Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL

His super-sized ego wouldn't allow for anything else...

Then again, it's an easy way for him to 'hawk' his books & DVD's?

Nuke Gingrich's melon is filled with super sized delight.

Don't forget in his super sized melon he is thinking of $2.50 newts to donate to campaign so he can steal them.

Dec 6, 2011 – Many of the bills date to the start of Gingrich's campaign in the spring, a time marked by extravagant spending on $30000 jet flights and...

Although campaigns often operate in the red, Gingrich’s debts are unusually high — he spent nearly $3 for every $2 he raised.

Hah as Chis says

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gingrich-fighting-massive-debt-racked-up-in-campaigns-extravagant-early-days/2011/12/01/gIQAtokzZO_story.html

....and a colony on the moon!

"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly

it's an easy way for him to 'hawk' his books & DVD's?

Why doesn't the RNC get this joker a bundle of cash and send him on his way? He continues to make a joke of the party.

His super-sized ego wouldn't allow for anything else...

Except another super-sized order of fries at McD's.........................

Sure, why shouldn't Gingrich "fight on". It's pretty obvious that Republicans have chosen "none of the above".

Obama / Biden 2012

You know, they say that dear, sweet, Callista, is the true power behind Newt. Maybe she still dreams to be the next Jackie? (Yes, I know, delusional for her to think that, but, hey, with all her hair spray - maybe the fumes have gotten to her)

It is about the money, He will stay in long enough to collect his Federal Matching Funds, He see's the polls and the Delegate path. The numbers are not there for him to get the nomination.

His wife presents him at all his rally's so they can sell her book.

TO: nomoresameo who wrote:

"it's an easy way for him to 'hawk' his books & DVD's?

Why doesn't the RNC get this joker a bundle of cash and send him on his way?..."

Ha! Who said Republicans can't be bought!

Obama / Biden 2012

Obama / Biden gone in 2012

lmfao this country is fuked when one of thoese religious bone head becomes president...

entire country is gonna have a witch hunt and everyone will be baptized on the spot

Gingrich and Santorum are splitting the vote in their part of the Republican voting process, that, is a good thing!

Obama and his Keynesian Economics, America living on Food Stamps, Welfare, never ending Unemployment, Government Entitlements that can not be paid for, a One Trillion Dollar plus per year Federal Debt and Deficit, Growing Government has to end, or America will collapse!

Romney will win the Republican nomination and win in November!

He has it completely wrong. It is impossible for an extremist to win the election. The Independents are overwhelmingly moderate (that why they are not members of either party) and they will decide the election.

This is all about his massive ego, otherwise he would have been out long ago. He has NO CHANCE of winning, at this point he's only splitting the conservative vote with Santorum and ensuring that Romney gets the win.

He's more of a man than Sanctimonium and much stronger candidate. He just ticks people off because he is combative. He fights hard to win and isn't afraid to call someone out on the carpet even if it hurts liberal feelings. Seems to be okay if it Obumbler calling people racists before he has the facts though.

BTW It looked like Romney slapped Obumblers face or kicked his puppy when he talked last night. Without the teleprompter his hotair couldn't flow so well. His comments about making rash judgments about rash troop movements were comical. He sat there and said GOP candidates shouldn't mouth off about troop movements, take lives for granted, said we didn't have Israel's back, he said he said he said. He loves to hear himself but forgets he babbled on about the very same things only a few short years ago and made matters even worse. Now he still talks of hope, that we'll forget, and qualifies everything with a it's hard - I did what I could - its the congress and house fighting me boohoo.

I can see how helping someone making their mortgage payment diligently is going to slow the tide of foreclosures when they can refinance for free. This plan really shows his true brilliance.

Notice how the only states Gingrich is doing well in are in the Old South? IMHO, it's because too many Southerners would never deign to vote for no D**n Yankee - and both Santorum and Romney are definitely Northern Yankee in residence, in dialect, and in attitudes.

But that isn't enough for Gingrich to win the nomination, as that region holds just a fraction of the delegates needed, and Gingrich hasn't done at all well outside of the Old South. Too bad, a Gingrich nomination would result in a November landslide victory for Obama.

"We are staying in this race, because I believe it is going to be impossible for a moderate to win the general election" - Newt Gingrich, employing the royal "we" in announcing why he'll continue to seek the Republican nomination.

Interesting statement, that! Right or wrong, the outcome will be the same:

If Newt's right, then Obama wins.

If Newt's wrong, and he gets the nomination, Obama still wins because the memory of their colossal error in electing "W" is still too fresh in the American psyche to permit a Gingrich presidency.

