Mitt Happens: Gingrich Camp Says Personal Attacks Will Backfire

Governor Romney should remind the voters about the House Ethics Committee charges that were brought against Speaker Gingrich, the fact that the Speaker admitted to falsehoods being made under his signature, and the fact that the Speaker was assessed a very costly fine. These are facts and there are no acceptable ways to get around them.

Wow – calling Newt a philanderer. Good one Mitt. But – I don’t think it’s gonna help you except among the extreme right wingers who consider themselves above the rest of us. Mitt – you haven’t got a chance in hell. You’re just another professional politician who, is, among other things, just another person in the 1% who has no idea of what middle and lower class Americans have been going through for the last 3 years. You can return to your million dollar home and live it up while ordinary Americans and returning troops get evicted by the banks you support.

I think the American people are more interested in a president who can help solve our problems than the outcome of a 20 year old politically motivated witch hunt. Just sayin’…

Karek40: Mormons do NOT believe that it is their works that will get them into heaven. Here is a quote pulled from their own website: “But what do we mean when we say He is the Savior of the world? The Redeemer? Each of these titles point to the truth that Jesus Christ is the only way by which we can return to live with our Heavenly Father. Jesus suffered and was crucified for the sins of the world, giving each of God’s children the gift of repentance and forgiveness. Only by His mercy and grace can anyone be saved.” Evangelical Christians also did not want to believe that John Kennedy’s faith was genuine, because he was a Catholic. In my opinion, evangelicals should evaluate whether or not someone is walking the walk as opposed to talking the talk. The Pharisees talked the talk, yet Jesus condemned them. The book of James states that faith without works is dead. The fruits of Gingrich’s life tell me a great deal.

“The Gingrich adviser says that as long as Gingrich is honest about his past failings…” Define honest, Newt. Your honest or the rest of the known universe’s honest? Like most men with fidelity failures in their past, you choose to tweak the story to fit your definition of honesty.

“…Around 50%of American marriages end in divorce, the adviser pointed out.”

Mmph! That was nasty! Clearly a subtle jab at the public of; “he who lives in a glass should throw no stones.” Although this is a true fact those who enter into marriage are not looking to divorce. It happens. No one knows what goes on behind closed doors, and while I don’t think it cavalier to leave a spouse who is dealing with a deathly disease, we don’t know what the stress levels etc are. However, that second marriage is the one I have an issue with and his having an affair with his future third wife. Gingrich’s attack of Clinton was relentless while he was in a sense doing the same thing. Yep! The base argument about President Clinton was that he lied under oath… and he did, the subject matter was something that did not need to be broached in the first place. That was an issue between Clinton and his wife. This only makes the Cain’s lawyer statement even more amazing; “…a matter between two consenting adults that blah-blah-blah” LOL!!! If Conservatives, Republicans… whatever you are calling yourselves these days, were SO appalled by Clinton’s actions and those of Herman Cain’s, there is no way that you can dismiss those of Newt Gingrich. …and we haven’t even addressed the ethics violations yet!

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Is Gingrich’s popularity a fundamental capitulation that Republicans are seeing how hopeless things are on the presidential front? Are the polls telling them that voters now see them in such poor light that they figure Gingrich is the best flaming wad of political mayhem they can muster in the face of certain defeat? Obviously they see Romney as a dud on leadership against health care. Maybe the lobbyist Gingrich can influence Congressional elections enough to gain enough corporate sponsored pledgebot seats to kill the health care bill that way. They know that if health care flies it will be so enormously popular that they’ll be out for 50 years, so this is a critical strategic juncture for them. It’s obviously not about the deficit, they had a deal on that but torched it, probably because it would have enabled health care to fly. Health care is the bottom line in all of this. All leadership decisions are revolving around the fear of the success of the health care bill.

“I hope Obama can still win despite his poor performance so far, and he better be careful since he has some still to be revealed skeletons in his closet. Posted by: Searambler | December 8, 2011, 9:14 am 9:14 am ”

OBVIOUSLY NOT A SEARAMBLER posting. ABCNews editors please!!!! For me, doing this type of shenanigan shows sheer desperation and a willingness to even cheat. It does not reflect well upon the Right-Less.

