Former Freddie Mac officials told Bloomberg Gingrich was asked "to build bridges to Capitol Hill Republicans and develop an argument on behalf of the company's public-private structure that would resonate with conservatives seeking to dismantle it."

Lobbyist or historian?

Why is anyone listening to that scumbag?

It is interesting how much dirt fellow Republicans have on each other and how quickly they use it.

world nut daily?

no thanks - no clicky - no ad revenue

Is there any WND article that doesn't shill a book?

Well done subby.

You guys act lie it's something weird for al mortgage companies to pay 1.6 Million to a historian for history lessons?

After all of these scandals and gaffes by the GOP candidates, I'm going to start taking futures bets on what will derail the next "front runner". My money will be on us finding out Rick Santorum ate all the DNA-laden evidence in the santorum left over from the Sandusky shower.(BTW how are you a front runner when Romney is the only one who is ever in the lead? Is it another Romney flip flop? "I'm the front runner. Just kidding. Just kidding about being just kidding." Wait... that's Hermain Cain's schtick.)

Someone post that pic of newt's wife

Fart_Machine: Is there any WND article that doesn't shill a book?

They also shill for their Christmas ornaments (new window). As an added bonus, the commenters are sure that Obamao will make Christmas illegal in 2013.

If anyone is interested in the thousands marching in New York City right now here is the live stream: Link (new window)

TravisBickle62: Someone post that pic of newt's wife



/hot like the fried kind

"I heard that Newt blows goats." -Herman Cain

But seriously, back in my bartender days I had Newt as a customer (this was when in 2000 or so). I already disliked him but my personal politics don't effect my work and I treat everyone equally well. Anyway, things were going just fine until some completely minor problem - so minor that I don't even remember what it was - set him into a full blown tantrum. I don't mean complaining to a manager or whatever, but an actual 8 year-old's tantrum.

The man is a jerk both in policy and in personality.

Jackson Herring: TravisBickle62: Someone post that pic of newt's wife

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OH GOD I CAN SEE FOREVER

thomps: Soup4Bonnie: Why is anyone listening to that scumbag?

you're going to have to be more specific.

Snort.

GAT_00 Look, Jack Abramoff's word isn't worth shiat 99 times out of 100. But when it comes to corruption, scandal and farkups, I think he's something of an expert on how bad those can be, and when Abramoff says you farked up, you farked up.

Well that, and he's got a book to sell



Fart_Machine Is there any WND article that doesn't shill a book?

NO, what would be the point.

Come at me, bro!

Corvus: You guys act like it's something weird for mortgage companies to pay 1.6 Million to a historian for history lessons?

FTFM

Soup4Bonnie: Why is anyone listening to that scumbag?

I sent a text to my Tea Party friend the other day asking just that. She responded saying she admires his deep Catholic faith and love of Pope John Paul (she's a Catholic who grew up on the southside of Chicago). I asked her, "Given his views on marriage and history of infidelity, don't you think it's likely he's just faking it for political gain?"

She told me only religious people should worry about moral issues, then said that Obama is a bigger hypocrite and liar so why do I care?

I just think he's funny. I don't take him seriously or anything.

CorporatePerson: Soup4Bonnie: Why is anyone listening to that scumbag?

I sent a text to my Tea Party friend the other day asking just that. She responded saying she admires his deep Catholic faith and love of Pope John Paul (she's a Catholic who grew up on the southside of Chicago). I asked her, "Given his views on marriage and history of infidelity, don't you think it's likely he's just faking it for political gain?"

She told me only religious people should worry about moral issues, then said that Obama is a bigger hypocrite and liar so why do I care?

I just think he's funny. I don't take him seriously or anything.

Your friend sounds stupid.

Fart_Machine: Is there any WND article that doesn't shill a book?

just for grins (and because I don't want to work), I started clicking through the stories. Could not find a no-shill story.

I did click on a 'breaking news' link, which brought me to a boring story. When I hit "back", it opened a "are you sure you want to navigate away from this page?" message, informing me that I'd be giving up my opportunity to purchase this book. I closed the page.

NOW IT'S GONE. I can't get it back. I have no idea what I'm supposed to be terrified of, and now I can't go back and find out. I don'w know what to stockpile and who to buy it from. They weren't kidding that you miss the opportunity.

CAN YOU HELP? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BE TERRIFIED OF!!!!

CorporatePerson: Soup4Bonnie: Why is anyone listening to that scumbag?

I sent a text to my Tea Party friend the other day asking just that. She responded saying she admires his deep Catholic faith and love of Pope John Paul (she's a Catholic who grew up on the southside of Chicago). I asked her, "Given his views on marriage and history of infidelity, don't you think it's likely he's just faking it for political gain?"

She told me only religious people should worry about moral issues, then said that Obama is a bigger hypocrite and liar so why do I care?

I just think he's funny. I don't take him seriously or anything.

I see. You must vote based on her rules but she doesn't have to. Sounds like many on the right.

N. A. Coffey: CorporatePerson: Soup4Bonnie: Why is anyone listening to that scumbag?

I sent a text to my Tea Party friend the other day asking just that. She responded saying she admires his deep Catholic faith and love of Pope John Paul (she's a Catholic who grew up on the southside of Chicago). I asked her, "Given his views on marriage and history of infidelity, don't you think it's likely he's just faking it for political gain?"

She told me only religious people should worry about moral issues, then said that Obama is a bigger hypocrite and liar so why do I care?

