You’re absolutely correct that nobody is voting for Gingrich here. They’re voting for the deeply cherished fantasy that he will do to Obama what he’s done to Mittens.
Nothing else counts. When he scolds John King and Juan Williams, they can actually see him doing that to Obama. It doesn’t matter what he says. Nobody is listening to the words. They’re listening to that visceral, piggy-eyed hatred, and they love it. Romney’s mealy-mumbly management-speak imitation of the same performance exasperates them almost beyond endurance.
—Guardian comment from ‘Natasha Fatale’
This is the most brilliant deduction I’ve read for why Gingrich is winning.
So have you guys heard about this guy Barack Obama? He’s made some pretty impressive statements over the last several days. There was this speech where he basically railed against Congress for not extending a tax cut. Then during a Q&A with reporters today, he rebuked the accusation that he is an “appeaser” by reminding us all how many people he has had killed. Later in the same session, he even defended a decision by his Health and Human Services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, not to allow emergency contraceptives to be sold over the counter. He also stated that no options are off the table for dealing with Iran. Man, this guy is on fire! Tax cuts? War mongering? Restricting women’s access to birth control? He is a shoo-in for the Republican nomination next year! I wonder what yahoo the Democrats will put up against him.
What’s that?
What do you mean he is the Democrat?
Shit.
Well, at least he’s threatening to veto the bill that will make it legal to detain citizens and destroy the 4th amendment, right? Well, yes but, “Obama’s veto threat doesn’t actually stem from a concern for the rule of law so much as it has to do with his attempt to amass greater presidential powers.” Oh, and his lawyers agree that US citizens are fair game?
Well, then, I guess we are completely and utterly fucked.
