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GREENSBORO, N.C. – The day after Newt Gingrich was bit by a penguin at a zoo, he acknowledged he is “the underdog” and said his campaign began renting their donor list because they needed money.
"Money -- it is a very common reason why people rent things out,” Gingrich said standing inside the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C. “We wanted the money.”
Being roughly $4.5 million in debt has caused the Gingrich campaign to rent out their list of donors, POLITICO reported Friday.
Campaign debt, Gingrich said Saturday afternoon, could factor into who former presidential candidate Rick Santorum may endorse.
Following a tour of the NASCAR museum, Gingrich said he spoke with Santorum in St. Louis, Mo. but only briefly. (This was the same day the Speaker visited the St. Louis Zoo, was nipped by a penguin and met a tiger named Callista – just like his wife, he joked to reporters.)
"I'd love to have his endorsement but he has to do what he thinks is right for his family and he has to do what … will help pay off his campaign debt,” Gingrich said. “I am not going to put any pressure on Rick but obviously I'd love to have his endorsement."
After Santorum’s exit from the GOP race, many have called on Gingrich to withdraw as well. But Gingrich says he is staying in for the Americans he meets at events who encourage him to continue running.
“I want you to know I am the last conservative standing and I am still standing and I am running hard,” Gingrich said at a Tea Party rally here. He said that remaining in the race and competing with front-runner Mitt Romney helps the Republican Party.
“I think it helps the party because it gives us the chance to outline very big solutions and to build clarity towards the fall campaign,” he said. “I think ultimately we are all going to be on the same team.”
While Gingrich calls himself “the last conservative standing,” which he advertises on his website with the slogan, he admitted Romney also is a conservative.
“Compared to Barack Obama, Romney’s a conservative,” he said. “Let’s be clear: There are no liberals in the Republican party.”
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Even the Damned penguins don't like him. The bird must have been a Democrat......
I knew there was a reason I ♥ penguins!
If you dressed Newt up in black and white with a filtered cigarette holder he could play the Penguin easily. Where is Batman to save us from this miserable Republican primary?? Romney is clearly the Joker spending his way to the top from past corporate takeover robberies............
I put together a comprehensive statistical analysis of all the remaining delegates following the Santorum dropout. The results?
At the first vote of the RNC, Romney has 978 delegates, Gingrich has 230, Santorum has 270, and Paul has 657. The second vote is anyone's guess.
These figures are based on current polling statistics and a few reasonable assumptions about loss of interest among Romney supporters and protest voting by erstwhile Santorum supporters.
Nobody but Paul 2012!
Read through the statistical analysis here: http://freepdfhosting.com/0cb6f8c921.pdf
@Seven,
Zing! Or should I say "Zonk"?
We know it wasn't a Pittsburgh Penguin----sadly they have blown 3-0 leads over the Flyers twice and now trail 0-2 in the NHL playoffs!
I like Newt's comment about Rick getting his campaign debt paid off---how would you like to be a Romney donor and find out your money went to pay off his opponents' campaign debts?
Off topic, I hope all our friends in the mid west are safe, y'all have a long evening ahead, be safe and let us know if you should need anything.
As for Newt, sometimes animals know who are their friends.
SF....just saw your post, sorry about the Pittsburgh Penguins, their sorta like my Red Sox, just glad they won their home opener and saved themselves and their long suffering fans some embarrassment.
I hope the penguin is okay. Now that msnbc has drank the cool-aid and Newsvine is worthless and facebook handles the so called media giant's media.... Farewell. Its been great fun and interest Finding a new homepage and setting sail.
These figures are based on current polling statistics and a few reasonable assumptions about loss of interest among Romney supporters ...
Derek:
It is also reasonable to assume that there will be a loss of interest among Gingrich, Paul and Santorum supporters since everybody (with the possible exception of you) knows that this race is already over. It would be a safe bet that Romney wraps up the nomination officially by the end of May. Oh, and I almost forgot. As for Gingrich... what an idiot.
SI
I think he might consider getting a job at the zoo as a janitor. Might teach him to be self sufficient and help him undo the shackles of welfare from the elite he so depends on.
@Derek, At present, Romney has 666 delegates (nice number, eh?), or 59% of the committed delegates. Paul has 52 delegates, or 5%. You are suggesting that Paul will beat Romney 2:1 from now on, when he has been beaten 12:1 to this point?
The Paul Kool-Aid that is circulating around us is not specifically too good.
The penguin was really a bird in the top 1% with a tux. He was pissed Newt couldn't even get the Santorum delegates.
Well it is living at a zoo on taxpayer money so....
I hope the Penguin had his shots!!!
Usually when nerds are bitten by weird animals they turn into superheroes. What happened here?
Was the penguin vaccinated for herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, rabies or stupiditis?
You never know what Nutty Newt might be carrying these days.
Skup
I am sure if the penguin had a choice it would prefer to live free in its natural habitat.
Wow an article on MSN that they allow comments on?
I hope this campaign season is the last we hear of Gingrich.
Gary! I hope that NEWT has HIS shots!
“Compared to Barack Obama, Romney’s a conservative,” he said. “Let’s be clear: There are no liberals in the Republican party.” There are rigid purity tests now to prevent that. Look, I know I said Romney is a moderate, but because the Party has gone so far to the Right, Romney is really a liberal. Oh damn, I just slipped and spoke the truth again.
Hmm, if Santorum endorses Gingrich, and then Gingrich endorses Romney to get his campaign debt paid off, is that a Santorum endorsement of Romney once removed?
Calista, rrrrr. Ha.
