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underpants

(182,276 posts)
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 07:17 AM Jan 2012

Newt : "I can think of nothing more despicable"??? I can.

Oh how DARE John King ask Newt about THE news story of the day. Newt of course went belligerent a$$hole and played victim all at the same time.

"I can think of nothing more dispicable"??? I can. The hospital divorce of the first wife. The open marriage request to his recently MS diagnosed second wife (who he cheated on while his first wife was sick) and when she said no he asked for a divorce on the phone ....while she was visiting her sick mother.

Newt is the modern architect of using the media to go negative on not just a single person but an entire ideology (see his collaboration of action words with Frank Luntz).





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Newt : "I can think of nothing more despicable"??? I can. (Original Post) underpants Jan 2012 OP
This is why he needs so many women... rfranklin Jan 2012 #1
Not "needs"... redqueen Jan 2012 #5
Yes, you are absolutely correct! rfranklin Jan 2012 #14
Something we need to remember (not an excuse) is the plethora of ...uh.. opportunities in DC underpants Jan 2012 #17
Oh agreed... it's not the genitals, redqueen Jan 2012 #18
John Oliver (Daily Show) "who on his best day, places in a Dwight Schrute lookalike contest" underpants Jan 2012 #21
I'd call Newt's MO for what it is: "Weaponized Partisanship" JHB Jan 2012 #2
He may be one of the worst jerkwads this country has ever produced customerserviceguy Jan 2012 #3
Which shows a complete lack of intellectual curiosity on his part. Solly Mack Jan 2012 #4
Perfectly stated. (nt) redqueen Jan 2012 #6
I am confident the question was anticipated and the answer MGKrebs Jan 2012 #8
He's john edwards with a super pac. n/t deacon Jan 2012 #12
In modern history has there ever been a politician who over-exaggerates more than Gingrich? aaaaaa5a Jan 2012 #7
I guess he never looks in the mirror. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #9
...and look at how this bastid went after clinton.Karma's a bitch newt and you deserve no free ride. deacon Jan 2012 #10
The Great Unhinged Want Them Some Cadrich!! KharmaTrain Jan 2012 #11
The larger the lie, the more adamant and flippant Newt becomes. JoePhilly Jan 2012 #13
The incredible hypocrisy of his grandstanding when President Clinton was impeached. Sparkly Jan 2012 #15
"More dispicable"? How about your actions, Newty? sinkingfeeling Jan 2012 #16
he's a frightening species. he will do or say anything at this point in his dreadful career spanone Jan 2012 #19
He is waving the racist flag as high as he can underpants Jan 2012 #22
The thought of having sex with Newt IS pretty damned despicable!!! etherealtruth Jan 2012 #20
and it is clear that he really didn't want to get married of (insert name of current wife) underpants Jan 2012 #23
I suspect this man has no sense of commitment to anyone ... etherealtruth Jan 2012 #24

redqueen

(115,096 posts)
5. Not "needs"...
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 08:33 AM
Jan 2012

He *thinks he's entitled to* so many women. Not cause of the size of his balls but cause he's an arrogant self centered jackass.

 

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)
14. Yes, you are absolutely correct!
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 10:03 AM
Jan 2012

Warned against his tendency to self-glorification, Gingrich reacted to his amazing revival by modestly comparing himself to Reagan, Thatcher, and the founders of Walmart and McDonald’s.

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/286068/gingrich-gestalt-mark-steyn?pg=2

He left out Don Juan and Errol Flynn.

underpants

(182,276 posts)
17. Something we need to remember (not an excuse) is the plethora of ...uh.. opportunities in DC
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 08:14 PM
Jan 2012

meaning that the place is teaming with mid-20's all super motivated alpha types (that is how they got there) looking to "network" and "mentors".
There is nothing about Newt that ever made him stand out in a crowd other than power and being on TV.

The class of 1994 - the Republican Revolution - saw something like 24 marriages dissolve once the first timers got to DC. It was flat out PARTY TIME. This wasn't just the men either, the career wives who posed for the pictures and slummed at the county fair saw the crowd around them and said, "See ya later honey" and hit the scene. Joe Scarborough is a perfect example of this. He and the wife that did the campaign with him split from each other as fast as they could. The met back up to sign the divorce papers.

