Newt Gingrich

[Rohirrim]

This is the guy some people want in charge of this country. It boggles the mind.

"Newt Gingrich is playing out a personal agenda in a public forum, and it threatens the safety, health, and security of our most vulnerable people," says Mary Kahn. "And that's what frightens me about him. Someday he might be president." Kahn, a reporter who covered Newt in the mid-70s, also spent time with him socially until the early 80s as the wife of Chip Kahn, Gingrich's former campaign manager.

The personal agenda of which Mary Kahn speaks is deeper that any philosophical or material odyssey. As the Speaker himself said, "I found a way to immerse my insecurities in a cause large enough to justify whatever I wanted it to." Inspired by the books and movies that have been his guides, Newt Gingrich has created a revolution, a mighty quest, and cast himself as hero, the John Wayne who rescues the nation from economic self-destruction and moral chaos. His childhood --shaped by the rejection by not just one but two fathers, and the manic-depressive illness of his mother-- created a psychic need so great that only the praise that attends a savior can fill the vacuum inside him. He drives himself monomaniacally, obsessed only with his goal. No amount of personal deprivation --100-hour workweeks, no vacations, no time with his wife-- diminishes his narcissistic vision of the global glory that will ultimately be his prize.

"It's not altruism! It's not altruism!" he proclaimed to The Washington Post in 1985. "I have an enormous personal ambition. I want to shift the entire planet. And I'm doing it...Oh, this is just the beginning of a 20-or-30-year movement. I'll get credit for it...As a historian, I understand how histories are written. My enemies will write histories that dismiss me and prove I was unimportant. My friends will write histories that glorify me and prove I was more important than I was. And two generations or three from now, some serious, sober historian will write a history that sort of implies I was whoever I was."
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newt/vanityfair3.html

Every serious American, who gives even the slightest damn about their country, owes it to themselves to read this article.

[Popcorn Sutton]

So true.

"Looking back on everything, Newt was always focused on his agenda," recalls Dot Crews, Newt's campaign scheduler through the 70s. "It was not about political philosophy with Newt --never. If the country today were to move to the left, Newt would sense it before it started happening and lead the way."

[alkemical]

He's more concerned about his "legacy" than he is about doing anything.

[Popcorn Sutton]

Kinda sounds like Clinton here...

In the spring of 1977, she was in Washington to attend a census-bureaus workshop when Gingrich took her to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. He met her back at her modest hotel room. "We had oral sex," she says. "He prefers that modus operandi because then he can say, "I never slept with her." Indeed, before Gingrich left that evening, she says, he threatened her: "If you ever tell anybody about this, I'll say you're lying."

[Requiem]

NEWT GETS PWNED. (http://travonfree.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/an-open-letter-to-newt-gingrich-from-a-black-kid-who-grew-up-in-a-poor-neighborhood/)

[cutthemdown]

I can't vote for him. If that is what the Repub party wants then i will sit this one out again, vote for Paul, and see what happens. I'm sick of politicians we can't trust to tell the truth. Obama may be the same but I refuse to vote against someone. I don't want to reward the repubs for being slaves to the religious right. I want them to lose over and over until we take our party back.

[Tombstone RJ]

I can't vote for him. If that is what the Repub party wants then i will sit this one out again, vote for Paul, and see what happens. I'm sick of politicians we can't trust to tell the truth. Obama may be the same but I refuse to vote against someone. I don't want to reward the repubs for being slaves to the religious right. I want them to lose over and over until we take our party back.

I couldn't stand Newt when he was in the House, he has just never, ever appealed to me. He's like a the phoenix rising out of the ashes over and over. I don't understand it, and I don't understand the GOP. This is why I refuse to join either party because both are absolute embarrass.

[Popcorn Sutton]

NEWT GETS PWNED. (http://travonfree.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/an-open-letter-to-newt-gingrich-from-a-black-kid-who-grew-up-in-a-poor-neighborhood/)

I about fell out of my chair when he talked about kids being janitors.

Kids have it hard enough these days without having to face their peers after cleaning up their bathrooms and lunchroom. I can only imagine the humiliation.

[pricejj]

I can't vote for him. If that is what the Repub party wants then i will sit this one out again, vote for Paul, and see what happens. I'm sick of politicians we can't trust to tell the truth. Obama may be the same but I refuse to vote against someone. I don't want to reward the repubs for being slaves to the religious right. I want them to lose over and over until we take our party back.

