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(Daily Kos) Stupid Newt Gingrich says being without his lobbyist income is 'challenging.' Without it, he can't afford the world's tiniest violin   (dailykos.com) divider line 53
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2011-11-18 02:20:40 PM
It's so difficult.

I mean, he can only afford to have the 2 drinks on his private jet instead of 5 now.
 
2011-11-18 02:24:05 PM
Dear Politicians:

Don't ever talk about your "challenging" income. Even Joe Biden, who was Politician Poverty Line, was richer than the vast majority of Americans, and not even he was dumb enough to complain about his salary.
 
2011-11-18 02:25:49 PM
Good thing he has that line of credit at Tiffany's to keep his Stepford Wife in jewels.
 
2011-11-18 05:32:06 PM
cdn.theatlanticwire.com
 
2011-11-18 05:36:20 PM
Are there even republicans still around supporting this guy?
 
2011-11-18 05:45:29 PM
""You know, I've made a good deal of my income off the speeches and off of being a commentator," Gingrich said. "All of that went away. So it just got to be much more challenging.""

Making speeches and being a commentator on TV is not lobbying.
 
2011-11-18 05:57:03 PM
BravadoGT: ""You know, I've made a good deal of my income off the speeches and off of being a commentator," Gingrich said. "All of that went away. So it just got to be much more challenging.""

Making speeches and being a commentator on TV is not lobbying.


Yeah, THAT'S the part of the statement you should be having a problem with.
 
2011-11-18 05:58:22 PM
Nina_Hartley's_Ass

I imagine the poor cooks on that boat.

"Gus, we're out of gyro meat and baklava already? its only day 2 of the cruise!"
 
2011-11-18 06:10:28 PM
Does anyone who classifies themselves as a "lobbyist" really have a reason to live in the fist place?
 
2011-11-18 06:11:05 PM
fist = first
 
2011-11-18 06:12:22 PM
cameroncrazy1984: BravadoGT: ""You know, I've made a good deal of my income off the speeches and off of being a commentator," Gingrich said. "All of that went away. So it just got to be much more challenging.""

Making speeches and being a commentator on TV is not lobbying.

Yeah, THAT'S the part of the statement you should be having a problem with.


He gave up a good job that made good money to run for president? What a jerk.
 
2011-11-18 06:49:12 PM
Mugato: fist = first

Nah, fist place sounds right for a lobbyist.
 
2011-11-18 06:55:21 PM
I wonder if he'll give that 1.6 million he got from Freddie and Fannie back like he asked Obama to do?
Or will he just continue to be a giant hypocrite like he was with Clinton and the infidelity?
 
2011-11-18 06:58:29 PM
BravadoGT: cameroncrazy1984: BravadoGT: ""You know, I've made a good deal of my income off the speeches and off of being a commentator," Gingrich said. "All of that went away. So it just got to be much more challenging.""

Making speeches and being a commentator on TV is not lobbying.

Yeah, THAT'S the part of the statement you should be having a problem with.

He gave up a good job that made good money to run for president? What a jerk.


Yes, he gave it up voluntarily. He should not be pissing and moaning about how difficult it was to do.
 
2011-11-18 06:59:28 PM
Who?
 
2011-11-18 07:19:45 PM
cameroncrazy1984: BravadoGT: cameroncrazy1984: BravadoGT: ""You know, I've made a good deal of my income off the speeches and off of being a commentator," Gingrich said. "All of that went away. So it just got to be much more challenging.""

Making speeches and being a commentator on TV is not lobbying.

Yeah, THAT'S the part of the statement you should be having a problem with.

He gave up a good job that made good money to run for president? What a jerk.

Yes, he gave it up voluntarily. He should not be pissing and moaning about how difficult it was to do.


He was "pissing and moaning?"...I guess I had the volume on my computer turned down, because I didn't get that from the single sentence quoted from a blog who was, in turn, quoting a newspaper who was, in turn, summarizing someone else's interview...But then again--I'm not reflexively hostile to the guy.
 
