("There is something I know.") Pelosi On A Gingrich Presidency: "That Will Never Happen"

[kpete]

Pelosi On A Gingrich Presidency: "That Will Never Happen"

King: "Why?"

Pelosi: "He's not going to be President of the United States. That's not going to happen. Let me just make my prediction and stand by it, it isn't going to happen."

King: "Why are you so sure?"

Pelosi: "There is something I know. The Republicans, if they choose to nominate him that's their prerogative. I don't even think that's going to happen."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/24/pelosi_on_a_gingrich_presidency_that_will_never_happen.html
http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/01/24/nancy-pelosi-predicts-newt-gringrich-will-never-be-president/
http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/24/pelosi-says-that-gingrich-will-not-be-president-in-2012/

[liberal N proud]

1. When he gets the nomination - bing - all Newts ethics issues front and center

[wordpix]

50. agree, that's what Nancy "knows" but she's waiting to bring it out

Noot is counting on people discounting his ancient history but Nancy will bring it front and center.

[valerief]

2. Cuz she knows they're giving it to Jeb Bush. nt

[eyewall]

16. That's what I think too.

Or, if not Jeb then some other rational appearing republican.

[calimary]

18. Oh Dear God...

Hey I know Dems can't hold onto the White House forever. I just hope that Obama can realign the Supreme Court before one of the bad guys gets back in. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is not looking very healthy lately.

[renie408]

26. WHAT 'rational appearing Republican'?

And I am not as up on all this stuff as I probably should be, but doesn't the nominee have to go through the nomination primary process?

[Hugabear]

37. Not if it's an open convention

If none of the candidates is able to win a majority of delegates, then the nominee is chosen by the convention. Open conventions can get very interesting, and can result in out-of-nowhere nominees. There hasn't been an open convention in this country in many years, and I'm pretty sure that either Gingrich, Romney, or Santorum will pick up enough delegates to claim a majority before the convention. However, if all 4 candidates stay in until the end, it's a distinct possibility - each of the 4 has their own base of supporters.

[Amonester]

57. The bu$h family "brand name" is as good as trash meat....

or daily car bombings in Iraq...

bring 'em on...

[lonestarnot]

62. Snort.

[TBF]

28. That would not surprise me one bit. nt

[pocoloco]

40. Jeb can save the day!

It's his for the taking, either this upcoming term or next. Nancy cleaned *'s table, I bet she thinks
she and jeb would make a great team also?

[Kurmudgeon]

53. Bush Corp is waiting till the bills Dubya ran up are paid, then election fraud will resurface.

[emcguffie]

56. Election fraud never went anywhere.

Obama really won by a lot more than we think. They are always taking away a certain chunk of the votes. If it had really been a close election, we'd have McCain in the White House. But it was an absolute landslide (which truly is hardly surprising), so Obama won.

Just my opinion.

[valerief]

65. I know. Just imagine a vote without proprietary software electronic voting machines. nt

[dimbear]

3. Bipartisanship involving a prominent Dem, Neut, and Callista. A reachacross the aisle.

In my fantasies, anyway.

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. The fact that this leads your fantasies

(or even plays a cameo role) gives me a massive sad.

[totodeinhere]

4. I wonder what it is. It must be good. But I agree that she should save it to use after

he gets the nomination. If she releases it now then the GOP could just go ahead and nominate someone else. And if Newt doesn't get the nomination which I think is the much more likely scenario, then release it.

My only caveat is, if there is something this bad in his closet, why would Newt be running knowing that? Well, one possibility is that he has got stuff on others too. I guess time will tell.

[Lasher]

8. Having something bad in his closet didn't stop John Edwards.

However we label Edwards' enabling character flaw, Newt has it too.

[Major Hogwash]

15. Yabut . . .

Nobody was standing next to the closet door with their hand on the handle, threatening to fling it wide open, like Nancy seems to be doing here.

Mue-ha-ha-ha!!

*rubs hands over and over again*

I love the smell of fried Gingrich in the morning.
It smells like . . . smoked bacon.

[Lasher]

20. Bwa ha haaaa!!!!

I share your sinister anticipation.



If there's actually anything to it and if it materializes.

[FarCenter]

38. But when she was bad, she was very, very good.

[Mister Ed]

9. Why, you wonder, would he run knowing he had something so bad in his closet?

It's hard for us mere mortals to comprehend the boundless hubris, narcissism, and sense of entitlement possessed by some of these Washington critters. It's not strictly confined to the other side of the aisle, though.

Remember when John Edwards was trying to convince us Dems to make him our nominee for President - all the while knowing he had a secret that, when exposed, would hand the victory to the Republicans, and sabotage the work of legions of devoted Democratic volunteers?

[totodeinhere]

11. Good point. n/t

[calimary]

19. Ego is a most powerful thing.

In newty's mind, it's the ONLY thing. Donald Trump doesn't have the ego or superiority complex newt gangrene does.

