Neurotypical Republican Women Choose the Serial Adulterer Over the Whitest Man in America
26th January 2012
Were the (completely true) accusations against, say, Romney or Santorum, they would almost certainly be fatal, as they were against Cain and a host of other politicians. But Newt deftly deploys a reframe and shames the questioner, and probably gains support rather than loses it. The fact that he’s consistently talked a ‘family values’ line that he manifestly fails to live up with is irrelevant. Only non-alphas get held to standards of hypocrisy by the neurotypical woman who is on the same side of the red/blue tribal boundaries. Perhaps the easiest way to describe Newt is a lesser Bill Clinton, an appetite in a suit. They’ve got nearly all the same markers, but Clinton is (IMO) slightly smarter—I view Clinton as likely @3 sigma and Newt between 2 and 3–and somewhat more charismatic. Neither lacks the ability to seduce though, and they have nearly exactly the same vices. I suppose some of the delta between their respective approval ratings can be explained by their median media coverage (Clinton, fawning vs Newt, hostile).
January 27th, 2012 at 13:09
What I get from this is that “neurotypical” is the new insult from the Left, and the author’s objection to Newt is “Clinton did it better.” Sigh.
January 28th, 2012 at 17:39
Cathy,
Neurotypical isn’t an insult, and it’s not from the left. It’s just a descriptor for people who think like 95%+ of the population. As such it describes the overwhelming majority of both Democrats and Republicans.
Regarding Clinton and Newt, I’m not terribly fond of either one of them. The best description of me is Reactionary. Silent Cal would be my favorite US president from the 20th century.
My biggest problem with Newt though honestly is that he is horrid on the immigration question and probably more likely to actually get an amnesty than is Obama, because Republican congressmen won’t fight him as hard. Most of the other things I disagree with him on are far less important. That said, I do hate him less than I hate Obama. I hate Romney and Paul both slightly less than Newt.