Gingrich Says Run for President Possible

[Duncan Grant]

<snip>
MOBILE, Ala. - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Thursday he might run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 — unless some candidates promote his ideas.

"There are circumstances where I will run," Gingrich told a news conference before a speech at the University of Mobile.

Earlier this year, in an interview with The Associated Press, Gingrich said, "Anything seems possible."

Asked under what circumstances he would enter the race, Gingrich, 62, said he plans to continue traveling the United States talking about the issues.
<snip>

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051013/ap_on_el_pr/gingrich2008

Oh, boy! :evilgrin:

[jean]

1. he just wants to shut gov't down, not drown it in the bathtub. Oh yeah,

he'll be a good choice for the GOP.

[anitar1]

41. ;;;;;llll

[trotsky]

2. Bring it on, Newtie baby!

Let's ask his ex-wives what they think of his candidacy!

[cascadiance]

15. If he can win the Rethug nomination... Feingold would love it!

What would be stopping Russ then? Certainly Russ has less baggage than Gingrich does comparatively speaking!

[Demeter]

3. I Can See Newt Running---For The Border

followed by the majority of the GOP.

[katty]

60. Hey GingGRINCH-GET A LIFE ALREADY!

[SteppingRazor]

4. Oh, I sure hope he does...

Newt would make this a presidential campaign to remember.

We would be telling our grand kids about 2008, when the Great Republican Shit-Wave finally broke and rolled back into the sea. And when it happened, a man named Newt was surfing the tube, and wiped out in his own dung. Terrible, terrible...

I can just picture this guy getting laughed out of debates with his phony moralizing. Newt "Deathbed Divorce" Gingrich. They'll call him Double D in the history books, and not for the same reason they'll give Anna Nicole Smith that name.

[Benhurst]

5. The way things are going, a run for the border looks more likely.

:rolf:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

6. He'd be a GREAT

candidate! What FUN we would have with him!

[ikojo]

7. Oh please!!! How many times has he been

married?

Wasn't he also having an affair with an intern while he was leading the impeachment crusade against President Clinton?

He should be easy to beat given his many ethical lapses but then again, George W is a complete dolt and the Dems found it difficult to criticize him then and now.

[cornermouse]

10. Don't forget the wife he served with divorce papers

while she was still in the hospital after a mastectomy.

[pookieblue]

38. He divorced his first two wives when they both were ill.

the first one on her deathbed as someone has said. The second one when she was dx'd with MS. And he 'upgraded' for a younger model. Wonder what would happened when wife number 3 gets sick.

Sleaze ball. let him run, it's going to be so much fun to sling that mud on his face.


http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/news/Jul2000/PWMSNewtsEx.html

Ex-wife: Newt knew I was ailing

<snip>
The former House Speaker and his ex-wife, Marianne Gingrich, are in a bit of a dispute over whether Newt knew that she might have multiple sclerosis when he told her on Mother's Day 1999 that he wanted a divorce.

For the ham-handed Newtster, breakups are a touchy issue.

He notified his first wife, Jackie Battley, that he was divorcing her in 1981 after she was hospitalized with cancer.

Marianne's lawyer said Newt knew in September 1998 - eight months before he notified her that he was ditching her - that Marianne had been diagnosed with a neurological condition that might be a "forerunner of multiple sclerosis," according to the Atlanta neurosurgeon who treated her.

<snip>

[BiggJawn]

43. 5? 6? 7? Who knows?

"How ya feeling?"
"Ok, the doctor says they got it all..."
"That's good...Hey, could you stay with your sister when you get out of here?"
"Uh....Why?"
"Because my new girlfriend doesn't do 3-ways. I'm dumping your ass...Here's the papers, see you in court..."

Go ahead and run, you reptile, and if Dean doesn't put all the notches in your dick out there, he ain't got a hair on his ass.....

[AFSCME girl]

59. Yep..If I recall correctly....

I remember reading an article in Newsweek (?) that old Newt was the real king of the *ahem* BJ's in Washington. Yet, it was Bill Clinton that was crucified for his actions.....hmmmmm

[Inland]

8. Wow, what a shocker.

Like he hasn't been running since before 2004.

[cassiepriam]

9. Will Delay or Frist be out of jail by then to run with him?

Only in American is being disgraced and washed up, a qualification for running for high office.

[6th Borough]

62. According to a Newsweek article, Delay and Newt are arch-rivals

Both became involved in national politics around the same time, with Newt always blocking Delay's rise (beginning w/ politicians whom employed Delay on their staff, or later, within the republican national mechanism).

Delay (and HIS followers) purportedly spearheaded the drive within the republican leadership to both de-crown Gingrich as Speaker and establish themselves as the new kings...and kingmakers...within the repug party.

[AirAmFan]

11. Will he run on "moral values?" Like: serving divorce papers on his first wife in

her hospital room, where she was being treated for cancer? Like criticizing Clinton for Lewinski, while he himself was doing his intern? Like his solution for children of women who can't get jobs ? ("They can go to an ORPHANAGE!")

