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-- Newt Gingrich in Barrington, Ill. today, per NBC's Alex Moe, defending his answer at debate that he is "cheerful."
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"So I really am basically cheerful everyday because in my mind everyday is cool, I am still here."
...then why do you always sound so angry, Newton?
When a person has to explain to others that they love life, they probably actually don't. A person's inner feelings come across to others through their expressions, speech, and overall demeanor.
If he is so happy, maybe the Grinch-ster could try looking out for other people now and again.
Newt and Mitt could easily best friends. They could lie on their backs and watch the clouds go by and wax eloquent about the height of trees, how they prepare their grits, and how cool it is interacting with people when you absolutely have to.
Gingrich quote:
Sounds like he's trying to "one up" Mittens:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSMuHX6rNE0&feature=player_embedded
I find this actually, quite hilarious. The "professor" has discovered that "midnight in America" thing his fellow angry Republicans are running with isn't working, so what's an angry white guy to do but "channel" Reagan and akwardly talk about loving animals and being "basically cheerful". Have you SEEN him on TV?? Does he look "cheerful" to you?? Someone needs to tell Newt he'll have to suddenly become a whole lot better actor to pull that one off.
Why is this newsworthy?
Spare me the "let's get personal with Newt."
What a Hoot!
Why wouldn't Newt?
He's receiving more free media attention then he could of ever imagined.
He has the perfect opportunity to continue to hawk his books & DVD's.
He & Calista can eat all the McDonald's they can consume...
Yeah... I would say life is pretty good if you are a Blingrich!
So THAT's what the smell is in the air today...
Hey, Feisty, who wouldn't love life if they had a sugar daddy in Las Vegas writing them million dollar checks every other week just to show up at the debates? Who cares what the weather is going to be? Life is good!
Newt doesn't even have to wonder about the weather because he doesn't believe in global warming, so if it is 78 in Pittsburgh on 3/15 and all the trees that usually bloom in May are blooming now, he thinks it is just for him.
He also loves being able to call up Tiffany's and put jewelry on his account!
The fact that everyone has written his campaign off does not interefere with his happiness, I see.
If he'd said "I love power and attention," he would have been a lot more believable.
I am sure that Hitler loved life too.
This must be the intro to his latest children's books and videos - after all, this has just been an extended book-signing tour for the Gingriches, right?
What he should have said is that he and the wife just love traveling the country and enjoying life on campaign donations, all the while increasing my ability to personally line my pockets through more sales of my books and videos. I love attention, and I am getting just enough attention to muck up the works for the republican party, so they will have to kiss my ass for me to get out of a race I can't win, or for the few delegates I have won. I love it when the leaders of the party that ran me out of Congress are in a position where they will have to now kiss my ass, I wake up every day now happy about that. That is what Newt would like to say.
Not so much.
The FEC has a pretty simple rule on it. Donations can't be used for personal expenses. ^.^
What he's doing is having his campaign hire his business. Bam. Funnel money into the pockets and it's legal.
Hussein and his wife love traveling the country and enjoying life on taxpayer money.
Pike Lake - The Obama's - like every other President - when they travel for pleasure, pay their own way. Get over it!
teknishan - can they pay for meals out of campaign donations if they are out "campaigning?" I really don't know.
There's a petty cash clause which lets you grab like 100$/week for incidental expenses (food, etc).
But no, the real workaround is simply just having your campaign hire your persnoal business as a travel agent or something.
You funnel cash into your business, in turn funneling cash into your pockets. Then declaring meals the 'business expense' of 'travel agency'
Plus you hire all your friends and relatives as "campaign staff".
Hey, Seeking, then why did the Huffington Post report that Hussein's Hawaiian vacation cost taxpayers $4 million???????????????????????????????????????????
Hey Pike, did you hear the news about bush's wars costing over a trillion?????
Typical, when you can't refute what Hussein is doing, resort to "b...bu...but Bush!!!" wahhhhhhh!!!!
Pike: Typical...could you be any more petty? What's next...whining about paying for secret service for a Democrat you didn't vote for?? And why not point out your hypocrasy. Were you on here ranting about GW's extended vacations at taxpayer expense? all you've got is "you can't talk about HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED"! Waaaaa... Hypocrite.
Most of GWB's were at the Crawford Ranch. One-time expense to set up security, per diem for Secret Service, etc., that was about it. Press hated it, though, as nearest "city" was Waco.
This was the common way for most Presidents between JFK and now. JFK -- Hyannis "compound". LBJ -- Ranch on the Perdenales River. Nixon -- San Clemente. Ford -- home in Grand Rapids (also Aspen condo). Carter -- farm house in Plains. Reagan -- Rancho de Cielo. GHWB -- Kennebunkport house.
