Erick Erickson: 'The Base is Revolting'

Erick Erickson: ‘The Base is Revolting’

The revolting GOP base

Wingnuts • 1/22/12 10:45:18 am • Views: 16,616

CNN commentator and right wing hate spewer Erick Erickson finally wrote something today with which I can agree wholeheartedly:

The base is revolting…

Absolutely! When a conservative audience boos gay soldiers, cheers for letting uninsured people die, cheers Newt Gingrich’s blatant race-baiting, boos Juan Williams, and shouts “string him up” when Gingrich mentions Obama in his SC victory speech, “the base is revolting” is right on the mark.

OK, I admit that wasn’t exactly Erick Son of Erick’s point. None of the things I cited above really bother him at all.

He’s actually praising the loony Tea Party base for being hostile to Mitt Romney, and voting instead for a thrice-married Speaker of the House who resigned in disgrace after being fined $300,000 for ethics violations. Erick’s ecstatic to see this level of animosity toward the only GOP candidate who stands a chance against Barack Obama.

But the base really is revolting.

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Kragar Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:49:03am

"You said it, they stink on ice!" - King Louis XVI

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:50:06am

Just like Galileo Galilei showed that the Earth is revolving, Erick Erickson showed that the base is revolting. Take a cookie, Erick.

jaunte Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:50:07am

"People are mad as hell they are about to be stuck with another boring, moderate, uninspiring choice that has at best a 50/50 shot at losing to the worst president since Carter. They are flocking to Newt not because they think he’s a great guy, but because right now, he’s the only one fighting for conservatism and GOP voters are looking for a vessel to channel their anger with Obama and their complete disappointment with the GOP establishment which is now embodied perfectly by Romney."

The base is looking for another Goldwater vs. Johnson blowout.

Henchman Ghazi-808 Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:50:23am

Erick Erickson: ‘The Base is ~~Revolting~~Revulting'

Four More Tears Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:51:48am

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who knew what the first comment had to be.

Lidane Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:52:22am

re: #3 jaunte

The base is looking for another Goldwater vs. Johnson blowout.

If they nominate Gingrich, they might just get a Reagan vs. Mondale blowout. There's a reason why Newt was bounced out on his ass by the GOP.

jaunte Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:52:32am

"Trump was a flash in the pan last year, but it was because he took the fight to Obama."

Lol.

Max Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:55:41am

The GOP establishment is terrified of a Gingrich candidacy because they know America hates his guts.

Look at these numbers: nationwide Newt Gingrich’s favorability number is 26.5%, unfavorable 58.6%.

Kragar Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:56:58am

re: #7 jaunte

"Trump was a flash in the pan last year, but it was because he took the fight to Obama."

Lol.

Aren't they the ones who keep saying we need to stop rewarding kids just for showing up?

HappyWarrior Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:57:44am

Because when you want someone outside the government, you go with someone who is as establishment as it gets. Didn't hear about the string him up comment last night. Yikes.

Lidane Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:58:00am

re: #9 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Aren't they the ones who keep saying we need to stop rewarding kids just for showing up?

Only if you're talking about Democratic and/or minority kids. Rich white kids get a pass.

jaunte Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:58:33am

re: #9 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I guess Erick son of Erick defines "taking the fight to" as repeating long-discredited birther nonsense.

Obdicut Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:59:03am

They want someone mean. They really do. That's what Romney is lacking.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:59:49am

re: #13 Obdicut

They want someone mean. They really do. That's what Romney is lacking.

Not for the lack of trying tho.

SpaceJesus Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:00:12am

Please, continue to revolt. The only candidate Obama out-polls in Texas is Gingrich. Please, give us Gingrich.

HappyWarrior Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:01:14am

re: #15 SpaceJesus

Please, continue to revolt. The only candidate Obama out-polls in Texas is Gingrich. Please, give us Gingrich.

That would be hilarious. But yes please continue to revolt and continue to think you're losing the American people because you're not batshit right wing enough.

