This morning, as I was scanning the news to make sure that the world wasn't ending (damn shame about that boat in Italy. Captain Douchebag to the bridge, please?), I heard Newt "FDR Iz Teh Graytest!!1!" Gingrich telling of his strategy to win the GOP nod. The first of the two steps was to convince everyone he was the only real conservative (there's that again) by showing how he was the only one who could push true conservatism in a debate environment.
Anyone see the big red flags on that? Lemme help. He's the one who can push true conservatism in a debate environment.
Not that I want him to win (or have the ability to communicate at all) or anything, but I've got some advice for the Newt not-so-juggernaut campaign: despite what appears to be awfully convincing evidence from your imagination, conservatives don't want someone who can push conservatism in a debate environment. They want a full-blown conservative who will, first and foremost, drop a big fuckin bag of financial conservatism right in the middle of Washington, D.C. Debate skills are shiny, but screaming how you're the conservative and everyone else is the moderate doesn't echo with the brainy crowd as loud as ZOMGILURVESFDR!!!
tweaker
Got bad news for you, bro. You tried to sneak in that "financial" before your "conservatism," but rank-and-file Republicans will be having none of that. They want plenty of social conservatism (controlling who can put what into whom), but they also want to spend container ships full of money on such things as F-35s (which won't do any job well) and so-called "littoral combat ships" (which don't seem to have any real-world purpose at all other than showing just how ugly a ship can be made, as if Aegis cruisers didn't accomplish that already).
ReplyDeleteI ranted on Newt's anti-gun ways this morning. You might want to check it out. I also ranted on Holder the scumbag and Mittens.
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