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The Truth MattersJan. 22, 2012 - 08:13AM JST

Gingrich and Romney can never hope to touch what President Obama has achieved. He has been the most successful president in the last 30 years. Have there been any major terrorist attacks on American soil under his watch? NOPE! And for 8 years, that was what I was told was the measure of a good president. Can he keep the major terrorist attacks to America down to under 2 and would I want to drink a beer with him. Those were the qualities in a president that counted.

Obama's done that AND took down Bin Laden.

How can either of these two posers possibly hope to touch President Obama when he's done such a fine job keeping us safe from terrorists.
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LagunaJan. 22, 2012 - 10:04AM JST

Gee - less than a week ago, Romney was poise to be the first person ever to win the nation's first three primaries. Since then, he has lost two (one retroactively). Things must be dark indeed in the Romney headquarters.
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paulinusaJan. 22, 2012 - 10:45AM JST

"South Carolina primary races to dramatic close."

Somehow, I've missed out on all this drama.
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VirtuosoJan. 22, 2012 - 10:45AM JST

Voters often (but not always) prefer to vote for a candidate they can relate to. The 2012 Republican offerings make this virtually impossible.
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SerranoJan. 22, 2012 - 11:31AM JST

Newt has won S.C.

Doesn't matter who gets the Republican nomination, Obama will whip the Republican nominee, probably easily, in November. Lord help us.
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LagunaJan. 22, 2012 - 11:32AM JST

Jan. 31 in Florida, Nevada on Feb. 4, and into March: This is shaping up to be a most entertaining spring.
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SushiSake3Jan. 22, 2012 - 12:34PM JST

This is playing right into the Dem's hands.

I doubt even David Axelrod could have predicted it was going to be this good for the Dems.
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yabitsJan. 22, 2012 - 12:49PM JST

Gingrich claims, "I articulate the deepest values of the American people."

Just words, Newton. Just words. As if talking about values means you actually possessed them.
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noriyosan73Jan. 22, 2012 - 12:52PM JST

The SC primary teaches that no one really cares about Iowa's vote. Iowa is like warm-up exercises, feels good, but doesn't affect the outcome of the race because everyone is at the line. Now the real race begins, starting in Florida. No candidate wants to admit publicly that if he/she can win the top 6 states, the other states don't matter. The most positive aspect about the primary circus is that it stimulates the economy with jobs, jobs, jobs.
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paulinusaJan. 22, 2012 - 01:22PM JST

"Gingrich, 68, repeated the charge that Obama was a “radical” several times, spelling out why at one stage by accusing the president of seeking to install a “European-style bureaucratic socialist system.”

Obama a radical? More like a moderate. Newt is nuts.
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LagunaJan. 22, 2012 - 01:40PM JST

Conciliation of this:

It was also a far more conservative turnout than the one that bouyed Romney in Iowa and New Hampshire, according to the exit polls conducted by a network consortium. More than 6 in 10 voters identified themselves as born-again or evangelical Christians, a group that has never warmed to Romney.

with this:

On Thursday night, he turned what could have been a devastating setback -- an ex-wife's nationally broadcast assertion that Gingrich sought her sanction for an “open marriage” -- into one of the most electrifying moments of his campaign. Asked about the allegation, Gingrich adamantly denied it after lambasting the moderator for even raising the subject.

seems impossible. The internal logic of these people is astounding.
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sf2kJan. 22, 2012 - 01:58PM JST

No matter where Newt goes, there he is. He'll never win the national election so all the GOP had to do was elect the least raving nutter of them all. They can't even do that.
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DentShopJan. 22, 2012 - 02:20PM JST

no understanding, no care, no concern, no reliability and in fact do not represent the American people at all

Wow Newt - its like you were speaking into a mirror.