Mormons believe their works are what get them into heaven. —oh please! So do Evangelicals! What do you think this whole attack on choice for women is about!! You think they do it because they love children, yet then vote against giving children of the poor heatlhcare????? LOL! Oh please! It is ALL about getting a go-to-heaven-free-card for the Evangelicals! Suck up! Believe! Then you get to heaven! You people dont do good deeds at all! You make calculated investments that you think will bring you special favor later! HYPOCRITS! Beware, my friend, the one group Jesus could NOT STAND were the hypocrits.

“…if simply states facts of truth about you is consider an ‘attack””
(GrannyNosBest)
You mean like the facts that Obama is thoroughly corrupt and even more thoroughly inept?
Yeah, that inconvenient thing called Reality.

Gingrich can’t win; he has too much baggage. It amazes me that voters could re-elect Bill Clinton after his behavior outside the Oval Office but can’t vote for Romney, who apparently is a moral person with a wonderful family. Obama has been a dismal failure, Alibi Ike, and has not fulfilled his campaign promises–transparency is a joke, yet he will likely “talk” his way back into the White House.

Obama has been a dismal failure—there’s really no factual basis in that statement. It’s just……whining. When Obama took office we had the stock market at half it’s value, the largest 6 banks in the country on the verge of failure taking 60% of the GDP with it, it is what it is. The question is, how good could the economy possibly be after such a thing????? The ‘oh this is so terrible’ is just disconnected from the reality of, how much could any president improve an economic crises and given the alternative of what it would be like if republicans had gotten their way and NOT saved the banks ,where would we be now, which clearly now we know, would have been in a depression with about 25 – 30% unemployment. Pretty much everyone excep the right wingnuts know that. This ‘he’s so terrible’ doesn’t resonate with 80% of hte voters in this country. THey are just wondering who is better for us NOW! Poll after poll after poll shows folks do not blame Obama for where we are. His favorability rating, his personal likability, is huge. He is far more popular than congress, than Newt, than Mitt, than anyone. If you attack him personally, you onlyget him more support, as the meeting of republican strategists proved when they polled to find out, oh crap, folks really like the president. Even if they wonder who is best for the economy in the future. The republicans have one choice. Mitt Romney. he’s likable, he’s smart, he could probably do a good job and has agood resume. Newt will implode. If they’re smart, theyll just let him get the nomination, let him go right up until the end and then slam him and not leave him enough time to respond. It wil lbe easy as pie. the next president will be Obama or Mitt. IF you put up Mitt, he has a chance to win. If you put up Newt, it’s going to be a landslide for Obama. Some women in the office didn’t know about the blow job in the car thing. They were horrified. Turned them around in a nanosecond. Bringing down Newt will be EASY. The only question is the timing when you do it. After Mitt is gone is probably what the democrats are thinking.

Gingrich is arrogant.. and stupid. It’s a fun combination. He says not just stupid things, but REALLY stupid things and then ends them with “i’m too intellectual. I think too much”. Ok. right there, the fact that he would say that, on record, that we have the video shows that he is NOT smart. A smart man doesn’t say that in public. He says Spanish is a ghetto language. Let’s replay that tape all over florida. I agree with the posters that taking him down, by simply who he is, just getting out the images of who he really is, is just like taking candy from a really fat spoiled bratty baby. Obama surged in the polls after his debate. You hate obama so much you are out of touch with reality. Fact is people like Obama. Personally, he is very well liked and personally, The only person who has higher UNfavorability ratings than Newt, is Palin.

GrannyNosBest, lol. You seem—–blah blah blah. When you can’t argue the point, you attack the messenger. yeah. My toddler grandson does that. Not a terribly original tactic. Have fun with your fat boy. I like Obama. It’s works for me. You’re dumb as a stone to not support Mitt. He was my governor and did a stellar job, even though I tend not to care for republicans, I must admit when a man does a good job, no matter his party. Newt is a sewer rat. And you’re on his side. It must feel pretty slimy to be in your skin. good day.

Newt was a lobbyist for Fannie and Freddie.
Posted by: GrannyNosBest | December 8, 2011, 9:54 am 9:54 am

And Obama demonized Wall Street WHILE allowing Fannie and Freddie execs bring home HUGE bonuses. In typical “protect the President we elected at all costs” the press didn’t report on it. Google it. It’s there.

