Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Newt Gingrich prepares to suspend campaign, resume paying for zoo tours himself

Newt Gingrich (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Newt Gingrich has begun the throat-clearing, hinting, and pre-announcing stage of the end of his presidential campaign'or, let's face it, suspension (the man has a lot of debt). He wouldn't be Newt Gingrich, though, if he didn't deliver a few last laughs:
'I think you have to at some point be honest with what's happening in the real world, as opposed to what you'd like to have happened' [...]

'I think obviously that I would be a better candidate, but the objective fact is the voters didn't think that,' Gingrich said. 'And I also think it's very, very important that we be unified.'

At some point you have to be honest'and apparently, that point comes seven weeks after the second of your two primary wins. Gingrich is keeping up a full schedule in North Carolina this week, though, "as a citizen," which looks an awful lot like the vacationing under the guise of campaigning he's been doing all along:
Gingrich's schedule this week includes visits to schools, throwing out the first pitch at a Gardner-Webb University baseball game, a tour of the Penske NASCAR racing facility, the Fayetteville Azalea Festival and a stop on Friday at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro.
No way he gets out before the zoo. This could be his chance to get bit by a lemur. Fox News is reporting, though, that Gingrich will end or suspend his campaign on Tuesday.


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