The "Conservative" Ax Falls on Gingrich

The "conservatives" - whatever that is these days - down in the US have been having quite the time putting their presidential hopefuls to the torch over the past couple of months. Nobody eats their own like these folks.

In a special twofer today, the National Review decided to take out Gingrich and Perry in one swoop. Merry Christmas, guys:

Gingrich is not the only candidate whom we believe conservatives should, regretfully, exclude from consideration for the presidency. Governor Perry has done an exemplary job in Texas but has seemed curiously and persistently unable to bring gravity to the national stage.

Please. Enough with the sanctimony. If it's "regretful," you should be finding ways to put Gingrich over the top, not tighten the noose. If you don't like the guy, just say so, have a danish, and get on with your day.

Steyn, Will, Krauthammer, the National Review, the Examiner, they've all been pretty good with the ax. With writers and rags like these, who needs a DNC? Just let the "conservatives" sic their own people until you're left with some schlub who can say the words "Second Amendment" and "Free Market" without drooling too much on the teleprompter.

Let's be real. Some of these writers are the same clowns that tried to sell Sarah Palin three years ago. And now they're going to give sage advice on who should be on the GOP's ticket in 2012? (I stuck up for Palin a long time back - and still do - purely on feminist and fairness grounds. But as a presidential or VP prospect with any chance of success in the future, you can forget it).

Here we have "conservative" talk radio host Hugh Hewitt pulling out the sanctimonious stops with gusto. This is in reference to Gingrich picking on Romney, which caused panties to twist in the my-capitalism-is-better-than-your-capitalism crowd:

Newt should take Bill Kristol's advice offered on my show last night and apologize and retract the remarks. Certainly he will get that chance to day if he's anywhere near the media.

It is very difficult to be for capitalism after you have been against it in so public a fashion.

Right. Gingrich made the remark, then cashed another cheque from one of his book sales. I suspect Newt Gingrich finds it quite easy to be "for" capitalism.

Hewitt manages to grab three "conservative" life buoys to hold him up: Bill Kristol, Brit Hume, and, of course, Saint Krauthammer. I'm sure all of them at one time or another dug Donald Rumsfeld, so I'll channel him now: "You go to elections with the candidates you have." Time's running out, guys. If you can't raise Reagan from the dead or get Governor Christie to run, I'm afraid you're stuck.

Such an interesting time. All the big shot "conservatives" can't bring themselves to anoint Romney aloud, but they keep lopping off their conservative limbs until only Romney will be left.

I can't wait to read their columns then. If you think Romney or Gingrich speak in forked tongues, they'll be as nothing compared to these snakes come June.

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