Can you see past a weakness so hard that it turns into a strength? Presidential wannabe Newt Gingrich tried to pull that off in an interview with CBN's David Brody where Gingrich tried to spin his "past weaknesses" as making him more "human" than everyone's favorite Republican Robot, Mitt Romney.
In today's post for BP Magazine's Bipolar Blog I talk about how remembering the needs of others, even when going through my worst bouts of mania and depression, helped me stay anchored to reality and not the world of negativity in my head. I wrote: "(W)hen my Bipolar Disorder became dramatically worse in my 20s, the world that began and ended inside myself returned. Only instead of the self-centeredness of a child, I had the hyper-focus of someone so in love and in hate with themselves. I could build up and destroy myself all within the same hour with the thoughts in my head, all consuming thoughts that devoured me until all I could see was, 'I'm happy. I'm sad. I hurt. I vent. I have feelings. I need someone to pay attention.'"
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During the 2008 campaign we were inundated in any and everything Barack Obama. From dolls (both cute and scary) to music (both good and Black Eye Peas bad), to tacky velvet paintings of Obama, MLK and Malcolm X while Jesus looks on them from Civil Rights Heaven. While Obama-mania is unlikely to strike twice, he's still an iconic and historic figure (that's what you get when you're the first of something), worth immortalizing in weird ways. In my first "When Obama Love Goes Wrong/Extreme Obama/LOL Obama" of 2012, I now announce the president's re-election campaign in full swing. I give you -- Obama Hulk. He HULK SMASHES Republicans. You wouldn't like him when he is angry. (Via Animal NY)
There's another GOP debate tonight! Batter the hatches!
They thought he was dead. They thought they killed him in Iowa. They thought wrong. Newt Gingrich is back, baby! And like the awful B-Movie he is, he's out for revenge. At first it was just about teaching that damn Mittens a lesson, but the Newtster messed around and race-baited his way into a South Carolina primary win. Then Mittens lost Iowa several weeks after winning it. And now it's all come up Gingrich. Even an old sex scandal couldn't stop him. He just kept swinging and won't go down.
If I didn't find the man completely repugnant I'd almost admire his audacity.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's finger found her way into President Obama's face Wednesday when he stopped in the great state of sunning seniors and low allergens to do "presidential stuff." But another day, another indignity from people who act like it's the hardest thing ever to respect the office even if you don't like the man.
President Barack Obama hugs Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., on the floor of the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., before delivering the State of the Union address, Jan. 24, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows President Barack Obama's approval numbers are on an upswing. For the first time in six months, the presidents' approval rating (48 percent) exceeds his disapproval rating (46 percent). The president's numbers have been on the rise since the economic picture started to brighten a bit late last year. In December, a Washington Post/ABC News poll found that while Obama still had a low approval rating on his handling of jobs and the economy, his overall approval rating numbers had improved with certain segments of the population, including young adults, seniors and independent voters. The narrowing of the approval and disapproval ratings can be seen in the latest Gallup Daily Poll, but Gallup still has the president's disapproval rating high at 49 percent, compared to a 43 percent approval.
State of the Union photo gallery after the jump.
For Clutch Magazine this week I tackle the complicated path the third wife of Newt Gingrich must walk. Last week, Gingrich's second wife spoke to ABC News about how she got dealt dirty by former Speaker of the House... just like his first wife. And the story of Gingrich's past loves is a series of other women becoming "Mrs. Other Woman." But can you cry victim in a relationship (as Marianne, wife No. 2 has done), when you knew he abandoned his first wife after she got cancer? Can wife No. 3 Callista Gingrich ever feel secure when she's married to an impulsive serial adulterer?
On Wednesday, The Snob returned to the Beauty Shop segment of NPR's "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin. We talked about President Obama's State of the Union address, the GOP response (Ugh, Herman Cain ...), The Washington Post's recent survey on Black American women, and the end of Victoria's Secret model Heidi Klum and "Kiss From A Rose" singer Seal. Normally Michel can count on me to make fun of celebrities because 90 percent of the time I'm the "Who cares?" girl. But it was about divorce. Divorce sucks no matter who you are. Best of luck Heidi n' Seal.
Listen to Beauty Shop after the jump.
President Barack Obama talks with Jon Favreau, Director of Speechwriting, in the Oval Office, Jan. 23, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
State of the Union is tonight! It's time for the president to tell us what's what! (And to unofficially kick off his 2012 re-election by reminding you of what is at stake, making his case on why he should get another term.) If we get lucky, maybe he'll finish singing that Al Green song so we can get a proper assessment of the tonal quality of his crooning.
Newt Gingrich. Did you know that he's an awful old curr who gets run out of Congress by his own party, took a whole lot of money to become an ... ahem ... "influence peddler" and is probably eye-balling wife No. 4 somewhere in the crowd? What? You already knew that? Hmmm. What if Mitt Romney shouts that a little louder? Does that help? Will that make people stop voting for Newt, who recently creamed Romney, beating him by double-digits in the racially tinged, bitter South Carolina primary?
Hahaha. No. Because the problem many GOP voters are having is that while Newt Gingrich is a duplicitous character, Romney isn't exactly "Dream Date" material either.
Friday, January 27, 2012 at 9:14AM
