Hat tip: Freedom’s Lighthouse: Here is video of Newt Gingrich telling a rally of supporters that we now have before us the “Obama Hostage Crisis” unfolding in Egypt, where 19 Americans are being held against their will and are being threatened with trial. Gingrich said this is beginning to remind him of “Jimmy Carter” and the
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Jimmy Carter: Gingrich ‘Has That Subtlety of Racism’
**Written by Doug Powers Yes, 2012 has arrived. I’ll type softly for anybody who ushered out 2011 a little too aggressively . After we spend today getting used to the arrival of 2012 (I love that “new year” smell) it’ll be time to batten down the hatches for what promises to be an interesting, fun, turbulent and important year loaded with primaries, conventions, Supreme Court rulings on Arizona’s immigration law and Obamacare, presidential debates and of course the general election in November. I’m going to a family party today at my sister’s where I’ll be watching the Lions try to beat the Packers in Green Bay for the first time in 20 years . For anybody in a newsy mood today, here are a few possible topics for discussion: –The Des Moines Register released the results of their final poll prior to the Iowa Caucuses on Tuesday: Romney 24, Paul 22, Santorum 15. –President Obama signed the defense bill yesterday, balks at terrorism provisions. –Gore-mobiles recalled . –Kim Jong Il’s son has threatened South Korea already. The UN and Jimmy Carter are of course expected to recommend that South Korea respond by unconditionally surrendering. –Instructions on how to remove your Obama bumper sticker . Happy new year all! **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
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First Day of 2012 Open Thread & Aspirin-Swapping Roundtable
In the next-to-last Morning Jolt before the Christmas holiday, a look at whether Jimmy Carter sent condolences to North Korea, the cost of . . . and this assessment of what’s going on in Iowa, and doubts about why we should care so much about all that: The Latest From — Yawn! — Iowa Keep reading this post . . .
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Why Must We Care About the Whims of So Few Iowans?
**Written by Doug Powers It’s being reported that Kim Jong Il, who was a regional menace and global annoyance for years, has died at the age of 69. From CBS News : Kim’s death was announced Monday by the state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 but appeared relatively vigorous in photos and video from recent trips to China and Russia and in numerous trips around the country carefully documented by state media. The leader, reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine, was believed to have had diabetes and heart disease. The Dear Leader took over the reigns in North Korea sometime between 1992 and 1994 after the death of his father, Kim Il-sung, who had ruled the country for 46 years. If the “Dear Leader” moniker didn’t sound grandiose enough, a couple of years ago Kim Jong Il gave the person who would be his successor — his son — the title of “Brilliant Comrade.” In other words, things in North Korea will most likely get crazier and more delusional before they get better… if they ever do. Now we’ll never know if 2012 was going to be Jong Il’s lucky year . Jimmy Carter has volunteered to lead the US delegation to Kim’s funeral. Just kidding… I think . (Update: Or maybe Ted Turner would be the better choice ) From the Twitterverse, Joshua Treviño weighs in : Update: Grief in a totalitarian state . (h/t Ed Driscoll ) **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Il Dies
The President didn’t learn Jimmy Carter’s lesson. Democracy was a means to an end.
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Obama in for a Radical Change as Islamist Egypt Emerges
**Written by Doug Powers Just because they’re young shouldn’t give her license to insult them, should it? From the Herald Online : U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, interrupted an interview with a reporter Saturday in Charleston to speak with two elementary-school age children that she quickly labeled “little Democrats.” “We are leaving no stone unturned,” she said once she returned to the interview. “Now repeat after me, kids… ‘Mmm Mmm Mmm’ …” South Carolina hasn’t gone Democrat in a presidential election since Jimmy Carter in 1976 , which means Wasserman Schultz is now charged with the monumental task of neutralizing the idiom “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” Good luck with that, DSW. **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
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DNC Chair Dubs Kids ‘Little Democrats’ in S. Carolina
