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The Many Sad Faces of Newt Gingrich (PHOTOS)

Pouts all around. Gingrich’s presidential bid is over, so we compile the best pics of sad Newt.

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galleries/2012/05/02/the-many-sad-faces-of-newt-gingrich-photos/sad-newt-quits_dd49hp — Newt Gingrich’s campaign for president was one heck of a ride. Now that it’s over, The Daily Beast takes a look back at some of the saddest photos of the former speaker.

Bombastic and often erratic, Newt Gingrich provided some of the best moments in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. There was that time he talked about colonizing the moon. There was the time he called for firing school janitors so that the students could take their jobs. And Gingrich rarely missed an opportunity to attack the media for what he saw as unfair bias.

But now, as his campaign winds to a halt, The Daily Beast takes a look back at some of the saddest photos from the former speaker’s run for the White House.
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galleries/2012/05/02/the-many-sad-faces-of-newt-gingrich-photos/sad-newt-gingrich-teaser_f8blpf — Newt waited to address the Brandywine-Wilmington Regional Republican Committee in Wilmington, Del., on April 23.

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galleries/2012/05/02/the-many-sad-faces-of-newt-gingrich-photos/sad-newt-gingrich-5_zbzqqb — Newt's wife, Callista, introduced him during a campaign stop at Hood College in Frederick, Md., on April 2.

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galleries/2012/05/02/the-many-sad-faces-of-newt-gingrich-photos/sad-newt-gingrich-7_r46wlt — Newt waited to be introduced during a rally in Savannah, Ga., on March 2.

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galleries/2012/05/02/the-many-sad-faces-of-newt-gingrich-photos/sad-newt-gingrich-9_bgcscs — Newt collected himself before speaking to supporters at a campaign stop at the Captain's Table restaurant in Mobile, Ala., on March 10.

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galleries/2012/05/02/the-many-sad-faces-of-newt-gingrich-photos/sad-newt-gingrich-6_ro34o9 — A rally in Rosemont, Ill., on March 14.

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galleries/2012/05/02/the-many-sad-faces-of-newt-gingrich-photos/sad-newt-gingrich-4_jfqyaf — A campaign stop in Buffalo, N.Y., on April 20.

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galleries/2012/05/02/the-many-sad-faces-of-newt-gingrich-photos/sad-newt-gingrich-3_bmhpka — Newt addressed the Cobb Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta on March 1.

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galleries/2012/05/02/the-many-sad-faces-of-newt-gingrich-photos/sad-newt-gingrich-11_fpoy4b — Newt and Callista at a town-hall meeting at the Centro de la Familia Cristiana in Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 28.

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galleries/2012/05/02/the-many-sad-faces-of-newt-gingrich-photos/sad-newt-gingrich-2_rjrdcd — A man carried a painting of Newt Gingrich by artist Steve Penley at a rally in Atlanta on March 6.

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galleries/2012/05/02/the-many-sad-faces-of-newt-gingrich-photos/sad-newt-gingrich-1_frpprv — Newt at the Ohio Fifth Congressional District Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, on March 3.

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galleries/2012/05/02/the-many-sad-faces-of-newt-gingrich-photos/sad-newt-gingrich-10_k4k35s — Supporters wave goodbye to the bus containing Newt after his appearance in the Villages, in Florida, on Jan. 29.

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