Srsly, this is so fuck-stupid that there's almost no chance it won't get disappeared by Boxing Day.
From Newt Gingrich's Facebook page, on the subject of not getting enough signatures to make the Republican primary ballot in Virginia:
Newt and I agreed that the analogy is December 1941: We have experienced an unexpected set-back, but we will re-group and re-focus with increased determination, commitment and positive action. Throughout the next months there will be ups and downs; there will be successes and failures; there will be easy victories and difficult days - but in the end we will stand victorious.
Please, someone have John Lithgow read the whole thing. That's about the only way we'll hit the appropriate chuztpah of comparing not getting enough signatures to do get on a ballot with getting your shit bombed out in your home harbor. Gingrich's absolute lack of class and perspective would be awe-inspiring if we didn't already know he's a completely classless blowhard, anyway...
The analogy is Mussolini sending fighters to the Battle of Britain: I know I'm not really a player here, but I don't want to be forgotten.
Happy whatsit.
Posted by: Firedrake | 12/25/2011 at 07:21 AM