Sorry Newt....you're not only an underdog and you do have a dog face also, fat boy.
Hmmm... So, Newton was nipped by a penguin! That penguin probably recognized something that is fishy. Further proof that Newton needs to return to the mossy rocks and shade, and be quiet.
The Republican Party is directly responsible for President Obama being in office - by not providing a viable candidate to oppose him. IF the GOP decides to anoint Willard Romney, the outcome will be exactly the same, and it will mean four more years of Obama. I really fear what would happen if that were to take place. (Due to the likelihood of 4 or 5 SCOTUS judicial appointments within the next four years.)
Recently, there was a published comment about a poll that indicated 52% of voters do not like any of the Republican candidates, and, 53% of those voters said they would favor President Obama over anyone in the present GOP gaggle of presidential wannabes.
Willard Romney, religious views aside, has not had any meaningful contact with average every day people. (Latest news concerns Willard wanting to install an elevator for his cars…) Rick Santorum was far too draconian, vindictive, and sanctimonious. Newton Gingrich does not pass the ethics or morals test. Ronald Paul is not age appropriate. Add to that, all of them have the charisma of a bag of steer manure.
The Republican Party needs drop affiliation with the conservative Christians, and get serious about finding better qualified candidates.
hmmm, is he saying that the penguin was on top. /lol
I wonder why was Gingrich even climbing over the fence to pet a penguin. Did he have something else on his mind and it didn't turn out the way he had hoped.
Maybe he's looking for a way to raise money, and now he's going to sue the Zoo, then the penguin.
http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/web05/2012/3/7/16/newt-gingrich-im-the-tortoise-and-a-6872-1331156525-3.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_VsC-zJxklS4/Tc6GvfuQePI/AAAAAAAAICo/pon40Lj-KaA/callista%20gingrich.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5097/5492185682_ab530a2fcb_o.jpg
I wonder why this is such a big news story....
But Ron Paul Filling Rudd Stadium at Texas A&M isn't a big story?
Look. See the crowds. Don't believe the main stream media.
They serve thier corporate masters, not us.
LOOK at the support! Everywhere he goes. Berkely, UCLA, Chico, next weekend at the Philly Freedom Rallies. Ron Paul CAN WIN!
The Revolution will NOT be televised.
Ron Paul Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-3-WTcNqkA
wow. someone isnt sleeping! im a marine but you my friend just gave me hope even though i already know this. most people on here are naive and play farmville all day!
Gingrich bitten by a penguin?!
Poor thing's gonna need shots!!
The penguin I mean.
That's it. A man bitten by a lovable cartoon animal is not a man who can hold up his head -- and that was one big head anyway.
You think? Romney is about as conservative as Obama, so don't kid yourself, Newtie. And hopefully the penguin survives. I'm sure that was one bite it would like to have back.
As a resident of St. Louis, I am now even more proud of our zoo's penguins! LMFAO!!!
A penguin in the st.Louis zoo took a chance and bit THEGangrene......
That bird's gonna need some TUMS and a half-a-bottle of Scotch to get that stanky taste outta his beak!
Seriously though, if Newt got millions from Fannie & Freddy to be a "historian", how much are Leno, Letterman, and Stewart paying him just to be himself?
There's one thing that points to Paul supporters not losing interest: Dr. Paul continues to draw huge crowds everywhere he goes. Gingrich supports may lose interest, Santorum's dropped out, but Paul supporters understand that if you vote against your beliefs, your victory will be hollow even if your man becomes President.
first off, Derek needs to get layed!!Second, would someone in Newts family PLEEEEEEEAZE sign a mental health petition or warrent for Newt.This man is in SERIOUS need of psyciatric treatment. A moon base,Keeps talking about Ronald Reagan and the 80's,continues to run with only 1 primary won and less than 20% of the vote in all the others, his campaign is writing bad checks to a states election commitee, says CNN is less biased that FOX,the repubs hero network and yet he continues to run and actually thinks he can win. One word : PSYCOTIC
Newt just take "BIG BIRD" shut up and go home. America is sickened to death you and your new big word every week ..Your a "DUMB ASS" and you proved it to AMERICA !
The Paulites are extremely enthusiastic, but few in number. That is the reason why Ron Paul hasn't won a single state, not even the caucuses where enthusiasm is advantageous. My prediction is that he'll never come in better than 2nd, and will not be the Republican nominee. Too bad, it would be great fun to see him and the Teapublicans crash and burn in November.
Of course not, the performance would be way too odd for the TV audience. But apparently, it will be YouTubed, the Political Cult of Paul need their daily dose of bafflegab.
Hey Alil CS,
Thanks for that link, I'll add it to my collection on DVD for my friends.
It's an example of what the media isn't reporting truthfully.
Got a couple of more for ya....
Santorum's Delegates & Ron Paul; 4-10-12 Reality Check
A truthful look at what happens to the delegates and why Santorum dropping out doesn't help Willard at the convention in any way.
Next....
MSNBC - Ron Paul has won a lot of Delegates?
The Comment is right at the end and the "OH Dear" by the moderator was priceless. Interesting thoughts from the Rev Al though, seems like he really does understand the delegate process, parts of what he said seem like he wanted to say more but was holding back. I can't stand the Rev. political positions, but he's not stupid....
To address the elephant in the room... Gingrich is $4.5 million dollars in DEBT, over four months of campaigning, and he's running for the nomination of the party that claims to be fiscally conservative?
Anyone else see what's wrong with that picture?
