Newt Gingrich Visits Staten Island Today, Former BP Says "God Help Us" If He Wins

Gingrich steels himself for a recent interview with Sean Hannity (AP)

Newt Gingrich is hosting a "town hall" meeting with the Staten Island Tea Party this afternoon, but one man won't be attending: former Staten Island Borough President and Congressman Guy Molinari. "God help us if Newt Gingrich is elected president. I won't vote for him. I love my country too much," Molinari told the Post. Doesn't the election of Newt Gingrich as President of the United States finally settle the issue of whether or not there is a higher power?

Granted, Molinari leads New Yorkers for Romney (who is currently trailing Gingrich by double-digits in polls of GOP voters) but Molinari's grudge against the former Speaker of the House is personal. Gingrich apparently broke a promise and blocked Molinari from a committee assignment. "It happened to so many others. How do you trust a guy like that?" Molinari asked. "What kind of trust would he get from other parts of the world?" Hasn't Molinari heard of Tiffany's Diplomacy?

Apparent to everyone except Newt Gingrich, Gingrich's triumph over Romney would immensely help President Obama. Public Policy Polling has the incumbent beating the man who gets paid $1.6 million for his "historical" perspective and had a knack for having women's heads in his lap in the 1980s 50% to 44% in the crucial state of Florida. "If the Newt surge persists over the next few months the biggest winner is going to be Barack Obama," PPP said in their summary.

Another factor affecting Romney is how hurt Rick Perry's feelings are: the all-but-irrelevant candidate still has a sizable war chest, and may use it to run ads before the Iowa caucus to destroy him. "Will we see a Rick Perry suicide mission after the Newt surge?" one Obama operative asks Politico. If the ads are as fantastic as Ron Paul's, we sure hope so.

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By Christopher Robbins in News on December 3, 2011 10:30 AM

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JacksBack72

YES! God help you!
. . .-and ALL of the other Domocrat assholes in NYC and on Staten Island!!

ANGRYGOD11

Guy Molinari is a Republican.

You really have no idea what you are blathering on about, do you?

JacksBack72

OK! God help Guy Molinari!
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ANGRYGOD11

If you had no idea Guy Molinari was a solid pro-life Republican who backed Guliani, George W Bush and Bloomberg, why are you wasting everyone's time with your ignorance?

JacksBack72

You're right, 'Angry'. . . I certainly am an idiot who needs -bashing!

canofpeas

I don't know if Newt will be our next president, but we're either going to get white corporate hitler or black corporate hitler in 2012.

billybladerunner

Gingrich is different He without question has Matured , (grown up)......Bill Clinton gave him Kudo's the best he could without upsetting the Dems .... But truth be told , Newt did accomplish great things with Bill , But there's no way he can say it....he's still a belt way boy after all and a Fav of the dems........ I have all the confidence in Newt , and can care less what mistakes he made in his younger days ....we all do stupid stuff ... I'm not proud of what I did in my past, But I am proud of who I am today .....

"Tim Osman"

Newt wasn't in his teens or 20's when he made all of these "mistakes", give me a break

billybladerunner

Whatever , if your that hung up ...I guess you walk the same steps as Jesus oh sinless one...

"Tim Osman"

i am not sinless, but i am not running for president

billybladerunner

But you can throw stones .....Kay....

"Tim Osman"

I would prefer to throw stones at W

shocktheday

Clinton and Newt did a great job with selling away our sovereignty with NAFTA, supporting GATT and WTO, taking away our regulatory rights and handing it over to the WTO,

ANGRYGOD11

Its pathetic only Newt's divorces, lobbying and ethical sanctions are mentioned as why he shouldn't be president.
There is so much more for this chickenhawk.
Aside from the fact he is 68 years old, he wasn't a good leader for the GOP in congress. He constantly had to put down rebellions in his own ranks to keep his job and thats not the norm for house speakers. They knew him, worked with him and couldn't stand him.
Pundits have a very bad track record winning political office because if they have to fill up so much air time, they end up saying a lot of crap the public doesn't like. How many hours of crap do you think were recorded during his years on Fox News are going to sink him with possible supporters?

billybladerunner

This is such a crack up ....the dems are loosing it , they know they can't beat Newt ,,,,The white house spent months preparing for Romney , didn't even count on Newt , so now all the ugly bashing personal attacks are comming out about his past .....20 years ago ....like no one has ever been divorced or had extra marital affairs .....

Newt said ....I made my mistakes and learned from them ....I'm Not running for Pope ....I'm Running for President

"Tim Osman"

Newt's political track record speaks for itself. A man of great integrity - he resigned from the House of Representatives and his role as speaker of the house 1 day after being re-elected, talk about leadership!

shocktheday

Actually, I expect more from our President than the Pope.

billybladerunner

The you should be flat out totally besides yourself from what this President has done ....Disgrace, At least carter won't be known as the worst President in history any more ....

Guest

Carter was not. Nor will Obama be. No one can take the "worst president ever" titl tfom GWB. I think we will never see a more misguided rotten presidency than his.

shocktheday

This is a baton passing government. Almost all the GOP candidates would carry on Obama's legacy if he were to somehow lose, just like how Obama carried on Bush's. Outlook is bleak.