:strong:

[cutthemdown]

I about fell out of my chair when he talked about kids being janitors.

Kids have it hard enough these days without having to face their peers after cleaning up their bathrooms and lunchroom. I can only imagine the humiliation.

There really is no reason kids at a school could not clean the place themselves. If everyone helped then why would anyone get singled out and made fun of? It's actually a good idea to make students work harder keeping their schools nice, clean etc. I still think you need adult janitors though, i just think the kids could do more work in situations like this.

[cutthemdown]

At least when Ron Paul says something I believe him. You can't say that about anyone else running for President, or the current incumbent.

[Tombstone RJ]

There really is no reason kids at a school could not clean the place themselves. If everyone helped then why would anyone get singled out and made fun of? It's actually a good idea to make students work harder keeping their schools nice, clean etc. I still think you need adult janitors though, i just think the kids could do more work in situations like this.

teaching the kids to work is good in theory but you have to remember the lazy parents behind the lazy kids. This thing could backfire in ways only imagined by the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

[Popcorn Sutton]

There really is no reason kids at a school could not clean the place themselves. If everyone helped then why would anyone get singled out and made fun of? It's actually a good idea to make students work harder keeping their schools nice, clean etc. I still think you need adult janitors though, i just think the kids could do more work in situations like this.

What Newt is proposing is having the poor kids do it. Can you imagine being the "poor kid" cleaning up the bathrooms for the rich kids?

[Popcorn Sutton]

At least when Ron Paul says something I believe him. You can't say that about anyone else running for President, or the current incumbent.

Agreed.

[Smiling Assassin27]

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[Rohirrim]

LOL

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

L0L!

<wbr> (http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/12/20/iowa-man-calls-newt-gingrich-a-fcking-ahole-at-grocery-store-video/)

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During a campaign stop at a grocery store in Iowa, a man dressed in camouflage took Gingrich by the hand and called him a '****ing asshole' to his face. Newt Gingrich certainly wasn't expecting that.

[Jay3]

I about fell out of my chair when he talked about kids being janitors.

Kids have it hard enough these days without having to face their peers after cleaning up their bathrooms and lunchroom. I can only imagine the humiliation.

There's nothing humiliating about it. It's honorable.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

At least when Ron Paul says something I believe him.Really?

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Ron Paul Doesn't Think The U.S. Should Have Killed Al Qaeda's Anwar Al-Awlaki

"I don't think that's a good way to deal with our problems,"

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Republican Congressman Ron Paul recently appeared on nationally syndicated radio and again reiterated his deep concern that foreign troops are mobilizing outside and inside America to be used as assets in a martial law takeover by the Bush administration.

"It's a horrible precedent and it's all part of the NAFTA scheme and globalization and world government," Paul told the Alex Jones Show.

Paul elaborated on his fear that after the next crisis the government, in line with their own public statements, will use military assets to police Americans on a regular basis.

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In 2009, he claimed that climate change is a hoax

He is also opposed to federal government influenza inoculation programs.

He once remarked: "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 not only violated the Constitution and reduced individual liberty; it also failed to achieve its stated goals of promoting racial harmony and a color-blind society"

He advocates withdrawal from the United Nations, and from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, for reasons of maintaining strong national sovereignty.

Cuts $1 trillion in spending during the first year of Ron Paul’s presidency, eliminating five cabinet departments (Energy, HUD, Commerce, Interior, and Education), abolishing the Transportation Security Administration and returning responsibility for security to private property owners, abolishing corporate subsidies, stopping foreign aid, ending foreign wars, and returning most other spending to 2006 levels.

DELIVERS A TRUE BALANCED BUDGET IN YEAR THREE OF DR. PAUL’S PRESIDENCY:

* Prevent the TSA from forcing Americans to either be groped or ogled just to travel on an airplane and ultimately abolish the unconstitutional agency.

Capital gains taxes, which punish you for success (and interfere with your efforts to hedge against inflation by purchasing gold and silver coins), should also be immediately repealed.

As President, Ron Paul will support a Liberty Amendment to the Constitution to abolish the income and death taxes. And he will be proud to be the one who finally turns off the lights at the IRS for good.

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Most of this loony/fantasy stuff is on his Site (http://www.ronpaul2012.com/) and Wiki..

[alkemical]

What Newt is proposing is having the poor kids do it. Can you imagine being the "poor kid" cleaning up the bathrooms for the rich kids?