The Greedy Obstructionist Party will spend whatever it wants to get what it wants, and debt be damned, and then they'll make the poor and middle class pay for it by dropping tax rates for the wealthy.
If that isn't a microcosm of what the RepubliCON party will do if they were to win in November, I don't know what is.
Was that Penguin from the Moon ??????????? "Kiss of death"
A "liberal conservative" is still more right-guided than a "conservative liberal". Romney is NOT as scary as what Obama has already done (and many things Obama has been a flip-flopper on, too, since in office)...
Poor Gingrich. The ONLY thing going for him is a big mouth and a sharp tongue that is always fantastic to hear in debates. But other than that, how stupid are you, man? Millions of dollars in debt, coming in 3rd or 4th in all these primaries, and you still can't see the writing on the wall?
Evil. Your logic fails. Obama and company have no deficit in his campaign, but has increased the national deficit by more than "W" & company did in 8 years.
Campaign finances clearly has no relationship to the reality of governing.
Filling stadiums is nice, but what counts is who turns out at the polls. 90% of the Republican party understands that whole of his policies, (although some are quite good) are not acceptable.
DB,
I wonder what happens to all the party aparatchiks when Mitts doesn't win on the first ballot?
And one more thing, why is it we do not see video's of Mitts filling stadiums and lecture halls since he's the second coming? The last video we saw of Mitts in a stadium during a campaign stop, it looked pretty empty...
Wow an article on MSN that they allow comments on?
And did you notice that the articles that you can't comment on are those that don't support the MSNBC agenda? For example, I would have liked to have commented on the TARP article which clearly refutes the left-wing propaganda regarding the role of banks as not only the cause but direct beneficiaries of the housing meltdown. The left has effectively redirected the public's attention from the root cause of the problem which was the Community Reinvestment Act, a piece of legislation that forced the banks to assume the high-risk housing loans in the first place.
SI
Of course he has because he has the best healthcare money can buy. At our expense, mind you. It's the rest of us he's trying to keep from getting even the most basic kind of healthcare.
Even the penguins smelled something fishy about Newt.
"Everyone KNOWS what hangs under Dogs". That would explain his attitude and his "hung-dog" expressions.
I just want the video footage please MSNBC? Give us an early Christmas present. Sorry whether I liked a candidate or not I think I would find it funny.
Seattle Indie, I saw that TARP article too....
What really struck me was the source was an "anonymous treasury official".
So we're all supposed to believe that TARP made the taxpayers money, because an "anonymous treasury official" "estimates" that we eventually will.
Sadly, the low information voters will just lap that up.
Egilman thanks I'll check that out.
And if you're in Mass, remember, the caucus is April 28th!
(that's when we actually elect the delegates that the mainstream media told you are Romney supporters)
Ron Paul Revolution
Reject Tryranny. Embrace Liberty!
And BRING THE GODDAMMED TROOPS HOME NOW!!!!
Alil:
Maybe it's me who's confused here, but when I read the article I believed that the "anonymous senior Treasury official" was being quoted and that the actual Treasury report was official. In either case, they are both posted here on the official Treasury website:
http://www.treasury.gov/connect/blog/Pages/financial-crisis-response-in-charts.aspx
If the Treasury is feeding we "low information voters" incorrect information (as if that would be a surprise), shame on them.
SI
Maybe it's me who's confused here...
You're not confused, there is an official report. If I had to guess, I'd say that the "anonymous senior Treasury official" is none other than Timothy Geithner. Given the depth of his involvement in TARP, he would want to remain behind the scenes. He wouldn't want the report to appear biased, which it probably is.
Newt's claim about being the underdog does not make any sense. The underdog is the one gettin' bucked alla the time, so the underdog is always the buckee. This is a case of who is the buckee and who is the buckor? And up until now Newt's always been the buckor: livin' high on the hog, gettin laid regular and so on, all with someone else's money.
And once again, everyone seems to be missing a much larger and more upsetting issue-while Americans are losing their jobs, homes, life savings....can't educate their children, or feed their families-these mind boggling sums of money are being spent on campaigning.
Kudos to the penguin...I hope he/she survives the encounter.
I haven't heard...has Newt tried to blame this on some "vast" left-wing, elitist, media-induced, Kenyan anti-colonialist world view, or Washington beltway political plot or can he understand that perhaps the penguin just didn't like his looks?
Perhaps Newt tried to sell it one of his bogus "Entrepreneurs of the Year" awards or could be that he solicited a few of the penguins mackerel for his Business Defense and Advisory Council.
Got to hand it to the penguin...he/she is a very astute judge of character.
The penguin is supposed to survive the encounter, but he is expected to have a really bad taste in his mouth for quite some time.
Sailcat,
OMG - do I have a zinger for that... however, I will bite my tongue for a change! ☺
Yeah, they're your next door neighbors in the zoo, Feisty.
Wow, your moniker is actually "Hate Feisty"? How sad for you.
The right wing lunatic fringe is a pretty twisted bunch, Bob.
2 heads of the same beast.
While I may not always agree with all Feisty says (or at least how she sometimes says it), it seems to me that someone who goes so far as you ... really needs a life.
You sure got that right, Sailcat! lol
I do tend to attract the 'cream of the GNOP crop'... ☺
It's a fact that strong, intelligent women intimidate weak men, Feisty. That is a large part of the reason why certain men on this site who harbor dark, hateful political ideologies find themselves threatened by you. It must be a curse as well as a blessing, young lady.
HateFeisty?
Feisty and I don't normally appear in the same circles, mainly because I eschew political diatribe. However, despite her one-track take on things political, she is at least forthright and consistent in her postings, which is uncommon here. I appreciate that.