For once, I hope Newt's right about something!

What could possibly be more entertaining than "Newt/Sarah" vs Obama/Biden? I hear a herd of elephants running for the nearest exit.... Sister Sarah endorsed him and no one else really loves him....

There's another "obvious choice" too: "None of the above."

It's anybody but Romney, anybody but Santorum, and anybody but Paul.

Can't say I blame them. Republicans get on stage and talk about women like THEY are the ones who will make our choices for us. No thanks.

I was around when Newt created the contract with america. I was around when he balanced the federal budget for the FIRST time in a century. He ain't pretty like Mitt...he ain't black like Obama....he ain't naive like Paul...and he ain't from the rust belt. But he IS the most inteligent...the most creative...the most experienced...and the most direct man in the field. If you've EVER listened to his comments, you know he's brilliant. Why would ANYONE vote for anything less????

TO: sinned50 who wrote:

"I was around when Newt created the contract with america...If you've EVER listened to his comments, you know he's brilliant. Why would ANYONE vote for anything less????"

I was around too, and first of all the GOP can't stand Newt and the WON'T let Newt get in anywhere.

Second, Newt tends to exaggerate quite a bit and goes off the deep end if he's allowed to bloviate for any period of time.

All of us who were around at that time KNOW that Newt is trying to take credit for Democrat President Bill Clinton's work.

Obama / Biden 2012

American Girl-724855 Newt is an abrasive man. Make no mistake that the GOP likes him more than Obumbler.

As for exaggerating uhh you might want to look at teleprompter boy. Because I am pretty sure he shot his mouth off about having everyone home from Iraq 2.5 years ago.

Clinton did nothing. A pair of chimps could have sat behind that desk and been successful. Any financial expert can share that bit of wisdom with you. He signed Nafta and deregulated banks and that is the main reason for the global economic meltdown today. And it was Billie boy that said in a interview that if these two changes were bad it would have affected the entire global economy. I believe that was about 2 years ago.

If you were around in the nineties you would know that the balanced budget was not drafted until Gingrich was well out of office. In fact they had a semi coup on him because he was halting any progress to getting that done with his absolute refusal to raise taxes on the wealthy.

The republicans with Clinton got it done, but despite Gingrich, not with him.

Now that would be a team !! I figure the only way Newt agrees to VP is if Romney agrees to finance his moon colony.

You have got to be serious. Lets support the only man in history who as speaker of the house was thrown out for lying and graft and this is the man anyone could consider a Veep contender?

I guess morals and decency only matter when you are a democrat because apparently those kind of things don't matter to republicans.

Obama/Biden 2012

Helen, the GOP are not going to allow Newt to run in the VP spot, they hate his guts.

Romney probably has some other multi-go-zillionaire behind the curtain that Romney will drag out IF Romeny gets the nomination.

Right now, it looks like a brokered convention because none of these losers can attract a majority of Republicans, let alone a majority of Americans.

Obama / Biden 2012

I guess my sarcasm was misunderstood. Newt is an embarassment and should be shown where the door is, cause we know he can't find it himself. I don't understand how he gets even one vote.

Helen yours I understood and thought was funny. I was responding to Fancy.

Even putting aside Newt's checkered past, can you imagine him being #2 to Romney? It would be worse (if possible) than Bush & Cheney. Plus Mitt would have to hire food tasters and extra Secret Service.

Americans - It's funny how Republicans can forget Newt's past, but can't forget a single thing that the President ever did or said.

IMO, Romney's VP pick will be either Rubio or Pawlenty.

MKM----Romney/Pawlenty---the excitement ticket!

MKM - it would be great if the Republicans could remember what the President says and does with truth instead of Fox spin and lies. They accept Newt's past because Mr. Murdock says its ok. Oh, Mr. Norquist says Newt is ok, too.

Run, Tom Allen! Run!

Amy -

You're right, that is pretty big. So what does this do to the race? From what I've read so far, if Pingree had gotten in, King being in too would have made it a three-way that could have helped the Republicans. But without Pingree, who would've been the Dem favorite, does King become the preferred anti-Republican, anti-LePage alternative, or would another Dem still get in and split the vote some more? Politico says King supported Bush in 2000 but Kerry in 2004 and Obama in 2008, which makes him sound like a real wild card if he actually did get into the Senate. Very interesting - keep us posted!

I just saw that Ames.

So, he'll caucus mostly with Dems? Or is he an issue by issue guy? I have no history/frame of reference. I read her comments on triangulation and agree with her; but it is too bad,...

