Let me get this straight, this wizened old dinosaur doesn't recognize that the Sun set on him a month BEFORE April Fools Day ?

I reckon that the American electorate is smarter than I thought and that Grinchrich is dumber than dirt.

Note to media: It Doesn't Matter.

Elliot - Are you wearing your tin-foil hat. You never know when the boys in the black helicopters are beaming in on you. Especially when you talk about security-sensitive things like birth certificates.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRcQcgiVf9I&feature=bf_prev&list=PL93ED506861A0E50C

Actually, I guess the only conclusion even our party can make is that Gingrich has gone around the delusional bend. He is now in hock to both the jewelers and for campaign expenses for a big hit. But he trudges on. Never has Gingrich showed any self awareness though. My mother always told me in her sainted Republican voice, if we could buy Gingrich for what he is really worth and sell him for his idea of what he is worth, our entire family (6 of us and spouses and kids) could retire on the French Riviera and live lavishly. Then she always added, but if he just faded, I would think of him as my hero again!

Newt dropped from the race...Human race .....years ago when he cheated on wives. All the chest thumping trying to get Clinton impeached while he was doing the same thing. Then the superficial offended republicans absolve him and want him to be the president.......can you imagine that? Same with Edwards, at least Dems dropped him when they found out. Can you imagine if Dems picked Edwards for president in 2016?

Does this mean we may not have the moon project ????? DAMN ........

collapsed? whats wrong? I thought we were posting absurdities such as Tiffany accounts owed by "GrinchRich"

Oh I see, only absurdities directed at republican are allowed here.

You folks are pathetic.

But... but... Newt is destined to be president. Newt said so!

Did anyone know he was still in it? Give it up Burger Boy!!

Will it be like he planned to pay Tiffany's, his campaign debt, or his bounced check?

Hey Bev, it does beg the question, How many checks can a 'NewtBounce' bounce, if a 'Newtbounce' could bounce checks?

But I do have to admit, with his possible resignation, I am regretting, in a selfish sort of way, that we will miss out on a whole generation of dignified toilet cleaners. I was, after all, wondering what would replace the x, y, z generation. It made sense to have the TC (toilet cleaner) generation.

Oh well, I'm off to buy stock in Tidy Bowl, now that our youngest and brightest have an opportunity to rise above the bowl of crap spewed by the GOP/TP candidates.

I'm not calling out anyone in particular here... but my God, I REALLY hope some of you are not in positions where you have to make decisions!!! Try using that thing between your ears to study "real" news and not junk news sites or conspiracy theory websites! It really scares me that EVERYBODY gets to vote!!! Too bad there is no a minimum IQ test score required before you can cast a vote for POTUS!!!

Elliot, If you spent any time here at all, you'd know that liberal posts get collapsed all the time. But I'm glad you can admit that you are posting absurdities.

Run Newt Run!

Never accept defeat!

I mean if you drop out you will sell even less books and your speech fees will drop to nothing. Not to mention Romney will have it all...Of course Ronny Paul will SURGE!!

Ya gotta love these delusional right wingers, I sad Romney was their candidate way back in the fall, and thy had no say in the matter. And of course it was true.

So now they have the RINO...Romneycare, Signed Gay rights Legislation and more.

Flippity Flopp Romney

I thought Newt dropped out a long time back. I wonder who is going to pay his debt, the bill for the Diamonds, and the bill for the secret service detail we had on him. Maybe he can sell more of the books he been pushing around the country. Delaware doesn't have him on the ballot??? What's up with that??? Tiffany is calling, bill is past due. The republican party don't like Romney, let alone Newt. The Clowns are in the Building. Let the CIRCUS continue???

The "Tea Party Tribune" is your credible source Elliot? Really? LMAO. That ranks several steps below Fox News, & that's LOW.

I like him running. Gingrich is vengeful isn't he? Republicans kicked him out, Gingrich stays in the race to be a thorn in the side of the GOP.

I know, he's looney. Kids getting jobs as janitors in their school, moon bases, $500,000 Tiffany's accounts.

Most know Gingrich slipped a cog when he married his third mistress.

But, there are still the conservatives that love him. Contract for America and all that.

And as long as he is in the race, we get free punches on Romney.

What is the tea tarty tribune?

I referenced occupy corporatism and video of Obama's lawyer addressing a judge.

