His victory speech was an amazing pile of horsesh*t.

His audiences at these debates hate most Americas. Yeah, you go with that.

Americans, that is.

Good old Newt. A true American patriot, just like Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis.

The fact that Newt farking Gingrich is the frontrunner of the Republican primary (again) proves the utter retardation of the current Republican base as well as the ability of the hypocritical values voters to look the other way.

Don't like what I just said? Then prove me wrong.

"I use fear and hatred because that is what jesus would do." (not actual quote)

Sock Ruh Tease: The fact that Newt farking Gingrich is the frontrunner of the Republican primary (again) proves the utter retardation of the current Republican base as well as the ability of the hypocritical values voters to look the other way.

Is there a candidate that would prove that the Republican base is smarter than we give them credit for, or does not make them all hypocrites in terms of values?

IlGreven: Sock Ruh Tease: The fact that Newt farking Gingrich is the frontrunner of the Republican primary (again) proves the utter retardation of the current Republican base as well as the ability of the hypocritical values voters to look the other way.

Is there a candidate that would prove that the Republican base is smarter than we give them credit for, or does not make them all hypocrites in terms of values?

Romney or Christie. Neither are hypocrites, though I wouldn't vote for either of them myself, I wouldn't actively have contempt for anyone who does.

Close2TheEdge: What kills me is how stupid it was for King to even ask him the question in the first place. Did they really believe Newt was going to react to it any other way? Particularly since Newt did the same thing to Juan Williams only a few nights earlier. If I didn't know any better, I'd say that Newt's team paid CNN to do it just so he could....

Hey, wait a minute.

The truth is probably just as pandering and shameful. How do you get ratings up for the 99th debate?* It's not as if you could actually hype something beforehand if everyone has been doing it every other night for the last 3 months. Given the speed of 'reporting' on Twitter and Facebook, it could be possible to draw a large audience if the opening moments of your debate were raucous and 'newsworthy.' If enough of the already watching crowd 'reported' such an uproar, it may attract viewers to the remainder of the show.


*I'm working on the presumption that CNN is a corporate entity that cares only for profits, and that its profits are derived from advertisers, and that the higher the average ratings of the network are, the higher the average price for advertising is.

/I could be wrong, it has happened before.

Find a common enemy, hate them and then even if these people were your enemy before, you now have something in common.

The enemy of your enemy is your friend.

eddiesocket: IlGreven: Sock Ruh Tease: The fact that Newt farking Gingrich is the frontrunner of the Republican primary (again) proves the utter retardation of the current Republican base as well as the ability of the hypocritical values voters to look the other way.

Is there a candidate that would prove that the Republican base is smarter than we give them credit for, or does not make them all hypocrites in terms of values?

Romney or Christie. Neither are hypocrites, though I wouldn't vote for either of them myself, I wouldn't actively have contempt for anyone who does.

Ummmmm...cutting aid to poor people while Christie flys in by helicopter to his son's ball game and then leaves the same way pretty much makes me have contempt for him.

Amusing Newt's algorithm for gaining support. Step 1: Figure out who the audience hates. Step 2: Convince the audience you hate them too. Step 3: Repeat Derp

FTFY

On a side note, can't stand dems or repubs. ugh... Voting for FSM, Cthulhu or RON PAUL

Eventually he's going to hate everybody and that's no way to get independents to vote for you, and it's a good way to get liberals to show up to vote against you.

Although, it's sort of sad.... I would prefer people oppose him for less personal reasons like his terrible and destructive policy positions and disgusting lack of even basic moral principles...

Sock Ruh Tease: The fact that Newt farking Gingrich is the frontrunner of the Republican primary (again) proves the utter retardation of the current Republican base as well as the ability of the hypocritical values voters to look the other way.

Don't like what I just said? Then prove me wrong.

I don't like what you said because it's true. The idea that one of these meat puppets could have a theoretically 50/50 chance at the Presidency is nauseatingly horrible.

Sock Ruh Tease: The fact that Newt farking Gingrich is the frontrunner of the Republican primary (again) proves the utter retardation of the current Republican base as well as the ability of the hypocritical values voters to look the other way.

Don't like what I just said? Then prove me wrong.

You're correct, but for things that are obvious, they are obvious; and for things that are not obvious, they are not obvious. Most people have to be taught this.

Many people are stuck in a lower stage of moral development which only cares about following authority and believing that they and their peers will be saved, but others who don't believe what they believe in are punished. Strength of belief becomes more important than one's actions on earth. There are believers who act moral because it comes natural to them, but there are many believers who have to believe in reward/punishment in order to be moral and ,as history has shown, human beings have a hard time acting morally on their own.

Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development (new window)

Newt may be the current favorite of SC Republicans (with a lot of help from crossover Democrat votes) but I don't think he's the current favorite among the US electorate.

I am still not convinced that he wants to win. I am expecting a full-blown Newt-plosion sometime soon.

The longer this remains a dogfight, the better.

Imagine if it could be taken to the Convention.

DO NOT WANT Poster Girl: Newt has always tailored his message. He's a Rove wanna be but he thinks he's smarter than Rove.

Watch how much Rove publicly goes after Gingrich in the coming weeks. I would bet if Rove is super quiet there's a chance for a Gingrich nomination.

Rove isn't going to be super quiet on Gingrich, because his nomination to the ticket would be a ripple effect of disaster ... from Senate elections, to House, to state elections all way down to local school boards.

Rove and the GOP are going to come out firing with all guns blazing this week. It will be interesting if Newt is able to turn this into "Republican Establishment don't want a real Tea Party Conservative" narrative.

Newt will be the nominee because the base does not want to win, they want someone who they think will fight and hurt the president.

/lost causes and the south
//the great butthurt campaign of '12

And do you know who else campaigned on a platform of hate?

/Newt's "We need breathing room" speech in 3... 2... 1...

Newt is aided and abetted in his ability to lie like a cheap rug by the harmonic convergence of a lack of scruples and absence of a moral compass.

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign trail, 2012

Newt's just using the "never defend, always attack" strategy that Republicans have been using for decades.

itwasabright: Sock Ruh Tease: The fact that Newt farking Gingrich is the frontrunner of the Republican primary (again) proves the utter retardation of the current Republican base as well as the ability of the hypocritical values voters to look the other way.

Don't like what I just said? Then prove me wrong.

You're correct, but for things that are obvious, they are obvious; and for things that are not obvious, they are not obvious. Most people have to be taught this.

Many people are stuck in a lower stage of moral development which only cares about following authority and believing that they and their peers will be saved, but others who don't believe what they believe in are punished. Strength of belief becomes more important than one's actions on earth. There are believers who act moral because it comes natural to them, but there are many believers who have to believe in reward/punishment in order to be moral and ,as history has shown, human beings have a hard time acting morally on their own.

Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development (new window)

Remember that walking through the oceans of most people's souls would scarcely get your feet wet.

/Hire people with hooks.

They forgot the step where you use a bunch of unnecessary adverbs like "fundamentally" to convince the morons in your base that you're smart.

I swear most of Newt's speeches sound like he's a kid in school trying to stretch a one page paper out to four pages. Same goes for most right wing talk radio programs I've heard. Short on facts, long on filler words.

Maybe that's why Newt won last night. He's a living, breathing talk radio hate show.

DrippinBalls: He's good at history and debating.

He's not good at either. He just knows there are enough people he can convince that his lies have merit.

Oh, and:



I'm not letting this one go.