I'll Be President When Pigs Fly
Newt Gingrich:*
I am not 'running' for president. I am seeking to create a movement to win the future by offering a series of solutions so compelling that if the American people say I have to be president, it will happen.
I'm thinking that this should best be read accompanied by "Torch Song #1 (Newt)" from "Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly", our favorite musical revue here at the Bearcastle Blog.
Anyway, is this the "New Way" in American politics? We know that W was put in office because Jesus said "make it so". Now it seems that one does not campaign any more; instead, one creates "moments to win the future". Perhaps it's a strategy I should try for Ars Hermeneutica.
Perhaps Gingrich & Kerry should form the dream team of "presidential candidates least likely ever to win their partys' nominations". Does anyone else feel it's not quite proper to have a president named for a lizard?
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* Quoted in: Shelley Lewis, "Gingrich: 'If the American people say I have to be President, it will happen' ", Huffington Post, 21 November 2006.
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on Tuesday, 21 November 2006 at 23.04
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This is the stuff of which compellingly satisfying trips to the bathroom are made.
Gingrich is at most a legend in his own mind. I only wish Republicans would run him, especially if Hillary Clinton gets the Democratic nomination. Katherine Harris, Marilyn Musgrove and Ann Coulter would vote for Gingrich, I'm sure. Beyond them, precious few females ever would.