A philanderer, a loser and a sponging lobbyist. Gingrich does not represent America.
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Mr SushiJan. 22, 2012 - 02:23PM JST

OBAMA IS PERHAPS..... THE WORST PRESIDENT in the last 30 years.. running neck and neck with Jimmy Carter... Obama has put more people on welfare and killed more jobs and increased debt faster than any other president of USA... GO NEWT!... BEAT OBAMA!!! (Bin Laden took 5 years to plan 9-11... then he carried out his plan on 9-11.. WHO was the President of the USA , 5 years prior to 9-11?... YES!.. Bill Clinton... Clinton was having oral sex in White House with interns instead of protecting America but the Liberal zombies want to blame Bush?.. No way.).. GO NEWT!!!

sailwindJan. 22, 2012 - 02:37PM JST

Conciliation of this:

It was also a far more conservative turnout than the one that bouyed Romney in Iowa and New Hampshire, according to the exit polls conducted by a network consortium. More than 6 in 10 voters identified themselves as born-again or evangelical Christians, a group that has never warmed to Romney.

with this:

On Thursday night, he turned what could have been a devastating setback -- an ex-wife's nationally broadcast assertion that Gingrich sought her sanction for an “open marriage” -- into one of the most electrifying moments of his campaign. Asked about the allegation, Gingrich adamantly denied it after lambasting the moderator for even raising the subject.

seems impossible. The internal logic of these people is astounding.

"It's the economy, Stupid"..........As Bill Clinton like to tell his staff.

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sailwindJan. 22, 2012 - 02:41PM JST

He has been the most successful president in the last 30 years.

Headline

Median income has fallen more since recession ended than it did during the recession

This is what it means to talk about the 99 percent—the middle class is being destroyed, and whether you're working or not, if there's no middle class and you're not wealthy, you're going to lose out.

The Daily Kos.........The ultra-liberal website

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/11/1025265/-Median-income-has-fallen-more-since-recession-ended-than-it-did-during-therecession
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DentShopJan. 22, 2012 - 03:07PM JST

running neck and neck with Jimmy Carter

You missed the guy before Obama who was an absolute disgrace to the USA.
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TriumvereJan. 22, 2012 - 03:10PM JST

And thus South Carolina extends is collective middle finger skyward for the benefit of the rest of the nation.
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lucabrasiJan. 22, 2012 - 03:17PM JST

"South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum." -- James L. Petigru
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LagunaJan. 22, 2012 - 03:41PM JST

Median income has fallen more since recession ended than it did during the recession

It would be strange if income hadn't fallen. The Euro crisis rages, the world is in recession, and asset deflation has yet to reach bottom in the US. Adjusted for inflation, income now is about the same as it was during the mid-00s. Data also shows, though, that median income during the Bush years never reached the levels it did during the Clinton years - that the Bush presidency was eight long years of stagnation.

More important is what to do about it. Republicans, like a scratched record, eternally repeat trickle-down remedies. Whoever wins the Republican primary won't be allowed to propose anything else. They are intellectually bankrupt.

I'm actually somewhat excited about the foundation Obama has laid for recovery. His economic team has chosen the perfect time to lead the dollar down - at a time when inflationary pressure is non-existent - and even manufacturing is showing signs of recovery. The next six years could be quite sweet; throw in reverting the tax system back to what it was during the '90s, and the US could be back to a budget surplus by the end of that period.
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DentShopJan. 22, 2012 - 03:49PM JST

"It's the economy, Stupid"..........As Bill Clinton like to tell his staff.

But as Clinton later said, "Only someone like me could win an election with a line like that..."

Even in a bad economy, Mondale, Dole and Kerry couldnt win.

Think to yourselves, "Would I have a good time at their barbecue?"

For Reagan, Clinton, Bush Jr and Obama - the answer is yes. For Kerry, Gore, McCain, Romney or Gingrich - the answer is no. Look forward to a big Obama cook-off when he wins in November. Geez, I wish the GOP would find someone worth voting for...
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spudmanJan. 22, 2012 - 04:22PM JST

Hey surprise surprise, the party of old white folks elected one of their own. Bye bye GOP, you are fading away with your extreme right wing ideology. No way Newt can appeal to minorities or independents, which is a good thing for America. Go Newt go!
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RomeoRJan. 22, 2012 - 05:13PM JST

He has been the most successful president in the last 30 years.