Lidane Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:02:31am

re: #13 Obdicut

They want someone mean. They really do. That's what Romney is lacking.

I don't remember which Lizard said it last night, but whoever pointed out that the GOP base wants someone to call Barack Obama the N-word without actually calling him the N-word got it right.

They want a bomb thrower who will outright articulate all their rage at a black POTUS. They don't want nice or middle of the road. They want anger and resentment, front and center.

Max Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:03:38am

The problem with the Republican base is that they measure a candidate's conservatism by how much he agitates the mainstream media and the liberal elite.

If they were really interested in the William F. Buckley tradition of nominating the most electable, consistent conservative they would have rallied around Jon Huntsman.

But alas, Huntsman probably had one of the worst political strategists imaginable. You don't win the hearts and minds of Republican voters by courting left-wing journalists and bashing the Tea Party movement. After all, can you imagine the Netroots crowd supporting a Democratic candidate that "introduced himself to liberal voters by attacking Planned Parenthood, distancing himself from “left-wing nutjobs” and giving a series of interviews on Fox News"?

SpaceJesus Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:03:54am

Resentment is all Gingrich knows. In a debate, this will not work with Independents or most women.

HappyWarrior Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:04:14am

re: #17 Lidane

I don't remember which Lizard said it last night, but whoever pointed out that the GOP base wants someone to call Barack Obama the N-word without actually calling him the N-word got it right.

They want a bomb thrower who will outright articulate all their rage at a black POTUS. They don't want nice or middle of the road. They want anger and resentment, front and center.

It's very true. They hate Obama above all else and that's the only thing that matters. Romney or whomever could criticize Obama's policies in the harshest terms but not criticize Obama the man and they'd convince themselves that the guy was a RINO because he didn't call Obama a Marxist.

allegro Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:04:39am

re: #17 Lidane

I don't remember which Lizard said it last night, but whoever pointed out that the GOP base wants someone to call Barack Obama the N-word without actually calling him the N-word got it right.

They want a bomb thrower who will outright articulate all their rage at a black POTUS. They don't want nice or middle of the road. They want anger and resentment, front and center.

Oh, such a vision that will be during the general election debates when that anger, resentment, and rage spews forth to be met with cool, collected intelligence and a sense of humor.

Obdicut Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:04:48am

re: #14 Sergey Romanov

Not for the lack of trying tho.

You're right. It's more than that. They want a mean guy who plays the victim and has incredible insecurity. That seems to be their favorite type. Romney may be ambitious and willing to please, but he's pretty sure of himself, he's pretty content, I think, being a rich political mogul. If he loses this, I don't think he'll even really be upset.

Newt, on the other hand, is a desperate, vindictive jerk who continually needs to prove his self-worth through aggrandizement and antagonism. He's a perfect fit for the GOP base right now.

HappyWarrior Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:06:54am

I don't get Erickson's logic. Gingrich is more establishment than Romney is and he's flipped as much as Mitt has.

Max Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:07:24am

re: #23 HappyWarrior

I don't get Erickson's logic. Gingrich is more establishment than Romney is and he's flipped as much as Mitt has.

But he pisses off the left-wing more than Romney and that's all that matters.

nines09 Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:07:25am

They're just looking for someone to screw Obama. Newt knows screwing. He screws anything and everything. Revolting indeed.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:08:10am

re: #23 HappyWarrior

I don't get Erickson's logic. Gingrich is more establishment than Romney is and he's flipped as much as Mitt has.

Not a Mormon. Also, his history of moderate moves is conveniently forgotten since Romney was more explicit in this area.

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:08:43am

re: #25 nines09

They're just looking for someone to screw Obama. Newt knows screwing. He screws anything and everything. Revolting indeed.

The depressing thing to me is, this is exactly what the evangelical right-wingers are looking at. They don't care that Newt is a morally bankrupt sleazebag, as long as he's a morally bankrupt Christian sleazebag who can take down the sooper-sekrit Muslim Obama.

