Matt Yglesias

21 Responses to “Newt: Clap Louder”

1. Ed Smithe Says:
   February 25th, 2009 at 2:07 pm

   Newt’s an idiot. Many thanks for continuing to point that out.

   And BTW, for all of your “conservatives” that would like to see him run…I just thought that I’d remind you that he broke up with his cancer-ridden wife while she was receiving treatment for a younger woman.

   Not the type of guy that I want in a position of trust anywhere.

2. karl Says:
   February 25th, 2009 at 2:13 pm

   Gingrich didn’t capitalize “Americans” — why does he hate us?

3. kid bitzer Says:
   February 25th, 2009 at 2:13 pm

   newt’s wife was receiving treatment for a younger woman?

   right-wingers have been able to get away with lying for a long time. during 2004, we all watched kerry wipe the mat with bush during the debates, only to hear david brooks and the rest of the paid liars tell us that bush had won.

   it’s the way they work. they aren’t going to give it up easily.

4. Ed Smithe Says:
   February 25th, 2009 at 2:20 pm

   SORRY!…”while she was receiving treatment — for a younger woman.”

5. swisshegemonist Says:
   February 25th, 2009 at 2:27 pm

   His story is compelling.

   Especially to those living in the “ring of fire” states (California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii) and the states contiguous to Yellowstone N.P. …

6. Steve Sailer Says:
   February 25th, 2009 at 2:30 pm

   “Bobby jindal got a good national launch out of last night. His story is compelling.his values appeal to most americans”

   I didn’t realize Gingrich was so influenced by Matt. Newt’s clearly adopted the style of this site of maximizing typographical errors.

7. CJColucci Says:
   February 25th, 2009 at 2:34 pm

   Prediction: Jindal will keep getting boosted as a rising star of the GOP only as long as there is no actual voting going on. Then the primaries will come around. Then his star will fade.

8. Luke Says:
   February 25th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

   Um, Americans LOVE Kenneth the Page. I, for one, am hankering for a lot more of Jindal.

   Was there really any way that he was going to win the nomination in 2012? Besides, the GOP always goes with the runner-up from the previous primary, unless he chooses not to run. THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE SINCE 1952.

   So, it’ll be Romney. Republicans are the followers of authoritarians; they don’t have opinions of their own, so they follow the guy they’re told to follow.

9. CParis Says:
   February 25th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

   It’s not even fun anymore. Watching the GOP bloviators spout complete nonsense that even my cat can see through is becoming painful. It’s like that TV show that started out sorta funny and quirky, but has been on 2 seasons too long, all the original cast left long ago, and the plots make All My Children seem logical.
   Calling Dr. Kevorkian!

10. James Joyner Says:
    February 25th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    Well, I guess several minutes of free air time on all the networks and being mentioned hundreds of times on the news as giving the Republican response is “good” from a publicity standpoint. Presumably, millions who had never heard of Jindal know who he is.

    Whether that turns out good for Jindal …

11. Rum raisin Says:
    February 25th, 2009 at 3:30 pm

    That should read:
    Bobby jindal got a good national laugh out of last night

12. calling all toasters Says:
    February 25th, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    Wonder what a bad launch would have looked like.

    To Gingrich? Obama convention speech, 2004.

13. Bob Oso Says:
    February 25th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    “Bobby jindal got a good national launch out of last night. His story is compelling.his values appeal to most americans”

    Why is the word Americans not capitalized? I guess Newt hates America. BTW, did Jindal have a flag pin on?

14. anonymiss Says:
    February 25th, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    Not wanting to burden our chilren with debt is an interesting pledge the week after passing $780 billion in unfunded spending

    This is his entry right after the one Matt cited. I find it amazing that Republicans now claim a package that included a $288 billion tax cut–largest in history–is actually $780 billion in spending.

    Just shows they are still not reality-based.

15. joe from Lowell Says:
    February 25th, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    Newt knows all of that, DTM. He’s a smart man, playing dumb for political effect – because that’s what his party demands. Did I mention they’re doomed?

16. NBarnes Says:
    February 25th, 2009 at 10:20 pm

    I’m not entirely convinced of Luke’s causation; it would have been really, really easy for McCain to piss away the 2008 nomination and break that streak. But I do agree that it’s going to be Romney in 2012.

17. Bruce Webb Says:
    February 26th, 2009 at 3:21 am

    The Republican embrace of Twitter just shows they don’t get it at all.

    Peer to peer Twitter makes a certain amount of sense, that is if you are following ten people and ten people are following you then you are getting some intercommunication even if those ten people are not a closed group.

    But it doesn’t scale. Paris Hilton or Rachel Maddow or Newt Gingrich are just not that much in to you, If they have 10,000 followers (or whatever Twitter calls it) the whole thing turns into a one way transmission.

    That is Twitter is a perfect means of distributing talking points down to the masses but useless in getting messages up. For Republicans it is the equivalent of having a blast fax out but not needing an incoming line. But in the context of national politics doesn’t seem to be any kind of two way communication.

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    March 18th, 2009 at 3:31 pm

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    April 16th, 2009 at 10:11 pm

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