A Few Words for Newt Gingrich

Townhall Magazine ^ | 5-4-2012 | Paul Greenberg

[wildbill]

Newt Gingrich is now less a presidential candidate than a target. He's a natural for all the slings and arrows sure to come his way. Why? Let us count the ways.

First, as has been noted before, he's not so much a man with an ego as an ego with a man.

Ex-wife problems. Multiplied.

No filter between brain and mouth.

Moon colony?

But today I come not to bury Mr. Gingrich but to praise him. Sort of. Because now that he's safely out of the race, and therefore stands no chance of becoming president of the United States, let us review the high points of his campaign. It won't take long.

Because, yes, Mr. Gingrich did have a couple of good ideas over the course of his entirely too quest for the presidency. You just had to find them amidst all his random musing and public brainstorming.

[wildbill]

Greenberg pretty much sums up all the good points and bad points of Newt as a candidate. Strangely enough, his negative bullet-points are precisely the same I made to his campaign when they asked for my help prior to his announcement. I love the guy, but there was no way I wanted him to run.

[tennmountainman]

I’m still waiting for Gingrich, who presented himself as a Tea Party Presidential Candidate to endorse the other Tea Party Senate Candidates, such as Mourdock and Cruz.

Maybe Gingich fears his endorsement will upset his many DC friends and future Contracts/History Lessons might be in jepardy. Or maybe his GOPe friends who are working to pay off his huge campaign debt might not like him endorsing Mourdock or Cruz.

I’m curious why he hasn’t endorsed. Is anybody else curious?

[goseminoles]

If I were him, I wouldn’t endorse anyone. What difference does it make unless he’s looking for a VP slot, which he isn’t.

[Jacquerie]

Mitt should hire Newt to go after Baby-Doc. As it is, Mitt just responds to cheap shots and appears ashamed of his wealth.

Hire the junkyard dog Newt to knock and keep Hussein on his heels. If Romney’s tactics don’t change, Bam will win and the nation will descend into social justice darkness.

[iopscusa]

Mitt is like the idiot McCain, tough on his friends and weak on his enemies.....sort of like the creepy Bushes, Boehner, and assorted other worthless Repubs.

[Jacquerie]

tough on his friends and weak on his enemies.....

Succinct and on target.

[RaisingCain]

“No filter between brain and mouth.

Moon colony?”

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This is nonsense, of course. This opinion only exists because Newt said them during a Presidential campaign and people wanted to tear him down. Newt’s ideas are inevitable... if America has a future at all, that is. The writer has zero credibility in my book.

[marron]

If Mitt and his supporters are Repubs, then I am coming to the sad conclusion that I am not.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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My letter (this week) to Townhall Internet Magazine, and specifically it's cartoonist, Nate Beeler ...


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Gentlemen … and Nate Beeler,


Your political cartoon published a few days ago (Newt Gingrich dragging Callista into outer space) was “completely” tasteless.

As Minor Children might possibly see this e-mail someday, please rest assured that the phrase “completely tasteless” is designed to conjure up in your (hopefully) fertile adult imaginations thirty or forty “select adjectives” directed toward the Townhall in general, Nate Beeler, your staff (ad nausuem).


Please rest assured that Speaker Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin “will win” the 2012 GOP Nomination in Tampa, and then the Presidential Election against Barack “Hussein” Obama.

Suffice it to say that three (3) more “agonizing” months of “severely conservative” political gaffes by the GOP E-RINO (presumptive) nominee will have even the Eskimoes and Iranian Mullahs doing double face-palms over (Mormon Arch-Bishop) Mittens.



Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way … as an Aerospace Mechanical Engineer (U.S. Space Shuttle Program) … and Political Artist …

I feel uniquely qualified to submit my own “editorial kartoon” to the Townhall Conservative Website …

I’m still working on the color scheme, but the main idea is to show Mitt Romney climbing into the ACME rocket (with “Joseph Smith Forever” painted on the side) that will take him to Planet Kolob (it’s a Mormon thing, dontcha know) … (cartoon frame one) …

where “Family Man” Mittens is smiling (really big this time) in anticipation of Joseph Smith introducing Mitt to his seven or eight (new) wives … each with their own Cadillac (cartoon frame two) …

As Mitt climbs the step ladder to the ACME Rocket’s hatch … he’s is already showing off his “Celestial God-Child Halo” … which he’s trying (in the cartoon frame) to fit-hammer into his Mormon space helmet).

I for one, am really glad to know that the Mormon Planet Kolob is an M-Class Planet (earth-style) with lots of oxygen.

Mitt would really be embarrassed getting to know (better) his seven or eight new Planet Kolob Mormon Wives with that darned space helmet on … (cartoon frame three) …

Let me know when you’d like me to send you my editorial cartoon’s proofs …



Sincerely ...



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[wildbill]

I hope Newt can play a part in the campaign. He knows how to skewer the left in speeches and interviews.

Of course, you’re always sitting there wringing your hands in fear that he may go off half-cocked and say something dumb and outrageous, but that goes with Newt’s territory. :-)

If Romney, or whoever, could name Newt as his next head of the Dept. of Education or something and keep him focused on that it would be worth the price of a ticket to watch him eat up the false premises of leftist ideology and the bloated bureaucracy that doesn’t educate a single student.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Sending Newt Gingrich to preside over Mitt Romney's (pro-abortion, pro gay-marriage policy) U.S. Dept of Education ...

is like sending Gen. George Patton ... or U.S Grant ...

to serve as "U.S. Army Inspector General" over the soldiers' Picnic Table supply depots ...



