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Deflection

Definition

de·flec·tion [ di fléksh'n ]

NOUN 

...(3.) Act of diverting attention: the act of directing people's attention or criticism away from something

1 posted on 12/14/2011 9:00:57 AM PST by Qbert
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I am sick of all this


2 posted on 12/14/2011 9:03:06 AM PST by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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I wonder what is going on with all these folks I usually respect, going off on Newt? Will, Steyn, Krauthammer, etc...


3 posted on 12/14/2011 9:04:48 AM PST by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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How would George Will know anything at all about what it tkes to be a conservative?


4 posted on 12/14/2011 9:05:34 AM PST by Bigun ("The most fearsome words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!")
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Salient point;

“It did so even though it paid Gingrich $30,000 an hour. That is about what he received if, as he says, he worked for Freddie Mac about an hour a month, telling it that what it was doing was “insane.”

I’d take $30,000 an hour from anybody willing to pay me for my opinions. What I don’t understand is what the opinions were that give everyone such agida...aren’t there any paper trails? Emails? Notes passed in the lunch room?

Bueller? Bueller?


7 posted on 12/14/2011 9:10:59 AM PST by jessduntno (The Republican elite hates him, Rove hates him, Boehner hates him, liberals hate him. It's Newt!)
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which paid him more handsomely than anyone paid Herodotus

Not so fast. The Athenian people reportedly awarded Herodotus 10 silver talents, which is about 300 kilos.

At present prices, that's (verrry roughly) $320,000.

Comparing prices from one era to another is amazingly difficult, but there is at least a chance H's 10 silver talents had more purchasing power than Gingrich's dollars.

H could certainly buy more slaves with his silver, while G could buy more electronics.

10 posted on 12/14/2011 9:12:27 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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WILL = ROMNEYBOT


12 posted on 12/14/2011 9:14:45 AM PST by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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The same George Will who called Gingrich a Marxist. I wonder if he would call Obama a Marxist? George has lost all credibility with me.


13 posted on 12/14/2011 9:15:04 AM PST by Parley Baer
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I’m starting to think I should support Newt based on who is opposing him.


16 posted on 12/14/2011 9:21:55 AM PST by PjhCPA (I'm an equal candidate criticizer.)
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George Will is dead.


17 posted on 12/14/2011 9:23:50 AM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC:DONATE MONTHLY! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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Not surprised to see the WP pick up on this Fox News pro-Romney campaign. Trying to paint Newt as a leftist is the silliest thing I've seen. But somehow even Dr. K thinks this is a story. Fox is being greatly diminished in my mind as they pursue this sort of nonsense. They've even roped Brit Hume into supporting Romney and pushing this non-story.

I'm about ready to say goodbye to Fox News.

18 posted on 12/14/2011 9:24:12 AM PST by InterceptPoint (TIN)
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Gingrich is reusing the attack honed by Ted Kennedy in 1994, when Romney suffered a 17-point loss in attempting to take Kennedy’s Senate seat.

Hey George how come you didn't mention that the early polling had Mitt ahead by double digits over Teddy and then Romney giddy with glee comes out and makes the following statement
"I don't want the votes of the extremist NRA or Christian Right Types
19 posted on 12/14/2011 9:26:09 AM PST by uncbob
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How is bankrupting companies and laying off people considered 'acts of Capitalism'?

It sounds like acts of someone who has FAILED at capitalism.

22 posted on 12/14/2011 9:31:01 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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The more the establishment ilk like George Will hate on Newt, the more inclined I am to support him...


23 posted on 12/14/2011 9:33:14 AM PST by Keith in Iowa (Hope & Change - I'm out of hope, and change is all I have left every week | FR Class of 1998 |)
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The ineligible Mitt 'Hussein' Romney:
"I bet you $10,000 that George Will is in my 'bed'
and does not give a damn what I have done.
"




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developers plan to build the $100 million center which will include a mosque.
Since its incipient stages in July 2009, when a Muslim-run real-estate development
company purchased the damaged, vacant building and land where the new center
will be built, the project has sparked controversy and debate.
.... the tattered building that was bought by the Muslim real estate company had
been owned by a subsidiary of Bain Capital, a company Romney founded in 1984.

So it’s OK if his company can profit off the sale of the land ."


“Bain Capital, has cut checks totaling $90,000 to Romney’s operation. “


25 posted on 12/14/2011 9:34:08 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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Soon thereafter, Gingrich, when asked about Romney’s cheeky judgment, replied: “I would just say that if Governor Romney would like to give back all the money he’s earned from bankrupting companies and laying off employees over his years at Bain Capital, that I would be glad to listen to him.”

It wasn't an "anticapitalist" retort, it was a good old fashioned insult-with-a-smile. It was basically a well-crafted STFU, nothing less, nothing more.

28 posted on 12/14/2011 9:39:21 AM PST by RockinRight (If you're waiting to drink until you find pure water, you're going to die of dehydration.)
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An attack by George Will should be considered by conservatives as an endorsement of his conservative credentails.

And THAT is exactly how I take the braying from this political Hyaena.


33 posted on 12/14/2011 9:46:12 AM PST by ZULU (Anybody but Romney or Huntsman)
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Someone tell George that Romney can’t win without the other candidates getting tangled up in a tie. The systematic destruction of every candidate to take the lead has been so effective, the others can’t recover, and voters are burned out on the media driven sensationalism. The beltway elites can’t put Romney in the lead again. Watch how crazy they get.


35 posted on 12/14/2011 9:48:38 AM PST by pallis
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Stick around Washington long enough — as Newt has — and you’re gonna make enemies. Now they’re taking potshots, perhaps deserved, at him.

Just the natural order of events.

One of Obama’s advantages in 2008 was that nobody knew him — and we all know how that turned out.

Best to let it all out now, consider carefully, and decide how much baggage you’re willing to tolerate in a President.


38 posted on 12/14/2011 9:53:52 AM PST by Jedidah
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It’s Attack Newt Day on the WP editorial page. Count the hit pieces here. They’re terrified.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions


40 posted on 12/14/2011 9:54:57 AM PST by Raebie (WS)
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I am sure all of these talkingheads are counting on their regular loyal audience to swallow all they are saying about Newt but the extreme statements they are making in order to prop their guys up discredit them now and hurt their credibility into the future. They just don’t realize it yet. They just never counted on Newt pulling ahead and now they are hysterical and going off the deep end with many of their statements.


41 posted on 12/14/2011 9:56:19 AM PST by sheikdetailfeather ("Kick The Communists Out Of Your Govt. And Don't Accept Their Goodies"-Yuri Bezmenov-KGB Defector)
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