Gingrich hints he may drop from race this week

Slow learners like Nutty Newt shouldn't even be in the race to begin with. He should have dropped out months back, but he just doesn't understand the English language or the people telling him to "f*c* off, we don't want your thieving and lying azz" message.

jerrytt

At any rate, voting out O-Bama-lama is the way to go to help restore civility,

Hahahaha....jerry it continuously amazes me how ignorant some people are. There hasn't been ANY civility in politics for God knows how many years, if there ever has been. I'll be sixty next Monday and there wasn't any civility then either. You are really delusional if you think voting in a rethugli-con will change things. We've seen and are still paying for the fruits of bushie and cheney's eight years. No more rethugs, been there, done that. Enough already.

Who wants to bet that he will something like: "This campaign has shown that the voters just are not ready for a big idea, Gingrich presidency"? Arrogant ass. And he still uses the Secret Service protection which costs like 50,000 a day!

And he still uses the Secret Service protection which costs like 50,000 a day!

^^^^^

-and I bet that includes a Triple McBurger, a side of two extra large fries, a giant 3 ltr soda, and a a few hookers later after his 4 hr nappypoo.

Nutty Newt is someone we can't afford or need. Just toss hos azz in jail where he rightfully belongs.

Jerrytt, what planet are you on? Or maybe you just aren't feeling well. Your post was just plain... well... bizarre. Take a break.

I know alot of people like to dump on the Newtster, including myself, but I kinda feel sorry for him. I think deep down he loves this country and like alot of conservatives he sees the country going in a direction he doesn't like.

Newt hung in there alot longer than I thought he could but the writing is on the wall and it's time to pull the plug.

He's still around?

The fact that Newt has been campaigning in Delaware for several weeks is pathetic enough. He's probably met everyone in that state by now if that is the case. I doubt he picked up more than one or two votes.

I think this is Newt's pathetic attempt to stay sexy for Calista. When it's over they won't have anything to say to each other. Too bad the American people pick up the tab for this aholes book tour.

I,myself am too intelligent to vote for ANY GOP candidate. ANY one of them will take us back to the Bush era destructive practices. If Mitt Romney wins, this country is headed for a Depression. If you read the Grapes Of Wrath and you think this sounds fun, consider that there are twice as many people in the country as the last Depression. We are talking Armegeddon here. But, I guess that's the GOP's self fulfilling prophecy of destruction. That is their agenda and that is what they have in mind for the people of America.

"Turn out the lights the party's over" - Dandy Don Meredith

Good!! Save our taxpayers money to have Secret Service guard his ass. He planned all along to drop out. He just wanted to feel important. HA!!!

Reddev and Bluto - we're talking about a guy that, in a lame effort to discredit President Obama's modest upbringing, stated that Mercer Island, WA (where the President spent some time) is where Bill Gates lives. Everyone in the area knows that Bill Gates lives in Medina (you can even google it - it's no secret). Elliot either has issues with telling the truth or he is grossly misinformed.

Either way - I find it interesting the the teabagging birthers are coming out to deflect from the fact that such a heinous dirt-bag like Newt is still in the race.

Fred:

"nice grammer Bev."

Nice spelling---grammar!

Hey, no joe. The weather in New Jersey doesn't sound like it was as bad as it was predicted to be. Everyone okay?

For awhile, I thought seeing Newt debate the President would be fun, so I was disappointed when he began really trailing behind. I still think Newt makes so much sense on so many issues. It's refreshing to hear a candidate be blunt. He comes off as a crabby old man a little too often, and that he's hung in here so long makes him seem a little delusional.

When Obama spends tax dollars like water "not campaigning", you're not supposed to question.

Blowjo - Give us some specifics...

What kind of Fool are thy ?

A candidate takes campaign trips where he hopes to get votes.....since when does a candidate gain anything by travelling to South America ?

lol didnt think he needed to, then again libs tend to ignore the obvious and invent stuff from thin air.

GT -

Today in the New York Times:

"Since Obama filed for re-election a year ago, he has taken 60 domestic trips, of which 26 included fundraisers, according to Mark Knoller, a White House correspondent for CBS News who for years has compiled such data.

Officials at the White House, the Chicago campaign headquarters and the Democratic National Committee declined to say how they decide which events are political and how much to reimburse the government. That secrecy has a tradition dating at least to the late 1970s."

Tax payers paid for the President's speech to college students today. It's odd that a non-campaign official business policy speech would invoke the crowd to chant "Four More Years! Four More Years!" Isn't it?

Thanks for the info Candice - I guess its one of the fringe benefits of being president. However, Newts not, and he's been prancing around at the expense of the taxpayer, doing what? He's already beaten. If it wasn't for his Sugar Daddy in Vegas, he would have been out of it months ago.

