Thinking like a Kenyan
Newt Gingrich is at it again.
As notgruntled pointed out, Newt weighed in on the Ground Zero mosque (neither just a mosque nor at Ground Zero).
Now Newt is reading Obama's mind:
What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]?" Gingrich asks. "That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior."
"This is a person who is fundamentally out of touch with how the world works, who happened to have played a wonderful con, as a result of which he is now president," Gingrich tells us.
From Gawker
What, pray tell, Mr. Gingrich, is "Kenyan behavior?" Interesting choice of words from a Georgian white guy.
And what kind of spin is Newt imparting to "anti-colonial?" Is it a good thing or a bad thing, Newt? Again an interesting choice of words.
Then there is the Obama-conned-his-way-to-the-Presidency. This particular piece of finesse is pitched to the Birthers and the Obama-is-a-Nazi and Obama-is-a-socialist crowds without dirtying his hand with an actual endorsement or defense of that bag of crazies.
I like Newt, I really do.
He is one of the few conservatives who seem to believe that conservatism has some relationship to ideas, rather than pretending it is an immutable political philosophy that is directly descended from the Ten Commandments. At least it seems he can be engaged on some intellectual level and sometimes he would say things that are outside the conservative dogma.
But when it comes to down and dirty electoral tactics, Newt will say anything that will boost his political fortunes; witness the above.
Hope springs eternal and since Newt's 2008 bid never even smoldered, much less caught fire, Newt is looking at wooing the Palinites, tea baggers and assorted loonies. Good luck with that, Newt.
To quote notgruntled
Or is it possible that conservatives' alleged reverence for the Constitution takes a back seat to an emotional wedge issue in an election year? Fetch my smellin' salts.
As notgruntled pointed out, Newt weighed in on the Ground Zero mosque (neither just a mosque nor at Ground Zero).
Now Newt is reading Obama's mind:
What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]?" Gingrich asks. "That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior."
"This is a person who is fundamentally out of touch with how the world works, who happened to have played a wonderful con, as a result of which he is now president," Gingrich tells us.
From Gawker
What, pray tell, Mr. Gingrich, is "Kenyan behavior?" Interesting choice of words from a Georgian white guy.
And what kind of spin is Newt imparting to "anti-colonial?" Is it a good thing or a bad thing, Newt? Again an interesting choice of words.
Then there is the Obama-conned-his-way-to-the-Presidency. This particular piece of finesse is pitched to the Birthers and the Obama-is-a-Nazi and Obama-is-a-socialist crowds without dirtying his hand with an actual endorsement or defense of that bag of crazies.
I like Newt, I really do.
He is one of the few conservatives who seem to believe that conservatism has some relationship to ideas, rather than pretending it is an immutable political philosophy that is directly descended from the Ten Commandments. At least it seems he can be engaged on some intellectual level and sometimes he would say things that are outside the conservative dogma.
But when it comes to down and dirty electoral tactics, Newt will say anything that will boost his political fortunes; witness the above.
Hope springs eternal and since Newt's 2008 bid never even smoldered, much less caught fire, Newt is looking at wooing the Palinites, tea baggers and assorted loonies. Good luck with that, Newt.
To quote notgruntled
Or is it possible that conservatives' alleged reverence for the Constitution takes a back seat to an emotional wedge issue in an election year? Fetch my smellin' salts.