Are we clear on that? He misspoke. It wasn't what he meant to say. He was frazzled. That wasn't a planned speech; he just went off the cuff, and dropped the ball. He went out there, and just flubbed it. It was a mistake, now let it go.
Of course, context is important, right? So let's take a look at these impromptu, unrehearsed remarks that he regrets having said now.
("But," I hear you wailing, "that'll take forever! That fucker starts talking and just won't stop! I don't have that kind of time! Plus, his voice gives me the shingles!" Ah, but I wouldn't do that to you: this is just the money shot. Three minutes and two seconds (plus a 15 second ad, because MSNBC has to pay the bills).
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See that? Off his game. No way he could have rehearsed that, right? All that stammering and stuttering. He was winging it. Never would have said something like that. He was taken completely off-guard. Anybody who could say that was a prepared argument is just blind.
So let's repeat this for you. It's very important that you understand.
You got that? This has nothing to do with Newtie spending 15 hours on the phone with every Republican in Congress. The Koch brothers didn't say a word to him. It was a complete misunderstanding. He was tired, and had to squint to see through the glare off David Gregory's platinum helmet of hair. He opened his mouth, and some truth just fell out. That's so unlike him! It landed in a big pile of bullshit, but there it was, naked. For everybody to see. It was embarrassing, but that's our Newt. Big enough to look the camera in the eye and lie his ass off about it.
And by the way, don't make fun of Callista.
She can't help it. It's fucked up you're even talking about it.
Bitch ain't crazy.
It's congenital.
Yippity. The GOP field is quickly narrowing itself down. The Donald and Huckabee aren't in, and now Newt has become radioactive by accidentally telling the truth. How shameful of him to do that! And I ask myself, what the hell would one Barack Obama have to do to lose this next election, faced with such a stellar crew of opponents?
ReplyDeleteClub a baby harp seal to death on national television while surrounded by crying children being comforted by horrified nuns.
ReplyDeleteOr get filmed having gay sex with "Ann" (simultaneously proving he was born "Andy") Coulter - that would lose him both hard-left liberals, all the religious, and the South.
So, either of those.
What on EARTH is wrong with his wife? What is she snorting??
ReplyDeleteDino,
ReplyDelete"what the hell would one Barack Obama have to do to lose this next election,"
Oh, he could be black or something, but does it matter what he actually does when we are drowning in lies?
Yeah, quoting him verbatim is engaging in a falsehood... good luck with THAT defense, Noot!
ReplyDeleteThe asshole goes on every talk show that offers a live microphone, then has to backtrack like a crayfish after every utterance? And he wants us to put him the Oval Office, with First Lady Knee Scraper at his side? Puh-Leeze... What a douche...
It's nice to see the GOP engaging in the kind of bumbling, flailing infighting usually reserved for the Democrats when they are preparing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
ReplyDeleteMy memory may be playing tricks on me (it often does) but it seems to me that in the past, the way that political candidates within a party differentiated themselves from the others was to be, well, different. So it seems a bit odd to me to see them falling all over themselves to conform to the same pre-written script (written, directed, and produced by the Brothers Koch, it seems).
Should make for some riveting debates. They can argue about who agrees more with everyone else.
godlizard,
ReplyDeletePls. send me an email when you get the chance.
Your faithful cephalopod.
Is it too much to hope for that Gingrich will be the Republican front-runner in 2012? Please let it be so.
ReplyDeleteYou never know who they'll go for. I don’t see the usual “let’s settle for the candidate we think can win” dynamic playing out for the GOP this time around, which would yield them someone like John Huntsman or Mitt Romney, both of whom are credible candidates and might not be a disaster if they were elected. (Huntsman could be interesting for 2016 if people find him worthwhile.) But the Teahoos are restless and angry – anyone halfway intelligent is going to have to run the Teahoo gauntlet and apologize for ever having taken a reasonable position on anything, which in turn should make the emerging candidate look weak and inauthentic. It would be different if all they had to do was tack a little right during the primaries and then shift center; but this time, they need to tack mind-blowingly right and then try to shift center. That’s going to be hard to pull off: how do you get from horsewhipping elementary-school teachers to please your crazy base to serving up happy-faced blather about “compassionate conservatism” or some new buzzword? Gingrich might have been the righties’ choice if he hadn’t slipped up and said something polysyllabic about Medicare, but I’d say he’s finished thanks to that unforgivable gaffe. That leaves Tim Pawlenty or a weakened Romney or Huntsman. I don’t see any of them beating Barack Obama so long as the economy improves somewhat over the next year-and-a-half.
ReplyDeleteOne thing we should bear in mind, of course, is how rubberneckety the press is in covering election cycles. One minute the Democrats are said to be invincible for at least the next two generations, and the next they’re declared to be ashamed to utter the word “Democrat.” Late in 2010 the Republicans were considered triumphant, and now they’re characterized as clueless about what to do next. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the narrative shift back and forth one or two more times before November 2012.