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(ABC) Interesting Well GOP the good news is that Obama's unfavorable rating with voters is that it's highest level ever. The bad news? Independents are running away from Newt like rats from a sinking ship   (abcnews.go.com) divider line 69
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oldernell [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 08:48:24 AM
More like the ship sailing off without the rat.
 
Vodka Zombie [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 08:54:56 AM
English, Subby. Work on it. Learn it. Love it!
 
hubiestubert [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 10:26:39 AM
 
monoski
2011-12-14 10:34:54 AM
www.humorgazette.com

The whole slimey thing spooks voters also. Imagine Newt out on the prowl for new wives. Sorry about your mental images.
 
Jake Havechek
2011-12-14 10:35:10 AM
Couldn't be because Newt's an arrogant S.O.B., now could it?
 
Fart_Machine
2011-12-14 10:36:27 AM
The GOP couldn't find a less likable candidate if they decided to pull Cheney out of his hole and ran him.
 
Xai
2011-12-14 10:37:24 AM
My god is this what passes for news in america? The guy speaks to the viewers as though they were children, speaking slowly, repeating and using simplistic analogies alongside comedic sound effects.
 
Jake Havechek
2011-12-14 10:38:17 AM
See it's not important that Newt got blowjobs and cheated on his wife, it's important that he loved his country so much he had to chastise Bill Clinton for the same thing.
 
Fart_Machine
2011-12-14 10:41:53 AM
Xai: My god is this what passes for news in america? The guy speaks to the viewers as though they were children, speaking slowly, repeating and using simplistic analogies alongside comedic sound effects.

Morning television news is suppose to be "wacky" in this country. Don't ask me why.
 
colon_pow
2011-12-14 10:42:56 AM
beck raped and murdered him yesterday on radio.
 
Why Yes I Am A Wizard
2011-12-14 10:48:12 AM
DECISION 2012

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"But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue?
It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. "
-- Edmund Burke
 
Death to New Rome
2011-12-14 10:50:29 AM
The only reason Newt surged into the new front runner position was because the media informed us that is what happened. I don't think anybody really likes that scumbag. Like the last election the GOP candidate will be Obama.

Da most liberal president eva!
 
vernonFL [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 10:50:41 AM
Voters are running away from Newt faster then a cheating husband runs away from his cancer stricken wife.
 
BloodySaxon
2011-12-14 10:51:31 AM
I'm pretty sure Newt getting dumped is a good thing for the GOP.
 
Beluga Heights
2011-12-14 10:56:06 AM
Fark Newt Gingrich. He's one of the reasons why America can't have nice things.
 
theknuckler_33
2011-12-14 10:57:48 AM
Independents are running away from Newt like rats from a sinking ship.

I'm not sure that analogy makes a whole lot of sense. I mean, where are the rats going to run to? Into the water? It would seem that is what they would be trying to get away from if they were running from a sinking ship.
 
Why Yes I Am A Wizard
2011-12-14 11:02:10 AM
theknuckler_33: Independents are running away from Newt like rats from a sinking ship.

I'm not sure that analogy makes a whole lot of sense. I mean, where are the rats going to run to? Into the water? It would seem that is what they would be trying to get away from if they were running from a sinking ship.

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logic523
2011-12-14 11:02:44 AM
Vodka Zombie: English, Subby. Work on it. Learn it. Love it!

Is that it's first language?
 
BloodySaxon
2011-12-14 11:04:38 AM
logic523: Vodka Zombie: English, Subby. Work on it. Learn it. Love it!

Is that it's they're first language?
 
Shaggy_C
2011-12-14 11:06:10 AM
theknuckler_33: I'm not sure that analogy makes a whole lot of sense. I mean, where are the rats going to run to? Into the water? It would seem that is what they would be trying to get away from if they were running from a sinking ship.

Rats can swim, you know. You don't want to stay on the ship because, if they're below deck or near an opening, they can be trapped by rushing water and pulled under. It's just a well-documented phenomenon that as old ships would sink the rats would all suddenly appear in the water swimming away. And what's a more disgusting, lowly creature than a rat? This, contrasted against the captain of the ship who will stand at the wheel until it sinks. It's a great metaphor.
 
Bob16
2011-12-14 11:06:33 AM
This is not really news.

For years it has been known that just the sight of Newts face turns off a large chunk of the non-right wing portion of the country.

He really is toxic. It's that old right wing in your face style of his that plays real well on moran AM radio but fails outside that.

