2012 GOP Presidential Campaign -- "This individual's going to accuse me of an affair for an extended period of time."

"Fundamentally, Newt's the One!"

David Frum had an interesting point tonight (when asked how he'd advise Romney at this point): ask Republican voters if they want 2012 to be a referendum on the Clinton presidency. A subtle point that probably wouldn't get Mitt very far.

i want to hear gingrich general-election campaign slogans

GettINGRICH

Did Frum intend a defense of the Clinton presidency? About time -- it was the most successful Republican presidency of the last thirty years.

newt today:

"On my first day in office," he said, "I will move our embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem." Massive applause. "And I will ask John Bolton to serve as secretary of state." Even bigger applause -- standing ovation, biggest applause he's gotten.

the whole john bolton thing is so weird

Blolton

heh, larison pointed out that its technically illegal to promise appointments

gawker should demand that justice be served

I think Frum's point was simply that instead of the election being about Obama's fragile presidency, Newt would symbolically shift voter's thoughts to what is generally viewed as Clinton's successful one.

I love how Newt's not even in office yet and he's already violating rules/breaking laws

It's Signal Sending, guys.

more like Cunnilingus For Certain Interest Groups, amirite?

if newt really want to send signals, why doesn't he propose alberto gonzalez for attorney general; donald rumsfeld for sect. of defense; and dick cheney for sect. of state.

A RETURN TO SIMPLER, MORE SENSIBLE TIMES.

Because Bolton and his mustache encompass multitudes.

I want to post this EVERYWHERE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2fKmeFR_ko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2fKmeFR_ko

that's such a classic clip

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvv20elSEq1qe0099o1_400.gif
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvv20elSEq1qe0099o2_250.gif
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvv20elSEq1qe0099o3_400.gif
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvv20elSEq1qe0099o4_400.gif

pls make that one gif

it's not mine, it's a tumblr thing going around

and unfortunately putting it together into one gif is way more of an effort than it should be (involves breaking each gif into it's individual frames, arranging them into a single consolidated image, lining up timing, etc), and i'm drunk

fuck i thought u assembled them with like...magic

i do, but i'm only lev 7. perry gif is like lev 17

tumblr is killing the long-form gif with their stupid image size rules

i believe that out of the 7 billion people on earth, i may be in the top 3 of the people who most strongly believe that!

also, facebook is killing the gif, period, by not supporting it

also, facebook is killing the gif, period, by not supporting it

― Z S, Thursday, 8 December 2011 06:16 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

how the shit this is still true bemuses me. even google+, rip, could do this right!

I'm counting on this to be awesome:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70060.html

When Romney starts attacking--I can't see that he has much choice at this point--part of me wants the crowd to turn on him mercilessly, which would probably inhibit him the rest of the way, and part wants the two of them to tear each other to shreds. I expect many cutaways to the rest of the candidates looking bored and/or disgusted, or waving their hands "I'm here too, you know"-style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEeA7BdjteM&feature=related

I had no idea that Michelle Bachmann was my mom:

BACHMANN: People do find out [in my book] that I did not get asked to my senior prom.
HANNITY: Well, neither did I. And nobody would go with me.
BACHMANN: Well, in my time, girls didn't ask boys to prom. If you didn't get asked, you didn't go.
HANNITY: Yeah, well let me tell you, I have a 13-year-old son. Those days have changed big time.
BACHMANN: And our girls are not allowed to do that in our house. They have to wait for the boy to call.

Hannity has a thirteen year old kid, eh? I hope the rest of his teenage years consist of giving his dad the world's worst ulcer.

BACHMANN: People do find out [in my book] that I did not get asked to my senior prom.
HANNITY: Well, neither did I. And nobody would go with me.

TAKE THE HINT

gop nominee for 2044: the child of hannity & bachmann jrs

eh, depending on how the teen years go, that child could be the nominee for the Green Party

Re the "referendum on Clinton" crack: a fun poll of the general electorate would be to name a job Newt has previously held. You sports fans always forget that politics of the past is all a blur to the majority.

yeah sometimes I wonder what % of people can even tell you what the speaker of the house is

"is that a subwoofer"

kinda

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/386093_324864320876361_205344452828349_1224450_1649967952_n.jpg

The fantastical repurposing of reality:

http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=16219

tpm finds a reason to run this photo

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/assets_c/2011/12/bieber-perry-2-cropped-proto-custom_28.jpg

why is perry always smiling so much? that's not his appeal, when he had any appeal. he needs to grimmace, like he's ready to jump into a car full of commies and tear off their shoulderblades.

http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/01340/webperry_jpg_1340045cl-8.jpg

He looks less...medicated, for sure.

nice man ring

Josten's, I assume

He looks like he's in the midst of rhyming off three great truths, and as he reveals the first one, he's very focused.

Breaking news:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/389786_10150526189642494_680297493_10757815_1122904558_n.jpg

I expect damn few of them look like the one pictured there.

kobe -- howard -- paul

v.

bron -- wade -- bosh -- battier

advantage heat, obv., since we also have EDDY CURRY

they'd make a hell of a cabinet.