In terms of being a great divider, I agree with you, Truth313. Dear Leader's favorite activity (next to golf, parties and vacations) is class warfare.

Also, America is not 30 years old. The correct word in your sentence is the "past" 30 years. A real "PAO" type would know the difference.

RR
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LH10Jan. 22, 2012 - 05:14PM JST

both of em are evil
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RomeoRJan. 22, 2012 - 05:16PM JST

running neck and neck with Jimmy Carter

Heh, "The One" makes Carter look like a Mensa graduate.

RR
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MadvertsJan. 22, 2012 - 05:44PM JST

I can't believe this fella has become the GOP's long searched replacement for Romney. A radical nut that is a proven hypocrite. Heh, this is going to get uglier than the Elephant Man's gibblets.

The Repubs are going to experience years out in the wilderness carrying on like this.
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sailwindJan. 22, 2012 - 06:12PM JST

I'm actually somewhat excited about the foundation Obama has laid for recovery.

One can only hope it is a lot more successful then the foundation he laid in to reform health care costs.

Health Insurance Costs Rising Sharply This Year, Study Shows

A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit research group that tracks employer-sponsored health insurance on a yearly basis, shows that the average annual premium for family coverage through an employer reached $15,073 in 2011, an increase of 9 percent over the previous year. The steep increase in rates is particularly unwelcome at a time when the economy is still sputtering and unemployment continues to hover at about 9 percent.
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sailwindJan. 22, 2012 - 06:17PM JST

President Obama in 2009,

After meeting with Senate Democrats on Dec. 15, President Barack Obama made a number of claims about what the health care bill would achieve if passed.

"We agree on reforms that will finally reduce the costs of health care," Obama said. "Families will save on their premiums; businesses that will see their costs rise if we do nothing will save money now and in the future. This plan will strengthen Medicare and extend the life of that program. And because it gets rid of the waste and inefficiencies in our health care system, this will be the largest deficit reduction plan in over a decade.

"Now, I just want to repeat this because there's so much misinformation about the cost issue here. You talk to every health care economist out there and they will tell you that whatever ideas are -- whatever ideas exist in terms of bending the cost curve and starting to reduce costs for families, businesses, and government, those elements are in this bill."
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SerranoJan. 22, 2012 - 06:48PM JST

"a radical, disastrous first term"

Get ready for a radical, disastrous second term.
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smithinjapanJan. 22, 2012 - 06:51PM JST

"Gingrich’s attacks on Obama were in stark contrast to the chivalrous praise he heaped upon his Republican primary opponents: Romney, Christian conservative Rick Santorum and veteran Texas congressman Ron Paul."

Well, there you have it. You KNOW Obama deserves praise when this guy disses him than praises the other members of the clown posse vying to be GOP leader!

RomeoRamen: "Heh, "The One" makes Carter look like a Mensa graduate."

It truly does upset you guys to know Obama's got it in the bag regardless of which religious nut or philanderer wins the GOP race. It IS amusing though to watch you guys drag out the lines McCain's smear campaign wasted so much money on before they lost in a landslide.

As for Gingerich winning, I bet it was solely because Chuck Norris advocated him! :)
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MadvertsJan. 22, 2012 - 06:53PM JST

Anyone would think you're trying to use the powers of your well documented divining rod meladdo. Only in the past your preictions always turned out wrong. Wishfull predicting?
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unreconstructedJan. 22, 2012 - 07:19PM JST

Almost not fair attacking a prez as pathetic as Obama - - a lifelong beneficiary of affirmative action, a gilded lily sent by the Chicago Machine to DC, the very definition of a "post turtle" , I hope Gingrich doesn't go too hard on him.
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LagunaJan. 22, 2012 - 07:20PM JST

One can only hope it is a lot more successful then the foundation he laid in to reform health care costs.

Granted, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a bit of a mess, having been passed through the Republican sausage-maker. Still, it is in its infancy: most of its provisions are not scheduled to begin until 2013. It will also most likely be revisited to correct errors and, one would hope, finally institute the public option. Based upon this, your insinuation that this administration is responsible for health costs that have been rising faster than inflation for fifty years are unfounded.

