Comments on: Newt in 2008 http://argus.emthree.org/archives/2007/02/12/newt-in-2008/ ...bits and pieces - political commentary, random programming tidbits, personal updates, and the occasional gratuitous plug of my own mediocre photographic indulgences Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:24:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: robert http://argus.emthree.org/archives/2007/02/12/newt-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-35246 robert Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:23:28 +0000 http://argus.emthree.org/archives/2007/02/12/newt-in-2008/#comment-35246 Dick Morris <a href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DickMorrisandEileenMcGann/2007/02/15/here_comes_newt" rel="nofollow">seems to think</a> that Newt will be making a run, too... Dick Morris seems to think that Newt will be making a run, too…

]]> By: robert http://argus.emthree.org/archives/2007/02/12/newt-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-35217 robert Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:19:01 +0000 http://argus.emthree.org/archives/2007/02/12/newt-in-2008/#comment-35217 As if Jimmuh Carter wasn't an atrocious enough president, he just can't/won't go away. Whether it's endorsing strongman-rigged elections in Venezuela or publishing a book so full of factual errors, lies, and outright tripe that half his staff resigns over it, he keeps digging the hole he's in deeper and deeper. I'm sure he's a great guy in person, but when it comes to anything political the poor fellow really should just wash his hands and be done with it. As if Jimmuh Carter wasn’t an atrocious enough president, he just can’t/won’t go away. Whether it’s endorsing strongman-rigged elections in Venezuela or publishing a book so full of factual errors, lies, and outright tripe that half his staff resigns over it, he keeps digging the hole he’s in deeper and deeper. I’m sure he’s a great guy in person, but when it comes to anything political the poor fellow really should just wash his hands and be done with it.

]]> By: Shannon http://argus.emthree.org/archives/2007/02/12/newt-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-35189 Shannon Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:04:46 +0000 http://argus.emthree.org/archives/2007/02/12/newt-in-2008/#comment-35189 Greatest GA Politican Ever? a) Newt Gingrich b) Sam Nunn c) Martin Luther King, Jr. d) Eugene Talmadge e) Zell Miller I guess you could rank them....funny thing though - I left Jimmy Carter off this list and he is the only Georgian President. Maybe he deserves a spot for simply getting elected president the first time around, but he threw us into such a disaster in the middle east that we are still cleaning up this mess today....i don't know.... Greatest GA Politican Ever?
a) Newt Gingrich
b) Sam Nunn
c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
d) Eugene Talmadge
e) Zell Miller

I guess you could rank them….funny thing though - I left Jimmy Carter off this list and he is the only Georgian President. Maybe he deserves a spot for simply getting elected president the first time around, but he threw us into such a disaster in the middle east that we are still cleaning up this mess today….i don’t know….

]]> By: Buzzfan® http://argus.emthree.org/archives/2007/02/12/newt-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-35188 Buzzfan® Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:32:01 +0000 http://argus.emthree.org/archives/2007/02/12/newt-in-2008/#comment-35188 Zell's ok.......I've certainly warmed up to him in recent years. Unfortuantely, he'd be perceived as a bit "too" grassroots (with some hayseed blended in) for significant segments of both of the "major parties". He's definitely no-nonsense and willing to speak his mind (another no-no in certain circles). I think MULTIPLE GOP administrations (going back to Ronnie) missed golden opportunities in looking across the partisan gulf and nominating Nunn as SecDef. He had (and probably still has) as firm of an understanding of the capabilities, needs and limitations....both self-imposed and not.....of the US military machine as anyone in the civilian sector. Of course, his reign in DC was....for the most part...before your time. I actually remember his first run for the Senate (and his campaign jingle, which.......*sigh*.......will now be running thru my head for the remainder of the day. :-Þ) Zell’s ok…….I’ve certainly warmed up to him in recent years. Unfortuantely, he’d be perceived as a bit “too” grassroots (with some hayseed blended in) for significant segments of both of the “major parties”. He’s definitely no-nonsense and willing to speak his mind (another no-no in certain circles).

I think MULTIPLE GOP administrations (going back to Ronnie) missed golden opportunities in looking across the partisan gulf and nominating Nunn as SecDef. He had (and probably still has) as firm of an understanding of the capabilities, needs and limitations….both self-imposed and not…..of the US military machine as anyone in the civilian sector.

Of course, his reign in DC was….for the most part…before your time. I actually remember his first run for the Senate (and his campaign jingle, which…….*sigh*…….will now be running thru my head for the remainder of the day. :-Þ)

]]> By: robert http://argus.emthree.org/archives/2007/02/12/newt-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-35179 robert Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:46:28 +0000 http://argus.emthree.org/archives/2007/02/12/newt-in-2008/#comment-35179 Shannon: That's what I created it for! Welcome! Buzzfan: I'd vote for "Give em hell" Zell Miller in '08 over just about anyone else I can imagine at this point. I'd hand over a fair amount o' foldin' money just to see him square off with Tim Russert again ...especially after Russert's recent dosing with his own medicine on the stand in the Valerie Plame debacle :D Shannon: That’s what I created it for! Welcome!

Buzzfan: I’d vote for “Give em hell” Zell Miller in ‘08 over just about anyone else I can imagine at this point. I’d hand over a fair amount o’ foldin’ money just to see him square off with Tim Russert again …especially after Russert’s recent dosing with his own medicine on the stand in the Valerie Plame debacle :D

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