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Becky's Team Pick: Newt Gingrich Glitter Attack

Posted byBecky

on May 18, 2011

Attacking people is generally a no-no. But if you HAVE to attack someone, you might as well do it with glitter. And it might as well be for Gay Rights.

In fact, such thoughts have already been acted upon.

Valid points brought up in this video include:

"Stop anti-gay politics. It's dividing our country, and it's not fixing our economy." And "Feel the rainbow".

In the end, it seems Gingrich DOES learn from this experience, as his muttering of "nice to live in a free country" is the right amount of sarcastic, as if to say, until we (the people) have equal rights, this country is in fact, not free.

25 responses to “Becky's Team Pick: Newt Gingrich Glitter Attack”

Brianna (member)
May 18, 2011 at 3:19 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Seems like Newt Gingrich is the new Anita Bryant.

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Lindsay (member)
May 18, 2011 at 4:28 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Life imitates Ke$ha.

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1. khadija (member)
  May 18, 2011 at 4:49 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Glitter is the herpes simplex of arts and crafts supply.
  
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  1. Toby (member)
    May 18, 2011 at 5:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    It gets everywhere and NEVER GOES AWAY.
    
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Po (member)
May 18, 2011 at 4:41 pm Permalink Reply Report user

my complaint: the glitter is uniformly silver. WHERE IS THE RAINBOW GLITTER

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1. MJ
  May 18, 2011 at 5:27 pm Permalink Reply
  
  My complaint: they used chunky glitter, more like sparkly confetti. That stuff will brush right off. You want the tiny stuff for a glitter attack.
  
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districtstraddler
May 18, 2011 at 4:47 pm Permalink Reply

One of my friends said this on twitter and i thought it was a silly joke. turns out i won’t believe anything til i see it on autostraddle!

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Toby (member)
May 18, 2011 at 5:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I want to use “FEEL THE RAINBOW, NEWT” as my new conclusive statement in verbal arguments.

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magiclovemuffin (member)
May 18, 2011 at 5:36 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Honestly, maybe the guy had a point, but dumping glitter on someone isn’t cool to do, even if you disagree with their politics. That said, he should’ve used rainbow glitter.

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radiogirl (member)
May 18, 2011 at 5:44 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Even if this was, uh, not the most mature thing to do, damn did I enjoy watching it happen. But yeah that guy should have used the small stuff if he really wanted it to stick.

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Lindsay (member)
May 18, 2011 at 5:58 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Sort of unrelated, but does anyone else instantly think of Monty Python and the Holy Grail whenever they see Newt Gingrich’s name?

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1. brooke (member)
  May 18, 2011 at 7:19 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  i thought i was the only one
  
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2. DarcyOH (member)
  May 18, 2011 at 7:20 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  if only Newt would get better.
  Maybe Dan Savage can help.
  
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D (member)
May 18, 2011 at 6:00 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Not a fan of Newt Gingrich at all, but this is just STUPID.

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diver (member)
May 18, 2011 at 7:10 pm Permalink Reply

Well, if you’re going to sit your pompous ass there, signing your GOD AMERICA WONDERFUL I’M IMPORTANT schwag, thinking you’re the cat’s meow, guess what.

And look at that fucking DOUCHE BAG wiping him off at the end. What a life.

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1. DarcyOH (member)
  May 18, 2011 at 7:21 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  imagine that on your resume.
  Responsibilities: “wiped glitter off of Newt Gingrich.”
  MmmHM I bet you did, girlfriend.
  
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  1. brackishtea
    May 18, 2011 at 7:39 pm Permalink Reply
    
    Haha, clean him up niiiiiiiiice.
    
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2. Rose (member)
  May 18, 2011 at 10:05 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  The way he wiped him off was actually pretty homoerotic.
  
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Rose (member)
May 18, 2011 at 10:47 pm Permalink Reply Report user

All those Yahoo comments are so whiny-ass. “He’s protesting hate but with hate!” No, actually, I don’t think that throwing glitter at Newt counts as “hate” in the way passing anti-gay laws does…

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Sawyer (member)
May 19, 2011 at 8:17 am Permalink Reply Report user

I’m waiting for someone to make a Twilight vampire joke. Don’t leave me hanging here, people!

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Claire (member)
May 19, 2011 at 10:47 am Permalink Reply Report user

I lol’d.
Then realized that was such a waste of glitter.
There are tons of babygays like me who would love random glitter showers.
But no. It’s wasted on Newt Gingrich.
Thus is life.

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1. Toby (member)
  May 19, 2011 at 4:36 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I would also enjoy a random glitter shower. It would really make me feel like a part of the LGBT community if they did this to all the new members who visited the Queer Resource center at my school.
  
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magiclovemuffin (member)
May 19, 2011 at 3:55 pm Permalink Reply Report user

This version is better. Peep the creepy security guard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8OZsJokBB0

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1. diver (member)
  May 19, 2011 at 8:28 pm Permalink Reply
  
  Hilarious! Let him try to pull that with a queen in any American inner city instead of a preppy gay, he would have his ass handed to him.
  
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2. scattered (member)
  May 20, 2011 at 2:48 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  oh my god the way he leans in to the elevator closing and says “peace be with you” makes me think of serial killers
  
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