Not only that: does the Republican Party have any realistic suggestion of how to rein in health costs? (Romney once did, but that is now the proposal that shall not be named.)
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Vernie JefferiesJan. 22, 2012 - 07:24PM JST

Being from South Carolina myself, I am not surprised about the outcome of this Primary. Gringrich is from Georgia (next door). Basically he was running this campaign in his own backyard.
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cleoJan. 22, 2012 - 07:40PM JST

"The One" makes Carter look like a Mensa graduate.

You do know people don't actually 'graduate' from Mensa? Entry requirements don't actually rely on IQ, but with a reported IQ of 176, Carter is in easily. Though the same site gave Bush2 an IQ of 91, so I think maybe they were being generous. Carter is still highly intelligent.
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illsayitJan. 22, 2012 - 07:44PM JST

so 77% want to keep at war, including the dems
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sailwindJan. 22, 2012 - 07:45PM JST

Based upon this, your insinuation that this administration is responsible for health costs that have been rising faster than inflation for fifty years are unfounded.

Not only that: does the Republican Party have any realistic suggestion of how to rein in health costs? (Romney once did, but that is now the proposal that shall not be named.)

Based on the CBO and a comparing the plan the Republicans offered and were completely shut out and ignored by the Obama and the Democrats. The CBO was dead on in the increase in individual costs by Obama and the Democrats that was going to occur (yet he still persisted on telling the American people it would lower their premiums after it passed and would lower costs).

In the wake of President Barack Obama's bipartisan summit on health care reform at Blair House on Feb. 25, 2010, we thought it would be a good time to review the Republican Party's health care proposals.

Because the Democrats control the White House and both chambers of Congress, their proposals have dominated the discussion over the past year. (And we've summarized the Democrats' plans in a separate report.) Indeed, Republicans have at times expressed consternation that no one is paying attention to their ideas.

"Republicans have been offering all sorts of solutions," said Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., in a Republican conference call with reporters during the summit.

House Republicans offered an amendment in November 2009 that -- if it had passed, which it didn't -- would have replaced the House Democratic health care bill. It was much smaller (219 pages, compared to roughly 2,000 for the Democratic bill) and had a more limited scope. It relies on bedrock GOP principles: consumer choice, no tax hikes, limited government involvement and caps on lawsuits.

The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan group that estimates the cost of legislation, has confirmed that the House Republican bill is quite inexpensive in comparison to the Democratic one.

The CBO also confirmed that the cost of health insurance premiums would fall under the Republican plan, partly because of the medical malpractice reforms. In the market for individually purchased insurance policies, premiums would fall by 5 percent to 8 percent by 2016. For smaller businesses, premiums would fall by 7 percent to 10 percent. And in the large group market, for larger employers, they would fall by up to 3 percent. Under the Democratic bill, the CBO estimated that premiums would rise by 10 to 13 percent in the individual market, would be largely unchanged in the small-group market and would fall up to 3 percent in the large group market.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2010/feb/26/gop-health-care-reform-simple-explanation-updated/
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unreconstructedJan. 22, 2012 - 07:51PM JST

Still wide open. Heh.

Savor the fury it engenders on the loony Left, their hero Obama out of the news for more than 24 hours and their lives lose all meaning.
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MadvertsJan. 22, 2012 - 08:01PM JST

I think you manage to rant about Obama enough all on your lonesome. The triple serving of crow on the piracy thread clearly still hasn't helped.
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unreconstructedJan. 22, 2012 - 08:08PM JST

Entry requirements don't actually rely on IQ, but with a reported IQ of 176, Carter is in easily. Though the same site gave Bush2 an IQ of 91, so I think maybe they were being generous. Carter is still highly intelligent.

Yeah. Carter . IQ of 176. I sawed it on da interwebs.