All travelled to "nice" traditional vacation destinations occasionally; some stayed at them with friends. Clinton was the first modern-era President lacking a truly "nice enough" place to serve as a "Summer White House", in part because he had lived in the Arkansas Governor's Mansion in Little Rock for twelve of the previous fourteen years prior to becoming President. They sometime vacationed as friends' homes as well, as have the Obamas. The Obamas have spent very little time in Chicago since his becoming President , particularly Michelle. No previous First Family ever went on vacation in separate government aircraft on a routine basis or regularly took such a large retinue. No attack, just facts.
Hussein...really pike...I love it when people show how intelligent they are...or not.
"I love life" ...it's just the filthy humans who disagree with me I find nauseating.
Wasn't there an old C&W song about "I love little baby ducks, old pick up trucks and rains........."?
Yes ma'am, it was by Tom T Hall.
I love little baby ducks, old pick-up trucks
Slow movin' trains and rain
I love little country streams, sleep without dreams
Sunday school in May and hay
And I love you too
I love leaves in the wind, pictures of my friends
Birds of the world and squirrels
I love coffee in a cup, little fuzzy pups
Bourbon in a glass and grass
And I love you too
I love honest open smiles, kisses from a child
Tomatoes on the vine and onions
I love winners when they cry, losers when they try
Music when it's good and life
And I love you too
I would particularly agree with "Bourbon in a glass" - especially if it is Pappy Van Winkles!
Hey, how about some equal time for "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.....Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens"?
Oh, wait......mittens.....never mind.....
Good one JoAnne.
I thought the Republican candidates just "loved the smell of Napalm in the morning".....
JoAnne - made me chuckle out loud!
Well, TNSEVOL, there is a Republican city councilman in Nashville named Robert Duvall ...
It's all about him. It's not about the voters. This has been true of all the Republicans running. They might as well be running to be Walmart greeters. This seems to be their retirement job. Except for Romney, I think the rest would faint if they actually got elected.
What? Who's Newt shtupping now???
ha ha! A little too much spring in his step, eh KaybeeToys?
We know what makes the Newster happy, don't we Amy? :)
If you're happy and you know it - cheat on your wife?
kaybeetoys - sorry but that's a disgusting visual! Yuck!
I used to love life before Hussein ruined it
Saddam Hussein is dead, Pike.
Thanks, kaybee. I think you know very well that I'm talking about the Hussein in our White House.
Sorry, Pike Lake, but the guy in the White House is Barack "Who's Sane" Obama. And he's the President of the United States of America. And will be for the next four years. The sooner you get over that - along with your anger and hate and racism - the sooner you can get back to loving life.
Okay, now here's the part where you get to tell me that of course you're not a racist, and if Hillary Clinton had won, you'd be referring to her as "Rodham", and if McCain had won, you'd be calling him "Sidney" - right?
What about "Wilson" and "Herbert Walker"? Or "W" which I still think is short for WTF???
JoAnne, I fail to see how you came to the conclusion that I'm racist. It sounds like you're upset that I call Barack Hussein Obama, Hussein. I know Barack is his preferred name. Just like Willard Mitt Romney, where Mitt is his preferred name. However, I don't see you deriding people who call him Willard. Just trying to fit in here.
Pike: You're not nearly as good at hiding that stuff as you think you are. Embrace it. You'll feel better. Don't try to fit in here.
He is Mr. President...to the rest of the world.
Wow! JoAnne you had Pike pegged. Nice call.
"Hussein" you mean that evil dictator you republicans supported????
"Nutty Newt" is feeling good when he is on his very strong medications. Now the nurses at the Mental Hospital have been trying to find "Nutty Newt's" very "Spiked" Koolaid. The doctors at the Mental Hospital are trying to find "Sanitarium Santorum's" matches and gasoline canister. Recently "Sanitarium Santorum" has been threatening to burn a large cross in the Mental Hospital yard. The nurses at the Mental Hospital are concerned about "Nutty Newt" setting up a casino in the hospital basement. Now when "Nutty Newt" is feeling good about life. Again! His doctors become very concerned. Again!
Piko Luke; Pike lake
Your name is not better than the name Hussein. A name is a name. I would not mind having been named anything by my mother.
Hussein is just a good name like any other name, and probably sounds better than yours pika loke. Babies
do not tell their mothers what they want their mothers to name them. Every person is happy with whatever name the mother gave him/her so do those named Hussein.