Well, you have to know your place in neo-feudalism.

[alkemical]

At least when Ron Paul says something I believe him. You can't say that about anyone else running for President, or the current incumbent.

Do you believe in the Illuminati? (This isn't an attacking question)

[mosca]

The Obama supporters are in full attack mode, most likely due to Paul now being the front-runner in Iowa.

Ron Paul Doesn't Think The U.S. Should Have Killed Al Qaeda's Anwar Al-Awlaki

"I don't think that's a good way to deal with our problems,"

He was expressing his disagreement with the ability of the Executive Branch to assassinate a U.S. citizen without due process. Already been discussed elsewhere.

Republican Congressman Ron Paul recently appeared on nationally syndicated radio and again reiterated his deep concern that foreign troops are mobilizing outside and inside America to be used as assets in a martial law takeover by the Bush administration.

"It's a horrible precedent and it's all part of the NAFTA scheme and globalization and world government," Paul told the Alex Jones Show.

Paul elaborated on his fear that after the next crisis the government, in line with their own public statements, will use military assets to police Americans on a regular basis.
Pretty much the same reason many on the right and left oppose the NDAA.

In 2009, he claimed that climate change is a hoax

No, Ron Paul did not claim that climate change was a hoax.

He made a remark that the environmental movement pushing 'global warming' was a hoax - "“The greatest hoax I think that has been around for many, many years if not hundreds of years has been this hoax on [...] global warming.” Paul also said, "I try to look at global warming the same way I look at all other serious issues: as objectively and open-minded as possible. There is clear evidence that the temperatures in some parts of the globe are rising, but temperatures are cooling in other parts...It is clear that the earth experiences natural cycles in temperature. However, science shows that human activity probably does play a role in stimulating the current fluctuations."

He once remarked: "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 not only violated the Constitution and reduced individual liberty; it also failed to achieve its stated goals of promoting racial harmony and a color-blind society".
Already been discussed in the Rand Paul/Rachel Maddow thread from a year or so ago, where I exposed you for making false statements on Rand Paul without actually watching his interview.

He advocates withdrawal from the United Nations, and from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, for reasons of maintaining strong national sovereignty.

Gasp! You got him, that's it, this is reason enough not to vote for him! I'm sure many Americans will be furious over this revelation. Hilarious!

Cuts $1 trillion in spending during the first year of Ron Paul’s presidency, eliminating five cabinet departments (Energy, HUD, Commerce, Interior, and Education), abolishing the Transportation Security Administration and returning responsibility for security to private property owners, abolishing corporate subsidies, stopping foreign aid, ending foreign wars, and returning most other spending to 2006 levels.

DELIVERS A TRUE BALANCED BUDGET IN YEAR THREE OF DR. PAUL’S PRESIDENCY:

* Prevent the TSA from forcing Americans to either be groped or ogled just to travel on an airplane and ultimately abolish the unconstitutional agency.

Capital gains taxes, which punish you for success (and interfere with your efforts to hedge against inflation by purchasing gold and silver coins), should also be immediately repealed.

As President, Ron Paul will support a Liberty Amendment to the Constitution to abolish the income and death taxes. And he will be proud to be the one who finally turns off the lights at the IRS for good.


Sounds pretty good to me. Someone who actually wants to cut spending, unlike the current Repub/Dem lackeys who only want to cut future spending increases and refuse to address the problem. I take it you're against abolishing corporate subsidies, stopping foreign aid, ending foreign wars, and returning most other spending to 2006 level?

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Newt Meets his Biggest Fan

http://www.bartcop.com/newt-heckler_28.jpg

<big>Link (http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/12/gingrich-comes-full-circle-as-iowan-calls-him-f--king-a--hole-to-his-face.php?m=1)

</big><big style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> When a man in a camouflage coat grabs your hand in an Iowa grocery store and calls you "a f_cking a$$hole" to your face, it might be time to take stock of your position in the state.

For Newt Gingrich, who got that greeting Tuesday, it was a sign that his campaign is returning to earth after having rocketed since Herman Cain’s collapse.

Back in May, Gingrich — who was then persona non grata in the GOP after he told the truth about Paul Ryan’s plan to eliminate Medicare — was similarly accosted by a regular Iowan when he took a trip through the state. At a stop in Dubeque, a man stopped Gingrich, shook his hand and said “you’re an embarrassment to our party.”</big>

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Americans Against the Tea Party (https://www.facebook.com/NoTeaParty)

I will never understand how people can vote against their own interests.