IQ can be roughly estimated from SAT scores (which is why Obama won't release those either). Bush's SAT score (on the pre-'74 test, harder than the one Obama would take ) indicate an IQ of at least 120 - 125, according to Charles Murray (The Bell Curve, among other books on the matter). 125 puts him mid-range among US presidents.

Nice try tho. Some of the most revealing portraits of presidents,btw, come from the Secret Service agents who serve them. Makes for interesting reading if you can find it online. From what I have found, hardly conclusive of course, Carter was among the most despised, with Hillary also among the least respected of WH occupants.
- ModeratorJan. 22, 2012 - 08:45PM JST
  
  Back on topic please.
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KobeKidJan. 22, 2012 - 08:13PM JST

Tweet of the night

Republican voters seem to have asked Mitt Romney for an open relationship tonight... have some fun before they marry him... you know?

https://twitter.com/#!/marcambinder/status/160898541663944704
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SushiSake3Jan. 22, 2012 - 08:30PM JST

Heh, gotta love it. Probably the funniest thing about this – besides the GOP pushing someone to win in SC that they collectively hated only a little over a month ago, is that the longer this GOP clown show nomination process drags on, the longer RMoney and Newt will have to tear each other to shreds.

While President Obama and the Dems look on, they may not have to launch any Super PAC a-bombs at all because – hey – RMoney and Newt are killing each other quite effectively themselves.

Also funny to see some of the conservative posters on this thread – the same ones who have been wrong so many, many times before, trying to sound as if they might actually be right this time.
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SushiSake3Jan. 22, 2012 - 08:33PM JST

unreconstructed - "Savor the fury it engenders on the loony Left, their hero Obama out of the news for more than 24 hours and their lives lose all meaning."

There's no need for the president to be in the news - I mean, what's the point of him getting air time when he spends most of each day howling with laughter watching the GOP self destruct?

He should probably take a holiday to Hawaii or sharpen up his golf swing.

President Obama's going to win just by waking up on election day, that's if he can hear himself think over the inane howling of conservatives as they watch their candidate fly off the cliff. :-)
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KobeKidJan. 22, 2012 - 08:38PM JST

and another great tweet!

RT@LOLGOP:OVERHEARD AT THE NEWT VICTORY PARTY: What's with the bowl full of keys?

if you don't get it check the urban dictionary....
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SushiSake3Jan. 22, 2012 - 08:38PM JST

Sailwind - "It [the House Republicans in November 2009 health bill amendment] relies on bedrock GOP principles: consumer choice, no tax hikes, limited government involvement and caps on lawsuits.

ie: the sweetest recipe in the book for national bankruptcy?

The same bedrock principles that breeds finance industry cowboys, throttles government income, puts rights and livelihoods of consumers in the hands of corporate raiders, and to cap it all off, limits the amounts they can sue for?

Those bedrock principles?

ARE. YOU. KIDDING?????

Sailwind, having read your posts for years on JT, I am glad to know that you were only joking when you wrote those words.
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sailwindJan. 22, 2012 - 08:48PM JST

Sailwind, having read your posts for years on JT, I am glad to know that you were only joking when you wrote those words.

Ummmm....Those aren't my words they are from the link I posted.

Anyway you might be correct Obama could coast in on the strength of the youth vote again. He's done a great job there also the past three years.

(Reuters) - The cost of college in the United States rose sharply for the 2011-2012 school year, continuing a multiyear pattern in which public school increases outpaced private school hikes and both eclipsed the average rate of inflation by significant amounts, the College Board reported on Wednesday.

At public 4-year schools, average tuition and fees rose 8.3 percent to $8,244 for in-state students and 5.7 percent to $20,770 for out-of-state students, not including room, board, or extra expenses like travel, laptops and midnight pizzas.

Private nonprofit four-year schools raised their tuition and fees by 4.5 percent, to an average of $28,500, according to the study, Trends in College Pricing 2011, released by the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center. The Consumer Price Index increased 3.6 percent between July 2010 and July 2011, the study noted.

