Go for it.

A vote for Newt is a vote for Obama. Honestly a vote for Mitt is a vote for Obama too.

You almost have to admire the "Can Do" spirit of the political Right in this country.

coinspinner: I agree. It's high time we controlled the moon Newtopia 1.

FTFY

His name is "Mittholomew", dumbmitter.

coinspinner: I agree. It's high time we controlled the moon.

If Gingrich is elected, he will use a laser to carve his name on it. Do we really want that? Do we really want it saying Ging for all eternity?

I really wish that Newt was actually going to win in Florida.

GAT_00: I really wish that Newt was actually going to win in Florida.

The problem with Newt is he is incapable of downplaying his Newtness.

That's no moon.

That's no president.

Mitt is almost as liberal as Reagan.

I love Uncle Tom's articles! Does he call Obama a Nazi again?

Classy guy!

Search your feelings, Newt. You KNOW it to be true. I am NOT your father!

I_C_Weener: The problem with Newt is he is incapable of downplaying his Newtness.

I read somewhere that he's like the drunk who always thinks he can control his drinking...and then shows up on the weekend shiatfaced.

The Republican establishment is pulling out all the stops to try to keep Newt Gingrich from becoming the party's nominee for President of the United States

Can someone please explain to me who "The Republican Establishment™" is?

If it isn't people like Newt Gingrich or the pundits at Townhall and NRO, who is it?

Whatever...

The Republican base got exactly what they were asking for: plutocrats, hypocrites, religious fundamentalists, radical regressives, and far right whack jobs.

sigdiamond2000: The Republican establishment is pulling out all the stops to try to keep Newt Gingrich from becoming the party's nominee for President of the United States

Can someone please explain to me who "The Republican Establishment™" is?

If it isn't people like Newt Gingrich or the pundits at Townhall and NRO, who is it?

Kochs?

SurfaceTension: I_C_Weener: The problem with Newt is he is incapable of downplaying his Newtness.

I read somewhere that he's like the drunk who always thinks he can control his drinking...and then shows up on the weekend shiatfaced.

He is Cartman.

I'm liberal and I'm voting for Newt in Georgia's GOP primary.

keylock71:

I'm seriously considering voting for Newt on next month.
You think he'll still be in by Super Tuesday?

I just do not want to vote for Romney in Massachusetts.

Newt's biggest enemy is himself.

what_now: keylock71:

I'm seriously considering voting for Newt on next month.
You think he'll still be in by Super Tuesday?

I just do not want to vote for Romney in Massachusetts.

He seems to be indicating he's going to take his fight all the way to the convention... but who knows?

I'm planning on voting for Newty in the primary, myself. I love being an unenrolled voter.

keylock71: I'm planning on voting for Newty in the primary, myself. I love being an unenrolled voter.

WERD

That headline could have been written by my parents down in Florida. They're voting "against the liberal Romney for Newt".

what_now: keylock71: I'm planning on voting for Newty in the primary, myself. I love being an unenrolled voter.

WERD

We just have an open primary here. I'm undecided between Newt, Santorum or a write-in for Colbert.

Lionel Mandrake: sigdiamond2000: The Republican establishment is pulling out all the stops to try to keep Newt Gingrich from becoming the party's nominee for President of the United States

Can someone please explain to me who "The Republican Establishment™" is?

If it isn't people like Newt Gingrich or the pundits at Townhall and NRO, who is it?

A bunch of Kochs?

FTFM

GAT_00: what_now: keylock71: I'm planning on voting for Newty in the primary, myself. I love being an unenrolled voter.

WERD

We just have an open primary here. I'm undecided between Newt, Santorum or a write-in for Colbert.

Newt Newt Newt

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: sigdiamond2000: The Republican establishment is pulling out all the stops to try to keep Newt Gingrich from becoming the party's nominee for President of the United States

Can someone please explain to me who "The Republican Establishment™" is?

If it isn't people like Newt Gingrich or the pundits at Townhall and NRO, who is it?

Complete List:
George H. W. Bush
Gerald Ford
Horace Wilcox
Birch Barlow
Julius Hibbert
Charles Montgomery Burns
Lindsey Naegle
Lurleen Lumpkin
Cookie Kwan
Rainier Wolfcastle
Helen Lovejoy
Ned Flanders
Krusty the Clown
Fat Tony
Sideshow Bob
Rich Texan
Blue-haired Lawyer
Count Dracula

Yosimite Sam

I_C_Weener: coinspinner: I agree. It's high time we controlled the moon.

If Gingrich is elected, he will use a laser to carve his name on it. Do we really want that? Do we really want it saying Ging for all eternity?

I imagine it would say "New."

Lando Lincoln: I_C_Weener: coinspinner: I agree. It's high time we controlled the moon.

If Gingrich is elected, he will use a laser to carve his name on it. Do we really want that? Do we really want it saying Ging for all eternity?

I imagine it would say "New."

Great. I'd have a reminder of it every month on my calendar.

sigdiamond2000: The Republican establishment is pulling out all the stops to try to keep Newt Gingrich from becoming the party's nominee for President of the United States

Can someone please explain to me who "The Republican Establishment™" is?

