Comments on: PLEASE DON’T RUN, NEWT

By: Right Wing Nut House » A STRAW IN THE WIND?

Right Wing Nut House » A STRAW IN THE WIND? — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:34:55 +0000

[...] The elevation of Gingrich from second tier candidate to frontrunner is not unexpected, to me anyway. And although it’s very early going in this straw poll, I have a sneaking suspicion that old Newt’s stock has soared as a result of the election. Gingrich made himself extremely visible the last few weeks of the campaign with well written, passionate articles calling on the GOP to unite for the election. He reminded Republicans that despite his personal and political baggage, he is still one of the most articulate and thoughtful men in public life. [...]

By: Alarming News

Alarming News — Wed, 25 May 2005 17:27:40 +0000

Carnival of the Vanities #140
Hello and welcome to the Carnival of the Vanities #140. My name is Karol, you can read more about me here. Two plugs I have to make while I have your attention: 1. I co-host a weekly talk show called…

By: Rhymes With Right

Rhymes With Right — Tue, 24 May 2005 04:44:01 +0000

Watcher’s Post
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher’s Council hold a vote every week on what they consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around… per the Watcher’s instructions, I am submitting one…

By: The SmarterCop

The SmarterCop — Mon, 23 May 2005 18:38:14 +0000

THE COUNCIL HAS SPOKEN.
Congratulations to this week’s winners in the Watcher’s Council vote: The council member winner, Right Wing Nut House, with Please Don’t Run, Newt; and the non-council winner, Varifrank, with I got your desecration right here, pal… Good job by all…

By: Watcher of Weasels

Watcher of Weasels — Mon, 23 May 2005 04:26:05 +0000

The Coalition of the Willing
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher’s Council hold a vote every week on what we consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around… though I don’t actually vote unless there happens…

By: Carpe Bonum

Carpe Bonum — Fri, 20 May 2005 13:28:58 +0000

Domination at the Watcher’s Council
Wow. The voting was as lopsided as I’ve seen it at the Watcher’s Council this week, and deservedly so for two excellent posts. Winning the Council category was Please Don’t Run, Newt by Right Wing Nut House. According to…

By: The Glittering Eye

The Glittering Eye — Fri, 20 May 2005 12:15:13 +0000

The Council has spoken!
The Watcher’s Council has announced their selections of posts from this week that they have considered especially worthy of recognition. It was a jump ball this week between Right Wing Nuthouse’s post “Please Don’t Run, Newt” and my own po…

By: Watcher of Weasels

Watcher of Weasels — Fri, 20 May 2005 08:37:38 +0000

The Council Has Spoken!
First off… any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here. Die spambots, die! And now… the winning entries in the Watcher’s Council vote for this week are Please Don’t Run, Newt by Right W…

By: B. Minich, PI

B. Minich, PI — Thu, 19 May 2005 15:56:25 +0000

I have to agree - someone like Newt works in Congress, where he can do one thing, set up a leader, and then move on. This isn’t the most effective stategy, but there are enough other people around that it can work. As President, that won’t work - you need to focus, and not get distracted, if you want things to work.

By: dymphna

dymphna — Wed, 18 May 2005 19:04:11 +0000

This articulates many of my concerns about Mr. Gingrich, but from a much more up-front and closer angle than I could have. Mine was merely intuition after reading him and listening to him speak. I agree with his political view, but he doesn’t have the personal integrity or temperance required for the office of President.

Bill Clinton didn’t either, but he had the added disadvantage of political principles driven by poll numbers. We will be a long time recovering from *that* train wreck. One hardly wants to experience another.

Not to worry — he’d never make it past the primaries. But he’s got a big enough political ego to make a run anyway and deflect from other, worthier candidates.