In-state tuition and fees for public two-year colleges averaged $2,963, an 8.7 percent increase from the previous year.
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MadvertsJan. 22, 2012 - 08:57PM JST

Kobekid, you put me off sunday lunch. A key party with Old GOP dudes and their plastic wives. Uhg...

I'm surprised that the ex-wife's allegations have failed to dent his so-called surge. That he attacked Clinton whilst having his own affair shows the person he is.
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KobeKidJan. 22, 2012 - 09:04PM JST

I'm surprised that the ex-wife's allegations have failed to dent his so-called surge.

Got a great quote from Dan Savage on that....

"The lesson in Gingrich’s angry denial and the applause that greeted it: An honest open relationship is more scandalous, and more politically damaging, than a dishonest adulterous relationship. An honest, mutually consensual nonmonogamous marriage — which is not what Newt was proposing (you can’t negotiate an honest open marriage with your spouse six years into an affair) — is newer and somehow more threatening than the "traditional" cheating Gingrich engaged in,"

Newt Gingrich, leader of the party of family values!
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sailwindJan. 22, 2012 - 09:06PM JST

President Obama's going to win just by waking up on election day,

Again you might be correct and really no need to crow about his promise to:

Throughout his 2008 presidential campaign Barack Obama promised to create 5 million "green” jobs to both mitigate unemployment and boost the nascent clean energy sector. "We'll invest $15 billion a year over the next decade in renewable energy, creating five million new green jobs that pay well, can't be outsourced and help end our dependence on foreign oil,"

Might bring up some things that even he or the Democrats can't find a way to Blame Bush for.

(Reuters) - Beacon Power Corp filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, just a year after the energy storage company received a $43 million loan guarantee from a controversial Department of Energy program.

The bankruptcy comes about two months after Solyndra -- a solar panel maker with a $535 million loan guarantee -- also filed for Chapter 11, creating a political embarrassment for the administration of President Barack Obama, which has championed the loans as a way to create "green energy" jobs.
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JeanValJeanJan. 22, 2012 - 09:42PM JST

With the warmongers on both the left and the right, both sides inherently spendthrifts, and both sides dismantling the protections of the Bill of Rights as well as Constitutional government, the future of the USA resembles that of the USSR. Obama, in his three years in office, has surpassed Clinton and Bush in terms of growing the debt, quashing economic growth and snuffing out individual rights while expanding unconstitutional government power. Yes, Obama IS great, in the same vein as Marx, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini and Mao. Wake up and smell the KOOL-AID, Americans. Newt the fat toad, Mitt flip-flopper, and Santorum The Pious, and Obama-Kim will guide the way ... to permanent ruination.
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SushiSake3Jan. 22, 2012 - 09:48PM JST

Sailwind, mate, you need to help me out here.

Are you saying the President Obama should not have tried at all?

You know, like the last president in the WH who spent most of his term denying that climate change was even real?

Are you saying that to not try at all is worse than trying and – in some cases – not achieving perfection?

Is that what you are saying?

If that’s the case, how on earth would your nation’s founders have gotten anywhere with an attitude where they just said ‘Hey, we might fail in this. Let’s not attempt it at all.”?

No, what you should be doing is giving the president kudos for:

1/ Actually acknowledging climate change is an issue and that investing in renewables is critical, and

2/ for actually having the guts to do something about it.

Some of the investments made by Obama's team didn't fly.

What do you expect - a 110% success record? When has ANY government anywhere achieved that?
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zurcroniumJan. 22, 2012 - 10:09PM JST

Best news the demos could possibly get, Newt wins in SC. Even his own republicans tossed Newt out back in the day. He is unelectable other than to other racists, like the republicans in SC.

But you gotta love seeing Mittens twist in the wind. Fundies who make up the bulk of the republicans in the south will not vote for a Mormon cult member. Period. Mittens aligns with the republican crony capitalists who caused the great recession we are in now, but he is out of alignment with the holy roller types who think the dinosaurs were alive a few thousand years ago. Mittens should just resign now. Then of course he can makes his taxes public as no one will care.
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zurcroniumJan. 22, 2012 - 10:13PM JST

Potential VP candidates for Newt and slogans.