Hi, Clara,

What did you mean on FT earlier today about someone referring to himself in the 3rd person? Did Romney do that? I was too busy earlier to respond. . . .

I am sad to hear this but not surprised. I think she made the right move. We need more women in the Senate, not less, but a third party in the Senate race makes this just too risky to chance the loss of her House seat and maybe not to win the Senate seat.

It has been a long time since King has been active in politics and I think he is overestimating his ability to bring concensus to the traffic jam that is Congress. Maine, 10 years ago, is a lot different than DC today.

TO: Bali Bob who wrote:

"The Republican Party is dead.. killed by their own hand. They just don't realize it yet."

Without repeating again all the things Republicans did during the Bush "culture of corruption" Administration, this is probably the best thing that could happen to the country and the American People.

Certainly, after lying the American People into a trillion dollar war in Iraq so that Republicans could drill for oil in the 2nd largest oil rich country in the world, Republicans couldn't possibly have expected the American People to go for that same game twice. Right on for Republicans who see the light.

Obama / Biden 2012

Now they seem ready to nominate Santorum.

Somehow I don't think making women into second class citizens is a winning strategy. If a state can force me to not only have but pay for a medically unnecessary procedure for someones religious beliefs how can that be called freedom?

That is just the tip of the iceberg. Santorum would take all your rights in the name of his church and we are all to be grateful. Their argument is that if we aren't all willing to live under the Catholic Taliban religious laws we are somehow raging a war against religion.

American Girl, are you really as moronic as your absurd posts continuously portray you as, or are you just another failed liberal comic?

Larry - you do realize that it is because of people like you that your party is failing, don't you? Ignoring your party's recent past as if it never happened is thoughtless and untrustworthy. Ignoring it and trying to blame someone else gives the appearance of being either brainless or brainwashed - neither of which is repectable.

Can you even ask yourself how it came to be that the four incompetant freaks of nature are the best your party has to offer?

shockedanddisgusted.

I'm not a Republican so it's not "my party". I'm a libertarian independent

All of the final four Republicans while flawed candidates are still infinitely better than the marxist community organizer occupying the White House.

Hmm...libertarian independent. Is that what they're calling it now? Why is a libertarian independent using tired old Republican talking points? Can't you make up your own? Do I smell a little...um....TEA? I guess you are under orders to call President Obama a communist now.....yawn....don't tread on me...scratch scratch....

Neat little statement..."infinitely better"...Can you elaborate on that a little bit? Even just a little bit? My guess is that backing up silly Republican talking points is against the libertarian independent manifesto...

(do you realize that marxism is not in reference to that funny little guy named Groucho?)

But could never never come close to the amusment of the inept childlike mentality clown who preceeded him for (8) years did and who nearly wrecked us as a country beyond repair.

PH,

Wow you're right. If those things were true about Gingrich he has no business running for President. ?Fortunately, it's all a liberal lie.

Last charge first. The first Speaker to be kicked out was Democrat Jim Wright in 1989 for ethics violations.

It's time to confront the lies of the left including the lying MSM. Newt Gingrich DID NOT RESIGN IN DISGRACE, and he WAS NEVER found guilty of ethics violations or graft.

Newt Gingrich is known as someone who has long admired Winston Churchill and his political style. When the Republicans nearly lost the House in the 1998 elections, Gingrich was considered the fall guy and like Churchill, he respected the role of leadership to step down when you suffered political defeat. It is a practice that is common in Parliamentary governments, but not in the US.

Gingrich stuns Washington by stepping aside

November 6, 1998

WASHINGTON AllPolitics, Nov. 6 Faced with a brewing rebellion within the Republican Party over the disappointing midterm election, House Speaker Newt Gingrich made the stunning decision Friday to step down not just from the speakership but also from Congress.

Today I have reached a difficult personal decision. I will not be a candidate for Speaker of the 106th Congress, Gingrich said in a written statement released Friday evening.

Gingrich told friends it is unlikely he will return at all when Congress reconvenes in January, but he is not ruling out that possibility. Gingrich did say during a series of phone calls informing members of the Republican caucus of his decision that he will not serve out his full twoyear term in the 106th Congress.

Gingrichs move came as a shock, as the speaker had been fighting to keep his top job up until Friday afternoon.

Sources say Gingrich made the choice when he was told that as many as 30 Republicans would refuse to vote for him on the floor of the House. A close associate of Gingrich said the speaker did not want to be the center of attention and distract his party for the next two years.

