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Newt Gingrich Poised to Run: Why the 1990s GOP Icon Struggles for Respect
Politics Daily ^
| March 4, 2011
| Walter Shapiro
Posted on 03/04/2011 6:26:22 PM PST by bimboeruption
Newt Gingrich moved toward launching his first presidential campaign with all the grace of a suitcase falling down a flight of stairs.
It all began with conflicting signals from aides about what Gingrich actually would be announcing Thursday in Atlanta (correct answer: A website called "NewtExplore2012"). Then, in an odd one-question press conference, Gingrich proposed a Tenth Amendment Implementation Act (a vague project to return federal responsibilities to the states) while he simultaneously unveiled the exploratory White House candidacy. Finally, there was the embarrassing glitch when a liberal group pointed out that the flag-waving crowds in the background on the new Gingrich website were from a stock photo also used by Ted Kennedy with the logo: "We are the Democratic Majority."
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gingrich; gop; republican; rino; romneybotalert; romneybotbackstabber; shapiro4romney
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"Gingrich is the Rodney Dangerfield of the potential 2012 field"...and deservedly so.
To: bimboeruption
Please run, Chris Christie.
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posted on
03/04/2011 6:28:39 PM PST
by
Flightdeck
(If you hear me yell "Eject, Eject, Eject!" the last two will be echos...)
To: bimboeruption
At least I won’t have to watch him as often on FOX News, since Fox News has suppended him.
To: bimboeruption
The media is going to push Gingrich and Romney hard through the primaries. The same way they did with McCain.
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posted on
03/04/2011 6:29:30 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(ECOMCON)
To: bimboeruption
cause he can't pass up a buck
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posted on
03/04/2011 6:30:02 PM PST
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: bimboeruption
These retards are determined to give this empty suit another term to make sure America is dead. WEST 2012 the only choice
To: bimboeruption
FUNG.
And go to h**l while you're at it.
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posted on
03/04/2011 6:32:17 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
To: bimboeruption
Any man who would treat a sick wife as he did deserves absolutely NO RESPECT!
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posted on
03/04/2011 6:34:12 PM PST
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: Doogle
That picture is exactly why Newt struggles for respect.
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posted on
03/04/2011 6:34:19 PM PST
by
meyer
(We will not sit down and shut up.)
To: bimboeruption
Newtie has NO respect,
he's perfect for the RNC.
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posted on
03/04/2011 6:38:28 PM PST
by
norton
To: Doogle
Bingo!
Those two acted like they needed to get a room on that PSA. It is Gingrich’s albatross, just as MassCare is Romney’s.
Neither has a snowball’s chance in hell.
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posted on
03/04/2011 6:42:02 PM PST
by
Scanian
To: Flightdeck
Chris is a RINO, so if he runs I’ll ot be voting for him.
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posted on
03/04/2011 6:42:15 PM PST
by
stockpirate
(U-6 Total unemployed for January 2011 16.1 percent)
To: bimboeruption
He’s a brilliant man and what he did in 1994 was simply amazing. However, his personal life, he basically divorced his wife as she lie in a hospital bed....too many skeletons
To: bimboeruption
Do they get to keep any money donated during their “exploratory” period? That is the only reason I can see for Newt claiming to run.
To: bimboeruption
No professors, no old ruling class Repubs, and no worrying on when he is going to put wifey #3 to shame.
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posted on
03/04/2011 6:46:14 PM PST
by
joelt
To: tennmountainman
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posted on
03/04/2011 6:54:51 PM PST
by
bimboeruption
(Clinging to my Bible and my HK.)
To: Doogle
Doesn’t Gingrich look like a crazed elf?
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posted on
03/04/2011 6:55:50 PM PST
by
bimboeruption
(Clinging to my Bible and my HK.)
To: ronnie raygun
From your lips to God’s ears.
West is my man too.
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posted on
03/04/2011 6:57:21 PM PST
by
bimboeruption
(Clinging to my Bible and my HK.)
To: bimboeruption
Leave it to the Stupid Party to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Dammit, Pubbies...if you nominate another f**king RINO, you won't get my vote!
And to those who would accuse me and those like me of handing the election to the Obammunist, you're wrong. If the Pubbies nominate another RINO, they'll be handing the election to the 'Rats!
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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posted on
03/04/2011 7:01:20 PM PST
by
wku man
(Still holding my breath, but exhaling a bit after Nov. 2...)
To: ronnie raygun
BAYONETS!
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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posted on
03/04/2011 7:03:18 PM PST
by
wku man
(Still holding my breath, but exhaling a bit after Nov. 2...)
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