Newt complains: He's been "Romney-boated".

[JBoy]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hO9b8NZRbtnH0SWW4Nqc5osCqZOw?docId=d77a68e8be1a4b3eaa7f41ed2b3db28d

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — Struggling to reverse a slide in his standing, Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich said Sunday he'd been "Romney-boated" in Iowa and suggested his GOP rival would buy the presidency if he could.

The sharp words against Mitt Romney, a multimillionaire many times over who is in strong contention to win Iowa, come two days before voters here weigh in on the Republican field. It was part of a stepped-up effort by Gingrich to contrast himself with Romney, and the candidate said he would adopt an even more aggressive strategy when the race moves to New Hampshire, the former Massachusetts governor's backyard.

Gingrich's nautical attack was a reference to a 2004 TV ad campaign by a group called the "Swiftboat Veterans for Truth" that bloodied Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. This year, Gingrich has faced an onslaught of negative TV advertisements by a group aligned with Romney.

Asked Sunday whether he felt that he had been "swiftboated," Gingrich replied, "I feel Romney-boated."

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LOL.

[Kahuna]

1. Whew boy, that's funny as hell...

[calimary]

2. As a friend of yours once said to Patrick Leahy, newt, "Go Fuck Yourself."

Boo-freakin'-hoo.

Funny how he can dish it out but he can't take it when it's dished out on him. SO typical of these GOP bullies! Hell, it's so typical of ANY bullies, political or not.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

3. Any of them would buy the presidency if they could.

That's exactly what they are doing.

[deacon]

4. He's lost his Newtmentum. n/t

[cthulu2016]

5. That means Newt admits it is all true...

or is Newt saying the ads against Kerry were bullshit?

[sufrommich]

12. That was my impression too. It makes me

sick to my stomach that these assholes get away with admitting that "getting swiftboated" is a dirty trick and the media lets it slide.

[BeaufortPenguin]

6. Did Noot Really Think That

Enough voters would either forget, or just ignore, the fact that he is to date, the only speaker of the house that was forced to resign or be expelled for being a sadistic reprobate?

The only shame is that this human garbage wasn't able to concoct a snowjob big enough to fool the flatheads. He and the half-term quitter from wasiller would have made a great tandem for the fall comedy season.

[Va Lefty]

10. The newt thinks normal rules don't apply to him

He's a "Historical" figure

[MH1]

7. That's downright offensive.

A genuine war hero has his record lied about in the nastiest ways possible, by people who supposedly are the rah rah 'support our veterans' types. What the heck does Newt think was done to him that even comes freakin' close?

[Prophet 451]

8. Fuck you, Newt

You were one of the people most responsible for turning politics into a knife-fight in the first place.

[dimbear]

9. Stop lying about Newt's military career, Mitt. Including claiming he had one. TIA.

Newt sat out Viet Nam in the warm welcoming arms of his geometry teacher, IIRC. Any port in a storm.

[JHB]

11. Eat it, Newt. They're just using your own playbook...

...with the exception that they don't have to lie as much to smear you, just point out your actual track record.

[EC]

13. So he's admitting the whole swift-boating was unfair

and a bunch of lies, since he's saying that is what is being done to him.

[UTUSN]

14. R#2 & K for, awww poor baby - so how does it FEEL a-hole?!1 n/t

[RZM]

15. Isn't Newt also 'a multimillionaire many times over?'

I've seen estimates of between 10-20 million.