Newt's Last Act As Speaker --- "He never really caught major air."

[kpete]

Blanket tossing looks like one of the funnest things in the world.
It was also one of Newt Gingrich's final acts as speaker. Orange County Historical Society/Flickr


Newt Gingrich called his 1998 swing through Alaska's North Slope "an eye-opening experience"
Things didn't go quite so smoothly for Gingrich, though. As Jack Hitt explained in MoJo later that year:

At an Eskimo blanket toss in Barrow, Alaska, when Gingrich insisted on having a turn, 15 Native Americans heaved-ho (for the love of God, have they not suffered enough?) to try to pop the enormous Gingrich off the blanket. An unidentified bystander observed, "He never really caught major air."

Maybe it was symbolism. A little more than two months later, Gingrich announced that he was stepping down as speaker of the House.

more:
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/01/your-daily-newt-gingrich-gets-blanket-tossed

[randr]

1. And I would bet he never inhaled---nc

[gopiscrap]

2. Newt is one of the sleaziest

people we've ever had in politics