Want Gingrich to speak? He needs ‘first class expenses’ and 2 bathrooms

[madinmaryland]

By Dan Eggen, Published: December 7

Newt Gingrich, the Republican presidential candidate with a penchant for luxury jets and Tiffany & Co. jewelry, also appears to demand top-notch accommodations when he travels for a speech.

The Smoking Gun Web site, which specializes in unearthing revealing documents, has posted a copy of a speaking gig contract apparently signed by Gingrich for an appearance at Missouri Western State University in October 2010.

The contract called for payment of “first class expenses,” including the hotel of Gingrich’s choice, and “first class airfare.” A Gingrich aide gets a smaller hotel room ”located nearby the suite, but not attached.” A contract addendum also notes that “Mrs. Gingrich” may sometimes travel with her husband and “will be needed to be seated beside Mr. Gingrich at all functions.”

Perhaps most curious was language requiring a “non-smoking one-bedroom suite (preferably with two bathrooms).” The Smoking Gun compared Gingrich’s “loo requirement” with “Mary J. Blige’s toilet seat proviso,” in which the singer required “a private toilet (with new toilet seat)” as part of her standard performance contract.

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[DFW]

1. And if I don't want him to speak?

I think I'll speak for myself. If Gingrich wants to pay me first class accommodations (2nd bathroom optional), he has my permission.

[madinmaryland]

2. Uhmm... You'll probably be stuck having to listen to him bloviate regardless.

[Hutzpa]

10. Well at least I'll have his money in my pocket

which means bad luck Tiffany.

[Orangepeel]

14. If you don't want him to speak, you have to give him 3 bathrooms

[CatWoman]

20. Hi Orangepeel

[Orangepeel]

21. Catwoman!

[fishwax]

17. yeah, that won't stop him

[Graybeard]

3. Two crappers?

He really is full of shit.

[area51]

12. LOL. n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. Maybe he'd be better served by a "double-wide"

What's more surprising is that there are people willing to pay that price, meet those accommodation demands.

I guess I'l never get to hear him in person. Drat.

[alp227]

18. or maybe this is in case he wants to cheat on Callista

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. actually, I want Newt to shut the fuck up. gah, he gets on my last nerve.

[LynneSin]

6. Don't worry, Newt's ratings will tank soon enough...

which will give Rick Santorum a surge in the polls since he's the last decent 'anyone but Mitt' candidate left

[krucial]

41. Me too

Excellent statement

[LynneSin]

5. And we know how well that worked for Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign

His wife Judy Giuliani insisted on having 2 plane seats booked for her so she would have one seat for her Louis Viutton bag. Plus he only campaigned in Florida (a warm weather state) and skipped Iowa (not as ritzy) and New Hampshire (not as warm).

[madrchsod]

7. ask the illinois whiteside county republicans about newt...

the whiteside county republicans is not a wealthy county organization so they decided to raise money and asked newt to speak at a fund raiser. all was alright until newt gave them the bill..........40,000 dollars.first class for him and his squeeze from new york to the fund raiser. the party never did say just how bad a hit their treasury took i have a funny feeling newt took just about everything they had.

newt gingrich ....grifter in chief!

[City Lights]

8. First-class assholes require first-class accomodations.

I will assume he needs two bathrooms because he's so full of shit one bathroom can't handle it all.

[hunter]

9. One for him, one for the hookers.

[Enrique]

11. anyone here ever use the bathroom right after Callista?

if you have, you know why Newt wants his own bathroom.

[Chiyo-chichi]

32. Ha!

[RoccoR5955]

33. Callista doesn't use a bathroom.

She's a freakin' robot!

[gkhouston]

13. I guess he wants to leave his coke lying out on the bathroom counter.

[Zoeisright]

16. Two bathrooms, huh? Guess he's like my cat.

Needs one litterbox for number one, another for number two.

What a frickin' baby.

[66 dmhlt]

19. Sounds $$$ - 'til you learn he's got kids working as janitors to clean his toilets

That'll cut down the hotel tab.

[eppur_se_muova]

22. And we thought Palin was a prima donna ...

Oh, wait, she is.

[ashling]

23. But what about bendy straws?

hmmmm?

[trusty elf]

26. strawman

[IMG][/IMG]

[MrModerate]

24. Everybody who does this sort of thing makes these sorts of demands . . .

And they even make a certain amount of sense when you consider how wearying touring can be.

Newt's a dick, but this doesn't constitute corroborating evidence.

[DissedByBush]

34. The aide bit gets me

Don't want the help being too close.

[stlsaxman]

25. Wonder which color M&M's will cause Newt to cancel the gig?

[Bluenorthwest]

27. That's a way of asking for the largest suite

Without putting it that way. Two bathrooms would almost always be a suite larger than one bedroom.
Now, I once occupied a suite directly after John and Cindy McCain had used it. One bathroom. The housekeeper apologized for the long wait to get into the room, told me she'd spent triple time on cleaning make up out of the bathroom."How do you get make up on the ceiling unless you are trying to do that?" she asked me. Said the suite was a sty, and they'd not been in it long at. So with the 'GOP Look' cosmetically, apparently the facilities get a huge workout. Foundations flying, rouge on the tracks....

[EC]

28. Just tells me he's as dirty as I thought from looking at him and hearing him.

This just tells me that Calista won't have anything to do with a bathroom he's been in, since she is traveling with him. I'll bet he really stinks it up and all those warts and boils he must have all over his body must be disgusting.

[formercia]

30. Nothing like boil juice drying on the toilet seat.

I think I just grossed myself out..lol

[formercia]

29. His own skid marks gross him out

He's use to an outhouse, where they're never visible.

He needs a spare in case he plugs one up.

[Akoto]

31. I guess someone that full of shit would need two bathrooms. n/t

[jmowreader]

35. If he's taking Callista, he needs two bathrooms

One so Callista can do her hair and makeup...when you use spar varnish as a hair product like Callista does, drying time is a factor.

And one so Newt can do his.

[RoccoR5955]

36. Robots don't use bathrooms!

And Callista is a freakin' robot!

[Kennah]

37. Must be 'cause shit comes outta both ends

[existentialist]

38. Looks like half of DU has the same thought.

(Who knew it would be so easy to get Newt to shut up?)

(Don't we wish?)

[DesertFlower]

39. i guess callista needs

her own bathroom. can't say i blame her. i wouldn't want to share a bathroom with him.

[AlBratt]

40. There is no standard accomodation for Gingrich...

Newtie Tootie is just a bit strange and needs his own pot plus one guest pot because there is no known standard bathroom for him. There's Female Only, Handicapped Only, Male Only, but no HERMAPHRODITE Only, and there really should not be a separate standard for this category of people, but Newtie is you know, well, sort of different in several ways, besides being a "Closet Piss Irwin."

[rucky]

42. This is perfectly reasonable.

One bathroom cannot contain all the shit he spews.