Dick Morris Endorses Newt Gingrich for President in 2012

Dick Morris recently paid a visit to Orlando this last Friday, 10-1-2010. The local Central Florida faithful of mostly republican and one Libertarian (me) got to meet Mr. Morris at the Downtown Orlando Sheraton. The event was sponsored by the West Orange County Tea Party and we all owe them a debt of gratitude. Thanks.
After the speeches of the local politicians running for office was complete Mr. Morris light up the stage with his presence giving the faithful a big helping of red meat and wildly optimistic projections of 80 to 100 congressional seats and obliterating a generation of democrats just around the corner. The crowd loved every second of it and ate up ever last word.

Dick Morris fires up the base in Orlando, Florida on 10-1-2010

Mr. Morris gave the crowd a shocking and hilariously funny off color joke about then British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and former Prime Minister Winston Churchill going into the bathroom together in the House of Commons after the end of WWII and during the time the British government was busy socializing every industry that was profitable and valuable. They both entered the bathroom at the same time and approached the urinals. Churchill moved as far away from Attlee as possible to the last urinal at the end of the room. Attlee slightly offended asked “What seems to be the problem Winston? A little shy?” Churchill responded “No it’s just that every time you see something of enormous size that is big and beautiful you socialize it.” The crowd doubled over in laughter with the possible exception of some retirees.
The real announcement was that Mr. Morris has concluded that Sarah Palin has been beaten up by the media too much to be viable in 2012. He stated that he wouldn’t want to spend time rehabilitating her image to the public when he could be spending time on the issues. In another indirect slap at Palin Mr. Morris stated that Gingrich could run intellectual circles around Obama in a debate indirectly implying that Palin could not. The crowd of core Republicans riotously agreed and applauded Mr. Morris and his logic.
I completely disagree. While Mrs. Palin has received harsh media treatment and was blindsided Mr. Gingrich has some real scandals and a real history to contend with.
For example his adultery with Callista Bisek, a “willowy blond Congressional aide 23 years his junior.”
He avoided military service during the Vietnam War through a combination of student and family deferments. He married one of his teachers at age 19.
He walked out on his first wife according to his ex. “He walked out in the spring of 1980…. By September, I went into the hospital for my third surgery. The two girls came to see me, and said, “Daddy is downstairs. Could he come up?” When he got there, he wanted to discuss the terms of the divorce while I was recovering from my surgery.” – Jackie, his first wife. The hospital visit wasn’t the end of it, either. Jackie had to take Newt to court to get him to contribute for bills, as utilities were about to be cut off.
Remember the House Banking scandal, where so many congressmen wrote rubber checks on government money? Newt bounced 22 checks himself, which almost cost him reelection in 1992. Mr. Gingrich voted for the “secret” House pay raise, and he was chauffeured around Washington in a Lincoln Town Car. Can anyone detect a large inflated ego billowing up to the heavens? After Obama and his ego do we need another Mt. Rushmore sized ego in the White House?
This is just a partial list. He has book deals during his tenure as Speaker of the House and a second marriage with baggage. So why would Mr. Morris choose to endorse Mr. Gingrich, a man with a mountain of garbage the Democrats can pick on, over Sarah Palin who admittedly was blindsided by the leftist media. It makes no sense.
As for the intelligence issue Sarah Palin would easily run intellectual circles around Obama. Obama doesn’t have an original thought in his head. He regurgitates garbage from his father and every communist he has encountered. Understand colonialism, communism and you got Obama’s thought process. He is incapable of modifying his thoughts. A smart 5th grader could out debate Obama.
Is Newt smarter than Palin? Maybe but he can’t keep his pants zipped up. Sorry Mr. Morris but Newt Gingrich is unacceptable.
Okay enough of playing stupid boring political talk.
I appreciate all the work Mr. Morris has done for Republicans and his efforts on their behalf. That said I don’t know if I totally and completely trust an insider Jewish man from Columbia University and Washington DC. Do I know this man’s ulterior motives? Not a chance. He turned against his fellow Democrats. Could he turn against the Republicans? All I know is the Democrats would tear Newt Gingrich to pieces in the media. The politics of personal destruction would turn into a shark infested feeding frenzy. With Palin the public is so sick and tired of the “she’s stupid” crap all it would do is infuriate the base and boost turnout as well as increase passion. Not to mention piss off the women voters who are tired of the media double standard. Not a bad trade off. So why Newt?
Did Palin flatly reject or indirectly ignore a possible overture from Mr. Morris to assist her in a possible 2012 run for president? Very possible. Palin has aligned herself with fellow Fox News analysis Greta Van Susteren, Glen Beck and somewhat Bill O’Reilly. Not that any of them would be in her inner circle if she choose to run but its clear she is has her favorites. Is there a history behind the scenes? Probably not but Palin certainly has not sought out Mr. Morris to buddy around with like she does with Greta or Beck.
A second ulterior motive that no one wants to address is the polarizing affect Palin would have on America. She is from the backwoods of Alaska and is strongly adverse to the federal government and all the parasites connected to it. I personally think if she were elected president she would fire 50% of the bureaucrats in Washington, maybe more. She would not play games. She would dismantle as much of the power and privileged classes in Washington as she could. She knows it, the privileged classes in Washington DC know it and Dick Morris knows it. Gingrich is a walking think tank. Palin is a hunter/killer. Who posses the real threat to the Washington DC elites?
The third thing to realize is that Palin would be the equivalent of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was a great president but his firm stance against slavery lead to the southern succession and the civil war. Would a Palin presidency and her opposition to the government elites who weld real power over America have the same affect? Would Obama pick up his marbles and move to the new Peoples Republic of America capital in Albany, New York or San Francisco, California?
With the financial melt down becoming more apparent everyday what will the United States be like in 2012? There is a very good possibility that there will be a nasty decline in our fortunes. You can see the elites making their escape plans right now before the fall. Morris knows this. Is he looking for the least painful exit strategy? What is the man’s ulterior motive for picking such a flawed candidate?