Newt Gingrich Bitten By Penguin At St. Louis Zoo

[Grassy Knoll]

Source: huffingtonpost

ST. LOUIS — At least one penguin at the St. Louis Zoo appears to be a feisty opponent of Newt Gingrich.

The Republican presidential candidate is sporting a small bandage on his finger after getting nipped by a small penguin during his tour of the zoo on Friday. Gingrich was in St. Louis to speak during the National Rifle Association's annual meeting.

During his visit to the popular zoo in Forest Park, he was treated to a behind-the-scenes visit with two Magellanic penguins. One of them nipped Gingrich on the finger.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/16/newt-gingrich-penguin-bite_n_1429605.html

[warrior1]

1. shut up!

really?

[blueknight]

3. HURRY!

make sure the penguin dont get rabies!

[pnwmom]

24. The penguin's more likely to get Salmonella from that lizard. n/t

[Sarah Ibarruri]

31. LOL! nt

[Big Orange Jeff]

86. I didn't know that penguins eat shit. <nm>

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[Politicalboi]

2. I have one thing to say

[Cleita]

4. Stupid ass.

You really shouldn't try to pet wild animals if that is what he did.

[Crunchy Frog]

35. Yes, but the penguin didn't really have a choice.

About Newt Gingrich (AKA wild animal) being brought into his home.

[Cleita]

36. You are so right.

If some zookeeper had brought Newt into my home, I would bite him too.

[Demeter]

96. Biting the zookeeper, I could understand--it would be a leeson learned

[Blue Owl]

48. Don't pet wild animals and don't write checks your butt can't handle

Two of life's lessons for ol' Newt

[enough]

5. Penguins know. (nt)

[Gregorian]

43. what even most Republiguins don't.

[warrior1]

6. and babies

[Botany]

26. One day, if I live that long, I will tell my grandkids that I lived when a good man was POTUS

You can't fake real love.

[goclark]

37. That is a precious picture of our President

It speaks volumes ~ babies know when somebody cares.

[Botany]

47. Golden Slumbers

As a dad I know their is no way to fake that love and care.
The tenderness of that touch, the warmth and strength of
Barack's hold on that child, along w/ his watchful eyes looking
@ that baby tell all who care to know the truth that he is a
good man.

I don't know who the child is or when the picture was taken
but that image is priceless.

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[SunSeeker]

55. Great picture. Wish he had the same power over Republicans! nt

[wordpix]

103. cute pic

[Dollface]

7. I'd like to buy that bird a fish.

[customerserviceguy]

11. I'd like to buy that bird a beer!

There's one out there called "Tactical Nuclear Penguin". It's pretty damned strong, but I bet the penguin could handle a sip.

[Dollface]

23. But if you do a beer and I do a fish, all birds might want to bite him. (insert evil laugh here)

[customerserviceguy]

60. Hey, we'll buy beer for all the penguins!

Surely, they can appreciate a cold one!

[Ian David]

8. Because Newt smells fishy. n/t

[trixie]

15. laughing.my.ass.off

[MADem]

9. Gooood bird!! Smart bird! Clever bird!!! nt

[Faygo Kid]

10. Must be a Dem penguin!

[DJ13]

12. They had better get that penguin a rabies shot

[truthisfreedom]

13. This baby penguin?

After he bit Newt, he laughed his little feathers off.

[christx30]

14. The penguin

Must not have liked Newt's heartsong. Gave him a frosty reception. Thought there was something fishy about his vision for the country. Snow way he's getting that bird's vote. Water you think his chances of winning in November. I guess we'll sea.

[notadmblnd]

16. apparently his mother never tought him look, but don't touch.

I hope the penguin doesn't get rabies.

[savannah43]

20. Thus the multiple wives, yeah?

[htuttle]

17. What do you have to do to piss off a baby penguin?

[DesertRat]

41. be a Republican?

[IcyPeas]

18. Newt wanted to eat it for lunch.

[DaveJ]

19. Zoo/NRA convention seems like an inappropriate itinerary

I have nothing against hunting, but not penguins!

Newt was probably thinking how nice the penguin would be in the form of a coat, belt, or shoes. So of course the penguin bit him. Animals have a sixth sense about these sorts of things.

[Lost-in-FL]

21. Too bad it was not a penguin bitting on Dick Cheney's new heart. nt

[Mz Pip]

22. Even the animal kingdom has got his number.

How much lower can he go!

I hope he didn't feel the need to have the Secret Service detain the penguin.

