Acountability of Politicaly Astute Newt

Astute : clever, cunning, crafty

“Politics has become a really nasty, vicious, negative business and I think it’s disgusting and I think it’s dishonest,” Gingrich told ABC News aboard his campaign bus in Iowa'.
From : http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/politics-is-a-nasty-vicious-negative-and-disgusting-business/

Such as his 1996 GOPAC memo urging Republicans to refer to Democratic opponents as :

Pathetic Traitors and much, much more.......................
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4443.htm

Mitt Romney's 'true character'

"The next election isn't about just picking the next president," he said.  "It's about the soul of the country."
From : http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/31/new-poll-shows-mitt-romney-on-the-cusp-of-iowa-victory.html

“As to what to do for the housing industry specifically — and are there things that you can do to encourage housing? One is, don’t try and stop the foreclosure process,” said Romney. “Let it run its course, and hit the bottom, allow investors to buy up homes, put renters in them, fix the homes up, and let it turn around and come back up".
From : http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/romney-dont-try-and-stop-the-foreclosure-process-video.php?ref=fpa

'Don’t try and stop the foreclosure process.'

'Allow investors to buy up homes'.

Profit in the one hand. People in the other. Three guesses and the frist two are wrong as to who in a Romney Administration is going to come out on top.
http://www.lvrj.com/multimedia/Five-questions-with-Mitt-Romney-132028338.html

Caturday at the Kane's

Do what I say - not what I do

'Voters will be able to cast their ballot in next Tuesday's "First-in-the-Nation" Republican Iowa Caucuses without bothering to show a Photo ID --- even though the Republican Party itself sets their own rules for voting there'.

'Unlike most primary elections where an official state election board or agency sets the rules and runs the registration and balloting processes, the Iowa Republican Party runs its own state caucuses, determines the rules, tabulates all the votes and announces the results to the public and media themselves. They have complete control over the entire process, and yet they don't bother to ask their own voters to show a state-issued Photo ID before casting their ballot'.
From : http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9016

'Voters going to the polls next year — and even some this year — will encounter a lot of new rules. Photo ID requirements and fewer options for early voting are among the biggest changes'.

'They're part of a wave of new laws enacted by Republican-controlled legislatures this year. Supporters say the rules are needed to ensure honest elections'.
From : http://www.npr.org/2011/07/18/138160440/the-politics-behind-new-voter-id-laws

'On a campaign stop at an Algona chocolate store, the former House speaker said the "mistake" occurred because one of their workers committed fraud'.

"We hired somebody who turned in false signatures. We turned in 11,100 – we needed 10,000 – 1,500 of them were by one guy who frankly committed fraud."
From : http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/28/gingrich-campaign-workers-signature-fraud-cost-slot-on-virginia-ballot/

CONFORM!

'RICHMOND, Va'. --
'The state Republican Party will require voters to sign a loyalty oath in order to participate in the March 6 presidential primary'.

'Anyone who wants to vote must sign a form at the polling place pledging to support the eventual Republican nominee for president. Anyone who refuses to sign the pledge will be barred from voting'.
From : http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/virginia-news/2011/dec/28/1/paul-top-gop-primary-ballot-ar-1572784/

FOX (fewer and fewer call it and watch it) 'news'

'By losing 9% of their audience in 2011, Fox News’ prime time lineup now averages fewer viewers than Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show'.

'According to TVNewser, Fox News averaged 1.868 million total viewers in prime time compared to 2.3 million for The Daily Show'.

'The audience erosion continued over at Fox News as the network lost 8% of its total viewers and 14% of their viewers in the 25-54 demo. The total number of daytime Fox News viewers slipped to 1.073 million'.
“Red Eye” was the only Fox News show to post ratings gains in 2011. Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, and On The Record With Greta Van Susteren all lost viewers. In the morning, Fox and Friends remained flat'.

'Fox News still showed its dominance by having the top 13 rated cable news programs, but a certain program hosted by a comedian that Fox News loves to hate on Comedy Central blew past most of the Fox News shows in the ratings'.

'According to Comedy Central, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart averaged 2.3 million viewers per episode in 2011'.

'The Daily Show was also the top cable late night talk show in terms of total viewers, and was generally dominant. While Fox News was losing 14% in the demo in 2011, Jon Stewart was gaining 6%'.
'Jon Stewart has become Fox News’ #1 media nemesis. To put Stewart’s ratings into a head to head context, The O’Reilly Factor tends to hover around the 3 million viewers range. Hannity is at around 2+ million, and On The Record with Greta Van Susteren varies between 1.1 million and 1.5 million as an average. This means that The Daily Show is more popular than both Hannity and On The Record, and trails O’Reilly by about 700,000 viewers'.

'So basically, The Daily Show averages more viewers than any show on Fox News Channel not hosted by Bill O’Reilly, and only trails him by 700,000 viewers. Perhaps more importantly, Stewart is stronger among the age demographics important to advertisers, while Fox News seems to be most popular among people on Medicare'.

'Perhaps this is why we’ve heard recently about Roger Ailes rethinking the ideological tone that his network has taken over the past three years'.
From : http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/jon-stewart-drawing-more-viewers-than-fox-news-channel/

FIRE

I am huge fan of the sci-fi series Firefly and also a huge fan of education.

My mood determines which comes first. (GRINS!)

Anywho, I cam accross this http://thefire.org/article/13977.html and since it satisifies both my top two prorities, life is good.

'The video, which features an interview with legendary author Neil Gaiman, is a lighthearted look at how the University of Wisconsin-Stout backed down from its censorship of Professor James Miller's posters, one featuring a quote from the science fiction show Firefly, and the other condemning fascism. Stout stood by its actions until FIRE's advocacy campaign on Miller's behalf inspired Gaiman, along with Firefly actors Nathan Fillion and Adam Baldwin, to take to Twitter to encourage their millions of followers to contact the university with their support of free speech'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iAOtkpFGhc

And just some extras...................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6gF0iOW2M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwPtZHhwJmw&feature=related

Love this one .............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UcwnbDTnMs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuGYn82vKEE&feature=related