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Newt Gingrich Tops Trump's VP List
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is now the leading candidate to be tapped by Donald Trump as his running mate, a close confidante of Trump tells Newsmax.
On Tuesday, Trump told the AP that he has whittled down his choices to 5 or 6 names.
"I have a list of people that I would like," Trump revealed in his interview Tuesday.
But the name that keeps cropping up as his favorite is Gingrich, a Trump confidante tells Newsmax.
Frankly......this would be Great. Can you imagine Trump/Gingrich....two hypocrites on their third marriages with history's of maritial infidelity attempting to attack Hillary for Bill's indiscretions?
This will be entertaining!
It has to be a hoax.
Newt Gingrich Tops Trump's VP List
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is now the leading candidate to be tapped by Donald Trump as his running mate, a close confidante of Trump tells Newsmax.
On Tuesday, Trump told the AP that he has whittled down his choices to 5 or 6 names.
"I have a list of people that I would like," Trump revealed in his interview Tuesday.
But the name that keeps cropping up as his favorite is Gingrich, a Trump confidante tells Newsmax.
Frankly......this would be Great. Can you imagine Trump/Gingrich....two hypocrites on their third marriages with history's of maritial infidelity attempting to attack Hillary for Bill's indiscretions?
This will be entertaining!
I thought the narrative was supposed to be that these indiscretions don't matter...I know, I know, that only applies to libs...Newt Gingrich Tops Trump's VP List
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is now the leading candidate to be tapped by Donald Trump as his running mate, a close confidante of Trump tells Newsmax.
On Tuesday, Trump told the AP that he has whittled down his choices to 5 or 6 names.
"I have a list of people that I would like," Trump revealed in his interview Tuesday.
But the name that keeps cropping up as his favorite is Gingrich, a Trump confidante tells Newsmax.
Frankly......this would be Great. Can you imagine Trump/Gingrich....two hypocrites on their third marriages with history's of maritial infidelity attempting to attack Hillary for Bill's indiscretions?
This will be entertaining!
Why? Because it's not who you think he should pick?It has to be a hoax.
I thought the narrative was supposed to be that these indiscretions don't matter...I know, I know, that only applies to libs...
Personally Gingrich would be a good choice IMHO. Smart, Constitutional, and able to navigate the system.
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I thought the narrative was supposed to be that these indiscretions don't matter...I know, I know, that only applies to libs...
Personally Gingrich would be a good choice IMHO. Smart, Constitutional, and able to navigate the system.
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Frankly......this would be Great. Can you imagine Trump/Gingrich....two hypocrites on their third marriages with history's of maritial infidelity attempting to attack Hillary for Bill's indiscretions?
This will be entertaining!
But good point on the marriage/infidelity, I guess "Family Values" won't be discussed much this summer/fall by either camp.
I don't think Trump was ever going to go after Hillary from a "family values" standpoint. That'd be too on the nose and "typical" politician, and as accurately pointed out would essentially point the light back on him. I think where he's going to go with it is more attacking the foundation of Hillary's arguments of being a champion, and defender, of women. As opposed to "Bill was bad for cheating", it'll be "Hillary enabled bill to rape". As opposed to "Destroying the moral fabric of America" it will be "Destroying the character of women for daring to accuse her husband of rape". Things like the infamous "Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you'll find" will be referenced, depicting the Clinton war rooms mentality towards those expressing their "right to be heard" about being raped.
Whether it will stick or not will have to be seen, but I imagine that's going to be the direction Trump goes as opposed to a "family values" approach.
Picking Gingrich would be a good move.
I would actually consider this some sterling and reasonable analysis if I could ever once recall you attacking Hillary for her hypocrisy of making a campaign issue of being "with" women that have been sexually assaulted and claiming that they should be believed to be speaking truthfully when making such claims, considering her part in defending her husband continually from people making such accusations towards him in the 90's.
As it relates to strategy and the potential hypocrisy of such things, it's a fair point in the notion that it could potentially harm Trumps ability to attack based on that. On the flip side, as we've seen repeatedly, conventional wisdom hasn't seemingly stopped the damage Trumps attacks have managed to do. I imagine that his attacks on Clinton will not be aimed at making her unlikable on a personal level, but rather to try and destabilize the ground she stands on in terms of her attempts to proclaim herself as someone who advocates for and is here to defend women. As was the case in some of the Republican primaries, Trump being an asshole doesn't mean that the sly point he's trying to put across doesn't implant itself well. And, unlike most politicians I've ever seen, Trump has shown an ability to garner support DESPITE being viewed as an asshole by those voting for him.
As it relates to the pick of Newt himself, frankly I like it. I'd prefer a governor so you had some actual government executive experience, but I see the point in not going that route if they're going to hype his business experience as what's really "needed" for the country in terms of the "chief executive". As such, a strong legislative / policy VP would make sense. Newt doesn't particularly help him with any swing state, but he does perhaps help him with some of those disaffected Republicans who are normally solid assumptions to be part of the voting base that were considering sitting out. Trump has shown himself to pull out Republican voters that had took their ball and gone home in previous years (The very thing they attack people for considering now, ironically enough), so a pick that shores up some of the ones that would be taking those peoples place could help.
All told, I think Newt would be a solid, if not spectacular, pick.
Boy...do I agree with this.
And keep in mind that I am a strong Hillary Clinton supporter!
Geez, that speaks poorly of you. Why do you say that out loud?
Gingrich is a lousy pick because, in America, it's far more important to balance the ticket with brown skin and a vagina than to choose someone on substance.
by "substance" you mean someone without brown skin or a vagina
understood
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