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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGingrich: D.C. 'frightened' by 'genuine outsider'
Newt Gingrich said today that the political establishment is fighting him because of fear over "the idea of a Gingrich presidency changing Washington."
"They are very frightened by the idea of a genuine outsider," Gingrich said on ABC's Good Morning America.
The winner of Saturday's primary in South Carolina also said he is "very comfortable" with the idea of releasing the contract he had with the Freddie Mac mortgage lender, but he did not make a firm commitment to do so.
Gingrich spoke as South Carolina runner-up Mitt Romney and aides sought to cast the former House Speaker as a failed Washington insider whose beneficiaries included Freddie Mac.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/01/gingrich-dc-frightened-by-genuine-outsider/1
-- Outsider?? --
Frances
(8,545 posts)is an outsider?
Jennicut
(25,415 posts)are a few sandwiches short a picnic.
Johonny
(20,833 posts)RandomKoolzip
(18,536 posts)izquierdista
(11,689 posts)Why is it that most of Noot's most memorable quotes sound like the Red Queen?
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)...
"I meant by 'impenetrability' that we've had enough of that subject, and it would be just as well if you'd mention what you mean to do next, as I suppose you don't mean to stop here all the rest of your life."
"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone.
"When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."
...
... pretty much the same sort of condescending tone Newt uses, and he makes about as much sense ...
izquierdista
(11,689 posts)I was thinking of "off with their heads", which is Noot mimicking the Red Queen.
vanlassie
(5,669 posts)Perfect!
I'm seeing him in a big red dress already!
Charlemagne
(576 posts)January 3, 1979 January 3, 1999.
real outsider status there.
MinervaX
(169 posts)Than he ever did with his constituents.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)marmar
(77,072 posts)And I'm sure the GMA hosts challenged him on that statement.......
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)edhopper
(33,567 posts)Newt will say anything he thinks sounds good. The problem is when he utters such bullshit the members of the MSM don't call him on it. Did anybody on GMA say this statement is ridiculous? No, they just let him go on. Just like his bullshit about being exonorated from the ethics probe.
ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)If he's the nominee, i'm sure a rebuttal point will be to challenge that assertion. In the meantime, since none of his current opponents are outsiders, they can't say anything.
So, for now he'll get away with it.
GAC
edhopper
(33,567 posts)I am talking about the damn Press doing their fucking job.
ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)But, until one of the pols the press is covering brings it up, i don't see what you're looking for as something that's about to occur.
Once he actually has an opponent who'll bring this stuff up, the press will cover it.
I don't disagree that the press should. But, they won't.
GAC
edhopper
(33,567 posts)at one time the Press actually looked for the truth instead of just reporting he said/she said.
It is now a sad shadow of what it was.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Newt says he is all about big ideas, therefore he is.
He says he is a faithful husband, therefore he is.
He says he is a good Catholic, therefore he is.
He says he is an outsider, therefore he is.
Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)I think Newtty was even giving a nod to opening up on Iran with tactical nuclear weapons, back when VP Cheney was on TV floating an idea about doing that very thing.
Newt is a hard core neocon at heart. Dangerous to have a guy like him at the levers of power again. I think Newt just wants a chance to be our first Tiffany based Caesar. I can see how the crazies in the tea party would gravitate to a political pole-cat like Newtzi.
lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)They worry that he will take up where he left off and finish the job of ruining the country.
spanone
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BumRushDaShow
(128,836 posts)and he grew up (from infancy) on BASES run by.... wait for it...
THE GOVERNMENT!
zbdent
(35,392 posts)UTUSN
(70,680 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)Why anyone thinks he should have a say in ANYTHING is beyond me. He's a criminal liar, a two-faced prick, and should be in jail for the things he has done.
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)A radical double divorcee/abandoner is on the way.
Newt the reason you're an "outsider" today is because they kicked your corrupt, lying, hypocritical ass out. Even the GOP couldn't bear the embarrassment of your personal life and the corruption of your previous public service. That's how bad your baggage is.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)The only ones frightened of you is your own party, stupid. The rest are stocking up on popcorn, soda and dots, you arrogant son of a bitch.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Rule #1 of politics: If you say it, it's true.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)The Washington monument is firmly embedded up his ass, right behind his head. Doesn't ANYONE remember the "Shrieker of the House"?
I'd organize a mass-mooning of the fucker but he would just view all those asses as his home turf. I can't even think of enough obscenities to describe him - and I'm good with obscenities.