Newt Gingrich Calls For SuperPAC To Correct Errors In Anti-Mitt Romney Bain Film

by Frances Martel | 10:21 am, January 14th, 2012

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The SuperPAC-produced film “King of Bain: When Mitt Romney Came To Town” is coming under fire for being somewhat inaccurate, receiving cries to be removed from the airwaves and edited for accuracy should it have to return. The twist in this story is that the one calling for the extended documentary ad to be removed is its intended beneficiary, Newt Gingrich, who demanded that “every single mistake” be edited out yesterday.

The New York Times reports that Gingrich, appearing before his campaign office in Orlando, demanded that the film be edited for accuracy. It wasn’t an “any ad that quotes me is a falsehood” moment, but a cry that appears to have the potential to fall on deaf ears for more truth in campaign work:

“I’m calling on them to either edit out every single mistake or to pull the entire film,” Mr. Gingrich said at the opening of a campaign office in Orlando during a swing through the critical primary state of Florida. “They cannot run the film if it has errors in it.”

But the group running the video, the pro-Gingrich “super PAC” Winning Our Future, made no move to alter the work. Late Friday, it released an open letter to Mr. Romney saying it would alter its advertisement only if he would answer a series of questions about “your version of events,” including when he formally relinquished a “controlling interest” in Bain and when he received a final check from Bain relating to any investment in which he had an interest.

The Times described Gingrich’s move as “getting to have his cake and eat it, too,” and notes that this is somewhat of an about face from the “angry little attack muffin” of a week or so ago. Gingrich initially defended the premise of the ad– that Bain under Romney was ruthlessly and dangerously risky with buying and selling companies. But as the fact-checks roll in, it appears he is more hesitant. Among the errors the Times notes, Romney does not own 15 homes (he owns 3), and, by its own admission, KB Toys did not fall because of Bain’s doing, but “the single overwhelming factor” in its demise was competition from Wal-Mart and Toys R Us.

This does not mean with any likelihood that Gingrich will let up his attack on Mitt Romney– but it at least gives the impression that he wants his attacks to be fair, and he wants others speaking unofficially in his name to be held to some standard, which flies in the face of the image Gingrich has developed, fairly or otherwise, of being in the race for purely vindictive reasons at this point given his rise and fall in the polls before Iowa.

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Anonymous

Keep it in. Better that Romney show Gingrich for the liar that he and his super pac are. Gingrich is done. In the race and in R politics. IMO
Gloves Scott Donahue

Why not de-Pinnocchio this stuff before it goes on the air?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

Everything’s fair in love and politics.

Gingrich invented modern political warfare.

Anyway, negative things in primaries tend to help not hurt the nominee, because they become “old news” if the candidate survives them.

And if the opponent tries to use them, everyone rallies around their nominee including reversing on any prior criticism.

These things don’t settle elections. The state of the economy in October and November will decide the election.
Anonymous

Careful! That’s how Toyota’s 3.8 million cars recall started out on account of faulty floor mats
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PJF4BBTA2OFQ3MA3A6JWZTIGYM Ronald W

Can we just cut all the Pious Baloney………………………………………………………………
NEWT LIED.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PJF4BBTA2OFQ3MA3A6JWZTIGYM Ronald W

Can we just cut all the Pious Baloney………………………………………………………………
NEWT LIED.
http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ FedsTakeOverMediaProofClickMe

Don’t expect a fair and free democratic election
Anonymous

Either
Gingrich has no control over his “Super Pac”, which if true is detrimental to
this candidate because they will send out propaganda in Gingrich’s name and we
all know about cause and effect.

The more plausible
probability is that Gingrich already knew about the out and out lies that the “Super
Pac” created and he is hoping that some of the lies will stick in the minds of uninformed
voters and that makes Gingrich lies all the more glaring.

