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Thus the *hypocrite finds

jollyroger — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:52:17 +0000

In reply to Isn't a presidential campaign

Thus the *hypocrite finds safe harbor while Gingrich gets backed into publicly committing (a felony?) campaign law violation.

*Romney: I can't stop the Gingrich destruction derby, those guys all quit my campaign last month...

Isn't a presidential campaign

Verified Atheist — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:46:16 +0000

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Isn't a presidential campaign explicitly coordinating with a Super-PAC explicitly against the law? See the fourth paragraph of this article (which also betrays where I learned this fact: from Colbert).

Is "an A.D.D. sufferer

jollyroger — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:05:11 +0000

In reply to Oh, thanks for reminding me

Is "an A.D.D. sufferer fascist" an oxymoron?

Oh, thanks for reminding me

artappraiser — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:05:04 +0000

In reply to Newt Gingrich, the first

Oh, thanks for reminding me that you had already been following that part of The Newt Chronicles. We all have our expertises in this area, but it's good to try from time to time to round them up for an occasional review of the big picture, ugly tho it might be.

Newt Gingrich, the first

jollyroger — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:18:48 +0000

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Newt Gingrich, the first fascist who specialises in not making the trains run on time....the simplest bit of election professionalism..(threshold, really...) getting on the ballot, elludes him!

Yup, he doth protest too

artappraiser — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:05:25 +0000

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Yup, he doth protest too much; from

The Kingmaker by Connie Bruck, The New Yorker, Jan 12

.....There were rumors in December that Adelson would give many millions to a Gingrich Super PAC, and last Friday he finally did deliver a check for five million dollars. There seemed to be no rational reason for him to have waited so long, watching from the sidelines as Gingrich was being savaged by ads paid for by Romney supporters, only to become involved when Gingrich was virtually on life-support. But an Adelson confidant, Mort Klein, head of the Zionist Organization of America, said what happened, in his view, is that in December Gingrich told Adelson and other donors that he did not want them to launch attack ads on Romney because he was trying to wage a positive campaign, but he ultimately “went to them and said, OK, I’m ready to do it.” Klein added that Adelson is convinced that Gingrich has a real shot at becoming president......

Like Ron Paul's "shock" at

artappraiser — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:52:19 +0000

In reply to Gingrich surrenders to logic, "I'm with Bernie", to register Socialist as soon as primary is fully lost.

Like Ron Paul's "shock" at some of the things that have been published in his newsletters, Newt is shocked, shocked that there's been some ~~gambling~~ socialist propaganda in the details over at his Super PAC, and they better fix it right now (after all the GOP brass has had ample opportunity to offer publicity-making "huge pushback," of course.)

Edit to add: I am looking forward to what victimology story he is going to tell about the Virginia news. Something along the lines of activist judges looking to get all the renegade (as in "not following the party line") candidates, but probably more creative (not to mention "historic")

I think the progressives

Dan Kervick — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:02:25 +0000

In reply to You guys have been mentally

I think the progressives among the Democrats (and lets remember not all of them are liberal/progressives) would like some ideas as to how to get the attention of the MSM and maybe draw the same viewership of something like the Alabama-LSU game.

An actual race with actual debate and actual controversy would have helped.

You got me there, jolly. I

erica20 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:49:25 +0000

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You got me there, jolly. I think I meant less personal negatives.

I was sorta kidding about

jollyroger — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:31:00 +0000

In reply to You guys have been mentally

I was sorta kidding about being irritated at Newt

s come to Jesus moment.

It's just the unbearable heaviness of the wave of revulsion sweeping the nation.

Tipping point?