Gingrich to announce Presidential run on Thursday.

[GSLevel9]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/50430.html

He's actually going to do it... he's got the radioactive anti-appeal of Palin. He's bright though... I'd love to see him at all the debates :D with Mitt, Newt, Michelle, Sarah and Huckles. lmao...

If he was actually nominated... how many states did Goldwater win?

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. I wonder who the Fourth Lady would be?

[AlinPA]

2. lol. It took me a while for that to sink in . nt

[treestar]

11. +1

:rofl:

[krispos42]

13. *snort*

:rofl:

[beac]

20. .

:spray:

[young but wise]

23. *DEAD*

[obamafourmore]

30. Hilarious!! **

[JoePhilly]

3. Presidential Stumble is more like it.

[ClarkUSA]

4. Are all of his ex-wives going to come? Or just the latest mistress-turned-wife?

:sarcasm:

[GSLevel9]

5. I can't say I'm one of the finger waggers

regarding his marriages/affairs/issues... after all two or three of the best POTUS of the last 50 years couldn't keep it in their pants!

I'll choose to take issue with his neo-con warmonger philosophies and his selective reading of history and the constitution.

[ClarkUSA]

12. I detest Republican "family values" hypocrisy and I enjoy pointing his out.

I guarantee you that mentioning it will hurt his standing among the GOP base more than anything you're concerned about. Also, the POTUS of the recent past who "couldn't keep it in their pants" weren't anywhere close to "the best" in my reckoning.

[GSLevel9]

16. well... I'd trade 2011 for 1998 in about 2 milliseconds.

and Big Dog gets ALL the credit in my book.

[ClarkUSA]

19. "Big Dog gets ALL the credit" for the tech boom? I think not.

You can thank Bill Gates, Steve Jobs Nortel, JDSU, Lucent, Agere, Sun, Digital Equipment, Intel, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, etc. for that era. No credible economist of that era would attribute "ALL the credit" to Bubba, believe me. The man doesn't even know how to send emails.

Big Dog does get ALL the credit for inventing extraordinary rendition aka. torture, which became one of BushCo's favorite interrogation methods.

Big Dog does, however, get ALL the credit for deregulating Wall Street via repealing Glass-Steagall, thereby setting the stage for the second Great Depression.

Not to mention Big Dog gets ALL the credit for deregulating media ownership rules, thereby allowing Rupert Murdoch to hold Faux sway over US politics.

Big Dog also certainly gets ALL the credit for creating such disgust among the voting public that Al Gore, who should have been a shoo-in for re-election given the economy, struggled and Nader became ascendant. The rest is history.

Besides leaving a surplus, Big Dog didn't leave anything close to a big bore liberal policy legacy. In fact, true to Dick Morris' guidance, he focused on the small stuff, like school uniforms (after Hillary blew up HCR). But then again, he always was DLC to the end (see the repeal of Glass-Steagall, NAFTA, deregulating the media, etc.)

[GSLevel9]

26. ok, lol...

would YOU trade 2011 for 1998?

[ClarkUSA]

39. Yawn.

Sorry, I'm not into fantasy football, either. I am enjoying the reality of living history under our first African-American president. And to tell you the truth, I the memory of Bubba's sordid zipper trail of deceit leading to a stained blue dress doesn't want me to revisit the late 90's at all. I am glad not have had kids at the time.

[olegramps]

34. Regarding repeal of Glass-Steagall

The Democrats voted against it repeal until there was a compromise to stop banks from Red-Lining Black dominated areas. When the bill came to his desk it was veto proof. It was in hindsight a disastrous compromise. It is too bad that the latest attempt at financial reform doesn't address some major issues. Again, the result of compromise. The problem is that the nation is being compromised into the poor house.

[elleng]

35. Hi, 'Clark!'

:hi:

[ClarkUSA]

Hi "elleng"!

Long time, no :hi:

:hug:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. Goldwater was saintly, sane, and brilliant in comparison

actually, a lot of things that Goldwater predicted did come to pass.

He once wrote, worryingly, about the impact of cults and sects on politics. He always considered China a sleeping giant, that once aroused, could be a true danger to the world, unless capitalism took hold there. He worried about supporting right wing terror groups in central and south america, and felt we should be hands off.

The more I read about him, the better he looked, in comparison to today's maniacs. Hell, NIXON looks like a liberal in comparison to today's GOP.

[n2doc]

7. The cartoonists rejoice!

[GSLevel9]

8. if he DID win the nomination....

has there EVER been a debate between 2 former college Professors? I'll set aside some No-Doz for that night ;)

[bluestateguy]

9. President of what?

He slept with another woman.

[Turbineguy]

10. Oh goody.

Those poor Soviets. They collapsed too soon. If only they'd been able to last long enough for their true allies to emerge. They will still bury us but posthumously.

[Honeycombe8]

14. Seriously? Naw.....really? Very interesting. nt

[vaberella]

15. Buchanan are you next?! Come on now. n/t

[madinmaryland]

17. Heh! A Gingrinch/Buchanan ticket. The adulterer/racist ticket.

That should guarantee them the Repuke nomination!

[Ter]

40. Too much disagreement

Patriot Act, the wars, war, support of Israel, NAFTA, isolation, etc. A better ticket would be Paul/Buchanan, but age combined it would be 150.

[krawhitham]

18. Flip flop: Newt Gingrich now says he won't announce 2012 exploratory committee on Thursday

same link as op

[beac]

21. Well, he's certainly off to a good start!

:rofl:

Wonder what happened.... Did Mrs. Newtie find him in flagrante w/Mrs. Future Newtie or did he decide to cash a few more fat FAUX News paychecks before throwing his hat in for a few weeks, pulling it out again and bumping up his speaking fees?

[thelordofhell]

22. He was finally able to get back on DU and see this thread

Then he knew that his chances to be President were jack and shit, and jack left town.

:rofl:

[beac]

32. Ah, NOW I understand... "DNS" stand for

Denial of Newt's Superego!

;)

[vaberella]

25. Oh Geez. I guess it's all about Huckabee. n/t

[trackfan]

24. Be still my heart.

[Tatiana]

27. Oh... it's nice to get some good news during this dismal season. n/t

[JoePhilly]

28. Maybe one of the Koch brothers called him and told him to stand dowm.

[obamafourmore]

29. Hilarious.

[tweeternik]

31. BTW, Goldwater won 5 states and 52 electoral votes in 1964 n/t

[Jennicut]

33. Newt is so old news. He was hot stuff in like 1995.

I was all of 19 and sat around talking about him in college. My friends and I all knew he was a hypocritical loser that stuck his foot in his mouth on everything. A whiny little baby. This is what the Repubs have to offer up against Obama?

[otohara]

36. He's Such An Asshole

I'm not looking forward to the lies and bullshit that will pour out of his mouth and the media who will focus on him 24/7

[RoadRage]

37. I hope he works hard to defend DOMA!!

Seriously... marriage should be between One Man and One.. Err.. TWO... OK, Well.. THREE.. naww.. maybe FOUR women. Must.Keep.Marriage.INTACT.

Cough.. seriously.. how can any "right wing social conservative" vote for this freak?

[Ter]

38. I can see him winning 10

More than Palin, because he's smarter and also because much time went by when he was the most hated politician in the US.

[tekisui]

41. This will open the floodgates. can't wait to see the march of gooper losers

announce. And, then proceed to eat each other alive.