With all the flair and petulance of a
three year old, Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina Primary by a
very wide margin over the anointed one, otherwise known as Mitt
Romney. Ricky the pope Santorum finished a distant third while the
hobbit, Ron Paul, came in fourth, visibly demonstrating his short
legged disadvantage.
So what does this mean? Well, I see
shades of 1976 in this one. 1976 was the last time that the GOP had a
real fight for the nomination. It was also the first time that I
covered a convention as a working on air news reporter. It was held
in Kansas City and Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford came in with a 50-50
split, or thereabouts in delegates.
I was personally appalled by what I
saw and heard coming out of the delegates' mouths and rightly
guessed that Ford would be the nominee, because I naively believed
that “right” would prevail (there were still real live
conservatives in charge of the GOP at the time, and I do like real
conservatives instead of this fake christian variety now). It did,
sorta. What really happened was a deal apparently being cut with
the Mississippi Delegation. Pre convention, the delegation was
supposed to be solidly in Reagan's corner, however when boss Haley
Barbour stepped to the mic, he threw his delegation to Ford much to
the consternation of most of his delegation.
Despite the Mississippi vote, Nixon's
Southern strategy was working back then, and obviously from the vote
last night, is still working today. However it was circumvented or
short circuited by the powers that be in the GOP. The final result,
Ford wins the nomination, but loses the presidency to Jimmy Carter.
It remains to be seen if the GOP elite
will force feed Mitt Romney to their constituents, in the same manner
in which they force fed them Gerald Ford. Romney's been running
since the 90's and still nobody who claims to be republican likes
him, or wants him to represent them. If the GOP elite is smart,
they will make the base happy and come with somebody like Newt. But
Newt has burned every bridge he's crossed on both sides of the aisle.
Final result-democrats win again. The question is...will they win big
or bigger.
Ricky and Ron have the lifespan of a
snowball in hell, or maybe an ice ball in hell. They are both going
to Florida, but probably not much further. Which brings us back to
Newt, he of the self proclaimed towering intellect powered by
prepubescent temperament unbecoming a man with so much white hair on
his head.
Gingrich is playing his sideshow for
the voters with no memory of his past. They seem to care only for the
stuff coming out of his mouth, true or not. Most of his stuff is not
truth based in the slightest of senses. Kinda reminds ya of that
cool breeze that unexpectedly blew in from Wasilla, Alaska, a few
years ago. The only difference between the two is their gender..one
female...one male...both legends in their own mind.
To quote Kathleen Parker, “Newt
Gingrich is an angry little attack muffin.” He attacks anyone and
everyone who doesn't think the same as he, or want to live inside the
fantasy in which he cloaks himself.
After all, it was just a couple of
weeks ago, in Iowa, where his petulance and mental instability was
on full display after he loss to Romney. Romney lost too, but we
didn't know it until the recount this past week.
Regardless, Newt was pissed and he
showed it, and he's been taking it out on anyone and everyone since
that night.
Like the good liberal that I am, I am
going to pop some popcorn, lay in a couple of bottles of my favorite
wine and watch it all play out for as long as it takes. And I really
hope it takes all the way to July for the GOP to settle on a
candidate.
And since I'm in a predicting
mood...I'm gonna tell you who it is they are going to choose to
represent them...
His name is TOAST.
C-ya in November!
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