Sunday morning gasbags

Nice weather today, so I figured to avoid the Sunday talk shows. But I flipped on Stephanopoulos while cleaning up from breakfast. Gingrich. I listened for three minutes, could make no sense of it so I turned the sound off and resumed my chores. From the accounts here and here, I made the right decision.

From the Carpetbagger Report:

I’ve read over Gingrich’s remarks several times, looking for some kind of coherent train of thought, but I’m afraid it eludes me. He starts off by blaming video games and a lack of appreciation for the Declaration of Independence, suggesting that, together, they contribute to violent killing sprees. This leads to Imus, Halloween costumes, and the problems with campaign-finance reform.

What’s more, Gingrich uttered this nonsense with authority, as if it were obviously true that Halloween costumes obviously contributed to an environment in which a madman felt compelled to gun down 31 innocent people.

Moreover, “we refuse to say … that if you kill somebody, you’re committing an act of evil”? Is there a pro-murder constituency in the United States that I’ve missed?

I suffered brain-lock listening just for three minutes, totally unable to find some logic in what he was saying and totally appalled at the audacity of Gingrich's playing victim as some form of weird political attack. Go to the links for more. It's amazing.