Is this a smart tactic for Gingrich?

"I know what this sausage grinder is all about..." (4.00 / 2)

Talk about an injudicious choice of euphemisms! ;)

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by: Sue Prent @ Sun Jan 29, 2012 at 18:06:14 PM UTC

Grasping at straws... or sausages (4.00 / 2)

Well, even someone as self-deluded as Newt can see the handwriting on the wall. Poll numbers collapsing, the entire Republican establishment shouting him down, his vaunted debating skills abandoning him*. The only thing that's kept him in the race beyond the usual Clown Car Candidate Expiration Date is the $10,000,000 grubstake he got from Sheldon Adelson.

Soon, he'll fade away into the sunset, his brief moment of actual relevance to be endlessly retold in the clubby enclaves of the Washington Beltway. ("Did I ever tell ya' about the time I won South Carolina?" he slurred, taking a gulp from his third tumbler of Macallan.) Poor ol' Newt, sentenced to a lifetime of lucrative consulting contracts, three-hour expense-account lunches, the respectful attentions of the Sunday talk shows**, expensive vacations, playing Hide-the-Sausage with his current wife***, and the endless scam-a-licious variations of the Newt Gingrich Vanity Project, his life's work since leaving the Speakership.

*Actually, Gingrich has a long history of shrinking from real confrontation. He's only a "skilled debater" when he's punching down or battling a straw man.

**As we all know, a loser Republican will be invited on the Sunday shows forever and ever, while a loser Democrat is immediately excised from the networks' Power Rolodexes.

***And, if Ex No. 2 Marianne is telling the truth about Calista's acceptance of non-exclusivity, also playing H-t-S with the more nubile staffers at the N.G.V.P.

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."  --Frank Zappa

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by: jvwalt @ Sun Jan 29, 2012 at 20:43:32 PM UTC

Well (4.00 / 1)

I hope he doesn't drink MacAllan.  Really? That would be a waste of good  drink...  

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by: bmike @ Sun Jan 29, 2012 at 23:08:01 PM UTC

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I have no idea (0.00 / 0)

I just picked a name off the top shelf. Even if Newt doesn't appreciate fine liquor, he'd certainly appreciate the price tag -- and the fact that he's expensing his drinks.  

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."  --Frank Zappa

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by: jvwalt @ Mon Jan 30, 2012 at 02:16:09 AM UTC

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Support for the Ex-Speaker (0.00 / 0)

As a practical matter I wish The Newt all the best through August, as I do Dr. Paul. I really enjoy a good horse race, especially if spending by the participants does so much to stimulate the economy.

 

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

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by: RandomArrow @ Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 06:45:05 AM UTC

Arlo Guthrie is a Repub (0.00 / 0)

Thought Arlo turned Republican.  And excellent fellow to jump in the race.  With a song:  "Alice's Motel--Hourly Rates."

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by: PeteySweety @ Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 16:43:22 PM UTC