Newt Gingrich’s Sad Audition To Be Donald Trump’s Vice President

[Hairy Harry Potlover]

From HuffPo:

Now that reality-television star and gilded yeti Donald Trump has pretty much secured the GOP nomination, attention has begun to shift to who might claim the honor of being Trump’s running mate. This should naturally be of great interest to everyone, if for no other reason than the person chosen may well be left holding the bag when Donald Trump finds out just how hard being president is. (He does not think it’s an even remotely difficult job.) There has already been a lot of talk of possible short lists, and an equal amount of talk about who doesn’t want the job under any circumstances (Marco Rubio).

But in case you haven’t noticed, Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and failed presidential candidate really, really wants to be Donald Trump’s vice president. Oh, man! He wants it so bad! He does not even try to hide it.

And that’s a bit of a break with tradition. Those with some interest in the position usually tend to dance gingerly around the subject whenever it is broached by reporters. And it is broached often. Right now, every prominent politician who appears on a Sunday morning political show is going to face seven different iterations of the, “Will you serve as vice president, if asked?” every time they appear. Generally speaking, such politicos sidestep the dogged journalism of the Chuck Todds of the world by dropping canned lines like, “I love my job“ or, “I’m not thinking about another job.”

Not so for Gingrich, who has dropped nearly all pretense about his ambition.

In many ways, Trump and Gingrich would seem to fit well together. Both men can boast of having their difficulties with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) — the Ryan agenda, which Trump has famously said he doesn’t know if he’d support, was referred to by Gingrich as “right-wing social engineering.” Both Trump and Gingrich tilt toward grandiosity when discussing their ideas — maybe they could get Mexico to fund Gingrich’s plan for moon colonization alongside the magic border wall our southern neighbor will be subsidizing. And, of course, both men are famous for being — well — let’s call it “maritally ambidextrous.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/newt-gingrich-donald-trump-vice-president_us_573a157ce4b060aa781ae3a4

Actually, such a ticket would complete a poisonous circuit: Gingrich's congressional triumph in 1994 ushered in the era of Republican obstructionism, and the Orange Monstrosity has reaped the benefit
of our cowardly corporate media's failure to point it out.

[gwheezie]

1. 2 conmen

Newt is smarter than trump. Trump should never go ahead of newt when walking down stairs.

[patricia92243]

2. "Gilded Yeti" - lol n/t

[elljay]

3. Adelson

Don't forget that Newt is Adelson's house boy. If Sheldon is going to contribute 100M to the Repugs, he is going to want something in return. Newt has the political experience that Trump lacks, doesn't have a current power base to threaten Trump, doesn't have to worry about alienating voters if he loses, and has a sugar daddy. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Newt is the choice.