Newt Gingrich Complains About Negativity of Iowa Campaign Before Ripping into Opponents
Poor old Newt. Live by the sword, die by the sword. After a disappointing fourth place finish in the Iowa caucuses, Newt Gingrich complained about all of the negativity from his rivals in the GOP primary race and then proceeded to rip into Ron Paul and Mitt Romney during his speech in Iowa this Tuesday evening.
Here's a bit more from the AP -- Gingrich vows to fight on after poor Iowa showing
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is blasting former Gov. Mitt Romney as someone who can't bring enough change to Washington.
Speaking on Tuesday after a fourth place finish in the Iowa caucuses, Gingrich said Romney is a nice man but incapable of doing what's necessary to fix the country. He also criticized Romney for running a negative campaign.
Gingrich said the race for the GOP nomination was just beginning. He vowed to go on and said he is the candidate to create change.
Gingrich congratulated two other contenders — Rick Santorum and Ron Paul — but said he will air contrasts between himself and Romney.
Gingrich is really not happy about all of the ads that were run against him over the last few weeks. I look for this to get really ugly in the upcoming month. Despite the fact that Gingrich is largely responsible for the nasty rhetoric we see from Republicans now and that he taught the art of relentlessly attacking your political opponents as your enemy, he's not too happy having those tactics being turned back in his direction, and he looks like he's taking the attacks personally. I look for him to go after Mitt Romney relentlessly in the near future. Pass the popcorn if Gingrich stays in the race, which it appears he's going to do for now.
His buddies over at Fox were already completely writing off his fourth place finish along with Ron Paul's close third and calling this a two-man race. I think they're all firmly in Romney's camp now, so I would expect to see them start pressuring Gingrich to drop out of the race.
He called Mitt Romney a liar. And when asked, "Are you calling Mitt Romney a liar?" he replied, "yes."
I'll bet he said all this without a hint of irony too. What a useless sub-human being.
"Better." It's what we should ask of ourselves and of our leaders.
He said he'd endorse Romney. What does that say about you, Newt?
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -- Robert E. Howard
If a=b and b=c then a=c
If Romney's a liar and Newt would support Romney, then....
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Aw poor newty. After all of the vial and nasty things he has said and done over the last 30 years he deserves everything thrown at him. He is a vial condescending nasty hypocritical pig who has no place running for president.
That's pretty funny, Newt Gingrich is against negativity in politics. He practically invented the current dysfunctional political condition.
This is going to be awesome.
Frothy Mix as the nom!!!
I have the weirdest boner right now...
ROTFL!!!
I ain't touching it with a ten foot Romney.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -- Robert E. Howard
Democratic Underground is using the following headline:
"Romney Squeezes Out Santorum."
Did you really have to pas that along? Really?
REALLY.
Uh... prolly 'cause some haven't had, or are now having breakfast?
In the marketplace of ideas, too many people shop in the bargain basement.
-- Thunder BlueRose
Why, yes, I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU
http://saxman.bravepages.com
omg.. that is one of the best I have ever heard.
Back to Newt. He finished under santorum....
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Newt is obviously not happy with romney.
Saturday evening is the ABC debate in NH.
Sunday morning is the NBC debate in NH.
You are right, this could(I hope)get ugly for romney.
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Banks play with futures, debt paper, complex financial instruments, and other peoples incomes.
Sell 'em short & help 'em crash - Tear 'em apart & sell the pieces
To hell with Newton. But on the way he is going to South Carolina to attack Romney. He should leave his helmet haired wife at home because she is only a reminder of his philandering. It downs't matter much because he is going nowhere fast.
Two man race? Maybe Ron Paul and Romney because I can't believe Santorum can win a majority but if it is a two man race what does that have to say about Romney? Mr. 25%.
"Live by the Hypocricy, Die by the Hypocricy"
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -- Robert E. Howard
So looooong, fat boy!!!
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
Caught a funny, if maddening, moment on NPR's coverage of the caucuses last night. Robert Siegel was interviewing Sen. John Thune of South Dakota. When asked about the negativity of the Repigs' campaign in Iowa, Thune decried "the amount of money being poured into" caucuses.
To which Siegel replied, "Uh, wait a minute. Isn't that because Republicans killed McCain-Feingold and then fought so hard to establish superpacs, resulting in Citizens United?"
"No," said Thune. "If you look closely at it, what killed McCain-Feingold was all these outside Democratic groups raising money."
Reminded me of the 60 Minutes clip on C&L where Cantor's press secretary said Reagan didn't raise taxes. Greedy Old Prevaricators.
Unfrigging believeable. Poor Newt can't handle what he dishes out. I hope it gets ugly, need to stock up on some more popcorn.
Bullies are the biggest crybabies, in my experience. They bawl like babies when you hit back, whether literally when we're kids on the playground or metaphorically as adults in politics. No surprise with Newt.
I hope the GOP has to drag Newt out kicking and screaming. He'll dance as long as someone tosses a nickel in his cap.
So long Newtie........... you are the KING of Dishing Dirt!
Will someone please tell me why the survival of Israel is a moral cause central to our survival as a nation, whereas the establishment of a Palestinian State is negotiable?
Ignorance is parent to religion.
Religion is parent to Hate.
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God Damn! This man could have worked for Goebbels if he lived back then. Lies to an artful level.
I don't believe in God. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
-Andrew Carnegie
He won't drop out. Not while he can play the victim and beg people to buy his book/DVD/whatever to "help him feel better". Maybe he should announce Sarah Palin as a running mate!
If you do CraigsList R&R, sow a few "Newt considers Palin" seeds around.
Ignorance is parent to religion.
Religion is parent to Hate.
Remember Matthew Shepard:
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Like Edison complaining that the light bulb is too bright.
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