The Self-Immolation of Newt

Monday, May 23, 2011
So I was listening to Face the Nation this morning via Podcast, and the guest was Good Ole Newt™. He was talking with Bob Schieffer, who was not letting him off the hook in terms of his back-pedaling. Good Ole Newt™ was wielding his fire extinguisher with abandon, attempting to put out the fires of his recent self-immolation, but I don't think it's going to work out the way he wants. He may think he's a heavy hitter in Iowa, but I think my little friend on the right has a better chance of winning the nomination that he does. 

Not that that will make him shut up and go home, or anything - you know he'll continue to flap his gums and muck up the works for as long as humanly possible. Which may, in fact, be his strategy. Which is unfortunate from a "I'd like to maintain my mental health" perspective. 

I do have to bring something up, however. When Shieffer brought up Newt's $500K debt to Tiffany & Co., Good Ole Newt™ claimed that it was a rotating account, with no interest, and then claimed that he and Mrs. Gingrich lived "frugally."

Because living "frugally" evidently means that you carry half a million dollars in debt to a jewelry store.

I can't stop laughing about this.

Who thinks that spending $500K on jewelry is frugal? Seriously - who? What a cynical, detached from reality, pander to the rich TOOL.

Go home, Newt. No one wants you. Except Tiffany's - they think you're SWELL.

9 comments:

Maialen said...
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Janiece said...

*TONG*

Nathan said...

I think you're being too hard on Newt. 1/2-mil at Tiffany doesn't go as far as it used to.

Janiece said...

Perhaps not, Nathan.

But really, I don't give a good goddamn how he spends his money. I just want him to make like Golem and GO AWAY AND NEVER COME BACK.

vince said...

But.... but he is the people's candidate, a man of the people! Just ask him!

Janiece said...

Vince, making the blog host throw up in her mouth is just plain bad manners.

WendyB_09 said...

Yeah, but if you make him go home, he'll come back to Georgia.

We don't want him either!!

SandyCarlson said...

I found your blog after googling "newt" to make sure the little critter trying to cross the road was one. Your blog confirmed this for me as well as the fact that the newt with the capital N really is a lowly creature. Thank goodness he is not in my swamp.

Janiece said...

Welcome, Sandy. He is indeed low to the ground.