Newt Gingrich For President: Twitter Reacts To Non-Announcement Announcement

If a presidential aspirant alerts his or her supporters that an official campaign announcement is imminent, does it count as an announcement? This is one question that emerged Monday after former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's spokesman, Rick Tyler, told the Associated Press that that the Republican hopeful would formally announce a presidential bid on Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday.

Gingrich signaled himself on Twitter shortly after the news broke that he would discuss his plans for 2012 on Fox News on Wednesday night.

The non-announcement announcement quickly spread on social media, prompting many Twitter users to wonder if Gingrich spoiled his own social media campaign debut. We'll have to wait until Wednesday to see how the actual announcement is treated on those social media channels.

For now, here's a look at those jabbing today's pre-announcement. If you spotted a tweet that should be included here, please link it in the comments section below.

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[DarkTruths]

07:23 PM on 05/12/2011

I'm alerting all here that I plan to announce soon that Newt-loops is a doofus. You heard it here first.

[Craig Peters]

09:48 AM on 05/12/2011

I heard on local news radio that the link in his tweet didn't work -- anyone see a story about that anywhere?

[TomZart]

09:07 AM on 05/11/2011

" NEWT GINGRICH &THE PRESIDENCY "


Those who wish to be President
Must practice what they teach.
For their people need inspiring
To believe what they preach.

Take heed therefore, unto yourselves
You overseers of the flock
Or the voters shall cast you out
For your futures are not of rock.

Life may place you in deep waters
Though it doesn't wish you to drown.
It's your past record that lets us know
Who you are as you smile or frown.

If you wish to be remembered
From the truth you must never part.
Power corrupts the best of us
When we stop listening to our heart.


By Tom Zart Most Published Poet On The Web!

[jla323]

07:48 AM on 05/11/2011

It,s great newt,s going to run, now we can have family values back.if he were pres, we could hurry up the end of days and wish for better on the next round of evolution.

[unodiabloone]

04:28 AM on 05/11/2011

So doesn't everyone miss the days of the surplus we had during the Clinton presidency? Thats what I always hear. Now would it not make sense that the man who made these surpluses possible just might be the right man to take us out of the financial mess we are in. We can argue all day about who cheated or who had sex in the white house but we all know that is irrelevent. The fact of the matter is that Newt Gingrich is the man who made the surplus possible. He even shut down the government to push this radical agenda to balance the budget and reduce the defict. Now thanks to this radical agenda Pres. Clinton and his followers can boast to having a balanced budget during his term, even though the budgets he sent to Congress were rejected by Gingrich and not passed. Maybe if everyone got past party politics, including all the people in the country, and focus instead on solutions to the problems we could be a strong country again. It took Pres. Clinton Newt Gingrich and all the congressmen to come together to pass legislation that balanced the budget and brought a surplus to our nation and this is the same thing that needs to happen now.

[steveinohio]

09:02 AM on 05/11/2011

I think your comment gives Gingrich far too much credit, but I definitely agree with the sentiment that we ought to be able to have a common American purpose that we work towards without everything becoming a political game. Some stuff is just in our national interest, and while we might fight about methods, I wish we wouldn't lose sight of the end goal. Especially with fiscal matters, being willing to give a little to get a little usually ends up getting the job done.

For all of the budget posturing, it all comes down to arithmetic.

[drillsgtmark]

02:11 AM on 05/11/2011

Snooze time...

[gamigliuri]

12:48 AM on 05/11/2011

WOW - I can't believe that old dinosaur knows how to tweet ... and who wants another old fat white corporate-pandering teabagger in office? I think we have learned our lesson here; Pres Clinton; healthiest economy in our lifetimes AND a blanced budget...
Bush; took us into a war based on a lie, never did get the real culprit of 9/11 all while driving our country into financial ruin ...
Obama; took our country from the brink of Depression #2 and got bin Laden and this is only year 2!
I'm voting Democrat from now on - repubs, especially this extremist, right wingnut fringe are misguided, foolhardy and reckless at best.
We are all finally getting it now!

[unodiabloone]

04:14 AM on 05/11/2011

The reason the budget was balanced during the Clinton years and the surplus was possible was because Newt Gingrich was the Speaker of the House. He stood his ground includeing shutting down the government in order to get legislation passed that did not allow overspending and resulted in a lower deficit. Pres Clintons budget proposal was much higher than what Gingrich pushed for and got passed. So Gingrich not Clilnton is mainly responsible for this balanced budget.

[iCode v2]

06:04 AM on 05/11/2011

What's it like in that lovely fairytale land you're residing it?

[lowpdogs]

09:02 AM on 05/11/2011

There they go again stealing credit for something they didn't do alone!

[spotieotie]

12:17 AM on 05/11/2011

Who follows Newt Gingrich on Twitter?!?!?!?

[flossophy]

12:04 AM on 05/11/2011

History is calling. 

Go Newt!

[Mercury2303]

11:03 PM on 05/10/2011

I want Fig Newton and Palin to run. Saturday Night Live will have enough material for the next 10 years.

[Anym]

10:14 PM on 05/10/2011

Kitten 2012 has my vote.

[Schoolgirl666]

09:08 AM on 05/11/2011

Bible Spice?

[DickRay Schliep]

09:26 PM on 05/10/2011

Gingrich is a GREAT candidate for us Dems... GO FOR IT you pathological self serving wanna bee

[Hey Lady]

10:03 PM on 05/10/2011

#4

[drillsgtmark]

02:12 AM on 05/11/2011

#5

[loulou2lou]

09:15 PM on 05/10/2011

I wouldn't believe or should I say take with a grain of salt anything I hear on Fox.One for Newt in the snoot.

[MammaLu]

08:25 PM on 05/10/2011

Newt is so 1994.

[Cailleach Echo]

10:04 PM on 05/10/2011

Did you mean ... 1894? or 1984?

[ThePelton]

08:23 PM on 05/10/2011

Ah yes, Happy is joining Grumpy, Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy and Snow White as they try to unhorse BHO. I suspect they would prefer unemployment and underemployment to stay high so they can ride it into the White House next year, then make more tax cuts for their wealthiest contributors, and claim that creates jobs. What's to keep some billionaire like Trump from using his big tax breaks from buying a fourth casino to run into bankruptcy in less than a year?