History Repeating Itself
Some things are just too dumb to fail.
Newt Gingrich, who disappeared for 8 glorious years of the Obama administration, is back from his tour of duty as consort to the ambassador to the Vatican under Trump.
He’s written a so-called book entitled Beyond Biden and he’s selling it for $20. Probably all of 500 people would buy it, but here’s the deal. The National Republican Congressional Committee buys a truck of these suckers at a heavily reduced price and then they make Newt autograph them. They then sell them online, autographed, for a donation of at least $50.
It all works great – Newt makes a little money and can claim his book is selling a bunch at the point of origin. The NRCC puts the book online at WinRed and they make money. It ain’t about literacy – it’s about money.
And I’m not the one being catty about this. After all, when a purrectly good deal comes along, you jump on it. They haven’t changed it in at least three days but I took a screen shot just in case they do.
What an oppurtunity!
Not even during the toilet paper shortage would this have been attractive.
1And the former Prizz Tromp gets a cut too! The House Cons also! Win-win-win!
Does this mean Louie, Boobert, Marge, Matt and the rest get a piece too?
Anything that sucks a few more dollars out of the MAGAots meager wallets is fine with me [you just know most of those FuxNooz addicts are barely scraping by on their soshulistic SS payments]. That extra $50 might mean they don’t get to their next doctor appointment, who knows what that might result in, [sinister muhahaha].
2Knewt and the nrcc have made grifting an art form. I wonder how much of this money will end up helping “president” trumpf with his legal fees because he can’t afford them from his failing businesses.
3@ Philquat: Agreed – given the content of a Newt Gingrich book, it would not be useful at toilet paper. Toilet paper should be free of dung before use.
4Is there a limit as to how many I can get? With xmas getting near, it would be a perfect gag (literally) gift for friends and relatives.
5You weren’t kidding about repeating and too dumb to fail.
6Did anybody else notice the yellow boxes below the red donation amount boxes on the page J.J. linked to?
The old make-this-a-monthly-donation trick.
It was clearlystated. Albeit in smaller text. There’s even a little separation between that and the previous garbage about proving commitment and UPDATING STATUS.
Funny thing is. The corresponding little box is ALREADY CHECKED.
For convenience, dontcha know.
The title tacitly acknowledges that Biden is really president. That won’t please Metamucilini.
Oh wait — I’m not a Top Patriot. Another missed oppurtunity.
7Chester, not to worry.
8https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Beautiful_Poetry_of_Donald_Trump.html?id=68CnDwAAQBAJ
WinRed!!
Sneaky bastards.
“Hurry! This oppurtunity expires soon:…
[in small print: “Make this is monthly recurring donation”].
Donation, haha. What is it with Rethugs and common English spelling, do they outsource their messaging texts and posters offshore too? Mayk Amurika Grate Agin!
I’ll bet that they charge the hapless MAGAots who buy Knewtie’s bullshitfest an inflated ‘shipping and handling’ charge too. Sock it to ’em!
9From JJ’s first Amazon link for Knewtie’s ‘Pre-order Price’: “Hardcover $20.49 “. Soon to be remaindered for $2.49.
10So WinRed is padding those 5000 signed $50 [+s&h] copies out an extra $29.51.
How much of that is the Grifter-in-Chief getting? $10 a pop for leasing his exalted brand name to the amphibian/salamander?
Whatta Xmas gift!
Reading that link makes me want to take another shower. All you political bribe experts, please explain the statement on it that says
“The NRCC shall receive for its building fund account any individual contribution not exceeding an aggregate of $109,500 annually. Next, the NRCC shall receive for its General Proceedings Fund any individual contribution not exceeding an aggregate of $36,500 annually. Next, the NRCC shall receive for its Legal Fund any individual contribution not exceeding an aggregate of $109,500 annually.”
I’m having a hard time parsing that. In any case, I’m tempted to ask them via email “If I donate $200,000, how does the money get split among the three funds?” String them along by dangling big bucks in front of them, and once they’re drooling heavily let drop that I’ve only got $0.37 to donate. It’s the kind of thing I do to Nigerian princes and phone calls from “Microsoft Security” warning me that my computer is AT RISK!
Then after some excitement tell them it’s too late, I donated it all to a wino on the street who had a cute dog doing tricks.
11Well, if ya gotta call yourself a patriot, ya probably ain’t!
12And yet I can’t get more than 50 people to buy my books. I should have been a Republican I guess.
13Thanks for the tip, P.P. It gives me a chance to resurrect that delightful phrase of yesteryear- “Gag me with a spoon!”
14I was not ever really sure how that worked, but is is rather poetic.
Why would they change it? Don’t you know misspelling things is just another way to “own the libs?”
15Well now, there’s a hot commodity…assuming they even remember who Newt Gringrich is.
16It’s a tempting offer.
17But with well over 300 million people in America, it would be disingenuous, downright presumptuous and arrogant for me to consider myself in the top 5000 of Patriots nationwide. That the NRCC would deem me worthy of their offer, it’s an honor just to know they’d accept my credit card number. Monthly.
re: “oppurtunity”
I had to check … but yep, my online grammar utility AND my word processing spell check both flagged that “word.”
I was also impressed by the repetition of
EXCLUSIVE FOR TOP PATRIOTS
18Exclusive Opportunity for Top Patriots ONLY
They dumb! Does spell check not work foe these idiots or do they over-write it because they know better?
19I’d change that last bit to read “President Trump and House Conservatives expire soon.”
20Off topic but still about repugnanticans making money the sleezy way. ProPublica’s Big Story has some good reporting about another member of the repugnantican swamp using his position to make money illegally. NC Senator richard burr, using inside information given to his senate intelligence committee (he’s the chairman) on industries that would be hit hard by coronavirus, sold $1.7 million in stocks in those industries before the information was made public. He also alerted his brother in law who did the same just minutes after the call. Burr resigned his chairmanship shortly after the SEC announced an investigation into his transactions as well as his B-I-L. Hoping he pays.
21Steve from Beaverton: now, don’t go exaggerating. It wasn’t “just minutes after that call”. His brother-in-law was on the phone to his stock agent within one minute. No decent Republican would waste time in pursuing a tip like that!
22Surly, I do believe that there phrase “decent Republican” is an oxymoron.
23to even further the scam… he ain’t really signing every copy. his signature is being applied as a graphic to the title page and it’s being printed along with the rest of the book. it’s worthless… just like the book.
24OT and my humblest apologies, Neb magat crook Fortenberry update…
https://www.rawstory.com/jeff-fortenberry-2655438974/
Judge issues court order stating Fortenberry cannot be left alone with any evidence and cannot contact any potential witnesses. Once a magat crook, always a magat crook.
25South Duhkota’s richest man, T Denny Sanford, is being investigated for child porn on his mobile devices. He had five sealed search warrants and the SD Soopreme Court unsealed them for public viewing.. Never guess he is a nmgat.
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