Newt Gingrich isn’t giving up his fight for the presidency. The kamikaze candidate has released a new ad attacking Mitt Romney as someone from Massachusetts, the hippie gay rainbow brown people state, or something.

No, you’re not imagining things. That is French music in the background. The only thing worse than Massachusetts is France. They don’t just have health care in France — they have free health care. Savages.

Speaking of Rom-bot, Andrew Sullivan thinks the obvious choice for GOP nominee could be in serious trouble, because, “the Bain Brahmin didn’t just fire thousands of working class people in restructuring and in closing companies. He made a fucking unimaginable fortune doing it. That’s the issue.”

(Three cheers for Political Wire for the links.)

Gingrich has been on an absolute tear in his quest to destroy Romney. Here’s another:

— PZS

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