Candice, maybe they just liked it, the speech? Sorry just had to lay to rest another pub misdirect...

Oh Candace...give it a rest. Every President from every party has fundraisers. Would you have had George W. travel to fundraisers on a commercial airline or a private jet without security? I mean really....you would have much more fun if you just discussed how Obama is really a Muslim than you can have talking about Presidents' travels

And every President takes advantage of the fringe benefit and perk of blurring campaigning and doing his job. They're not supposed to. That they all do it doesn't make it right or acceptable -- especially when we really don't have the money to splurge. We know politicians are incapable of arithmetic and accounting so who knows how much of our money goes towards "official" business and how much to his campaign.

GT - I agree. Newt should have dropped out months ago. I figure he doesn't have much else to do. Did I read his consulting company went bankrupt?

Weather's not so bad, Candice, at least in this part of the state. After last year, my husband and I faced the fact that our power company would never improve- and put in a natural gas generator. As God is y witness- ill never be powerless again! No, nor none of my family!

At the Key West house, however. . .

Newts morals were bankrupt way before his 'consultancy'.

Candice,

It does absolutely no good to care... we can't do a darned thing about it! I wrote a letter to my representatives about a tax loop hole that allows employees earning over $100,000 per year to receive the earned income tax credit. Do you know what I got back from them? A canned response that explains to me that the earned income tax credit is for poor people!!! DUH!!!

So Candice doesn't support 24/7 protection of the President. Why am I not surprised? I'm sure that protection would be championed if the President were someone other than Obama.

RedDevPS... I do believe you are right on. And my daughter quite enjoyed Obama's speech at UNC today. I think she was chanting "Four More Years" along with the rest of them....

Should have been chanting "dog eater".

Sure they weren't booing, the way they did at Fenway? Cause, I have to say, that was rich.

Kind of a weird coincidence, is it not, that the dog eater showed up on the same day the dog John Edwards, trial starts. Then, of course, there is the ongoing saga of North Carolina Democratic Party workplace harassment. That one's a regular soap opera.

Ah, democrats! At least they're good for a laugh.

First lets set the record correct, The President is doing the same thing every other President has done since Geo. Washington. He is allowed to Campaign, while doing his Job as President, His job just doesn't go away on the campaign trail, He is Still President. Cost is paid by the Democratic Party. George W Bush did the same thing you idiot, no difference, stop changing the story to make it look like the President is not doing his JOB. If Bush did his JOB back then, we wouldn't be in this situation we are in now, Get off your asp and start doing something to correct the problems we have in this Country, besides complaining how bad it is. President Obama INHEREITED this mess from BUSH, remember. Thanks for your time!!!

hey no joe no bo nj... I think your group of circus clowns has given us more laughs than any group of comedians ever assembled in one location!!! Hate to see Newtie go... one less clown at the Barnum and Bailey show. Although I am enjoying watching Romney swing from limb to limb as he tries to tell everybody what they want to hear! It's like communicating with a toddler... never know what is going to come out of his mouth next!

Gingrich hints he may drop from race this week

Duh.

I really don't want Newt to drop out yet. As for the chanting ''Four more years" with a group, it's easy to get caught up in the moment when whatever is being said makes you feel good. However, those of us who know better, know that the sweet candy on the apple quickly goes away and the apple left isn't always a good one. Then, we tend to forget how good that candy was. Reality check. *As for Obama inheriting what Bush left behind, I think we need to see that big picture. One man doesn't do it. He has plenty of help along the way. The man before him left behind a mess; so he must clean up someone else's mess and his own depending on his cabinet. This scenario could go on and on. What we need is someone who isn't motivated by what the media wants, who hears what the people are saying in general, who stands by the values and morals of the majority, and who isn't afraid to speak up against minorities when it deems necessary and refuses to back down because of some one0sided group. I can understand Newt's divorce and marriage much better than the perversion committed inside the White House, denied over and over, then admitted it wasn't real sex (perverted doesn't count), then admitted it was an affair, got his hands smacked and patted ... get along little boy. It's okay now. I don't get it.

It looks and sounds like the Republican Party is trying to pull out all the stops, to prevent Mr. Obama from getting reelected.

However, so far they have provided only four very marginal presidential wannabe candidates.

IF, the Republican Party does not get very serious, very soon, about finding a couple of quality candidates, the election of 2012 will be handed to Mr. Obama, on a sliver platter.