[ikojo]

13. With Republicans it is always a "youthful indescretion" even at the

tender age of 40, just ask Henry Hyde.

[pennylane100]

12. You wonder what these people are smoking.

Newt Gingrich, one of the biggest sleaze balls in politics thinks he stands a chance of being elected. How funny. But wait a minute,
that exactly what I thought when Bush decided to run.

[sofa king]

14. You know what? I'm gonna come right out and say this.

I would rather take a callous, hypcritical, philandering propagandist over this barely-sentient frat boy any day of the week.

So let the weasel run, I say. If nothing else, with Newt in the game at least we have a chance of getting the current guy out of office when he's supposed to go. Newt wouldn't have a career if he weren't so good at destroying everyone else's.

[Divernan]

16. Newt smells campaign $$$$ in the fundies rage over Harriet.

With so many rethugs disgusted with Bush, Newt senses their need for a conservative figurehead.

[progressivebydesign]

17. Let's chat about family values you little pimple of a human being.

Newt is damaged goods. What woman would vote for that fuck after he dumped his ill wife for a younger staff member, after having an affair with her while the wife battled cancer? He's a pig.

[slater71]

18. just ask him this.

What did your wife say when you asked her for a divorce so you could date one of your staffers? That should help end his run.

[daleo]

19. That would be great

He is like a poster boy for everything (well most things) wrong with the Republican Party. His very presence would bring these things up time and time again.

[devilgrrl]

20. Oh for Christ's sake.

:puke:

[Charlie Brown]

21. Newt is (gasp!) divorced

There's no way the Bible crowd will be voting for him.

[tritsofme]

28. St. Ronnie was divorced too

nt

[Roland99]

22. Anything's possible. Not everything is probable, however.

[regnaD kciN]

23. The only possible reaction to this...

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[Skink]

25. His ex wives will Swiftboat him..

I'll kick in for the ad campaign.

[Hekate]

40. They never did before. Alas. nt

[Fluffdaddy]

24. I hope he runs and wins the GOP primaries. This would be a good thing

[are_we_united_yet]

26. Ya know

It is sad when an administration is so bad that Gingrich for Prez takes a few seconds to for you to vomit rather than the immediate visceral variety of vomiting I would have had before 2000.

[stepnw1f]

27. Another Rightwing Anti-American Scumbagger

Greed baby! Just Greeeeed.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

29. Sure Newt

Why don't you just paste a "kick me" sign to your backside?
:silly:

[mac56]

30. Oh please, let him run, Ohplease ohplease ohpleeeeeeeeease

Then please let Larry Flynt have a shot at him.

Shortest campaign in history.

[dweller]

31. oh boy, please do newtster

Steph Miller's voice guy Jim will be in impersonation heavens doing his Newt-Kermit impression for the whoooole campaign.

i can't wait.
dp

[UTUSN]

32. It's Possible, All Right------------IN HIS DREAMS to POOP ON!!!!

Sorry for mixing two different cliches.

[ovidsen]

33. One note pony

Newt said the same thing during an appearance here on Hilton Head Wednesday afternoon. He wouldn't definitely say he'd run, he wouldn't say he wouldn't. He was just being coy. Mainly he talked about health care reform, and for those of us who favor government backed universal health care (a la Canada) it was kinda ominous:

The Georgia Republican called for the computerization of all of the nation's health records, universal but confidential DNA testing, increased competition between drug companies and the creation of personalized health-care accounts.

He said the creation of personal health-care accounts would hold each person accountable for his own health care and lead to an almost fully insured population within five years. /snip

In an interview, he declined to answer questions related to his political aspirations, saying only: "It's too early for that."

Most of the folks in the audience were senior citizens, who gave a lukewarm reaction to his Medicaid/Medicare ideas.

http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/5250705p-4767385c.html

[wiley]

34. Gingrinch/McCain or other way around

I called it months ago. We'll see.

[yellowcanine]

46. If McCain has any sense he won't touch Newtie with a 10 foot pollster.

Besides, they would be toxic together - way worse than LBJ and Kennedy.

[Miss Chybil]

35. Bwahaha! What ever. nt

[ngGale]

36. LOL! n/t

[onager]

37. Remember this doozy?

When Der Newtster married his last wife, they were tacky enough to have an on-line registry at several expensive stores. Anyone could go and read their wish list.

I wanted to buy the wife a beautiful set of knives.

IIRC, it was called the Lorena Bobbitt Special Edition...

[ChairmanAgnostic]

49. all women in trenches will support him.

or not.

unlike Inspector Clousseau, I suspect only the latter.

[koopie57]

39. I think that this republican primary

is going to be so much fun! First it is 2006 when I'll be volunteering for Patty Wetterling. Hopefully we can get enough democrats elected to keep things from getting any worse and then 2006 when the republicans will be at each others throats or in jail. None of them are actually friends, they are alliances with those who will help them get what they want. At least that is what I think.

[no_hypocrisy]

42. GOP primary will exhibit the candidates at their worst:

Gingrich, Guiliani, Pataki, McCain, Jebby

Let me put it to you this way. Not only will they destroy each other, but Rove can't lend his assistance to all of them. He'll have to pick one, and it won't necessarily be the nominee or the winner of the general election.

