November 28, 2011 09:03 PM UTC

Gingrich Endorsed by "Union Leader," Which is Not a Person

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• by: Colorado Pols

We know that our readers here at Colorado Pols are far too astute to make a silly error such as the one that many Twitter users made over the weekend. As you may have heard, Republican Presidential contender Newt Gingrich received the endorsement of the Manchester Union Leader over the holiday weekend, an important endorsement in New Hampshire given that the Leader is the only statewide newspaper.

But as Gawker reports, many conservatives around the country were more than a little confused by all of this:

Still: Twitter remained unconvinced. Does this change the media narrative? Is Romney in trouble? Will conservatives rally around Gingrich? wondered hundreds of irritating people. And more importantly, many keen political followers asked, why did a union boss just endorse Newt Gingrich? [Pols emphasis]

Take a look at the Gawker post for a good list of Tweets from people who clearly didn’t understand the news. This is one of our favorites:

the same union that just endorsed Newt did the same for McCain in 2008…hmmm … telling

Yes…telling indeed. But not for the reason you think, conservative Twitter user.