Newt channels Bluto
By Norman Leahy | Monday, December 26th, 2011 | Politics, VirginiaNewt Gingrich believes is failure to make the Virginia GOP primary ballot is akin to Pearl Harbor — a setback, but not a fatal one.
Putting aside the comparison of a botched ballot drive to an attack that killed thousands of American servicemen and led the nation into a global conflict, one does have to wonder if, in whatever hastily rented basement apartment that houses the skeletal Gingrich campaign, this scene wasn’t reenacted almost word for word:
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Norm Leahy has written about Virginia and national politics online since 2002, beginning with One Man's Trash (OMT), and continuing through Bacon's Rebellion (both the blog and the e-zine), Sic Semper Tyrannis, NBC12's Decision Virginia, Richmond.com and Tertium Quids. He is the chief blogger at "The Score" and a producer of "The Score" radio show as well as being a Washington Post contributor.
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12 Responses to "Newt channels Bluto"
Yeah well, there’s fixing to be a legal food fight in Virginia. Regardless of the outcome, Virginia’s citizens will be the loser.
The comparison was not about those killed at Pearl Harbor, it was to the fact it was an AVOIDABLE debacle caused by inattention to detail. And that despite the setback, he would slog on.
Meanwhile, the political pundits are predicting that if the weather is crappy in Iowa on January 3, then that will favor Ron Paul. I guess what they are telling us is that the Paulistinians aren’t smart enough to stay out of the rain.
MD, like you, Ron Paul supporters love this country unequivocally and will do whatever it takes to support a candidate who inspires their patriotic endeavors. The stereotypes I keep reading about all RP supporters lumped together is nauseating.
Turbo,
Did you have your funny bone surgically removed or did it just atrophy into medical waste all by itself? You need to lighten up and stop taking yourself so seriously.
The simile of Newt’s Virginia failure to the “Day of Infamy” may emphasize unpreparedness, but does not relate to a “sneak attack”. The campaign went in knowing the rules of the game.
Rather than accept negligence for qualification in his home state, the campaign aims to impugn the Virginia Code, its legislature, and ultimately its citizens.
However, the simile may well be a physiological paraprax of the Neocon’s poster boy’s warring predisposition.
One more disappointing finger pointing to character. If you know the rules going into the game, don’t play if you can’t play by the rules. If you lose, don’t try to change the rules after the fact.
While it’s sad to me we only have two to choose from, at least we have two that has the support and plays by the rules.
@Kathy. You said it best, “Don’t play if you can’t play by the rules.” I’m saddened at the lack of choices we will have, but you can’t blame a system when others are able to comply.
We can’t blame the system when we have the toughest rules in the country? We can’t blame the system when some candidates have their petitions scrutinized and some don’t? That’s a very unfair rule.
We can’t blame the system when we have the toughest rules in the country? We can’t blame the system when some candidates have their petitions scrutinized and some don’t? That’s a very unfair rule. If 15,000 signatures is really what is needed, 15,000 to avoid verification, then the rules should say that rather than say 10,000 signatures are needed.
LL,
By all reports, the signatures of all the candidates were screened, not just those of Newt and Pastor Rick. The advice of the SBE to collect a minimum of 15,000 was based on their experience with the number of invalid signatures that are typically rejected during the screening. Calm down.
Blutto inspired more people in one speech than Mitt Romney has inspired in a lifetime — your wet ragdoll candidate is destined to defeat.
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