"GOP Insiders: Newt Now Acceptable Alternative to Romney"

"Gingrich.... could work for us..."

In. what. parallel. universe?

Newt Gingrich? Dumpy white-haired guy? Former Congressman and Speaker of the House? THAT Newt Gingrich?

Doesn't anybody remember what happened the LAST time we put him in charge?

Newt Gingrich is not an untried commodity. He has wielded power in the highest halls of government. He has spoken for the GOP at a time when the party had an absolute majority in Congress. He rallied and inspired Americans with his "Contract with America".

And he was an absolute, unqualified disaster.

1994: GOP adopts the "Contract with America" co-authored by Newt Gingrich. With this as a plaftorm, the GOP took the majority in Congress...

Source for the following, About.com ("US conservative politics") Large type bold comments TBL:

"Shortly after theContract With America had been voted upon, passed, vetoed, renegotiated, re-voted upon and again passed, budget talks between House Republicans and President Clinton broke down:

Newt couldn't deliver the Contract he promised the American people with an absolute majority in Congress. 

"Gingrich led the override of Clinton's veto and when government operations expired, the federal government shut down."

Newt failed to pin the blame for the shutdown on the intransigent White House, paving the way for a generation of GOP cowardice in budget confrontations.

"Following the 1996 elections, many House Republicans blamed the GOP's weakened position on Gingrich. Meanwhile, Democrats filed a raft of ethics charges at him in an ironic attempt to get him to resign. Gingrich ultimately pleaded guilty and in 1997 was fined more than $300,000. Gingrich maintained that the statements made against him were "inaccurate" and "unreliable." Later that year, members of the GOP caucus staged a coup to remove Gingrich from the chair. Upon learning of Gingrich's potential replacement, Dick Armey, one of the conspirators, warned the Speaker of the coup and the threat was averted."

Newt lost the GOP its absolute majority in the House and Senate.

"Despite his narrow escape from being unseated as Speaker, it was clear by 1998 that Gingrich didn't have long in his position. Although he never joined the chorus of voices admonishing Clinton for his marital indiscretions, Gingrich did use the president's alleged perjury as a rallying cry to gain more seats in the midterm elections."

Newt Gingrich: My Affair Clarified Why I Needed To Impeach Clinton

"Nevertheless, Republicans suffered more losses and the blame was again laid at Gingrich's feet. Rather than face another challenge for his seat, Gingrich announced he would step down not only as Speaker but also from the House -- despite soundly winning an 11th term."

November 13, 2000: "... the combined budgets of the 95 major programs that the Contract with America promised to eliminate have increased by 13%." Edward H. Crane, President, Cato Institute.


Since then, Newt has undertaken to reinvent himself as the GOP's "Idea Man," who understands policy and politics, as he has amply demonstrated on several occasions:







The fact is, Newt Gingrich IS a great idea man, but whenever he has been given the chance to ACT on his ideas, he has failed miserably, and embarrassingly, at great cost to the GOP and the American people.  Bluntly put, Newt could fall into a bed of roses and come out with fertilizer clenched in his teeth.

There is no visible reason Newt should be the favorite of the GOP machine or its conservative base.

Help Out An Author!

Larry Correia is pushing a good writer who could use a hand... Set off the Amazon Book Bomb!

Gloria Allred and Blonde accuse Herman Cain!

UPDATED: Bialek has history of false sex harassment accusations, disruptive office behavior.
UPDATE #2: Multiple bankruptcies, major legal bills, paternity suit, unstable employment history
UPDATE #3: Bialek lied about tea party meeting, Cain's reaction
UPDATE #4: "She's a complete gold digger."
UPDATE #5:  Second accuser has history of filing harassment complaints at multiple workplaces

Attorney Gloria Alred just finished a press conference in which she introduced an alleged fourth victim of GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain.

So let me see what we seem to have here we seem to have a few answers now:

1.  She "reached out to Herman Cain on an employment matter."  Questions: is this sort of matter one normally dealt with by the CEO of the National Restaurant Association?  What basis did she have for believing Cain would involve himself in this matter?   Did they have any sort of previous association?  What kind?  None of this was addressed, am I correct?

