledged delegates and the party attempting to give him a boost, not the voters.

The GOP and the Romney campaign would be wise to ask themselves why Newt is resonating with people.

Yes, but as what?

No. They had a shredder party, washed phone numbers off their hands, and went through all their pockets looking for stray post-it notes.

As I posted before: because Obama likes to be “first whatever’ he will switch parties.

well mmmm, here is a video of a self confessed Paid Romney supporter in Florida who admits to really wanting Newt. 

Couple of things wrong with this….
1.  Romney using Paid supporters
2.  This poor guy doesn’t know how much of a liar coorupt tyrant washington insider Gingrich is. 

sigh

Romney Supporters Paid to be Romney Supporters (lol, wow).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFczAKYHRM8

Colonel David Hunt was completely obliterated by this interview.  wow….  He actually ended up helping make the case for Ron Paul rather than sway people away from him

snarky little head bob at 2:35 didn’t help him any either.

Great find Scotty!

I don’t want to contimplate a Newt diaper.

Thank you. This really made my day. Well worth the wait.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/18/michael-tomasky-newt-s-racist-surge-may-sink-romney-in-south-carolina.html?cid=INTERACTIVEONETRADE

Okay, we might recognize this narrative.

Juxtapose it, against (batshit insane, IMHO) calls for Allan West to serve as VP.

I’ve been outspoken about the “Dixie faction” and their rationale for supporting Gingrich.

But they are being unfairly tarred by this “raay-cist” charge, and whether they generally harbor racist-based views is not at the heart of any of this.  If anything, anti-LDS bias is a factor, and I’d question if that was even across the board, or was a leading motivator.

This is just one reason why I couldn’t align myself with the establishment Dems again.

It’s become standard operating practice for them to spray baseless and divisive “raay-cist” allegations like all-purpose cleaner, on every imaginable stain, because it’s easy and effective.  It dilutes the real, conflicted, complex racial attitudes we all grapple with to understand and deal with, and introduces another unneeded, irrelevant distraction (which, of course, is why they do it).

Those of us who oppose Gingrich should denounce these tactics against his supporters.

Whether I think Gingrich is racially biased or not, or whether he’s a crass opportunist or not, is not the point, and is a side issue to this.

If for no other reason, your preferred candidate could be the next “Bull Conner” that’s trotted out, and unfairly exploited.   

He doesn’t have to. His party switched parties in 2008.

He is worse than Obama.  He is more dangerous.

Couldn’t agree more.

Gingrich is like an asshole talking about shit. Consider the source.

Did he apologize to his ex-wife?

Ya mean like his ex-staffer current wife?

I won’t just vote 3rd party. I’ll work for it .

Paul pledges a lot of things. There are aspects of him that are very dangerous.

Him implying that the North was responsible for the civil war because they didn’t offer to buy the freedom of slaves turned me off from him forever.

I agree with a lot of the things he said. It’s who he is that I have a problem with.

It’s a shame we don’t have a Dislike button.

I think you are absolutely right. ABG!

I think you are absolutely right. ABG!

I’d suggest earplugs and eye masks. Live to fight another day.

I’d suggest earplugs and eye masks. Live to fight another day.

Think Democrats 2008. Believe me, it can happen.

Newt spent a lot  of time talking about the “SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE” and condemning Bill Clinton for his sexual activity.  All the while he is schtupping his staffer.  But, like an Obot, you will make any excuse for Newt’s conduct because you like him.  Hypocrite. 

Scottymac54  —- Hypocrisy??

Your Being  Hard On Yourself.

The Melt Down & The Election In 2008 Changed A Lot Of Things!

Everyone Is Far Less Trusting In 2012.

We Are also Better Informed — Thanks To Blogs Like N.Q.

Like The Rest Of Us Scottymac54 — Your Older & Wiser.

I Like Reading Your Take On Things.

well said, jrt!  Thanks for pointing out the above fav/unfav polls. 

And Larry thank you for your insightful and astute analyses about all of the GOP candidates, but especially about holier-than-thou Newt.
IMHO, his ego and narcissism are dangerous (like BOs), and his hypocrisy about his infidelities, K-St ties, and ethics as Speaker are beyond the pale.  And, for Newt fans:  NO, my antipathy for Newt does not mean I want to see Obama re-elected!!!!!

Oh, yeah, Newt stepped down as Speaker and had to face ethic violation charges.

And neither did Clinton (i.e. run on a “family values” platform.)

That we know of, DocE…..

Pretty good summary.

You say: “One thing about Newt, his morals are out there for all to see.”

