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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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posted on
05/09/2011 6:14:44 PM PDT
by
xjcsa
To: xjcsa
Great news!
Now, I’m announcing I won’t vote for the dirtbag.
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posted on
05/09/2011 6:15:39 PM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: xjcsa
To: xjcsa
Newtie and Nutsy the Gorebal Warming poster team.
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posted on
05/09/2011 6:16:04 PM PDT
by
IbJensen
(I couldn’t fill my gas tank to go to the ‘Dead Bin Laden Celebration!)
To: xjcsa
Oh great. Another recycled GOP candidate.
5
posted on
05/09/2011 6:16:04 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: xjcsa
To: xjcsa
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posted on
05/09/2011 6:16:20 PM PDT
by
Semper911
(When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
To: xjcsa
After NY 23, Newt is dead to me.
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posted on
05/09/2011 6:17:20 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. /P. J. O'Rourke, 1991)
To: xjcsa
“Newt Gingrich, ......... is running for president.”
Yeah, so?
To: xjcsa
I will not vote for him. I will not vote for Romney, either.
To: Semper911
The candidate turned into a newt?
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posted on
05/09/2011 6:17:36 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 838 of our national holiday from reality. - OBL Dead? The TSA can go away!)
To: xjcsa
Oh, joy. Now I have someone else not to vote for. But look at this positively it will divide the opposition to Sarah and make her look even better than she already does.
To: xjcsa
He’ll not get my vote, ever.
13
posted on
05/09/2011 6:18:45 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: xjcsa
Why?
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posted on
05/09/2011 6:18:59 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Under Islam, there is no separation of church and state. The church IS the state.)
To: xjcsa
Only place for a quitter is in the sh.....
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posted on
05/09/2011 6:19:05 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery, IXNAY THE TSA!)
To: xjcsa
facing ethics questions and resigning
The Gingrich baggage train leaves the station.
The MSM will continue to skewer him until his quits the race or loses in November.
Surely, the GOP won't nominate him. But, then, I thought they would never nominate McCain. [shaking head]
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posted on
05/09/2011 6:19:21 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: xjcsa
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posted on
05/09/2011 6:19:32 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Palin/Bachmann, unbeatable.)
To: Da Coyote
oi frigging great another idiot who will crash and burn against bozo.
We can have bozo if we had a decent candidate, get rid of early voting, only republicans can vote in a republican primary and have ID showing you are legal and living in that state for at least a month.
Yea Newt you and your ilk never got behind Sarah or Michelle Bachmann yet you think you can win and yet you and other cowards can’t even mention social issues which the majority of AmMerians agree with us because the homostapo silenced you and your ilk
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posted on
05/09/2011 6:19:32 PM PDT
by
manc
(Shame on all who voted for the repeal of DADT, who supported it or never tried to stop it. Traitors)
To: xjcsa
He's got a wide stance.
Ewwwwwwww.
Cheers!
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posted on
05/09/2011 6:19:32 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: xjcsa
Um...no... I am undecided and willing to hear most of these people out... not this one...
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