"I told Newt he looks fat" (Alan Grayson)

Roland99

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Tue Sep-06-11 04:14 PM
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"I told Newt he looks fat" (Alan Grayson)

Edited on Tue Sep-06-11 04:14 PM by Roland99

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Newt, Lay Off the Fries....

One of the few �perks� of former Members of the House � pretty much the only one, actually -- is that we can go to the Floor of the House whenever the House is in session. Return to the scene of the crime, so to speak.

That�s always fun. I remember when Newt Gingrich did it a year ago.

By way of background, Newt Gingrich went on Fox News and called me �fundamentally dishonorable.� Twice. In case you didn�t hear him the first time.

Remember, it was Newt Gingrich who went to the hospital to demand a divorce from his cancer-stricken wife, so that Gingrich could marry the woman with whom he�d been having an affair. And it was Gingrich who condemned President Clinton for having an affair, at the same time that Gingrich was having another affair.

Newt may be �married,� but it�s not the way that you and I think of married. He has disavowed his vows. You almost need a scorecard to keep up with all the times he scores.

When Gingrich was asked to explain this behavior on TV last month, he could have said � should have said -- �because I�m fundamentally dishonorable.� But no, Gingrich said that it was because he loved America so much. Well, certain females in America, anyway.

So Gingrich came to the Floor of the House a year ago. I went nowhere near him. I just don�t like the smell of sulfur. But another member, whom I like very much, told me that she wanted to introduce me. I said, �no, that�s OK, thanks anyway. I really don�t know what to say to him.� But she insisted.

She introduced me to Newt.

I said to him, �you look like you�ve gained a lot of weight.�

Newt stared at me.

I said, �I remember you being much slimmer back in the 1990�s. When you were relevant.�

Newt scowled at me, and walked away. Good comeback, Newt. By the way, Newt Gingrich scowls just the way you would expect Newt Gingrich to scowl.

I would like to think that that light little love-tap on Newt Gingrich�s ego may have pushed him just a tiny bit toward running for President. Which is great. Because Newt is really going to be hammered. If it�s an eight-person field, Newt will finish ninth.

It�s the Giuliani Effect. The more you know Newt, the more you hate him.

In 1980, John Connally spent $11 million running for President, and won one delegate to the Republican Convention � Ada Mills, of Clarksville, Arkansas. I think that Newt is going top Connally.

But that�s enough about Newt. This note is actually about you. Yes, you.

Don�t look behind you; I�m talking to you.

Next week, I�m going to Washington, DC, and I will visit the Floor of the House. And since I will be seeing the high and mighty, I would like to know whether there is anything that you want me to tell them. If so, click here.

Courage,

Alan Grayson