[sickoflibs]

RE :”The congressman still remembers that fateful trip on Air Force One in November 1995, when Clinton made Gingrich sit in the back. Miffed, the speaker later asked the press, “You just wonder, where is their sense of manners? Where is their sense of courtesy?”
“I still think it’s the main reason we lost [the government-shutdown] debate,” King says.
“Before the government shutdown we thought Newt Gingrich was invincible,” writes Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) in his memoir, Breach of Trust. “After the shutdown, however, he was like a whipped dog who still barked, yet cowered, in Clinton’s presence.”

I just recalled this on another thread comments. Newt actually claims Clinton caved to him in that confrontation. His head is the 'biggest thing in the room'.

Putting Newt in front of a camera/mic is like handing your 5 year old a handgun unsupervised. No telling what direction the bullets will fly.

[Lady on the Lake]

I’m old enough to remember, what a creep Newt was, and probably still is. His treatment of former wives is really mean.

[Fantasywriter]

Thanks for that ping. I had never seen the Coburn quote. Newt’s FR backers apparently labor under the impression that since the MSM is leaving Newt alone now, they will do likewise in the general. Actually, they’re just destroying the true threats now, so they can have a heyday w Newt or Romney later. By the time they’re done w Newt, his own mother probably wouldn’t vote for him—and ‘the Gingrich that Stole Christmas’ will look like a lovesick valentine card.

Getting Newt as the nominee is one of the few ways Obama could win. Those who think otherwise are just not up to speed w how the MSM destroys GOP nominees. Their attack will be sustained, relentless, vicious, and above all independent of the truth. Sure, Newt has given them ammo. But when you control the mainstream of the media and employ ends-justify-the-means lies and smears, the sky—or the gutter—is the limit. Outside of the desperate, anybody but Romney primary true believers, Newt is not that popular or likeable. But just wait until he is slimed 24/7 leading up to Nov ‘12. He will make Obama look popular by comparison (if he’s the nominee).

And no, I’m not arguing for Romney. I have a long posting history of ripping into Romney like a Cuisinart liquifying a banana. But Newt would fare even more poorly in the general. He is, at this stage, a lot like the Titanic before the crossing. He looks pretty good in home port, but he hasn’t encountered the icebergs yet.

I want to beat Obama as much or more than any conservative alive. But Newt is not the way to make that happen.

[dforest]

Newt is playing the game that he is so above it all that he refuses to attack his opponents.

The only reason he doesn’t is because he has no room at all to attack anyone else. He flips and flops as much as Romney.

If he did, he would get all of his lapses in principle and faith slapped back in his face.

[Marine_Uncle]

Perhaps Newt was pissed over having to sit in the back of the plane because he so wanted to have some private time with the then Pres, in order to compare notes as how they treated women.