Gingrich Campaign Aides Like Rats Off a Sinking Ship

[AZGrizFan]

They're abandoning Newt like crazy while he's off on a cruise with his wife...

I'd say we can put a fork in Newt....he's gone the route of Donald Trump.

[ASUG8]

He had a fork in him when he started his exploratory work.....

[HI54UNI]

The guy from IOWA summed it up well.



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[Col Hogan]

Your thread title implies his boat has some float to it at one time...

It was sinking before he even boarded...

[AZGrizFan]

Your thread title implies his boat has some float to it at one time...

It was sinking before he even boarded...

True, true, but these were the guys manning the bilge pumps....with them gone, it's going down faster than houndawg on a 45 Malt Liquor.

[houndawg]

Your thread title implies his boat has some float to it at one time...

It was sinking before he even boarded...

True, true, but these were the guys manning the bilge pumps....with them gone, it's going down faster than houndawg on a 45 Malt Liquor.

None of that honkpiss for me.
But I could make Marilyn Chambers gulp with disbelief if she saw me on a cold Bell's Oberon Ale.

I'm with the consensus on Gingrich, he's gone - which is weird because he knows how to play the game and he has very little competition.

Including himself.

I wonder what his staff just found out that we don't know yet.

[Bronco]

They went down to talk to the Texas Gov

[CID1990]

True, true, but these were the guys manning the bilge pumps....with them gone, it's going down faster than houndawg on a 45 Malt Liquor.

None of that honkpiss for me.
But I could make Marilyn Chambers gulp with disbelief if she saw me on a cold Bell's Oberon Ale.

I'm with the consensus on Gingrich, he's gone - which is weird because he knows how to play the game and he has very little competition.

Including himself.

I wonder what his staff just found out that we don't know yet.

John Huntsman, most likely.

[∞∞∞]

Here's you irrelevant fact of the day about an irrelevant man. Newt Gingrich's pharmacy is:

Rite Aid
1312 Chain Bridge Rd
McLean, VA 22101
703-356-5822

[CID1990]

Here's you irrelevant fact of the day about an irrelevant man. Newt Gingrich's pharmacy is:

Rite Aid
1312 Chain Bridge Rd
McLean, VA 22101
703-356-5822

I bought a six-pack of Miller High Life and a box of jimmy hats at that pharmacy a couple years ago.

[∞∞∞]

Here's you irrelevant fact of the day about an irrelevant man. Newt Gingrich's pharmacy is:

Rite Aid
1312 Chain Bridge Rd
McLean, VA 22101
703-356-5822

I bought a six-pack of Miller High Life and a box of jimmy hats at that pharmacy a couple years ago.

FWIW, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and Byron Dorgan also use it as their pharmacy.

[CID1990]

I bought a six-pack of Miller High Life and a box of jimmy hats at that pharmacy a couple years ago.

FWIW, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and Byron Dorgan also use it as their pharmacy.

I wonder why they even carry jimmy hats, then.

[∞∞∞]

FWIW, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and Byron Dorgan also use it as their pharmacy.

I wonder why they even carry jimmy hats, then.

Because it's a fuckin' Rite Aid. Do you know why they use it? Because no one will see them. I mean who shops there?

[TwinTownBisonFan]

Leave for a few days and this happens... oh well...

It's very rare indeed to have a staff quit en masse at any level... but especially this one. Even if the campaign is going down in flames, people will peel off as they find new jobs - not all jump at once and cause a headline - it's one of those unwritten rules about behavior on a campaign - even in quitting or getting fired you're expected to protect the campaign.

Leads me to believe it's not the sinking ship they're abandoning, but rather Newt as a person. Usually a mass exodus like this occurs after either a) the candidate completely ignores unanimous consensus from his senior staff on a major strategic decision that the staff see as reckless or disrespectful or b) the candidate said or did something to one of the senior staff - or attempted to fire a member of the senior staff unjustly - and triggered the whole group to bail. Given the number of self-interested people on any campaign - and given the levels of ambition involved - usually someone stays on - hoping they can be handed the conch and put in charge - have their name on the door... so to have this happen raises a LOT of questions about the whys and wherefores.

and yes, as if it wasn't already a moribund campaign... it's all over now.

[YoUDeeMan]

Here's you irrelevant fact of the day about an irrelevant man. Newt Gingrich's pharmacy is:

Rite Aid
1312 Chain Bridge Rd
McLean, VA 22101
703-356-5822

Whatever you do, DO NOT post a picture of this Rite Aid. If Opie knows people, you can be assured that Newt knows people. Papers will be served to you, stalkerforeverandever.

[Ivytalk]

Gingrich will drop out early and find wife #4. Or is it #5?