2011-11-18 07:29:35 PM
ultraholland: Who?

Your next President!
 
2011-11-18 07:51:16 PM
Soup4Bonnie: ultraholland: Who?

Your next President!


img39.imageshack.us
 
2011-11-18 07:52:39 PM
BravadoGT: He was "pissing and moaning?"...I guess I had the volume on my computer turned down, because I didn't get that from the single sentence quoted from a blog who was, in turn, quoting a newspaper who was, in turn, summarizing someone else's interview...But then again--I'm not reflexively hostile to the guy

Complaining that it's "much more challenging" is exactly pissing and moaning. I'm not sure what having read it from a blog that was quoting a newspaper has to do with whether or not Newt was complaining that his income is slightly less than it was before.
 
2011-11-18 08:57:56 PM
How will he ever afford components to upgrade his wife's freeze-vision now?
 
2011-11-18 08:58:39 PM
Who knew being a "historian" paid millions of dollars.
 
2011-11-18 09:00:20 PM
Did you also know Newt was for the health mandate before he was against it?

thinkprogress.org
 
2011-11-18 09:02:08 PM
In a June 2007 op-ed in the Des Moines Register, Gingrich wrote, "Personal responsibility extends to the purchase of health insurance. Citizens should not be able to cheat their neighbors by not buying insurance, particularly when they can afford it, and expect others to pay for their care when they need it." An "individual mandate," he added, should be applied "when the larger health-care system has been fundamentally changed."

Newt was for Obamacare before he was against it!

Bhahahaha!
 
2011-11-18 09:02:37 PM
Has he thought about, maybe, trying to sell some books?
 
2011-11-18 09:02:40 PM
He can just trade it in for a younger, prettier lobbyist historian job.
 
2011-11-18 09:04:49 PM
BravadoGT: cameroncrazy1984: BravadoGT: ""You know, I've made a good deal of my income off the speeches and off of being a commentator," Gingrich said. "All of that went away. So it just got to be much more challenging.""

Making speeches and being a commentator on TV is not lobbying.

Yeah, THAT'S the part of the statement you should be having a problem with.

He gave up a good job that made good money to run for president? What a jerk.


Dude still probably spent more on insurance in the past month than most of us make in a year.
 
2011-11-18 09:06:23 PM
BravadoGT: cameroncrazy1984: BravadoGT: ""You know, I've made a good deal of my income off the speeches and off of being a commentator," Gingrich said. "All of that went away. So it just got to be much more challenging.""

Making speeches and being a commentator on TV is not lobbying.

Yeah, THAT'S the part of the statement you should be having a problem with.

He gave up a good job that made good money to run for president? What a jerk.


In his own words he's only running to prove he's not a "Fraud".

farker has been a fraud his whole life, why stop now?
 
2011-11-18 09:07:38 PM
This is very comforting to me and lets me know that he's in touch with the average American.
 
2011-11-18 09:17:51 PM
BravadoGT: cameroncrazy1984: BravadoGT: cameroncrazy1984: BravadoGT: ""You know, I've made a good deal of my income off the speeches and off of being a commentator," Gingrich said. "All of that went away. So it just got to be much more challenging.""

Making speeches and being a commentator on TV is not lobbying.

Yeah, THAT'S the part of the statement you should be having a problem with.

He gave up a good job that made good money to run for president? What a jerk.

Yes, he gave it up voluntarily. He should not be pissing and moaning about how difficult it was to do.

He was "pissing and moaning?"...I guess I had the volume on my computer turned down, because I didn't get that from the single sentence quoted from a blog who was, in turn, quoting a newspaper who was, in turn, summarizing someone else's interview...But then again--I'm not reflexively hostile to the guy.


I'm not 'Reflexively' hostile. The guy has a 30 year track record as a world class douchebag.
 
