US Politics Rulezzz

Headline of the Day: "Gingrich: Mitt Romney is a liar." LOL! Perfect. But wait—it gets even better!

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose support in Iowa has withered after riding on top of the polls, on Tuesday called former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney a liar who would mislead the American people if elected to the White House - but added that he would still vote for him if Romney won the GOP nomination.

On CBS' "The Early Show" this morning, CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell asked Gingrich about comments he had previously made about his chief rival and the Super PAC whose negative campaign ads have hurt his campaign: "You scolded Mitt Romney, his friends who are running this Super PAC that has funded that, and you said of Mitt Romney, 'Someone who will lie to you to get to be president will lie to you when they are president. I have to ask you, are you calling Mitt Romney a liar?"

"Yes," Gingrich replied.

"You're calling Mitt Romney a liar?"

"Well, you seem shocked by it!" said Gingrich. "This is a man whose staff created the PAC, his millionaire friends fund the PAC, he pretends he has nothing to do with the PAC - it's baloney. He's not telling the American people the truth.

"It's just like this pretense that he's a conservative. Here's a Massachusetts moderate who has tax-paid abortions in 'Romneycare,' puts Planned Parenthood in 'Romneycare,' raises hundreds of millions of dollars of taxes on businesses, appoints liberal judges to appease Democrats, and wants the rest of us to believe somehow he's magically a conservative.

"I just think he ought to be honest with the American people and try to win as the real Mitt Romney, not try to invent a poll-driven, consultant-guided version that goes around with talking points, and I think he ought to be candid. I don't think he's being candid and that will be a major issue. From here on out from the rest of this campaign, the country has to decide: Do you really want a Massachusetts moderate who won't level with you to run against Barack Obama who, frankly, will just tear him apart? He will not survive against the Obama machine."

Yet, when pressed by CBS News' chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer on whether he could support Romney if the "Massachusetts moderate" became the Republican nominee, Gingrich replied, "Sure."

LOL FOREVERRRRRRR!!!

"Mitt Romney is a snake-oil salesman. I mean, dude's a shady operator, a deceitful double-crosser, a villainous hoodwinker, a master of chicanery, and a flimflam aficionado of the highest order. I wouldn't trust that prevaricating fabulist any further than my butler could throw him! What I'm saying is that the guy is real lying sack of shit. GOD I HATE HIM. I am also endorsing him for President of the United States of America. I am Newt Gingrich and I approve this message."

Gingrich explained that he would support any Republican candidate "because I think Barack Obama is tearing the country apart."

It's a fair point. If there's one criticism I have of Obama, it's that he should really try reaching across the aisle a little bit more and stop alienating the Republicans with his rigid adherence to leftist principles.

By the way, I love the breathless coverage of Newt Gingrich stating the demonstrable fact that Mitt Romney is a liar. Congratulations on your continued dominance in the field of manufactured controversy, US Media.