THE PLANK OCTOBER 29, 2009
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I swear that when I wrote this:
Look, anyone who imagines that New Gingrich is going to make a serious bid for the presidency in 2012 is nuts. (The smart money is that he'll muse endlessly about the possibility; let it be known that if the party wants him badly enough he'll allow himself to be drafted; and, when this does not happen, publicly take his name out of contention, explaining that he's abruptly found himself far too busy with some new organization with the word "Future" in the name. This is, after all, what he always does.)
I hadn't yet read this:
Said Gingrich: "Callista and I are going to think about this in February 2011. And we are going to reach out to all of our friends around the country. And we'll decide, if there's a requirement as citizens that we run, I suspect we probably will. And if there's not a requirement, if other people have filled the vacuum, I suspect we won't."
That was the easy part, of course. The real points go to anyone who can guess the exact name of the yet-to-be-founded organization that Newt will say is keeping him too busy to run for president.
5 comments
I thought Calista Flockheart was the only person actuallly named Cal[l]ista in the known universe. Apparently not.
- ironyroad
October 29, 2009 at 10:49am
Irony, I must confess that every time I see a reference to Gingrich and "Calista" I always think of Ally McBeal having that daydream in which she goes for a swim in a pint of Newt's Chubby Hubby that was left on top of the microwave for a half hour or so. Come to think of it, wasn't that show's heydey roughly co-terminous with Gingrich's tenure as Speaker? Also, what's the deal with "if there's a requirement as citizens that we run"? Did I miss the part in the Constitution that requires citizens to run for President?
- wildboy
October 29, 2009 at 10:55am
wildboy, you must have -- it's in there along with the requirement to leave everything up to market forces! Ally McBeal ran from 1996 to 2002, I believe. Opportunity enough for some cross-influence to happen, as the couple started their affair around that very time. Another important consideration: if Newt were to run and win, he'd be the second Catholic president. He just converted.
- ironyroad
October 29, 2009 at 11:33am
irony, but your tongue (or should I say typing fingers) for writing "if Newt were to run and win" bad boy. I think Newt recently registered the TM for Conservative Americans futurely conservating America.
- blackton
October 29, 2009 at 2:22pm
blackie -- it's like a horror movie. You use fiction to exorcize the scary stuff that won't happen anyhow, but is still scary on an emotional level.
- ironyroad
October 29, 2009 at 3:18pm