Here's to James
We should declare January 21 James L. Petigru Day in South Carolina. For those who forget, Petigru was a South Carolina congressman who, in 1860, responded to secession with the words "South Carolina is too small for a republic, and too large for a lunatic asylum."
This comes back to the notion that Newt Gingrich's serial infidelity, with oak leaf clusters, seems to be working for the speaker rather than otherwise. I'm hardly the first person to observe that evangelical family values come to a screeching halt when it comes to marital fidelity, divorce and such-like.
So we have the rednecks cheering on Newt's infidelity, whilst they curse Captain Brylcreem's Cayman Islands bank accounts. Meanwhile the palaeo-Republicans, who have long since regretted the day they courted the evangelical nutters, are all for Mitt's offshore money and not too keen on Newt's industrial infidelity.
Petigru, wherever he is, must be laughing his arse off. His shade will be sorry when the clown circus moves on to Florida.
This comes back to the notion that Newt Gingrich's serial infidelity, with oak leaf clusters, seems to be working for the speaker rather than otherwise. I'm hardly the first person to observe that evangelical family values come to a screeching halt when it comes to marital fidelity, divorce and such-like.
So we have the rednecks cheering on Newt's infidelity, whilst they curse Captain Brylcreem's Cayman Islands bank accounts. Meanwhile the palaeo-Republicans, who have long since regretted the day they courted the evangelical nutters, are all for Mitt's offshore money and not too keen on Newt's industrial infidelity.
Petigru, wherever he is, must be laughing his arse off. His shade will be sorry when the clown circus moves on to Florida.
Labels: 2012 election, South Carolina
posted by Uncle | 02:06
2 Comments:
I see you write on Stonewall Jackson's birthday. He told another CSA officer, "Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow."
I tremble to think of Newt using Stonewall's strategy.
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