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Chris Hayes On Gingrich: Hard To Think Of Anyone More Widely Reviled And Polarizing

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In a discussion about how divisive American politics has gotten on Now with Alex Wagner, MSNBC host Chris Hayes took a shot at Republican frontrunner Newt Gingrich, saying he could not think of a political figure more disagreeable than the former Speaker of the House. “It’s hard to think of a more widely reviled and polarizing figure of the political era than Newt Gingrich,” Hayes exclaimed. “The fact that Newt Gingrich has so much baggage, you could do a wire style series of seven seasons in which each one has its own distinctive narrative arc of sort of back room deals!”

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Earlier in the segment, Lynn Forester de Rothschild remarked that with such divisive tensions on both sides of the political spectrum there was a real opportunity for a third-party candidate to jump in the race. “There could be an entirely new dynamic that takes place in this election, which is that you have two very polarized candidates, and you can make the argument that both Romney and Gingrich have a problem with the public and that actually this is an opportunity for a third party candidate to emerge. There is this organization called Americans Elect that will have a line on every ballot 50 states.

“Or Ron Paul could run as a third party candidate,” the National Review‘s Robert Costa interjected.

“You have to run as a Democrat and a Republican,” de Rothschild pointed out. “So there’s no Democrat who’s going to run with Ron Paul.”

“There’s still got to be a spoiler.” Costa observed. Who’s going to be that spoiler? It only could be Ron Paul at this point,”

Some of the panelists began suggesting potential third-party candidates like Michael Bloomberg which made Hayes roll his eyes.

Watch Hayes’s epic putdown of Gingrich below via MSNBC:

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  • Anonymous

    Hard to think, Chris? I guess it’s hard for most MSNBC viewers to do something they’ve never done before. 

    Bwaaaaaahahaha

    I don’t need to think. I’m a reactionary, racist, homophobe dumbass and I have 27,000 likes. Deal with it, libbers.

  • Anonymous

    Is that Rachel Maddow? Who is Chris Hayes?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

    Oh please Chris. Newt’s been beltway trained. He may be widely reviled & polarizing but he’ll keep things on fire while he’s president..

  • Spiritual Gunfighter

    John Jacobjingleheimerschmidt , I presume .

    Winning .

  • Gloves L. Donahue

    Chris Hayes On Gingrich: Hard To Think Of Anyone More Widely Reviled And Polarizing

    Maybe. But look at the Oval Office first, kid. The enemy within.

  • Anonymous

    Oooooooh, Crissy Hayes, you old thing, you! When you gonna return those Morrissey cassettes?

