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denem

(11,045 posts)
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 09:24 PM Jan 2012

Mitt at sunny Ormond Beach: Gingrich is 'a failed leader', 'a fraud', 'a disgrace'

Well, that's Politco's take on Mitt's speech. Expect the ads to be somewhat less subtle

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – Mitt Romney landed here Sunday with a simple message: Newt Gingrich is a failure and a fraud. And a disgrace.( "I don’t know whether you knew that, he actually resigned after four years, in disgrace"}. And a hapless showman.

Standing under a brilliant orange Florida sunset, Romney delivered his longest sustained critique of the South Carolina primary winner to date – ticking through a list as if he were reading off Gingrich’s Wikipedia page, and undercutting each item as he got to it.

“Over the last 15 years since he left the House, he talks about great bold movements and ideas,” he told the crowd of several hundred people gathered at a building materials company here. “Well, what’s he been doing for 15 years? He’s been working as a lobbyist, yeah, he’s been working as a lobbyist and selling influence around Washington.” ...

“We’re not choosing a talk show host, all right? We’re choosing a leader, we’re choosing the person who should be the leader of the free world,” Romney said.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71802.html#ixzz1kEv2mYsd
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Mitt at sunny Ormond Beach: Gingrich is 'a failed leader', 'a fraud', 'a disgrace' (Original Post) denem Jan 2012 OP
Mittens must have looked in a mirror. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #1
with Newt standing behind him..... FrenchieCat Jan 2012 #2
Eww. That's too disgusting even for Mr. Frothy. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #4
Substitue in 'Failed Governor', yeah. denem Jan 2012 #3
Newt is despicable and destructive Thinkingabout Jan 2012 #5
Romney is beginning to sound desperate... spin Jan 2012 #6
He is Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2012 #7
I have been saying since IOWA that his voice is extremely stressed. MADem Jan 2012 #8
He does. They all do. denem Jan 2012 #13
“We’re not choosing a talk show host" ... VWolf Jan 2012 #9
Is that the best material he's got? brooklynite Jan 2012 #10
Glass houses, Mittens....You definitely give off that cheesy talk-show host vibe. marmar Jan 2012 #11
His internal polling must look terrible Thrill Jan 2012 #12

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
5. Newt is despicable and destructive
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 10:11 PM
Jan 2012

It does not matter which side he needs to be on his record will show he has been on all sides.

spin

(17,493 posts)
6. Romney is beginning to sound desperate...
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 12:26 AM
Jan 2012

and on a news clip just before the South Carolina primary he looked desperate.

The Republican establishment wants Mitt to win the nomination as he is one of the 1%. Unfortunately he lacks charisma and ideas. He reminds me of a younger Bob Dole. He is and has been a loser. The only reason Newt won in SC is that he is the not Romney.

I believe that Obama will beat either Newt or Mitt, but Newt would run the more interesting campaign. The debates will attract far more viewers if Newt is in them.


MADem

(135,425 posts)
8. I have been saying since IOWA that his voice is extremely stressed.
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 04:28 AM
Jan 2012

I have an odd habit of listening to tone, watching facial expressions and studying body language when I watch people on the television (and in real life, too). I have a pretty good track record of sussing out stress and strain, and IMO, that guy is two handholds from the end of his rope.

Earlier he was terrified of making a mistake, I think. Now he's crapping that his failure to be bold has allowed Newt--who is on a bloodlust-revenge-fest against Mittsy-- to overtake him.

If Mittsy has a Paris Hilton/Kardashian style video of Newt in flagrante delicto, he'd better think about releasing it soon. He has to crush Newtie, or meet him on the convention floor.

VWolf

(3,944 posts)
9. “We’re not choosing a talk show host" ...
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 02:56 PM
Jan 2012

Yeah, according to them, we're choosing a beer buddy. At least that's what they said in 2000.

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