tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post3193120865947863308..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Don't dismiss GingrichNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-67693753898346244292011-12-01T16:55:25.358-06:002011-12-01T16:55:25.358-06:00That Newt is even a factor in this race shows how ...That Newt is even a factor in this race shows how ... incredibly strange ... the Republican Party has become. Do I think he's going to go "all in" if he does well in the upcoming caucuses and primaries? Yes, and he won't care how much damage he does along the way to get it. That's been his pattern, even as Speaker, and I don't see any changes.Norbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383422747683493947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-84308956885635018602011-11-30T21:24:43.165-06:002011-11-30T21:24:43.165-06:00Laura - I think you really nailed it with your com...Laura - I think you really nailed it with your comment.<br /><br />And thanks so much for the Giordano link. I haven't read that one and always love to hear what he has to say.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-11281774471492401382011-11-30T21:19:10.113-06:002011-11-30T21:19:10.113-06:00I've had a particularly bad feeling about Ging...I've had a particularly bad feeling about Gingrich ever since reading a post about him by Al Giordano. I went and looked it up tonight:<br /><br />http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/3897/supervillain-newt-reveals-his-plan-world-domination<br /><br />Part of my mind still wonders why anybody in their right mind would want to go back to the 1990s, and Gingrich made himself notorious and hated even then. But I'm also extremely wary of the kind of far right rhetoric he can throw around, and the way he race-baits President Obama.<br /><br />I also found this altogether too prescient post by Giordano:<br />http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/3902/huckabee-southern-bell-tolls-thee<br /><br />In general I think that Romney is the Republican candidate to be most concerned about, because people think he's moderate and maybe not like those "other" Republicans they hate. In general, I think a candidate that is hard right and draws a sharp contrast with Obama is better from the Democratic point of view.<br /><br />But there are two GOP candidates that I hesitate to "support" in this way, I have a feeling that's hard to express that it would be dangerous if they became the nominee because people might just take them seriously. Palin is one. Gingrich is the other.<br /><br />This post helps me better put into words what troubles me so much about Gingrich.Laurahttp://twitter.com/muhajabahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-65409544064003702602011-11-30T21:18:06.208-06:002011-11-30T21:18:06.208-06:00In some ways this is more ironic than I can expres...In some ways this is more ironic than I can express. The GOP & Rove & Kyl & Mitch deserve this circumstance more than any thing. Add Cain and it becomes delicious. Mitch is watching his chance to be Majority Leader slip through his fingers and Boehner's Speakership evaporate.<br /><br />I think, maybe, the sane voters of America will flock to the polls in numbers rivaling 2008. At any rate, if Newt (the lizard) really does become the GOP nominee, Rove will probably kill him.<br />Smilingl8dyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-29412993876516590482011-11-30T20:28:30.513-06:002011-11-30T20:28:30.513-06:00Tien Le - I'd love to know what folks like Rov...Tien Le - I'd love to know what folks like Rove are thinking right now. I'm sure we'll see the result of him weighing in before all this is done. If he's threatened at all by Gingrich, it should be the battle royale of sociopaths.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-54439354577096586672011-11-30T20:22:42.777-06:002011-11-30T20:22:42.777-06:00I really hate that we might have to look at him an...I really hate that we might have to look at him and Scary Barbie™ for the next year. Could the contrast be any stronger between that couple and the First Couple? Can't even begin to imagine who he would pick as his VP candidate. <br /><br />Thanks for warning us, Smartypants.Tien Lenoreply@blogger.com