The Republican conference needs to be unified, and it is time for me to move forward, Gingrichs statement said.

Rumors of a leadership shakeup surfaced quickly after Tuesdays election when the GOP suffered a surprising loss of five seats in the partys slim House majority. Just weeks before, Republicans had been confident they could add to their majorities in the House and Senate.

Over the past year, though, Gingrich had started to reverse his extremely low favorability ratings, which climbed from a low point of 24 percent to the 30 percentage point range. A recent CNN poll gave him a favorability rating of 42 percent.

The speaker has also served as a political foil to President Bill Clinton, who praised Gingrichs service to the country in a statement Friday, calling him a worthy adversary, leading the Republican party to a majority in the House.

“Despite our profound differences, I appreciate those times we were able to work together in the national interest, especially Speaker Gingrichs strong support for Americas continuing leadership for freedom, peace and prosperity in the world,” Clinton said.

Gingrich Never Fined on Ethics Matter, Records Show

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:31 PM

By: David A. Patten

Associates of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are stepping forward to rebut accusations from Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney that he resigned in “disgrace” and paid an ethics “fine.”

Gingrich insisted during a candidates debate Monday that reports he was fined $300,000 for House ethics violations are inaccurate and records back up his claim the payment was not a fine.

A Newsmax examination of the House Ethics Committee report, and the record of the House debate in January 1997 as recorded in the Congressional Record, supports Gingrich’s contention that the $300,000 he paid was a “reimbursement” or “sanction” related to legal fees, but not a fine or admission of any wrongdoing.

Many media accounts continue to refer to the payment as a fine, although the official Ethics Committee report on the matter, which the House accepted in its sanction of Gingrich, clearly indicated otherwise.

Gingrich paid the cost of legal bills associated with a multi-year House inquiry, which probed whether he had misused a tax-exempt organization he controlled for political purposes.

WASHINGTON (February 3) -- The Internal Revenue Service Wednesday cleared former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of an alleged tax law violation in connection with a controversial college course he taught.

After considering the matter for three and a half years, the IRS issued a "technical advice memorandum" finding no violation of tax laws in the use of a tax-exempt entity to sponsor Gingrich's course, "Renewing American Civilization."

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/03/gingrich/?pid=2761&cob=home

Since you are so informed, perhaps you would like to tell us exactly what role Rep. Jim McDermmot played in the "stepping down" of Newt.

Perhaps, since you have taken on the Herculean task of defending Newt, you can cut and paste something regarding who paid for Callista's birth control when she was concubine #1. Isn't she a good Catholic?

shocked,

technically, wasn't she concubine #2?

I was thinking more in terms of rank as opposed to order. It's just so hard to keep track of them, isn't it...

Nope. To begin with, Warren Jeffs is the head of a different church than the one Romney belongs to. Secondly, Warren Jeffs is in jail, which tends to crimp political ambitions.

But most importantly, Romney will want to "balance" the ticket with someone who isn't Mormon and has some Conservative bona-fides but won't overshadow him, someone like Pawlenty or Huckabee. If Romney wanted a fellow Mormon on the ticket, he'd choose Huntsman.

America doesn't want a moderate. A moderate is one of two kinds of persons

1. A liberal who is ashamed to admit it

2. Someone who lacks strong convictions and beliefs

If you want freedom to worship, or the govt dictating and controlling our lives, then a moderate or liberal will be the worst choice since they are the ones who have been taking away our freedoms for the last 100 years.

Larry..."A liberal who is ashamed to admit it"....Really??? This coming from a self proclaimed "libertarian independent" who is defending a Republican candidate?? Given the pathetic nature of your party's potential nominees, I can understand why you are ashamed. Defending Newt must be, I hope, a new low for you.

OK, Patty - since you seem to sincerely support Newt, maybe you can answer the question I keep asking. I am sure, as a loyal Newt supporter, you will know the answer because, judging from your post, you thoroughly research the candidates you choose to support.

When Callista was Newt's mistress, who paid for her birth control? Wasn't she on Newt's staff? Did the insurance offered her by Newt offer birth control coverage or did she have to pay for it out of her own pocket? As good Catholics, I would be very, VERY interested in knowing how Callista was protected and how they justified paying for and using birth control while allowing Callista to stay true to her very passionate religious convictions.

Perhaps we can find a solution to the controversy now by seeing how Newt and Callista justified it then.

only listen to those who think like you and you will never learn anything. But if that makes you happy stay uninformed. I'll try to keep an open mind sometimes the left is correct sometimes the right is.