Newt Gingrich suspends campaign, while calling it a "truly wild ride" and thanking Todd Palin. In other news, Newt Gingrich WAS STILL running for President!

"The secret to looking thin is to find someone fatter to stand next to. How am I doing?"

Today Newt officially suspended his campaign, which virtually NOBODY even realized was still active.

As you can see in the video linked here, Newt took the time to thank virtually EVERYBODY who ever helped him out, bought him lunch, or resisted the urge to tell him that he was an embarrassment to the party. Surprisingly this also included Todd Palin, who endorsed Gingrich and made those robo-calls for him in  Florida, which apparently confused voters who thought the soft feminine voice on the line was from a phone sex service.

Here is more from Politico:

Although he did not officially back Mitt Romney, he offered lukewarm words of praise for the man who beat him for the GOP presidential nod, saying that “this is not a choice between Mitt Romney and Ronald Reagan.” Given that it is a choice between Romney and President Barack Obama, Gingrich argued “the gap” between the two “is as wide as any point in American history.” 

He called the campaign a “truly wild ride.” (Really? Try flying back under the cover of darkness to fake a birth in Alaska sometime!)


Going forward, Gingrich said: “Callista and I are going to focus on a series of key issues…and try to educate and move policies in Washington, D.C. Probably central to this is a deep commitment to American exceptionalism.” 

He added that the couple would also focus on religious liberty and domestic energy independence, as well as traveling to college campuses to talk about saving for retirement.

So what Gingrich is really is that he will continue trying to get lobbying gigs, grift from religious dimwits, and attempt to talk college kids into buying into one of his get rich quick schemes.

Which means that, with the exception that there won't be any reporters following him around anymore, nothing has really changed.

I would like to say that I am going to miss Newt Gingrich, but that is kind of hard to do when I totally forgot he was still running. I mean don't people usually hang out at the zoo when they don't have anything else to do?

Obviously this is not a shock, I mean not only did Sarah Palin vote for him in the Alaska primary, but Todd made robo-calls for him.  The guy was doomed.