DC is a world of young upwards and people glamming on to them to take the ride up. Go to the Ritz Carlton in Pentagon City - the bar is like a grocery store for everyone.

redqueen

(115,096 posts)
18. Oh agreed... it's not the genitals,
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 08:25 PM
Jan 2012

but the personality type... some people just think they're entitled to live by a different set of rules, cause they're just that special and awesome. I don't have a problem with people who are honest with their partners about open relationships, but newt's sleaziness was dishonest. It's the jackasses that betray people over and over again... out of pure selfishness/narcissism.

underpants

(182,276 posts)
21. John Oliver (Daily Show) "who on his best day, places in a Dwight Schrute lookalike contest"
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 08:38 PM
Jan 2012

"This emotionally and physically repugnant man, who on his best day, places in a Dwight Schrute lookalike contest -- and who, on his worst day, rampages through the city of New York -- has somehow, somehow Jon, like a Judo master -- channeled his weaknesses into strengths. And has been cutting a f--king path through America that Warren Beatty would find daunting," said Oliver.






http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/daily-show-newt-gingrich-dwight-schrute-283544

JHB

(37,131 posts)
2. I'd call Newt's MO for what it is: "Weaponized Partisanship"
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 08:13 AM
Jan 2012

It's not really anything new, but he's the one who made it acceptable in Washington, simply because it got results.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
3. He may be one of the worst jerkwads this country has ever produced
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 08:25 AM
Jan 2012

But he has honed his sense of timing. He saw Romney flipping and flopping around that stage last night like a freshly-landed salmon, and decided to throw red meat to a crowd that was far more prone to showing it's reaction than any I've observed at the debates. He senses that he's the one who's up and coming, and he wants to show the crowd what they'd get in a debate between him and Obama versus the lackluster performance they'd get from Mittens in a debate with the President.

My prediction: He works into a virtual tie with Romney, and asks Santorum to split before Florida.

Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
4. Which shows a complete lack of intellectual curiosity on his part.
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 08:26 AM
Jan 2012

Also, he is painfully lacking in self-awareness. If Newt had any self-awareness at all he'd know that he is far more despicable than any question that could ever be asked of him.

Alas, his self reflections run no deeper than, 'I want'.



MGKrebs

(8,138 posts)
8. I am confident the question was anticipated and the answer
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 08:43 AM
Jan 2012

was scripted. No way the question was a surprise to him. I mean, he had a range of ways to respond; ask for forgiveness, try to deflect, deny, etc. He chose "attack the messenger". Conservatives are so funny. They used to slobber all over themselves about military service and medals- until John Kerry showed up. They used to LOVE venture capitalists and big business- until they had to chop Romney down. They used to love "sanctity of marriage" - until it is convenient not to.

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
9. I guess he never looks in the mirror.
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 08:46 AM
Jan 2012

What really galls me about that whole little episode is that those people in the audience, who were cheering Gingrich, were the same people who were screaming for Bill Clinton's head on a pike when they found out he got a blow job from an intern. They're the same people who were fine with Gingrich's nasty-ass mother publicly calling Hillary Clinton a "bitch". Remember that one? But, God help anyone who says anything the least bit negative about the wives of any rethug wife.

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
11. The Great Unhinged Want Them Some Cadrich!!
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 08:52 AM
Jan 2012

Firstly, I had real troubles feeling the least bit sorry for John King...a man who rivals Leslie Blitzer in using rushpublican talking points as their main line of "questioning". He had his nose so far up georgie booosh's behind that he came out booooshie's belly button. Gnewt is right when he looks at King and blames him for some of the "thunderdome" aspect that our politics have taken...especially the rushpublicans.


Cadrich has no shame...only a massive ego and the unending need for power, but the wingnuts couldn't clap louder for him. But then these are the same crowds that applauded adultery and greed. The myopia is almost as amazing as the absolute arrogance and ignorance of not only these candidates and the audience but King and his Chicken Noodle Nuze "journalists". Last night reminded me why I gave up watching CNN years ago and why they're the armpit of cable news.

spanone

(135,635 posts)
19. he's a frightening species. he will do or say anything at this point in his dreadful career
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 08:28 PM
Jan 2012

he knows it's his last stand

underpants

(182,276 posts)
22. He is waving the racist flag as high as he can
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 11:00 PM
Jan 2012

"food stamps" - we both know what that means to them.
The first standing ovation stunk of staging to me, but then we know that they are all about staging.

underpants

(182,276 posts)
23. and it is clear that he really didn't want to get married of (insert name of current wife)
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 11:02 PM
Jan 2012

you know damned well that their marriage is on the rocks if he doesn't win. Win it all I mean.

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