22 Comments on “Newt’s convention presence”

1. 
   Yawn said at 4:30 pm on August 26th, 2012:

   (Yawn)

2. 
   Bob English said at 6:44 pm on August 26th, 2012:

   I don’t see the talk on “right-wing social engineering”

3. 
   Joe Killeen said at 8:21 am on August 27th, 2012:

   Or moon colonies?

4. 
   Several delegates said at 11:26 am on August 27th, 2012:

   went over after the NJ delegation breakfast- am glad he is here to articulate what needs to be done to bring us around..we should all have even half the smarts of Mr. Gingrich- was proud to have supported him..and, Herman Cain and others who ran are all joining in to help get the job done, which is winning in Nov., and beginning to right the ship of state, which is drowning under this flawed and failed Pres.!..

5. 
   Joe Killeen said at 1:33 pm on August 27th, 2012:

   I would hope that Newt would have some answers as to how to release the federal government from the Young Guns hostage taking.
   He was there inauguration night, January 20, 2009 when the road ahead for the Republicans was laid out and marching orders issued. Simply put it was, No Republican will vote for any legislation that will or may reflect at all positively on the current administration.
   Manages to bring the percentage of the public who think favorably of both houses of Congress down to 9% at a time when the people are dealing with severe economic issues and hold not only the legislative process but the entire population hostage. Everybody hold their breath until everyone else turns red.
   Newt’s a Hoot, smart as a whip that man. As long as the whip is in his hands.

6. 
   Art Gallagher said at 1:43 pm on August 27th, 2012:

   Wrong again Joe. Republicans have often been willing to negotiate with Obama. He just wasn’t interested.

   His famous, “I won” quote to John McCain was a perfect example.

   Here’s an even better example.

   When you started commenting here Joe, you were bringing honest debate. Lately you seemed to be bringing nothing more than Democratic talking points.

7. 
   brian said at 2:05 pm on August 27th, 2012:

   Art,

   You need to lay this blog out in the sun for a few days to rid it of the lefty trolls.

   See you after you let the sun in

8. 
   Joe Killeen said at 2:21 pm on August 27th, 2012:

   Let’s see I started off speaking in gibberish, indecipherable posts, little or no grammar understanding and always avoiding the issue.
   Now I am a Democratic propagandist and I have to watch and listen to a 6 1/2 minute monologue that was edited as a Republican anthem.
   Pot calling something black, he who is without sin cast the first something, something, I get it there is only one unalterable truth and take on the affairs of an entire country of 300 M + and those who don’t fall in line are irrational, partisan and uncompromising. Yes I get it. Watch that down time in Tampa make sure your collective heads don’t explode from all those answers you hold in common. The only Republican who actually spoke what was on his mind and in his formed thoughts has to stay away from the convention of the correct. Hope to see you all standing respectfully no matter who wins in November.

9. 
   Lois said at 3:57 pm on August 27th, 2012:

   Call it a “troll”———or someone who opens mouth/sets fingers to keyboard before fulling engaging brain——-or someone who has l o t s to say about everything without stopping to consider whether it is of any benefit to anyone………

   Joe, you are taking up a lot of space on these boards. Can you condense your thoughts?–bring up and make one point and make it well?

   Too much blahblahblahblah….blah. Impossible to follow you. Can you help us out?

10. 
    @ Lois - The Only People Joe Helps Out said at 5:54 pm on August 27th, 2012:

    Besides His Self Inflated Side Kick Ego Is Bobbie Boy English And Salad Boy Ambrosia.

11. 
    Joe Killeen said at 6:23 pm on August 27th, 2012:

    Short and to the same point as Mr. Ryan. From his own Congressional Budget Office

    http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/03-13-Coverage%20Estimates.pdf

12. 
    Joe Killeen said at 6:46 pm on August 27th, 2012:

    Last one- you have your playground back to yourselves.

    They think that, if we were just smart enough, we’d be able to understand their policies. And I so want to tell ’em, and I do tell ’em, Oh, we’re plenty smart, oh yeah – we know what’s goin’ on. And we don’t like what’s goin’ on. And we’re not gonna let them tell us to sit down and shut up.
    Sarah Palin

13. 
    Tr said at 7:27 pm on August 27th, 2012:

    Not a huge Palin fan but that is a great post. It really sums up how must Republicans feel and it is why we ar gonna KICK SOME DEM ASS in November.

    And yes we are going to take back this country from the liberals and stop their policies that are destroying the innovation and work ethic that made this nation great.

14. 
    Bob English said at 10:47 pm on August 27th, 2012:

    @ Lois poster: You are a condescending little chicken shit who is to much of a coward to post under their own name and instead crawls back and hides under their rock after posting.

15. 
    Proud Republican said at 11:05 pm on August 27th, 2012:

    Correction Joe – you CONTINUE to be incoherent. Your drivel is polluting this blog.

16. 
    Oh Bobbie Boy, I Love It When You Throw A Hissy Fit said at 12:16 am on August 28th, 2012:

    It’s NOT my name that matters but the content and the bull you try and spin.

    You are just looking, like your mentor Ambrosia Salad, for a way to attack someone personally.

    Names, Yada, Yada,Yada, YAWN

    Is that ALL you have to go on? The heat must be getting to you so I suggest you get out of the kitchen and take that drooling moronic commentary writer Killeen with you.

    How much does anyone want to bet that’s not his real name?

17. 
    Rick Ambrosia said at 9:26 am on August 28th, 2012:

    Really Art? Getting on Joe Killeen’s case because he brings something to the table? You may not like it, but its something. Maybe you should start taking a look at those that bring absolutely nothing to the table, like those anonymous posters above that do nothing but sling insults all day. Those are the true definition of trolls…and, they’re in your camp. Nice.

