Newt Gingrich stands out amid the current GOP field in one particular way: he has a talent for arguing the premises of the question, and rejecting those too long accepted. His rise from the pit to brief front-runnership was aided by little else. Which is why I found this exchange so irritating: Gingrich needs to… Read More How Newt Shot Himself In the Foot on the Chickenhawk Question…
Ace remains a right-wing favorite for several reasons: his blog has a bracing, the-devil-with-you attitude which diverts nothing from it’s thoroughgoing geekiness, and his commenters, for sheer entertainment, may be the best in the blogosphere (so Breitbart thinks, anyway). But more than this, is Ace himself as a writer. He has a style equally laid-back and… Read More Ace of Spades Makes a Better Case for Rick Perry’s Candidacy Than Rick Perry Has Managed to, Thus Far…
It meets the same standard of proof. I am also told that Stacy McCain is willing to consider the idea, as long as it means Gingrich is not the nominee.
Methinks Newt is tired of being outflanked on the right: (h/t: Memeorandum) Then, in what amounted to a 35-minute seminar on constitutional history, Gingrich argued that the judicial branch has grown far more powerful than the nation’s founders ever intended and said it would be well within the president’s authority as commander in chief to… Read More Newt Reminds Us That There are Three Branches of Government
The First Rule of Conservatism is: You do not play the race card on a fellow conservative. (h/t: Instapundit) The Second Rule of Conservatism is: YOU DO NOT PLAY THE RACE CARD ON A FELLOW CONSERVATIVE. Now a moment for the definition of terms. By “playing the race card” I mean concluding from a logically fallacious… Read More Glenn Beck Jumps the Shark (Officially!)
…and they “have a professional obligation never to give a sucker an even break.” I think RS McCain may be on to something here. While one may doubt that this particular collection of alchies and junkies have any real desire to see Santorum propelled to the White House, the show must go on. Plus, Santorum’s… Read More In Case You Didn’t Know, Journalists are Carnies…
In an interview with the gang at Coffee & Markets (h/t: Memeorandum), Gingrich says something interesting with reference to the Paul Ryan business: The question was: if there’s a program that is very unpopular, should Republicans impose it? And my answer is no. When we passed welfare reform, 92% of the American people supported it,… Read More Newt Gingrich and the Kamikaze Presidency…
Slate never fails to underwhelm. Swanson, played by Nick Offerman, is essentially an optimistic fantasy of a conservative politician. He’s stoic and deeply hostile to the very notion of government, but ultimately kind-hearted and genuinely concerned for the well-being of other people. He’s a throwback, in some ways, to the Teddy Roosevelt image of conservatism—hyper-masculine,… Read More Matthew Perpetua Pretends to Understand Conservative Politics, References Ron Swanson…
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