Gingrich On 2012: Palin "Is Very Formidable"

[sabra]

http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/02/gingrich_on_201.php

WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrigh said today that the 2012 Republican Party nominee will emerge from "a wide open field" -- but he suggested that AK Gov. Sarah Palin would have a "substantial advantage" in Iowa, the first-in-the nation caucus state, where she has "a very big base."

"If Sarah Palin seeks out a group of sophisticated policy advisers and spends time developing a series of fairly sophisticated positions," Gingrich said during his 33rd visit to the Christian Science Monitor breakfast series, "she is very formidable."

If the economy is still "a mess" a year from now, however, then Gov. Mitt Romney's business experience might become more relevant, Gingrich added. The former Speaker also mentioned another possible contender, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is expected to run for Texas governor.

Gingrich, who is running a policy organization called American Solutions, didn't make a pitch for his own candidacy.

:rofl:

[AspenRose]

1. There is nothing sophisticated about that woman.

[DrDan]

17. and that is exactly why she will be "formidable"

the grass-root republican will always vote anti-sophisticated and anti-intellectual.

newt is right.

[Junkdrawer]

2. Oh, Please...

[tridim]

3. Oh thank you for your wisdom Eye of Newt.

This is great news, they're completely hosed for 2012.

[TwilightGardener]

4. "If Sarah Palin seeks out a group of...policy advisers and spends time

developing...sophisticated positions..." in other words, if the GOP builds her like a robot and sends her preprogrammed ass out there, she might fool enough people. This is absurd. Why can't I be President then? Just fill me up with policy advice and positions and let me memorize what I'm supposed to say. This is what a President is, to Republicans. They want Female Chimpy.

[tanyev]

30. There isn't a group of advisers out there that can tame that filly!

Let Sarah be Sarah!


Seriously, I think they would soon throw up their hands and catch the first plane out of town.

[Fovea]

5. From Newt's flabby lips

to the Gods' ears.

[damonm]

6. (singing) "Dree-e-e-am; Dream, Dream, Dream...."

:silly:

[Starry Messenger]

7. More from Bizzaro World.

[TlalocW]

8. Those are some big Ifs there

If she gets sophisticated policy advisers and develops sophisticated positions... Why not wish for the moon and the stars while you're at it, Newt?

Let's look at reality:
She doesn't take advice well.
She's not that bright.
She might be able to pick up a few tips on how to act as well as memorize a few more key facts, but like W., her whole life has been spent being intellectually incurious about the world around her, and it won't be hard for a serious reporter to "nail" her.
So if she's kept away from serious reporters, she'll essentially only be appearing on one network - FOX.
If she actually pulls off to a certain extent that she's more sophisticated, she could alienate some of her current fans who appreciated her "folksy" ways.

TlalocW

[NatBurner]

9. this shit isn't even funny anymore

it's flat-out weird at this point-

their palin obsession is getting entirely out of hand

i mean, is newt fucking SERIOUS?

wtf?

[tavalon]

12. It's the little brain talking there

Big brain doesn't work when little brain engaged. Bad for Newty, good for the rest of us who like to laugh.

[tavalon]

10. From your lips to God's ear Newty baby!

God, that we should be so lucky. We will never get that lucky with a candidate ever again and certainly not that candidate ever again! But it's worth hoping for.

[liberal N proud]

11. The GOP does like stupid

Case in point, they fell for bu$h then Palin as VP candidate.

:rofl:

[AtomicKitten]

13. There's no rehabbing that kind of crazy.

So I can only conclude they think Palin is a winner!

:rofl:

[CK_John]

14. This is Newt looking for a job and sweet contract for his "group of sophisticated policy advisers".

[grantcart]

15. He's probably right about the nomination.

Nobody with any real smarts is going to bother to run against Obama hard, they may make a token effort so that they can get their speaker/book fees up but nobody in their right mind is going to want to take him on with his intelligence and ability to raise money.

Palin will get the religious nut base excited and they have the bodies to win caucuses and primaries.


She might be able to take 4-5 states in a GE.

[blue_onyx]

37. I agree....many may sit 2012 out

Palin will run since she's the "star" of the Republican party. Romney will run because it may be his last chance. By 2016, he'll be getting older (69) which doesn't necessarily disqualify him but he will also have been out of public office for 10 years. Personally, I think Romney will be the GOP nominee in 2012 but who knows.

