Last afternoon, this was the cover image on the “New York Times” website:
An ugly, terrifying big picture of an ugly, terrifying little man. The premise, apparently, is that the Republican Party needs a Gingrich-like politician to reinvigorate the party, and the man himself is more than willing. To be sure, Gingrich is the right man for the job… but not why you think.
Gingrich embodies the anti-intellectual, hypocritical, catchprase-soaked Sarah Palin wing of the Republican Party. This is the man who tried to ride Bill Clinton out of town for marital infidelity, all the while carrying on with a young lady of his own; the man who invented the beguilingly over-simplifying “drill here, drill now”; and the man who spends his time (erroneously) mythologizing Ronald Reagan rather than coming up with new ideas. He won’t reinvigorate the GOP. Rather, he’ll evaluate the hole the party’s dug for itself, and happily tell them to keep digging. There’s almost no reason to think his experience fighting the last Democratic president has any application to fighting this one. Bill Clinton’s victory came on the heels of a (sadly) successful conservative revolution, a legacy that Gingrich kept alive and required Clinton to fight every step of the way. Gingrich then had a glorious recent conservative past to hearken back to, to sway moderates and enliven the base. Gingrich now has to look back twenty years to get the first glimmer of new blood in the party’s veins. It’s not an enviable place to be in, for sure, and there’s no sign that Gingrich has the wherewithal to turn it around.
So by all means, please, GOP, keep turning to Limbaugh & Gingrich. The rest of us will continue to live in 2008 the twenty-first century, thank you very much.
Surely you mean 2009?
Posted by ScooterA | February 28, 2009, 10:15 am“…These days, aside from thinking about 2012, Gingrich is staking his future on American Solutions for Winning the Future. And a number of longtime major contributors to the Republican Party are staking him. The organization received more than $16 million during the election season, including major donations from Carl H. Lindner and Sheldon Adelson. Adelson, the chairman and chief executive of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation and who has an estimated net worth in excess of $26.5 billion, is one of the ‘Funding Fathers’ of the Republican-oriented lobbying group Freedom’s Watch. He has given Gingrich’s group a total of $5.4 million….”
SOURCE – http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/20312
Posted by DICKERSON3870 | March 7, 2009, 8:23 pmThis article is tripe, mate.
I can see from your original correction that while you live in the past; you fail to learn from it.
While you were busy thumping your chest, democrats were busy running out of our money.
Barry didn’t bring change. He brought more division and more bills. 11 trillion more bills. Barry didn’t cut taxes either…he increased them both directly & indirectly.
He’s managed to make himself the worse American president in 1/32 the time it took Jimmy Carter.
I’m sorry I voted for Obama. So very sorry.
Posted by Frank | April 21, 2009, 1:38 pmNot buying it, sorry: I’ve never heard of anyone other than a birther refer to Obama as “Barry.” Seriously doubt you were ever an Obama fan, and you can scream “Carter” all you want, but 60% approval ratings versus what?
Posted by ACG | April 21, 2009, 2:13 pmIt’s a bit much to say he’s the worst president after what…4 months? Like even if you disagree with what he’s done.
Posted by Oneiroi | April 21, 2009, 3:02 pm