A political philosophy based on "pissing off liberals" may not piss off the independents but it does seem to make them distrustful.
 
theknuckler_33
2011-12-14 11:12:32 AM
Shaggy_C: theknuckler_33: I'm not sure that analogy makes a whole lot of sense. I mean, where are the rats going to run to? Into the water? It would seem that is what they would be trying to get away from if they were running from a sinking ship.

Rats can swim, you know. You don't want to stay on the ship because, if they're below deck or near an opening, they can be trapped by rushing water and pulled under. It's just a well-documented phenomenon that as old ships would sink the rats would all suddenly appear in the water swimming away. And what's a more disgusting, lowly creature than a rat? This, contrasted against the captain of the ship who will stand at the wheel until it sinks. It's a great metaphor.

I was just being snarky. But really, how far can a rat swim anyway? If that ship went down in the north Atlantic, I don't think many of those rats would make it to Greenland!
 
qorkfiend
2011-12-14 11:13:44 AM
theknuckler_33: Shaggy_C: theknuckler_33: I'm not sure that analogy makes a whole lot of sense. I mean, where are the rats going to run to? Into the water? It would seem that is what they would be trying to get away from if they were running from a sinking ship.

Rats can swim, you know. You don't want to stay on the ship because, if they're below deck or near an opening, they can be trapped by rushing water and pulled under. It's just a well-documented phenomenon that as old ships would sink the rats would all suddenly appear in the water swimming away. And what's a more disgusting, lowly creature than a rat? This, contrasted against the captain of the ship who will stand at the wheel until it sinks. It's a great metaphor.

I was just being snarky. But really, how far can a rat swim anyway? If that ship went down in the north Atlantic, I don't think many of those rats would make it to Greenland!

Very few people have accused rats of thinking that far ahead.
 
Shaggy_C
2011-12-14 11:15:24 AM
theknuckler_33: I was just being snarky. But really, how far can a rat swim anyway? If that ship went down in the north Atlantic, I don't think many of those rats would make it to Greenland!

I heard from the internet that rats can swim a 1/2 mile in open sea and can tread water for 3 days. I would figure if any ship were sinking, rescue ships would be along to pick up survivors shortly thereafter. The rats would just hop on board that new shup. It makes you wonder how many rats actually survived shipwrecks over the years...Pretty resourceful animals!
 
Slaves2Darkness
2011-12-14 11:16:30 AM
I'll just leave this here:
"I'm just going by my gut. I shook the guy's hand, looked him in the eye and he has no soul. I don't see a conviction. I don't see a leader. I feel like I'm talking to a robot. I've talked to all the other candidates and none of them gave me the vibe that Gingrich did. He is not a guy you want to go have a beer with," - Judd Saul, a Tea Party member and GOP activist from Black Hawk County.
 
Martian_Astronomer
2011-12-14 11:27:38 AM
Slaves2Darkness: I'll just leave this here:
"I'm just going by my gut. I shook the guy's hand, looked him in the eye and he has no soul. I don't see a conviction. I don't see a leader. I feel like I'm talking to a robot. I've talked to all the other candidates and none of them gave me the vibe that Gingrich did. He is not a guy you want to go have a beer with," - Judd Saul, a Tea Party member and GOP activist from Black Hawk County.

As much as we all dislike Newt, this still depresses me. For many people "confidence" and "conviction" mean acting like a revival preacher who exudes bravado heedless of whether or not it's justified.

/ Which also explains why Herman Cain was popular for a while
 
tomcatadam
2011-12-14 11:28:47 AM
theknuckler_33: I was just being snarky. But really, how far can a rat swim anyway? If that ship went down in the north Atlantic, I don't think many of those rats would make it to Greenland!

I think the idea is that they head for things that are floating. Debris and all that.
 
KiltedBastich
2011-12-14 11:29:06 AM
Shaggy_C: I heard from the internet that rats can swim a 1/2 mile in open sea and can tread water for 3 days. I would figure if any ship were sinking, rescue ships would be along to pick up survivors shortly thereafter. The rats would just hop on board that new shup. It makes you wonder how many rats actually survived shipwrecks over the years...Pretty resourceful animals!

There's a reason rats are everywhere humans are. They are, like us, extremely adaptable generalists who are a very good at a lot of different survival strategies, and can eat nearly anything they come cross. Damn smart for a rodent, as well, they have considerable problem solving skills compared to other small mammals. The odds are good that the rats as a species will outlive us.

