Newt Gingrich never received more than 100,000 votes in his life. He'll never be president. John Podhoretz More Quotes by John Podhoretz More Quotes From John Podhoretz Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized intelligence that is tragically unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility. John Podhoretz newts restless kind Let us now praise Barack Obama. John Podhoretz barack praise The problem is that borrowing money to pay back more borrowed money that will oblige you in the future to borrow even more money doesn't sound kosher. Because it isn't. John Podhoretz problem sound pay Back in 1995, Bill Gates himself didn't understand that the internet was the direction computing was going. John Podhoretz computing internet bills Some candidates need to say provocative things that make noise to break through the media muffle and get themselves noticed. John Podhoretz break-through media needs Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will. John Podhoretz gender political race Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing. John Podhoretz thumbs very-good losing While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated and inspiring ideas about the American future. John Podhoretz demoralizing negativity ideas America is great not because it's a team. America is great because it is a nation whose founding documents elevated the rights of the individual. John Podhoretz team rights america America may be in a dour condition, but it is not going to elect a dour president. John Podhoretz president may america By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class. John Podhoretz levels cutting class I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington. John Podhoretz atmosphere conservative cities I don't feel alienated from American culture, but I understand people who do. John Podhoretz feels culture people For Obama to save himself, he should be thinking about the example of an unlikely Republican predecessor: Richard Nixon. John Podhoretz republican example thinking Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost. John Podhoretz schism sirens song I've worked as someone's deputy, and now it's time for me to run something. It's time for me to run my own shop. John Podhoretz deputies shops running I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion. John Podhoretz scorpions eric thinking Is victory sweet because your side wins - or is it really because the other side loses? John Podhoretz your-side winning sweet The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and can't be allowed to happen. John Podhoretz debt government would-be The most passionately anti-Obama Republican politicians and activists consider themselves the truest and purest of conservatives, and often unleash their scorn and fury on others who also call themselves conservative but differ on strategy and tactics. John Podhoretz tactics conservative republican
