Mitt Romney must be smiling today. Rick Santorum is gone, Ron Paul is all but irrelevant and things have gotten so bad for Newt Gingrich that he’s bouncing checks. In fact, he bounced a check for the filing fee for the Utah Republican primary, for a lousy $500.
Five Republicans have filed the necessary papers and $500 fee to qualify for the June 26 Utah presidential primary election, but with Rick Santorum dropping out of the race Tuesday, only four will be on the ballot.
Or possibly three.
Newt Gingrich’s check bounced.
Utah Elections Director Mark Thomas said a designated agent for the Gingrich campaign brought the filing papers and a check for $500 in March, but the state was notified by the bank that the check had bounced. He said the office has tried to contact the Gingrich campaign through the telephone number and email provided on the application, but has not received a response.
Schadenfreude, party of one.
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fifthdentist
April 13, 2012 at 11:04 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Maybe Utah officials could accept a nice diamond tennis bracelet from Tiffany’s instead of a check?
Chiroptera
April 13, 2012 at 11:08 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
He said the office has tried to contact the Gingrich campaign through the telephone number and email provided on the application, but has not received a response.
Maybe Gingrich was in the bathroom when they tried to call. And I’m sure that Gingrich doesn’t check his email every ten minutes. If the email got through the spam filter, that is.
Raging Bee
April 13, 2012 at 11:29 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
And this is the guy who pretends to be the “ideas guy” for the Republican Party? What a sad ridiculous joke.
Let’s see how much attention the MSM pay this…
Raging Bee
April 13, 2012 at 11:30 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The Economist recently had an article about Blingrich; the title was “Deflating the Zeppellin.”
John Hinkle
April 13, 2012 at 11:41 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Newt’s reply:
I am ASTONISHED that a bank would make such an APPALLING claim that I have insufficient funds to cover this transaction. It is a GROSS AFFRONT to my sensibilities that the liberal media would even CONSIDER publishing a such a BASELESS accusation! It is BEYOND DESPICABLE, and I for one am gravely insulted. I DEMAND apologies from the liberal establishment, and will not REST until this injustice has been righted. The scandalous liberal forces that have run roughshod over the foundation of this great country must be…
<presses channel up button>
dingojack
April 13, 2012 at 11:45 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
John Hinkle – paging John Lithgow, paging John Lithgow, John Lithgow to the white courtesy phone please. You’ve got a call from the The Amphibian – collect.
Dingo
Modusoperandi
April 13, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Okay, now he’s just throwing it.
Modusoperandi
April 13, 2012 at 12:02 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I mean, he wasn’t trying before (although he’d take the nomination if it fell in his lap), but now he’s really not trying.
Pity, with Santorum out of the race he could be the go-to man for people who really, really hate Obama.
d cwilson
April 13, 2012 at 2:25 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
You’d think with all the autographed books and DVDs he’s been selling at his “campaign stops”, he’d have $500 in petty cash.
Raging Bee
April 13, 2012 at 3:01 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Not if it’s his own supporters buying up all that crap to boost the sales figures and ratings.
Crudely Wrott
April 13, 2012 at 4:32 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Newt, if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?
jaketoadie
April 13, 2012 at 5:39 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“Maybe Utah officials could accept a nice diamond tennis bracelet from Tiffany’s instead of a check?”
Hey, I live in Utah, why don’t they give me the bracelet and I will pay the $500 in cash out of my own pocket
Michael Heath
April 13, 2012 at 6:24 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
This is a good example of how far more people can get political support by deftly exploiting the media in spite of lack of money and management skills. I think this is primarily due to the disaggregation of the media, especially the rise of cable news, along with the rise of the Internet. Rick Santorum, Michelle Bachmann, and Herman Cain are Exhibits B, C, and D. One could arguably put Donald Trump and Sarah Palin in this camp as well though both clearly saw such fame isn’t sufficient to go the distance.
So while such media exploitation still isn’t sufficient, I’d argue it’s trending in favor of poor candidates without broad support or deep-pocketed support.
Doug Little
April 14, 2012 at 10:58 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Don’t knock the Newticle, after all he is just creating more job opportunities for all the comedians out there.