Jonah Goldberg on Newt's big offensive against the media last night:
Newt’s opening answer was very strong and will be replayed a lot. But I thought it was overstated and, as he kept going, it became clear he was trying to squelch the issue rather than express his true rage. When he was all lovey-dovey with John King after the debate, it underscored that it was as much performance as anything else.Newt denied the "open marriage" allegation and tried to shift the opprobrium to the liberal media, which isn't very hard. The SC crowd positively eats up Gingrich's defiant attitude.
But here's a heads-up for Newt: We don't have to choose between you and them; we can dislike you both. For the record, I'm finding very little to like in this weird nomination process, including:
The fools in charge of the failed Iowa caucus
Newt, Marianne, and Callista
RINO Mitt Romney
The tabloid-esque 'lame-stream media'
Slimy George Stephanopoulos
et cetera
I'm disappointed in the Tea Party movement's failure to rally behind a genuine conservative candidate, but I'm hoping it will be more effective in influencing state and local elections. That will need to be the focus.
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Many thanks to Mark Steyn for linking this at the Corner. See his post as well as this one and this one.
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Someone will have to explain how cheating on and divorcing two ex-wives and marrying your third while in the very process of railing on at Clinton is all in the past and forgiven and okay, but Santorum endorsing his cross-state Senator in a prudential decision to keep him as the chair of the Judiciary Committee at an important time is still an unforgiveable sin.
ReplyDeleteIf only some of us Tea Party types had a chance to, you know, actually vote before Iowa and New Hampshire, along with a bevy of pundits, declare the primary all but over.
ReplyDeleteI am sick to death of the primary process. It favors those who spend years running for President. Even Ron Paul will stick around for a while because he has the organization in place to keep campaigning.
I don't particularly like any of the people who have sought the nomination thus far. How can I rally behind someone I don't really care about? I'll pull the lever for whoever ends up the nominee, but I won't be involved in the decision. Not one of these people ever excited more than a passing interest. If this is the best that the Republican nominating process can give us, then we need to replace it with something that doesn't suck quite so hard.
"But here's a heads-up for Newt: We don't have to choose between you and them; we can dislike you both."
ReplyDeleteSpot on.