Spectator on Newt

[Baruch Menachem]

Just tossing this out there because I thought it would be entertaining.

WASHINGTON -- How long have I been saying it? At least for 15 years, but in private I have been aware of it longer. Newt Gingrich is conservatism's Bill Clinton, but without the charm. He has acquired wit but he has all the charm of barbed wire.

Newt and Bill are, of course, 1960s generation narcissists, and they share the same problems: waywardness and deviancy. Newt, like Bill, has a proclivity for girl hopping. It is not as egregious as Bill's, but then Newt is not as drop-dead beautiful. His public record is already besmeared with tawdry divorces, and there are private encounters with the fair sex that doubtless will come out. If I have heard of some, you can be sure the Democrats have heard of more. Nancy Pelosi's intimations are timely. Newt up against the Prophet Obama would be a painful thing to watch. He might be deft with one-liners but it would be futile. There are independent and other uncommitted voters to be cultivated in 2012 -- all would be unmoved by Newt's juggling of conservative shibboleths.

My problem is that Newt talks a good game, but fails to deliver.

 

[WillowTree]

what the hell are you talking about? he's the only one to balance the budget in this century..

 

[peach174]

He delivered just fine.
He really shook up the way Washington did business.
Got the socialist dems really upset. How dare his contract with America, that got repubs back in power after 40 years of Dems ruling the country.
Washington hates him and does not want to see him back there ever again.
Both parties will do and say anything to get rid of him.