[southernyankeebelle]

25. Oh my I hope the Penguin is ok.

[Mr.Turnip]

27. Newt is close to surpassing Herman Cain in sheer Clownery.

[FailureToCommunicate]

28. We can't fly, but we can fight!

[jpak]

29. Poor penguin! Hope he got a distemper shot

[no_hypocrisy]

30. OMG! Really??!!

[hue]

32. LOL!! n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

33. At least we know penguins are smart. Maybe they should be given the vote.

Equal rights for Penguin Americans!

[baldguy]

34. Make sure the penguin gets a tetanus shot.

We have no idea what sort of germs a wild Newt harbors.

[JBoy]

38. If Gingrich hadn't converted to Catholicism later in life

I think he would have been on the receiving end of a penguin long ago.

[Demeter]

97. Now THAT'S Duzy material!

[Uncle Joe]

39. It's probably related to Gingrich's flip flopping on global warming climate change,

the penguins are pissed.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x317503

"The ad opens with Gingrich and Pelosi sitting side-by-side on a couch in front of the Capitol Building.

'We don’t always see eye to eye, do we Newt?' Pelosi asks.

'No, but we do agree that our country must take action to address climate change,' Gingrich responds.

Pelosi then says, 'We need cleaner forms of energy and we need them fast,' after which Gingrich calls on voters to 'demand action from our leaders' in order to 'spark the innovation we need.'”

In an interview this week with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Gingrich said the ad “is probably the dumbest thing I’ve done in recent years.”

You're either for the penguins, polar bears and life as we know it or you're against it.

Newt needs to make up his mind and have the integrity to stand behind it one way or the other before he ever thinks about messing with the polar bears.

Thanks for the thread, Grassy Knoll.

[Glimmer of Hope]

40. Pics?

[Grassy Knoll]

44. Could Only Find Just One......

[steve2470]

108. too funny ! nt

[trusty elf]

78. Here's one.....

[IMG][/IMG]

[wordpix]

104. looks like rushbo in the background, lol

[hayrow1]

42. No way will this penguin be part of the moon colony. Hope that penguin is happy when his friends

get to be moon pioneers while he/she is stuck in the St. Louis Zoo eating cold fish.

[Wind Dancer]

45. Too funny!

[Blue Owl]

46. Burgess Meredith or Danny DeVito?

n/t

[Jamaal510]

49. Does it make me an evil person if I LOLed at this?

[BadtotheboneBob]

53. Not only no, but hell no...

LMFAO!

[Liberalynn]

50. Good Birdy, Pretty Birdy

I knew there was a reason I loved penquins!

I just hope you don't get sick now from biting that nasty old man.

[Gore1FL]

51. Is the Penguin OK? n/t

[JHB]

52. The shades should have given Newt a clue...

[Doremus]

54. Animals are the best judge of character. nt

[annabanana]

56. Was it this guy? I'll bet that stung.

[Rhiannon12866]

57. Yikes! Those choppers look none too hygenic...

[Beacool]

58. One smart penguin.

I would love to send the little guy a bucket of fish.

Newt is such a vile man that even penguins hate him. LOL!!!

[Odin2005]

59. AAAAA! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[beac]

61. Poor pengiun, I can hear him now...

"All I took was a tiny nip and I just CANNOT get the rank taste of bitter failure out of my mouth."

[rayofreason]

62. The possible jokes are endless....n/t

[BigDemVoter]

64. LMAO

I thought this was a joke! I've been howling for the past 5 minutes!

[caseymoz]

65. Going to show a penguin is smarter than a Republican. nt

[area51]

66. The Linux OS hates Gingrich?

[Born Free]

85. Could have been Tux, the Linux mascot

Maybe Tux smelled Microsoft money on him

[mikeSchmuckabee]

67. Saint Louis zoo is entirely taxpayer subsidized.

It's free to enter.

And thus the band-aid was free government health care.

Friggin' commie bastage!

[Douglas Carpenter]

68. did the penguin look anything like this?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

69. Priceless. This headline is priceless.

You don't need to say anything more than "Newt Gingrinch Bitten By Penguin" to make my day.

[davsand]

70. Hope they treated the bird prophylactically.

All that poison is bound to be bad for it if ingested.




Laura

[Remmah2]

71. Penguin bites buzzard. nt

nt

[primavera]

72. Pity he didn't try to pet something...

... able to take more than just a nip out of his finger.

[yellowcanine]

73. Newt probably used "frankly" one too many times while discussing tax policy with the penguin.

The penguin only did what lots of people would like to do when Newt waves his finger in their face.

