According to the N.Y. Times’ The Caucus blog, former Georgia representative and current GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is going to campaign this weekend in that hotbed of national politics and critical primary state . . . wait for it . . . Hawaii.
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Mr. Gingrich’s presidential schedule shows him campaigning in Hawaii on Saturday and Monday, thousands of miles—and a big ocean—away from Iowa and New Hampshire. . . . Mr. Gingrich’s official campaign schedule says that he will “join the Maui G.O.P. for a meeting with local activists at the Door of Faith Church” on Saturday. On Monday, he will “discuss the American founding with the students at Seabury Hall preparatory school” in Makawao, also on Maui.
Hmmm . . . everyone else running for the Republican nomination is in Iowa or South Carolina or New Hampshire—you know, king-maker states vital to a winning campaign. But not old Newt. Nope, seeing as how his campaign is going nowhere on the Mainland, he’s going to be looking for votes while he’s looking for sea shells on the beaches of Maui.
For some reason, this image came to mind:
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President Richard Nixon was never a kick-up-your-heels-kinda guy anyway. Which probably explained his preference for sturdy, no-nonsense, GOP establishment-style footwear—even for a walk along the beach.
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And if old Newtie decided to loosen up, the lucky citizens of Maui can look forward to this.
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