LOL FOREVER

If When this whole presidential campaign thing doesn't work out, Newt could probably have a solid career as a stand-up comedian:

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Wednesday attributed the mass resignations among his campaign staff to the fact that he is "very different" from mainstream politicians.

"Philosophically, I am very different from normal politicians, and normal consultants found that very hard to deal with," Gingrich said in a speech to the Atlanta Press Club.

"We have big ideas. I just think that's part of how you campaign. You talk to the American people about big things."

Gingrich, a former history professor in Georgia, said 13 of Ronald Reagan's aides quit during his 1980 presidential primary campaign. Reagan went on to win the nomination and the presidency.

"If I had to choose Reaganomics or 13 staffers quitting, I think for the average working American, Reaganomics was a much better deal," Gingrich said, referring to Reagan's policy of cutting taxes and reducing government regulations.

That's a tight three-minute set, right there. Get that brick wall tuckpointed, Budd Friedman, because THE KING OF COMEDY IS READY FOR OPEN MIC NIGHT!

Gingrich Campaign Implosion Continues

So, not only, in addition to his $1 million in campaign debt, does Newt Gingrich have a six-figure tab at Tiffany's, he also has another line of credit at Tiffany's between $500,000 and $1 million.

Sure. Who doesn't?

You know, I don't care how Newt Gingrich spends the money he's earned from insider trading and speaking fees from the American Family Values Children Christian Liberty Freedom Patriot Association Foundation Organization or however he's amassed his vast fortune.

But I do suspect that someone who has multiple lines of credit at Tiffany's worth more than many US voters will earn in their lifetimes is probably not the right person for the job of president at a time when there's a 15.8% unemployment rate.

Number of the Day

$1 million: The reported amount of debt carried by the presidential campaign of Newt Gingrich, whose fundraising advisers resigned today.

"Newt 2012 continues its reorganization and alignment as a grassroots driven, substantive, solutions-oriented campaign," a spokesman, R.C. Hammond, told The Associated Press, adding that the campaign is "as committed as ever."

Whoooooooooooooooops! That is a very bad idea!

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