Newt Gingrich, The Ship Be Sinking

Elsewhere, Rick Perry didn't submit enough signatures to be on the primary ballot in Virginia:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/23/perry-ballot-petition-rejected-in-virginia/?hpt=hp_t1

 

Oops.

 

Please let this happen.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/sns-rt-us-stephencolberttre7bm1lz-20111223,0,1716590.story

 

WaPo Letter to the Editor regarding Newt's inability to get on the ballot in his home state of Virginia:

It is not surprising that Newt Gingrich did not qualify for the Republican primary ballot in Virginia. A piece of anecdotal evidence suggests why. On Wednesday, Dec. 21, I received a robo-call urging “all Republicans in Alexandria” to go to an address on Duke Street to sign petitions to help get Mr. Gingrich onto the ballot.

My wife and I are Democrats and have actively supported Democratic candidates for 20 years. But, more important, the call said the Duke Street location would be open on Dec. 19 and 20. The call, which we received at about 7:30 in the evening, also urged us to attend a rally for Mr. Gingrich from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

David A. Drachsler, Alexandria

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Oh, and, not surprising, documents show divorce #1 didn't happen the way Mr. Alternative History says.

Oh, and, per CNN, Congressman Gingrich was a deadbeat dad for awhile. It got so bad, a local church had to do a food drive for his wife and daughters.

 

I saw an amusing Tweet about Gingrich - not going to drag it up but the gist was

 

Welfare: Real good for my abandoned wife and daughters, not so good for neegros in the ghetto.

 

Priceless. ;D

 

No, no, Starman, don't you see? Welfare is wrong no matter what the color. Just have the churches take care of the dumped women and kids while Daddy is banging wife No. 2 instead of the government.

 

Sounds good to me. Faith-based initiatives.

I have faith I can take the initiataive to screw my Barbie-doll groupie GF while I fob off the support of my most recent wife and daughters on some suckers in some church.

 

Wow...I guess baseball fields aren't the only things about Iowa the mysteriously disappear.

 

If only they had to make the ballot back then when state legislators elected senators.