...arouser of those who form civilization...

I...no. Please, no.

A handwriting analyst would have an aneurysm looking at that. Then run screaming for the hills.

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A peek inside Newt's mind

C'mon. Escher was a genius.

A bit of an obvious question, considering, but why is 'histories' in quotation marks for him?

make me some tea: vernonFL: I'm not a clinical psychiatrist, but Newt Gingrich is farking INSANE.

We already knew that.

Frankly, Anyone who has a PhD has the 'right' to be as arrogant as Newt is - that's what they're trained for. And the fact that it's Tulane, and not an 'oral roberts' type school gives him a certain amount of credibility. We leftists always talk about the value of liberal arts and the desire to be governed by 'philosopher kings' ... well, newt seems to be in that group ... that doesn't mean that we need to elect him. It just means that our blanket statements sometimes are a little too broad to reflect what we really want.

Even Plato was a bad candidate - he advocated a state where children were raised by the state instead of by their parents - something that almost nobody in america would condone today.

djkutch: I liked "renewing civilization".

Newt wants to engage Darfur.

I think "recivilizing all Americans" takes the cake. I'm sure most of Fark would need recivilizing by Newt's standards.

Just happy to see there is no mention of Alinsky.

rubi_con_man: make me some tea: vernonFL: I'm not a clinical psychiatrist, but Newt Gingrich is farking INSANE.

We already knew that.

Frankly, Anyone who has a PhD has the 'right' to be as arrogant as Newt is - that's what they're trained for. And the fact that it's Tulane, and not an 'oral roberts' type school gives him a certain amount of credibility. We leftists always talk about the value of liberal arts and the desire to be governed by 'philosopher kings' ... well, newt seems to be in that group ... that doesn't mean that we need to elect him. It just means that our blanket statements sometimes are a little too broad to reflect what we really want.

Even Plato was a bad candidate - he advocated a state where children were raised by the state instead of by their parents - something that almost nobody in america would condone today.

Not to mention very strict censorship... for Plato, that is. I'm sure Newt would sympathize though.

dehehn: djkutch: I liked "renewing civilization".

Newt wants to engage Darfur.

I think "recivilizing all Americans" takes the cake. I'm sure most of Fark would need recivilizing by Newt's standards.

I don't think Fark is civilized.

/I wouldn't want it any other way

Sketch thread?

"NEWT action!

I've said it before, I'll say it again - high-functioning sociopath.

pretty sure newt's a sociopath. i heard someone here, on another thread, refer to him as glib. he is the epitome of the webster's definition of that word.
"marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere or deceitful "

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haha i died when that popped up on the screen during superbad. and its still funny

ordinarysteve: pretty sure newt's a sociopath. i heard someone here, on another thread, refer to him as glib. he is the epitome of the webster's definition of that word.
"marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere or deceitful "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Psychopathy_Checklist (new window)

Check out the items listed and consider how many of them seem to apply to Newt...

GhostFish: ordinarysteve: pretty sure newt's a sociopath. i heard someone here, on another thread, refer to him as glib. he is the epitome of the webster's definition of that word.
"marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere or deceitful "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Psychopathy_Checklist (new window)

Check out the items listed and consider how many of them seem to apply to Newt...

holy good lord. obviously i don't know the coont but he fits that checklist like a glove. tight as the o.j glove

Newt Gingrich is Doing Drugs.

GhostFish: ordinarysteve: pretty sure newt's a sociopath. i heard someone here, on another thread, refer to him as glib. he is the epitome of the webster's definition of that word.
"marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere or deceitful "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Psychopathy_Checklist (new window)

Check out the items listed and consider how many of them seem to apply to Newt...

Eeek!

So basically he wants to:

1. Select "Welfare"
2. Press [Del]
3. ???
4. Profit!

What a good little republican he is.

vernonFL: I'm not a clinical psychiatrist, but Newt Gingrich is farking INSANE.

Collection of New York Times' doodles reveal how Iowans see the man (new window)

If nothing else, he's convinced me he understands how administrations work.

But I assumed.

rubi_con_man: make me some tea: vernonFL: I'm not a clinical psychiatrist, but Newt Gingrich is farking INSANE.

We already knew that.

Frankly, Anyone who has a PhD has the 'right' to be as arrogant as Newt is - that's what they're trained for. And the fact that it's Tulane, and not an 'oral roberts' type school gives him a certain amount of credibility. We leftists always talk about the value of liberal arts and the desire to be governed by 'philosopher kings' ... well, newt seems to be in that group ... that doesn't mean that we need to elect him. It just means that our blanket statements sometimes are a little too broad to reflect what we really want.

Even Plato was a bad candidate - he advocated a state where children were raised by the state instead of by their parents - something that almost nobody in america would condone today.


There's a difference between arrogance and megalomania, and Newt suffers from the latter. It's one thing to think "I'm better than everyone else," another thing entirely to think "I should be ruling everyone else." And that's where most politicians are, Newt's at "the world NEEDS ME to rule everyone else."

Newt thinks he's a savior. He believes he's the key to reforming the world according to a singular vision that only he can grasp.

And as pointed out up-thread, he's probably a sociopath too.

What a farking egomaniac.

"...the 4 best examples of this kind of popular effort to renew America are:
1. The Jefferson-Madison-Burr invention of the Democratic Party to replace the Federalists;
2. The Jacksonian coalition to replace John Quincy Addams, Henry Clay, and the National Bank, and;
3. The McKinley business-progressive-urban coalition to defeat the threat to modern industrialism
Any effort smaller than this is doomed to fail."

Good thing he knows history. He sucks at math.

Notabunny: vernonFL: I'm not a clinical psychiatrist, but Newt Gingrich is farking INSANE.

Collection of New York Times' doodles reveal how Iowans "642 likely Republican caucus-goers in Iowa" see the man (new window)


These are heartland Republicans.They may be inclined to be forgiving regarding Newt's history

The rest of America is apt to be a bit more hard-nosed.

The right finds itself in the same-old pickle... appease the base, lose the moderates and independents. Choose the "safe" candidate with broader appeal, lose the base.And now they've got the fact that the "safe" candidate is a Mormon... which complicates things even more.

Came for Jackie Treehorn, left pleasantly surprised with Zodiac. Thanks Fark!

GhostFish: ordinarysteve: pretty sure newt's a sociopath. i heard someone here, on another thread, refer to him as glib. he is the epitome of the webster's definition of that word.
"marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere or deceitful "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Psychopathy_Checklist (new window)

Check out the items listed and consider how many of them seem to apply to Newt...

Hmmm ... now, which previous presidential candidate does he remind me of? Oh, yeah: Fact Magazine published an article polling psychiatrists around the country as to [Barry] Goldwater's sanity. 1,189 psychiatrists appeared to agree that Goldwater was "emotionally unstable" and unfit for office ...

Yes, Newt Gingrich is a man of many red flags.

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Reagan's doodles. (new window)

Check that site, and some of those are telling...Thanks for the linkage