Why Gingrich Scares Me in the General Election: Bullshit As a Load-Bearing\u00a0Structure<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNow that Newt Gingrich has surged to the head of the Republican presidential candidate pack, there is a lot of discussion about whether he could actually win the damn thing. Most people seem to th……\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
"Gingrich has a severe, perhaps insurmountable asshole problem. But the man is such a good bullshitter, it just might not matter." Well, that's depressing. Though it would be an interesting refutation of the "Beer & BBQ" theory that says that folks will vote for anyone who seems like a friendly good ol' boy that you'd … Continue reading “Could Newt Win?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,99],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2012","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25786,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/28\/the-best-reason-to-vote-against-newt-gingrich-to-date.html","url_meta":{"origin":24252,"position":0},"title":"The best reason to vote against Newt Gingrich to date","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 28-Jan-12 8:54pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The company that wants to keep him ... #ddtbReshared post from +Breaking NewsHerman Cain endorses Newt Gingrich for presidentWest Palm Beach, Fla., USASat Jan 28, 9:11 p.m. EST: +POLITICO reports that +Herman Cain has endorsed +Newt Gingrich for president, calling him the right person to address the \"crisis of leadership\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23711,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/14\/the-candidate-is-turning-into-a-newt.html","url_meta":{"origin":24252,"position":1},"title":"The Candidate Is Turning into a Newt","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 14-Nov-11 11:21am","format":false,"excerpt":"There have been several polls showing a surge for Newt Gingrch's GOP candidacy for President, though this is the most favorable one. Apparently the faltering of both Cain and Perry is benefiting Newt a lot more than Romney (who is pretty soundly disliked by the Right).How this will translate into\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27100,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/14\/newt-claims-hes-in-it-for-the-long-haul.html","url_meta":{"origin":24252,"position":2},"title":"Newt claims he's in it for the long haul","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 14-Mar-12 6:59pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Which probably make Romney pretty happy, since Gingrich has been splitting the anyone-but-Romney vote with Santorum, but has to have Santorum chewing nails. #ddtb Embedded Link Alabama, Mississippi primary results: 'I'm not leaving,' Newt Gingrich says - Mackenzie Weinger Newt Gingrich said Tuesday night he feels \u201cno pressure\u201d to drop\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24692,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/20\/whaddayknow-i-agree-on-some-advice-from-newt.html","url_meta":{"origin":24252,"position":3},"title":"Whaddayknow? I agree on some advice from Newt!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 20-Dec-11 6:07pm","format":false,"excerpt":"If a key question for gay individuals is how the White House will address their equal treatment under the law in US society, Obama is hardly a perfect choice, but he's a heck of a lot better than Newt (or his cohorts in the GOP race). #ddtb Embedded Link Newt\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26639,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/23\/no-you-cant-blame-newt-gingrich-on-sf-or-on-robert-heinlein.html","url_meta":{"origin":24252,"position":4},"title":"No, you can't blame Newt Gingrich on SF (or on Robert Heinlein)","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 23-Feb-12 8:54am","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't imagine Heinlein being particular pleased with any of the GOP candidates this year. Maybe Ron Paul, strictly from a libertarian standpoint (though I think he'd still have some serious policy disagreements with him), but certainly not Newt.That Newt likes SF is no more meaningful than if he professed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25769,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/27\/newt-and-the-gop-establishment.html","url_meta":{"origin":24252,"position":5},"title":"Newt and the GOP Establishment","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 27-Jan-12 4:09am","format":false,"excerpt":"Bottom line: the GOP don't like Newt. Newt screwed them over during his House leadership in the 90s, and he's \"obnoxious and disliked\" by those who've worked with him. It's not surprising (though it's entertaining) that his resurgence in the primaries has pulled his former critics out to derail him\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}