  • Anonymous

    You left out…moron

  • http://twitter.com/stanchaz stan chaz

    The circus…..goes on and on and on. NOW the guy who was kicked out of the House, who wants child labor for the benefit of the 1%, who is twice divorced,  and who had an extra-marital affair with his current wife ….is in the lead among Republicans. AMAZING!! More than ever, as I look at the sorry set of “rivals” on the other side, I am THANKFUL to have Barack Obama as  President, and as a viable candidate for re-election. Mr. Obama: your heart, your values, and your basic decency are all in the right place. BUT…your hands are tied. Unfortunately they were tied by us, the electorate…..when we failed to provide you with a Congress that you can work with. Instead, you are saddled with a don’t-tax-the-1%-do-nothing Congress that battles you at every turn, while the people suffer. God, they don’t EVEN let you pass your own appointments and nominees! It’s not Tea-publican gridlock -it’s Tea-publican sabotage. Heck, it’s Tea-publican treason….while the 99% BLEEDS. And then… they try to pin the blame on Mr. Obama! These people have no shame…or else its been purchased by those who can afford to do so. In her final, struggling years, Grandma gets a meager Social Security check, and they DARE to call it “socialism”. Give me a break! (…and Grandma too!) Thankfully, with Occupy Wall Street, America has found its voice: a voice that reminds us that people  -ordinary down-to-earth working people-  really DO matter. NOT “corporations are people -people” , but REAL people! Real people who are working two and three jobs just to keep up, real people struggling to raise their children, real people caring for our elderly, real people just trying to live with some dignity and security , real people looking for work, and real people that will graduate or come back from war and find no work…..while the rich become richer and more powerful, at our expense. Tea-publicans clamour for even M-O-R-E 1% tax-breaks and corporate-loopholes….while all the while these “job-creators”  send our jobs overseas, and wish that we’d go away too…. as they buy every politician in sight. Hey, if these politicians don’t already have ENOUGH mistresses, I can hook them up with a few gorgeous -and RICH- oil companies. It would be a perfect blind date, except for the fact that they’re ALREADY in bed with them  :-).   But instead of talking about L-E-S-S government, and L-E-S-S taxes on the 1%, and M-O-R-E corporate welfare, and M-O-R-E painful cuts to those who can LEAST afford it….Occupy is a voice that demands a government that WORKS, a government that works FOR ALL OF US, not just for a favored few….NOT just for the rich. Occupy is a voice that comes up from the grassroots, and lifts us up in turn: because it insists that this land IS our land…and that we WANT IT BACK!  It’s a voice that will help us re-elect the President AND give him a more progressive people-oriented Congress-   a Congress that will work WITH Mr. Obama and FOR the 99%!  Mr. Obama: I wish you well…. because you STILL give us hope! 

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous

     Chris Hayes On Gingrich: Hard To Think Of Anyone More Widely Reviled And PolarizingI guess he never heard of OBOZO-the-Clown.

  • Anonymous

    You have obviously never met Al Sharpton, Tinkles Mathews, and Ed Shultz,
    Chrissy girl !

  • Anonymous

    ‘There is no Democrat who is going to run with Ron Paul?’ Are we supposed to take the person who said that seriously as an informed political analyst? I can think of at least two in Congress who would run with him, as well as at least one ex Senator, and one ex presidential candidate, all Democrats who would run with Ron Paul. The bigger question is, would he run with them and would it be safe for him to run with them. The more interesting scenario would be of Paul pulling a non-politician libertarianish Democrat such as Jon Stewart to run with him. That could be the most interesting campaign of the century.

  • https://me.yahoo.com/a/CpB4P7B.pZPCheHU1YhAzyxDlXk-#f5a38 Fleur

    The left and the mainstream media used exactly the same language against Nixon, Reagan, Bush,  Cheney, and every conservative here and there. To understand how they view us, let’s remember how Edward Kennedy described Robert Bork in the 80′s. But this time, it will be very difficult for them to talk about a so-called recent ‘radicalization’ of the GOP, when the nominee is someone who has been there for decades.

  • Anonymous

    So, functionaries for Katrina TrustfundHeuval’s vile Stalinist rag get to say what’s “divisive?”

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JC25VZ7V3BAAPNJ5C3R3YIP3WI j

    Hard To Think Of Anyone More Widely Reviled, Polarizing and DIVISIVE….uhhhhh,  Barry.

  • Anonymous

    And Chris is who?

  • Anonymous

    Bammy today ” It will take another 4 years to cleaan up Bush’s mess”. Pathetic.

  • South Park Conservatives

    I can think of Obama. obama is the most polarizing president everrrr.

  • Anonymous

    Son, you sure showed that.

    I really struck a nerve in you libs and I love it!

  • Anonymous

    Chris and Leedog and John are more widely reviled!

    LOL

  • Anonymous

    His name is John Jackoff!

    LOL

  • WiddleBabyDanielson

    Cool.
    One of the many names that increase “likes” finally speaks.

  • Anonymous

    The writers on Mediaite need to tone it down with the “Epic” label they give to describe a liberal criticizing an imagined opponent. 
    Nancy Pelosi and Debbie Wasserman Schultz beat Newt at being revolting, polarizing, and reviled.
    Not even close. 