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Republican Gay Groups Defend Newt Gingrich, Fight Against Their Own Rights (http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/12/22/republican-gay-groups-defend-newt-gingrich-fight-against-their-own-rights/)

In the wake of Newt Gingrich telling a gay voter that he should vote for President Obama, two groups of gay Republicans actually defended Gingrich.

[cutthemdown]

Do you believe in the Illuminati? (This isn't an attacking question)

Hmmmmm, I'd say no, but if Ron Paul said he believes they exist, i believe he believes it. I'm not saying I will agree with politicians, only that I want one who I believe means what he says.

I agree though Paul says some crazy ****, but I really believe he would stick to those beliefs.

Unlike Obama who ran on a platform of getting the lobby out of DC, having transparency etc etc. Then he does opposite. He's denied so many requests for info its not even funny, classified tons of things, had lobbiest meet admin officials outside of the whitehouse so there would be no record etc etc. He's a lying bastard.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

The Obama supporters are in full attack mode, most likely due to Paul now being the front-runner in Iowa.
I'm pretty sure this a wet dream coming true for most Democrats as Paul has very little chance of becoming the Republican's choice for president.


He was expressing his disagreement with the ability of the Executive Branch to assassinate a U.S. citizen without due process. Already been discussed elsewhere.Uh, he was a member of the world's deadliest terror organization who was actively recruiting more terrorists to kill Americans, out of the reach of the American justice system.

In a May 2010 video Awlaki praised Hasan, and called the Ft. Hood shooting "an heroic and wonderful act." He also called for the killing of American civilians.
Video: Al-Awlaki: "Kill Americans" (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/30/earlyshow/main20113773.shtml)


Pretty much the same reason many on the right and left oppose the NDAA.
That's your answer for Paul's paranoid ramblings?
Republican Congressman Ron Paul recently appeared on nationally syndicated radio and again reiterated his deep concern that foreign troops are mobilizing outside and inside America to be used as assets in a martial law takeover by the Bush administration.

"It's a horrible precedent and it's all part of the NAFTA scheme and globalization and world government," Paul told the Alex Jones Show.

Paul elaborated on his fear that after the next crisis the government, in line with their own public statements, will use military assets to police Americans on a regular basis.


No, Ron Paul did not claim that climate change was a hoax.
You're right, he stated (http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-11-04/ron-paul-on-fox-business-its-business-as-usual-in-washington/) "global warming is a hoax",

You know, the greatest hoax I think that has been around in many, many years if not hundreds of years has been this hoax on the environment and global warming. You notice they don’t call it global warming anymore. It’s weather control. [climate change]

Global Warming and Climate Change are terms that have been used for years in science and no, they are NOT the same thing.


Originally Posted by Bronco_Beerslug
He once remarked: "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 not only violated the Constitution and reduced individual liberty; it also failed to achieve its stated goals of promoting racial harmony and a color-blind society".

QUOTE=mosca;3429476
Already been discussed in the Rand Paul/Rachel Maddow thread from a year or so ago, where I exposed you for making false statements on Rand Paul without actually watching his interview.
Huh?
This is RON Paul's words...
Contrary to the claims (http://jeffweintraub.blogspot.com/2007/12/why-ron-paul-condemns-1964-civil-rights.html) of supporters of the Civil Rights Act of '64, the act did not improve race relations or enhance freedom. Instead, the forced integration dictated by the Civil Rights Act of '64 increased racial tensions while diminishing individual liberty....


Gasp! You got him, that's it, this is reason enough not to vote for him! I'm sure many Americans will be furious over this revelation. Hilarious!
Most sane Americans understand that in the nuclear world we live in today, NATO and other world organizations gives us the avenues for discussion and negotiation to try and solve problems and disputes.......peacefully.


Sounds pretty good to me. Someone who actually wants to cut spending, unlike the current Repub/Dem lackeys who only want to cut future spending increases and refuse to address the problem. I take it you're against abolishing corporate subsidies, stopping foreign aid, ending foreign wars, and returning most other spending to 2006 level?
I am against abolishing ALL corporate subsidies.
I am against abolishing ALL foreign aid.
I don't believe in nation building.

I am FOR cutting spending. But Paul's timetables and remedies are completely unrealistic and unattainable without sending the country into economic chaos. It's basic math and he's totally out of touch with the current economic systems used on planet Earth.

