Thanks for your feedback and the kind words.
However, your analysis, in my opinion, is flawed.
Let me point out two significant errors you made:
First, you omitted the title of the Hill piece:
“Gingrich: Palin won’t be future GOP leader”
Second,I was not quoting Gingrich. I was paraphrasing.
He said she will not be a leader.
Tell me what does it mean not to be a “defacto” leader.
De facto means in reality or actually - regardless of lawful authority. Something generally accepted.
Well in that sense there can be no GOP leader without an election. So there can never be a defacto leader because the GOP leader will have to be elected.
However, will she be the actual leader?
I think she is now. Don’t you?
Gingrich was parsing sentences. He is a very intelligent man who is also a politician. It is one of those how white is white things.
Gingrich was hedging his bets so to speak. You have to read between the lines.
Once again, thanks for the kind words.
There’s a big difference in the meanings of
*THE* de facto leader (meaning ONE actual leader)
and
*A* leader. (Meaning one among A NUMBER of leaders)
Again, Gingrich did not say that Palin would not be *A* leader. He said that she would not be *THE* de facto leader. I believe that Newt considers himself to be THE leader, LOL.
Anyway, NEWT, brilliant thinker that he is, has some a few things that just don’t add up. People will have to judge for themselves is this is one of them.
- JP
Take anything Newt says with a grain of salt, he is planning to run for POTUS in 2012 himself (as he indicated on Hannity’s radio show several weeks ago) so he will be taking every opportunity to marginalize Palin.