Posted on 12/15/2011 1:17:55 PM PST by Windy City Conservative
Gingrich has been a ubiquitous analyst on the war — ubiquity being one of the tireless, outsized former House speaker’s favorite qualities. In between appearances in his role as a commentator for the Fox News Channel, Gingrich announced on Meet the Press that we are in the midst of World War III. A few days later, Hezbollah declared that it welcomed World War III, nicely capturing the moment: Simultaneous with its shooting war with Israel, Hezbollah is in a war of words with Newt Gingrich.
The old conventional wisdom about Gingrich was that we wouldn’t have him to kick around anymore. The new conventional wisdom is that he’s back, and he’s doing the kicking. Ousted by his own party after its losses in the 1998 midterm elections, Gingrich has reestablished himself as a party leader through sheer intellectual energy. He has had something intelligent to say about literally every issue of the hour, from health care to Katrina to the war on terror. “He has helped himself immensely — he’s all over the place,” says former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie.
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Mark Levin just read this opinion piece on the air and contrasted Lowry’s 2008 writing with yesterday’s hit piece on Newt. Since 2006 Lowry obviously has been assimilated into the dark side of the “force” (AKA the Republican Establishment).
I think this might explain the National Review’s flip-flopping in Romney’s direction. They collect money through fundraising. We know Romney has bought off all the support that money can buy. You do the math.
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2011/04/list-national-review-fundraising-pleas/36830/
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