PETE CHANNELS NEWT

After his poor finish in the Iowa caucuses which he blamed on the negative ads coming from a Romney super PAC, Newt Gingrich vowed revenge. The ads in question highlighted the fact that Newt was ousted from the Speaker of the House of Representative position and was forced to pay $350,000. in reparation for possible ethics violations. Revenge is mother's milk to old Newty, who led the impeachment crusade against President Bill Clinton for lying about an affair,  while he was being serviced by a woman who was not his wife. Newt's second wife was in the hospital at the time.

Newt has asked for, and received, forgiveness from his God, as now represented by the Catholic Church which grants more forgiveness to new recruits than it does to its long-term believers sheep.

Newt was as good as his word; his super PAC, an "arm's length political action committee" has been flooding the airwaves and internet with a video propaganda piece slamming front-runner Mitt Romney.  Newty's "arm's length" minions really trashed the Mittster. Ads are now appearing all over South Carolina in anticipation of the state's primary coming up on Saturday.

So, the damage has been done. A lot of damage. Not only to Romney, but to the Republican Party.  Newt doesn't care. His massive ego was bruised in Iowa and he lashed out, thinking little of how his words would effect his party's chances in the upcoming elections.

So, last Friday morning, Newt Gingrich called on a "super PAC" that supports him to withdraw commercials it ran in South Carolina criticizing Mitt Romney and his old company Bain Capital.

Does this sound familiar?  The whatever-it's-being-called-this-week Bay Beach Project has its own super PAC, namely the OBB crowd. They meet regularly at the OBB. They even had a "victory luncheon" last April with town officials, who were no doubt expressing their gratitude for all the help in discrediting me and others who are against the condo tower project on public land.  Last week, Peter K. the PAC's self-proclaimed leader went into full Newt mode and lashed out at me and by association, friends of mine who are totally innocent in this whole issue.

And he did this on his restaurant's Facebook page!  Naturally, the blowback was swift and intense. Some have even vowed to boycott his restaurant and have told friends and family of his latest antics.  (I do not agree with the public boycott of someone's business, regardless of their political stance, but I can certainly understand the sentiment behind others doing so.)

So, Peter went into damage control à la Newt with his laughable ghost-written rationale for his nasty words and lies. Just like Newt. After the damage was done.

In other news ...  Today in Wisconsin, history will be made when a fork-lift truck rolls into government offices to deliver petitions gathered to recall governor Scott Walker. It is reported that structural engineers had to be called in to make sure the floor could hold the boxes containing and estimated 750,000 signed petitions that, once verified, will result in an election and a new governor for the state of Wisconsin.  The petitions are said to contain well in excess of the 540,208 signatures required.  This was the result of a massive effort by ordinary citizens who are disgusted by Walker's stripping of union rights and program cutting measures.  This is also another example of how people can change the course of their town, state or country by gathering together and working for a common cause.

Peter and his OBB group are still smarting from the 2010 municipal elections where citizens organized to make some changes in the government of Fort Erie. So that is why the OBB super PAC is lashing out at certain new councillors.  By doing so on his restaurant's Facebook page, Peter has jeopardized his family business's reputation.  Nearly all his partners in this behaviour have no jobs or businesses to protect.  They are free agents and can slander with impunity.  And they will surely abandon Peter when the kegs run dry.

Think about it.