“No wonder the GOP is so unpopular. Seriously.”
Posted by: Kimberly
I believe you misspelled Obama failrly badly, lol.
And his being “good-looking” is merely sycophantic media spin, whcih cuaght on with very dull and gullible folks. I know many more honest Democrats and Obama supporters who readily admit that Obama is mediocre looking at best, and perhaps even goofy looking and somewhat homely more realistically. But hey, if you believe he’s a hot number with those huge ears and twiggy body, then so be it. Uh GrannyNosBest, your posts are far too short and cryptic to be persusive. Not to mention nothing but partisan bs. LOL! And LMAO!

The TEddy R thing Obama is invoking is really smart. The law the supreme court struck down was a Teddy R law. I think he should take some Teddy R quotes because they apply perfectly now. Obama is a smart man. He’s going to win this again. Even if Mitt does get the nomination which I dont think he will. He will surely win easy against Gingrich, but I Think he could even possibly win against Mitt but the crazy right wing wont run Mitt. They’re going to run the most repulsive personality since Palin. cool. They should make Palin his VP. Have the perfect storm of repulsion on the ticket.

they note that he has demonstrated that he has no core convictions.—he has the most important core conviction, .when he get hired to do a job, he does it WELL based on the facts on the ground and the circumstances to which he has to do it. HE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB AT EVERYTHING HE DOES. Period. stupid stupid stupid republicans.
What possible ‘convction’ does Gingrich have????????? name ONE! He’s a thief, liar, cheat, lobbyist, conceit, and dumb as a stone YET he thinks he’s GENIUS! Oh God, Are you people really this soft?

Marsha Marsha and Kimberly, please see good eye doctors immediately. Obama is not good looking, unless perhaps you have been away from men for a very long time. Anyway, see an eye doctor, and if that doesn’t clear it up, then it’s all in your head. :-)

Mitt’s kind of hot, though. His sons are VERY good looking. They should go into politics. just sayin….

yeah, who likes a man with chiseled abs, perfect teeth, a big wide smile, nice chiseled chin………——-you forgot the most important thing! Women LOVE a man who LOVES HIS WIFE and speaks adoringly of her!! We like to see a guy who is the type who, once committed, ADORES the women.

Janet M.,

If that’s the best props you have for the highly unpopular GOP, I can see why they’re so unpopular. I note you have nothing at all to say on the likability factor and the fact that Newt is not well-liked on any level–lookswise, personalitywise, trustworthiness wise, etc.

Scott Brown, who all the GOP guys and gals were drooling over not so long ago, will likely lose to progressive heroine, Elizabeth Warren. At the moment she’s a good 7 points ahead of him in the polls. Focusing comments on looks really helped him out a lot, yeah?

lol.

Who cares what Obama looks like. He radiates smart. Smart is more sexy. You could always have Perry who can’t seem to tear himself away from the mirror long enough to answer simple questions. Newt has that sneer that reminds me of Cheney. I would like to hear what Huntsman has to say but none of these windbags will let him talk.

Janet M, the projection is amusing in a sad, poor thing kind of way– particularly given I’ve made about five posts in the past month, total-,

More importantly, however, I note again you cannot deny that Newt Gingrich is not well liked, even within his own party.

In 1997, Newt Gingrich was the first speaker of the House, EVER, to be punished by the House for ethics violations. He is not trustworthy. He is known to be erratic and an arrogant, serial hypocrite who sells out to the highest bidder.

And yet he is what the failed GOP has to offer.

“Scott Brown, who all the GOP guys and gals were drooling over not so long ago, will likely lose to progressive heroine, Elizabeth Warren. At the moment she’s a good 7 points ahead of him in the polls. Focusing comments on looks really helped him out a lot, yeah? ”

That’s interesting. I don’t know how he is governing since he has been elected but I am finishing up his book right now. Yep! looks and likability does play a factor in getting elected (fortunately/unfortunately) but he REALLY had a tough life growing up and his accomplishments are amazing given his background. I would find it really hard to believe that he has governed so far to the hard right a la Herman Cain or Michele Bachmann for example given his background. I would think that he would be more of a moderate or moderate to conservative which I think is a good thing. I guess the people will speak regarding his job performance. As for his book–its a good read except he goes on and on and on about basketball!

