tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post3909807277654008669..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Catch of the Day (And a CotD Quandary)Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-21420791337255623122011-12-06T13:11:11.617-06:002011-12-06T13:11:11.617-06:00It's a visceral reaction, like what we're ...<i>It's a visceral reaction, like what we're seeing from the Left re Gingrich.</i><br /><br />Oh, it's a visceral reaction all right. I must admit, I do get a warm and fuzzy feeling inside when thinking about Obama's margin of victory in a general election matchup against Newt.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15913245096162048743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-48704987613469277422011-12-05T16:52:00.198-06:002011-12-05T16:52:00.198-06:00Well, you have to understand that the contemporary...Well, you have to understand that the contemporary Left exists in a bubble. This is about what intrudes on the bubble, not what's logical, right, wrong, intelligent or meaningful in any way. That's what fear is about... it's an emotional reaction. It's a visceral reaction, like what we're seeing from the Left re Gingrich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-76349125225703435982011-12-05T16:06:13.923-06:002011-12-05T16:06:13.923-06:00But if the lefties are wrong about everything, alw...But if the lefties are wrong about everything, always, wouldn't the fact that they/we <i>really</i> fear Gingrich mean that they/we should fear Romney?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-67575881750999872002011-12-05T15:31:36.476-06:002011-12-05T15:31:36.476-06:00Seriously funny!Seriously funny!phathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07711722602776883761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-2457561257280246842011-12-05T15:23:18.559-06:002011-12-05T15:23:18.559-06:00Yep, not hard to see who it is the lefties fear. ;...Yep, not hard to see who it is the lefties fear. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-10734267920732448952011-12-05T14:53:19.549-06:002011-12-05T14:53:19.549-06:00TN: but their logo is on the plastic in my pocket!...TN: but their logo is on the plastic in my pocket! They must be responsible for everything about that plastic!Matt Jarvisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-33756307520069796662011-12-05T14:31:32.249-06:002011-12-05T14:31:32.249-06:00Visa and MasterCard are actually pretty small comp...Visa and MasterCard are actually pretty small companies that don't do a whole lot more than process payments for their clients. (MasterCard, for instance, has 5,600 employees, while someplace like Wells Fargo has 280,000.) Visa and MasterCard don't issue cards, much less do any due diligence on who deserves a card or is using one fraudulently; the issuing banks do all of that. <br /><br />Not that I'd expect Gingrich to know any of that.TNhttp://www.debris-slide.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-48916630424635519762011-12-05T14:25:53.899-06:002011-12-05T14:25:53.899-06:00while all but Ron Paul and Gary Johnson basically ...<i>while all but Ron Paul and Gary Johnson basically are on board with their issues, none of them combine basic-level competence with a long and reliable history of loyalty to the party and its core issues</i><br /><br />Well, Huntsman does. That is, unless you consider "burning, white-hot hatred of Obama" to be one of the GOP's "core issues". And I suppose it is, in 2011.<br /><br />But isn't that pretty easy for Huntsman to fix? All he would need to do is lob a couple of cheap insults at the President. Make a teleprompter joke. Raise the citizenship issue, even. He'd gain instant credibility among tea partiers. (And no, I don't think his service in the Obama administration will be a sticking point; after all, who among us has never hated his boss!?)<br /><br />Once Huntsman takes care of his Obama-hatred deficiency, he has a clear path to the nomination. Don't count him out.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15913245096162048743noreply@blogger.com