Gingrich pounds his Boehner

It seems that not only is John Boehner weak, he's actively having forcefully shamed out of office retired Republicans flagrantly undermine him. Newt Gingrich, showing he's still a giant, giant baby, was out in force working to defeat the bailout behind Boehner's back.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was working aggressively behind the scenes to defeat the Wall Street rescue plan minutes before he himself released a public statement in support of the package, NBC's Andrea Mitchell reported on Tuesday.

Gingrich was whipping up votes for the opposition, Mitchell said, apparently without the knowledge of the current GOP leader, John Boehner, who was responsible for recruiting enough support from his caucus to help ensure the bill's passage. Ultimately, the GOP was only able to rally roughly a third of its members.

Better yet is that Gingrich was releasing statements to the media about how he would reluctantly support the bailout if he had a vote. I know, a guy who served divorce papers to his wife after while she was in the hospital for cancer and was sanctioned for ethics violations somehow also is ethically challenged enough to lie. Here's the great part, besides all the backstabbing.

Mike Barnicle offered his own bit of reportorial insight: "Andrea, I could hug you for saying that, because I was told last night by two or they members of Congress that this was the opening salvo of Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign four years hence."

Sweet Jesus I wish I was in a coma so I could wake up four years from now primed for the sideshow. I guess after the past 8 years, people are going to be primed for an even more right wing brand of conservatism. It's frightening the amount Newtie believes his own bullshit. He's always talking about how he'll run if the American people call him to run. Well I guess he decided to stop waiting for that phonecall and started the ratfucking early. NEWT 2012.