Looking for a Miracle
2011-12-22 - by
Since last spring, like hopeful school girls, conservatives have been falling in and out of love with Michele Bachmann, with Rick Perry, with Herman Cain. Now we’re asking breathlessly, Is Newt the one? – followed by a harsher question, asked with a hint of desperation, Is there anyone else?
It wasn’t hard for Newt to convince Republican conservatives he’s the one, instead of Mitt Romney, and soar to the top of the polls. But, now we’re learning, Newt’s also like a girl with a past – he’s telling anyone who’ll listen that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac paid him a small fortune just to sit at his feet and listen to his wisdom as a historian. Unfortunately for Newt, it didn’t take Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann but one debate to cut through that bit of word parsing: What Newt had to sell was influence and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac didn’t pay to hear his lectures on history – they paid him for his influence.
So, no, Newt’s not the one. In fact, no one’s the one and, barring a miracle, for conservatives this election is coming down to a hard lesson in Hobson’s Choices.
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Looking for a Miracle
2011-12-22/
Since last spring, like hopeful school girls, conservatives have been falling in and out of love with Michele Bachmann, with Rick Perry, with Herman Cain. Now we’re asking breathlessly, Is Newt the one? – followed by a harsher question, asked with a hint of desperation, Is there anyone else?
It wasn’t hard for Newt to convince Republican conservatives he’s the one, instead of Mitt Romney, and soar to the top of the polls. But, now we’re learning, Newt’s also like a girl with a past – he’s telling anyone who’ll listen that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac paid him a small fortune just to sit at his feet and listen to his wisdom as a historian. Unfortunately for Newt, it didn’t take Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann but one debate to cut through that bit of word parsing: What Newt had to sell was influence and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac didn’t pay to hear his lectures on history – they paid him for his influence.
So, no, Newt’s not the one. In fact, no one’s the one and, barring a miracle, for conservatives this election is coming down to a hard lesson in Hobson’s Choices.
Posted in National Republicans