Gingrich Tells Romney to Drop the 'Pious Baloney'; Which Baloney is he Talking About?

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The GOP debates have essentially turned into a traveling theater production, and today's matinee in New Hampshire was surprisingly energetic given their late performance last night. After going easy on Romney yesterday, the other candidates tried to stick it to him during this morning's MSNBC debate. The barb that everyone will be talking about came from Newt Gingrich when he told Romney to "drop a little bit of the pious baloney" when talking about his career outside politics. Video after the jump.


http://vimeo.com/34737213

The question obviously isn't whether or not Gingrich had a valid point, but rather what baloney was he talking about, specifically? Baloney (or bologna) is a much-maligned meat that has been called a lot of things, but rarely "pious." Considering all the baloney options behind your local deli counter, we take a look at which ones are the most pious.


Boar's Head Balogna
At first glance, this is a pretty standard, plain, everyman bologna. But when you realize that Boar's Head has an ad campaign boasting that they've kept sodium down in their deli meats for years, you start to see the piousness creep in.

Hebrew National Beef Balogna

Despite having "Hebrew" in its name with all its religious connotations, this bologna is remarkably un-pious. Tastes great on challah.

Pious Scale: 1 Romney

Karl Ehmer Balogna

This is a classic bologna, steeped in "old world" traditions. Yeah, that sounds pretty pious to us.

Pious scale: 3 1/2 Romneys

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. abalone.

[SixthSense]

2. Hard to tell...

[Initech]

3. It's O-S-C-A-R.