  • Spiritual Gunfighter

    Cool .
    Trolling the “likes” on an internet forum , way to aim high in life.
    Winning . ” Winning” , I say .

  • Anonymous

    “Chris Hayes On Gingrich: Hard To Think Of Anyone More Widely Reviled And Polarizing”
    That is a really foolish statement, the same can be said about Obama. We revile Obama every bit as much as the communists here revile all conservatives

  • Anonymous

    I struck another nerve!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_76F7SAA3N35X4IBY5BGVQML2YM James

    Since bloggers never go outside he means in his apartment.

  • Anonymous

    Chris was obviously not thinking of himself while making that comment.
    (along with the entire Drama-based  MSNBC movie cast and crew)

  • http://twitter.com/MerryMarjie MerryMarjie

    Truth seems to infuriate the Far Right!  I see all of these comments as an attempt to scrape the goo off Gingrich and hide it under the rug.  It must hurt plenty to know that the Republicans are going to fail again this next year in their bid for the Presidency, but it’s inevitable with the current crop of candidates.  Gosh, maybe someone will come riding out of the mist on a white horse and declare for the office come spring, or, no, that’s not going to happen since Gov. Ricky traded his horse for a dumb ass.  Tsk, tsk.  Whatever will you do for a viable candidate?  I know!  How about Ann “Adams Apple” Coulter?!!  At least she spews the Right dirt!

  • Anonymous

    Boy….are you gonna’ be pissed on November 3, 2012.
    I hear your diatribe from all of your Liberalbots….
    Ann Coulter is right on in “Demonic” that you all are reminicent of “The Borg” on the old Star Trek” shows.
    Collective thinking….collective speech….all produced by the head Bot.
    Individualism is reserved for conservatives…..Sorry ’bout that

  • Joke Scareborough

    In order to work for Chris Hayes, you have to be a lobotomized leftist zombie…it’s in the job description. I can think of more than a few Mediaite employees who are probably salivating at the chance to work for Maddow or Hayes.

    MSNBC.com Job Ad: Conservative News Experts Need Not Apply?</strong?

    MSNBC’s new info blog listed a couple of job postings today…

    Msnbc.com is looking to fill two new positions! If you’ve
    got editorial experience and an interest in television and politics,
    check out these two great job opps.

    Job recs get posted all the time and I don’t really look at them much
    but for some reason, and I have no idea why, this time I decided to.
    One was more of a support position for Up with Chris Hayes and another that seemed more like a general editorial position. This is what I saw for the latter. I’ve highlighted what I consider to be the most relevant parts…

    Sr. Writer/Editor, MSNBC Cable

    Editorial | New York City, NY, United States

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    Show, The Ed Show, Morning Joe, The Last Word, Up W/Chris Hayes, and
    other shows, is looking for a full-time blogger/writer/producer to enhance our Decision 2012 online coverage.
    Applicants must have a passion for and background in politics, be avid
    viewers of MSNBC cable shows, and have the ability to quickly curate,
    write, produce and promote compelling and accurate editorial content.

    Topics and coverage will begin with the broadcasts
    (newsmaker or analyst interviews, and reported stories), but will not be
    limited to what is on air. Applicants should be voracious social media
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    to multi-task, and work independently under a tight deadline.

    Candidates must have a minimum of 5 years’ experience at a
    print or online publication, have a basic understanding of HTML and
    extensive experience with content management systems or blog publishing
    platforms. Must have thorough knowledge of political and progressive news. Previous TV/video background a plus.

    Writer/producer must be willing to work
    during msnbc’s primetime hours, and be excited about covering debates,
    primaries and the 2012 elections.

    Please send links to previous work and any relevant social media streams.

    http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/msnbc-com-job-ad-conservative-experts-need-not-apply/

  • Anonymous

    They omitted that applicants, in order to fit in, must be ugly enough to stop Medusa in her tracks.
    “Lobotomized liberals”, of course, WILL be interviewed…but a brain-dead Progressive will be shown preference.

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