I think Paul has some really good ideas and some really bad ideas. His bad ideas outweigh the good far too much to even slightly consider having him sitting on the throne.

[Rohirrim]

Bump for the SC win. ;D

[Bob]

I can't vote for him. If that is what the Repub party wants then i will sit this one out again, vote for Paul, and see what happens. I'm sick of politicians we can't trust to tell the truth. Obama may be the same but I refuse to vote against someone. I don't want to reward the repubs for being slaves to the religious right. I want them to lose over and over until we take our party back.

As someone on the religious right -- what I cant understand, is why they would even consider him? I guess they are attempting to vote for a Debator and Chief...instead of a person with an inner core.

[Rohirrim]

My favorite Newt moment was when he blamed his affairs on patriotism:

"There's no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate."

Notice how he doesn't say "I was screwing around on my wife." Instead, he says, "...things happened." No, Newt. The weather just "happens." :oyvey:

[TonyR]

On Saturday’s edition of “Up With Chris Hayes,” Gary Johnson brought up an old Newt Gingrich idea I hadn’t heard before: Putting individuals who brought more than two ounces of marijuana into the United States to death. That sounded extreme, even for Gingrich. So I looked it up. And sure enough, there it is: “The Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1996.”

What makes the bill even more amazing is that Gingrich himself is a confessed pot smoker. When he was young, he said, experimenting with drugs “was a sign we were alive and in graduate school in that era.”http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/what-are-newt-gingrichs-big-ideas/2011/08/25/gIQApk8pIQ_blog.html?wprss=ezra-klein

[TonyR]

[I]f Newt Gingrich is able to win the Florida primary, you will see a panic and a meltdown of the Republican establishment that is beyond my ability to articulate in the English language. People will go crazy...[T]here are 33 House Republicans in districts that Barack Obama won. What is the impact in terms of Republicans being able to keep the House of Representatives in majority control if Newt Gingrich was the nominee of the party? What is the impact in the United State Senate races where Republicans have a great chance of taking majority control of the United States Senate. With Newt Gingrich as the nominee of the party, that is, perhaps, all up in the air.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/21/schmidt_gop_establishment_will_have_a_meltdown_if_ gingrich_wins_florida.html

[lonestar]

I like Newt

Beleive he is the only guy on our side that can debate any and all issues unlike the other guys with their sound bytes.

I know he has skeletons in the closest.

But who does not. And anyone is better than the commie we have In office now.

[Garcia Bronco]

I am starting to think that any man that has the balls to leave his wife with cancer while in the public-eye might just have the balls to run the country.

[Garcia Bronco]

I like Newt

Beleive he is the only guy on our side that can debate any and all issues unlike the other guys with their sound bytes.

I know he has skeletons in the closest.

But who does not. And anyone is better than the commie we have In office now.

Our current President allowed a bomb-making killer to raise money for him and everybody knew it and he still got elected.

[Rohirrim]

I am starting to think that any man that has the balls to leave his wife with cancer while in the public-eye might just have the balls to run the country.

:spit:

This one must be saved in the archives. :rofl:

[TonyR]

lonestar and Garcia Bronco:

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[Rigs11]

When backed into a corner use the 'commie' argument.good god people are idiots...still.

[Rigs11]

:spit:

This one must be saved in the archives. :rofl:

Instant classic

[Bronco Yoda]

Hilarious!I am starting to think that any man that has the balls to leave his wife with cancer while in the public-eye might just have the balls to run the country.

Hilarious!

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Racist bigot, political whore, serial philanderer and all around scumbag hypocrite - the teabagger's great white hope, Newt Gingrich (https://www.facebook.com/newtgingrich) paid $25,000 per month by Freddie Mac totaling between $1.6 million and $1.8 million over 8 years. Newt would destroy housing for poor Americans, while taking money consulting for the agencies that help the poor!


https://s-external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQC0ZvRuQjzhhxXe&w=90&h=90&url=http%3A%2F%2Fs1.reutersmedia.net%2Fresources%2 Fr%2F%3Fm%3D02%26d%3D20120124%26t%3D2%26i%3D561913 851%26w%3D130%26fh%3D%26fw%3D%26ll%3D%26pl%3D%26r% 3DBTRE80M1RVW00 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/24/us-usa-campaign-freddie-idUSTRE80M2FJ20120124)Gingrich firm releases Freddie Mac contract (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/24/us-usa-campaign-freddie-idUSTRE80M2FJ20120124)

www.reuters.com (http://www.reuters.com/)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In an attempt to deflect attention over his involvement with Freddie Mac, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's former consulting firm on Monday released a contract...

