{"id":875,"date":"2012-05-02T17:31:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T21:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/?p=875"},"modified":"2012-05-02T19:22:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T23:22:47","slug":"gingrich-announces-candidacy-for-emperor-of-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/02\/gingrich-announces-candidacy-for-emperor-of-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Gingrich Announces Candidacy for &#8220;Emperor of the Moon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-876\" title=\"Newt Gingrich points up to the moon\" src=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/gingrichPointsUP.jpg\" alt=\"Newt Gingrich points up to the moon\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/gingrichPointsUP.jpg 640w, https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/gingrichPointsUP-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Arlington, VA) After announcing his withdrawal from the race for the Republican Presidential race, former speaker Newt Gingrich also revealed his latest political ambition: to become Emperor of the Moon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-883\" title=\"The moon\" src=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/moon.jpg\" alt=\"The moon\" width=\"761\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/moon.jpg 761w, https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/moon-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are incredible resources up there. \u00c2\u00a0Besides the green cheese, there are rocks that may contain things like iron, nickel and aluminum. \u00c2\u00a0Plus rare earth minerals that are vital for hi-tech and defense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As Emperor, I&#8217;ll be able to create whatever laws I want. \u00c2\u00a0No more namby-pamby three branches of government. \u00c2\u00a0No regulatory commissions. \u00c2\u00a0Just pure unfettered capitalism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And as Emperor I&#8217;ll also finally be able to have as many wife&#8217;s as I want. \u00c2\u00a0As Mel Brooks said in The History of the World Part I, &#8216;It&#8217;s good to be the King.&#8217; Did you see that movie? It was hilarious!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_884\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/goodToBeTheKIng.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-884\" class=\"size-full wp-image-884\" title=\"Mel Brooks in King Costume\" src=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/goodToBeTheKIng.jpg\" alt=\"Mel Brooks in King Costume\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/goodToBeTheKIng.jpg 512w, https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/goodToBeTheKIng-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;It&#39;s Good to be the King. \u00c2 Of the Moon&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Anyway, I&#8217;m thinking of bringing Michele Pfeiffer, Julia Roberts, Scarlatt Johansky [sic] and, just to prove I&#8217;m not racist, that hot Black lady, RuPaul.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newt&#8217;s Lunar Ladies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-878\" title=\"Julia Roberts\" src=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Julia-Roberts.jpg\" alt=\"Julia Roberts\" width=\"339\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Julia-Roberts.jpg 339w, https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Julia-Roberts-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-879\" title=\"Michele Pfeiffer\" src=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pfeiffer.jpg\" alt=\"Michele Pfeiffer\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pfeiffer.jpg 350w, https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pfeiffer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pfeiffer-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-880\" title=\"Scarlett Johanson\" src=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/scarlett.jpg\" alt=\"Scarlett Johanson\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/scarlett.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/scarlett-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/scarlett-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-881\" title=\"RuPaul\" src=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/RuPaul_1.jpg\" alt=\"RuPaul\" width=\"390\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/RuPaul_1.jpg 390w, https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/RuPaul_1-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then soon as Bush and Cheney grab some oil and fill up enough water tanks from the land they bought up in Paraguay, they&#8217;re gonna rocket on up and join me for some moon-cheese grits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-877\" title=\"George Bush in Flight Suit\" src=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bush_flight_suit325x385.jpg\" alt=\"George Bush in Flight Suit\" width=\"325\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bush_flight_suit325x385.jpg 325w, https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bush_flight_suit325x385-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Haliburton will get all the contracts for my moon castle and fortress. \u00c2\u00a0The Earth&#8217;s environment will have already been ruined, but we&#8217;ll be all set. \u00c2\u00a0And if we run out of anything, I&#8217;ll rain down weapons on them just like something out of James Bond&#8217;s enemy in &#8220;Moonraker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;See, everyone thinks I&#8217;m well-read, but I spend most of my time watching old movies in my bathrobe \u00c2\u00a0and thumbing through Sparknotes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll leave Mitt down below to act as my minion and wring whatever last drops of natural resources he can out of the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m having one of the original Apollo astronaut spacesuits let out as we speak. \u00c2\u00a0Can&#8217;t wait!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-885\" title=\"Fat astronaut suit\" src=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/fatAstronaut.jpg\" alt=\"Fat astronaut suit\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/fatAstronaut.jpg 333w, https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/fatAstronaut-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; (Arlington, VA) After announcing his withdrawal from the race for the Republican Presidential race, former speaker Newt Gingrich also revealed his latest political ambition: to become Emperor of the Moon. &nbsp; &#8220;There are incredible resources up there. \u00c2\u00a0Besides the &hellip; <a 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