The sure sign of someone with NO intellect is the stupidity of saying, out loud, while the cameras rolls “Im too intellectual. I think too much”. Truly intelligent people have better things to muse over than self aggrandizing , and certainly, have the knowledge that even IF they were to have such narcissistic tendencies as pondering on how awesome they are they can hardly stand themselves, it’s probably best not to pronounce such arrogance to the world as a badge of honor. Newt is stupid man who thinks he’s smart. Yet talks enough to remove all doubt for everyone but him.

I would think that he would be more of a moderate or moderate to conservative —he’s simply self-serving, as most people who grow up poorish with hard lives and barely any parenting are. He blocked the reinstatement of Glass Stegal. Nearly single handedly. He did a few others VERY questionable things that literally, makes the economy ripe to have another meltdown and the reason is right there, downtown boston, on Federal street. He’s bought and paid for. He can drive that pickup all he wants, but Mass is not a place where you expect folks not to pay atttention to what you DID! The reason Mitt got elected is that folks looked PAST his republican rancor to his accomplishments and sure enough, I will give him that he did a good job. Brown has been not only unremarkable, he’s been….unethical. in his voting. he has been. He’ll lose. AS he should. Too bad. He was fun to look at.

obama looks like Jiminy Cricket. Lol.

I can’t believe these posts. ROFL.

Republicans complain and whine about government giveaways (except if hey’re for the rich) Newt says we all should pay more in health insurance to set up a charitable fund to pay for those that don’t. What does he think we have now? The man is just plain dumb.

A mandate saying that everyone should pay a little (dependent on income) for their health insurance is a common sense approach in the Affordable Health Care bill. It works in Massachusetts, although Romney cops out of it in order to appease the tea party.

So why are the republicans crying about? They can’t have it both ways, a lot of people paying nothing or a lot of people paying something. They whine and moan but never offer a solution to the health care mess we have today.

“Now, good luck at band practice.”
Posted by: Not UR Average Joe
Uh, funny. Like…not. I don’t do “band” — I am strongly studying for my GED. So there.

@Noz -

They have flipped their wigs!

Lol.

” I am strongly studying for my GED. So there.” (Marsha)
Congratulations and best of luck. Sorry you had to quit school. Are you old enough to vote for Obama next year? And I have to say that it is wildly unfair and homophobic for people to be laughing at the gay men Dems who think Obama is hot. Just my 2 cents worth.

What a pathetic lot of Republican candidates. And the Republicans in Congress are cut from the same cloth.

Geez, bad karma today. Right after I comment on Alice’s silly post, two more lame posts immediately show up. Please Dan and Ralph, do us proud by producing something remotely resembling an original thought, instead of cut-and-paste pablum. Thanks.

POSTED BY: MYTAKEONTHIS61 | DECEMBER 8, 2011, 12:28 PM 12:28 PM

You might want to take a look at the intelligence level of your own posts. :)

” . . . instead of the Bush approach to borrow and spend.” – Ralph

Didn’t you mean the Obama approach to borrow and spend?
Maybe you meant to say Barry, Bush Version 3.0

POSTED BY: NOZ | DECEMBER 8, 2011, 1:02 PM 1:02 PM

You missed the point. Bush was using the borrow and spend approach to the budget BEFORE the economic collapse. AFTER the economic collapse, there is far less choice because of the stresses placed on both revenues and resources.

OBVIOUSLY NOT A SEARAMBLER posting. ABCNews editors please!!!! For me, doing this type of shenanigan shows sheer desperation and a willingness to even cheat. It does not reflect well upon the Right-Less.
Posted by: MyTakeOnThis61 | December 8, 2011, 9:29 am.

So true. I did not post that. The really pathetic thing is, the jackass troll that DID post under my screen name responded to his own post by posting under Lexington Lady’s screen name.

There have been private sector jobs added every month for 21 months straight. The number of government jobs has been reduced every month for months. Posted by: Ralph | December 8, 2011, 12:16 pm.

Ralph, you’ll only confuse the Republicans if you keep posting facts and reality. Better cut it out or they will attack you like a pack of rats………..

WHILE allowing Fannie and Freddie execs bring home HUGE bonuses—–we are all bound by contractual law. Obama didn’t write those contracts. Newt did. :-) Obama wasn’t the lobbyist. Newt was. Obama was trying to save the country from a Depression.
Posted by: GrannyNosBest | December 8, 2011, 10:19 am 10:19 am

2011 – Barack Obama’s has administration approved $13 million for the executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as “performance bonuses.”
The executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac deserve $13 million of bonuses, Obama’s own administration declared.