Sailcat and Feisty, hope your day is going well. Ever notice how a lot of these nasty right winger men hate women especially when we consistently voice our opinions that differ from theirs, they really are threatened. Wonder why that is?
I'm telling you, Gingerbread Mamma, it's strong, intelligent women that scares the daylights out of these guys. Watch how they react when you outsmart them in an argument. They cry like babies.
Gingerbread Mamma & Sailcat,
Excellent observations! I think the fact conservative men are unable to morph liberal women into a "Stepford Wife" has something to do with it...
They don't care much having the ladies in their lives think for themselves.
Beth & DenverBill,
I appreciate the kind words!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend! ☺
Feisty - call treyvon's mom and find out how to trademark a name - at least your fan base would have to pay a cover
I rest my case.
Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
One should not hate.
Sailcat- So using your logic, I guess people that make fun of Sarah Palin are "weak men". I also hear Liberals making fun of Mrs.Romney and Mrs.Bush. So since Liberals make fun of Conservative women, conservative women are "intelligent women" according to your statements.
Sarah is not particularly strong and she is in no sense of the word intelligent, Random. Fail.
Sailcat- If you think Sarah isn't intelligent, then I don't think Mrs.Obama is intelligent. Oh, you don't like it when I say that? Well, I don't like it when you call Palin unintelligent.
Sarah said that Paul Revere wanted the British to know he was on his midnight ride. If that sounds smart to you, then I have no respect for your opinions on anything else.
Fail again, Random.
Sailcat,
Don’t forget that Ms. Palin also thought Africa was a country.
And attended how many Universities to squeak out a Bachelor's in journalism in 6 years.
Couldn't name a single newspaper/magazine she reads either. "Moose-Hunters Monthly" does not count!
She's a real scholar that Sarah is...
Sailcat- Hillary Clinton said ""We have a lot of kids who don't know what works means. They think work is a four-letter word."
Smart women, isn't she?
@Random Ignorance: Smarter than you, it seems. Hillary would be a smart "woman", since she's not more than one, which you used (women).
What's that saying about 'imitation being the purest form of flattery"?
Feisty, Gingerbread and Sailcat - Too funny...I can't believe that these nuts don't think that Newt getting bit by a penguin is as funny as we do. Feisty - Love you girl!
Don't forget, her foreign policy experience was "seeing Russia from her front porch"! LOL
I don't think community college counts as a "university." I'm also not sure "sports Journalism" is actually journalism.
How old are you?
Just quit while you're way behind.
You managed to refer to Hillary as both a plural and a singular person in just four words.
Here's your sign.
Mrs. Obama has a law degree from a highly reputable University. Sarah Palin can only be admitted in a reputable university as a cleaning lady.
To "Random's" Mom:
It is time for you to get him off the computer. He is confusing Palin for someone who is intelligent. The truth is is that Palin has a publicist and an agent who make a mint every time she says something stupid, which, by even the most conservative accounting, makes these people multi-millionaires in their own right.
Palin is a gold mine to these people every time they trot her out to auditoriums full of drooling right wing morons that feed on the red meat she tosses at the dupes at her "fleece the idiots" rallies.
She tries to come off as grass roots while traveling in a Gulfstream jet, sipping mimosas and flipping the bird at the knuckleheads out the plane window. What a laugh.
I love this dialogue. By the way, the right wingers are losing, just like they will in November.
Geezez! Don't you know when your ass is handed to you Random Pennsylvanian? And that avatar is a bullseye on a target. Of course, that's probably the only attention you get.
Wow...you're not kidding, are you? Wow. Just wow.
The phrase "four-letter word" is a figure of speech used as a euphemism for "curse word" or "swear word". There's nothing faulty about Secretary Clinton's phrasing. Nice try though.
Actually, scratch that. It wasn't a nice try at all. I'm actually a little embarrassed for you right now.
Yea, you know where a women's place is, so get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans, Feisty.
KimH - Thanks girl! Right back atcha!
Tony,
LOL - I'm more like; I bring home the bacon & fry it up in a pan kinda girl! ;o)
and i'm sure those pants fit just fine, girlfriend. Rock on!!
Hope they take that poor penguin in for rabies shots...
I heard they had to rush the poor penguin to the emergency care center. Was diagnosed with some sort of viral infection, I think the name of the disease was gofartamos caused by biting someone over loaded with BSNonSensamos. Normally found only in old worn out corrupt politicians. The prognoses for recovery is not good.
Do they make vaccines for STDs?
Hard to imagine that Calypso didn't throw her body at the charging penguin to protect her sugar daddy. She must have been using one of those spring loaded leash holders used to let dogs run out while still on leash.
When will Newt learn to keep his fingers out of politics and a penquin's mouth. I feel bad for the abuse of the penquin and the American public. Newt is an old dirty dog.....His poor wife ,when you lie down with dogs you wake up with fleas.
The hell with Newt, is the Penguin OK ???
Come the next full moon Newt will become a were-penguin. Or the penguin will become a were-Newt. I forget how that works with politicians.
And that was the date that Penguins were banned from the moon colony...
Someone said that Newt called the penguin a dirty little rocksucker or sumthin like that!
Irony at its finest!
Mr. Balancedbudgets is in debt.
Love this
Ha! Another Republican fighting a lost war on borrowed money.
When will they learn?
Well THAT was a thousand pound HAMMER disguised as a 9 word sentence
nice work NIRTO
you ought to use that brain more often
don't cha think
or don't cha...?