2011-11-18 10:03:46 PM
I guess Medicare part D needed a Historian also No2Newt
 
2011-11-18 10:05:22 PM
BravadoGT: I'm not reflexively hostile to the guy.

Well, do they have a name for the condition where you feel compelled to come into a thread, suck Gingrich's cock, and take a giant shiat all over everyone else?
 
2011-11-18 10:23:06 PM
I find it hard to believe that, with everything that's been said and done, farkers can still be found who are more than willing to suck newt's cock.
 
2011-11-18 10:24:19 PM
Jake Havechek: Good thing he has that line of credit at Tiffany's to keep his Stepford Wife in jewels.

I don't like the condescending tone of your post. His "Stepford" wife relies on those jewels as an energy source. Due to Newt's limited income now he couldn't afford the more advanced model of Mr. Fusion and has to feed his wife high-carbon content items like diamonds. It's either that or 40,000 pencils a day.
 
2011-11-18 10:30:25 PM
Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher: ...or 40,000 pencils a day.

Not small rodents???

blueherald.com
 
2011-11-18 10:34:39 PM
Guys, leave BravadoGT alone. Coming up with complete thoughts is hard enough for him without bashing him for the thoughts being retarded.
 
2011-11-18 10:47:48 PM
Corvus: Newt was for Obamacare before he was against it!

Bhahahaha!


Oh you libs are sooo cute. Everyday I have to deal with Farbama's crime, and punishment that will never come to him. It's insane how you libs are willing to let Obongo take over the country and give it to his brothers Karamazov in Russia (those are commies if you don't already know). If you libs were any smart, you'd demand Obanjo to end his endless war. And peace come to any who will stop the idiot Fartbongo and his poor folk, the moron OWS'ers. We good real Americans know that Obama is the gambler of the nation's future, an' a car in nine a dozen is going to be out of gas thanks to Obongo's high gas prices.
 
2011-11-18 11:39:18 PM
Rent is too damn high: Oh you libs are sooo cute. Everyday I have to deal with Farbama's crime, and punishment that will never come to him. It's insane how you libs are willing to let Obongo take over the country and give it to his brothers Karamazov in Russia (those are commies if you don't already know). If you libs were any smart, you'd demand Obanjo to end his endless war. And peace come to any who will stop the idiot Fartbongo and his poor folk, the moron OWS'ers. We good real Americans know that Obama is the gambler of the nation's future, an' a car in nine a dozen is going to be out of gas thanks to Obongo's high gas prices.

This. FOX News just did a poll and Taxbongo's approval rating is now in the negatives. If FOX News held the election tomorrow, the Republican would get 774 electoral votes. Prominent moderates such as Karl Rove and Glenn Beck agree that Taxbongo is in trouble. Give it up, libs. We're taking back this country and we're lowering taxes on the wealthiest citizens. If I'm a bad person for lowering taxes on our most vulnerable citizens, so be it. Conservatives have historically been on the right side of history and we intend to keep it that way.
 
2011-11-18 11:59:26 PM
Gotta appreciate the irony of people who criticized Obama for being an "out of touch elitist" voting for Newt.
 
2011-11-19 12:09:03 AM
Why Newt won't win:

img828.imageshack.us

And this was 2007!!! He was saying we should have a national healthcare plan very close to Obamacare with a mandate 1 year before Obama.
 
2011-11-19 12:14:21 AM
Mike_LowELL: This. FOX News just did a poll and Taxbongo's approval rating is now in the negatives. If FOX News held the election tomorrow, the Republican would get 774 electoral votes. Prominent moderates such as Karl Rove and Glenn Beck agree that Taxbongo is in trouble. Give it up, libs. We're taking back this country and we're lowering taxes on the wealthiest citizens. If I'm a bad person for lowering taxes on our most vulnerable citizens, so be it. Conservatives have historically been on the right side of history and we intend to keep it that way.

Oh for god sakes.
 
