BLUFFTON, S.C. -- Newt Gingrich mercilessly mocked President Obama for his speech delivered on the grounds of Disney World Thursday, suggesting that the decision to go to the land of Mickey Mouse may have been ill-advised.

"I think to close half of Magic Kingdom for the purpose of a White House invitation town hall meeting on a phony main street on behalf of a phony president just strikes me as weird. This is one of those things historians will write about," Gingrich said to a crowd of about 500 people sitting in the theater at Magnolia Hall.

"I want you to think about the president standing with Mickey Mouse on one side and Goofy on the other," Gingrich continued. "And I'll let you decide which Cabinet office he'll likely offer to the two of them while he's there."

But perhaps not anticipating where an earlier pledge to shadow the president may take him, the former House speaker said his campaign will be sending a letter to Disney asking for equal time. (read more)