Please Explain Newt Gingrich's Appeal

[giblets]

Well, Jon Huntsman seems okay, I think that's why he gets ignored.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Given how close it is to the caucuses it is and how flawed a candidate Newt is, it's time for Romney to take a more active hand in kneecapping him and make a more full throated case for himself than "You need me." I can only hope he seals the deal with the rest of the Republican electorate as Newt is better out of power than he is when put in charge of something as power tends to cause him to self destruct and take his allies with him.

While entirely true, asking Romney to take a more active hand is like asking the Greeks to be fiscally solvent.

[Felch]

Why is this republican primary like an old Western movie: the dumb, the liar and the willfully ignorant.

Don't you guys have any decent conservative candidates ?

His name is Ron Paul. He wants to legalize dope and automatic weapons.

[DinoDoc]

While entirely true, asking Romney to take a more active hand is like asking the Greeks to be fiscally solvent.

In this example Newt would be the Germans forcing the issue on Romney in an attempt to get him out of his timidity.

[DinoDoc]

His name is Ron Paul. He wants to legalize dope and automatic weapons.

And a truther.

[DaShi]

Wow, DD is getting dumber.

[molly bloom]

He's appealing because he has a ridiculous name that looks like it should be an anagram for some kind of bizarre sexual shenanigans involving juniper berries and semi-aquatic lifeforms.

[Berzerker]

isn't extreme hypocrisy evidence of narcissism?

The guy demands jail for politicians connected to Fannie and Freddie after pocketing millions as a lobbyist and he's a conservative?

[Guynemer]

He's pretty clearly bipolar.

[Zevico]

His name is Ron Paul. He wants to legalize dope and automatic weapons.

Paul's a Truther.
And a bigot.

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/12/10/ron-paul-bush-admin-was-gleeful-because-of-9-11/

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/angry-white-man?id=e2f15397-a3c7-4720-ac15-4532a7da84ca

[Elok]

He's pretty clearly bipolar.

I don't suppose that's a clever/snide reference to his globe-like shape?

[Guynemer]

No, it's an actual armchair medical diagnosis.

I don't think it is a particularly rare diagnosis when it comes to politicians, either.

[Felch]

Paul's a Truther.
And a bigot.

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/12/10/ron-paul-bush-admin-was-gleeful-because-of-9-11/

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/...5-4532a7da84ca

That first link doesn't have any actual evidence of Paul being a truther. Paul clearly believes that the attacks were made by pissed off Muslims, not Mossad or Halliburton. And the second one quotes statements that are milder than what I say on a pretty regular basis.

"He constantly blames US foreign policy for 9-11, putting him in the same league as Ward Churchill and Rev. Jeremiah Wright, possibly even to the left of Dennis Kucinich."

It also puts him in the same league as any rational person. Al Qaeda publicly stated their motivations, and they had everything to do with US foreign policy. Maybe they're lying, but I don't see why they would. Their religion shapes their perception of American foreign policy, but that doesn't excuse the US for poking our dicks into other countries and not expecting any response.

NB: I'm cool with American imperialism, so long as it's rational. It's one thing to invade Alberta, liberate them from British imperialism, and secure their precious oil. It's another thing to pretend that the Canadians only fight back because hockey and poutine distort their worldview.

[Zevico]

Interesting:

http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc289/LSUfanFR/?action=view&current=Mowing.jpg

Arguments put by Paul:
(1) The US should not have been involved in WW2.
(2) The Anti Defamation League and Bnai Brith has spies around the country.

Yeah, this guy is peachy.

[Zevico]

While it is true that an isolationist US would not be the target of Al-Qaeda in the short-term it hardly follows that the US should therefore adopt an isolationist foreign policy. That would be strategic madness. Al-Qaeda is not the biggest problem on the market today. There are myriad problems in the Middle East, China etc which make Al Qaeda seem insignificant by comparison. That's what makes isolationism foolish and dangerous. If Ron Paul is an isolationist that would have very devastating consequences for American interests if he were ever elected.