Comments on Et tu, Mr. Destructo?: World War Newt

the professor for a history class i'm taking a...

2012-01-22T23:04:15.259-05:00

the professor for a history class i'm taking actually introduced the course by citing this same Newt Gingrich tactic as a reason why knowing history is important. Cool

[stands up, applauds] it's all i can do reall...

2012-01-22T14:14:06.425-05:00

[stands up, applauds]

it's all i can do really. this evisceration of Gingrich's most loathsome conversational tactics reminded me of one of my all-time favorite eviscerations of someone's most loathsome converstaional tactics--Ivins's "I Am the Cosmos" takedown of Paglia. i don't know who you are but thank god i came across your site months ago. you are my

Nice post, but Krugman said it much more succinctl...

2012-01-22T12:46:05.466-05:00

Nice post, but Krugman said it much more succinctly when he characterized Gingrich as a stupid person's idea of what a smart person sounds like.

In a campaign season where Mitt Romney doesn...

2012-01-21T15:15:31.629-05:00
In a campaign season where Mitt Romney doesn't count the savings of Obamacare and only the costs to illustrate his misguided point of Obama's supposed socialism, are you really going after Newt for trimming a year or two of World War II to solidify his case? I love your blog and I really hope you publish this comment, but I think this is more a case of Newt Gingrich being a good

The case that Japan would have collapsed under the...

2012-01-21T13:35:30.404-05:00
The case that Japan would have collapsed under the weight of the Co-Prosperity Sphere is not so clear-cut.

Could China and Korea have fought guerilla campaigns to sap Japanese strength until they concluded it was better to withdraw and retreat? I doubt it - the Chinese had been fighting the Japanese since 1931 through the KMT and Mao's Communists but were unsuccessful until the

I wish I could hug this post. Newt's "in...

2012-01-20T13:44:31.431-05:00
I wish I could hug this post.

Newt's "intellectual élan" always struck me more as "intellectual flan," having the bland consistency and merit. It is truly sad how many people I have to deal with in my world who labor under the adoration of this shitbag 'cuz he brings up such pretty-sounding recitations.

Newt Gringich was Speaker of the House for 4 years...

2012-01-20T12:55:30.785-05:00
Newt Gringich was Speaker of the House for 4 years, during which time he did not win any world wars. Can we trust this man to be our president?

Thanks for standing up for Brave Albion, much appr...

2012-01-20T12:23:58.752-05:00
Thanks for standing up for Brave Albion, much appreciated

Wonderful post, too bad all the big words and sent...

2012-01-20T10:30:53.060-05:00
Wonderful post, too bad all the big words and sentences prevent GOP primary voters from reading it