So basically you're saying that intelligent people make you insecure, or what? Take it you must be a Perry supporter (kidding).
Honestly, I don't see Newt adamantly boasting about it his intellect that much (it's usually other people doing the gushing over it). Yeah, Newt uses bigger words and more complex rhetoric than your average politician—but what of it? I'd be proud to have a well-read, intelligent president for a change.
I realize that Gingrich can come across this way, but who else is there? Judging by your posts, you come across as a closet Romney supporter.
I wouldn’t marry Newt, that is for sure. I can’t think of any elitist I would marry, come to think of it.
You have to have an outsized ego to fancy yourself ready to run the United States of America and all I would do in a marrige to Mr. Ego is poke ‘em in the eyes.
Newt’s doing well because he can think and talk at the same time. We have not had that in the Republican party for a long time.
Finally, this smear the Liberals did on Newt being a poor sport is a total media lie in the context of the politics of that time when he was speaker. During that time, the media claimed the WORST thing was for politicans to be “partisan” and, ofcourse, partisan was being conservative in opposition to socialism. The Rinos were said to be bi-partisan good guys cooperating with Clinton. This was an effort to force conservatives like Newt to stop pushing and arguing for reform (contract with America).
When Clinton acted partisan, Newt objected in public so the media, with the help of Rinos smeared Newt as vindictive and whining.
Clinton and the Rinos - a minority of the House - were digging in their heels against reform promised to voters by Newt and his elected conservatives in the Contract with America. They were trying to shut out conservatives in the name of “bi-partisanship”. It did not work. Welfare reform and balancing the budget were two of Newt’s acheived goals, Clinton now takes credit for doing.