Newt Gingrich now appearing as Mickey Rooney

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“Always get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whole day.”
—Mickey Rooney

You might have missed it but Gingrich is trying to label President Obama's effort to restore American international diplomacy, a bipartisan tradition that was unbroken from FDR through Carter, as a reincarnation of Carter.

He expects this will be his ticket to a nomination.

A comeback for the guy that could have been a contender.

What it really shows us is that Gingrich is now channeling Mickey Rooney, and poor Mickey isn't even dead yet.

Of course the most obvious similarity is that neither one of these guys really mastered having a successful marriage. Once Newt has gotten over the embarrassment hump of failing at three marriages he will be on his way to catching up with Mickey.

But there are other similarities as well. Mickey had some success early in his career and then spent the rest of his life living off his name familiarity and his circus side show life. Newt won a few elections got to be Speaker and is now the guy who everyone wonders, "what really happened to that guy?".

Even Mickey's teenage movies had a story line that reminds you of Newt. He was always in the middle of some group that was facing a complete disaster and he and Judy would organize a talent show and save the day, golly gee it was really fun.

Newt brings out the same simplistic formulaic approach to solving world problems. Instead of holding a talent show he thought it would be really good fun to shut down the government.

And eventually the nation grew tired of the novelty and both became shadows of their former characters, occasionally coming out for bit parts.

As they reflected on how their present condition was a mere shadow of their former selves they both turned to religious conversion to relight the flame. Mickey Rooney was visited by an angel while eating a donut in a coffee shop and became a born again Christian. Newt converted to Catholicism only 19 days ago, a rather late point in life to establish your metaphysical identity for someone who promotes themselves as a serious thinker is a particularly odd move that will not find much support among the rapidly declining evangelical base of the Republican Party and that will provide for some awkward maneuvering when Gingrich decides to throw out his present wife and try to catch up with Mickey's marriage history.

[roody]

1. He has not been spending his time at the gym.

Is the photo wife number 3 or 4?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. Has any U.S. president been elected after being out of any kind of office for many years?

This is the problem I see with Gingrich and Mitt, among other things.

[napi21]

3. Holy Shit! Us that his current wife? She looks like his grand daughter!

Yea, I know, it's nobody's business what the age difference is between a couple, and I usually agree with that, but this nitwitt always concentrates on having a young attractive chick on his arm, and I doube love has anything to do with the relationship.

[JI7]

4. his reason for dumping wife # 2 was that she was not hot enough to be first lady

he also cheated on # 2 with the one he is pictured with in the OP post.

[napi21]

6. Yea I know. I just don't remember ever seeing this one before,

She really does look very young, especially compared to HIM!

[JI7]

7. she looks younger in that pic than most other pics

[Cha]

13. Loosing the bleached

hair dropped off a few years.

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10. that's why any talk of him running for President is a joke

Evangelicals, fundies and women are not going to vote for him on principle. Period.

[Wetzelbill]

5. I don't even want to know what kind of dark soul she has

to marry that guy! Wow, she is young and he's an asshole. Like I can see why say Padma married Salman Rushdie, but a young woman has to be pretty far out there to marry Newt, especially considering he's more than a decade removed from any kind of power at all.

[mockmonkey]

8. Mickey Rooney...

starred in "Boys Town" and "Newty" wanted to cut Welfare by removing children from Families receiving Welfare and put the children into McOrphanages.

When Newt is Prez, Halliburton can run those Orphanages.

RoboDick Cheney can become CEO again to make sure the wee ones don't become Lil' Anti-American Terrorists, while maintaining maximum Homeland Security provided funding. "Halliburton Homes for Kids", based on the Hanoi Hilton.

John Yoo can be the Activities Director.

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12. lol

[smalll]

9. I've always thought he looks like Benny Hill, not so much Mickey Rooney --

I don't know Benny's inappopriately-young-woman-marrying record, but he did chase a lot of girls around a lot on his show that were easily young enough to be his daughters.

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11. Benny Hill never married

He was reported to have asked two women to marry him and was rejected twice.