It would probably be safe to say that every word Newt utters is a fraud, because even if he accidentally tells the truth about something, it's only because it will be to his selfish personal benefit. Thus he's a crashing bore -- but there's something enjoyable about watching neocon blowhards like him trip themselves up:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/289159/gingrich-and-reagan-elliott-abrams
Gingrich and Reagan
In the 1980s, the candidate repeatedly insulted the president.
The bizarre surprise this time is the author of the piece. Elliott Abrams will never be one of our favorite people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Abrams
.......because it's a little hard to respect anybody so central to the Iran-Contra affair, much less a figure in on the absolutely treasonous, conspiratorial monstrosity known as Project for a New American Century.
I'm a part-time admirer of President Reagan's, but dream with me how wonderful it could have been if he'd gone after the communists running Washington and striking deals with the Russkies all those years!
.......Now here's an intriguing page. It (speaking of serial husband Newt) sums up a case that is urgently needed, 100% relevant to today's doings, and so politically incorrect that the left shoe is now firmly on the right foot!
http://networkedblogs.com/t1XID
Clinton Sex Scandal Now GOP "Redemption" Mantle
The way politicians abuse the Bible and its holiest precepts is despicable. Does anybody remember that Slick Willy, following on the heathen FDR's "new deal" motto and similar, started off his reign of terror under a pious rubric of "new covenant"? What a lovely turn of phrase.... where did Slick and Algore steal it? Oh, yes, it's John 13:34, Christ's words at the Last Supper! If Republicans are really trying to prettify this slimy green newt creature with the word "redemption", there's nothing more sheerly vulgar.
I don't even know how it could be more asinine -- "Christians practice redemption" is a motto barely semantic. Christians don't practice redemption -- God does, through his Son's atoning work on the cross. I think it's pseudo-conservatives' "post-Christian" way of trying to say "Christians practice forgiveness," but that would only work if the forgiven sinner has foresworn his sin, renounced it and done everything possible to put things right.
While we're on word studies and I'm just kind of letting loose here, an thought about a headline which came in today:
After Three Years, It's Time to Admit President Obama Has Failed
Laid bare there is one of my main peeves of them all: the unwillingness of people to call any public figure corrupt or maybe even poisonous. "Obama has failed"? Here are a few verbs that would fill that slot far more truthfully: OBAMA HAS...
refused defied aggravated disgraced lied cheated featherbedded conned perpetrated slandered libeled betrayed stonewalled
How about LIED, at least? Surely we all have the moral courage to say he's lied? That should be so much easier, more popular and "safe for work". But where is anybody saying so in the hearing of any audience? HOW MENDACIOUS DOES IT ALL HAVE TO GET?
You only live once. Please -- be the first. Say it. Wherever you go.
About those govt workers and their sticky fingers:
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2720349
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