HappyWarrior Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:08:52am

re: #26 Sergey Romanov

Not a Mormon. Also, his history of moderate moves is conveniently forgotten since Romney was more explicit in this area.

True that and yeah Mitt wrote the book on inconsistency.

Charleston Chew Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:09:26am

This is shaping up to be a GOP version of the Dem's '68 race. It's now just down to seeing who will be their Hubert Humphrey.

And maybe even their George Wallace.

dragonfire1981 Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:09:45am

Mitt Romney's problem isn't that he stands a chance against Obama, it's that he may NOT stand a chance against today's GOP.

kirkspencer Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:11:46am

The current Republican nomination battle now looks to me like Adams vs Jackson. The only question is 1824 or 1828?

(The factoid that always sticks in my mind about 1828 is Adams having to jump out the back windows of the White House to escape the mobs, then luring the mobs out of the house by setting up punch bowls on the lawn. And that was one of the milder incidents.)

Talking Point Detective Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:12:40am

re: #13 Obdicut

They want someone mean. They really do. That's what Romney is lacking.

I don't get that Romney is lacking meanness. I mean I understand your point that Gingrich comes across as being angrier and more hostile, but the policies that Romney advocates are about as mean as they get at a very basic level.

I don't think it's "meanness" that the Tea Partiers want - I actually think that's too broad a generalization. I don't think that most Tea Partiers are "mean." Some, no doubt, are indifferent to the plight of people they consider to be inferior to themselves - but I think that the majority are basically ignorant as to the true impact of the policies they advocate.

It's indignant ignorance more than meanness, IMO.

HappyWarrior Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:12:51am

re: #24 Max D. Reinhardt

But he pisses off the left-wing more than Romney and that's all that matters.

Yep, of course he pisses off the rest of the country too but pissing off the left is such a winning strategy. NOT.

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:12:54am

re: #31 kirkspencer

The current Republican nomination battle now looks to me like Adams vs Jackson. The only question is 1824 or 1828?

(The factoid that always sticks in my mind about 1828 is Adams having to jump out the back windows of the White House to escape the mobs, then luring the mobs out of the house by setting up punch bowls on the lawn. And that was one of the milder incidents.)

Ah, those were the days, when the mindless hordes could be distracted from their murderous rampage by a good round of booze.

BongCrodny Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:15:02am

re: #17 Lidane

I don't remember which Lizard said it last night, but whoever pointed out that the GOP base wants someone to call Barack Obama the N-word without actually calling him the N-word got it right.

They want a bomb thrower who will outright articulate all their rage at a black POTUS. They don't want nice or middle of the road. They want anger and resentment, front and center.

Today's Republican Party is the Tourette's Syndrome Party.

Olsonist Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:18:01am

I'm having some fun figuring this whole Romney v Gingrich thing out.

The Republican elites are pissed. Forgetting their considerable history with Newt for a moment, obviously Karl Rove has bought into Romney, especially so given Romney's standing as the heir apparent. On the other hand, Gingrich is the ultimate loose cannon, an embarrassment they thought would appear and then disappear to sell more books. Like Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War.

The Battle of Gettysburg has become the great "what if" of American history. Gettysburg unfolds an alternate path and creates for General Robert E. Lee the victory he might have won.

The Tea Party base is swooning for their white knight (and I do mean white) even though their creator, Dick Armey hates him viscerally. But that Frankenstein isn't listening to its creator.

So how does a Rove stick a knife into Gingrich and still try to win over the Tea Party base? It can't be done since they'd be coming at Newt from the left. The best I've seen today is Christie calling Newt unstable. And unstable to the Tea Party is a strong endorsement! So instead they'll tank the general and think about Huckabee or Christie in 2016.

Longshot observation. Ron Paul (remember him?) is actually the best at embarrassing Newt. Maybe he'll get more airtime on Fox. Of course, he's an embarrassing loose cannon as well, so it cuts both ways.

SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:18:04am

re: #23 HappyWarrior

I don't get Erickson's logic. Gingrich is more establishment than Romney is and he's flipped as much as Mitt has.

I honestly don't think they care a lot. This is not longer about real politics, or who these guys used to be, it's about being willing to feed the resentment and the craziness.

THey don't CARE who Gingrich used to be. They also don't care who ROMNEY used to be. If he would go as crazy racist negative self-pitying socon paranoid as Bachmann, Romney would be a prince. But he's sane enough to a. not want to do that and b. look ahead to an actual general he may entertain some notions of winning.

Talking Point Detective Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:18:17am

re: #32 Talking Point Detective

I don't get that Romney is lacking meanness. I mean I understand your point that Gingrich comes across as being angrier and more hostile, but the policies that Romney advocates are about as mean as they get at a very basic level.

I don't think it's "meanness" that the Tea Partiers want - I actually think that's too broad a generalization. I don't think that most Tea Partiers are "mean." Some, no doubt, are indifferent to the plight of people they consider to be inferior to themselves - but I think that the majority are basically ignorant as to the true impact of the policies they advocate.

It's indignant ignorance more than meanness, IMO.

And I'll add that the Republican candidates, who all seek to exploit indignant ignorance for their own personal gain at the expense of millions of hard-working Americans, all do fall into that categorization of being "mean." IMO, perhaps Huntsman was the only exception among the entire lot.

Talking Point Detective Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:23:51am

re: #37 SanFranciscoZionist

But he's sane enough to a. not want to do that and b. look ahead to an actual general he may entertain some notions of winning.

I don't think it's a matter of sanity or a lack thereof. He is doing what he thinks will win and the others are doing what they think will win. I don't think that the policies he advocates are any more or less sane than the policies they advocate. He just thinks that a less obtrusive persona works better in the political arena. But I suspect he will change and become "angrier" at least through the nomination process. His relative "sanity" may suddenly diminish notably.

HappyWarrior Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:23:57am

re: #38 Talking Point Detective

And I'll add that the Republican candidates, who all seek to exploit indignant ignorance for their own personal gain at the expense of millions of hard-working Americans, all do fall into that categorization of being "mean." IMO, perhaps Huntsman was the only exception among the entire lot.

Huntsman did seem like a nice guy. And I don't care what Ron Paul supporters want to make out of him. He's not a nice guy. He's a tough shit what happens to you type like the rest of them. Huntsman I think was the only likable one in the lot. Pretty pathetic if you ask me since I think objectively half of their candidates were likable last time. I mean I hate Huckabee but he's likable.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:24:57am

re: #40 HappyWarrior

Towards the end JH stopped being likeable for me for some reason.

Talking Point Detective Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:25:27am

re: #40 HappyWarrior

Huntsman did seem like a nice guy. And I don't care what Ron Paul supporters want to make out of him. He's not a nice guy. He's a tough shit what happens to you type like the rest of them. Huntsman I think was the only likable one in the lot. Pretty pathetic if you ask me since I think objectively half of their candidates were likable last time. I mean I hate Huckabee but he's likable.

I was trying to figure out who I think is the "meanest" candidate. The first one that jumped to my mind was Paul. He's despicable.

But then I thought of Bachmann.

And Perry.

And Cain.

And Gingrich.

And Santorum.

And I just couldn't decide.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:27:50am

re: #42 Talking Point Detective

There's a diff between having a despicable worldview and being mean. Paul doesn't actually "look" mean, which is why he is liked by a lot of silly youngsters.

kirkspencer Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:28:03am

re: #40 HappyWarrior

Huntsman did seem like a nice guy. And I don't care what Ron Paul supporters want to make out of him. He's not a nice guy. He's a tough shit what happens to you type like the rest of them. Huntsman I think was the only likable one in the lot. Pretty pathetic if you ask me since I think objectively half of their candidates were likable last time. I mean I hate Huckabee but he's likable.

re Ron Paul... I grant him one saving grace, by reputation and anecdote. If a resident of his district needed his help, the constituent got his help. Period. Party, race, age, citizenship, didn't matter. If they were one of the people he was elected to represent, he represented them.