[lonestar]

Our current President allowed a bomb-making killer to raise money for him and everybody knew it and he still got elected.

Yep anyone that voted for him are morons..

[lonestar]

Racist bigot, political whore, serial philanderer and all around scumbag hypocrite - the teabagger's great white hope, Newt Gingrich (https://www.facebook.com/newtgingrich) paid $25,000 per month by Freddie Mac totaling between $1.6 million and $1.8 million over 8 years. Newt would destroy housing for poor Americans, while taking money consulting for the agencies that help the poor!


https://s-external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQC0ZvRuQjzhhxXe&w=90&h=90&url=http%3A%2F%2Fs1.reutersmedia.net%2Fresources%2 Fr%2F%3Fm%3D02%26d%3D20120124%26t%3D2%26i%3D561913 851%26w%3D130%26fh%3D%26fw%3D%26ll%3D%26pl%3D%26r% 3DBTRE80M1RVW00 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/24/us-usa-campaign-freddie-idUSTRE80M2FJ20120124)Gingrich firm releases Freddie Mac contract (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/24/us-usa-campaign-freddie-idUSTRE80M2FJ20120124)

www.reuters.com (http://www.reuters.com/)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In an attempt to deflect attention over his involvement with Freddie Mac, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's former consulting firm on Monday released a contract...

I'd guess if you were to subistute Obama for Gringrich it would be closer to the truth..

[hazefrog]

I am starting to think that any man that has the balls to leave his wife with cancer while in the public-eye might just have the balls to run the country.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=846vrwYecaQ

sometimes the notion seems crazy as hell...

sometimes it doesn't...

[Mr.Meanie]

I am starting to think that any man that has the balls to leave his wife with cancer while in the public-eye might just have the balls to run the country.

wtf?

It takes "balls" to leave his dying wife, and then to subsequently carry on a 6 year affair on his 2nd wife who was ill, all while sanctimoniously preaching "family values" and the "sanctity of marriage"? There is a reason he was run out of congress in the 90's, he is pure narcissistic pond scum. I would vote for Santorum, Palin and even Bachmann before I would vote for him.

[alkemical]

http://craphound.com/images/N12-PWHT12-2.jpg

[TonyR]

wtf?

I'm hoping that he's kidding. I fear that he's not.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

I'd guess if you were to subistute Obama for Gringrich it would be closer to the truth..

Um, only if you completely disregarded the facts and made up some bullsh*t stories of your own to replace them.

But that's what Fox and its minions do, isn't it?

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

http://craphound.com/images/N12-PWHT12-2.jpg

L0L! :laugh:

[TonyR]

Of course a base that gets much of its information from Fox News has a higher-than-justified opinion of Gingrich, a contributor to the cable-news network until he launched his presidential bid. Of course folks who get much of their information from talk radio are inclined to assess the conservatism of public figures based on fiery rhetoric more than the substance of their record: haven't they been trained to do so by charismatic hosts who daily exalt in zinging liberals and demonizing leftists as if it is the most important metric of a trustworthy ally? http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/01/who-is-to-blame-for-newt-gingrichs-rise/251798/

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

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https://s-external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQDj0lgX2Ec11Wem&w=120&h=100&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.addictinginfo.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F01%2Fmitt-newt.jpg (https://www.facebook.com/Republicansareidiots1)Gingrich Now Neck And Neck With Romney According To New Gallup Poll (http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/24/gingrich-now-neck-and-neck-with-romney-according-to-new-gallup-poll/)
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After once holding a 23 point lead nationally, Romney has seen his lead go up in smoke in a span of only a week.

[mhgaffney]

In 1962 the CIA attempts to overthrow Castro brought the world to the brink of WW III. Apparently Newt slept through the whole thing.

MHG

Newt Gingrich: I Will Overthrow Castro Regime
Tuesday, 24 Jan 2012 12:19 PM

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich vowed Monday night that as president he will "overthrow the regime" of Fidel Castro.

Responding to a question by Brian Williams during the NBC debate in Tampa about U.S. policy toward Cuba, Gingrich said he would press for a "Cuban spring," much like the Arab spring sweeping the Middle East.

