Glenn Beck Confronts Newt Gingrich, A Candidate With Whom He Has ‘Serious Concerns’

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by Jon Bershad | 4:05 pm, December 6th, 2011

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The big news story of the past week or so has seemed to be the surprising resurgence of Newt Gingrich, a candidate once thought dead in the water who’s now confident enough to declare himself the nominee before any primaries have even actually opened. However, while many Conservatives have rushed to throw their support behind the candidate, one who’s been more hesitant is Glenn Beck. Beck made that clear this morning in a tough call-in interview with Gingrich on his radio show. In fact, he opened the interview by telling listeners and his guest point blank that he had “serious concerns” about Gingrich.

“Newt Gingrich is a man that I’ve met several times. I’ve had dinner with him when we were in Washington, D.C. He seems like a very nice man. We don’t know each ‑‑ we’re not buddies, but I have been around him enough to know that, you know, he’s a ‑‑ he’s an honest guy, a decent guy that has always shot straight with me. I want to make sure that you understand and that he understands that this is not a gotcha interview. I have serious concerns with Newt Gingrich, but it’s not a gotcha interview. This is just, I’m asking questions because I truly, deeply care about the country just as much as Newt Gingrich does but we differ on the answers, I believe. I’d like to have him convince me that I’m wrong. I would love to have him convince me that I’m wrong.”

There’s been a lot of reports that Tea Partiers who had supported Herman Cain have been flocking to Gingrich. But, Beck seems to feel quite strongly that much of what Gingrich has said recently and throughout the years, flies in the face of their beliefs. After warning the candidate that the interview would be tough, he began playing a number of old sound bites and quotes as proof. He played a clip of Gingrich comparing himself to Theodore Roosevelt in regards to regulation, the infamous clip of Gingrich accusing Paul Ryan’s plan of being “right-wing social engineering,” and a few showing his belief in climate change.

Perhaps thanks to Beck’s warning, Gingrich seemed to have answers for most of these moments (he’s for some regulations but not choosing winners or losers, he doesn’t want to impose any plan on Americans notwithstanding who came up with it, and he “never believed in Al Gore’s fantasies”). In the end, Beck thanked him for his “willingness to come on and answer the tough questions” and wished him the best.

It was an interesting interview with a lot of good points brought up. One impressed listener was MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, a man who, while not a fan of Beck, isn’t convinced with Gingrich. He tweeted about the interview shortly after it aired:

Listen to the first part of the lengthy interview from GBTV below.

You can listen to the rest here. A transcript can be found here.

Glenn Beck, joe scarborough, newt gingrich

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XEFRKNJR6WJ5WQ6KNPH2OEY2LU Antonio

Glenn who?

Who GAF what he thinks?

Not only that but I listened to the interview and you can tell that Newt was obviously very prepared for each question.

Picture this glenn brings up something from 1993 and Newt has an answer for it that is clear concise and says it without hesitation.
Anonymous

All the idiots who showed up the washington mall for his Restoring Honor nonsense…you know…the Tea Party.
Anonymous

” he’s an honest guy, a decent guy that has always shot straight with me.”

Ask his two previous wives how honest and decent he is.
Anonymous

The World According To Beck…

1 – Beck loves this country.

2 – Beck knows that Newt loves this country even though they disagree.

3 – Obviously Obama hates this country and wants to destroy it.
Anonymous

I am so excited to have this opportunity to be the first to call Glenn Beck a RINO.
Anonymous

Oh Nooooo….we hate Glen but if he attacks Newt I don’t know what to do. Help me Soros, help meeeee
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XEFRKNJR6WJ5WQ6KNPH2OEY2LU Antonio

And?

We’re a country of 300,000,000 and your crowd is …. what…87,000?
Hahahaha….
Anonymous

Damnit!!
Anonymous

TeaBagger rallies have now been relegated to Piggly Wiggly parking lots, nursing home cafeterias and gun ranges. But you can meet Chuck Norris! Pinky promise!
Anonymous

This will be used in future commercials.
Anonymous

Funny how you asked, who GAF what Glenn Beck states, then stated that you listed to the interview. Then you came on mediate’s comment section, and began a discussoin about what was said.

Sounds like I can count at least one person who GAF what he thinks.
Anonymous

Double dammit!
Charles Ulysses Feney

The Slimy Newt

A slimy neocon who calls himself Newt
Has always played the globalist skin flute
He gets on his knees
And does what they please
While lining his pockets with their loot.

With women, Newt’s always been a smooth dancer
“Upgrade ‘em often!”” is his standard answer
Which caused him, of course
To present his divorce
To his first wife as she lay dying of cancer.