[dmr]

22. Yes, I think he got caught up in the moment. I think, originally, the con man in him was

looking for a way to increase his Beltway value & increase his speaking fees. And, as you say, the ego is a most powerful thing.

I'm not even an armchair psychologist, & I hate making a diagnosis, but I think old Newt has mental issues.

I can't stand listening to him talk. I wish I could describe how awful he sounds. And, when you put the sound of his voice to the words he says as he stomps his feet whining that nothing is ever, ever his fault, but the fault of everyone else - why it's enough to make a grown woman vomit!


Glad I got that off my chest.

PS: I've also thought this dog & pony show the GOP has been doing is mostly a ruse to allow someone to come in late in the game, whereby missing all the debates & scrutiny - with most everyone in the GOP relieved that they won't care where or how someone like Jeb Bush or Eric Cantor stand. Yea, I say Cantor because: Did you see the intense look on his face during SOTU?

[wakemewhenitsover]

34. I have a similar reaction to Newt's voice.

The contrast between his faux-professorial tone and the inflammatory, moronic words he says is disturbing. Makes my blood pressure skyrocket, so the moment he starts talking, I turn off whatever electronic device is emitting his voice. Used to do that with Shrub, too (a simple way to improve one's life).

[Kurmudgeon]

54. That's the same reaction I get when I know someone is lying to me.

Which probably explains why George W, Newt and the GOP gang raise my hackles.

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

45. Your P.S. is my prediction also.

Repub voters are capable of creaming their jeans (is there an emoticon for that?) overnight. They've done it w/ everyone from Bachman to Trump. At 'T minus' 60 days and counting, out of the mist arises a Chris Christie or Haley Barbour character, and the lemmings will be so relieved that it's not Mitt or Newt, Rupert will give his blessing and race will be on.

[sendero]

23. Exactly.

..... the narcissists of the world are not like you and me. To them, any thing they did was justified and reasonable and not to be questioned. To be a narcissist, you have to get used to dealing with a lot of denial. Newt has apparently mastered denial completely. And I wouldn't be surprised at ANYTHING that is in Newt's closet.

[JHB]

24. Remember we're talking about Newt Gingrich here...

...a man who built his career on absolutely shameless brazenness, self-promotion, and ruthless, destructive opportunism.

If something he covets seems within his reach, he'll go for it until he goes down in flames. This isn't merely speculation, he's done it before. Witness his attempt to bring down Clinton, and remember which one of them left office prematurely.

[treestar]

49. Newt's ego is big enough

That he believes he can keep it secret or that he can brazen it out.

[alp227]

5. i peeked at Mark Levin's show this afternoon and heard that soundbite there first.

of course Levin got paranoid and thought that Pelosi had dirt (when maybe Pelosi just knew as far as predictions go). Of course Levin had to play the facelift card. Will Gingrich really catch on with inner-city child janitors (the 21st century version of Reagan's welfare queen rhetoric)? Doubt it.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. If children are responsible enough to be hired as janitors

Shouldn't they also have the right to vote?

[onehandle]

7. She's right. They will never nominate him. He will be paid off. nt

[Sherman A1]

44. She is right, they will never nominate him, but

I think it will be more of a melt down just as was seen with Bachman, Perry, Cain, etc. This is all media driven. The big money has already picked Romney.

[Lasher]

10. I'll bet she knows he was born in Hawaii instead of America.

This will be 100 times bigger than Watergate.

[Tripod]

12. Come on...

All of these guys are destined for failure, money, and fame. They get what they deserve.

[Major Hogwash]

14. Bwahahaha!!!!

You tell 'em, Nancy!!

[malaise]

17. Is he certified mad? n/t

[Liberty Belle]

21. She sounded very sure, said it softly but firmly. I suspect they know of some crime he committed.

Just a hunch, maybe off. Remember Gingrich resigned and was replaced as speaker by Dennis Hastert, who was later accused by Sibel Edmonds of selling nuclear secrets to Turkey. I just wonder if Newt could have been involved with that, or something along that line.

Or just garden variety corruption, ABSCAM style. If Dems have proof of criminal actions, bye bye Newt.

[loudsue]

48. Nobody in congress will ever be convicted of treason. They all have

a separate type of justice than real Americans. These are the ruling class... the one percent. Hastert wasn't alone in his guilt, and Sibel Edmonds could have had a hay-day if we actually had true justice in this country. But we don't. And the mafias of this and other countries own and run the US legislature.

[wordpix]

51. my guess: got 5 women pregnant while married and had them get abortions

Just a hunch that something like this is in the cards to trip up Mr. Conservative I Will Always be Faithful to Wife Gingrich.

[Vinca]

25. She wasn't just saying that to drive us nuts was she? I've got to know!!!

[ingac70]

27. Ssssh! Nancy!

I want that bastard as the repuke nom!

[jwirr]

29. I hope she is guarding her back. Or has some other form of insurance.

[DonCoquixote]

30. I like nancy..but

This is the same genius who brought us the "Impeachment is off the table.." mess. If the US can elect W. ANYTHING is possible.
I was going to say America can elect a Ham sandwich to the office, but actually, that is too nice: a ham sandwich would not do nearly the amount of damage that W. Did, or that newt would do.

