Well, I’m sure you knew you would get scorched when you seemed to support Romney, so hopefully you had donned your asbestos suit before you hit “Post.” Sorry for the personal attacks against you. Don’t really like to see that sort of thing on FR. But, I guess they’re allowed. So, it is what it is.
As to Newt, I agree with you to the extent that he went way beyond the pale in his attacks on Romney’s venture capitalism. In so doing, he once again revealed the smarmy, self-aggrandizing side of himself that makes many of us flinch.
Still, I would still much prefer either Mitt or Newt (or for that matter, Satan) to Obama. So, I hope our Repubs don’t destroy each other in quests for power.
As I understand it, it's not the venture capital aspect of Bain Newt aimed at, but the abuses (all perfectly legal, of course . . . maybe) of the private equity aspect.
To take for granted that anything that can have the "capitalism" label slapped on it is good is just as stupid and knee-jerk an assumption as the popular media theme that business = bad and profit (unless taken by a Dem) is pure greed.