The tea retards that supported Santorum said Risky Ricky is on a suicide watch !
Support Newt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kj8ux9CSK4
Umm... No.
If the people didn't support him during the primary process, why in the world should anyone support Gingrich now?
I heard that Newt was trying to lift the Penguins wallet and got caught.
If the people didn't support him during the primary process, why in the world should anyone support Gingrich now?
To draw out the primary process even further. Gingrich 2012! ;)
I think that's a link to a foundation garment commercial...
I would only support Newt for the length of time that it would take for the noose to be put around his neck.
No way. Newt is an idiot (can't possibly balance the budget when he's broke), Santorum is dangerously delusional (religious law), and Romney's a corporate puppet (main goal is to ensure that the 1% can prosper). Paul's the only viable candidate this year.
I agree, Santorum has a dangerous mind !
umm, there is already one in place. We're thinking of keeping him there for 4 more.
Shut up Grinch. You're an embarrassment to whatever species you are.
Wonder if the penguin's name was Opus? (Bloom County fans will remember Opus and Bill the Cat).
Ack!
Thpppt!
Steve Dallas will be rushing after the ambulance.
Seriously, after this, can the Joker, the Riddler or Catwoman be to far behind?
"It was dead when I found it."
I miss Opus. Remember what they said a statesman was and how we needed more of them?
Jake in Chicago--Bloom County Forever!
Bloom County is one of my favs! Remember Bill the Cat's song "U Stink but I love U"? I miss that crazy cast of characters.
Hooray Billy and the Boingers! Opus played the electric tuba.
Only real conservative left is Ron Paul. Only one with a chance against Obama is Ron Paul. The only one who fights for American individual rights... you guessed it Ron Paul. Don't get all your news from the big corporations folks or you might never see the elephant standing in the room ;)
If Ron Paul was to represent a third Party... not the GOP, something along the lines of the Constitution Party, he would be a great leader for the people.
Right now our choice is which one of the two wings on the same bird of prey do we choose... the Democrat or Republican?
Exactly why Ron Paul is still in the GOP race and exactly why I am voting for him in the California primary, because if I am just going to "throw my vote away" on a lesser evil I am just perpetuating the problem. I am voting my conscious, not someone with a mysterious or unethical past, or someone who can't give a straight answer.
Derek - What's so mysterious about growing up in Hawaii, attending college, graduating, running for state office and then national office? And what's with the unenthical? Exactly what has Obama ever done that's unethical? They guy is of solid moral character.
Look it's your right to vote for Paul, heck I once would have loved to have lived in the 1700's too, but quit with the Mysterious Birther BS....only make you look stupid.
Derek-908696
amen to your last post. I was a democrat I switched parties to vote for Ron Paul in the calif. primaries. I'm not throwing my vote away either like THE MAJORITY OF THE REPUBLICAN CITIZENS ARE!
Ted, likes see how that works out for you, voting for Ron Paul. The guy has 29 delegates, and needs 1144, hasn't won a state, hasn't gotten close...you gotta love the Ron Paul supporters, all 2% of ttotal population that might vote for him.
And you want to sell me a bridge...pretty funny,
You do know that Ron Paul signed the person-hood pledge that vows to overturn Roe v Wade and make many forms of contraception illegal? That seems a strange pledge for someone who claims to believe in American individual rights and then goes against himself by pledging to take rights away from women. I guess he for your individual rights only if you are a man?
I haven't checked but my guess is that he voted for the Ryan Budget to end medicare and food for the poor children and any shred of safety net we might have left.
Ron Paul would be good for America only if you dream of America becoming a third world country where only the rich have clean food and water. Where only the rich get a good education. Where only the rich have good health care. The rich get bailed out when they crash the country, the poor get blamed and get nothing.
VOTE FOR WOMEN'S FREEDOM.....VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
You are a very stupid individual!
Hey AF,
See your still running your spreader throwing that tripe around I see.
If you all take what the media "Estimates" Willard's delegate totals to be as truth, you all are sadly misinformed...
But then again your democrats, the media never has it wrong....
;-0)
Derek,
You are aware that mitts was overheard acknowledging that he doesn't have the delegates to win on the first ballot? Also he was stating that the party has to find a way to prevent a second ballot....
Interesting times are afoot....
I think Derek meant Gingrich--he was kicked out for ethical violations, remember?
Nothing humorous about the death of a Nation!
When will government workers realise that their employer (the United States Federal Government) uses deception, theft, and violence to remain in control...when their pensions are confiscated, their salaries reduced to non-livable wages, their jobs no longer exist, their dollar is worth 3.8 cents, or when they are invited to stay at a FEMA camp for an indeterminent length of time?
Wake up guys! Don't feel so untouchable! Cannibalism will become the in thing! Even at the top of the food chain...
Agreed Domingo, that is why I am dead serious on backing Ron Paul, the only politician with the foresight and honesty to give the American people a heads up... if they would only listen.
@Derek,
Oh, we've listened, all right. The thing is, most of us have not liked what we have heard and prefer to move forward instead of back to the 19th Century.
Keep believing that inflation is good, money backed and created out of thin air is good, the loss of individual rights is good, taxation without representation is good (majority of people are tired of war). Just don't say no one ever said anything.
Ron Paul 2012
Bali Bob "Oh, we've listened, all right. The thing is, most of us have not liked what we have heard and prefer to move forward instead of back to the 19th Century."
You and all of the rest of us are already moving in that direction You just can't see that it's coming.
Don-2316123
If you think that Obama is of good solid moral character I have a bridge in havasu that i will sell you and all of the parts are numbered.