2.  Whose name was the suite in? Who paid for it?  Are there any records?

3.  Gloria Alred has been searching for a week for other "victims" of Herman Cain, according to Michelle Malkin.  By an astonishing coincidence, she finds ANOTHER previously undocumented victim from the same organization and the same time frame as the three previous alleged "victims", and NOT from any of the periods in which Cain's female associates praise and defend him, who comes up with another story that can 't even be checked, let alone verified.

4.  The client of Gloria Alred, an attorney who makes her living off sexual harassment and abuse cases, just happens to describe an offense that EXACTLY fits the criteria for legal sexual abuse.  (Way to go, coach!)

Oh, hell, who am I kidding?  There's no point even trying to oppose this rock-solid evidence.  Why, it's the proverbial perfect storm...

...of dust.

Rule 5 -- Cynthia Fernandez!

Daily Caller Sells Out Own Producer...

Robert Stacy McCain posted an interview with Daily Caller producer Michelle Fields on her harrassment at the hands of Occupy DC protesters trying to interfere with the Defend the American Drea, Conference In Washington yesterday.

This prompted the Daily Caller to respond with their usual compassion and sensitivity towards women:

"Jim Treacher:"You'd think she quoted Mike Tyson or something..."
Yes, Jim, Daily caller posting this:




is exactly what Michelle was doing trying to interview people.  The conservative blogosphere gets classier every day...

WICKED! (A very conservative musical)

Bet they didn't see this when they voted it all those Tony Awards.  (Caution: if you haven't seen the play yet — but you do want to — some of these observations might hint at spoilers.  I'll do my best to avoid them).

1.  The public face of the villains is a charismatic airhead manipulated by sinister advisers (liberals)
2.  The ruler of Oz gains power by claiming to fix the weather (Hello, Al)
3.  The university is run by an ignorant, posturing bureaucrat who suppresses teachers holding minority views (84% of modern university professors self-identify as "liberals")
4.  Those teachers are denied the ability to speak. (liberal campus speech protests and codes)
5.  The heroine insists on standing up for her decent principles against state pressure (conservative)
6.  She champions the suppressed teacher (conservative)
7.  She takes responsibility for her own actions, good and bad. (conservative)
8.  The leaders try to get her to do all the work so they can take credit and increase their power (liberal)
9.  Her enemies blame her for their shortcomings and mistakes and try to punish her for their failings (liberal, hell - OWS)
10.  She redeems an enemy by her own courage and example (conservative)
11.  In the end, she opts out of the corrupt system. (conservative verging on libertarian)
12. The rich, privileged guy is a good guy (conservative)

Seriously, conservatives should all be going to see this play...

A Day in the Occupyin' Life...

Breaking! People Not Doing Shit Threaten General Strike!

Mother Jones tweets:
From our reporter at #occupyoakland General Assembly just now MT @timmcdonnell: General strike passes with 1184 votes of approval

JackalAnon tweets:

STRIKE APPROVED FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY! GENERAL STRIKE FIRST TIME IN THE USA SINCE 1946!

Folks, this is big. I mean, HUGE. The power of fringe groups to call for universal job action is simply devastating to an economy and society.

Remember the day the illegals all struck to show us how important they were to the economy?

However did we survive?

Remember the horror of the nationwide gay walkout to protest the passage of Prop 8?

What can we do against the torpid passion of the somnolent indigent?

I'm saying a prayer, folks. I'm saying a prayer for the whole world...

Pirate Bay Calls to "Occupy Hollywood!"

While filthy rich celebrities flock to the Occupy Wall Street movement to redistribute our wealth, the Swedish software piracy site The Pirate Bay is eagerly climbing on the bandwagon and calling for the redistribution of Hollywood's wealth.

Now, I am NOT saying go there and download anything.  That would be wrong, not to mention a FELONY. Kids, don't try this at home, etc. Just say no to bootlegging and piracy, etc., etc. etc.

But just for shits and giggles, go there and type in the titles of some Michael Moore movies, or Danny Glover pics, or maybe some Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins films, and see what's available to the world from the good socialist wonderland of Sweden. Look (but don't touch!) at what you can find by Kanye West and Roseanne Barr and Russell Simmons and Yoko Ono....(update: Add Kathy Bates)

You know.  For the perspective.