2011-11-19 12:17:38 AM
Corvus: In a June 2007 op-ed in the Des Moines Register, Gingrich wrote, "Personal responsibility extends to the purchase of health insurance. Citizens should not be able to cheat their neighbors by not buying insurance, particularly when they can afford it, and expect others to pay for their care when they need it." An "individual mandate," he added, should be applied "when the larger health-care system has been fundamentally changed."

Newt was for Obamacare before he was against it!

Bhahahaha!


Don't expect the democrats to point out facts like these during the campaign. It may remind people that the mandate is first and foremost a republican idea.
 
2011-11-19 12:19:37 AM
dervish16108: Don't expect the democrats to point out facts like these during the campaign. It may remind people that the mandate is first and foremost a republican idea.

Well since Obama mentioned it while he was trying to pass it, I don't think here is running from it.
 
2011-11-19 12:44:31 AM
Rachel has more on Newt's income. (new window)
 
2011-11-19 04:28:36 AM
He was a loathsome douchebag in the 90s when he came across my radar (because I'd just moved to GA and his tantrum put my job in limbo) and now he is a loathsome douchebag AND a petulant, spoiled ass with a cemetary full of skeletons.

Run with it, scumbag! I relish the well-deserved biatchslap you will get if the small, greasy bubble of respectability you have manages to rise to the surface.
 
2011-11-19 04:45:10 AM
freetomato: He was a loathsome douchebag in the 90s when he came across my radar (because I'd just moved to GA and his tantrum put my job in limbo) and now he is a loathsome douchebag AND a petulant, spoiled ass with a cemetary full of skeletons.

Run with it, scumbag! I relish the well-deserved biatchslap you will get if the small, greasy bubble of respectability you have manages to rise to the surface.


Shall I mention, I loathe this evil dough-boy?
 
2011-11-19 06:32:44 AM
freetomato: freetomato: He was a loathsome douchebag in the 90s when he came across my radar (because I'd just moved to GA and his tantrum put my job in limbo) and now he is a loathsome douchebag AND a petulant, spoiled ass with a cemetary full of skeletons.

Run with it, scumbag! I relish the well-deserved biatchslap you will get if the small, greasy bubble of respectability you have manages to rise to the surface.

Shall I mention, I loathe this evil dough-boy?


Every time he opens his mouth Im reminded of all the dumb things he's said over the years.

And the thing with taking money from Freddie is totally in line with that.

Newt is just carrying way too much junk in th trunk to win.
 
2011-11-19 07:51:17 AM
Newt Gingrich is a whore.
 
2011-11-19 08:27:36 AM
Corvus: Why Newt won't win:

[img828.imageshack.us image 413x310]

And this was 2007!!! He was saying we should have a national healthcare plan very close to Obamacare with a mandate 1 year before Obama.


Wasn't that the core of Republican Healthcare Reform proposals for almost 20 years? Didn't McCain even run on an Individual Mandate for HCR?
 
kab
2011-11-19 03:08:48 PM
Odd how the rich white knight brigade on FARK is constantly crowing that poor people are just bad with money, yet you fairly regularly see commentary from rich people about how challenging it is to go from 'a ton' of cash down to merely 'a lot' of cash.
 
2011-11-19 04:30:52 PM
Rent is too damn high: Corvus: Newt was for Obamacare before he was against it!

Bhahahaha!

Oh you libs are sooo cute. Everyday I have to deal with Farbama's crime, and punishment that will never come to him. It's insane how you libs are willing to let Obongo take over the country and give it to his brothers Karamazov in Russia (those are commies if you don't already know). If you libs were any smart, you'd demand Obanjo to end his endless war. And peace come to any who will stop the idiot Fartbongo and his poor folk, the moron OWS'ers. We good real Americans know that Obama is the gambler of the nation's future, an' a car in nine a dozen is going to be out of gas thanks to Obongo's high gas prices.


Did I get them all?
 
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