Derek - First of all, there hasn't been any inflation. Second, Paul's monetary policy is the scariest thing about him, The Fed while you might not have liked it has kept the second great depression at bay. He'd take us back to the 1700's, and I don't say this lighty, my background is the economy. And where do you come up with Taxation without representation? We elect congress to represent us, hence, representation. About the only thing I agree with Paul is his stance on the war, but even he takes it to such an extreme, he's to scary to comtemplate.
I've listened to him, he's much about nothing....he's been a bad congressman, he'd make one of the worst presidents in history. You realize he couldn't get any of his policies enacted, you know that don't you....none....hasn't had a bill he's authored ever get through, and he's never offered one.
Ted - Name his moral failings? I'm interested... not sell me a bridge you don't have, but a specific moral failing, like Newt's affairs, Cains transgressions...name them....
Maybe how he's a family man, maybe that is his moral failings.
Maybe his Christian upbringing, and how he lives what he believes in.....
Name them Ted...
DON his moral failings are to long to list and here some of them
This was written by Sherry Hackett, Buddy Hackett’s widow……..
“WE NOTICED”
President Obama:
Today I read of your administrations’ plan to re-define September 11 as a National Service Day. Sir, it’s time we had a talk………
During your campaign, Americans watched as you made mockery of our tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance was spoken. You, out of four ...people on the stage, were the only one not honoring our tradition.
YES, “We noticed.”
During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you intended to visit all 57 states.
We all know that Islam, not America has 57 states.
YES, “We noticed.”
When President Bush leaned over at Ground Zero and gently placed a flower on the memorial, while you nonchalantly tossed your flower onto the pile without leaning over.
YES, “We noticed.”
Every time you apologized to other countries for America’s position on an issue we have wondered why you don’t share our pride in this great country. When you have heard foreign leaders berate our country and our beliefs, you have not defended us. In fact, you insulted the British Crown beyond belief.
YES, “We noticed.”
When your pastor of 20 years, “God-damned America ” and said that 9/11 was ” America ‘s chickens coming home to roost” and you denied having heard recriminations of that nature, we wondered how that could be. You later disassociated yourself from that church and Pastor Wright because it was politically expedient to do so.
YES, “We noticed.”
When you announced that you would transform America , we wondered why. With all her faults, America is the greatest country on earth. Sir, KEEP THIS IN MIND, “if not for America and the people who built her, you wouldn’t be sitting in the White House now.” Prior to your election to the highest office in this Country, you were a senator from Illinois and from what we can glean from the records available, not a very remarkable one.
YES, “We noticed.”
All through your campaign and even now, you have surrounded yourself with individuals who are basically unqualified for the positions for which you appointed them. Worse than that, the majority of them are people who, like you, bear no special allegiance, respect, or affection for this country and her traditions.
YES, “We noticed.”
You are 9 months into your term and eve ry morning millions of Americans wake up to a new horror heaped on us by you. You seek to saddle working Americans with a health care- insurance reform package that, along with cap and trade, will bankrupt this nation.
YES, “We noticed.”
We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that we are not in favor of these crippling expenditures and we are labeled “un-American”,”racist”, “mob”. We wonder how we are supposed to let you know how frustrated we are. You have attempted to make our protests seem isolated and insignificant. Until your appointment, Americans had the right to speak out.
YES, “We noticed.”
On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats, only Americans. And we all grieved together and helped each other in whatever way we could. The attack on 9/11 was carried out because we are Americans.
And YES, “We noticed.”
There were many of us who prayed that as a black president you could help unite this nation. In six months you have done more to destroy this nation than the attack on 9/11.
You have failed us.
YES, “We noticed.”
September 11 is a day of remembrance for all Americans. You propose to make 9/11 a “National Service Day”. While we know that you don’t share our reverence for 9/11, we pray that history will report your proposal as what it is…a disgrace.
YES, “We noticed.”
You have made a mockery of our Constitution and the office that you hold. You have embarrassed and slighted us in foreign visits and policy.
YES, “We noticed..”
We have noticed all these things. We will deal with you. When Americans come together again, it will be to remove you from office.
Take notice.
Ted - Buddy Hackett's widow is your proof. All this is total BS, but let's take the first two
During your campaign, Americans watched as you made mockery of our tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance was spoken. You, out of four ...people on the stage, were the only one not honoring our tradition.
So, this is a moral failing, standing in silence while the Pledge of Allegiance was spoken. His moral failing is not placing his hand over his heart? Thats one of his moral failings? You've got to be kidding me. Newt Gingrich has two affairs, and Obama didn't place his hand over his heart while the Pledge of Allegiance was spoken. I don't don't place my hand over my heart either, I stand silently and look at the flag. I had no idea, that act was a moral failing on my part.
During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you intended to visit all 57 states.
We all know that Islam, not America has 57 states.
Ted, do we need to even address this one. Exactly which 57 states are Muslim? And we all know that, well if we do Ted, name them. Total BS...
I said provide proof of moral failings, not dribble...and don't quote Daffy Duck while doing it, Buddy Hackett's widow... I'm mean seriously....
How about the next one.
When President Bush leaned over at Ground Zero and gently placed a flower on the memorial, while you nonchalantly tossed your flower onto the pile without leaning over.
I didn't observe this or remember how he tossed a flower, but you want me to believe his moral failing is not leaning over? I mean seriously, you've got something better than this.
This whole article is BS wrapped in BS. You should be ashamed of yourself for distributing it.
