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spanone

(135,791 posts)
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 11:54 AM Jan 2012

Newt Gingrich is the phoniest presidential candidate ever

After having affairs and dropping two wives, he had gall to attack Bill Clinton over Monica Lewinsky


It is not so much that Newt Gingrich, one of the great phonies in the history of presidential politics, acts as if he is smarter than everybody else. You get a lot of that from guys like Gingrich, who want to speak for the common man from behind a line of credit at Tiffany and Co., and speak about God and faith after an adult life that calls to mind a horny frat boy.

No, it gets even better with Gingrich. It’s not enough for him to sell himself as the world's smartest man, he thinks he gets to treat the rest of us like we’re dumber than dishwater.

So at the same time that Gingrich tries to make Mitt Romney sound like the closest thing on the stage to Bernie Madoff because of his business career at Bain Capital, somehow turning Romney’s character as a venture capitalist into the central issue of this campaign, Gingrich apparently thinks his own personal character — or lack thereof — is somehow irrelevant.

In a pig’s eyes it is.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/newt-gingrich-phoniest-presidential-candidate-article-1.1009014#ixzz1k0wq2Xvf

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Newt Gingrich is the phoniest presidential candidate ever (Original Post) spanone Jan 2012 OP
I don't know that's a pretty harsh statement LynneSin Jan 2012 #1
He's evil. n/t greytdemocrat Jan 2012 #2
Agreed but Mitt is a close second! n/t Raven Jan 2012 #3
That man seeps anger. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2012 #4
It is all the media's fault, don't you know? FSogol Jan 2012 #5
He's got a good chance though izquierdista Jan 2012 #6
I think Mitt Romney is phonier, but they are all a bunch of losers. undeterred Jan 2012 #7
All 4 of them are phony in their own ways LynneSin Jan 2012 #11
It reminds me of how much of the media and electorate and all cilla4progress Jan 2012 #8
m$nbc just declared that newts performance could have 'sealed the deal' for him spanone Jan 2012 #10
'zactly! cilla4progress Jan 2012 #12
I've been waiting a few years for this day. safeinOhio Jan 2012 #9
Yeah, but his lovely wife seems really genuine. kestrel91316 Jan 2012 #13

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
1. I don't know that's a pretty harsh statement
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 11:56 AM
Jan 2012

How do you think phonies feel being compared to someone like Newt Gingrich



Newt has always lived a life that he is above the law whether it the laws are those created by our government (like when he said he would ignore Supreme Court rulings) or those made by religion (you know those pesky 10 commandments that says thou shall not commit adultery).

Newt lives in his own lil private world where he sets the rules that he can live by but god forbid anyone else tries to live that same life.

 

izquierdista

(11,689 posts)
6. He's got a good chance though
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 12:00 PM
Jan 2012

Because large portions of the American electorate ARE dumber than dishwater.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
11. All 4 of them are phony in their own ways
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 12:13 PM
Jan 2012

Mitt Romney is a phony because he tries to act like he can relate to the working class people even though he's filthy rich thru dubious investments that impacted the working class people.

Rick Santorum is a phony because he hides behind a so-called 'Jesus' based on everything in the bible except the 4 books that are attributed to the word of Jesus (the gospels). If Rick was truly a CHristian he'd be progressive.

Ron Paul is a phony too because he tries to claim he's got progressive support because he's anti-war and tries to connect to the 99% but the guy is a racist, sexist, homophobic man - how can you support the 99% if it's white men only?

Newt though is the biggest phony because he lives by one set of laws but would rule by another conflicting set.

They are all phonies.

And yes Obama has his phony moments too but of the 5 candidates he is the best chance of moving our country forward.

cilla4progress

(24,717 posts)
8. It reminds me of how much of the media and electorate and all
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 12:02 PM
Jan 2012

fawned over Rumsfeld. I think these people have deep-seated psychological problems, that they like and respond to being insulted and talked down to like this.

It's a bullying thing. Eventually, it catches up with the bully, but until then, we see this very sick adoration and rallying around him.

Sado-masochism, at its most obvious.

spanone

(135,791 posts)
10. m$nbc just declared that newts performance could have 'sealed the deal' for him
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 12:04 PM
Jan 2012

newt attacks the media and they love him for it

safeinOhio

(32,641 posts)
9. I've been waiting a few years for this day.
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 12:04 PM
Jan 2012

It's a great day to be a Democratic supporter of Obama. After years of the idiots in this town talking crap about the President, I now get to throw a news tidbit about Newt & Mitt at them every day. They tend to look at the floor and shake their heads.

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