Welcome to the neighborhood, Newt
By kaspeckman | January 23, 2012
According to Jacksonville.com, presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is opening his Jacksonville headquarters Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Bill McCollum, former Florida attorney general and co-chairman of Gingrich’s Florida campaign, will speak on his behalf at 5 p.m.
The headquarters is located at 1046 Riverside Ave. (pictured here … in all its glory) just across the street from fellow Republican U.S Congressman Ander Crenshaw.
In honor of Gingrich’s arrival, I’d like to share a few non-political tidbits that I learned during the three minutes of research I did for this post.
1. He is a “dinosaur enthusiast.”
2. If MTV had been around in 1943, Gingrich’s mom could have appeared on Teen Mom and/or 16 and Pregnant.
3. His first wife was his high school geometry teacher who he married one year after graduation. Ew.
4. He has a ”Bacon Number” of 2.
5. At a public appearance in 1995 with TV host and zoologist Jack Hanna, Gingrich was bitten on the chin by a baby cougar.
6. He was recently endorsed by Chuck Norris.
And if you think that campaign sign on the front lawn of the new headquarters is bad, you should see the other side of it.