I want just one, real moral failing on President Obama's behalf, just one real, logical moral failing. And I'll tell you, you don't have one.... he didn't bend over when he tossed the flower on the memorial.. Come on Ted..
Uh, ted patrick, this was not written by Sherry Hackett. She died in 2007. It is also against the Newsvine code of honor to post viral emails and to copy and paste articles without block quoting or providing a proper link or attribution. You're beginning to look like a comment spammer-another COH violation. Oh, and Sherry Hackett was a Democrat. ;-
Ted:
"I noticed":
Your post is so ridiculous as to be unworthy of serious ridicule.
"I noticed":
You're not bringing anything significant to the posts here.
"I noticed":
That the right wing engages in racism so casually, you don't even recognize it anymore. "Barack the Magic Negro" ring any bells?
"I noticed":
You sure are against things, but have no positive policies to move the country forward.
"I noticed":
When in the heck did Buddy Hackett's widow become the arbiter of anything, except how much she enabled her husband's alcoholism?
"I noticed":
The quality of your post is one of the stupidest chain mail affairs since, I don't know, maybe, you can be a Nigerian prince for only $10,000.
That's what "I noticed" about this very, very lame post.
Did I mention lame?
Ted - And now I find out it's not even someone as creditable as Buddy Hackett's widow.
Ted, you are begining to make me think your are living proof our education system failed us.
Soylent Green...coming toa shelf near you.
Ted Henry-
It's a case of mis attribution
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/wenoticed.asp
The woman who did write it does not seem all that flustered by the mix up.
And some of you people? Need to get lives. Whether it was written by the widow of a comedian, or some one else, it represents the observations and feelings of someone not a member of the cult of Obama.
It's a lot more cogent and coherent than most of your rants about republicans.
Just stay away from the vegetarians; they are hard to catch and kind of stringy.
Jake in Chicago
Alas! The plight of the Lemmings....
Now is the time to unite. Mr. Gringrih seems to have the biggest self serving ego I have ever. He claims he wants to get his conservative message out; if he really did he would get out and help get evangelicals to unite behind Mitt Romney. If these people would just listen to what Mitt says, instead of acting so high and mighty, they would see stands for the constitution, the bill of rights, pro-life, family, freedom, the second amendment and other conservative values just like they do. We have to have a solid united front to get the white house back and the senate. Please Mr. Gingrich stop this in fighting, it only serves the other side.
country guy
Please help us find where abortion is banned in the constitution. The Supreme Court could not find it.
Personally I stand for the constitution, the bill of rights, family, personal freedom, fiscal responsibility and fair taxation. I stand for elected representatives who serve their constituents, not a lobbyist with a BS pledge to do what he wants them to do regardless of the rational fiscal needs of the US economy.
Nope, Mitts does not reflect my values, and I don't think I am some kind of liberal fruitcake.
Keep on keeping on Newtster!!! Got the rwnj's shorts in a tight bunch!! Loving it!!! Hahahaha
I don't know, but this guy just doesn't seem to get it that he's not as smart or lovable as he thinks he is. The longer he stays, the more foolish he looks.
The Obama drones need to stop watching MSNBC looking for their missing Daddies on those prison shows. It has warped their brains
Kendra, the people in the cornfield are calling for you.
You look like a young adult....did your parents teach you that nonsense?
kendra----really stupid comment
How old are you?
So, Kendra, you're familiar with the prison shows!
Kendra, sounds more like she is speaking from real life experiences... ain't that right sugar? ;o)
Signed,
A PROUD Obama Drone!
Sure 'nough, Feisty!
signed:
From one Obama Drone to Another.
Me, too! Another Proud Obama Drone! ;-)
(Raising hand) Obama Drone here...............................
Yup! Obama supporter right here! When Kendra matures a little bit, she'll understand.
Doggone it Obama Drones STOP feeding the ignorance. :)
The registered independant daughter of 2 Obama Drones.. neither of who have EVER been to prison, and both are employed tax payors who have NEVER spent a day on welfare. GASP ! Say it isn't so!
"...neither of who have EVER been to prison..."
That would be whom and I would not expect your parents to brag about it, either...
By the time kendra is old enough to know about sex & want contraception
then she'll find out about that Stainless Steel Plunger the "R's" call a " prerequisite "
and where they plan on shoving it ..... another Liberal in the making .
..pictures of your who-ha for Republican White Male Eyes Only !
Please Mr. Grinrich, it really is time for you to get out of the race. You say you want to promote conservative values, than help unite the evangelicals see that Mitt Romney stands for the constitution, the bill of rights, pro-life, family, the second amendment, and other conservative causes they believe in. It will take a united front to get the white house back and right now you and Rick can really do a lot to bring this about. This country stands for freedom. Not government bondage, which is where we are headed now; of we do not get this Obama out with this election.
What should we give Mitt Romney on the sixth anniversary of the individual mandate in the healthcare program he helped design and sign into law in MA? Should we give him the Presidency because he campaigns against "Obamacare, " which was based on "Romneycare?" What would be the point of changing Presidents? There is no conservative running for President, just Romney and Obama.
PS President Obama also believes in the 2nd amendment. .
country guy, Time to brush up on English.
Funny how all these hillbillies have such hatred for anyone who speaks English as a second language, when they cannot even speak it as their own First and ONLY language!
country guy
Help us understand the bondage in which the current POTUS is planning to enslave us. I suppose you have heard the phrase from Rush Limpbah, Hammity, or the teary guy. That's fine, but if you are going to repeat something you should be prepared to provide details.