I am extremely disappointed to see that Romney, Santorum, Gingrich and Paul, were the only choices the GOP could come up with for POTUS candidates. Really! Is that the best we have to offer?

Out of ALL the Republican business leaders, people experienced with running large corporations, no one else can come to the rescue of the Republican Party? That really pisses me off. I believe that if Willard does get the GOP nod, it would be like handing the election to Mr. Obama; and, unfortunately, millions of dollars will be poured down the advertising rat hole.

I believe that Willard Romney is out of touch with the common person. He and his wife do not know what it is like to sweat making the rent or house payment.

The more Willard and his wife try to look and act like "normal folks" the worse it gets. (Case in point: Especially with the recent news that Willard is installing an elevator for his cars.) From the time he was a child, Willard grew up in a very wealthy family. Willard is definitely part of the ½ of 1%...

I know it’s hard to believe but when it comes to lying Newt just couldn’t match Romney. On April 23rd Mitt set a new GOP record of 1375 days without ever telling the truth once….amazing. Since the Republicans have absolutely nothing to offer the American people they have no choice but to lie about EVERYTHING. Some people would say that Romney is a lying dirt bag; of course I would never say that. I can’t fault him for being a pathological liar after all it’s just part of his DNA……

Sounds like you hit the nail on the head BigAl! Romney is a flip -flipping liar who would do nothing short of hastening the financial ruin of anyone not in the 1%. Hell, he's even got elevators for his limos at home...

These Rich corporate backers would have had better luck bailing out middle class America..Just think of how many jobs would have opened up, at least it would have trickled down to the poor, they might of even bought some votes..

I'm just glad we are talking about Newt, and not any of the people who might actually be leading this country a year from now. I mean with all the issues that face this country, and all the articles that can be written, it is good to see something on a guy who is no longer relevant.

Gingrich hints he may drop from race this week

Umm, who cares?

Where is Fiesty? She/he have the day off or something?

Just another worthless article from MSNBC the voice of the Democratic Party. Why no article or mention of the fact that Obama is raiding the Medicare trust fund for 8.5 billion to cover Medicare Advantage so seniors won't see their benefits cut prior to the election?

After the election he will have more flexibility to let the Medicare Advantage program go, after all it will be his last election. What happened to the Obama promise to allow you to keep your health insurance if you liked it? Apparently that promise did not apply to Medicare Advantage.

So rather then be honest with seniors about more cuts to the Medicare program, Obama has decided a ruse would be better. Pretend seniors get to keep their benefits until after his last election. I wonder how many "after his last election" plans Obama has in mind for this country if re-elected.

Fact: He is not raiding the Medicare trust fund.

You are GROSSLY mischaracterizing the entire thing.

both sides use agents to protect their politicians and it's not like wer're getting a refund check if they don't use all the money in their budget so what good does arguing how much it costs do? argue that their budget should be cut because arguing that he's wasting taxpayer money is hypocritical if you are party affiliated.

You actually have to be 'in the race' in order to drop out of it.

What a fat buffoon.

It was Gingrich who gave the misguided Secret Service agents the handbook on hiring and jilting hookers, all in the patriotic glory of "Love of Ones Country".

Gringrich's handbook was coauthored by Anthony Weiner, and Elliot Spitzer.

Who is protecting the Secret Service from Newt's current concubine, Callista?

I have an idea. Let Gingrich and John Edwards run on a third party ticket. They will get all the votes from the mistresses. The dead first wives can't vote anyway ! Their slogan can be " better off in my bed, than dead ". They will never leave their Secret Service protection !

Newt might quit? I thought he was out months ago. Didn't he get the message?

Obama/Biden 2012.

Newt is staying in the race until he pays off Tiffany's. Working on Wife No#4. Books on sale, Best of Newt G, his better years.

Maybe in 2016 Sherriannie. but 2012? LMAO!!! You do know Romney is to Obama's left don't you? Hahahaa Didn't think so. The follow the leader party is still clueless about the cliff up ahead.

Donkey, couldn't agree more. The fact that Romney is winning the Republican Primaries under the guise that he is somehow conservative just goes to show how uninformed the Right is. If they get their wish (which they won't) and Romney becomes President (LMAO), then those on the Right will implode with the self realization that their motto of "Anyone but Obama" wasn't even a good slogan let alone a policy statement.

While I don't agree with sharriannie's post, why was it collapsed?????????

