Newt Gingrich, zombie politician

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The former House speaker resigned under a cloud of dishonor and disgrace, but now the dead man talking walks among us again.
By Marc Cooper
June 14, 2009

At this point in the recession, you've probably become familiar with the term "zombie bank," a financial institution that can continue operating, thanks to government support, even though its debts outweigh its assets. Now it's time to add a related descriptor to our public discourse: "zombie politician." The term describes a political figure whose electoral worth is less than zero and whose ideas are totally bankrupt, but who can continue to offer up political guidance because he's kept on life-support by media-generated oxygen.

Or if you prefer a shorter definition of a zombie pol, try this one: Newt Gingrich.

Gingrich's political career flat-lined a decade ago when he resigned as speaker of the House under a cloud of dishonor, disgrace and corruption. Yet the dead man again walks among us. Flip on a cable news show, a Sunday talkfest or C-SPAN, or crack open the national section of a major newspaper, and Gingrich is seemingly everywhere, positioned as no less than the leading opposition figure to President Obama.

Strange, because the Republican Party certainly didn't elect him to this position. Indeed, some of today's top GOP leaders -- among them Sen. Lindsey Graham and House Minority Leader John Boehner -- were among the Republicans whose disillusionment with Gingrich's speakership in the fall of 1998 left him little choice but to resign his post.

more:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-cooper14-2009jun14,0,5845519.story

[Towlie]

1. And Cheney would be another?

[UTUSN]

2. K&R #1 for, GO for it, Grinch!1 n/t

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. Good, good, good ........ K&R!

This is good, reminding everyone of what an utter, shameless failure Gingrinch was his last time out, sucking it up from Rupert Murdoch, trying to "force a best-seller" with one of his atrociously-written books, blinking when Clinton said, essentially, "Fuck you" and let the government shut down, something Newt never thought he'd do, and, finally, being the Hypocrite Of The Century for getting blowjobs from his beloved Catholic adulteress, Calista, while still married to his second wife and pursuing Clinton's blowjobs from Monica to an impeachment.

Zombie, indeed. Once the guy stops being a cartoon character, if he dares to try to get serious - to try to become Fat Greasy Fucklord II - his past is going to rise right up and take a howling chunk out of his liver-spotted ass.

And, even if it means watching Faux News, I'll do it. It's not that often you get a chance to watch a zombie die.

Pass the popcorn ..............

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. This disgraced old p*ick must be pissing off the GOP.

Having him all over the news as a serious repuke candidate in 2012 is like having your sister and mother getting pinched for prostitution.

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5. kick n/t

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8. kick n/t

[saltpoint]

6. Newt Gingrich does suggest the Undead. When he was most alive he was

singularly obnoxious and subversive, even repellent.

In his current incarnation he appears to be just about the same, only a bit more ambitious.

Gingrich is the 5-bean salad that no 12-year old would touch at a family reunion picnic.

[lunatica]

7. Here's a photo he actually posed for

It makes my skin crawl because it's so creepy. What would possess him to choose this picture? The look of gleeful evilness that oozes out of it?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. He is trying to dispel the notion that republicans are cartoonish Bond villians.......

and failed miserably. :rofl: