Posted on 02/14/2012 7:37:28 PM PST by Red Steel
Reporting from San Diego— For the record: Yes, that was Newt Gingrich at the San Diego Zoo on Tuesday for a 90-minute behind-the-scenes tour.
Gingrich was in the area raising money for his bid for the Republican presidential nomination but found time to visit the zoo, including feeding a young panda, looking at elephants, polar bears and tigers, and posing for pictures with zoo staffers.
Gingrich has made other visits to the zoo and Safari Park, including a sleepover at the park's Snore and Roar program.
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The Gingrich visit was planned at the last moment with no public announcement, lest he draw a crowd. Of course, the large Gingrich for President bus with his picture on the side, parked outside the zoo's entrance, may have been a tipoff
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Must have gone to see the Chameleon exhibit.
Glad to hear he is having fun on the campaign tour!
Go NEWT!
Did he visit Obama at the primate exhibit?
The San Diego zoo is one of the best I have ever seen...They also have a wildlife park. Worth the trip for anyone going to San Diego. In Old Town San Diego there is a mexican restaurant with walking mariachi band and the largest jumbo frozen Margarita in the world...needs to be lifted with both hands.....I managed 2 and don’t remember anything else until I found myself crawling out of my friends doggie door just to see if I could...Would suggest only one......great food also
Was he reminiscing about his time in the House?
My home town. I wish I had been in town!
GO NEWT!
“I found myself crawling out of my friends doggie door just to see if I could...”
LMAO......
I too will say the San Diego zoo is the best zoo I’ve visited, and we spent days there last summer (it helped that they had Steam Powered Giraffe performing at their summer nights series). Also the wild animal park, now called the Safari Park.
We’ll probably be back there this summer, because our “memberships” to the zoo go through the end of august of 2012. And Steam Powered Giraffe will be playing there again.
Expensive plane ticket though.
USUAL SMARTASS REMARK. GO NEWT.
Margaritas, warm chips and FRESH salsa. YUM.
Lol about the doggie door, FRiend. I am pretty durn small myself, but am also more than just a smidge claustrophobic : o so such ideas rarely enter my little pointy brain ;}
Thank You Lord, for blessings without number.
Tatt
he likes the critters
http://www.gingrichproductions.com/newts-favorite-zoos.html
When asked by Piers Morgan which animal he admires most, Newt replied without hesitation: the elephant, because he has thousand of muscles in his trump , is big, lives long, is very sociable and intelligent and no one dare mess with him :)
My favorite Newt's picture is the one with a lion cub.
If you have the time, watch the interview which took place at the South Carolina zoo:
http://youtu.be/FF1Xn8ATN5Y
I can't believe he did the "Snore and Roar" at one time. That's pretty awesome!
GREAT pictures. I love the lion cub one too. Thanks for the link. I will watch it later this a.m.
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