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An Honest Sort Of Crazy

August 5th, 2005 5 Comments

With Newt Gingrich you know the man is a lunatic, and he’d never stoop to pretend to being a “compassionate conservative”.

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5 Responses to “An Honest Sort Of Crazy”

  1. Jadegold says:
    August 5, 2005 at 8:08 am

    I wouldn’t refer to Noote as “bright;” in fact, the record’s pretty clear Nootie is pretty stupid. But it is interesting to watch Nootie try and rehabilitate himself politically.

  2. JD says:
    August 5, 2005 at 9:08 am

    jadegold’s comment is a perfect example of what is wrong with political discourse these days. You may not agree with him, but to simply dismiss him by calling him stupid is laughable.

  3. Dugger says:
    August 5, 2005 at 9:08 am

    IMO, Newt is one of the brightest political figures out there. Period. He’s so bright that some of the dimmer bulbs call him pretty stupid. Unfortunately, somewhat like Bubba, he’s not always careful about his private life and his words can be used by the not so bright in sound bites against him.

    Dugger

  4. Jadegold says:
    August 5, 2005 at 11:08 am

    Sorry if I bruised your feelings, JD, but Nootie is really, really stupid.

    Ever read any of his books? Not the poorly written novels but the ones he’s written on policy and, more amusingly, on science?

    Who can forget these gems:

    “”If combat means living in a ditch, females have biological problems staying in a ditch for thirty days because they get infections and they don’t have upper body strength. I mean, some do, but they’re relatively rare. On the other hand, men are basically little piglets, you drop them in the ditch, they roll around in it, doesn’t matter, you know. These things are very real. On the other hand, if combat means being on an Aegis-class cruiser managing the computer controls for twelve ships and their rockets, a female may be again dramatically better than a male who gets very, very frustrated sitting in a chair all the time because males are biologically driven to go out and hunt giraffes.”

    Of course, who could forget Nootie saying space exploration could be great for the travel industry because couples could have sex in a weightless environment. A deep thought for an adolescent boy; pure ignorance from a grown man.

  5. dude says:
    August 5, 2005 at 6:08 pm

    Newt’s no dummy. My dad is not Newt fan, but he noted that he saw newt on c-span in about 1992 advocating that instead of giving disadvantaged families welfare, we should give their kids a computer so that they could learn the skills of the future and prepare themselves for the jobs in the 21st century. That’s pretty damn forward-thinking for 1992, BEFORE the dotcom bubble.

    Newt’s new education strategy, in the big picture, is right on target. He advocates doing whatever it takes to attract and groom as many kids as possible in math and science. That’s EXACTLY what we will need to compete in a world where China and India are cranking out engineers and PHD’s in numbers that will make our head spin.

    However, like typical Newt, he can’t just have some good ideas, he has to throw in some off-the-wall nutjobs in there. For example, as well as he understand the impacts of globalization and realizes that education is the key to survival, he mysteriously (and stupidly, IMO) advocates getting rid of bilingual education programs, in order to “preserve” the American culture. whatever!

    I disagree with Newt on alot of stuff, but I have to admit when he’s right. And many things in his new book are right, in the big picture, even though I may disagree with *how* we get there. But hey, in this world of dissention and division, agreeing on the big picture is something. I think that progressives may be able to work with Newt as long as he doesn’t get more and more radical as his appetite for power is whetted should his book and ideas grow in popularity.