"We will not tolerate four more years of this [Castro] regime," Gingrich said.

Fidel Castro has been in power for more than 50 years and Cuba remains one of the most repressive regimes in the world. Although his health has failed him in recent years, and his brother is the official leader of the country, Castro continues to lead behind the scenes.

Gingrich said he would accomplish the goal of ousting Castro by "using every asset" the U.S. government has, including supporting a popular uprising and encouraging Cuban youth to take to the streets.


http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/gingrich-overthrow-castro-cuba/2012/01/23/id/425244?s=al&promo_code=DFDC-1

[TonyR]

Re last night's debate...

Romney won this debate, and probably Florida, and so the nomination. Newt collapsed, as bullies and blowhards often do when somebody fights back. Santorum auditioned for Romney’s VP, and greatly enhanced his chances. Ron Paul shines on, that crazy diamond.http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/2012/01/26/yet-another-gop-debate-liveblogged/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yet-another-gop-debate-liveblogged

Romney started strong, completely obliterating Newt on immigration and questions about his finances, and then stayed strong. Santorum again turned in an admirably dogged performance, but so what? Romney won the debate and the nomination.http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2012/01/republican-nomination-11

Romney held off Gingrich, and Gingrich was flailing most of the night. Unless something strange happens in the next few days, Romney should hold his lead in Florida. Santorum may have gained a little, but nowhere near enough to challenge for second place. Paul did a decent job tonight, but Florida is not a good state for him and he’s already looking to the caucus events in February.http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2012/01/26/liveblogging-absurdity-6/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=liveblogging-absurdity-6

[lonestar]

I get amazed at the moronity (new word) of some of the uber liberals. When it comes to assessing conservative ideas.

Absolutely astounded Hiw some folks do. NOT have a clue.

Makes me wonder how they get from sunrise to sunset. Without someone holding their hands.

[W*GS]

In 1962 the CIA attempts to overthrow Castro brought the world to the brink of WW III.

How were the Jews responsible?

Tell me.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

I get amazed at the moronity (new word) of some of the uber liberals. When it comes to assessing conservative ideas.

Absolutely astounded Hiw some folks do. NOT have a clue.

Makes me wonder how they get from sunrise to sunset. Without someone holding their hands.

I'm amazed at the extent to which all of your takes rely on egregious straw man arguments.

Like your fellow Joe McCarthy acolyte Bob, you see a "commie" or an "uber liberal" behind every bush when, in reality, the political landscape in America today is a continuum that goes from center-right (see Obama) to extreme right (e.g., you and your friends.)

Clearly, you live your life in a Fox News bubble.

[lonestar]

I'm amazed at the extent to which all of your takes rely on egregious straw man arguments.

Like your fellow Joe McCarthy acolyte Bob, you see a "commie" or an "uber liberal" behind every bush when, in reality, the political landscape in America today is a continuum that goes from center-right (see Obama) to extreme right (e.g., you and your friends.)

Clearly, you live your life in a Fox News bubble.

If you believe that Obama is center right your insane..

No one from the center of the political spectrum is a socialist. NONE. Socialism is a failed concept that is very left to far left leaning.

I suspect you do not have a clue.

FWIW Fox is hardly my only news source. At least they have some semblance of balance. The other networks have NO balance.

But believe what you wish it will soon come crashing down on you and a world of reality.

"Forgive them Father for they know not what they do."

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

If you believe that Obama is center right your insane..

Really?

Even when he has continued most of Bush's policies and he takes his marching orders from Goldman Sachs?

No one from the center of the political spectrum is a socialist. NONE.

Including Obama.


Socialism is a failed concept that is very left to far left leaning.

^

Gotta chuckle at righties like you who repeat these Fox talking points like Catholics reciting the Lord's Prayer. Ha!



I suspect you do not have a clue.

This from a guy by whose definition Eisenhower, Nixon, and Ford were "socialists" of the worst sort?

Talk about pegging the irony detector! Ha!

FWIW Fox is hardly my only news source. At least they have some semblance of balance. The other networks have NO balance.


Thanks for making my case re: the center right <--> extreme right political continuum for me.

You're living proof. :welcome:

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

If you believe that Obama is center right your insane..

Here is more evidence that you are living in a world that doesn't match your perceptions or your claims...

(BTW, that's as good a definition of "insanity" as any.)