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[wildbill]

Suppose Romney was a Sikh, Deist or a Zen Bhuddist. Would you still be as opposed to him because of his religion or is it just Mormonism that sets you off?

I still believe in the First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...

To me that means he can believe we’re controlled by little green men from Mars if he wants to and still run for President without being harassed for his religious beliefs.

[Jacquerie]

Agree, make Newt a cabinet secretary.

I vote for Dept of Justice. As a non-lawyer but historian who understands the proper role of our judiciary, I think he will turn over many rocks, expose incredible corruption and with Congress, reform the third branch.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Suppose Romney was a Sikh, Deist or a Zen Bhuddist. Would you still be as opposed to him because of his religion or is it just Mormonism that sets you off?


As a matter of fact, "Yes" ...


Now ... from a political perspective, if Mitt Romney were a Southern Baptist and Billy Graham's son-in-law ...

I would be "totally" opposed to Mitt Romney for the lying, slimey, three-faced EVIL liberal predatory-capitalist ...

that he has proven himself to be ...



"Thank you" (genuinely) for allowing me this opportunity to clarify my thoughts (publicly) on the "Mormon Arch-Bishop Clelestial God-Child from Plaent Kolob" ...



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[wildbill]

Actually I didn’t word my question right because your answer “yes” could mean that any of the religions I mentioned would justify your opposition or conversely, your ‘yes’ could mean that you just oppose Mormons. I didn’t anticipate a one word answer on a complicated question

I’m kinda getting the idea that it’s Mormon beliefs that you hate the most or do you hate anyone different from you—eg. an equal opportunity religious hater?

My bad. Sorry.

[newzjunkey]

Endorsement don't happen in a vacuum; you assume Mourdock or Cruz would want Newt's endorsement.

It looks like Newt tends to stay out of primaries and helps those whom capture the GOP nomination.

[newzjunkey]

Newt’s ideas are inevitable... if America has a future at all, that is. The writer has zero credibility in my book.

Amen.

[tennmountainman]

I did assume Mourdock and Cruz wanted Newt’s endorsement.
It’s certainly possible they don’t.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Mormonism vs. Budhists (sp) ...


Mormism founder Joseph Smith is (in my book) a really bad apple compared to a Deist or Budhist ...

A Deist or Budhist might have very little knowledge about Jesus Christ, His Salvation, His Grace, His Lordship ... and usually people from these faiths don't deliberately go out of their way to blaspheme Jesus Christ ....



Joseph Smith, on the otherhand, DELIBERATELY engaged in complete and total blasphemy against Jesus Christ ...

just as Mohammed (may his carcass rot in hell covered in pig grease) did with his "special revelations" from allah (small-case "a" used to make the point).

Mohammed and Joseph Smith are EVIL SPIRITUAL TWINS, just born about 1,000 years apart ...

they are both of Satan's "Severe Anti-Christ" mentality.

Period.



Am I a "religious hater" as you suggest ?

Honestly, if the "religion" teaches that Jesus Christ and Satan are brothers (presumably each born of God the Father) ... well, then count me in ...

No ... please let me rephrase that ...

You're "damned-right" that I despise the "mormonism" belief system ... completely and totally.



Mormons as individuals ?

Christ loves them all, He desires that they see the Light of His Grace, salvation and Truth ...

and He wants me to treat them with grace as well ...

which I try ...



Again ... as for being a "hater" of the Joseph Smith Cult Belief System ... I "am" indeed ... it is as evil as Satan, Hitler, King Herod and the someday-to-come Anti-Christ ...


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[JediJones]

Of course, you’re always sitting there wringing your hands in fear that he may go off half-cocked and say something dumb and outrageous, but that goes with Newt’s territory. :-)

I guess you're still wringing, because he certainly never said anything dumb or outrageous in this primary. Certainly nothing as remotely stupid as Romney's long series of gaffes ("I'm not concerned about poor people," "I enjoy being able to fire people," "I was severely conservative," etc.)

Similarly this grade A a-hole hack columnist couldn't name one specific where Newt lacked a filter on his mouth. He just made the vague claim that that's what Newt does with nothing to back it up. With the genius that regularly emanates from Newt's mouth, one could excuse him if he made a few gaffes, but he just didn't make any that anyone could seem to remember. And whatever negatives they dredged up from his past pale compared to the fundamental stupidity of nominating someone who created Romneycare to run against the man who gave us Obamacare. If the Republican party would rather have a genuine liberal socialist like Romney as their nominee than a genuine conservative genius like Newt, then they're looking like they're not my party anymore either. And after voting for their presidential nominee in every election they've lost my vote this time.

This moronic columnist also wrote this bizarre sentence that seems to be missing a word. Don't they have proofreaders at this Town Hall site? I know from their comments they have the dumbest, most illiterate readership base of any conservative site I've seen, so maybe they don't need them. "Mr. Gingrich did have a couple of good ideas over the course of his entirely too quest for the presidency." Entirely too WHAT?