[AlbertCat]

35. This is the same genius who brought us the "Impeachment is off the table.." mess.

Oh yes... that was her idea alone. She thought of it herself!

[JustAnotherGen]

31. I say this in kindness

I love Nancy Pelosi. Think she's a fabulous legislator. But - she needs to stop this. 2012 cannot be about her and people stopping HER as it was in 2010. It has to be about those of us on the Left stopping "THEM ONES OVER THERE". Her saying something like this gets her into the mix on an election other than her own. She needs to worry about herself - and let someone in the shadows on the Obama/Biden campaign "say" this stuff.

Think back - remember what a lightning rod she was for the TEAPS?

[Sam1]

32. Oh come on Nute as

the "great white hope" it's just to delicious.

[dotymed]

33. What I find so amazingly, obviously ignorant (actually, I can't even describe it)

by the people who vote for Newt, is the fact that he was banned from ever holding public office again, when he was fired from Congress. They actually passed a bill (the ethics committee), banning Newt from holding any elected office.
When the repugs were trying to keep the mobster, Tom Delay, in office, they did away with this bill. This allowed newt to run for POTUS. Hell, he couldn't even run for dog-catcher before that.
Knowing how corrupt most of "our" politicians are, Newt must have been caught for some heavy shit. This is the true state of our (orgainized crime) government. Pushing for a monster to run as POTUS.
We, the people, have no choice about who TPTB allow to be "our" leaders. If we did, we would choose moral, "people before profits" citizens. Instead we are always presented with the "lesser of two evils", which we are to believe that we actually decide upon.
We do "on-line banking," yet are unable to have "hack-proof" electronic voting? How long will Americans allow themselves to be puppets?
Really, we ALL know it is a lie, yet we participate, following "their" rules. We are cowardly idiots. I apologize for the negativity. I just get tired of the "illusion" that we all ignore.

[ehrnst]

42. Do you have a link to the bill banning him?

Or a name? I'm not finding one in google, but I might be missing a necessary term.

I want that to send to a few family members that think he's the second coming.

[renate]

43. +1000 to everything you said

And wow, I had never ever heard that he had once been banned from holding public office again.

[Proud Public Servant]

52. Gingrich banned from holding office? Seriously, what are you talking about?

No memory of this (in spite of being a political junkie who lived through it), no evidence of it anywhere on line -- and I find it highly unlikely that Congress has that authority. Are you sure you're not confused?

[Mopar151]

36. Nancy Pelosi was on the comittee

(House Ethics) that spent a year going through tousands of pages of Newt's misdeeds.

[Hugabear]

39. Bingo - and the RWers are screaming bloody murder about it

Turn on any RW propaganda show, and you'll hear them tossing around terms like 'blackmail' and 'extortion' over Pelosi's statements.

Pretty ironic coming from the party that loves to dig up anything and everything from their opponent's past to use against them.

[zipplewrath]

41. True or not

It makes an interesting "threat". She never even really has to say what it is, or might be, but the mere fear could dissuade people from voting for him.

[kiranon]

46. Nancy's a good poker player. Maybe she has something, maybe not.

It's for others to find out about and for the Republicans to worry about.

[Smilo]

47. Sssshhh - we want to keep it our little secret until he is nominated.

[The Stranger]

55. She is absolutely the worse interview of any politician I know of at any level, anywhere.

She never, never, but never, has simple-to-understand answers that are on message and on point.

She always, always, but always, looks confused, off-her-game and ends up playing into the Republicans' hands.

[Amonester]

58. What in "That will never happen." is so hard to understand?

Do you really think everyday people these days have enough time on their hands to read or listen to interviews in full?

"That will never happen." is short enough.

[Quixote1818]

59. If so she should save it until a week before the election so we don't get Jeb Bush. nt

[ThomThom]

60. She may just be thinking that the real powers of the republican party

don't like newt and would never approve him as the candidate. There are a lot of republicans that do not like the newtster. Maybe she has talked to some of them.
We need to be prepared for a candidate unknown. I think the Pres. has already thought of that and has a list.

[anAustralianobserver]

61. Yep that's what I think too. She wouldn't threaten Newt publicly except maybe defensively.

Likely she knows that the R establishment can get him to drop out if he gains much more momentum; or maybe that Newt is working towards a brokered convention to release Romney delegates for a dark horse.

If it wasn't a Washington 'open secret' she probably wouldn't have mentioned it.

[totodeinhere]

63. That may be true, but if the GOP base continues to vote for Newt in spite of what the establishment

wants then what can they do about it short of fixing the vote? I would love to see Newt continue to win primaries in spite of what the big shots want and then see Obama cream him in the November election. Then we have the best of both worlds. Mittens and Newt both lose.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

64. Don't know if she really has anything, but I strongly suspect that ...

... Newt has done things so vile and heinous that Caligula would be impressed.