What was John King thinking? He wasn’t. King opened the debate last night with a question to Newt about Newt’s ex-wife. Did King think he was going to catch Newt off guard with that one? Newt: Wow! like holy cow man, where did that one come from? Boy, I sure wish I’d prepared for that line of questioning.
The outcome was as predictable as Wiley E. Coyote strapping on a pair of Acme rock assisted roller skates in an effort to catch the road runner. King smashed full speed into a Newt boulder. Then when King acted like a coward by trying to place blame onto ABC, an Acme anvil fell on his head when Newt laid waste to him again for not manning up and taking responsibility for asking the question.
It was a thing of beauty, nearly on a par with Newt’s leveling of Juan Williams earlier. But this latest episode begs the question, why are Republicans exposing themselves to this kind of abuse week in and week out. Can you imagine any Demo-Dope signing up for 19 debates, let alone 19 debates where 17 of them are moderated by Rush Limbaugh? That is essentially what the Republican field signed up for. It’s crazy.
And speaking of what were you thinking, how did Marianne Gingrich think that this was going to work out well for her? Even if she’s telling the 100% accurate and full truth, 50% of the people will think she’s lying to get even; the other 50% are going to yawn and say it’s old news. If she’s trying to destroy Newt she should have come up with something new like him wearing women’s underwear around the house, snacking on dog biscuits or gardening in the nude. That’s a horrible mental image that will need to be erased before lunch, if there is to be a lunch. Which makes the point.
When I look at that stage, I see only one guy that looks like a president, with the temperament of a president for these troubled times and the experience to be a president to get this ship turned around before it hits the rocks – Mitt.
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