[Pilsner]

Newt, Newt, Newt. Newt is a lot like Winston Churchill. He is a visionary, a shrewd political schemer, a man willing to stake out a position and not only defend it, but able to stiffen the resolve of wavering friends, and even win political opponents to it, a man who has a vision for not just winning the next election, but for preserving our civilization ... and a blowhard so egotistical that all the other politicians notice, a man who is just as willing to stand up for his vainity as he is for principle, and man who can be oblivious to reality.

But for Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill would be remembered as his father's son. An immensely talented politician, who got further than Lord Randolf, but whose monumental ego, and knack for making enemies, destroyed his political career, and left him a bitter, back bench crank. Hitler saved Churchill by giving him something to rail about that was actually worthy of his melodramatics.

So far, thank God, Newt doesn't have a Hitler to create a crisis that so shakes the Republic that we turn to him for leadership. I hope he never gets one, but Ahmadinejad, and Harry Reid, are both doing their best.

[angkor]

So far, thank God, Newt doesn't have a Hitler to create a crisis that so shakes the Republic that we turn to him for leadership.

That is a succinct and excellent analysis and I thank you for taking the time to present it. So many of the criticisms of Newt are just maddening in their utter doltishness. And I have no great problem with your characterization, because it seems partially correct.

That said, IMO we are already there. And we do have our very own Hitlery to add to the grab-bag of impending crises.

[carton253]

How kind of Hitler to do all the for Winnie!