"I thought the speech was actually very good" - Newt Gingrich

[VMI Dem]

"he used it as an occasion to remind people, first of all, as he said: that there is evil in the world"

Thats two speeches that Gingrich has liked. The first was the West Point escalation speech.

[groovedaddy]

1. So bipartisanship isn't dead after all? n.t

[Lorien]

2. As long as it continues the Bush Doctrine the neo cons are very happy

I heard Howard Fineman cheering Obama's "adoption of the Bush Doctrine" yesterday on NPR. :puke:

[chimpymustgo]

12. "Obama's adoption of the Bush Doctrine." The Neo-cons are LOVING it.

THe neocons and the cheerleaders - go team!

[zbdent]

3. Newt's running for the nomination in 2012 ...

he needs to solidify his RW base by saying "Obama's escalating the war, like we've been preaching!!!"

[harun]

4. So the neo-con's got thrown their bone, when we get ours?

[asdjrocky]

5. Nothing makes me more nervous than him liking a speech.

[bread_and_roses]

6. yeah, I heard someone on National Propaganda Radio saying he sounded like Reagan

or words to that effect - yeah, that's what i voted for, allright - Reagan Redux.

[polpilot]

8. President 'Oh-Bomb 'Em' sounded willy, willy, good!!!!

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Reagan's dead. He doesn't make sounds anymore.

[Moochy]

16. Can't listen to that dreck anymore

I'm critical of Obama's policies, but I can't listen to NPR's news programs anymore. They are just petulant, bratty and transparent neo-libertarian hacks at NPR's "flagship" news programs. They seem dedicated to just trying to take Obama's image down a peg over petty smears and bias in their interviews. All the while steering clear of the substantive critiques of the policy decisions.

[BeyondGeography]

7. He does that just to piss you and your ilk off, and it works

Now get back to work on Nader 2012.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. 2012 on your mind, Newt?

[HopeOverFear]

11. He says that just to piss you off, and you're falling for it

[frylock]

13. obama's use of bush-like good v. evil BS is what pisses me off

[JVS]

14. Newt is just playing multi-dimensional Chess. You see, he really wants to make Obama look bad...

by praising him, so even though Gingrich hates the war with every fiber of his being, he lauds Obama's justification for escalation. But it's all just to piss off liberals. Even though it doesn't make any fucking sense :crazy:

[timeforpeace]

15. They seem to see Obama as a malleable tool that is coming along just fine, thank you very much.

[wiggs]

17. GOP saying they liked it even as they re-interpret and cherry pick the components

they like. A more thoughtful analysis would reveal complexities they would shun.

Palin's foreign policy philosophy as told to Oprah (paraphrased): I follow Reagan, who looked at other countries and decided they would all lose (in battle...therefore we get what we want). To the extent GOP can re-interpret P Obamas speech to fit into this, they are happy.