Is Newt Gingrich the "stick"?

There was an episode of "King of the Hill" in which Bobby Hill joined the track team. For those of you not familiar with the show, Bobby Hill is an obese adolescent. The kid is obviously not an athlete. But the coach had a role for the boy. Bobby Hill was the "stick". Whenever one of the stars of the team was caught doing an offense such as smoking or missing practice, the coach would sub in Bobby Hill for that player. This would cause the team to lose. Since no student athlete wants to be replaced by a fat kid, this motivated the track team members to clean up their act and they started winning more track meets.

I wonder if Gingrich is a "stick" meant to punished the GOP rank and file for not lining up behind Romney.

BBQ Sauce rant

I like spicy food. I like sweet stuff as well. But the two do not belong together. It would be like if Eminem appeared on Sesame Street. (“Ok kids, what does “F” stand for?”)

I don’t buy barbecue sauce much any more for that reason. I just bought a bottle of Hot and Spicy KC Masterpiece. The letters outlined in red led me to believe that this would be exceptionally spicy. But it actually tasted more sweet than anything else. After checking the label (which I should have done in the first place), I found that a 35 gram serving contains 9 grams of sugar. More than a forth of the bottle’s contents is sugar! I might as well put Tabasco sauce on some Frosted Flakes for the same flavor.