[/caption]After Rush Limbaugh calls America "sick," Newt Gingrich begins looking for other presidencies.
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A presidential primary becoming known for its galvanic swings of support behind each candidate took another turn today, as news broke that Newt Gingrich, now considered a possible genuine threat to a Mitt Romney nomination, is quietly looking into running for the presidency of other countries.
The reports followed a diatribe by popular radio host Rush Limbaugh, who said, “This country is sick. President Obama, if that is his real name, has been systematically destroying this country. I wouldn’t be surprised if it has a few years left to live, if that.”
While this news may surprise some, those who have been following the news about Mr. Gingrich’s private life have been expecting it.
In 1981 Mr. Gingrich divorced his first wife after she was diagnosed with cancer. In 2000, he divorced his second wife, who had recently been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
“After hearing Limbaugh’s comments, Newt began asking other countries if they were interested in him being their president,” said a Gingrich campaign official, speaking anonymously. “He’s been running Mexico on a trial basis, but he wants to wait for a commitment from them before dropping out of the US race.”
This is not the first time a presidential candidate has considered defecting to lead another country. In 1995, then-President Bill Clinton was strongly considering an offer to lead Brazil, but negotiations broke down over his insistence that all modeling contracts be finalized in his presidential palace.
Mr. Gingrich refused to discuss the rumors.
“This is just another trick by the liberal media to take public attention away from the destruction of our country by Barack Hussein Obama,” said Gingrich. “Just because something important happens doesn’t mean that you have to write an article about it.”
Gingrich later amended his statement, saying he would only entertain the idea of running for the White House if the American people were willing to engage in an "Open Presidency."
Will the news have an impact on Gingrich’s performance today in the South Carolina primary? Maybe, if South Carolina voter Jonathan Grine’s reaction is any indication.
“If the nation's economy is in very poor health, is Newt Gingrich really the man we want looking after it?”
-- Additional reporting by Ben Dickson - @alien2human
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