Palin, the fraud and the flack

Perry, the fraud and the fool

McCain, the fraud and the grandpa fraud

Rubio, the fraud and the fake
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plasticmonkeyJan. 22, 2012 - 10:26PM JST

@sailwind: ooh, yeah, Solyndra, the scandal that's going to bring down our despicable president.

Hate to break it to you, but any administration is going to make errors. This is not Watergate. Or Irangate. Or starting a war with flimsy evidence. Obama has not deliberately or deceptively charted a path that is a clear detriment to America's honor, responsibilities, sense of justice, or its own population's welfare. And any accusation of ineptitude in economics should surely be backed up by a plausible alternative, which at the moment is essentially a do-nothing, laissez-faire approach.

I think that in large part Obama has served his country honorably and accomplished a lot given the circumstances, as well as the limitations of his office and the political climate. The disdain for Obama goes far beyond what the man's failures would warrant. Where does this hatred of Obama come from?
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SushiSake3Jan. 22, 2012 - 10:56PM JST

Heh, one of the funniest things about this GOP campaign is how almost every candidate in the GOP closet has had their turn at the top before being kicked back down the stairs when the constantly fickle conservatives saw there was another who deserved 15 minutes of fame.

It was only a few short months ago when Newt’s entire campaign team imploded under him after the 2-week Greek island cruise he did with Callista where he was no doubt very hard at work working on all his campaign stuff and bits.

Last week Rmoney had the nomination in the bag; this week, Newt’s on top because hey – instead of talking how the policies he doesn’t have will improve the U.S. economy he doesn’t care about, he blasted a debate host for asking about his ex-wife.

That's going to fix the economy!

And – right on cue – he gets a bump from mainstream conservatives who care even less about voting in someone who can improve their economy than they do about facts.
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DentShopJan. 22, 2012 - 11:19PM JST

a plausible alternative, which at the moment is essentially a do-nothing, laissez-faire approach.

Or instead, letting all the crooked banks and car makers die a natural death and then being accused of tearing down Amerikas greatest and proudest institutions. Damned if you....
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KobeKidJan. 22, 2012 - 11:26PM JST

excellent post PM a few thoughts...

Hate to break it to you, but any administration is going to make errors. This is not Watergate. Or Irangate.

hmmm how about a few facts...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sq3GGwgV7R0

Where does this hatred of Obama come from?

he's not one of us. He's an outsider, a usurper. He's an affirmative action graduate that's why he needs a teleprompter. A Kenyan anti-colonialist, Marxian, Aliskyite, Soshulist, Islamo-facist bent on destroying our country.

To be fair I don't think Sailwind believes all this, but the few remaining sane Republicans need to call out their less than sane brethren when they spout this stuff. Give Gingrich credit, he knows all the dog whistles for whipping up angst among southern white males. Problem is this demographic is not nearly enough to carry a national election.

Where does this hatred of Obama come from? This question has been asked before...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BewOcp1JtDU&list=FL0n1KtT5tGCBH9tbc7Dbv9A&index=27&feature=plpp_video
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SushiSake3Jan. 23, 2012 - 12:04AM JST

Kobekid - "He's an outsider, a usurper. He's an affirmative action graduate that's why he needs a teleprompter. A Kenyan anti-colonialist, Marxian, Aliskyite, Soshulist, Islamo-facist bent on destroying our country."

You forgot the tired GOP/Faux News line that he' a Muslim who was born outside Amerika.

Amazing what some conseratives mix with their Kool-Ade.
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TumbleDryJan. 23, 2012 - 12:04AM JST

Gingrich will win the primary, take the fall and retire. The fruits are not ready to harvest for the Republicans.
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SushiSake3Jan. 23, 2012 - 12:07AM JST

Odds are pretty good that Rmoney's campaign team has a higher collective IQ than all the conservatives in SC put together, but that would just be an opinion, y'know..... :-)
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WolfpackJan. 23, 2012 - 03:27AM JST

Newt Gingrich used his victory speech Saturday after winning the South Carolina primary to accuse President Barack Obama of presiding over a radical, disastrous first term.

