Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Politics Newt is fundamentally full of it, himself, and bad ideas
Posted by Eric Celeste on Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Great column this morning in the wake of the Newt vs. Mitt catfight in last night's debate. The column, by former George W. Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, shows just why we said weeks ago you should take Newt's campaign seriously, and why, once you do that, you should lay waste to the bullshit he spouts. An excerpt:
But Gingrich regularly gets into trouble when moving from analysis to prescription. Nearly every problem that crosses the threshold of his attention becomes historically urgent, requiring a fundamental solution. This is the reason for his most revealing verbal habit. Systems are “fundamentally broken” and require “fundamental change.” Opposing views are “fundamentally a lie” and “fundamentally alien to American tradition.” Only the biggest ideas are sufficient to his self-regard.
And what does he do when you challenge him on these wild-ass overstatements? Call you an idiot, of course. Read the whole column. Worth it.
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