Yahoo 2011 – Why is Obama approving $12.8 million in bonuses to the Freddie and Fannie executives?
Obama on Fannie and Freddie bonuses:

Obama: “Well, look, first of all, I know both those guys. They’re very savvy businessmen. And I, like most of the American people, don’t begrudge people success or wealth. That’s part of the free market system. I do think that the compensation packages that we’ve seen over the last decade at least have not matched up always to performance. I think that shareholders oftentimes have not had any significant say in the pay ”

I guess your new blame person is Newt instead of Bush. I don’t expect you to understand FACTS, but they are there. 2009 bonuses were also given. OBAMA and company O.K.’d the bonuses.

Do you all smell that? That’s the noxious odor of stale marxism (“economic justice”, lol) wafting out of the White House.

Marcus | December 8, 2011, 1:39 pm post ———- LOL! Screw you, you can’t prove a damn thing. I don’t stoop to the infantile level of the morons on the Right, regardless of what you THINK you remember…………..

Posted by: Noz | December 8, 2011, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm
How fascinating that you had to leave out what I said “Seriously” about:

In fact, Gingrich was detested by the right wing until very recently. He’s a lobbyist. The ultimate insider.And most Americans realize that he isn’t trustworthy. He sells out to the highest bidder and flip flops even more than Romney.

Palin’s the one! Oops, not running. No, Bachmann’s the one! Oops, she actually believes the crazy stuff our base says. Perry is our savior! Oops, he’s not either. Ron Paul! Oh wait, he’s actually consistent, but we don’t like where our rhetoric takes us if we’re consistent. Herman Cain!!! Oops. Okay, Newt!!! Who cares if we can’t trust him and he’s an ethically-challenged career politician!!

No wonder the GOP is so unpopular. Seriously.

Perhaps because you know voting for Newt or any other Republican in the race is indefensible, and the GOP deserves the negative view Americans hold of it. People who have worked with Newt, people in his own party, have made it clear that he has a reputation for being unreliable and untrustworthy. Erratic, arrogant and impractical. Emotion and ego driven. Volatile.

“No wonder the GOP is so unpopular. Seriously.”
LOL. Your cut-and-paste posts are funny, funny in a lame way. You just repeat the same expressions and phrases over and over, I guess in the silly hope that something will stick. BLIP, sorry but Obama is not hot — those ears are cartoonish, sorry but it’s true. Then, a reality check: the personal hatred for Bush from the left, and nasty personal comments about him, were far more in number and nastiness than those being tossed at Obama. So, you’re mistaken, or simply lying. Good luck with that, blip.

I have to say that I was not a big fan of Newt Gingrich in the beginning but his maintaining a clean campaign and not resorting to ugly tactics being used by the other candidates is winning me over. We the people, have asked for innumerable years for a clean campaign and he is the first one to actually go in that direction. All the others should take note.

Despite the shift in responsibility from the Congress to the President, he’s done a pretty good job. It’s not the Presidents duty to pass laws, he can only polk and prod. The republicans in the Congress have decided the continuation of this recession is to their advantage.

We avoided a great depression and the economy is growing although slower than anyone wants. The republican (tea party) controlled Congress has done nothing to help. Their only agenda is the defeat of this President and America be damned.

No President can make a significant difference with a party in Congress who wants to keep this recession going for political purposes. It doesn’t matter about whose in the majority or not. With today’s rules in the Senate and House, a small group can obstruct and delay legislation. If we want fixes, it will take both parties through compromise and common goals to get this country moving again.

NEWT FOR PRES!!!! WE NEED NEWT! Romney is too far away from the real issues and real people. Newt knows and will be there and take care of business. And he knows how government works as well as how business works. TRUST NEWT!!! He is our ONLY chance to fix this screwy country! Obama truly messed up The UNITED States of America. Obama has done nothing but tear OUR great country apart. Now we need to elect NEWT in 2012 so we can ALL work to put it back together!! VOTE FOR NEWT FOR A ONCE AGAIN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!! I’m tired of being the world laughing stock!!! GO NEWT!!!!!