18. 
    Art Gallagher said at 9:41 am on August 28th, 2012:

    Rick, this is my camp and you are here too.

    I didn’t “get on Joe Killeen’s case” because of what he brings to the table. His argument was flawed and I demonstrated that. So he, and now you, changed the subject.

    I appreciate what Joe brings to the table. Often how he brings it is difficult to follow, more difficult that Run On Rosie (my nick name for another frequent poster who starts her posts in the name line)

    I have it on good authority that Joe (his real name) used to write professionally. Some of that professionalism would go a long way here.

19. 
    Joe Killeen said at 11:33 am on August 28th, 2012:

    I am trying to leave this site and its regular members alone. I am not put off by the personal attacks on my grammar or chemically enhanced mind. That is an all too common response from any group that does not find itself validated continually. It is a basic operating principle of groups.
    My thinking is not faulty or chemically enhanced. My recent posts became annoying because I jumped in early and directly.
    I find it especially humorous that the anti comments became coalesced on the topic of Newt Gingrich. His syntax and logic being among the most twisted among the politicos currently in the running.
    My reference to a private dinner held on inauguration night in 2008 is public information not a Democratic spin point.
    The dinner and the attendees are also publically available.
    One of the first and most serious of the results that came out of that dinner was the defeat 2 years, almost to the day, of the Conrad-Gregg resolution that would have authorized that a specific set of bi-partisan budget and debt reducing measures be sent directly to the floor of the House and the Senate for an up or down vote.
    The resolution was 7 votes short of passing but failed to garner enough votes 60 to over ride a Republican filibuster. John McCain and the 6 other Republican co-sponsors of the resolution voted against it.
    The first time in history that co-sponsors of a piece of legislation that was up for a vote, voted against their own legislation.
    Fred Hiatt, the opinion editor of the Washington Post stated at that time,” No single vote by any single senator could possibly illustrate everything that is wrong with Washington today. No single vote could embody the full cynicism and cowardice of our political elite at its worst, or explain by itself why problems do not get solved. But here’s one that comes close.”
    That was a professional journalist comment on the result of the dinner I cited in the post that set off the uproar.
    As to my having written professionally in my past that is also correct. Close to 45 years ago I covered local politics in New York City and reported before Gerry Rivera on Willowbrook (my articles were used as evidence in the ensuing court case that closed Willowbrook down)
    I got the job by accident. I walked into the office of the newspaper in response to an ad for drivers. When I approached the receptionist she asked if if I could write, I thought she meant enough to fill out the driver application and said yes. I got sent into the wrong room to wait for an interview, the room was for writers answering another ad the paper had been running. I happened to be interviewed by an editor with an open mind and a working class background. He hired me as a writer and gave me an opportunity.
    I enjoyed the experience and covered a lot of important issues and the political shenanigans of characters on both sides of the aisle as well as their cohorts in the Liberal, Conservative etc.etc. parties of the 1970’s.
    Family obligations and earlier than expected deaths brought me back into the truck driving business and I did what had to be done to keep the food on the collective tables.
    Never did take any writing or grammar courses and now with time on my hands I still let it fly and only seek the facts which if not always leading to the truth at the very least might change the debate to one of reality and substance. The only way I ever saw any real change and possible good come about.

20. 
    Bob English said at 12:26 pm on August 28th, 2012:

    “Oh Bobbie”: I treat others on this site respectfully (even if I disagree with them) and expect the same in return. If someone is disrepectful to me, than they can stick their anonymous names where the sun doesn’t shine and go back to hiding under their mothers dress.

21. 
    Joe Killeen said at 2:56 pm on August 28th, 2012:

    Art- where did I Change the subject? I only questioned your video submission as evidence of Republican’s willingness to negotiate.
    I still don’t see your point on how I inhibited, denigrated or prevented anyone’s expression of their thoughts and beliefs.
    I do believe that most of us do not have the attention span of a 1 minute commercial in us. I also believe that written communication in the future will take place in less than 144 characters worth of information. So those characters have to be written well but read just as well by their audience. The actual reading part is not currently an attribute of the converted on this site.
    You do need to sit back after the election and do some self appraisal. Is the site a propaganda platform or is it a true forum for the exchange of ideas and discussions on important issues facing the entire 300M+ citizens, not just those who agree with the Party line?
    Democratic blogs and web sites are just as tyrannical and close minded, you don’t hold the exclusive franchise.
    That is why I have said more times than all of you appear to want to take note of, I am a registered Asparagus, have been and will always be one.
    I post with my real name and post my actual thoughts and ideas. Peace. Out!

22. 
    Art Gallagher said at 3:48 pm on August 28th, 2012:

    Art- where did I Change the subject?

    What was the subject again?

    I only questioned your video submission as evidence of Republican’s willingness to negotiate.

    You did? I missed that.

    I still don’t see your point on how I inhibited, denigrated or prevented anyone’s expression of their thoughts and beliefs.

    That’s probably because I never made that point, nor do I think that is the case.

    I do believe that most of us do not have the attention span of a 1 minute commercial in us.

    In that case, may I suggest that you write to your audience?

    You do need to sit back after the election and do some self appraisal. Is the site a propaganda platform or is it a true forum for the exchange of ideas and discussions on important issues facing the entire 300M+ citizens, not just those who agree with the Party line?

    It’s neither. For over six years this site has been whatever I wanted it to be on any given day. For some reason over 20,000 people per month keep coming back to it.

    Democratic blogs and web sites are just as tyrannical and close minded, you don’t hold the exclusive franchise.

    I don’t have a franchise on tyrannical and close minded. This site is not like that.