Newt Gingrich: The one percent want me to shut me up about Mitt Romney!

[kpete]

Amid calls from Republican leaders to back off criticism of Mitt Romney for deals he made at Bain Capital, Newt Gingrich defended the attacks and called on Mr. Romney to provide more details about corporate buyouts that led to bankruptcies.


He accused “extraordinarily wealthy institutions” of bringing pressure on him to rescind the criticism, and said they were telling him, “You’d better shut up.’’

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/12/1054168/-Newt-Gingrich:-The-one-percent-want-me-to-shut-me-up-about-Mitt-Romney!?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29

[BeyondGeography]

1. Reading between the lines, his pollsters are telling him to stick with it

Because it's working for him.

Newt as a populist. Ya live long enough...

[JHB]

6. Newt has always depended upon the blindness of...

...foamers.

[grantcart]

15. His pollsters are showing a tie in SC. Our posters are showing the same

Here is PPP tweeting that Santorum voters are moving to Gingrich

http://twitter.com/ppppolls

Gingrich's polls are showing a tie in SC

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/aiken/2012-01-11/sc-poll-mitt-romney-has-small-lead-over-newt-gingrich

The former Massachusetts governor’s lead is so small in the Palmetto State that he’s essentially tied with Newt Gingrich, according to a poll conducted for The Augusta Chronicle by InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Research.

Romney’s 23 percent and Gingrich’s 21 percent fall within the 3.6 percent margin of error. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who came in second in the Iowa caucuses is in third place in South Carolina with 14 percent, while Texas Congressman Ron Paul, the runner-up in New Hampshire, is effectively tied with him at 13 percent

[Vincardog]

2. How dare he tell the truth about the GOP and their policies?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Pass the Junior Mints!

[Enrique]

4. next debate, when Mitt starts talking

Newt should yell, mic check!

[JHB]

5. It's not just about Romney, and it's not just the 1%...

Newt, EVERYONE wants you to shut up. And go away.


hell, they've written books about it

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tell-newt-to-shut-up-david-maraniss/1100626290

[sendero]

7. The 99% know you are part of the 1%..

.... and we aren't buying what you are selling. Romney sucks, you suck more. Lots more.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

8. Coming from a 1%er that is rich!

[Hubert Flottz]

9. Toxic Newtzi just wants them other old boys to play fair...

but Newt wouldn't know how to play fair, at anything, at anytime. It ain't all that funny when all that negative shit you may fling comes bouncing back to foul up your entire freakin' Li'l World. Newt can dish out the nastyness on his fellow republicans that he can afford to air and I won't shed a tear. Neither will I shed a tear when all of Newt's toxic shit comes bouncing back to tarnish his Tiffany.

[sufrommich]

10. Says the guy with the revolving credit account

at Tiffanys. I am so loving the republican primary!

[SixthSense]

11. Give credit where credit is due

he's right on this... look up Romney's donors... #1 donor guess who (drumroll please)... Goldman Sachs!

[HangOnKids]

12. Newt is engaging In pyrrhic victory tactics

Keep going The Little Salamander Who Could!

[spanone]

13. go newt go !!!!!!!!

you can't make this shit up !!!!

[Hugabear]

14. Hahahaha...so now Newtie wants us to think he's part of the OWS crowd

As if...that lying sack of hot air will literally say anything

[Jackpine Radical]

16. I applaud Newtie on this one.

He's not gonna get the nom, but he's doing a couple of things here (for his own little psychopathic reasons, to be sure):

First, he's doing a pretty nice job of flaying Willard in ways that will not heal before November, and
Second, he's legitimizing the general strategy of attacking Republicans for their corporate connections.

Assuming Willard gets the nom (I'm not convinced he will), all Obama would have to do is keep playing Newt's ads.

[rustydog]

17. Didn't this numb-nut tell a group of 99%-ers that there were no 99%.

Now he be one?