Friday, May 20, 2011

Newt Gingrich Attempts to Salvage His Campaign

Newt! NEXT! Image from Think Progress
Ever take a shower, get dressed, and then do something--drool toothpaste down your shirt, drop a sausage link on your pants--that makes it all feel like it was for nothing? That must've been what it felt like for Newt Gingrich to announce his candidacy for the 2012 presidential election, and then promptly step in political doo-doo.  Not that he was ever particularly viable to begin with mind you. And who was the genius who made his official logo "NEWT 2012"? Among Gingrich's many liabilities is his ridiculous first name. I know that Hillary Clinton went with "Hillary" on her signs, but "NEWT?" I think "Newt", and I think of Aliens: "They mostly come out at night. . .mostly."

Anyway, after Newtie's little flub, dissing Paul Ryan's "kill Medicare" plan, he's trying really hard to backpedal his way out of a political quagmire.  And Newt spent enough time in the FOX "News" alternate reality machine to think that anything he says will erase anything he said previously. But a man with so many negatives has very little leeway. Newt's toast.

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Gingrich Tells Limbaugh That His Phrase ‘Right-Wing Social Engineering’ Was Not A Reference To Ryan Plan



All week, Newt Gingrich has been mired in controversy for his statement on Meet the Press that Paul Ryan’s budget plan, embraced by virtually the entire House Republican caucus, was “right-wing social engineering.” Gingrich’s answer was in direct response to a question about whether or not he supported the central component of the Ryan plan. . .
 
Read more at: Think Progress

1 comment:

  1. It's good that Paul Ryan is still attacking Gingrich. It's a sign of the times that there are internecin¬e battles within the GOP, even as far as the candidates are concerned. This is an example of standing aside as they slash each other. They might not defeat one another, yet the time consumed, the money used, the political capital wasted and the spectacle created are all victories for the Democrats in the country.

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