[leesa]

44. Too funny! In your dreams, Newt

[yellowcanine]

45. Please, please, please. If this happens I know God is a Democrat.

Newtie cannot keep from saying outrageous things and he has way more baggage than Hillary. At least she is still married to her first husband while Newtie is working on what, marriage number three? The first wife being his HS math teacher whom he ditched while she was in bed ill with cancer. Bring it on Newtie.

[Beetwasher]

47. Wow! Talk About A Self Deluded Idiot!

Man, some of these guys are seriously disconnected from reality.

[warrens]

48. Snicker

Yeah, we want a guy who gets blow jobs in his car in front of his kids' school - while still married. This guy is about as electable as Dick Cheney.

[LatinoSocialist]

50. please do

and bring your little affair girl with you. That will be great for the moral values debate day.

[Canuckistanian]

51. Yes! Run, Newt, Run!

This a-hole has just as much of a bad record with women as Clinton supposedly did.

Having extra-marital oral sex and claiming "I did not have sex with that woman"? He invented it!

That and the fact he was forced to withdraw in shame from financial scandal and the fact that he abandoned his sick wife for a fresher model will not play well with the "moral values" crowd.

Go for it, dude!

[Toucano]

52. Not if he lived to be 1,000

There's WAY too much baggage.

He might "run" to make a point, but he doesn't have a chance.

[stevedeshazer]

53. Newt Gingrich Considers Run for President

MOBILE, Ala. - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Thursday he might run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 — unless some candidates promote his ideas.

"There are circumstances where I will run," Gingrich told a news conference before a speech at the University of Mobile.

Earlier this year, in an interview with The Associated Press, Gingrich said, "Anything seems possible."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051014/ap_on_el_pr/gingrich2008;_ylt=Aqr39RUv299NzJTIW8bz5.eyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

[Cactus44]

54. At first I was shocked, but as I thought about it,

I realized that by todays standards Gingrich is a moderate Repub.

[donkeyotay]

55. Oh good, then we can ask him about his role in Bush's war and the WOT

[PATRICK]

56. Still has the "It" factor

like the one lurking in the sewers. Of course the arrogant shill who controls the voting machines in Georgia- and knows it- is still one of the "quality" folk the GOP can shove down our throats.

Unlike unwiser colleagues he waited well until Bush got trashed before outing his unending ambition. He has been a constant griper and opportunist, no surprise here.

And no improvement, no faux mellowing with (r)age.

[Left Turn]

57. Hmmm....

First comment: Ugh.

Second comment: Compared to the other Republican candidates out there, he actually is committed to the small-government reform movement he led in the 90's. As opposed to the Conservatives now a days who are too obsessed with religion. So it will actually be interesting to see what the focus of his campaign is.

[Geo55]

58. "Gingrich said, "Anything seems possible."

If this came from a visionary humanitarian , ...inspirational
From this POS....depressing

[txaslftist]

61. Maybe he'll run as a Democrat.

His party has sure left him behind.

[Strawman]

63. He left himself a nice out there

For when he inevitably gets his ass handed to him. I'm sure some other candidate will conveniently end up "taking his ideas" around the same time he also finds himself somewhere around the margin of error in most polls.

Fucking egomaniac. Just wants to be in the spotlight for a moment.

[Voltaire99]

64. 'Unless some candidates promote his ideas." HA HA!

"Ideas." That was a good laugh--thank you, Newtie-pootie.

Surely the Bush dynasty has reserved the top spot for the troubled parent named Jeb, though, right?

[cosmicdot]

65. his name crops up in H2O Man's plamegate threads

he's involved with this White House via the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board



~snip~

7. March 8, '03: (a) a State Department spokesperson admits, "We fell for it" in regard to the forged document; (b) Wilson tells CNN that the State Department has more information on the subject; and (c) a workshop meeting is held in VP Cheney's office. It is attended by top republican officials, possibly including Cheney, Scooter Libby, and Newt Gingrich. The group discusses ways to discredit Wilson.

~snip~

Cheney and Pre-War Intelligence

Those involved in the "workshop" to discredit Wilson were also active in efforts to influence pre-war intelligence reports. On page 6, Wilson discusses "leaks" that Cheney, Libby, and Newt Gingrich pressured the intelligence community "to skew intelligence analysists" to fit their own needs.

~snip~

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4390395


I can't stand to hear his motor mouth.


SNL/Chris Farley did a couple of funny Newt skits (c.1995). One opened a show with 'Newt' (Chris Farley) gaveling hurriedly anything the Republicans wanted to shout out into law.

The other was with Newt's mother Mrs. Gingrich (Janeane Garofalo) vs. Connie Chung (Laura Kightlinger) digging for dirt:

DON'T TALK TO CONNIE CHUNG!!

[Megahurtz]

66. BLEH!

:puke:

[pelagius]

67. Oh, please, puhleeze, dear God, let this happen!! n/t