I always liked Newt, sharp guy, well spoken. Him and Chaney would have made a good team as prez and vp.
Ah. so, you're just an ignorant fool. Damn, I thought you might be one of the useful ones.
That's sad.
lol, Newt. He "speaks all good," therefore he is considered the braintrust of the modern conservative. No, I'm not repeating you--that is literally his title. He earned it decades ago. He misread some history books, convinced enough idiots that he was brilliant, and then you have the Newtists. The Newtered. The end of rational politics...and it was a strategy. Newt is a successful human, but he knows his limits, he knows his tiny mind, but he well knows he only needs to command those far, far less gifted than him. Those wholly incapable of calling him out for the drooling dilettante that he is.
"The smartest man in the room"...never a phrase more apropos of the modern conservative movement. By all accounts, Newt was a super smart-sounding guy in a room of wonks. There is something to be said for that. But of course, being super smart-sounding doesn't always translate to knowing a fucking thing. Harding was that sort of person: Super smart sounding, tall and handsome, caused an entire party to swoon....quickly become the most incompetent, corrupt, useless president until G Dubs showed up.
Then there is Rumsfeld. Also "Smartest guy in the room." By all accounts, really is a smart dude. He actually
reads books, which is totally cool. A strange thing, really, for the people that call this guy a member, but he does it. He reads a lot. ...so did Kissinger, and so did Nixon. Super smart folks--but vile, vindictive, incompetent folks. For Rumsfeld, it was always "Hey, maybe this is a great idea...it sounds good...but oh, shit it doesn't actually work. 500k people. Dead. Well, whatever. Do-over, anyone?"
You can sound smart and actually even be smart, but if your ideas in practice are toxic, and wholly unsuccessful (everything that Newt
is, by any metric), then you are useless. Prop him up, though: He sounds like, smart and stuff. Whatever makes you feel goods.