Bits & Pieces (Thursday Night Open Mic)

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Kevin S. Willis

Bad Lip Reading does Newt Gingrich:

It’s about time that a visionary work of sci-fi accurately predicts our inevitable future. Iron Sky is this movie.

That’s it for me. — KW

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Republican Presidential Nominee

Posted on January 21, 2012 by okiegirl

Apparently Newt has had a resounding victory in the SC primary today. As of this post, Newt has a 15-pt lead over 2nd place Romney (who has a comfortable lead over 3rd place Santorum and 4th place Paul). See election results.

Any thoughts about what this portends for the R nomination?

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Is This Legal?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by lmsinca

 I ran across this at one of the lefty sites.

Offering a candidate money to stand down is one of the tools used to suppress opposition activity in banana republics. If the offer made by Michael Savage isn’t against the law, it certainly should be. From the Savage Website (all caps in the original:

SAVAGE OFFERS GINGRICH $1 MILLION TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE — WILL ANNOUNCE ON SHOW TODAY

(SUBJECT TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO BE EXPRESSLY STATED BY DR. SAVAGE, INCLUDING GINGRICH DROPPING OUT WITHIN 72 HOURS OF TODAY)

Does this violate USC 18.I Ch 29 § 600?:

§ 600. PROMISE OF EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER BENEFIT FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITY

Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment, position, compensation, contract, appointment, or other benefit, provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress, or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate or any political party in connection with any general or special election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

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