No matter where in world one looks, incredulity and wonder seem to be the reactions people have to the political resurrection of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. In this latest critique, columnist Thomas Spang of Austria’s Nachrichten advises Mitt Romney to get off the stick or be swept away by the voter rage being so well-harnessed by Gingrich, who Spang refers to as a ‘hypocritical moralizing apostle’ and a ‘Washington insider.’
For Austria’s Nachrichten, Thomas Spang starts out this way:
For Republicans, South Carolina is sending some potentially devastating news: out of a raft of candidates, conservatives aren’t selecting a leader with the best chances of beating President Barack Obama. Rather, they are electing the incarnation of the angry American.
Newt Gingrich is carrying more heavy “baggage” than could possibly fit in his campaign bus. As Republican House speaker during the Clinton years, he is the ultimate Washington insider. He tried to relieve the president of his post because of the Lewinsky sex scandal, while he himself was having an affair. Meanwhile, this sanctimonious moralizing apostle is married to his third wife. Friends in his own party chased him out of Congress because of a long list of ethical misconduct.
Of all people, irony of ironies, this is the candidate promising to renew America. Really?
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