Newt Gingrich grandiosely reaches for the Moon

Tuesday January 31, 2012, the people of Florida will decide who their choice of Republican leader will be. Whilst recently it has been a one or perhaps two horse race developing remember that there are four politicians vying for votes.

Today the election hopefuls are still doing their damndest to win votes and Newt Gingrich was full of what he would call in others baloney. Professing to be an all American guy who like the American people is grandiose he played to the audience. He went as far as to say "grandiose is my middle name" Of course they loved it. Even his ridiculous claims that by the end of his second term America would have a colony on the Moon. There was a lot wrong with his spiel, not least the fact that he said second term.

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Grandiose promises

With global economies struggling to survive the fact that Newt feels a priority would be a heap of money spent on colonising the Moon is quite  frankly nuts. It may be that he knows during his Presidency the World will crumble to the extent that earth will need to be abandoned. If no, reaching for the Moon when Earth is in trouble makes no sense. Then there is the fact that he appears to believe America could and should own the Moon. What planet does Gingrich live on? He was of course saying what the audience wanted to hear but does he believe his own spin?

It is probably safe to assume though that his grandiose moon plans were simply designed for the Florida State. Jobs here plummeted when the Space program was cut. Promising people here a new, rejuevenated Space program with the associated investment and jobs would be what they wanted to hear. Was it a promise cast in stone? Doubtful.