Video of Newt Gingrich weeping in Iowa in response to question from Frank Luntz about his late mother:
Luntz seems to have a gift for making candidates emotional: he was also the questioner at the Family Leader forum in November, when many of the candidates responded in an unusually personal vein. At that event, Gingrich talked about how he had become more reliant on God in his life, and Rick Santorum described a moment when he thought their youngest daughter, Bella (who has trisomy 18), was dying.
Too bad Lowry couldn't tell us this was in response to a question by Frank Luntz!
That tells the whole story right there!
It wasn't thoughts of his mom that made him cry, it was Luntz's pudgy face and that infectious emotive whisper voice he puts on when trying to rub the nub of an issue.
"But, Mr. Newt, [deep breath, audible exhale, hand outstretched, palms up], tell us how it feels to go after this job in the absence of your doting and loving mother [look on face like Luntz is biting back tears himself, nibbling his quivering bottom lip]."
I'm not "techie" enough to know what the problem is, but there's certainly a problem, particularly when using IE8. I have a desktop with a second generation i7 and 16G of memory, but when surfing with IE8, something on the page briefly pegs my CPU meter at 80%. I bet on a slower machine, it would bring it to a freeze.
Using FF8, it seems to work fine with no CPU problems whatsoever. And, it seems to work fine on my iPad, although I have only used it to view a pages since the NRO "update".
Luntz is very talented, very good at what he does.
Newt's problems are so vast however, as the ultimate Beltway Insider, tears are not going to help. Even recently his attempts to play on the "Mandate" just fall flat, as we all know Newt revealed his support for some version of a Federal Mandate when appearing on Glenn Beck's show a little while ago - as the deflation of the hype was beginning. Just another hint of his vivid double life - on part with the Fannie and Freddie graft.
* As referenced in Mr. Lowry's related post. It remains curious to learn suddenly Mr. Christie is in Iowa again stumping for Romney. Drudge is highlighting this RCP video. We know so many have visited on Romney's behalf, especially Thune, but nearly all of the various coverage (especially Fox's Special Report) has ignored these essential aspects of the Primary for some reason. Christie could be one of the biggest political entities on the GOP side today, and his involvement is truly interesting: "...we need Mitt Romney to bring us back, to bring America back," Gov. Chris Christie"
Ironically, the fine NRO has "Kelly Clarkson" on it's homepage...
The treatment of Newt Gingrich by this publication as well as by the inhabitants of its comments section make me feel vindicated that I've never given a dime to this organization. Hillary's crying was due to the weakness and exhaustion of an unqualified human being desperately trying to achieve something she was and is clearly not ready for. Newt was crying in regards to the love for his mother. To suggest that this is some sign of weakness or to lament that it is somehow staged is boorish and childish and I can only feel sorry for you. But by all means, please continue to prop up Rick Santorum and Michelle Bachman. I can only imagine what that Obama electoral landslide would do to this already severely damaged country.
Wow, an actual mind reader here at The Corner. I'm assuming you are a mind reader, because how else can you know why both HRC and Newt cried?
I suppose Hillary might have teared up (I don't remember any actual tears running down her face) because she was exhausted from basically running a marathon for months, but hey, that's just my take. The same is probably true for Newt.
It doesn't take a mind reader to look at the context of both videos and see what happened. I thought such ignorant snark was reserved for Jon Stewart and Bill Mahaer-type sycophants.
Luntz is creepy and has a very obvious and weird wig. Newt's crying won't help him, I don't think. Too obvious, and too staged. It could backfire. Once again Newt (Freddie's "historian") thinks he can pull one over on the rubes.
Gingrich tried to humanize the presidential candidate. Frankly, it's too little, too late. How about weep for the two ex-wives whom he couldn't wait to divorce when they fell ill?
Thank you, Trinko!
Too bad Lowry couldn't tell us this was in response to a question by Frank Luntz!
That tells the whole story right there!