I hear that. The ignore author button should be more than adequate to make people go away that you don't want to see. It is like a social dictatorship and depending on whether or not the Kochroaches or us libs are heavy on the vine it should be there until we personally ignore the author! Write the moderators and tell them to take away the collapse function because people have figured out that if you collapse the lead comment you collapse the whole vine. That is BS!!! I will decide for myself if it offends me and ignore the author accordingly...

Meh. Arguably collapsed posts get more views than the rest. I know I always open them to read what someone else doesn't like. Sometimes I agree with the post, and if not, I still get to enjoy the nuttery.

not idiotic, just delusional.

I hope that Delaware hands Newt his big fat ass on a paper plate.

Newt is a great symbol for his party. Old, fat, ugly, redundant and completely in denial of the reality surrounding him. He must think all women are as blank as the crash test dummy he is married to. Yea GOP, way to alienate the ladies, real smart. The problem with embracing your hatred is that its like a one way faucet. You can turn it on easily but turning it off takes 100 times the effort. Keep up the good work faux. I had no idea you actually were the liberal media. Brilliant!

“It is very dangerous for frontrunners to start behaving like they are inevitable because the voters might decide that’s not so true. Frankly, I think it is a mistake for Romney to kick-off his general election campaign tomorrow in New Hampshire. He has about half the votes he needs to be nominated."

GOP already crowned Romney king before the Primary started, Didn't you get the memo Newt?

96ws6: I don't think it matters. Romney will get the nod, and Romney will be beaten worse than Barry Goldwater was in 1964, setting a new record for lopsided losses. The GOP candidates were so weak that I think the DNC had a mole on the RNC who helped them delude themselves. If the GOP doesn't reconfigure its base to get rid of wingnuts, then the Republican Party will be a rump party by 2013, no longer nationally relevant.

Not too sorry for them. Romney and his campaign will be around for months. Tons of material. Not to mention the hypocrites in Congress.

Nah. They've got a wealth of material.

Obama eats dogs-and brags about it in the books he writes and narrates, for which he won a grammy. Reading the book, I mean. I don't think he gets awards for eating pups in a blanket. Although, given the media, he might.

He was "introduced" to dog when he lived in Indonesia- a Muslim country where dog is considered unclean and is, therefore, illegal. He was a boy at the time- but bragged about it in the book he wrote as an adult, one of two autobiographies he wrote before he was forty. Since he hadn't actually done anything book worthy by then, most people did not read the books, and, therefore, did not notice that he eats dogs- and brags about it.

Now they know. Obama has dog breath, and is doggone proud of it!

All this time Santorum would go on-and-on about gays and man-on-dog relationships always had me confused. Now I see that in the GOP/TP world, man-on-dog is a reality. That is why Obama tasting dog as a child disturbs them .. for every dog eaten, it is a lost intimate encounter .. man/woman-on-dog style.

NO JOE, NO BO, NJ, where the hell did you get this info??? Fact News Fox. Are you kidding me. Muslins eat only camels, not dogs you idiot, trust me I was there. The only Dogs over there are the Dogs the Military bring in during the war. There is no dog in muslin country. Question, are you wearing your tin foil hat today???

Must make you feel good all over.

Coming from the one who has given us new meaning to 'lap dog' .. the one who misunderstood the lyrics of a Hall and Oats song, 'Oh, Oh here she comes .. she's a man-eater'.

One has to love the lunacy of a right wing freaks and the fantasy world they live in .. what is next, Donny Darko dining on Meatloaf to the tune of 'Hot Patootie, Bless My Soul"?

no joe, no bo... shows how smart you are. In many Asian countries, there are dogs that are bred as food. They are not domestic animals. This is a normal meat item in their culture. The breed that is eaten has very little hair and is really ugly. To them, it is no different than you eating cows or chickens or pigs. Dog is on restaurant menus and is a common food. If you grew up in a culture that taught you nothing differently, you would eat what is provided to you as well.

But you show your ignorance when you make fun of other cultures. Have you ever even left your State? The way you talk, I seriously doubt it. Maybe you should get out once in awhile and "broaden your horizons" instead of making narrow and shallow interpretations from sticking your nose in a book. You probably read the whole book and that is all you can remember about it. Pathetic...

Forgive me no jo... see you didn't "read" anything... got the "audio" book instead... explains a lot. That goes back to my earlier post that it is really sad that we can't require minimum IQ tests before allowing voters to vote for POTUS.

nojoe...when you were a child, did your mother ever give you something to eat? This was when Obama was a child and was in Indonesia, he was given this to eat by his mother. Its not like he eats dog on a regular basis, it was part of his life as a child and in his book. But since you see this as something bad, Im wondering how you feel about putting your dog on the roof of your car and driving for 12 hours.

