The Gingrich Who Stole Christmas
By GAIL COLLINS
NYT
The calendar is collapsing. Only a week until Christmas! Only a month until the beginning of the presidential election!
Yes, the race for the White House is practically under way. Already, there are at least seven Republican presidential primary debates on the schedule. The way this is going, the Republican presidential hopefuls will eventually be on television every single minute. Possibly they can be convinced to do something more entertaining than talk about earmarks. Maybe race around the world in teams of two, or compete at ballroom dancing, or agree to all be locked in a house together for several months with no contact with the outside world.
I know; you’re liking the last one already.
But today let’s look at their books. Almost every potential Republican presidential nominee has written at least one, and they could make excellent stocking stuffers for the public affairs mavens on your shopping list.
(More here.)
NYT
The calendar is collapsing. Only a week until Christmas! Only a month until the beginning of the presidential election!
Yes, the race for the White House is practically under way. Already, there are at least seven Republican presidential primary debates on the schedule. The way this is going, the Republican presidential hopefuls will eventually be on television every single minute. Possibly they can be convinced to do something more entertaining than talk about earmarks. Maybe race around the world in teams of two, or compete at ballroom dancing, or agree to all be locked in a house together for several months with no contact with the outside world.
I know; you’re liking the last one already.
But today let’s look at their books. Almost every potential Republican presidential nominee has written at least one, and they could make excellent stocking stuffers for the public affairs mavens on your shopping list.
(More here.)
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1 Comments:
What a great OpEd … yet I wonder if she read my commentary last week on the MN Political Roundtable where I bemoaned the negative titles selected by Romney, DeMint (and Rick Perry’s Fed UP: The Fight to Save America From Washington which she did not cite) … but most of my piece was directed at Tim Pawlenty’s new book in which he told the story of vomiting while helping his father clean meat trucks … Now, that book has got the potential to be a real page turner … yep, skip the "Young Timmy years" unless you like stories about vomiting.
Yet, Pawlenty’s vomiting story is not the ramblings of grandparent trying to encourage a grandchild to confront adversity … this is a political statement.
Pawlenty is telling the reader that he is not the son of a governor that had a privileged childhood (see Mitt Romney) … and although he may not be proficient at aerial wolf hunting, he knows how to clean meat hooks.
BTW, I am surprised that she did not cite the Gingrich tweet - "The 69th anniversary of the japanese attack is a good time to remind folks of our novels pearl harbor and days of infamy" - … which he took deleted after getting complaints that he should not be capitalizing on this memberance.
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