And for all those reasons, they also make surprisingly good pets, much more personable and friendly than a hamster or gerbil.
 
randomjsa
2011-12-14 11:37:44 AM
Jake Havechek: Couldn't be because Newt's an arrogant S.O.B., now could it?

Didn't hurt Obama but then again Democrats aren't expected to have any standards of behavior.
 
Nishu [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 11:39:09 AM
Why Yes I Am A Wizard: DECISION 2012

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"But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue?
It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. "
-- Edmund Burke

This is what I thought of when I read the headline. Last time, I think we at least liked our candidates. This time we're all basically choosing between two people we can't stand, much more so than last election.
 
Beluga Heights
2011-12-14 11:40:35 AM
randomjsa: Jake Havechek: Couldn't be because Newt's an arrogant S.O.B., now could it?

Didn't hurt Obama but then again Democrats aren't expected to have any standards of behavior.

Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer would like a word.
 
NeverDrunk23
2011-12-14 11:44:44 AM
Jake Havechek: Couldn't be because Newt's an arrogant S.O.B., now could it?

The irony is that the right-wingers will claim Obama is uppity and arrogant while ignoring Newt who actually IS arrogant/
 
Counter_Intelligent
2011-12-14 11:45:15 AM
theknuckler_33: I'm not sure that analogy makes a whole lot of sense. I mean, where are the rats going to run to? Into the water? It would seem that is what they would be trying to get away from if they were running from a sinking ship.

You can at least swim to the surface in open water.
 
uh_clem
2011-12-14 11:46:15 AM
Newt's the smartest guy in the room and he goes out of his way to make sure that everyone knows that he's the smartest guy in the room.

Actually, Newt's thinks he's the smartest guy in the room and he goes out of his way to make sure that everyone knows that he thinks he's the smartest guy in the room.

Which is why everybody who's ever spent any time trying to work with him thinks he's an arrogant ignorant jackass.
 
Jake Havechek
2011-12-14 11:47:41 AM
randomjsa: Jake Havechek: Couldn't be because Newt's an arrogant S.O.B., now could it?

Didn't hurt Obama but then again Democrats aren't expected to have any standards of behavior.

The fark are you babbling about?
 
max_pooper
2011-12-14 11:51:33 AM
randomjsa: Jake Havechek: Couldn't be because Newt's an arrogant S.O.B., now could it?

Didn't hurt Obama but then again Democrats aren't expected to have any standards of behavior.

I see the classic Rovian tactic of accusing your opponent of what you are in fact guilty of has yet to lose it's luster with the derp-brigade.
 
Dr. Whoof
2011-12-14 11:54:13 AM
Jake Havechek: randomjsa: Jake Havechek: Couldn't be because Newt's an arrogant S.O.B., now could it?

Didn't hurt Obama but then again Democrats aren't expected to have any standards of behavior.

The fark are you babbling about?

Hang on, I'll run it through the secret derp-decoder. The message is...

B-E S-U-R-E T-O D-R-I-N-K Y-O-U-R O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E.

That's all I could decipher.
 
odinsposse
2011-12-14 11:55:20 AM
Who could have guessed that Newt would turn out to be an unlikeable douche? I mean, besides every human alive in the 90's.
 
max_pooper
2011-12-14 11:57:29 AM
Dr. Whoof: Jake Havechek: randomjsa: Jake Havechek: Couldn't be because Newt's an arrogant S.O.B., now could it?

Didn't hurt Obama but then again Democrats aren't expected to have any standards of behavior.

The fark are you babbling about?

Hang on, I'll run it through the secret derp-decoder. The message is...

B-E S-U-R-E T-O D-R-I-N-K Y-O-U-R O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E.

That's all I could decipher.

I can't wait for 24 hours of A Christmas Story....
 
Uncle Eazy [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 12:12:22 PM
Dr. Whoof: Jake Havechek: randomjsa: Jake Havechek: Couldn't be because Newt's an arrogant S.O.B., now could it?

Didn't hurt Obama but then again Democrats aren't expected to have any standards of behavior.

The fark are you babbling about?

Hang on, I'll run it through the secret derp-decoder. The message is...

B-E S-U-R-E T-O D-R-I-N-K Y-O-U-R O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E.

That's all I could decipher.

Son of a biatch.
 
Philip Francis Queeg
2011-12-14 12:13:04 PM
Beluga Heights: randomjsa: Jake Havechek: Couldn't be because Newt's an arrogant S.O.B., now could it?

