Newt Gingrich Delivers Impromptu Speech Without Referring to Teleprompter, Policies

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BIRMINGHAM, AL - Ahead of polling in the southern state of Alabama Tuesday, presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich today delivered an impromptu speech without referring to either a teleprompter or his list of policies.

In what was essentially a 30-minute critique of Barack Obama's performance as president, Gingrich made use of his improvisational skills to address a 200-strong crowd in the city of Birmingham.

"Under President Obama, a nuclear-armed Iran would be allowed to target and obliterate our friends in Israel," said Gingrich, seemingly not reading from pre-prepared notes, a teleprompter or his own campaign's foreign policy agenda. "That is why he must be removed from office this November."

Accusing the president of mismanaging the economy, Mr Gingrich - aided by nothing but his quick wit and sterling intellect - would not be drawn on his own strategy for fixing it.

"Let me just say this," he continued. "As someone who doesn't rely on a teleprompter, I am the only viable candidate who can beat Barack Obama in a debate. Especially a debate over why he is such an awful president."

However, Mr Gingrich insists he will outline his campaign's list of policies in a single Tweet ahead of campaigns in Illinois on March 20.

Newt Gingrich Strangely Uncritical of Media Following Resounding Victory in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, SC - Just two days after launching a scathing attack on the American media following ABC News's potentially damaging interview with his ex-wife, presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was strangely uncritical of the very same media Saturday as he surprisingly soared to victory in the GOP South Carolina primary.

Despite chastising CNN for opening Thursday's debate with a question about his ex-wife's assertion that he had asked her to engage in an open marriage, Gingrich - in a seeming u-turn - appeared happy to ride the wave of victory that was afforded him by the news agenda of the past week.

"Today, we have shaken up this race and sent out a clear message to the other contenders," declared a resurgent Gingrich, making no mention of the fact that his victory owed much to overly-inflated opinion polls, extensive coverage of his campaign and, indeed, the very controversy he lambasted at this week's debate.

"Now we move on to Florida carrying a great deal of momentum with us," he said in front of assembled supporters, family members and hordes of the national press. "Together, we can defeat Barack Obama and reclaim the White House!"

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