Talking Point Detective Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:30:34am

re: #37 SanFranciscoZionist

THey don't CARE who Gingrich used to be. They also don't care who ROMNEY used to be.

I think that is shown by what turned out with your prediction that Gingrich asking his wife for an open marriage" wouldn't impact the votes of the religious right. They don't really care about any of those "family values" - at least with respect to choosing a candidate to oppose Obama - when it comes right down to it.

I'll always remember when Terri Gross on NPR asked Nancy Reagon how someone who had been in multiple marriages could be such an advocate for "family values" as was her husband. Her reaction made an impression on me that has lasted until this day. It was like the incongruity had never even occurred to her previously.

HappyWarrior Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:31:22am

re: #44 kirkspencer

re Ron Paul... I grant him one saving grace, by reputation and anecdote. If a resident of his district needed his help, the constituent got his help. Period. Party, race, age, citizenship, didn't matter. If they were one of the people he was elected to represent, he represented them.

True, he is known to be a good guy with constituent services but I still think he's a dick.

HappyWarrior Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:32:01am

re: #42 Talking Point Detective

I was trying to figure out who I think is the "meanest" candidate. The first one that jumped to my mind was Paul. He's despicable.

But then I thought of Bachmann.

And Perry.

And Cain.

And Gingrich.

And Santorum.

And I just couldn't decide.

Yeah the question is not who is the most likable but rather the most meanest/unlikable,

dragonfire1981 Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:34:26am

re: #17 Lidane

I don't remember which Lizard said it last night, but whoever pointed out that the GOP base wants someone to call Barack Obama the N-word without actually calling him the N-word got it right.

They want a bomb thrower who will outright articulate all their rage at a black POTUS. They don't want nice or middle of the road. They want anger and resentment, front and center.

EXACTLY, but they want this because Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News and just about every other right wing blogger/pundit has CONDITIONED them to want this!

I'm reminded of a quote from the movie "Congo" where one of the characters is discussing how the killer gorillas came about:

"So they taught them to be this way. They bred them to violence. They looked for the trait and they encouraged it."

Talking Point Detective Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:34:59am

re: #44 kirkspencer

re Ron Paul... I grant him one saving grace, by reputation and anecdote. If a resident of his district needed his help, the constituent got his help. Period. Party, race, age, citizenship, didn't matter. If they were one of the people he was elected to represent, he represented them.

Suppose his constituent was a black cop, who risked his life to protect a store owner's property, but was denied service from that store owner on the basis of his race.

Would Paul help that cop to equal treatment?

The answer is no.

Renaissance_Man Sun, Jan 22, 2012 11:48:13am

re: #18 Max D. Reinhardt

The problem with the Republican base is that they measure a candidate's conservatism by how much he agitates the mainstream media and the liberal elite.

Because that's what modern American Conservatism is. It's a cult that has only one principle, hating liberals and other Americans.

But alas, Huntsman probably had one of the worst political strategists imaginable. You don't win the hearts and minds of Republican voters by courting left-wing journalists and bashing the Tea Party movement.

But that's what an actual conservative should do. Oppose radicals and fascists; ie. Conservativist zealots.

moderatelyradicalliberal Sun, Jan 22, 2012 4:27:34pm

re: #17 Lidane

I don't remember which Lizard said it last night, but whoever pointed out that the GOP base wants someone to call Barack Obama the N-word without actually calling him the N-word got it right.

They want a bomb thrower who will outright articulate all their rage at a black POTUS. They don't want nice or middle of the road. They want anger and resentment, front and center.

That was me.

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