Didn't hurt Obama but then again Democrats aren't expected to have any standards of behavior.

Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer would like a word.

David Vitter is too busy in the Senate to say anything, however.
 
Hobodeluxe
2011-12-14 12:13:12 PM
just wait until he signs this "indefinite detention for US citizens without giving them due process" bill.

then his unfavorable numbers will soar.
 
bugontherug
2011-12-14 12:14:13 PM
Newt = four years of far right ideology if he gets elected.

Romney = four years of reasonable compromise to accomplish conservative and progressive goals alike.

If the Republicans nominate Newt, I'll be furious. I'll pull my own hair out, chew it up, and spit it on some Republicans.

Let's hope conservatives have the common sense to make the right choice in Iowa. Newt CANNOT win the Republican nomination.
 
Captain_Ballbeard
2011-12-14 12:16:59 PM
I think the strategy here is to desensitize the American public with an endless stream of batshiat crazy candidates, so far out there that when they finally do roll out Romney, he looks normal by comparison. And Americans being what they are, they will undoubtedly fall for it.
 
mrshowrules [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 12:19:24 PM
Jake Havechek: randomjsa: Jake Havechek: Couldn't be because Newt's an arrogant S.O.B., now could it?

Didn't hurt Obama but then again Democrats aren't expected to have any standards of behavior.

The fark are you babbling about?

Yep, it's on the derp list.

Obama is:
-foreign
-muslim
-elitist
-terrorist sympathizer
-terrorist
-socialist
-economist
-empty suit
-incompetent
-puppet
-anti-semite
-racist
-Uncle Tom
-inexperienced
-corrupt
-naive
-dishonest
-confused
-brash
-rude
-overconfident
-arrogant
-retarded
-delusional
-"that one"
-messiah
-teleprompter user
-trying to do too much
-not trying to do enough
-mean spirited
-lost boy
-unpatriotic
-great divider
-appeaser
 
monoski
2011-12-14 12:20:04 PM
Is there anyone out here on Fark that thinks they will vote for Newt if he makes to primary day?

//I am a registered Republican and I could not vote for him
 
HotIgneous Intruder
2011-12-14 12:22:10 PM
I'm writing in my dog in the next presidential election

/No Barry, no Newtie, no Willard, No joke.
 
Riche [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 12:23:04 PM
What most of the far right fails to understand is WHY Obama is so damn unpopular-- it's because he acts way too much like a freaking Republican-- at least one fom the late 80's /early 90's before they all went batshiat insane.

Just look at the guy's record-- Renewing the patriot act, extending the disasterous Bush tax cuts, refusing to address the war crimes/human rights violations of the last administration, signing into law a piss-poor health care "reform" act nearly identical to what the republicans pushed for in the '90s, failing to even try to go after the bankers that raped our economy and lot us with over 9% unemployment, blindly pushing on with the obviously failed war on drugs...

The list goes on and on. Face it, Obama is Reagan with a dark tan and additional smarts.

At least he's a mature, sane, grown up. Just look at the Republican frontrunners. Holy shiat! I'm deeply horrified that tens of millions of American voters take these retarded clowns seriously.

Obama WILL win his second term, not because of people voting FOR him but because of people voting AGAINST the Republican.

FARK this broken and corrupt political system of ours. I want to vote FOR somebody, not AGAINST some total sociopath.
 
Tatterdemalian
2011-12-14 12:23:19 PM
Only poll that matters is the general election, and I for one am fairly certain Obama will win, even if he had a zero approval rating the day before.

/he had no problem arranging the murders of federal agents for gun control propaganda
//he'll have no problem doing in reality any of the things his constituents fantasized Dubya Bush doing to stay in office
 
dehehn
2011-12-14 12:25:00 PM
Slaves2Darkness: I'll just leave this here:
"I'm just going by my gut. I shook the guy's hand, looked him in the eye and he has no soul. I don't see a conviction. I don't see a leader. I feel like I'm talking to a robot. I've talked to all the other candidates and none of them gave me the vibe that Gingrich did. He is not a guy you want to go have a beer with," - Judd Saul, a Tea Party member and GOP activist from Black Hawk County.

He didn't get that impression from Romney? Every time I've seen him attempt to talk to voters one on one or in a restaurant he always seems to be just barely disguising his discomfort at being there and just saying what he thinks a candidate should say to normal people.
 
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