Are you sure of that?  I think we’ve seen only the surface of the unstable Gingrich’s history. I’m old enough to remember the time when he was Majority leader–and wish I could forget it.  The man has less than a tenuous grip on reality as his reality changes minute to minute.  This fat meglomaniacal little toad is dangerous.

The Kool Aid tastes very good.

Obama has done nothing but clean-up Bush’s mess, so not sure the comparison is apt. Certainly those calling Obama a socialist/commie/marxist do not think Obama  is the same as Bush, as I do not think they ever called Bush that.

It is night and day between Obama and Bush. 

Here is a challenge for you. Give me your top five complaints about Obama or the top five things you think Obama has done wrong and why?

Mr. Johnson’s list of complaints above are pretty weak.

Hg, how the ___ do you imagine fattie will beat Obama in the general election?  Just because you like how he kicks around the media doesn’t not mean he’s going to beat Obama.  I like Ron Paul but will vote for Romney over Obama, BUT WILL NOT vote for fattie Newton over Obama.  Cannot and will not do it!

So you would rather have a serial cheater then two other men who have had the same wife for years.  You’re living in a putrid fantasy.  And you don’t like Romney because he flip flopped? Newtie is also an inside politician taking money from Freddie Mac. 
Of course his cheating is out for all to see because he is the only candidate that cheated!  Can you not get that!~   BUT NO, that doesn’t bother you, you just want to jump on the Newtie bandwagon at this time<  LOL
What a joke voters like you are!~ You deserve what you get. 

I agree with you totally Larry - I never thought I would say this, but I had no idea the voters would even give fattie cheat a chance in the primaries, but I will vote for Obama over Newt, that is how intense my disgust is for this putrid tub of lard.

Crickets… Crickets…

We are fiddling while Rome burns. Have been watching Moyers series on the financial crisis which pretty much echoes what Larry has been writing. We have to find an honest gutsy smart person to take on the financial reforms needed or we are headed for another 2008 train wreck but bigger.
Obama ain’t it, Gingrich ain’t it. Romney? As my Scottish grandfather would say ” “I ha’ me doots”.
I’m so depressed.

           So you like Howdy Doody? But will vote for Romney? Okay, if thats what turns you on. No I don’t like Newt but I like to hear anyone who has the cods to stick up for white America and their own private affairs. Dr Magoo, Paul(a) baby, runs to the left of Obama on national security and he’s your cup of tea? Great. Glad I don’t have a son or daughter in the armed forces under CIC Ron Paul.

 ”Many of Newt’s own party, who worked with him before, are not supporting him”
   Isn’t that the American way? To vote or not vote for whoever we wish”.                
regards

You’re right, Diana and Larry. Back then the banks were out of control (good time to blame the Jews), the government was ineffectual, people felt powerless, and for cultural morals check out CABARET.
Good time for a demagogue. There has always been a history in some parts of the US of populist politicians (the Longs) who could harness the people’s anger.
 But this isn’t going to fly in elections across the whole country. Especially since it is tied to the “get the government out of Wall Street and back in your bedroom where it belongs” movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDeDQpIQFD0&noredirect=1

yeah I’m busy.  I don’t hang on your every word.

Obama kept the wars going and started more
Obama bows to the likes of Goldman Sachs
Obama signed into law NDAA which is completely unconstitutional
Obama keeps spending like a drunk sailor and asking to raise the debt ceiling
Obama employs Bernanke….self explanitory on that one.  

These are five off the top of my head.

he was just saying……. that the war could have been avoided 600,000 lives being snuffed out and destruction across the US and saved tons of US dollars if they thought outside of the box.  Purchasing the slaves and then freeing them declaring it illegal to have slaves in America may have changed the course of the animosity in the US.  Why not go look up how England outlawed owning slaves…..know your history.

Funny how you didn’t mind that under sainted Bill Clinton, who lied under oath in Federal court. 
I wonder how many babes Bill has now?
Shhhh.
He passed a balanced budget.  That Gingrich wrote.
Clinton=Saint
Gingrich=Whore.

What a bunch of hypocrites you all are.

Funny how you think you know how I think. Just FYI I don’t like Bill Clinton. I agree that he’s a smart politician but I happen to think “Big Dawg” is a piece of shit as a man, as a husband and as a father. His family may have forgiven him for the humiliation he put them through, as is their right, but it doesn’t change my opinion of him as a human being.

Smart men aren’t always good men. There may be many women who think Bill Clinton,aka “Big Dawg” and his busy penis was a “Saint”. I ain’t one of them.