Speaker Gingrich didn’t give a hoot
About his family after he gave ‘em the boot
He came up completely short,
Never paying child support
For the entire duration of the dispute.

Next Newt married a girl named Marianne
Whom he quickly decided to can
When she got a diagnosis
Of Multiple Sclerosis
Which threw a wrench in his political plan.

When Marianne announced she was sick
Gingrich was boning his aide, Callista Bisek
While Callista played Newt’s harmonica
He blasted Clinton for gettin’ a Monica
‘Cause hypocrisy has always been Newt’s schtick.
___________________________
Charles Ulysses Feney
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XEFRKNJR6WJ5WQ6KNPH2OEY2LU Antonio

When I listen to two cats having sex in my back yard for entertainment purposes do you think I would still GAF if those cats were killed by a Vietnamese restaurant owners and then used for soup?
http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

Who is this Glenn Beck guy and why would what he says be relevant??
Anonymous

Well, Conservatives are not stupid enough to nominate Newt. More is the pity.
Pablo

Wait, Scarborough doesn’t know Gingrich personally? Despite being part of the House Caucus Gingrich led for 4 years? Huh?
Pablo

He can’t be a RINO without the R, and he doesn’t have it.
Pablo

Glenn who?

Who GAF what he thinks?

The guy with the first comment on a Glenn Beck thread?
Anonymous

Why is Glenn Beck a RINO? Newt was the one arguing for big government.
https://me.yahoo.com/a/7nZpGKwT1fVdlb3YN6DXlA8PViJDMLL2bO_q#5aa2e ganymede

Who gives a rat’s ass what Beck thinks of Newt or Newt thinks of Beck. I actually find my mind going blotto whenever I have to listen to Beck, who is definitely certifiable and Newt who is, at least going to to give us a few weeks of solid entertainment. What is fascinating about watching the Republican Party/ Tea Party collapse is that all of this is off script. Rove, Ailes, Luntz, Murdoch - all of these control freaks have lost the control of their political party and it’s now in free fall. We should show our appreciation especially for Cain, Trump and Gingrich who are like some outer space Manchurian candidates. It’s madness and it’s insuring that this will give Obama 4 more years of one party rule to straighten out the mess the Republicans, with the help of many Democrats have caused. And with the health care ‘time bomb’ that’s now emerging, it may be that Obama has been a ’secret’ Democrat all along, as well as a Kenyan Marxist!
Pablo

You sure did a lot of typing to tell us what you don’t care about.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

Beck loves Palin and Perry, who want to secede from the country.
Anonymous

Somewhere on the way between your mind and the keyboard you lost it. Sorry, but I’m not about to help you find it – or make any sense out of your “collapse”.
Anonymous

You wonder don’t you? Wonder how the left feels about Nancy threatening to break the rules. Hmmmmm fundamental violation and she can be charged.
Anonymous

how many times have you had to rewrite your missive and nobody cares.
toodles….
Anonymous

Not one damn article on the Marxist’s plea to the nation today to embrace Marxism?

Or did I miss it?
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/630-E-Lovell-Dr-Troy-MI-48085/24509418_zpid/ Louisa Gismonde Calcaterra

Can you please show me the “rule” which states that Nancy can’t cull/highlight information which has already been published in the public domain?

And since you’re sooooooo concerned about breaking the rules, you must absolutely loathe Gingrich for being such a naughty little bastard while he was House speaker in the 90s! Unlike Gingy-poo, Nancy isn’t dumb enough to break rules like that fat, bloated asshole did back in the day.

But hey, nice try ‘bagger! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/630-E-Lovell-Dr-Troy-MI-48085/24509418_zpid/ Louisa Gismonde Calcaterra

I believe he’s that fat, bloated, useless crybaby BITCH who used to occupy the 5pm timeslot on the channel which has seen 3 months of +20% declines in total viewership during primetime!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/630-E-Lovell-Dr-Troy-MI-48085/24509418_zpid/ Louisa Gismonde Calcaterra

YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous

Beck is beloved in the tea party. This could hurt Gingrich.
Pablo

Yeah, that is truly some shit, isn’t it?