Captain obvious. $4 trillion dollars down the drain and counting.
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skipbeatJan. 23, 2012 - 04:29AM JST

The Truth MattersJAN. 22, 2012 - 08:13AM JST: Gingrich and Romney can never hope to touch what President Obama has achieved. He has been the most successful president in the last 30 years. Have there been any major terrorist attacks on American soil under his watch? NOPE! And for 8 years, that was what I was told was the measure of a good president. Can he keep the major terrorist attacks to America down to under 2 and would I want to drink a beer with him. Those were the qualities in a president that counted.Obama's done that AND took down Bin Laden. How can either of these two posers possibly hope to touch President Obama when he's done such a fine job keeping us safe from terrorists.

Obama carried out GB agenda. Obama authorized military use on Libya without Congress consent. Obama signed Obamacare and NDAA (during the holidays when people are not paying attention) and people are aware of it after he signed it. A country falls due to internal struggles and not from external factors (terrorists).

Obama will go down in American history as the President who signed away the citizens rights under NDAA. Obama will go down as "changes we can believe in." Obama short changed the country.
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The Truth MattersJan. 23, 2012 - 05:07AM JST

Newt won South Carolina.

In my very best Nelson Muntz voice, "Ha Ha!"
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sailwindJan. 23, 2012 - 08:44AM JST

Hate to break it to you, but any administration is going to make errors.

When it comes to economic policy errors might as well make it a doozy.

Median income has fallen more since recession ended than it did during the recession

This is what it means to talk about the 99 percent—the middle class is being destroyed, and whether you're working or not, if there's no middle class and you're not wealthy, you're going to lose out.

The Daily Kos.........The ultra-liberal website

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/11/1025265/-Median-income-has-fallen-more-since-recession-ended-than-it-did-during-therecession
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hworta269Jan. 23, 2012 - 09:12AM JST

These comments just proves that many of you are either not from America or dont live there or are out of touch. None of these republican candidates could or would do worse then we have now. Remember the media said all this bad crap about Regan and praised Cater at that time. People have to chose, they either want all companies to go out of business and live with the high unemployment or vote in some pro business people. Anyone that thinks the democrats are not responsible for America's impending economic collapse are delusional at worst or naive at best.
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SerranoJan. 23, 2012 - 09:14AM JST

Time for a third party candidate. The Democrats are going to offer us Barack Obama again, and looks like the Republicans are going to offer us either Romney or Gingrich. How about Ralph Nader?
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MolenirJan. 23, 2012 - 10:28AM JST

Time for a third party candidate. The Democrats are going to offer us Barack Obama again, and looks like the Republicans are going to offer us either Romney or Gingrich. How about Ralph Nader?

95% of Americans would make a better President then Obama. The other 5% are hyper partisan nuts from both sides, or simply, insane. Sadly, Nader falls into the 5% catagory with some of his off the wall rants. And Rand Paul with his nonsensical foreign policy does as well. Romney and Gingrich would both be better Presidents then Obama, but then, obviously that hurdle isn't very high.
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sailwindJan. 23, 2012 - 01:34PM JST

No, what you should be doing is giving the president kudos for:

1/ Actually acknowledging climate change is an issue and that investing in renewables is critical, and

2/ for actually having the guts to do something about it.

Some of the investments made by Obama's team didn't fly.

Nah, Kudos would be for actually creating the 5 million "green" jobs he promised he would. Actual job creation just doesn't seem to be the Presidents Forte.

5 million "green” jobs
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TriumvereJan. 23, 2012 - 02:19PM JST

How about Ralph Nader?

Oh, Good God no.
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unreconstructedJan. 23, 2012 - 07:00PM JST

"Where does this hatred of Obama come from? This question has been asked before... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BewOcp1JtDU&list=FL0n1KtT5tGCBH9tbc7Dbv9A&index=27&feature=plpp_video"

What a touching video. Did you send all your facebook buds the vids of the college girls who "fainted" when Obama came to town? LOL.