This just in...critically ill penguin rushed to hospital with severe case of conservatitis. Symptoms included, irrational fear of any different penguins, incessant clamoring for tax cuts, squawking for Tiffany's instead of fish and severe lurching in a rightward direction.
Ron Paul rushed to the scene with knife, fork and recipe for penguin pie. Paul was quoted as saying, "Try it, it tastes frugal. Just like in the nineteenth century, you know, where I'm from."
Veterinarians believe penguin may make full recovery if isolated from further right wing contamination.
Romney needs to step down because Michele Bachmann still thinks she's Leading.
Now what this about Gingrich being unfaithful to a Penguin?
despite being registered and long standing at that, i had to start a whole new process just to respond here and by the time i did, i just dont give a rip about newsvine anymore. Msnbc is more and more jus laying down for facebook and the page works more and more poorly. Less and less content is commentable at all or simply facebook. Screw msnbc and screw newsvine.
Huh?,,,, Screw msnbc & newsvine? Wouldn't that be like having sex with magazines?
Fox News has a real hottie.... Judith Miller, the tool Cheney & Scooter used to salt the media with false intelligence to take our nation to war
tagjusttagyoustupidbot, I don't know why you're having so much trouble signing on if you have been a registered member for a long time. Sounds like you need to delete your browsing history, update and maybe do a defrag and scan. What longstanding user name were you registered under?
Oh, and you can "uncheck" the facebook box when you sign on if you want.
Random Pennsylvanian - Paling is media savvy but appallingly stupid. Sorry you don't care for that. It's not related to her being a female, it's related to her being stupid.
I'm not sure which Mrs. Bush is being commented on. If we're talking Mrs. George W. Bush, I don't think she's stupid. I rather like her. Her husband is a nasty combination of a zealot and stupid. Him I don't like. His VP is a very intelligent man. Him, I despise.
Grow up on the woman thing. Get over yourself. Stupid people come in all shapes and sizes. And genders. Who know, you might be stupid as well. I'm not going to base an opinion on a couple of dumb statements on a blog....
Gingrich still thinks the Titanic is Unsinkable and that the World is Flat...
I really, really miss Palin and Bachmann.
I never had more Laughs in my life!
Romney is just a boring stuffed shirt left of center Mormon.
Speaking of Mormons, every time they come knocking on my door on early Sunday Mornings, I tell them I am a non practicing Catholic and that my Hamster is having a litter right now and then I direct them over to my Neighbors. I don't tell them that they are Jehovah Witnesses with Serious Attitudes...
what a joke that any of you think romney stands for the bill of rights when he supports the ndaa...RON PAUL 2012!!!!
Ron Paul supports taking rights away from women. He thinks that women should be second class citizens with men in charge of her reproductive rights like a slave.
Yes Ron Paul also signed the person-hood pledge the republicans are pushing this year. In the republican scenario the egg has more rights that the mother. Of course a miscarriage is a murder investigation because a person not an egg just died.
Unlike the stand your ground laws where all killings don't lead to a murder investigation. I guess I don't understand the desperation to have all eggs born just to be denied even food for the hungry children.
Just how does forcing me to carry a child beget by rape or any other way going to get you to heaven? If God gave us free will, why are you trying to take mine away.
Why do you care about the unborn and don't care the second they are born? How does it switch in your brain that something that is so valuable and so precious is suddenly worthless the moment it is born? Then just like in the Ryan budget you feel good about letting that child starve without food just so you can give more tax cuts to Romney and his rich friends.
Then you say I am for Ron Paul and he is for freedom, except that he is not or he would not have ever signed the person-hood pledge.
VOTE FOR WOMEN'S FREEDOM..VOTE A SEA OF BLUE FOR CONGRESS..VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Americans First --- even if your hyperboles like "Ron Paul supports taking rights away from women." were true...
You say you support Obama but that would me you are looking past his signing of NDAA which includes indefinite detention of American citizens.
How about his failure to follow through on closing of Guantanamo?
How about his authorization to kill an American citizen abroad if they are deemed "terrorists" (without any kind of trial mind you)?
How about his failure to follow through on ending DEA drug raids on medical marijuana dispensaries in CA?
How can you put a higher priority on abortion rights but not rights of american citizens?
I actually support Pro-Choice, but if you seriously think that is the biggest issue in the US today, so much so that your presidential choice is based solely on support of abortion, I am worried.
you sheople that believe the delegate count the media reports are nothing more than decieved and punked...Ron Paul is not going away, he's the only one with a backbone who defends our liberty, peace, money, and future
Wow, this mans ego has no bounds does it? If anyone has reach a point where it's time to say "goodbye" Gingrich has reached his long ago. Even Santorum who was leagues ahead of Gingrich has left the race knowing the writing is on the wall. Gingrich is nothing more than an egotistical idiot who doesn't know when to leave.
Mr. Gingrich is a career Sleaze who will do anything for money, and money is why he wants to be President. For this egomaniac to try currying sympathy for his loser status is such a joke. He is so in love with himself, he can't get even a rudimentary grasp on reality.
Someone told him the more chapters in his book, the more it will sell for.
Newtie, in what meaningful way is your candidacy still standing? Obstinacy and ego are not synonyms for viability. The guy sounds like Monty Python's Black Knight, "Only a flesh wound!" Monty Python is funny; Gincrich is increasingly sad and delusional.
Even Penguins got Eye of Newt Greengrinch figured out. I feel sorry for the poor penguin. It probably left a real bad taste in it's mouth.
Maybe Newt wrote a bad check for a donation to the zoo.
He's not serious...is he? My God, when Penguins bite you, there's SERIOUSLY something WRONG!