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Disappointed in Newt Gingrich

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I have always liked Newt Gingrich.  He gave an address in 2002 at some dinner somewhere, and this was the first “Podcast” I ever heard.  This was perhaps the height of his oratory, in the days when “federal chipmunk” featured in many of his speeches.  I have long been impressed with his ideas and his presentation.

I saw him as a magnificent piece of field artillery, able to deliver withering fire in support of any truly conservative position from behind the lines, perched on the editorial pages with a commanding view of the valley below.  Military minds know not to scoff at the big guns in the rear of the battle area just because they are in the rear:  the ability to bombard the enemy at a time … Continue reading →

Final Jeopardy for David Gregory

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Republicans should use this opportunity to fire back at the biased media by boycotting Meet The Press.  The advantages outweigh the drawbacks.

On the wildly popular game show Jeopardy, contestants must state their answers in the form of a question.  That’s pretty much the rule in lefty hack journalism as well.  I do not support the candidacy of Newt Gingrich, but we cannot accept this sort of thing or we are bound to lose.

David Gregory, the host of NBC’s somewhat less popular Meet The Press,  made an assertion of fact along the way to slandering a Republican candidate for President. I say he needs to put up or shut up. If he cannot produce the goods, and will not apologize for his baseless slander, then … Continue reading →

Meet the Newt Boss

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Newt Gingrich opposes the Ryan plan because it is supposedly too radical.  Newt says that he is not in favor of left-wing social engineering, and therefore not in favor of right-wing social engineering either.

That’s a well-crafted sound bite, but it ignores the fact that there is currently a system spiralling out of control which threatens to swallow up our entire economy.  This is no time for such dainty distinctions.  Ryan’s plan saves the country.  Newt’s plan?

Thought so.

Republicans who cannot see their way to support the Ryan plan can either submit a better one, or keep moving–they won’t find a seat at my table.

 

 

UPDATE: Tom Coburn says the same thing, via HotAir: If you can’t offer a MediCare plan better than … Continue reading →

Geithner — Sure thing to occur on schedule if unlikely thing not done.

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NationalJournal.com – Geithner Predicts Double-Dip if Congress Fails to Lift Debt Ceiling – Saturday, May 14, 2011.

What a crock.  Timmah might as well predict that the sun will set, plunging the world into a good 8-10 hours of darkness, if he doesn’t get his toes licked.  Or is that Spitzer?

Because there *will* be a double-dip.  Because we never got out of the first dip.  This economy is not in any sort of recovery, but the Marxists in the White House have discovered that it doesn;t have to if they can manipulate the indicators directly.  We are still sliding down a big ol’ hole with the Marxists  furiously digging away ahead of us.

The debt ceiling is one of the least tangible of possible causes for … Continue reading →

GOP v TP

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Ignoring primary nastiness and so forth, the real problems are things like chairmanships and votes.  14-term representative Hal “Prince of Pork” Rogers is the chair of the House Committee on Appropriations.  Before he was even selected for the job, he mocked the Tea Party and took them to task for not winning 100% of the elections for the Republican party.  I guess that 80% of what was in play just isn’t good enough.

For the Children

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Cross between a skewering of Pelosi’s evasions and Gore’s book etc to show that they will kill us all “for the children”. This should be in a somewhat confusing tone, a little Modest Proposal but not full-on. I’m looking for a sort of vicious mocking by an inappropriate gentleness.

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Open Letter to McConnell and Boehner:
I listened to speeches made by both of you immediately after the election. I was greatly impressed by both speeches–I played the m for friends and introduced them to podcasts and talk radio wherever possible. while unfortunately wondering how long it would last. I have read several accounts of conflict between Tea PArty and GOP chars b4 election, and some immed after. Fair enough. The first serious trbl I saw … Continue reading →

Playwright David Mamet: Conservative

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I almost titled this post “Glengarry Glenn Beck”, but just didn’t have the heart.  And it’s really the opposite of the point.

I adore the movie adaptation of Mamet’s play Glengarry Glen Ross.  I’m afraid it’s the only Mamet that I am familiar with, although I retain a quite favorable impressionof him  from an interview by Dennis Prager.   That interview is not available online, at least through a cursory search, but I recall that Mamet was still, as the Weekly Standard refers to him in the last decade, in “mid-conversion”.  That’s a great time to talk to people, by the way, as they are charged with new ideas, and in no small degree of inner turmoil, which makes for great conversation.

Here’s an embarrassingly long quote from … Continue reading →

Huck Off

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Look who has decided not to run, but cannot announce it yet due to his TV show obligations.

Huck: I’ve made ’12 decision – Maggie Haberman – POLITICO.com.

This man turned my stomach as a credible candidate, turned my bile as a spoiler for McCain, and now turns my apathy to amnesia as he fades from view, a small man disappearing quickly.

Let me just throw down a marker here: his show will not last the next year.