It wasn't thoughts of his mom that made him cry, it was Luntz's pudgy face and that infectious emotive whisper voice he puts on when trying to rub the nub of an issue.
"But, Mr. Newt, [deep breath, audible exhale, hand outstretched, palms up], tell us how it feels to go after this job in the absence of your doting and loving mother [look on face like Luntz is biting back tears himself, nibbling his quivering bottom lip]."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIs it just me, or do all the new graphics and widgets make the NR blogs load slowly and scroll in fits and starts?
Very annoying, especially because there was no need for a major change.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNo, it's not just you. Too many scripts running, and does not look all that great in Firefox.
Also, I don't know why designers think they need large, magazine-style fonts for the headlines. It's *not* a magazine, guys. Not really.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI'm not "techie" enough to know what the problem is, but there's certainly a problem, particularly when using IE8. I have a desktop with a second generation i7 and 16G of memory, but when surfing with IE8, something on the page briefly pegs my CPU meter at 80%. I bet on a slower machine, it would bring it to a freeze.
Using FF8, it seems to work fine with no CPU problems whatsoever. And, it seems to work fine on my iPad, although I have only used it to view a pages since the NRO "update".
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIts ie8. It doesn't play well with some of the picture elements as they load (same symptoms here, cpu and memory utilization spike)
I wrote the webmaster yesterday about it, and got a nice note back w/n 10 minutes - they're aware of it and are working to fix it.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt's not just you
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLuntz is very talented, very good at what he does.
Newt's problems are so vast however, as the ultimate Beltway Insider, tears are not going to help. Even recently his attempts to play on the "Mandate" just fall flat, as we all know Newt revealed his support for some version of a Federal Mandate when appearing on Glenn Beck's show a little while ago - as the deflation of the hype was beginning. Just another hint of his vivid double life - on part with the Fannie and Freddie graft.
* As referenced in Mr. Lowry's related post. It remains curious to learn suddenly Mr. Christie is in Iowa again stumping for Romney. Drudge is highlighting this RCP video. We know so many have visited on Romney's behalf, especially Thune, but nearly all of the various coverage (especially Fox's Special Report) has ignored these essential aspects of the Primary for some reason. Christie could be one of the biggest political entities on the GOP side today, and his involvement is truly interesting:
"...we need Mitt Romney to bring us back, to bring America back," Gov. Chris Christie"
Ironically, the fine NRO has "Kelly Clarkson" on it's homepage...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIn summary, another "tl;dr" post by OldMitt.
Captcha was: "OldFan is in the tank for Mitt and never has a post under 10,000 characters"
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe treatment of Newt Gingrich by this publication as well as by the inhabitants of its comments section make me feel vindicated that I've never given a dime to this organization. Hillary's crying was due to the weakness and exhaustion of an unqualified human being desperately trying to achieve something she was and is clearly not ready for. Newt was crying in regards to the love for his mother. To suggest that this is some sign of weakness or to lament that it is somehow staged is boorish and childish and I can only feel sorry for you. But by all means, please continue to prop up Rick Santorum and Michelle Bachman. I can only imagine what that Obama electoral landslide would do to this already severely damaged country.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWow, an actual mind reader here at The Corner. I'm assuming you are a mind reader, because how else can you know why both HRC and Newt cried?
I suppose Hillary might have teared up (I don't remember any actual tears running down her face) because she was exhausted from basically running a marathon for months, but hey, that's just my take. The same is probably true for Newt.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt doesn't take a mind reader to look at the context of both videos and see what happened. I thought such ignorant snark was reserved for Jon Stewart and Bill Mahaer-type sycophants.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLuntz is creepy and has a very obvious and weird wig. Newt's crying won't help him, I don't think. Too obvious, and too staged. It could backfire. Once again Newt (Freddie's "historian") thinks he can pull one over on the rubes.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseGingrich tried to humanize the presidential candidate. Frankly, it's too little, too late. How about weep for the two ex-wives whom he couldn't wait to divorce when they fell ill?
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