tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post7023163691796744376..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-58321853975036955442011-12-08T05:31:58.305-05:002011-12-08T05:31:58.305-05:00Well, if Newt weren't a well respected politic...Well, if Newt weren't a well respected political icon, a brilliant ideas man, and had a solid family history of faithful monogamy, he wouldn't have been on TV all those times, now would he?<br /><br />So, it's not like he's some disgraced politico, a babbling, self-impressed, grifting windbag, or a serial philanderer, right?<br /><br />No TRUE Scotsm... uhm... Conservative could ever support anyone like that!<br />Unless he pisses off the Liberals!!!c u n d gulaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875369227763250574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-79914819740713807192011-12-07T14:49:43.482-05:002011-12-07T14:49:43.482-05:00This, of course, fits in with the 'born-again ...This, of course, fits in with the 'born-again virgin' theory - with Newt, the GOP base can pretend that the Democrats f*cked everything up.Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-51574437072362819512011-12-07T14:47:54.095-05:002011-12-07T14:47:54.095-05:00Somebody opined that the advantage of Newt is that...Somebody opined that the advantage of Newt is that the GOP base doesn't have to think about the past decade, where they f*ck the country big-time.Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-46172079528080361052011-12-07T13:33:46.336-05:002011-12-07T13:33:46.336-05:00I think your last observation is exactly right: th...I think your last observation is exactly right: the lumpenright would indeed be happier with such fireworks displays, regardless of such tedious considerations as whether legislation resulted. As always with them (and not only with them, unfortunately), it's the show, not the substance. They ain't watching C-span, they're watching Fox.<br /><br />No doubt another reason for their nostalgia about the Gingrich House is the fact that it was the first GOP-controlled House in 40 years - in a sense, the legislative-branch completion of the ReaganCo takeover of the executive branch.BHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991272246814476124noreply@blogger.com