Even Conservatives Laugh Off Gingrich Presidential Dreams

Well, you have to admit, his big political pitch, The Contract For America, went 0-for-8. Or, as Republicans seemingly view it, an unqualified success.

#9 | Posted by Danforth at 2009-10-27 11:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

not to mention how he treated his wife while questioning others

#10 | Posted by bruceaz at 2009-10-27 11:37 PM | Reply | Flag:

You can always tell what scares leftist shit based on what their scum in the blogosphere goes after hard (Corky doesn't count).

I don't think Newt wants to run, but if somebody decent doesn't step up, I think he understands its his duty as a citizen of what's left of this nation to do so.

I've made a conscious decision not to send money to the Republican Party until it purges and distances itself of people like Shrum, Brooks, Graham, etc.

I've even suggested, via email, that Mike Steele quit mailing his pretty little flyers to my PO Box. He's wasting money doing so.

There is a palpable, almost ugly rage simmering amongst the productive people upon which this economy depends. If the RNC is too fucking stupid to tap into it to salvage the American way of life, it doesn't deserve to exist.

#11 | Posted by Jak_Se_Mao at 2009-10-27 11:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

not to mention how he treated his wife while questioning others

That's always a good sign when the oppositions best argument is what happened between him and his wife.

We saw how Carter treated his by cheating on her. I guess he was unfit for the presidency, too? Or does your logic only work against republicans?

#12 | Posted by goatman at 2009-10-27 11:45 PM | Reply | Flag:

"We saw how Carter treated his by cheating on her. "

Link? Must be plenty you can point to.

#13 | Posted by Timex at 2009-10-27 11:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

oops. Carter = clinton in #12

#14 | Posted by goatman at 2009-10-27 11:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

Still want the link?

#15 | Posted by goatman at 2009-10-27 11:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

You're probably thinking of Newt

#16 | Posted by Timex at 2009-10-27 11:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

"We saw how Carter treated his by cheating on her."

Um...I think you're confusing that with Carter's admission he had lust in his heart. Isn't that a bit different than having an affair while you're publicly excoriating the President for having an affair?

#17 | Posted by Danforth at 2009-10-27 11:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

Clinton, BJ while Newt professed all this moral high ground while doing the full 'dirty down low'. Leaving his wife while she was in the hospital with cancer was a nice touch, wasn't it?

#18 | Posted by Timex at 2009-10-27 11:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

OOps

Tequila and meds

#19 | Posted by bruceaz at 2009-10-27 11:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

Clinton, BJ while Newt professed all this moral high ground while doing the full 'dirty down low'.

I love it when the democrats take the "we don't profess to high morals, so we don't have to live up to them" attitude. Yep, that's who I want in office. *snark* LOL

#20 | Posted by goatman at 2009-10-27 11:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

I don't love it when a House Speaker, all up on the 'high ground' is attempting to get a President impeached while fucking his secretary as his wife lays in the hospital with cancer. Nice try at a strawman. Fail!

#21 | Posted by Timex at 2009-10-27 11:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

"we don't profess to high morals, so we don't have to live up to them"

Study it. Perfect example of a strawman.

#22 | Posted by Timex at 2009-10-27 11:58 PM | Reply | Flag:

Study what?

#23 | Posted by goatman at 2009-10-27 11:58 PM | Reply | Flag:

I don't love it when a House Speaker...

And I don't like it when the democrats pull the "we don't claim to be moral" card as an excuse for their indiscretions.

So?

#24 | Posted by goatman at 2009-10-27 11:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

Study what?

exactly

#25 | Posted by bruceaz at 2009-10-28 12:00 AM | Reply | Flag:

Study "exactly"

Please don't be mysterious if you want to get a point across.

#26 | Posted by goatman at 2009-10-28 12:01 AM | Reply | Flag:

Study what?

#23 | Posted by goatman

You tell us O Mysterious one.

#27 | Posted by bruceaz at 2009-10-28 12:04 AM | Reply | Flag:

You tell us O Mysterious one.

???

I wasn't the one making the request to study "it". I was the one asking what "it" was.

Keep up, bruce. It makes things flow easier on the DR.

#28 | Posted by goatman at 2009-10-28 12:08 AM | Reply | Flag:

All I'm saying is I really don't say anything.goat

#29 | Posted by bruceaz at 2009-10-28 12:18 AM | Reply | Flag:

All I'm saying is I really don't say anything.goat

#29 | Posted by bruceaz

I can vouch for that but you're still one of my favorite posters on the DR

#30 | Posted by Gimme_a_Scotch at 2009-10-28 12:33 AM | Reply | Flag:

Thanks Gimme,I think

#31 | Posted by bruceaz at 2009-10-28 12:44 AM | Reply | Flag:

Gingrich was in Wheeling, WV recently telling his audience that the Northern Panhandle was a 'happening place.'

LOL

Everybody in Wheeling knows that the northern panhandle is one of the most dirt poor places north of the Mason Dixon.

What was Newt's infalable logic, you ask? Well, I was there and I heard him say . . . "The northern panhandle is going to be the 'happening place' because people are going to get tired of trying to find their way around Pittsburgh."

The audience applauded politely and exchanged knowing little smiles.

The "Hoopies" may be suffering from the jobless economy but they're not stupid.

Newt apparently disagrees . . . he seems to think that "Hoopies" really are stupid.

So, yeah, I'd say Newt is trolling for 2012 votes.

#32 | Posted by Twinpac at 2009-10-28 01:09 AM | Reply | Flag:

I walked into Barnes and Noble the other day but could not get past the escalator full of people listening to some author talk about his book.

It only took another second or two to recognize the voice, it was Nutty Newty talking about his new historical novella. (this IS Naples after all!)

Which, if we are lucky, is about as close to political speechmaking as he will get any time soon.

The man is a pseudo-intellectual pawn of the insurance companies, a Golden Rule pimp from way back, one who altered American politics with his hate speech and corporate agenda in the early 90's.

He needs to fade into the dark night like any other old bloodsucking vampire.

#33 | Posted by Corky at 2009-10-28 09:33 AM | Reply | Flag: