Sunday, January 29, 2012

No small amount of irony

That the man who shut down the government during the Clinton Administration because he did not get the plane-seat he wanted, would turn to this:
By Saturday, the day of the flight, only a handful of reporters had committed to fly with Gingrich. And because fewer journalists would be on the plane, the cost per seat skyrocketed to more than $3,000. When the reporters who had given over their credit cards to join the charter heard about the new price, many called the campaign aides frantically to cancel. The campaign refused. The reporters on the bus, now straddled with an unexpected new cost, fumed. Campaign aides were furious over the little mutiny. Reporters threatened to dispute the charges to their credit cards. Then, the campaign dropped a bomb: No reporters would be allowed to fly with Gingrich on his campaign swing on Monday, when his schedule calls for more than 1,000 miles of travel, complete with campaign stops from the panhandle near the Alabama border to Miami. Without a plane, it would be virtually impossible to cover Gingrich on the day before voting begins in the primary that political observers think will make or break his campaign. Also, the press was no longer invited to fly with Gingrich to the next contest in Nevada, which will hold its Republican caucuses on Feb. 4.
Newt's got to raise more money for cruises.

6 comments:

Montag said...

Heh, so Newticles' minions went out of their way to piss off the people providing their candidate with free publicity.

Why am I not surprised?

StonyPillow said...

Restore Our Failure is terminating Newt's candidacy.

The Tea Partiers have served their masters well.

Raoul Paste said...

This bodes poorly for the general. Its increasingly clear that enough money and lies can get the stupid rubes of America to vote for anything.

DanF said...

If anything is signature Newt in this campaign it's him repeatedly saying "Fuck you" to the press to the cheers of the rubes. Since he wasn't able to do this in the last couple of debates, he's hoping this will do.

pansypoo said...

butbutbut republikkklans love it when he hats the lamestream media.

newbroom said...

ANYthing he can do to generate controversy keeps his name in the light. No big deal if a few touring journalists have to find their own transportation. There are also plenty of news people at each of moonface's stops today.