Hey nojo! NO TROLLOS! Go back to your rock and eat your slugs and moss. You need your nutrients. It will help your GOP brain to function a little better. The operative word here is little.

More of the dog thing....wow. Let the teabaggers prove their ignorance of the world outside of the trailer park. It still amazes me that the book has been out for SO long and the teabaggers have, only now, figured out how to finish reading it. I guess it took them 5 years to find someone in their militia that actually knows how to read.

I thought the crop of Republican candidates was pathetic, but now it is clear that they really ARE the best that ignorant rednecks could come up with.

Pathetic.

Ron who?

And take Ron Paul with ya!

Gee, so you know who Ron Paul is, hu? Well I know who he is too, the guy who cares about the constitution. But according to you and many other dumbed downs he's just an old kook.

He is an old kook who cares about the constitution but he's got to offer more than that!

Ron Paul believes there are 50 United States. Most of the rest of us believe there is the United States, comprised of 50 states. Therein lies the issue with libertarians.

Most us know there are only 50 states...some think there are 57.

Most us know there are only 50 states...some think there are 57.

And only ObamaBashers continue that faux talking point. Got another loser talking point to bring up, like maybe a birth certificate? Teleprompter? Mickey Mouse and New Jersey?

How's about we talk about actual accusations, like conservatives believe birth control is an aspirin between your knees. That is a more lively conversation for your ilk.

and those of us with an education know that there are 50 states and 7 territories, of which only 49 are on the North American continent.

56 of the 57 entities (state or inhabited territory) have Congressional representatives (resident commissioner for Puerto Rico, non-voting US delgates from the other 5 territories and the house Reps voted in by the 50 recognized states of the USA) in the US House of Representatives, just the 6 territories delegates do not have voting rights (nor do the Territories have Senators), even though they are allowed to participate in the discussions and actively participate in the various commitees.

The US Constitutionally designed territory of the District of Columbia (where the White House and Congress reside), the uninhabited Incorporated Territory of Palmyra Atoll, the Unincorporated organized territories (Puerto Rico, The Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the Virgin Islands) the Unincorporated unorganized territories (American Samoa and Swain Island) are all US territories comprised of US citizens under the jurisdiction of the US government.

The Phillipines used to be an Unincorporated organized territory until its independence in 1946.

We also have numerous US territories that are called insular because they are US possessions, but the inhabitants, if any (most do not have inhabitants) are not considered US citizens, but are under the sovereignty of the United States and freely associated states that are the three sovereign states with which the United States has entered into a Compact of Free Association (Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau).

BTW, all except Puerto Rico are either in the Pacific Ocean near Asia or in waters off of the Asian continent.

The USA is comprised of MUCH more than 50 states, infact the original USA began with the original 13 states. All other states began as US territories until they petitioned for statehood and eventually were accepted, irrevocably, into the USA with official statehood. Some territories took 50 years to gain their statehood, others, less time, but all were none the less, mere US territories until they gained statehood.

The process to join the Union didnt end with Alaska and Hawaii. Puerto Rico may very well be the 51st state, if one of the other 5 inhabited territories doesnt gain statehood first.

So please Sharri, tell us all again how the USA is only comprised of 50 states ... better yet, go do your research and find out how little you truly know about our home of the brave and land of the free (many of our unincorporated territories do not have the full protection of the US Constitution, so they do indulge in legalized slavery, indentured servitude, etc while also having the right and privilege to label anything made by those enslaved/indentured as "made in America" even though slavery and indentured servitude is prohibited by the US Constitution for the recognized and accepted states).

Wow, this is the best answer on this stupid talking point I've ever read! Thank you Recycled Hope I'm definitely going to be using this. :)

Boy Bob, you realy set yourself up for that smack down.

Dissociate,

Whether Paul cares about the Constitution or not, he has completely and repeatedly butchered its actual meaning of the Constitution and how courts interpret it to comport with his ideology. He looks solely at the language of the 10th Amendment to fuel his arguments in favor of states' rights and his notion about how the Constitution limits the powers of the federal government despite the fact the 10th Amendment, as interpreted by the Surpeme Court, has rarely been the basis for overturning federal laws. The proper scope or reach of the federal government has been measured much more frequently by the Commerce Clause during the last 70 years of Supreme Court litigation. Only two cases have relied on the 10th Amendment to overturn federal legislation during the last 55 years, and those involved federal laws that forced the states to enforce federal law, which arises infrequently.

