Gingrich Watch:

Kerry,

You should take a look at the latest Charlie Rose interview with Newt Gingrich. You will find even less to like about him. One of his opening statements was that the next US president needed to go around the world and basically sit down for a half a day and listen to any world leaders who want to air their views about America and American behavior. I just about died.

He even chided Bush for his behavior in the handling of the Kyoto treaty, and his general heavy handed and arrogant behavior toward world leaders.

If there is one thing Gingrich has always been is one to talk the talk of moderation, but who knows what actually lies under the sheep's clothing.

I definitely don't think he's as easy to pin down as you think.

Ahmanrah,

You need to stay on point. There are steps that Steve or I could take if you continue to disrupt the dialogue with the introduction of tangential material. Save this for a time when we are discussing Newt.

It will be interesting to see, when the candidates file their reports on April 15, exactly what Vilsack managed to spend $400,000 on in just 3 months. Given that he is the immediately former governor of the state of the nation's first caucus, he should have had every advantage and shouldn't have needed to spend much.

Is this how he handled the state's money, too?

Kerry,

The day this board is fair and balanced is the day the sun will rise in the West.

"The day this board is fair and balanced is the day the sun will rise in the West."

I'm sorry, I don't understand what this comment relates to. I didn't realize we were discussing balance, or the sunrise. What are you talking about?

ahmanrah,

This board is a conservative topics forum. As far as the balance of the comments goes, if some of you liberals could actually hold your own in a rational argumet, there might be some. But we all know liberals are incapable of rational arguments.

Kerry,

Yeah, Vilsack managed to turn a billion dollar surplus into a deficit in his first term and his idea of "economic development" was to create a slush fund to bribe companies to stay in the state. Funny how, by his second term he was paying those companies slush fund money again because they ran through what they got the first time and threatened to leave unless they got more. A recent analysis of this slush fund -- the Iowa "values" fund it is called -- showed that the number od jobs "created" by it were exagerated by 200%.

Vilsack's successor -- the boy governor Chester Culver -- the first gen-X governor (goody, goody) will chase away any economic development with his pursuit of the elmination of right to work in this state. We also got a $1 a pack hike in the cig. tax, an anti-bullying bill that targets only gay teens and we're about to get civil rights protection for people based on their affinity for sodomy.

Liberal governors -- ya' gotta hate 'em.

"liberals are incapable of rational arguments."

Steve,

Since science is the bastion of rational reasoned thought (and is dominated by liberals), and religion is the bastion of irrational faith and trust (and dominated by conservatives), your statement hardly holds much water.

Perfect example of my previous thought.

Encountering electricity for the first time:

Rational liberal scientist. Studies, analyzes, and calculates that if he sticks his finger in a light socket he's going to get zapped.

Irrational conservative. Looks at light socket, consult his holy book, and trusting his faith in God determines he is safe. Sticks his finger in light socket and gets shocked every time.

And then of course the religious disciple that was behind the shocked man has a revelation , and decides the man in front of him isn't close enough to God, because he should have known better.

[Apparently ahman isn't RATIONAL enough to understand that when something is called "Conservative News & Opinion, it isn't going to tout the other sides take on the news in the threads.] I subscribe to NOW's newsletter to see what they are up to. Kim Gandy is in a frenzy over Hillary. Gandy may have to pledge her allegiance to a [gasp] man, if Hillary doesn't get the dem nomination. But she'll suck it up and do it for the sake of the leftist cause.

I wouldn't rag on ahmanrah too much. He fits the general stereotype of a clueless liberal. Absolutely obsessed with all things and people conservative and critical of conservative philosphy, completely incapable of developing their own solutions, positions, or policies.

"Perfect example of my previous thought.

Encountering electricity for the first time:

Rational liberal scientist. Studies, analyzes, and calculates that if he sticks his finger in a light socket he's going to get zapped.

Irrational conservative. Looks at light socket, consult his holy book, and trusting his faith in God determines he is safe. Sticks his finger in light socket and gets shocked every time.

Posted by ahmanrah [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 28, 2007 10:23 PM

And then of course the religious disciple that was behind the shocked man has a revelation , and decides the man in front of him isn't close enough to God, because he should have known better."

Perfect example of a liberals' idea of "evidence." He makes up a story that proves his point, based on exactly nothing, then convinces himself it is sufficient to justify his prejudices.

I wouldn't rag on [username] too much. He fits the general stereotype of a clueless [ideologue]. Absolutely obsessed with all things and people [opposing ideology] and critical of [opposing ideology] philosphy, completely incapable of developing their own solutions, positions, or policies.

Fill in the blanks! There's no wrong answer!

Vilsack's endorsement in Iowa is only as good as the votes he gave back to felons. It holds no weight among other Iowans and it's foolish to think otherwise. He is sucking up to her in hopes that she will toss him a cabinet seat bone.