Newt’s inability to take responsibility for his campaign not securing 10,000 valid signatures in Virginia has caused him to not only go beyond the spin, but also disrespect the 2,402 American’s who lost their lives on December 7, 1941:

Newt Gingrich’s campaign director said the candidate is viewing the setback in Virginia, in which he failed to collect enough signatures to qualify for the state’s primary, as an “unexpected setback” similar to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

“Newt and I agreed that the analogy is December 1941,” campaign director Michael Krull wrote on the Gingrich Facebook page. “We have experienced an unexpected set-back, but we will re-group and re-focus with increased determination, commitment and positive action. Throughout the next months there will be ups and downs; there will be successes and failures; there will be easy victories and difficult days – but in the end we will stand victorious.”

Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack – what happened to Newt wasn’t. As I pointed out yesterday, Newt knew he was in trouble in Virginia. He took the drastic step of leaving the campaign trail in Iowa, two weeks from the caucuses, and flew back to his home state to muster up the signatures.

Newt has no one to blame but Newt. Instead he refuses to take responsibility for what has happened and wants to blame everyone else. Republicans always talk about “being responsible” and mature, yet when they have their own faults it’s the cause of everyone else. Time to practice what you preach Mr. Speaker and accept the responsibility that you fucked up!