I just think he's funny. I don't take him seriously or anything.

Your friend sounds stupid.

THIS TO THE MILLIONTH POWER!

N. A. Coffey: CorporatePerson: She told me only religious people should worry about moral issues, then said that Obama is a bigger hypocrite and liar so why do I care?

I just think he's funny. I don't take him seriously or anything.

Your friend sounds stupid.

You'd think that but the scary this is she actually isn't. She was the valedictorian of my high school and graduated from a reputable college with high honors and she's now pursuing a Masters degree at a different good school. She voted for Obama in 2008, but has since moved to a Fox News/talk radio-only media diet. Now all she does is herp and derp about Communism. She even tried to defend Gingrich's "Soon we'll be in an atheist country ruled by militant Islam" comment.

I guess that's why I keep talking to her. The optimist in me wants to believe she's smart enough to eventually take a step outside the echo chamber realize this giant liberal conspiracy she's so afraid of is just fiction created by professional fearmongerers. I guess it's easier for her to fall for all that bullshiat because, like most Republicans I know, she's quite susceptible to religious pandering.

This primary has been living up to all expectations, but i'm thinking it may be peaking too early. Newt doesn't look like he's going to last a week, so all we have left are Santorum and Huntsman? We're still 2 months away from the first primaries.

CorporatePerson: N. A. Coffey: CorporatePerson: She told me only religious people should worry about moral issues, then said that Obama is a bigger hypocrite and liar so why do I care?

I just think he's funny. I don't take him seriously or anything.

Your friend sounds stupid.

You'd think that but the scary this is she actually isn't. She was the valedictorian of my high school and graduated from a reputable college with high honors and she's now pursuing a Masters degree at a different good school. She voted for Obama in 2008, but has since moved to a Fox News/talk radio-only media diet. Now all she does is herp and derp about Communism. She even tried to defend Gingrich's "Soon we'll be in an atheist country ruled by militant Islam" comment.

I guess that's why I keep talking to her. The optimist in me wants to believe she's smart enough to eventually take a step outside the echo chamber realize this giant liberal conspiracy she's so afraid of is just fiction created by professional fearmongerers. I guess it's easier for her to fall for all that bullshiat because, like most Republicans I know, she's quite susceptible to religious pandering.

Well, getting straight A's does not really mean she is smart (I'm not saying she isn't)... it means she is a hard worker. You can be smart as hell but if you don't do your assignments and don't study for tests, you won't get A's, period.

CorporatePerson:

My apologies. I shouldn't have been so blunt. I know intelligent people who side with republicans exclusively and am constantly amazed by it too. All logic just thrown to the wind. Democrats have to be wrong on everything... so, no matter how stupid the GOP take on any subject is, they must be right!

Scary.

moralpanic: Newt doesn't look like he's going to last a week, so all we have left are Santorum and Huntsman?

I don't think anyone really expected the Newt bubble to last very long but I know no one wants to see...

...a Santorum bubble.

mrshowrules: The ego and sense of entitlement with so little achievement of so many of these politicians leads me to believe that the are actually sociopaths.

"Sociopath" is too often thrown around to describe people we don't like, but in Newt's (and Palin's, et al) case I think the diagnosis is straight on. Look at how these people behave. They have no regard for anyone but themselves. Not a trace of empathy. That's pretty much the definition of sociopath. Hell, it wouldn't be a huge stretch to refer to the modern GOP's entire platform as sociopath. I know that sounds like hyperbole but seriously, just sit down and think about it.

CorporatePerson: You'd think that but the scary this is she actually isn't. She was the valedictorian of my high school and graduated from a reputable college with high honors and she's now pursuing a Masters degree at a different good school. She voted for Obama in 2008, but has since moved to a Fox News/talk radio-only media diet. Now all she does is herp and derp about Communism. She even tried to defend Gingrich's "Soon we'll be in an atheist country ruled by militant Islam" comment.

I guess that's why I keep talking to her. The optimist in me wants to believe she's smart enough to eventually take a step outside the echo chamber realize this giant liberal conspiracy she's so afraid of is just fiction created by professional fearmongerers. I guess it's easier for her to fall for all that bullshiat because, like most Republicans I know, she's quite susceptible to religious pandering.

My father is ridiculously well-educated, and he's also stuck in the echo chamber. While never a liberal, he was always even-keeled. So it was disheartening to watch his politics and debate tactics change commensurate with the rise of (and frequency of him watching) FOX News. Now the guy is an alarmist pants-shiatter who thinks Obama is simultaneously incompetent yet also a diabolical genius hell-bent on destroying America.

People can accuse Fark of being a liberal echo chamber as well, but here's the important difference - I don't actually get my news here. I come here to chat with smart people who have similar opinions. But in the morning I get an AP feed, not Glen Beck's blog and Fox and Friends. My dad, sadly, literally will not consume any source of info but FOX (he thinks even the Associated Press is a vast liberal conspiracy) and his seriously creepy favorites list of blowhard blogs. Like your friend much of it is the easy success of religious pandering.

Jesus may have turned water into wine, but he also made plenty of smart people instantly retarded.

Diogenes: I wonder if Tiffany's will extend me an interest free line of credit? I am a Philosopher after all.

To be fair, the credit's not because he's a historian, the credit's because he's a rich guy with a proven track record of buying shiny things.

And they said a history major would never pay off!
Cha- Ching

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