::crickets::

Hey, what could go wrong? Look how well socialism is working for Europe!
http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

Lol!! I thought that’s who he was!! =)
Anonymous

Wow what happen to all you Fox news bigots? When Beck had a spot on Fox News he was your messiah.
Pablo

Bob likes inventing things in his little mind.
Anonymous

Can he be a BINO: Beck in name only?
Charles Ulysses Feney

Resigned In DisgraceGather round all you children, gather round, hear this storyAbout the fall of a politician at the height of his gloryHe resigned in disgraceNow he’s back in the raceAnd if we fall for his lies, it’s America’s Momento Mori!Let’s harken back to the year 1994When Republicans won like they hadn’t beforeHe was Speaker of the House(and a horrible spouse!)But his ethics were something no one could ignore.In those days the congress just did as they pleaseGraft and check kiting were a rampant diseaseThey all wrote bad checksAnd had scurrilous sexWithout any fear of the authoritiesNow our subject, the Speaker, was quite the hypocriteHe campaigned against corruption, while reveling in itHe took the bold stanceTo audit Congress’s financeAnd that’s where Newt Gingrich, stepped in his own $#!+.The Ethics Committee looked into Speaker NewtTo try to find out just how he fenced all his loot.They saw thousands of pagesOf Gingrich outragesAnd when they asked why, the Speaker lied, or went mute.There were epic proportions of Newt’s tax evading junkThe more they dug into it, the more that it stunk!But Congress sanctions their ownWhen they’re bad to the bone’Cause if they didn’t, Newt would be a cellblock punk!Newt got slapped on the wrist with a $300,000 fineFor his multiple scams that were over the line.It was “intentional and reckless”,Newt had proven himself feckless,And after the next election, he was forced to resign.It’s hard to imagine the size of the balls it would takeTo run for the Presidency as sanctioned ethical snake.He needs to be scorned,And now you’re forewarnedThat nominating Newt would be a disastrous mistake!_______________________________Charles Ulysses Feney
Pablo

Don’t quit your day job, Charles.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

I vaguely remember this guy. Some early 2010s fad, i think.
Charles Ulysses Feney

Shoo fly!
Anonymous

Gingrich just made the argument for Obama-care at the end of the segment

Juxtapose what he said about Medicare Advantage & its role in reduction of number of exorbitant surgeries with an argument made for the merits of Obamacare in reducing costly emergency room visits
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VK7U6RFTAUIPW2JR2NGPBP2IYA super

someone forgot to mention Bill CLintons IRS cleared him a year later.
Anonymous

We want a candidate who can bludgeon OBAMO and work him into that ‘Angry-Black-Man’ frenzy that his fellow Leftists seem to want him to be. I agree: I want to see OBAMO like that, and Newt will happily push him there. Someone needs to.
Tan

Pfft, you’re so intellectually (haha) dishonest it’s embarrassing. Why can’t you just admit it’s a clever poem and move on? Anyone can see it is and you just look petty fighting it.
Charleston Voice

When a candidate’s morals & character don’t matter to you:

Newt Gingrich’s Skeleton Closet
http://chasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/11/newt-gingrichs-skeleton-closet.html

The Real Newt Gingrich
http://chasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/11/real-newt-gingrich-part-1.html

Romney’s Advisors Are Leftist Elites
http://chasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/10/romneys-advisors-are-leftist-elites.html
Anonymous

Beck is desperate to become relevant again.
He’s searching for anyone who might have coattails upon which he made ride til November.
Beck’s pals, Bachman and Cain can’t go the distance.
What a loser.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IC7HRBJRXKA7IKTTZS5W3UIECQ Agent of Truth

An idiot having concerns about another idiot. Now that is rich!!!
Anonymous

I will not name names, but to all of the socialist, progressives, you keep on attacking people based on what the PRESS SAYS. Try doing some personal research!!! For people that you say mean nothing, you are certainly wasting a lot of good brain cells.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Caroline-M-Corman/1790826629 Caroline M. Corman

You made my day! Love your humor.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Caroline-M-Corman/1790826629 Caroline M. Corman

HA HA HA!
Anonymous

Glenn Beck thinks? Who knew?
Anonymous

Walk down the street and ask who is Glenn Beck. Then go down the street and ask who is SoTexSailor. Hmmm?
Glenn uses his real name and you hide behind a phony name so you lie about anyone you want.

You are a loser and losers have to hide their identity. If anyone found out who you are you would end up in a garbage can trying to find your teeth.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_T4ROX4KHAIB4J3FSNOWJUAX7YQ D G

“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.” ~Samuel Adams
Don’t to forget to vote…. Cuz you know damn well that “87,000″ will be the 1st SOB’s in line!
Anonymous

Is Beck still spreading that “caliphate” business. You know, Van Jones, Obama, Bill Ayres, Acorn linking up with the Muslim shia caliphate that is conspiring to take over the world and usher in the 3rd Imam. No fan of the grinch, but who would ever takes Beck’s rainman advice on anything. He is a certifiable CRACKPOT.