Newt’s nastiness comes back to haunt him

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/newts-nastiness-comes-back-to-haunt-him/2011/12/09/gIQAmrBHiO_story.html

Newt’s nastiness comes back to haunt him

By Dana Milbank, Published: December 9

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In a conference call Thursday sponsored by Romney’s campaign, two surrogates of the former Massachusetts governor let fly with a barrage against Gingrich that was shockingly harsh even by today’s caustic standards.

“For Newt Gingrich, in an effort of self-aggrandizement, to come out and throw a clever phrase that has no other purpose than to make him sound a little smarter than the conservative Republican leadership,” said former White House chief of staff John Sununu, “is the most self-serving, anti-conservative thing one can imagine happening . . . just the latest in a pattern of anti-principled actions that really irritated his own leadership and produced 88 percent of the Republicans in Congress voting for his reprimand.”

“He’s not a reliable or trustworthy leader,” former Missouri senator Jim Talent said of Gingrich’s labeling the House Republican budget a “radical” proposition. He “says and does those kinds of things because he’s not reliable as a leader.”

Self-serving. Self-aggrandizing. Anti-conservative. Anti-principled. Hints of corruption, hypocrisy, and bizarre and destructive behavior. These were brutal descriptions, and yet there was something poetic about the belated Romney assault on Gingrich. The attacks used terms that were popularized by Gingrich himself in his rise to power.

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Now, Gingrich said he doesn’t want to be “the attack dog in the Republican Party.” But it’s a bit late for purity. He’s Newt Gingrich, and he approved this message.

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1. He's a CRYBABY, too (NY Daily News)

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-newtcrybaby.htm

New Yorkers will never EVER let him forget that.

[Swede]

2. Won't he be great as Obama's foil.

nt

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3. The coming battle between Newt and Mitt

will do a lot for popcorn sales in this country. Buy stock in Orville Redenbacher!

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4. When John Sununu thinks you're too sleezy

You are really scraping the bottom.