Newt Gingrich Says Trump 'Not Trying' Yet

[TomCADem]

Source: MSNBC

ASPEN — Newt Gingrich suggested on Saturday that Donald Trump is "not trying" yet in his bid for the presidency, and said Hillary Clinton's campaign is "just wasting a lot of money while allowing him to think through how he wants to run the fall campaign."

Gingrich, who is formally being vetted as Trump's running mate, told a crowd at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado that the money spent by the Clinton campaign thus far "has no meaning."

"Everything the Clinton campaign is doing to suppress Trump will, in the short run, suppress Trump — because he's not trying," the former speaker of the House said.

"The thing she's got to worry about is if he is still alive as a candidate on the first of October," Gingrich continued.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/newt-gingrich-says-trump-not-trying-yet/ar-AAhWbDb

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Is this just supposed to be reassuring? Hey, don't worry about Trump, he is just messing around now. But, you just wait until October, and he will unleash his awesome presidential demeanor. He will stop making racist, sexist, anti-semitic remarks, and will be Presidential and dignified.

[Scootaloo]

1. Really? I find him to be extremely trying n/t

[3catwoman3]

13. My thought exactly.

His coarse, crass, blustering demeanor tries my patience every time I see or hear anything about him.

[Nitram]

23. Good one, Scoot!

[YOHABLO]

2. Oh brother. Well Newt, Trump doesn't have to try very hard at making himself look like a jackass.

I'm sure he'll continue to do so right up until the Convention and the inevitable campaign for President.

[broadcaster75201]

3. Let me ...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

[trusty elf]

4. Read my lips....

NO NEWT AXES ! ! !

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[Skittles]

5. shut the fuck up, Newt

JAYSUS, what EVER have we done to deserve a rehash of THAT repuke hypocrite?

[TeamPooka]

6. Nero is fiddling. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. tRump can think? Gingrich admits tRump might not make it as far as October? Wow

Gingrich wants to be VP by insulting Trump like this?
Gingrich thinks he can change tRump around in three months?
Gingrich thinks that not trying till October is a good strategy?

He's much more of a fool than he has ever been. Perhaps he's getting as senile as tRump is getting.

Even so, complacency is not an option.

[truthisfreedom]

8. Newt validating that jackass doesn't mean diddly poo.

It's Newt Gingrich. He's full of firsts! He was the first speaker of the House to be disciplined for an ethics violation. He was the first speaker to shut down government over a fake grievance (he claimed that President Clinton snubbed him by making him exit Air Force One through a rear door, but was forced to recant that claim when NBC broadcast images of him walking out of the plane with the President). And the list goes on. Gingrich was and still is one of the biggest republican losers in history.

Which is what makes him a perfect match for drumpf.

[Scarsdale]

9. Perfect twosome.

Will all SIX of their wives campaign alongside of them? Calista should have spent more time at Tiffany's and less time at the cosmetic surgeon.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Seems he is repeating fellow-NYer Ghouliani's strategy

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Giuliani is letting the presidential campaign come to him, a strategy that has never been tried before and that is fraught with risks. Advisers hope he will win the Sunshine State's Jan. 29 primary and vault himself back into White House contention before 22 states hold primary contests a week later.

New York and New Jersey will vote that day, as will several other big states such as California that Giuliani believes he can win. If all goes according to plan, he will have amassed a significant lead in the hunt for delegates by the end of Feb. 5.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/11/AR2008011101271_2.html

where he was able to broach the above hurdle but is still plagued with having a similar m.o. as the Ghoul -

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But there were two serious miscalculations: the flawed campaign strategy - and the fact that, despite his 9/11 credentials, Republicans found his socially liberal views hard to take. On the issues that mattered to the Republican right - gun laws, gays and abortion - Giuliani simply was not their man.

On top of that, Giuliani failed the happy-family test. He has been married three times, and has a troubled relationship with his children. In a story relished by the US media, his current wife, Judith, ostentatious and much younger, last year reserved an extra plane seat for her Louis Vuitton handbag.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/30/usa.rudygiuliani

which explains all his outlandish and over-the-top RW-style crazy-talk that embraces the GOP's obsession over certain issues, while reining in his family affairs to keep them in line (at least so far). I.e., attempting to take a failed strategy and tweak it to try to get a better outcome.

[Cosmocat]

11. Only a fucking republican

could say that about a POTUS candidate with a straight face.

This is a SERIOUS, major campaign.

Only conservatives could come up with that kind of rationalization, and guess what?

The pods, about 40% of the country, will be chanting this now.

[IronLionZion]

12. Yup, he's just playing N-dimensional chess at this point

and will wait to unleash his secret strategy for success in November, because he's that impressive. This is the kind of brilliant stuff the teach at Trump University. Enroll now and you too can get rich quick!

[reACTIONary]

21. LOL nt

[Scientific]

14. October Surprise XLV (R)

Anyone paying a smidgen of attention over the last 40 years realizes the Repubes will of course roll out the latest model of some kind of low stinking subversive evil twisted darkside citizen-baffling bullshit in October.

So the Squirm & Squeal Newtie Puppet is not saying anything new or revealing.

I mean, d'oh.

[IronLionZion]

15. They failed to defeat Obama twice

maybe this time they'll get it?

Trump is going to lose to a woman. It will be very embarrassing for him.

[stopbush]

16. Whistling past the R Party graveyard.

Sorry, Newt, but the country is done with Rs creating their own realities.

[Cryptoad]

17. Rumor Control:

They will colonize the Moon and make it all White and Great!

[vinny9698]

18. Ah the famous "rope a dope' that worked so well for Ali

Taking a smart move by the Greatest, it worked. Why not in politic?

[Overseas]

19. I think Drumpf has been trying. For him. Sweeping up all the malcontents, racists and reality TV

fans. Trying to be as offensive and politically incorrect as possible to draw in more viewers. Just like they do on reality TV.

That seems to be his guiding principle-- get more airtime by being as obnoxious as possible-- like those reality TV folks do.

[bucolic_frolic]

20. If you have to hedge that it depends

"if he is still alive as a candidate on the first of October"

than you have answered the question.

[Nitram]

22. Thanks, Newt. Please let us know when he starts.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

24. Kung Fu grip. That's my guess.

He's like Bill Bixby in "The Incredible Hulk." Sure, he's mild-mannered now, but just you wait.

[NastyRiffraff]

25. Jeez. I had to check that this wasn't The Onion

or Borowitz. Trump and Gingrich, a dream team, if by "dream" you man "nightmare."

[WhiteTara]

27. Have you noticed how big Newt's head

is? It's much bigger than even Trump's! Do you think it is genetic? Is it his hair? It's just so big! It always sort of bothers me how big his head is.