megaNewt wants to know if you're gonna
finish seeking a deeper understanding
of those fries. (
DonkeyHotey)
Matt Bai, New York Times:
Gingrich says now, in what may be a characteristic bit of revisionist history, that it was clear early on that he needed to break free of his highly paid and conventional consultants, and that he and his wife, Callista, actually took their much-maligned Greek vacation last June — a pleasure trip in the middle of what was supposed to be his ramp-up as a candidate — in order to provoke a confrontation with the campaign’s leadership. (Gingrich later added that he really needed to see the Greek fiscal crisis up close.) If so, it worked, because the entire senior team quit en masse when he got back.
Oh. My. God.
GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has basically devolved at this point into Penelope, that pathological liar/insufferable braggart character played by Kristen Wiig on Saturday Night Live. Even his classic blunders are, in his 20/100-bazillion "historian's" hindsight, really eleventy-dimensional chess. HA! It was all just an elaborate ruse to make you think I'd been given a giant wedgie on the national stage! Foolish mortals!
Yes, taking a cruise of the Greek isles was all just a test, designed using his superior intellect! And if that sounds like bullshit to you, then it was also a clever plan to study the Greek fiscal crisis up close! A "method actor's" way of living the role. Just like he came to a greater understanding of the constitutional issues at stake during the Clinton impeachment by leaving Marianne at home and having Callista * blow him** instead ... ("some say"). He was no doubt also studying tightening credit markets by running up tabs at Tiffany and a private jet charter company and then stiffing them. It's all academic for Perfesser Newt!
There's just no bottoming out with this guy.