This chart was constructed on the basis of the speeches, public statements and , crucially, the voting records of each of the candidates. During the election campaign, we'll be tweaking their positions as, inevitably, some of them change. We'll also be adding other charts as the campaign continues.

When examining the chart it's important to note that although most of the candidates seem quite different, in substance they occupy a relatively restricted area within the universal political spectrum. Democracies with a system of proportional representation give expression to a wider range of political views. While Cynthia McKinney and Ralph Nader are depicted on the extreme left in an American context, they would simply be mainstream social democrats within the wider political landscape of Europe.

Similarly, Obama is popularly perceived as a leftist in the United States while elsewhere in the west his record is that of a moderate conservative. For example, in the case of the death penalty he is not an uncompromising abolitionist, while mainstream conservatives in all other western democracies are deeply opposed to capital punishment.

The Democratic party's presidential candidate also reneged on his commitment to oppose the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. He sided with the ultra conservative bloc in the Supreme Court against the Washington DC handgun ban and for capital punishment in child rape cases.

He supports President Bush's faith-based initiatives and is reported in Fortune to have said that NAFTA isn't so bad. Despite all this, some angry emailers tell us that Obama is a dangerous socialist who belongs on the extreme left of our chart. In an apparently close race, genuine leftists McKinney and Nader may attract sufficient votes from Obama to deliver McCain to the Oval Office.

<center>http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/uscandidates2008.png</center> For those who are interested, we include here our earlier chart showing most of the candidates from the Primaries. Observant readers will notice shifts in the positions of Biden, Obama and McCain.

<center>http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/usprimaries_2008.png</center>

It is important to recognise that The Political Compass™ is a continuum rather than consisting of hard and fast quadrants. For example, Ron Paul on the social scale is actually closer to Dennis Kucinich than to many figures within his own party. But on the economic scale, they are, of course, far apart.


http://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2008

[lonestar]

Ahahahahahahahaha

You forget the source makes the standards.

Obama is a dyed in the wool socialist.
Almost every thing the clown has done was to promote further dependence on the government and not your self.

Not sure how you can miss those things. Unless of course your a full blOwn commie that thinks that socialism is not enough.

That would of course make nobama in your eyes a conservative.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Ahahahahahahahaha

You forget the source makes the standards.

Obama is a dyed in the wool socialist.
Almost every thing the clown has done was to promote further dependence on the government and not your self.

Not sure how you can miss those things. Unless of course your a full blOwn commie that thinks that socialism is not enough.

That would of course make nobama in your eyes a conservative.

Your response was all too easy to anticipate: Ignore all facts presented, continue to bleat Fox News talking points, repeat, spin, etc.

[ant1999e]

Your response was all too easy to anticipate: Ignore all facts presented, continue to bleat Fox News talking points, repeat, spin, etc.

Dumb

[Requiem]

Ignore lonestar.

[mhgaffney]

Newt says that the Palestinians are neither a culture nor a people.

He's reading the script straight from Tel Aviv.

Are you GOP faithful going to allow AIPAC to define US Mideast policy?

If so -- might as well push the button now -- as later.

[TonyR]

"Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?" asked a perplexed Gingrich, to whom Dole bluntly explained: "Because it saves them time."http://www.creators.com/opinion/mark-shields/newt-rewrites-his-reagan-connection.html

LOL

[Bronco Yoda]

I get amazed at the moronity (new word) of some of the uber liberals. When it comes to assessing conservative ideas.

Absolutely astounded Hiw some folks do. NOT have a clue.

Makes me wonder how they get from sunrise to sunset. Without someone holding their hands.

u b smatz :rofl:

[lonestar]

Your response was all too easy to anticipate: Ignore all facts presented, continue to bleat Fox News talking points, repeat, spin, etc.

Sure you beleive whom YOU think is correct because they validate your insane thought that obama is a conservative or middle of the road guy..

anyone with half a brain can se he is a socialist.. and that is not middle of the road or center right..

once again I wonder how some can function without the feds holding their hands or giving them handouts..

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Sure you beleive whom YOU think is correct because they validate your insane thought that obama is a conservative or middle of the road guy..

anyone with half a brain can se he is a socialist.. and that is not middle of the road or center right..

once again I wonder how some can function without the feds holding their hands or giving them handouts..

As expected, rather than respond to the facts presented in post #58, you merely continue bleating Fox talking points like some kind of brainwashed cult member.

It's clear that facts have absolutely no place in your ideological bubble.