"Is that a Newt, or are you just happy to see me?"

And, did he really have to remind all them thar SC'ers that he's from Taxachusetts?

He may not be real smart at all. He may be GW had GW stayed in Yankee Preppie World rather than carpetbaggerin' around down in Texas with Unkle Karl, who is now up to his elbow in Willard's backside.

I still cannot in my wildest dreams imagine a president named Romney. It just doesn't work.

He may not be real smart at all.

#2 | Posted by Corky

I've wondered exactly this, having observed his behavior. We all used to wonder the same thing about George W., of course. It can make you wonder, as it it can for any very rich person, whether Willard was able to hire people to help him be smart.

That may be a "duh" sort of point, but it does sort of take some of the glow off of his "success". In the case of W., I always suspected he wasn't the one who actually wrote those term papers under his name at Yale.

I note that I used "wonder" three times in the above sentence. I wish that I had the money to hire a proofreader.

The impression I got about Romney during the most recent "debate" - and I mean the expression on his face when the crowd booed him - lingers. He was raised in an environment - by which I mean deep involvement in the LDS Church - which is intensely patriarchal. And so the impression I got from that episode was of someone who just couldn't believe he'd be challenged in such a fashion, someone not accustomed to not taking any questioning of him in the least bit seriously.

"Mr. Romney committed himself on Friday to releasing several years of tax returns after hedging about his plans for weeks and being booed at Thursday night’s debate as he equivocated on the subject".

You could see the man wilt on this subject on stage and change his plans on the spot. Being popular appears to be very important to Willard.

Now, he decided to do the right thing. Unfortunately, millions got to see what a weak sister he is.

My statement above should not be taken as stating or implying Romney's membership in the LDS Church is a disqualifier from holding office. I have problems with lots of folks religious beliefs, but believing the stuff Mormons believe is no more absurd or dangerous than those of the religions to which the other candidates belong.

My statement above should not be taken as stating or implying Romney's membership in the LDS Church is a disqualifier from holding office.

#8 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2012-01

To me the real issue is what having an awful lot of money can do to a person's particular psychology.

In Willard's case, having wealth appears to have convinced him he can also be president. However, his public interactions demonstrate him to be nothing more than an average man with an out-sized ego.

Someone should have told him this long before he took and stage. That someone never did is perhaps another downfall of being rich.

"Took the stage"

Damn, my lack of money is really showing today,

"To me the real issue is what having an awful lot of money can do to a person's particular psychology."

Yup, that, too, Zed.

Listening to him recently, one gets the impression the guy believes he amassed a humongous pile of dough after crawling up - painful handhold after painful handhold - from a veritable barrio, attaining the financial pinnacle only after triumphing in some sort of imaginary level playing field. His dad was the chairman and CEO of American Motors, for chrissakes. Willard started out as a member of the financial/political elite in this country and him pretending he's anything but that is either delusional or mendacious (or, just possibly, both).

"We all used to wonder the same thing about George W"

I never wondered if W was smart.

"He may not be real smart at all."

I think he is smart. I think his problem is he spent the last 4 yearsexpecting to be handed the nomination by a grateful GOP. All the attacks he expected to hear after the nomination are coming in the primaries and he can't believe it. I don't know if the attacks are because Newt and Babykiller see Obama as vulnerable or because a lot of the GOPpers distrust Rmoney, which probably is smart, too.

Porky Pig and the Magic underwear man are about even money today...

-All the attacks he expected to hear after the nomination are coming in the primaries and he can't believe it.

You'd think that after running for the last 6 years he would't look so stumped as he did when asked if he would do as his father had and release 12 years of returns.

Gingrich has momentum as South Carolina votes

Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) -- Newt Gingrich had all the momentum on Saturday as South Carolinians were voting in their state's Republican primary.

A poll released Saturday morning showed the former House speaker's surge over the last week carrying him past Mitt Romney, who had been the front-runner in the state all month. The American Research Group poll shows Gingrich leading Romney by a 40%-26% margin. ARG's last poll, released Thursday, showed a virtual tie with Gingrich at 33% and Romney at 32%.

Two weeks ago, Romney's campaign was looking at two wins under its belt, a big lead in South Carolina, a bigger lead in Florida and the possibility of a clear path to the Republican presidential nomination.

But a day before the vote, Romney's camp was downplaying expectations and Gingrich's predicting victory.

Voters casting ballots in South Carolina Owner 'didn't know' about Mitt and Newt Gingrich hams it up at ham house
"It's tight, it's real tight," said one Romney adviser who did not want to be quoted discussing internal poll numbers.

A top Gingrich strategist in South Carolina was predicting victory.
Richard Quinn, a longtime South Carolina GOP strategist who worked for Jon Huntsman but signed on to advise Gingrich this week, told CNN Friday that the former House speaker will walk away with "between a 4- and 6-point plurality win" in the contest

From "cruising to victory" to "an uphill battle", yet another flip flop from the guy that makes Kerry look like diver's boots.

GO NEWT!

GO NEWT!

Agreed!

Spud thinks the best move the GOP could make in terms of locking up the WH would be to throw Brer Obama into the Newt Gingrich briar patch!

Dems fear him!

Honest injun!

^__^

Be Well.

/Born and bred, etc.

Oh can't wait to hear Porky wife on TV..
While Porky is daten wife #4 .....porky style...

Spud thinks the best move ......

whio the fuck cares?

The wheels are coming offa tha Klown Kar.

The wheels are coming offa tha Klown Kar.

"The unemployed blacks only know how to steal wheels, not that we'd drive our Klown Kar anywhere near where THOSE people live."

Newty

I am confused by the republican voters. Romney is a self-made man, An Entrepreneur. He is the poster child for capitalism. He only paid capital gains last year, no earned income so he paid at a 15% rate, A rate that republican think is too high yet Romney is under attack by his own kind and own party for succeeding at the game they espouse to want so badly. What hypocrites, what a lost and confused mass.

This is why they stand no chance of regaining the Whitehouse. WTF are you thinking?

Like Newt said either buy health care insurance or buy a bond to cover your expenses..Nothing is free...

You will pay your medical bills now... Won't you punk!

The Obama way or the Newt way... you will be covered....hahahahahahaha!

This is why they stand no chance of regaining the Whitehouse. WTF are you thinking?

There's a colored guy in the WH!

There's a colored guy in the WH! You're kidding