edmo: I can't vote for a guy taking hallucinogenic substances.

But I was counting on your vote.

It's like a choose your own adventure book!

I'm starting to think Newt is going out of his way to be a bigger jackass every day. It's working, against all rules of physics.

Not a goldfish but #1 with goldfish.

Klippoklondike: The scary part is some people actually like his attitude. They like how direct he is because they mistake it for strong leadership. The problem is he isn't a leader, he's a controller and a professional victim. He wants to tell justices what to decide and whenever anybody criticizes him he insults them and accuses them of bias. The fact that some people are taking this guy seriously is frightening. He's a sociopath who shouldn't be allowed to be in power over anything.

I've never heard him say anything that makes him sound like a sympathetic character. No jokes (that weren't mean spirited), no references to popular culture, no warm stories or listening to the problems of others. At least Reagan and Bush had some personality that led you to believe you could interact with them like normal people. Clinton and Obama are masters of connecting with others. I can't imagine Newt doing anything that doesn't make him seem like an insufferable ass. Like you said, he's a sociopath.

This (new window) says all charges were dropped but one, and they decided he wasn't breaking that one "any more" and moved on.

Gingrich is paying $300,000 for the costs of an ethics committee investigation after admitting last year he made inaccurate statements during a lengthy probe into Democratic allegations that he misused tax-exempt donations. Gingrich denied the charges but submitted to a reprimand by the House.

Same article from 1998.

I could have used some of you as Facebook friends, as I just had this conversation with a former high school classmate whose answer to anything I said was, "The evil media would never ask Obama about this stuff. Why not?" Well, perhaps because Obama never faced paying $300,000 in sanctions....

Type_Hard: More than just denying, he is/was threatening to sue TV stations for airing an ad that said he was fined:

Gingrich threatens to sue TV stations that air pro-Romney attack ad (new window)

What a whiny little biatch.

cman: I was in my early teens when this happened. I don't realy remember it. Can someone without Wikipedia or google tell me what happened?

That's a very specific set of rules.

Car_Ramrod: I'm starting to think Newt is going out of his way to be a bigger jackass every day. It's working, against all rules of physics.

this is pretty much the plot of a Seinfeld episode

violentsalvation: For as well as he did in South Carolina, it has to be both.

In one week, I saw the Golden Rule booed and a multiple adulterer cheered (at a debate sponsored by the National Organization for Marriage).

It is very easy to believe no one knows or cares.

Weaver95: yeah, but that's just the Republicans. the REST of the country isn't locked into the echo chamber. At least I don't think so anyways.

I'm pretty sure you are right. Playing to these hyper partisan crowds is a big mistake, IMO. But divorce is "no big deal" these days. If the far right "family values" groups are willing to ignore his scummy-ness, who's to say the average person won't give it a great big "who cares?".

Sorry. Drifted off to the cheating stuff.

Does anyone else think this idea that Newt is a "great debater" and will really challenge Obama is silly?

He is great throwing out what the far right people in the crowd wants to hear. That approach will fall flat in a debate where the other person actually gets to challenge his assertions.

Weaver95: well...we might be getting ahead of ourselves here. Gingrich might get paid a lot of money to drop out of the race and throw his support behind Romney.

Newt is a quality sociopath, but I don't think even HE could do that convincingly.

I thought this was funny:

downpaymentblues: I thought this was funny:

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Me too.

Weaver95: this is the GOP frontrunner?

looking like Obama is gonna be a two term president after all. yeesh...

At this rate, Obama could run the table and win all 57 states,

BTW, Newt. People who are exonerated don't get ordered to pay court costs. Everybody knows that.