Monthly Archives: October 2011

Second Look at Newt Gingrich (Number Three with a Bullet)

‎”Sometimes, Newt’s giant supercomputer brain kicks into high gear and…bodies all over the floor.” - THE Rick Wilson

Let’s get it all out of the way. I realize he’s on wife #3 and that the Democrats moved all the gold out of Fort Knox to house all the opposition research they have on him. He sometimes sticks hit foot in his mouth, I disagree with him on some social issues, and he lost points with me at the beginning of the camapaign when he threw Paul Ryan under the bus.

That said, a funny thing happened on the way to the Iowa Caucuses. Newt Gingrich, threw nothing but his debate performances, went from low single digits to #3 in the polls, and within striking distance of being the new not-Romney in the race.
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I’ve Flip-Flopped on Mitt Romney Again (or, WTF dude?)

Of course, immediately after mocking Herman Cain and Rick Perry for needing to be something more than just “not Romney,” Romney goes an does something that causes even moderate RINO squishes like me to go, “Are you serious bro?”

I wasn’t a fan of his back in 2008. It drove me insane when all of the “truuuuue conservatives” were claiming that Mitt Romney was the second coming of Ronald Reagan riding to our rescue on a three legged stool, even though he was same Mitt Romney then that they suddenly criticize now. I flipped after the election.

As I started to realize the error of my ways regarding John McCain, Romney was making a lot of sense with his well timed editorials and media appearance criticizing the President on substantive matters. While cats on our side were flailing their arms aboot birth certificates and Sharia Law, Romney stayed focused on jobs and the economy. This was a candidate I could get on board with.

Welcome to the 2012 race. I won’t nitpick over every issue he’s run to the left on if it would grab him an extra few points in the polls. Just these two:
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Reason #218 why it’s not enough to just not be Mitt Romney…

Reason #218 why it’s not enough to just not be Mitt Romney? Rick Perry has a great tax plan that he’s going to roll out today that no one (including him) is going to be talking aboot, because…

John Harwood: “In CNBC interview, Perry tells me why he kept Obama birther issue alive: ‘It’s a good issue to keep alive. It’s fun to poke at him.’”

Reason #217 why it’s not enough to just not be Mitt Romney…

Reason #217 why it’s not enough to just not be Mitt Romney…seriously Cain campaign?

I Have No Idea What the Fuck is Going On (Thoughts on Family and Cancer)

I’ve had that title in my head for a future blog post once all was said and done, though originally it was going to be called “The Worst Fucking Cancer Advice You’re Ever Going to Hear.” The irony being, my dad would get upset if you ever said that something “sucked.”

I never really spoke much about my father having cancer. For someone who is on teh Facebooks and teh Twitters more than anyone should be, sharing every idiotic pondering that crosses his mind, I’m not one for sharing personal aspects of my life. As it is, I had originally only e-mailed a few close friends when my father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, just to say that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and that I didn’t really want to talk aboot it otherwise.

But now that he’s passed and my family is finishing the mourning stage over two refrigerators full of leftovers, I thought I’d share some…well, thoughts…that have crossed my mind as of late.
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Newt Gingrich

Just like how Jeb Bush would be President if his last name weren’t Bush, Newt Gingrich would be our candidate if his name wasn’t Newt Gingrich…