??? huh?
I don’t know if you are relying on a different source but the article for this thread does not show Newt saying the word “no” and the reporter presents Newt as taking up the “*****boated” meme just as offered (it is the use of the Swiftboating-is-evil meme by a leading conservative that many of us have objected to).
He did not need to go into any “rant” against the term, he just didn’t have to use/adapt it as offered. Granted, anyone speaking off-the-cuff may not say what they most wish to have said, that’s human. But it was Newt’s own words and response which generated the “Romney-boated” headline and story.
If you have reason to believe that the article misrepresents Newt’s remarks then please explain that. But the comments of most here on this thread seem to be responding to exactly what was reported as the words and context for Newt’s remarks:
Newt Gingrich: ‘I feel Romney-boated’
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) - Struggling to reverse a slide in his standing, Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich said Sunday he’d been “Romney-boated” in Iowa and suggested his GOP rival would buy the presidency if he could.
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Gingrich’s nautical attack was a reference to a 2004 TV ad campaign by a group called the “Swiftboat Veterans for Truth” that bloodied Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. This year, Gingrich has faced an onslaught of negative TV advertisements by a group aligned with Romney.
Asked Sunday whether he felt that he had been “swiftboated,” Gingrich replied, “I feel Romney-boated.”
I watched/listened to the video.