Rumor has it NEWT is pissed at the GOP...his presence at the Oval race when he has no hope

[opihimoimoi]

is a clue,, the longer he stays in, the weaker the Party as a whole gets,

He wants to do damage to the GOP as revenge for them dumping him outta the

House,

fined his ass $350,000,

and since played him from a distance....

just a guess

[mike_c]

1. unless he wins...

...in which case he'll be happy to play "the republican stalwart who returned to grace in the party" or some such nonsense, which we'll never actually have to worry about hearing, because he won't win. But still.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Ah but premise for alternate history

In a few years. I am even betting he'll pen it.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

26. i would not be surprised

it seems that most GOP candidates use the election process as an excuse to write something...a book is hard to call it...screed?

sP

[elleng]

3. Pretty apparent he is pissed at GOP,

as he regularly complains about 'the powers that be,' or somesuch.

Why? I don't know. COULD be 'cause they dumped him, and/or many of them saying things about him now, like, 'He's impossible,' etc.


Many think repugs as repugnant against Dems now due to Nixon impeachment, they never got over it.

[madokie]

24. Shortly after nixon's resignation

one of the right wing hate supposedly think tanks decided that they were going to have to buy up our press so they could get their message out. They have done exactly that in the years since.
This is a battle between the haves and the havenots of epic proportions. Sooner we all realize that the better we can counter it.

[dimbear]

4. Manondog, Dogonroof, Dog in the Manger. Sensing a trend. n/t

[potone]

19. Beautiful!

Thanks for the laugh! The Republican politicians are getting more surreal every day.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. It's shameful the way Newt has been treated by the GOP...

And I fully support his efforts to reassert himself.

[rocktivity]

6. An honorary DUzy to Craig Crawford for telling Keith Olbermann

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that anyone who made Gingrich their VP would have to hire a food taster for his food taster!


rocktivity

[cyndensco]

7. Maybe he will remain pissed off after losing the nomination and will run 3rd party.

One can only hope...

[AlinPA]

8. I don't buy it. He is a pure hate-filled, arrogant, intolerant, racist republican.

[alfredo]

9. Newt is in it for Newt. His speaking fees will skyrocket after this.

[opihimoimoi]

10. I really don't think so...I feel his value has gone down the tubes....not broke but down

[alfredo]

30. Not with the ultra right.

[nanabugg]

11. I think you are right. Just like Sarah..it's all about the money. They know they

can't win.

[alfredo]

31. His audience is the big money rightist.

[Mopar151]

20. Bingo!

Right now, Newt is having his kind of fun, and building his own brand, with somebody else paying the tab. And he'll pick up a few more bucks as a shill/celebrity spokesmodel for Adelson after the election.

[alfredo]

33. It's a job interview.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

28. they all are to some degree

but there comes a point of utter futility where your motives get exposed...

sP

[alfredo]

34. Being a lying asshole is not a disqualifying trait in the GOP.

[JI7]

12. it's Romney he hates, i think he wants to be in a position where Romney will have to beg him

for delegates or even a position where he can have enough delegates to make Santorum the nominee.

of course he could give more hope by dropping out but he wants to get some personal pleasure in hurting Romney.

[spanone]

13. fewt.....= fuck newt

[Johonny]

14. I think he knows to 2nd place goes 2016 front runner status

the guy that is 2nd has been the next GOP "front" runner since IDK Reagan. Newt wants to get to that guy you should have run status so he can do 4 more years grifting.

[quaker bill]

15. He said that the whole process is "stupid"

apparently for not picking him over all the intellectual "lightweights".

[DonCoquixote]

16. actually, I will give the devil his due there

If only because a field that has Mitt, Rick and Ron really IS a bunch of lightweights.

[quaker bill]

17. But he assumes poorly

that he has any more intellectual content to offer than the others. There is a difference between the ability to correctly use polysyllabic words and actually having something meaningful and useful to say with them. Blustering narcissism is not useful or meaningful.

[ProfessorGAC]

27. But So Is Newt

He is no less an intellectual lightweight than the others you mentioned. I agree with you about them, just don't agree that he is somehow smarter. He's a dolt, too. You can tell by his positions that he thinks in two dimensions.
GAC

[progressoid]

18. Is Newt still running?

[opihimoimoi]

21. Yes he is still in the hunt....

[alfredo]

35. Yeah, but is is more like a waddle.

[deacon]

22. Well, he's a fool. If he stays in he exits his political career in shambles. He quits and he will be

able to have some credibility to hawk some books and get some Fox TV time with some GOP credibility and at the same time gets his revenge on Robofop (romney). The only thing preventing him from making a sound decision is his incredibly huge ego. His ego makes him dumb and he'll pay a longlasting price for it.

[madokie]

23. Newt is one nasty dude

I'm still surprised that he could find the women that would actually marry him. I pretty much see him in the same light as rushbo. Two peas in a pod

[KharmaTrain]

25. Nooooot's at 14:59:59...

This last few months have had to be quite an awakening for his huge ego. He found out who his friends were and weren't...and surely mixed with his narcassitic "nature" its manifested into quite an enemies list. There's definitely massive contempt for Millard for shining a light on Grinch's "history" and seeing his poll numbers tank. Again another massive hit to the ego. Thus in Nooooooot's brainstem he's on a crusade now...out to show 'em...give no quarter and believe that everyone else "just doesn't get it". He hopes he can swoop into a brokered convention and "debate" his way into a nomination. His only hope...

And that comes to where the end of this campaign leaves this 68 year old. All his life he dreamed at a shot at the brass ring and he's not ready to slip into obscurity and doing rubber chicken dinners. He's enjoying the limelight...the "love"...the relevancy. The moment his campaign ends so does his political career.

This primary has proven what many of us have known for decades...this shitbox is a loser. He's been repudiated by his comrades and now the rushpublican voters are doing the same. But as long as someone's writing a check or the credit cards can be maxed, this one man crusade rolls on and off into the abyss.

[lpbk2713]

29. He's following the Sarah Failin career path.

His real goal is to sell a lot of ghost written books, make a lot of money booking high priced speaking
gigs while fleecing gullible rubes, and ultimately get a job as a "political consultant" for Faux Snooze.

[Uncle Joe]

32. Newt's job

is to keep Santorum from winning but I do believe Romney will end up picking Santorum as his running mate.

Gingrich will get paid for his services in some other fashion.

Thanks for the thread, opihimoimoi.