How Newt Gingrich destroyed Rick Perry’s political career

The Hill ^ | 04/27/12 10:08 AM ET | Bernie Quigley

[Josh Painter]

I'll be glad to see Gingrich go. He has never done anything to advance our American condition except to inspire bile and national hostility and divisiveness. He sees all disagreement as war. His life in politics has been a shadow of Civil War regional hostility advanced to other strategies. To paraphrase Clausewitz: To Gingrich, politics is war by other means.

He has brought a mini-dark age to conservatism. When Gingrich first brought his childish shutdown stunt to Congress, it brought new relevance to militias. Advancing Alabama Gov. George Wallace’s initiative, Gingrich helped turn aspects of Christian religion into a hostile political movement (an abomination to the Christ). He has turned the Tea Party into a boorish hoot that has lost all perspective. But worst of all, he destroyed the political career of Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

The Gingrich war on everything was a naïve political fashion founded in the heady disco days of leisure suits and white patent leather belts and shoes. Today Mike Huckabee, a nicer and better man who should know better, announces in an email that the “abortion wars” are heating up. Part of Gingrich’s “culture wars,” no doubt, or the “war on women.” Not surprisingly, these men have never been to war. Those with substantive contention like Ron Paul have a better way of expressing themselves.

But unless Mitt Romney, who does know better, picks Rick Perry as vice president, Gingrich’s final legacy will be that he destroyed the political career of Rick Perry...

[dps.inspect]

Big time... you can’t stand on the stage for thirty seconds with your mouth agape, drooling like Patrick from SpongeBob, and expect people to want to jump on your band wagon.

[Joe 6-pack]

I would have liked a “Rick/Rick” ticket.

[Servant of the Cross]

I don’t even know where to start to show how wrong this rant is...so I won’t.

Agreed. Completely clueless. Not sure what prompted it. Even Gov. Perry obviously disagrees.

[Servant of the Cross]

this author thinks Gingrich is the source of all the bile ... where Newt was demonstrably the VERY LAST CANDIDATE to attack other Republicans ...

Yep. The analysis could not be more wrong. And for the record, Bachmann was demonstrably first.

[C. Edmund Wright]

Yep. The analysis could not be more wrong. And for the record, Bachmann was demonstrably first.

Bachmann was indeed first, along with Pawlenty - who dropped out quickly when his attacks on Bachmann backfired. (anyone remember Pawlenty's aborted campaign?) The real avalanche was the entire field of six against Newt in Iowa when Newt threatened to lap the field. Newt was absolutely the very last to start the attacks.

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He has brought a mini-dark age to conservatism. When Gingrich first brought his childish shutdown stunt to Congress, it brought new relevance to militias. Advancing Alabama Gov. George Wallace’s initiative, Gingrich helped turn aspects of Christian religion into a hostile political movement (an abomination to the Christ). He has turned the Tea Party into a boorish hoot that has lost all perspective. But worst of all, he destroyed the political career of Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

In what universe did these things happen?If I got this novel's title I might browse to find out if it was worth buying.

If Romney doesn't call off his rabid dogs, he may find himself finishing in second place in a landslide general in November.

Admittedly this is a silly and offensive article, but do you really think Romney ordered it or has any control over what some idiot blogger writes?

With Gingrich pretty much out of the race and Romney waiting for endorsements from Newt and his supporters, what possible incentive would Mitt have for encouraging stuff like this?

If you've spent any time at all on line, haven't you seen how wannabes pile on long after their contributions do any good to the cause they profess to support?

If I told Newt that posting these articles doesn't do anyone any good, would that stop you?

[A Navy Vet]

Don’t you have a bus to catch to the latest commie OWS gathering? Or are you just waiting for the Check Cash place open to get your “obama stash”?

[A Navy Vet]

"Ohh man... you guys make my day..."

Rainbows are pretty.

[A Navy Vet]

"It's a story as old as the hills...sore losers find a scapegoat to exonerate themselves from their own failures and inadequacies."

Yup. Obama is a classic example of such childish behavior. He did it too, Mommy.

[dps.inspect]

Hey Navy Vet, all else aside, thanks for your service- God Bless Dude...

[jocon307]

Yes, really, I don’t see WHAT Gingrich has/had to do with Perry’s extremely poor showing.

Maybe we could blame Bachmann a little bit.

But this article is almost incoherent. I can’t believe it was published in “The Hill”, it sounds like some opus or something from here or elsewhere.

Hey, I sound a little incoherent myself, don’t I?

[grey_whiskers]

OP is Political cheesecake for you.

Cheers!

[RitaOK]

Couldn’t have said it better myself. You take the words out of my mouth.

Come on, TEXAS. CRUZ ‘12