It’s a measure of ‘maturity’, not politics. The losing team’s coach, even in Little League, congratulates the winning team on their victory. Most children learn this princple - it appears that this childhood lesson was missed by Newt.
Whether you like Mitt or not; it’s a measure of the kind of man Newt is.
He appears to be a shallow person, who cannot handle defeat well. Is that the type of president you want? Someone who storms off the field, throws a temper tantrum, and cries; or a Man who says “Well done; we’ll see what happens next time”.
Even Algore managed to be gracious when he lost, and that’s not setting the bar very high at all.
“It’s a measure of ‘maturity’, not politics. The losing team’s coach, even in Little League, congratulates the winning team on their victory. Most children learn this princple - it appears that this childhood lesson was missed by Newt.”
I’m sure Churchill also sent a nice letter of congratulation to Hitler after Dunkirk?
This isnt some peewee baseball game. Newt doesn’t owe that dumb bastard the time of day.
Save graciousness for the convention. In the meantime, don’t validate the dirty politics Romney played by bending over with fake congratulations for it.
Bingo. I always knew Newt’s ego would be his downfall. First he announces he’s going to be the nominee (”look at the polls - I’m clearly going to get the nomination”)and then gets his clock cleaned in Iowa. He needs to man-up and stop complaining. I don’t see any of the other candidates whining.
He’s a sore loser and doesn’t have the temperament to be President.
“Even Algore managed to be gracious when he lost,....”
Uh.....no he didn’t.
“It’s a measure of ‘maturity’, not politics. The losing team’s coach, even in Little League, congratulates the winning team on their victory. Most children learn this princple - it appears that this childhood lesson was missed by Newt.”
My GOD man, do you know anything about bare-knuckle politic’s? This has been going on for >200 years!!
“Whether you like Mitt or not; it’s a measure of the kind of man Newt is.”
Huh? Personally I like Newt’s response. I hate this BS in government when you absolutely hate the other guy that you still refer to him as the”gentleman from X.”
I think it’s long past time for all this conviviality crap to end when it comes to dealing with ethics. Romney is a weasel and the fact that he did less well in Iowa yesterday as opposed to 2008 speaks volumes about the depth of his campaign. Now, I hope that Newt and Santorum gang up on Mitt and show him that the knife can cut both directions.
The entire Nation went feel-goodie over Obama and now we see what that feeling brought us. There seems to be a steak of conscience in this Nation that even the Devil has to be treated kindly and respectfully. I believe that devious behavior is not to be rewarded by gracious posturing.