Newt, the movie.

If I were making a film about Newt Gingrich, I would borrow a character and his actor from the Movie The caine Mutiny. The actor, Humphrey Bogart. The character, Lieutenant Commander Phillip Francis Queeg.

Queeg was a certified paranoid possessed with micro managing his ship’s less important tasks. Absorbed in self-important, intensely mistrustful, and hopelessly inept. Possibly lost in the throws of senility. For sure not aware of his surroundings and basically clueless. Maybe something like the great French police detective, Jacques Clouseau. Bumbling, fumbling, and out of touch.

Only he, the Queeg character and Gingrich see themselves in a self-ascribed position of command. Others around them see a pitiful retch destine for self-destruction. Almost as if living in a bubble as did the Emperor as described in the “Emperor’s Clothes.” Attempting to live an illusion that only they could see. Others view Queeg and Gingrich with the naked truth.

Anyway, Gingrich could easily be characterized as shifty eyed, vain, narcissistic, and a guy you wouldn’t want to split a pizza with. He would certainly ask you, “Where’s your pizza?” A real junkyard dog of a friend.

Gunslinger and shallow religionist.

“By their fruits yee shall know them.”  A biblical principle that indicates if it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it’s must be a duck.  Right?  And, nothing else.

Therefore, to apply this principle to what is heard and notice from Texas Governor Rick Perry he’s is definitely a duck with a killer instinct and nothing more.  Even though professes to be a religious person, his actions and verbiage betrays him.  I’m pretty sure he’s a teeth gritting, eye squinting cowboy with a gunslinger agenda.  More like a bounty hunter looking for Obama.  He won’t be satisfied until he rides back into town with a corpse draped over the back of his saddle.  Certainly proof we got his man.

What Gov. Rick Perry says and does is by no means representative of his professed religion.  And what is shown on TV and heard on radio makes me and others wonder if he as no discernable main stream American religion.  At least no religion I’m familiar with.  Avenger perhaps but nothing else.  Well, I must admit he has a nice hair do.

I just wish he and other presidential candidates would go back and read the Bible.  Then try to synchronize their so-called religious beliefs with what is REALLY presented in the Bible.  If he professes to be a believer in Jesus and his peace loving religion, then governor, be peaceful.  Be loving.  Be forgiving.  That’s role model Jesus put forth in the New Testament.  Not rhetorical gunslinger or partisan avenger.