eye of newt June 15, 2011

A Photo of Newt Gingrich [Update: Or Someone Else?] Basking in the Sun on a Rock in His Bathing Suit

You’re welcome. [TMZ]

Update: Gingrich spokesman Joe DeSantis tweets that the sunbathing man is not Newt:

Just asked Newt…the picture on TMZ is not him…remarkable resemblance though

Whether or not that’s true, it strikes us that drawing more attention to this photo is probably a bad idea.

Whether or not that’s true, it strikes us that drawing more attention to this photo is probably a bad idea.

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A Photo of Newt Gingrich [Update: Or Someone Else?] Basking in the Sun on a Rock in His Bathing Suit

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