Except, Barry's mother did not give him the name Barack, or Hussein.
Pike: yeah. she did. She just didn't name him Barry. She named him Barack. Geez its tough to be a racist these days, isn't it? No one will take you seriously except your own bottom feeders no matter HOW many times you try and prove the President of the United States is a martian from another galaxy. Oh my gosh you loons are entertaining. It's worth seeing a second term just to see you nut jobs come up with this stuff.
If you're old enough, you called Tricky Dicky "Milhous". Admit it!
Nothing is worth having this distracted, with his own wacked out agenda of a jack ass president ,having another 4 more years. Idiot
I didn't think kids that were 12 years old like pike were allowed to post here. But his mommy and daddy are probably out at some sleazy racist bar laughing so hard at their racist jokes that their teeth fell out. Pukes.
Thanks to the next CNN, Fox News, we have Mitt and Rick as fresh meat for Obama’s re-election.
They can't energize the conservative base and Mickey Mouse debaters at best!
Do you know who Rupert Murdoch is? He owns Fox news. He had his network give both newt and ricky plenty of time and opportunities to take this from Romney. But as you see, the people were not fooled and they still voted for the guy who can beat obama. Now what you are seeing is that even Rupert and Fox understand that it is time to get behind Romney if we have a chance at beating the fool in the fall. So Fox is courting Mitt pretty heavily this week and it will continue and frankly I am glad to see it. I say "It is about time." I just wish the rest of you newt and ricky supporters could be as mature and caring about our country and knock off this immature rant about a brokered convention and get behind the man who can get it done for us all. Mitt Romney for Pres.
Same Rupert Murdoch that hacked into a kidnapped and murdered teen's cell phone and caused the parents no end of anquish thinking she might still be alive. That Rupert Murdoch? He should roast in hell.
Hey, I'm all for Newt being content. I don't like how he behaves and the way he expresses his anger so this is good. I hope it's genuine and he has a pleasant life. I will do everything that I reasonably can to prevent him from governing our country but it doesn't mean I wish him ill. I wish I had a little more of what he's describing, whether his comments are true or not.
If he ruins the GOP's opportunity for us to get Obama out of white house he can take a flying leap ans suck rotten eggs for the rest of his miserable life.
Say what you want about Newt. He has however more brains than any of the cicrus republicans running.H e can debate O'Barma.
It's that he has so much baggage,through his own fault he doesn't stand a chance.
I doubt that. But whatever makes you feel better. Newt was the first speaker to be axed for being unethical. Can't recall how many...too many to be the President. Sure, let's elect the adulterer, unethical house speaker, drug addict in and have him try to run the country. Brilliant.
I cannot believe this dink is actually saying that he wants to bleed Romney of his money to have a brokered convention. Hmmmmm lets see if Romney is the money man and he has to spend all his money trying to beat these fools then I wonder who will have any money to beat Obama in the fall? The answer is no one!!!! And Newt could care frikin less and it makes me sick.
Look on the brighter side, we'll have a smarter president. ROFLMAO
So here is another point I wanna make. The idea that both santorum and my humpty dumpty newt are refusing to pull out of this race is really bad form. The point of a brokered convention is to settle who the nation wants as their candidate in a close election. At this point, it is clear who the nation wants. One of the issues that has drawn this election out is the rules change that the GOP made, in an effort to prolong the race. That is ok but under these circumstances it is now going to take some maturity on the others running to have the foresight that in order to help their party, they will need to be gentleman, and do the right thing for the country, and pull out whether or not the feel that either one of them can force a brokered convention or not. It just is ridiculous to me that a segment of the American people actually believe these guys that the delegates in Tampa will pick anybody other that the front runner. They know that will not happen. Do you not see that this is a position of a man who does not have enough popularity to actually win votes on his own and now is completely desperate! All this bull crap is out of sheer desparation
IAGREE, desperation no,revenge yes.Romney in Newts eyes needs to pay,for bringing his baggage to the frontline.Newt has spent decades trying to repair his rep.Newts giant ego will not let it go.Vengence is mine says NEWT! J-MAL
The only reason the *sswipe is loving life is that so many stupid morons are giving him money for a campaign that has a farts chance in a hurricane of winning. I wish there was a god at times so people(?) like newt the nut could roast in hell. But maybe he'll get run over by train.
You mean you love food.
Romney is the anti-christ, have no doubt.
Full Disclosure: Chuck Todd is a republican
maybe newt just met a cute young woman to make her mrs. newt #4... watch out calista, he replaces women every decade...
It would be nice if Newt one.
An intelegent President. What a concept from what we have now.