The Republican primaries have begun. News-flash to liberals who have followed their heart and completely tuned-out the nightly debates and news coverage, and I'm not being facetious: RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! Former congressmen from my home district in Georgia and Ousted House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, the chief architect of the Contract on America, is now in the lead in the Republican race. The last time anyone cared about him, he was leading the charge to get President Clinton impeached for "lying to a Grand Jury (impropriety)" while cheating on his sick wife with an employee. When his movement failed, disgraced, he was replaced as speaker by ??Dennis Hastert?? and went out to consult for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. There actually is a picture of Newt next to the word "Hypocrite" in my dictionary. I pasted it there.
I offered my wife $5 if she could watch Newt Gingrich speak for more than 5 minutes without yelling at the the television. She declined. I think a "Newt versus Obama" race would be a fantastic one for Obama. I've heard people say that Newt is a shrewd and brilliant debater that could whoop Obama. I think Obama will welcome the challenge against a fat, ugly, angry person. I also think that Newt's racism and megalomania is so obnoxious it would really fire up the democratic base. The advantage is that Newt doesn't understand why his opinions are racist and offensive, so he loudly proclaims them whereas a more cynical politician like G.W. Bush pretends to be a compassionate conservative while appointing right-wing nut-jobs (e.g. Bolton, Wolfowitz, etc.) for all executive positions in the government and as supreme court justices.
So, I welcome the entry of Newt to the contest. I think he will fire up the Democratic base and bring enough crazy to the table to scare away the few remaining independents. Since turnout and then independents will determine the outcome of the election, I think Newt will be good for the Climate by boldly stating the backward and anti-science ideas of the Republican party and prevent the voter apathy that allowed Bush to steal the election in 2000.
Now, we can just wait for the next turn in the amazing saga of the Silly Party. Isn't it amazing how Monty Python had this whole thing nailed decades ago?
I offered my wife $5 if she could watch Newt Gingrich speak for more than 5 minutes without yelling at the the television. She declined. I think a "Newt versus Obama" race would be a fantastic one for Obama. I've heard people say that Newt is a shrewd and brilliant debater that could whoop Obama. I think Obama will welcome the challenge against a fat, ugly, angry person. I also think that Newt's racism and megalomania is so obnoxious it would really fire up the democratic base. The advantage is that Newt doesn't understand why his opinions are racist and offensive, so he loudly proclaims them whereas a more cynical politician like G.W. Bush pretends to be a compassionate conservative while appointing right-wing nut-jobs (e.g. Bolton, Wolfowitz, etc.) for all executive positions in the government and as supreme court justices.
So, I welcome the entry of Newt to the contest. I think he will fire up the Democratic base and bring enough crazy to the table to scare away the few remaining independents. Since turnout and then independents will determine the outcome of the election, I think Newt will be good for the Climate by boldly stating the backward and anti-science ideas of the Republican party and prevent the voter apathy that allowed Bush to steal the election in 2000.
Now, we can just wait for the next turn in the amazing saga of the Silly Party. Isn't it amazing how Monty Python had this whole thing nailed decades ago?
