Posted on 11/02/2009 1:36:39 PM PST by pissant
Newt Gingrich, who had previously endorsed moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava in the NY-23 special election, now says he is "deeply upset" about her endorsement of Democrat Bill Owens after she withdrew from the race.
"How could she have accepted all that support?" said Gingrich, also adding: "I'm very, very let down because she told everybody she was a Republican, and she said she was a loyal Republican."
Gingrich had caught a lot of criticism on the right for supporting Scozzafava, and arguing that the Republican Party needs to have room for moderates. Now that Scozzafava has quit the race and endorsed the Democrat, due to campaign by the right to push her out in favor of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, Gingrich will certainly have to work hard to undo the damage from his having bet on the wrong horse.
Newt comes out getting screwd on both ends.
STFU and crawl back into your hole Newt. You are irrelevant and a relict of yesteryear.
DUH!!!
How can Newt be so smart and still be so naive?
Newt’s gone leftist.
Joe Lieberman is making more right wing sense every day.
These are crazy times we’re living in, folks. Crazy times.
Oh, this is priceless.
Seriously, Newt is such a turd.
Newt spending too much time exploring his colon and enjoying the view...
Newt needs to learn that it isn’t always good to follow his spine.
So what will happen to his mental state when he finally realizes that Global Warming is a scam?
Gingrich, also adding: “I’m very, very let down because she told everybody she was a Republican, and she said she was a loyal Republican.”
Sick and tired of our (R) fools in Washington.
Newt, you're an idiot. Now sit down, shut up, and get out of Sarah's way.
"How could she have accepted all that support?"
Is he really becoming this naive?
out of touch like so many of the DC elitist crowd in both right and left
I posted on one of the Newt threads that she was a prime candidate to do as Jim Jeffords did (jump parties after safe election). Ultimately it all comes down to the Democrats maintaining a larger number of seats than the Republicans.
He was willing to seat someone who opposed the GOP on basic plank items all to get someone with an R next to her name.
But how likely was she to REMAIN with an R after winning (using GOP funds)?
Scorpion bit you. That’s what they do.
So the brilliant Newt was bamboozled by a candidate who was liberal on every core issue except gun rights, and she's probably conservative on that because she's from a rural district and has to be.
Face it, Newt - you WANTED to be fooled.
Or that Obama’s education he’s pimping is nothing but marxist indoctrination?
“who had previously endorsed moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava”
“Moderate Republican”???? Actually, it’s FLAMING LIBERAL DEMOCRAT in Republican clothing.
Newt knew where Scozzafava stood on the issues and yet he still backed the radical socialist!
Anyone who would have the audacity to support him for President in 2012 is simply out-of-their-mind.
Newt’s political career is done!
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