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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: Quote of the Day
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RT @BobFertik RT @downwithtyranny: Newt: Teabaggers guarantee further collapse of GOP and Obama's re-election http://tinyurl.com/yk8g9ex 10/28/2009 |
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lol! RT @downwithtyranny: Newt: teabaggers guarantee further collapse of the GOP and Obama's re-election http://tinyurl.com/yk8g9ex 10/28/2009 |
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Gingrich: NY-23 'purge' 'guarantees Obama's reelection' http://tinyurl.com/yk8g9ex 10/28/2009 |
Quote of the Day
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"And so this idea that we're suddenly going to establish litmus tests, and all across the country, we're going to purge the party of anybody who doesn't agree with us 100 percent -- that guarantees Obama's reelection. That guarantees Pelosi is Speaker for life. I mean, I think that is a very destructive model for the Republican Party."
-- Newt Gingrich, in an interview on Fox News.
Newt Goes All In On NY - 23
Riehl World View —
... Newt is making the case I made previously in my PJM piece, though I stopped well short of endorsing Scozzafava. In that sense, you could turn this back on Newt and say, why did you get involved? But that wouldn't be completely fair under the circumstances. The only real answer is conservatives getting more involved on the ground with the GOP to prevent a Scozzofava from getting the nod. But now that she has it, what the heck, we might as well have the debate.
Newt makes the case against what he calls a purge. It isn't fair to call it that and at ...
NY-23: What Has Gringrich Been Smoking?
QandO —
... Here he is on Greta Van Susteren’s show talking about it and pushing the candidacy of a person anyone would objectively call a liberal Republican candidate. In fact, even Gingrich concedes that: ...
Tues evening links
Maggie's Farm —
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Thank you Joe Lieberman
1 in 7 taxpayers flee New York
The KrautMan on why Barack is like Brazil
The hopey-changey National Endowment for the Arts
Gingrich on 23
The new ACORN $ scandal
Robert Reich Fesses Up On Death Panels
UN preparing for a Copenhagen failure. Good.
Neoneo: Why does the government want to give us something nobody wants? Related ...
The sanity of Newt Gingrich (?!)
The Reaction —
... Yes, this is one case -- rare, it often seems, among Republicans -- where sanity and self-interest align. I can't be sure that that's why Gingrich did what he did, but it makes sense, and, again, what did he have to lose? His credibility among conservatives? Sure, but so what? He's big enough that it doesn't much matter. ...
Wednesday Open Thread
Delaware Liberal —
It’s time for your open thread of the day. Can I ask a question? Are the open threads working for you? We’re about 2 months into this experiment and it seems like the community likes them. What can we do to make them better? Here’s another discussion starter – Newt making some sense (discussing the NY-23 special election): VAN SUSTEREN: He doesn’t live in the district? GINGRICH: No, he lives outside of the district. Dede Scozzafava is endorsed by the National Rifle Association for her 2nd Amendment position, has signed the no tax increase pledge, voted against the Democratic ...