But my favorite example of how Dr. Paul has hoodwinked his followers like you with his constitutional ignorance are statements he makes about religion. According to Dr. Paul, "The Founding Fathers envisioned a robustly Christian yet religiously tolerant America, with churches serving as vital institutions that would eclipse the state in importance." This is demonstrably false, according to no less an authority than the United States Supreme Court, which has consistently recognized that the purpose of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment was to build or erect a wall separating Church and State, according to Thomas Jefferson, whose group drafted the clause:

"[A]t the first session of the first Congress the amendment now under consideration was proposed with others by Mr. Madison. It met the views of the advocates of religious freedom, and was adopted. Mr. Jefferson afterwards, in reply to an address to him by a committee of the Danbury Baptist Association (8 id. 113), took occasion to say: 'Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God; that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship; that the legislative powers of the government reach actions only, and not opinions,-I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore man to all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.' Coming as this does from an acknowledged leader of the advocates of the measure, it may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the amendment thus secured." Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145, 164 (1878) (emphasis added).

"This Court first reviewed a challenge to state law under the Establishment Clause in Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing, 330 U.S. 1, 67 S.Ct. 504, 91 L. Ed. 711 (1947). Relying on the history of the Clause, and the Court's prior analysis, Justice Black outlined the considerations that have become the touchstone of Establishment Clause jurisprudence: Neither a State nor the Federal Government can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion over another. Neither a State nor the Federal Government, openly or secretly, can participate in the affairs of any religious organization and vice versa.2 "In the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to erect 'a wall of separation between church and State.' "Everson, 330 U.S., at 16, 67 S. Ct., at 511 (quoting Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145, 164, 25 L. Ed. 244 (1878)). Even the Everson dissenters agreed: "The Amendment's purpose ... was to create a complete and permanent separation of the spheres of religious activity and civil authority by comprehensively forbidding every form of public aid or support for religion." 330 U.S., at 31–32, 67 S. Ct., at 519–520 (Rutledge, J., dissenting, joined by Frankfurter, Jackson, and Burton, JJ.); accord, Lee v. Weisman, 505 US 577, 599-600 (1992)(emphasis added).

So what does Dr. Paul say about these court decisions: "Through perverse court decisions and years of cultural indoctrination, the elitist, secular Left has managed to convince many in our nation that religion must be driven from public view. The justification is always that someone, somewhere, might possibly be offended or feel uncomfortable living in the midst of a largely Christian society, so all must yield to the fragile sensibilities of the few. The ultimate goal of the anti-religious elites is to transform America into a completely secular nation, a nation that is legally and culturally biased against Christianity." So this arrogant twit, who is uneducated in the law, purports to be a higher legal authority on what the Founding Fathers intended by the religious clauses contained in the First Amendment than the Supreme Court, the final authority on what the Constitution means, has consistently ruled since 1878.

To me, Dr. Paul resembles a lot of conservatives, who rant about a variety of things being unconstitutional without knowing what part of the Constitution is purportedly being violated or without know much about the Constitution or how it's been interpreted by the Supreme Court. Actually, Paul is worse than most--he makes specious statements about both the intent of the Founding Fathers and about constitutional provisions, thereby sowing the seeds of ignorance among his followers just like you Dissociate.

So Dissociate, Dr. Paul is an old kook who should retire now that he's 76 and hand the baton of constitutional ignorance to his son Rand, another constitutional nincompoop who arrogantly and erroneously asserts that the 14th Amendment does not compel the prohibition of racial discrimination.

Dissociate, who's really dumbed-down?

Michael L. Marowitz
J.D., J.S.M. (Master's Degree in Law with emphasis on constitutional law, Stanford Law School, 1981)

Please, there is no shortage of NeoCons to mock. Thank you very much.

There's always plenty of people in the Gop that are very mockable.....

Obama/Biden - 2012

What they said bob.... tons to mock....its like an idiot race in the GOP. Sad to say i am a registered pub.

Bob in old Virginnie writes..."What will the liberal journalists at First Read do without Gingrich to mock?"

Romney, Romney, Romney, Romney, Romney, Romney......."Corporations are people!" aaaahahahahahahahahaha

As a Virginian, I'm always happy to mock ol' Bob McDonnell (who will not be VP).

And as a fellow Virginian I will admit he has been a hell of a lot better than Tim Kaine. Unfortunately the nut is trying to get a hold in the Senate. Sad times

You mean Faux Noise. CNN's standards are too high to take in someone like the Grinch.