[Clio the Leo]

16. Unfortunately, Sarah doesn't even know what "formidable" means. NT

[NorthCarolina]

18. It's quite scary how many representatives of marginal intelligence

occupy our government.

[ClarkUSA]

19. Miss Piggy 2012 sounds great to me. Can Republicans spell L-A-N-D-S-L-I-D-E?

[Skidmore]

20. Didn't he seem to think he would get the nod last time around?

Newtie hasn't gotten the message that most of the country doesn't care what he thinks.

[zulchzulu]

21. Newt, she still isn't going to give you a blow job. Give it up, fatass n/t

[Robbins]

22. Palin

Let's hope he Is right,and they are stupid enough to nominater Palin.Why?It means an Obama landslide.Republicans still think they
are In 1993.Obama Is not Bill Clinton.The Republicans have been brought down by 8 years of Bush.To compare Obama to Kennedy or
Clinton Is not accurate.He Is more like the Democratic version of Reagan or a modern day FDR.

He was able to do what Gingrich,Bush senior,Dole,and Kenn Star couldn't do.Beat the Clintons.

Obama has done more to reach out to the other side than any President ever.If they continue like this or fillerbuster the
stimulas package It makes them look bad.We tried their way with tax cuts for teh wealthy and It didn't work.plus Polls show support
for spending rather than tax cuts.

We have Obama as our leader and they have Limbough as thiers.I like our side's chances better.

[backscatter712]

23. Please, Republicans, pin all your hopes on Sarah Palin.

No, please, do it. I'm begging you! Pin all your electoral hopes on Sarah Palin!

This should be good...

:popcorn:

[louis-t]

24. No, he said "fornicable"

Newtie's a horny old bastard.

[NYC_SKP]

25. Palin is proud to be Trash... and a Vegas Stripper!

:rofl:



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[Blue_In_AK]

26. Palin has another "gate" looming.

This one is called "Dairygate".

"The Valley Dairy: Got Fraud?" http://www.andrewhalcro.com/palins_agriculture_board_got_fraud

This is a long article, and may not mean much to people outside Alaska, but I think this one has some legs. We really need to get the FBI on this. Colberg isn't going to do anything.

[texas1928]

27. Her debating Obama.

I would love to see it.

[IDemo]

32. In what respect, Baracky?

[texas1928]

43. Say it ain't so, O.

I can hear it now.

[montanto]

28. Yay, Palin all the way in 2012.

And if she wins I hope that "end of the world" thing happens on time this time.

[book_worm]

29. I honestly think there are many right wing wackos who masturbate to her pictures

and that is the only reason why they want her to run again--so there will be more pictures to masturbate to.

[IDemo]

31. From Newt's lips to Homer and Marge Repubic's ears

[Window]

33. LOL! Who is he trying to convince, himself or us.

[Arkana]

34. How many points did we win Iowa by again?

Goddamn. A Palin candidacy in 2012 would show that the GOP has learned NOTHING in eight years.

[GentryDixon]

35. Newt does not deal in reality.

[Hekate]

36. Gingrich decoded: "What-ho! another useful tool on the horizon!"

What an ass. Or a pair of them.

Even so, if the Alaskans don't impeach her ass, she'll be baa-aack.

Hekate

[Raine]

38. "Stupid is forever"

as Judge Judy says and Palin is STUPID and stupid is not ever going to be "formidable". :silly:

[JayMusgrove]

39. I always knew that man was and is bat shit crazy!

Doesn't he have a libido problem, too?

Isn't he like Bill Clinton but with no moral compass and no sense of justice?

[verges]

40. That's something you don't run across every day.

"Sarah Palin" and "sophisticated" in the same sentence.

[spanone]

41. 2012 sarah/newt

[TXDemGal]

42. Oh, Newtie

Get back to giraffe hunting already, woudja? There's no hope for Sarah Palin to be sophisticated in any regard, no matter who she surrounds herself with.

It's really kind of amusing to see the pubbies pushing one loser after another as the Great White Hope. Keep the popcorn coming! :popcorn:

[Monk06]

44. Gingrich has been wrong about everything, including his birthday, since he was born...

He's just a clean shaven version of John Bolten.

A day late and a clue short.

[NatBurner]

45. give her a week, and she'll be against midable

so i told those washington elitists, thanks, but no thanks, to all that midable

[bullwinkle428]

46. Yeah, Iowa did WONDERS for Huckabee in 2008!!

Gingrich...you just got PWNED!!!