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Gingrich announces he's running for president
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier ^ | May 9, 2011 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/09/2011 6:14:37 PM PDT by xjcsa

ATLANTA (AP) --- Newt Gingrich, the House speaker who led a national GOP resurgence in the 1990s before facing ethics questions and resigning, is running for president.

Gingrich's announcement, made on social networking websites Monday, came after months of public flirting with a bid. He enters a slow-to-form GOP presidential field that has left some Republicans craving more options as they search for a nominee strong enough to credibly challenge President Barack Obama.

The former Georgia congressman, well-known to most Republicans, brings to the race a years-in-the-making political machine with ties to early nominating states as well as a network of supporters and donors. But his personal baggage --- he's acknowledged marital infidelity and has had two divorces --- could hinder his chances of winning the party's presidential nomination more than a decade after leaving the House.

Still, he spoke confidently of wide support.

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I hope both EX-WIVES gang up and stab him in the back...

what is Sarah Palin waiting for????????????
come on girl...get with it...

181 posted on 05/09/2011 10:25:07 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: fwdude
Will he be getting a new wife for this campaign?

As soon as she gets cancer.

His current ex-wife was a very sweet and gracious lady. She was down-to-earth enough to carry-on a conversation with me while he was speaking to the crowd at one of his rallies. She was a real peach that he should have been content to grow old with. What a shallow and pathetic fool he must be.

182 posted on 05/09/2011 10:27:47 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: Buddygirl

No. But it’s too late now. I done done it.


183 posted on 05/09/2011 10:29:11 PM PDT by MestaMachine (If you want to pillage,plunder,destroy, blaspheme,or defile, become a muslim, or name yourself obama)
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To: Gondring
are all the republican's in office those kids that got picked on by bullies in school ?

are there any talented or charismatic leader's in the GOP ?

it's not looking real good for America ...tough choice come election time "weazeldik marxist" or some version of "socialist light nerd"...hmmmm tough choice

184 posted on 05/09/2011 10:29:51 PM PDT by KTM rider ( patriot turned rebel)
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To: xjcsa

Are they running together on the idiots ticket?Pass.


185 posted on 05/09/2011 10:52:45 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Da Coyote

Goody goody goody. Pardon me if I don’t jump for joy. Bad back, you know.


186 posted on 05/09/2011 10:54:57 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: xjcsa
Gingrich announces he's running for president

What a colossal waste of time and money. The man has no chance. There is already a useless "academic" in the WH. Who needs another one?

Porky needs to go bedea bedea bedea b-back to Georgia and play g-g-golf.

187 posted on 05/09/2011 10:58:57 PM PDT by CanaGuy (Go Harper! We still love you!)
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To: xjcsa

Could he be that clueless that he think it’s his two divorces that makes him a Rino? Hey Newt, how’s Dede? How’s Pelosi? I remember your words “The Reagan Era is Over” as you spoke them with your friends Jeb and Mitt.


188 posted on 05/09/2011 11:03:51 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: presently no screen name
Don't Newt(er) the election.

No Newt is good news!

So are the people who won't vote for a dedicated to her her family and patriotic woman like Sarah Palin going to vote for a man no one can trust?The sad fact is many may argue he would be a better choice.gag.

189 posted on 05/09/2011 11:17:24 PM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: manc
Yea Newt you and your ilk never got behind Sarah

Has she run for anything since quitting the governor's office?

190 posted on 05/09/2011 11:24:12 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Stay focused: Debt, Deficits & Immigration.)
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To: fwdude

I love how he makes sure to insert Callista’s name into every interview, as if that makes him the ultimate family man. Who the heck else mentions their wife by name in a news interview?
Of course, he’s usually plugging some new book or DVD from the two of them.
Ugh.


191 posted on 05/09/2011 11:29:49 PM PDT by GnuHere
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To: xjcsa; Revolting cat!

President of NBC? ABC? CBS?


192 posted on 05/09/2011 11:49:20 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ("If Eric Holder had his way, O-B-L would still be alive today." Thank you President Bush for Gitmo.)
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To: xjcsa

Same ole, same ole. The GOP just doesn’t get it.


193 posted on 05/09/2011 11:55:48 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (An Oath Is Forever)
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To: xjcsa

Good grief, isn’t that man past his political expiration date yet?


194 posted on 05/10/2011 12:05:39 AM PDT by Bokababe (Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
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To: The Bronze Titan

That’s what I’m saying. No no no no no no.


195 posted on 05/10/2011 12:08:17 AM PDT by ASouthernGrl (Call me crazy but that man in the WH is illegal)
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To: arrogantsob

Newt is a Third Wayer


196 posted on 05/10/2011 12:16:49 AM PDT by paul revere is riding
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To: xjcsa

Newt won’t get beyond the ‘12 GOP Presidential Primary, thanks, mostly, to all of his personal baggage and all of his political baggage.


197 posted on 05/10/2011 12:32:08 AM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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To: Buddygirl

Three words: Ad Block Plus

Now that my retinas are burned out, I’ve banned that picture from my computer forever. :)


198 posted on 05/10/2011 1:14:46 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Herman Cain did NOT support TARP, and he did NOT say the Federal Reserve should not be audited.)
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To: higgmeister; manc

He was proposing those rules for all GOP primaries, I believe.


199 posted on 05/10/2011 1:23:24 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Herman Cain did NOT support TARP, and he did NOT say the Federal Reserve should not be audited.)
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To: Yaelle

Yep, just what we need, another president who spends more time under his desk than working at it. *Sigh*


200 posted on 05/10/2011 1:24:43 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Herman Cain did NOT support TARP, and he did NOT say the Federal Reserve should not be audited.)
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