It is rumored Ron Paul is presently armed with a musket and hiding in the trees just south of Gettysburg, Pa. scouting for Union soldiers, and intermittently warning passersby of the dishonest scheming of Paul Revere and Alexander Hamilton.

Actually one of the men accompanying Newt, and posing as a secret service agent, is really Gingrich's most accomplished "pickpocket". Only one who has remained with Him. Whether or not Gingrich moves on to N.C. will be determined by the "take" of the slick lifter while in De.

Peggy

Yes, you got it right, CNN would be a good place for Newt.

Actually he is so full of bull sh!t, he shoud probably work for MSNBC.

It's a GOP race to the OUT house, not the White House.

But to spend it on newt?

That's your money Smitty. That's your government spending your money irresponsibly. That's why we're tired of giving our money to the government. They do not spend it wisely.

"Some people have more dollars than sense."

You just described the government exactly! And they are trying to grab more and more of your dollars.

candice Please lay off the rightwing talking points. So tell me when did the government become a person? Just because corporations are people, don't lump government into that. The government is made up of people. It is not a person don't talk about like it is.

Smitty-4183671

Well said (written).

Smitty,

Okay. Sorry.

The people who make up the government have more tax payer dollars than sense.

And they are trying to grab more dollars only to scatter it all away in wasteful, non-beneficial and meaningless ways.

Better?

Smitty,

Just think if they would have donated that money to a food bank some folks could eat for a long time

How much did they predict Obama's campaign would raise? I am pretty sure it was $1 Billion.

Just think...

We will not get our democracy back until political campaigns are no longer funded by corporations and the uber-rich. - steven-van-zandt/democracy-in-america_b_1139463.html

thetotas How much did they predict Obama's would raise? I'm pretty sure it was 1 billion. Just Think....

I am. Look at how many people could be feed if all the money spent in this race went to feed people in this country. To much money is being spent on becoming President.

candice Rightwing talking points again. Next time be more creative!

Newt was a political has been 14 years ago. Bill Clinton kicked his ass all over the nation and his own people booted him out of the House. Newt's one and only time in the spotlight was shortly after the 1994 elections. But in didn't take long for the nation to realize this clown was nothing but a gas-bag with a huge ego. He FAILED as Speaker, he FAILED as a college professor, he FAILED as a husband and he FAILED as a presidential candidate.

I hear RP won Iowa..

Stop Golmann Sachs from doing what?

If you look up the word "oversimplify" in the dictionary, there's a picture of Ron Paul there.

No depth whatsoever.

I voted for BO in 2008, but am campaigning for Ron Paul for 2012!!

Candice--you are one of these taxpayers weather you like it or not. You are part of the problem. You want safe roads, food, water, air to breath, better working conditions, Health Care, Retirement, you name it, the Gov't does provide with the help of taxpayers monies. Do you want to go it alone??? Wish you all the luck in the world! Don't come back to me when things don't work out for you?!? The ditch will be filled with a lot of Republicans. They know a lot about running things into the ditches.

Keith, what is Goldmann Sachs doing now, running away with Wall Street. They already have all of your money for retirement. CEO got it last time around in latest bonus.

@Steve If I don't pay taxes the government will take my air to breathe? They will make my state stop taking care of roads? I'll take care of my own health care and retirement. Learn some responsibility and stop thinking you are entitled to everything from the Federal government. Grow a garden, raise a cow, pussy.

jj-johnnyreb-Grow a garden, raise a cow, pussy.

How do you raise a pussy? Did you raise one? Did it grow out of the ground? When its done growing do you know what to do with it? I just hope you use yours responsibility.

oops

Ask Steves parents. They raised one.

jj-johnnyreb I going to ask your parents to. I think they raised one to.

Obama Biden 2012

Ron Paul and newt are just another indication of a once great country in serious decline. When these two pompous windbags, masquerading as serious people with serious solutions are even considered by some tells it all.

I hope that Ron Paul runs on an independent ticket. Romney will get "nadered".

@Mike from Az. Biden came from Deleware, what do you expect? Can you say goons? Sure, i knew you could.

Yeah, I know Biden's from Delaware. That's kinda the reason I said the GOP has zero chance of carrying it in the general election.

Not sure what goons you're talking about...

Mike from Az-sounds like you have been out in the sun too long. Delaware is Biden Country. Newt is not even on the ballot??? Write in maybe, (not).

Steve...did you even read the article?