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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNewt's 'Your Nose for Your Vote' Campaign
Newt Gingrich "pinches" the nose of Bonnnie Ellison, 78, of Easley, South Carolina. While campaigning at Mutt's Barbeque in Easley, SC.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/01/newt-gingrich-got-your-nose.html
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Newt's 'Your Nose for Your Vote' Campaign (Original Post)
Solly Mack
Jan 2012
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Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)1. Leave it to Newt to have a fetish I haven't even heard of
Last edited Fri Jan 20, 2012, 12:02 AM - Edit history (1)
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)2. He's trying to mask his stink.
waddirum
(979 posts)9. Geronotological infantilization?
grandma boogeraphilia?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)3. Newt Punches Voter Asking About Medicare
suffragette
(12,232 posts)4. Wonder if she said "I smell bullshit" right before the pic was taken
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)5. Probably. lol That's not cute at all. That's insulting.
Maybe she didn't mind - but her look says otherwise.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)7. Yeah, I can't think of anyone being ok with someone pinching your nose
Weird thing to do.
It's the kind of thing some adults do to children. Guess that demonstrates what Newt thinks of women, even one clearly his elder. Maybe a bit like the condescending pat on the head.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)8. No... It's this really cool magic trick
You take their nose, but it's really just your thumb.
Newt then showed her how he could pull off his own thumb, and pulled out a quarter from behind her ear.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)6. Makes one wonder
How that even happened. The look on Newt's face is blank. I hope that woman's nose ran on his fingers. LOL!
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)11. LOL That would have been funny.
waddirum
(979 posts)10. Look at Newt's expression
Is it too far a reach to imagine him smothering Grandma with a pillow? Don't you think that senior citizen voters might be a bit creeped out by his cold blooded demeanor?
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)13. She doesn't look happy about it. Maybe she is creeped out by the act.
Matariki
(18,775 posts)12. Here he is looking for his next poly relationship...
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)14. Newt's next wife is still in college