I’ll give former House Speaker Newt Gingrich credit for trying to make lemonade out of lemons, but that’s pretty much the extent of it. After this, he can take a very long walk off of a very short pier.

He was rejected as assistant conductor on the Trump train, but he apparently hopes there may be some position for him as sniveling “Yes Man” with a Trump administration.

He wants to be the Renfield to Trump’s Count Dracula.

Here. Eat another cockroach, Newt.

Speaking on ABC’s “Good Morning America” this morning, Newt opined about those high profile Republicans who won’t be kneeling before Zod this week, and appearing at the convention in Cleveland.

He went after Mitt Romney, but also the Bush family.

“The reason people nominated Donald Trump is they weren’t happy, and frankly the Bushes are behaving I think childishly,” Gingrich said in an interview from the convention floor with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.

“Childishly?” Stephanopoulos replied.

“Childishly. I mean, Jeb lost,” Gingrich said. “You know, Get over it. I mean, the fact is, this Republican Party has been awfully good to the Bushes.”

I don’t believe Newt Gingrich is a stupid man. He is, however, a power hungry toady, which is leading him to say stupid things.

Only the lobotomized and the Branch Trumpidian faithful believe the Bush clan are avoiding the convention because of Jeb’s loss. A more sound explanation could be the absolute atrocity that is a Trump candidacy.

The Bush family, whether you like them or not, have always been extremely classy. When Trump not only attacked Jeb like a 5^th grade schoolyard bully, but openly revived the far left conspiracy theory that 9/11 was an “inside job,” he effectively negated any obligation on their part to condone or endorse his candidacy.

In that same interview, Gingrich said Trump had to prove to voters that he is “at least an adequate risk.” The Republican Party must leave Cleveland with “relative unity,” a goal which the former speaker said was helped by Trump’s decision to pick Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate.

“If your job was to reassure the Republican Party and bring back in the regular Republicans, Mike pence will do a much better job than I would have,” Gingrich said.

This is wishful thinking on Gingrich’s part, and spoken solely for the sake of putting a positive spin on what is a virtual crap storm for the party and most importantly, our nation.

Newt is part of selling out our nation for his 30 pieces of silver. It makes no sense for him to try to scapegoat the Bush family, in order to assuage his own sense of guilt.