"Get out now before you make a bigger fool of yourself."
--Russell Fuhrman, Dubuque, Iowa resident and disgruntled Republican to Newt Gingrich. According to the The Des Moines Register, Fuhrman spoke his mind upon meeting Gingrich when he arrived to speak at the Dubuque Holiday Inn today, the first of 17 stops the Presidential hopeful is making in Iowa this week. A self-proclaimed "strong-Republican," Fuhrman told the local newspaper that Gingrich "is a jerk" and "an embarrassment to our party."
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