re: #8 abolitionist

Also, Newt’s wife is promoting a children’s book that features an elephant character. Don’t know whether that elephant is intended to be a representation of Newt, but it seems blatantly political.

Yes, “Ellis the Elephant” is the protagonist of “Sweet Land of Liberty”, by Callista Gingrich.

He is very cute.

He makes friends with a bald eagle. (He does not make friends with a donkey, AFAIK.)

He can be seen on the cover of the book, riding the ferry out to the Statue of Liberty, and waving a small American flag in his trunk.