Regular port swillers will know that ol’ Robbo, as a rule, stays off politics in discussions over the decanter here.
Nonetheless, Gingrich’s surprise win in the South Carolina primaries and the bubblings amonst certain blogs and websites which Robbo visits compels him to point out a fact that ought to weigh heavily on those contemplating the chances of reducing our current President to a single term:
There is no way in Heaven or on Earth that Newt can hope to win a general @(#$*&*(@% election.
Please! Learn it, live it.
The man is positively chock-a-block with “Kick Me” signs. You think his enemies on the other side aren’t zeroed in on them? Middle of the road voters would flee him like, Lor lumme, Arthur and his silly English kkkkniggits flew the flying vache. I ask you: Do you really wish to be taunted a second time-ah?
Indeed, certain persons near and dear to me wonder whether ol’Na-GINGA isn’t some kind of fifth column plant. I sometimes wonder myself.
Just.
Sayin’.
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January 23, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Diane
You are absolutely right. And as much as I’d love Ron Paul in office, he also doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance of winning in a general election.
More than any year since I began voting, I fear this is the year of finding a candidate – any candidate – who can beat the incumbent.
Maybe by 2016 Paul Ryan’s kids will be old enough, and he will have changed his mind about running.
January 23, 2012 at 2:55 pm
rbj
Good critique of Mittens by Steyn:
“For a guy running as a chief exec applying proven private-sector solutions, his campaign looks awfully like an unreformable government bureaucracy: big, bloated, overstaffed, burning money, slow to react, and all but impossible to change.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/288873/man-who-gave-us-newt-mark-steyn
And neither Santorum nor Paul would win.
Awful lineup this year, but we’ve got to get, to borrow Garrison Keillor’s phrase, “the current occupant” out. Newt’s about the only one willing to say that the emperor has no clothes.
January 23, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Marvin
I look at the November choices, and cringe.
Let’s see:
Obummer vs Santorum – Pray and vote for Santorum
Obummer vs Newt – Vote for Newt, and watch the fur fly
Obummer vs Mittens – Hold nose, vote for Mittens
Obummer vs Paul – Take coin into voting booth, coin toss.
All of the above – could change depending on the life insurance (I mean VP) pick.
January 24, 2012 at 7:55 pm
Jordana
I was at a dinner party the other night with people who actually like Newt. Not just Newt supporters, which I can sort of understand, even though I think he’s a megalomaniacal schmuck, but they actually seemed to like the fellow. Personally, I think the Republicans have decided we just don’t feel like winning this time around.