If it isn't people like Newt Gingrich or the pundits at Townhall and NRO, who is it?

The Republican Establishment is like the Liberal Media. It was probably accurate at one point, when Reagan was running for office and the Republicans in Washington balked at letting a Californian Hollywood actor be their candidate, but now it just means any Republican who looks at something the Teavangelical wing of the party is doing and says, "Wait a moment, I think this is a terrible idea."

It's true that there are campaign savvy Republicans in Washington, and most of them happen to agree with each other about Newt being an incredibly weak candidate, but the words "Republican Establishment" can't be used to describe them, really, because we're talking about a former speaker of the house, and because there are also, for some ridiculous reason, campaign savvy Republicans supporting him. But calling people who don't support Newt "the Establishment" portrays Newt as an "outsider", which helps his campaign.

The Democrats have these people, too. They were the ones who discussed getting the delegates to select Clinton as the nom over Obama four years ago, if you recall that discussion. They decided against it, and let the election take its course.

Vodka Zombie: You almost have to admire the "Can Do" spirit of the political Right in this country.

Philip Francis Queeg: Anyone who is against Newt is the Republican Establishment.

So like..."rational people" are now the Republican Establishment?

To be fair, this could be exactly what the party needs to back away from the precipice.

When McCain lost, the party had an opportunity to take stock. To shut the Hells up for a few, and consider exactly where the platform went wrong. To assess and look on mistakes made, and maybe where the platform wasn't in tune with the electorate.

The party didn't take that opportunity.

Instead, folks went full bore to play blame games, to shout, to scream, to launch into a brazillion conspiracy theories, and to double down on exactly the reason why the nation rejected the platform and the candidates.

It sort of worked, to get into a froth, at least in the House races, to whip up the enraged, but at some serious cost to the credibility, and to the party itself to throw in with the Idiot Brigade. It seemed like a fair bargain to whip up the TEA Party to get folks with the right initial behind names, in return for votes on issues that the ill prepared candidates didn't really understand, but were beholden to the leadership to support.

The problem is, that this caucus now thinks that it is the heart of the GOP. And in many ways, it's become the public face. Token issues are brought forward, in return for votes on issues that the party has been trying to get through, but failing to, because they are just too damn radical for most. But, with this new radical wing of the party coming out swinging and without the thought process to actually look at the damn things, and more than willing to spout lies and damn lies from a PR book to justify their support, the worst elements of the party are rising like Behemoth.

This election, if the Derp Brigade gets its way, we will get a candidate for the Presidency who cannot hope to win. Which, might be the best thing for the party, as a second term of Obama will force them to reassess the strategy, and maybe even get folks to come to terms that the Radical Right is not really good for the nation. It is short term gain, for long term damage. A loss with the full forces of the Idiot Brigade behind it, will force the leadership to reassess their usefulness, and maybe--just maybe--get them to realize how far and listing the party is.

This is probably my last Primary with the Republicans. I have fought the good fight for years, and tried to vote my conscience, but the leadership is not looking for Conservative thought, it is looking to radicals and the most extreme for short term goals and short term gains, and not to the consequences. It makes me long for the days of George Bush, Sr. He was a guy who is perhaps under-rated, but he tried to roll back on the massive debt that Reagan saddled us with, and while he did some things that were questionable, I think that he at least tried to right some of the things that had been done.

Instead, we have a reactionary party now. Not one that plans or considers, but reacts to what is put out there. Casts it in terms of "Good" and "Evil" and considers sides, before it considers the issues. That reactionism isn't Conservative thought. It isn't good Republicanism, and to be fair, we haven't had many good Conservatives for some time leading the party, but rather career politicians who serve themselves and the party before the nation.

That's our fault.

We let the party get to this.

And if it has to lose another election to get it through their heads that we have to start leading, instead of just opposing what the other guys are trying to do, and play some ridiculous politics as team sport, then so be it. Push Newt to the fore, and activate the Democratic base like never before. Newt in the fore will mean that folks like myself will vote for Obama, just to keep him from office. People will line up in droves to register early to vote. People will organize like nothing else--as much as Republicans would do if Hillary were in the Big Chair.

We may need that loss to get the party back, but I don't think that I'm going to be around to see that, because to be fair, I'm just sick of the posturing and the lack of vision.

Do it!

"Everyone is a liberal libtard except for me!"

hubiestubert: Push Newt to the fore, and activate the Democratic base like never before. Newt in the fore will mean that folks like myself will vote for Obama, just to keep him from office. People will line up in droves to register early to vote. People will organize like nothing else--as much as Republicans would do if Hillary were in the Big Chair.

This is just one of several reasons that Newt will not be allowed to be the nominee. Delegates will absolutely vote against their state over having Newt. There is a better chance of a brokered convention ending in the nomination of someone not even running than of Newt getting nominated.

The other obvious reason is that the people who will line up in droves to vote down Newt will also vote down their local (R)s in the process. It would be the hugest Democratic win in years.

what_now: You think he'll still be in by Super Tuesday?

I really hope so. Look at how long Obama and Hillary were neck and neck.