[Bruce Wayne]

74. Penguins should only be chastised for their immorality at a safe distance

[Arugula Latte]

75. The penguin recognized Newt as a Southern Right Whale (yes that is a real whale species)

[Bruce Wayne]

76. I hope he get his shots for rabies quickly. Oh that poor bird...

[yellowcanine]

83. I don't believe birds can get or carry rabies. It is a mammal disease.

[yellowcanine]

84. Could it have been Marianne in a penguin suit?

[Kelvin Mace]

77. Is the penguin okay?

The Republican presidential candidate is sporting a small bandage on his finger after getting nipped by a small penguin during his tour of the zoo on Friday. Gingrich was in St. Louis to speak during the National Rifle Association's annual meeting.

The penguin felt threatened, and acted under the "stand your ground law". He was, unfortunately, not carrying a gun, which makes me ask: Were the hell was the NRA? Why weren't they making sure that this law-abiding penguin was not being assaulted by suspiciously-dressed old, fat white men? Why is there no law making it legal for penguins to get "conceal/carry" permits?

[magical thyme]

79. Yikes! I hope that poor penguin is OK!!!! nt

[sakabatou]

80. Even animals don't like him.

[bulloney]

81. Come on Newt! Let's go to the lions and see what they do.

"Tastes like chicken," said the penguin after biting Newt.

[lastlib]

82. The penguin was only standing his ground!

[cstanleytech]

87. I wonder if it was named Mumble.

[lastlib]

88. Newt thought he was playing stinky-finger with a nun....

Hope the penguin gets proper treatment. And a medal for distinguished service!

[bathroommonkey76]

89. Dick Cheney sounds like he is feeling better. nt

[AlbertCat]

90. One of them nipped Gingrich on the finger.

After he was stupid enough to stick his finger in the penguin's face.... right?

[rocktivity]

91. DUzy candidates galore!

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[rocktivity]

112. DUZYs ACCOMPLISHED!!!

Congrats to:

Jboy
Blue Owl
area51
Arugula Latte
DFW

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[stevenleser]

92. Note to self: FedEx case of premium sardines to the attention of "Penguins at St. Louis Zoo"

Good penguins. Nice penguins.

[surrealAmerican]

93. So now, every time there's a full moon ....

... we will find him waddling about making unintelligible noises. How will we be able to tell the difference?

[LongTomH]

99. Mmmmm! Good one!

[AllyCat]

94. Gosh. Guess he can't read the signs all over any zoo saying

stay out of animal enclosures. But of course, for a rich f*ck like Gingrinch (sic), the rules don't apply to him.

[Demeter]

95. How Humiliating! Still, it could have been worse

I've seen "Mr. Popper's Penguins" 3 times (excellent film) and you wouldn't BELIEVE the stunts they trained those birds to pull.....

[SnowCritter]

98. The first thing that comes to mind is

I hope the penguin is OK.

[MatthewStLouis]

100. The penguin must have thought he was some kind of predator. Kudos to the penguin!

[bigtree]

101. I go for penguins

/ Oh Lord I go for penguins / Penguins are so sensitive / Penguins are so sensitive / Penguins are so sensitive / To my needs /

Penguins are so sensitive
Penguins are so sensitive
Penguins are so sensitive
To my needs
To my needs
To my needs
To my needs


- Lyle Lovett Song: Penguins

[rwsanders]

102. A few tidbits about the penguin exhibit at the St. Louis zoo...

First it's interesting that the man who proposed privatizing all the national parks (the plank in the contract on america that taught me to hate republicans) as the St. Louis zoo is largely supported by tax dollars and is an excellent facility.
If you are ever there the penguin exhibit is unique as the animals are not enclosed. There is a chest high 3-4" thick plexiglass wall so you can see the penguins above and below the water. My wife could spend hours there. Once a penguin hopped on the wall and fell to the floor in front of us. They also do a penguin parade once a month in cold weather and walk them from one door to the other.
There are rocks around the enclosures so the penguins can sit above your head and look down. I'd guess he was stupid enough to reach toward one.

[wordpix]

105. haha, what an "animal lover," a guy who wants to privatize the national parks

With animal lovers like that, who needs trophy hunters?

[SunSeeker]

106. WTF was Gingrich doing at a zoo? Do penguins buy books?

[DFW]

107. Gingrich was looking for a publisher

He had heard about "Penguin Books." No one with an IQ in double digits is left on his staff,
so he thought the place to find Penguin books was located at......well, you can see how this
happened, right?

[SunSeeker]

111. LOL! nt

[steve2470]

109. That'll teach Newt to fight with a penguin over food ! nt

[chknltl]

110. Ya know....Birds make great mascots!

just sayin....

[rocktivity]

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