Newt Gingrich’s Greek Vacation Becomes Campaign Talking Point

ABC News ^ | Nov 15, 2011 | staff

[BarnacleCenturion]

SHEFFIELD, Iowa – With the political winds shifting in his favor, Newt Gingrich is turning an incident that almost unraveled his entire presidential bid earlier this summer into a campaign trail talking point.

Gingrich, whose luxury Greek vacation in June led to the mass resignations of several members of his campaign staff, now says he used the overseas trip to talk with Europeans about the banking crisis there.

The former House Speaker told a crowd in West Des Moines on Monday, that he listened to the Greek people talk about their economic woes and even noted that his observations about the state of the global economy were “very much influenced” by his Mediterranean sojourn.

“I visited Greece in June I talked to people about what they were faced with in Greece. And I listened to them and I tried to understand they face a crisis of enormous proportions,” Gingrich said. “The Greeks can’t pay off their loans at half the value. This is an enormous collapse of their quality of life in this category.”

[o2bfree]

Newt was smart to go to Greece — they have great vacations available at discount rates.

Newt’s vacation probably cost less than 1 percent of Michelle Obama’s typical trip abroad.

[stormer]

Quite right. You and I have had some downright nasty disagreements in the past, and I have no doubt we will again. I’m glad we agree on something...

[nikos1121]

http://townhall.com/columnists/peterferrara/2011/11/18/newt_checks_and_balances_liberal_judges

Please read

[editor-surveyor]

Actually, we agree on lots of stuff, but I do recall a couple of head-butting sessions :o)