While other candidates have been busy elsewhere, Newton Leroy Gingrich (nee’ McPherson; he was adopted when less than a year old) and his team are bus touring Ohio. They’re taking the opportunity for solo media coverage before the rest of the motley slate arrives. Newt has a very good education for the job he’s seeking...B.A in Political Science from Emory University; PhD in history from Tulane. He has also taught Geography.
The history part has obviously stuck with him. Newt’s appearance and demeanor seem somewhat reminiscent of 1776 and Yankee Doodle. Yankee Doodle is reportedly the most parodied song in this country’s history. So here is one more parody (by Mr. & Mrs. Columbus 2012 Elections Examiner)
He’s not a Yankee Doodle Dandy,
But served the Congress somewhat grandly.
Georgian Gingrich came to town,
Riding with his cronies,
Got some money in his PAC,
And sold us some bologna.
He’s not a Yankee Doodle Dandy,
But served the Congress somewhat grandly.
He’s done some hanky-panky,
When challenged he gets angry,
Pouting, spouting, reform shouting,
Conservative views he’s touting,
Speaker’s gavel always handy
Isn’t he just dandy?
How should Ohioans view Gingrich? He says America needs sweeping tax reform to help businesses grow and to put more money in citizens’ pockets. He calls Obama the best food-stamp president in American history. That’s probably true because these are the worst economic times since we’ve had food stamps. Before that, during hard time our cities had the bread+line and the Soup_kitchen.
Gingrich says he’s running because he’d like to be the best paycheck president in American history. He wants to shrink Obama’s spending down to the level of the government’s revenue, not raise the government’s revenue to catch up with Obama level of spending. He’s a master of rhetoric. Yet his platform is on the surface not much different than those of the other candidates. That’s understandable. We all know that unfortunate as it is, marketing is what wins elections. So many times it comes down to packaging the candidate. We’ll see on March 6th whether Ohio’s Republican voters believe Newt is better able to deliver than the other Republican packages.
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