Newt Gingrich Is The Donald Trump Of Politics

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Newt Gingrich Is The Donald Trump Of Politics

by Christina Wilkie at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/newt-gingrich-donald-trump_us_5776ca72e4b04164640ff52c?section=

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This week, Trump whittled his list of potential running mates down to just a few contenders, among them New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). And only one of them has ever steered the passage of a bill through Congress.

In his 20 years of representing Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, however, Gingrich did far more than pass a few bills: He devised and led a populist Republican renaissance. In 1994, Republicans won a majority in the House for the first time in 40 years, thanks in large part to Gingrich and the policy proposals he dubbed the GOP’s “Contract with America.” Over the next four years, Speaker Gingrich put his mark on everything from welfare reform to tax cuts to term limits.

While his skills as a showboater and a debater are well known, there’s another side of Gingrich that has rarely been explored. In the spring of 2012, as Gingrich burned through campaign funds in his ill-fated bid for the presidency, The Huffington Post investigated his management record, through interviews and thousands of pages of public records.

The resemblances between Gingrich and Trump are striking. Both have presided over a web of corporate entities, many of which they saddled with debts that were never paid. Both devised legally questionable ventures to disseminate their “secrets” to others in ways that conveniently benefitted themselves. People who’ve worked for them describe Gingrich and Trump in similar terms: as self-absorbed, hot-tempered bosses who view themselves as geniuses who needn’t bother with details.



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1. “She isn’t young enough or pretty enough to be the President’s wife.”

Newt speaking of his ex-wife.

Another resemblance and a perfect pairing, imo, including what operating from the White House could do for their brand names. Potentially a serious challenge for the Secret Service, though.