Mitt Romney
will be the next president so Gingrich get accustom to it!
Anonymous

Yeah, it’s bush league to release the thing, then several days later call to correct the inaccuracies. Shameful, really.
Anonymous

I sense more of a conspiracy here. Newt knows he’s finished The Republicans are “correcting” their own ads during the primaries. Ads run during the general will be considered truthful after all “see what we did earlier”
http://www.facebook.com/people/Silver-Mountain/100003346880778 Silver Mountain

Folks, Newt Gingrich is going to win in South Carolina. So…
As a Newt Gingrich supporter I want to see the debate between our apostate President and Newt Gingrich. Newt will gut, embarrass, and ultimately expose the occupier of the White House (OWH). This is a big fear factor not only for the President, but, to the establishment big time! Our biggest adversary is the establishment with their take on the GOP race and which candidate should represent us against Obama. The establishment well knows that Gingrich will indeed crush the President in debate, but also knows that Newt will not stop there. Newt will call out the Sheik on his radical Saul Alinsky ideology. They feel this is a bad recipe and model to follow when going head to head against Obama. That it’s a bad idea to attack the President on anything except his broken policies. I disagree, I believe that Mitt Romney will do an adequate job pointing out the errors and leadership failures in the Obama plan, and will contrast himself with Obama marginally. I think the President will counter Mitt Romney with ease, and marginalize him in as little as two debates. Obama will showcase Romney care as the national model and will win reelection on that plan alone. The so called “flip flop” tag that Mitt has on his back will ensure the defeat of Romney against the Sheik.
Republicans know to actually unseat Obama, we have to take away the sting of the Independents and moderates by bringing that part of the electorate back to the right, as Gingrich is doing, and not by moving to the center as Romney has and will do. Newt Gingrich will not cave on us conservatives, Newt Gingrich will embarrass Obama in debate so badly, it will embarrass those “fence sitters” that claim undecided, along with Independents reeling them back to the right! The strategy to win begins by winning over the Independents (not caving to them), exposing the broken direction that this nation is streaking towards. Exposing Obama’s poorly defined defense strategy, aggravating the Arabs with a weak middle-east policy, redistribution ideology blah, blah, blah. This has to be pounded out for the undecided to see clearly that there is a more appropriate and necessary American response. Gingrich can do this, the left knows it, the establishment is afraid of this too and they are propping Romney so far up to put him out of reach. I would really like the opportunity to vote for my choice of candidates before the Romney News Network (FOX News Channel), sends my state their ground up elephant meat for me to maul over at the polls. The media should remain fair, not go on the attack and defense helping out Romney their candidate.
Anonymous

Newt is coordinating with a SuperPAC. He should go to jail.
Anonymous

I fear Stephen Colbert in South Carolina more than I fear Newt. Let’s not forget Newt has gone out of way to prove to everyone that he’s a communist that hates me for making money.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Silver-Mountain/100003346880778 Silver Mountain

you kooks kill me
Anonymous

When Romney was releasing all those attack ads in Iowa the media did little to shed light on them, and didn’t spend a segment of every hour debunking them. Now that Newt is releasing ads in South Carolina about Romney they are all over them and debunking them so Mitt Romney doesn’t have to. In both cases the candidates did little to refute the claims, but for Mitt he has the media doing it for him. Not sure if they realize it or not.
Anonymous

Hate to tell you this, but Barack Obama couldn’t argue his way out of a wet paper sack. And most voters are good for about five minutes of Newt-style lecturing. It’s going to be a contest of who’s got the best hair and who’s got the biggest grin. If Newt wins SC it means nothing except what we already know: the Bible Belt doesn’t want a Mormon in the White House.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Silver-Mountain/100003346880778 Silver Mountain

Romney will not be elected. Not for lack of the establishment propping him up, and jamming the Mass. moderate down the throat of conservative Americab, but simply Sheik obama will beat him. I do understand the moderates attraction to Romney, but the left loves Sheik Obama more, and so will the Independents that provided our nations white house to him the last time.