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John King Confronts Newt Gingrich Over Response To ‘Open Marriage’ Question

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On CNN’s John King USA, King faced off with Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich for the first time since their heated debate exchange about his opening question on his alleged “open marriage” proposal. “I want to come back to your point there, sir. You were attacking me and calling me part of the elite media. We can debate whether it was an appropriate question at the beginning of debate. My business is debating that, but I could not have asked you the question if your ex-wife had not come forward. She’s a Republican, sir. She said she supports much of your principles. How was that an example of the elite media trying to protect Barack Obama?”

“Well, you have to ask yourself the question. Why would ABC go back many years, why would they dredge up something which had already been reported several years ago?” Gingrich replied. “Why would they do it two nights before a primary? Why would they refuse to have other witnesses rebut her? We offered them a number of people who were there at the time who said what she was saying just wasn’t true. I would just suggest to you that when the only person you get is an ex-wife who wants to testify on the air just before a primary with nobody allowed to rebut her, there’s something a little goofy about that design. And my point to you, John, was simple and I repeat it. You didn’t have to take the bait. You didn’t have to pick it up. You could have ignored ABC. We could have gone straight to energy policy, the economy, balancing the budget. There were lots of big questions we could have talked about instead of taking the time on something like that.”

RELATED: Newt Gingrich Rips John King And CNN For Opening Debate Question

We did talk about other issues but a lot of people in the state were talking about that issue that day,” King responded. “A lot of people think that exchange worked to your benefit. That’s not for me and my calculation. Have you spoke to your ex-wife at all? Why did she come forward at that time? I can’t speak for ABC but it says if you had offered people it would have interviewed them.”

“Oh, that is just plain baloney!” exclaimed Gingrich. “I mean, I’ll check with (my press secretary) R.C. Hammond in a minute. But if they’re saying that, they’re not being honest. They said explicitly the opposite. I will check with R.C. because he was briefing me on this the whole way through. We had several people prepared to be very clear and very aggressive in their dispute about that and they weren’t interested.”

Following his interview with Gingrich, King spoke with David Frum and Donna Brazile, expressing surprise that Gingrich did not come after him again. “He’s a much kinder, gentler guy,” King quipped.

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  • Anonymous

    What’s true is, Newt’s a complete slime ball of a human being.   Why not ask him that?

  • Anonymous

    he’s a racist and uses the words food stamps as code to give red meat to his base

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, Donna Brazille respects that…yeah right Donna…I can see the more liberal in the media pulling for Newt, which I hate, but he’s the better candidate to run against.  I just can’t stand it when the cheer lead for him, but at I know it’s the longview, and the eventual tear down.

  • http://twitter.com/Haggarded Haggarded

    Ladies and gentlemen, your next President of the United States!

    Oh man, that cracks me up every time I think about it.  Congratulations wingnuts, you’ve either got magic undies Mittens or one of the most hated men in politics who also happens to have a history of bailing on sick wives and being a swinger!

    Git R Done Republicans!

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    I hope Newt wins the nomination, because of Mittens could rattle him like he did last night, Obama will down right destroy him in the debates!!

  • http://twitter.com/mattparkerfl Matt Parker

    Newt Gingrich has a long and sordid history with Washington at a time when voters claim to be disgusted with the culture of politics in our nation’s capital. Americans have seen Newt before, and they have rejected him in the midst of scandal and breathtaki­ng arrogance. All the Democrats and Obama campaign need to do is trot out a nice video reel of Newt’s ten craziest, wackiest, most offensive statements from even just the last four or five years. I can see the TV ad now; “Do you want your child working for pennies a day as a school janitor? Then vote for Newt…”   www.sunstateactivist.org

  • Anonymous

    Let’s not be sexist….Sarah Palin is the most hated person in politics.  She edges Newt.

  • Anonymous

    Newton is a phony.

  • Centrist79

    Newt asking for an open marriage is the least of the scumbag things he has done. The man is a compulsive liar about his record, so I have no empathy for him.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Politics-culture-Reasoned-America/100001284363960 Politics-culture Reasoned Amer

    Newt’s response was honest and intelligent.

    I like King, and he was damned if he did, and damned if he didn’t with the wife thing.
    The only thing, and I think King will accede to this, is he should not have led off with it.

    What planet are you people on with this “racist” thing?
    It’s not “racist” when it’s TRUE!

    72% Fatherless households – almost ALL – on food stamps & welfare.
    If you don’t have the wherewithal to care for yourself, you should not be bringing INNOCENT CHILDREN into a life of hopelessness and despair —– That’s CHILD ABUSE, not racism!

    http://www.proactivepolitics.blogspot.com

  • Anonymous

    I’m a Canadian, but I’m still baffled as to why THIS is the Republican field.  I lean left, but I sat next to a couple Republicans (both good people btw) from Boston during a Blue Jays game in Toronto this summer and we had a great chat about, among other things, who would get the Republican nomination.

    The one guy thought Palin would be in the mix (I just smiled and nodded), and the other was sure it would be Christie.  I threw Romney’s name in there and both of them were adamant that he’d be out of the race early.  As I recall, Gingrich’s name only came up in passing and the one guy made a joke that if he voted for Newt he’d be sleeping on the couch.

    I just don’t understand.  If the Republicans were the Red Sox, it’s almost like they’re trying to win the World Series by keeping Josh Beckett and Big Papi on the pine.  I think Beckett’s a scumbag and Papi’s getting older and becoming more of a non-issue, but they still give you the best chance to WIN. 

  • Anonymous

    Good Lord ok let me see if I can wrap my head around this. Now Newt thinks the elite media is out to get him. But does not the elite media know that Newt has disapproval ratings in the area Charles Manson, and Pol Pot? If the elite media were so anti republican would they not want to have Newt as the Nominee? Which means they would not ask Newt this question correct? I really think Newt needs medication.

  • News Of The World

    Newt is a pussy.  That’s why he didn’t come at John again today.
     He didn’t have a bunch of howling ingrates standing behind King today to
    get him all riled up.  Newt Gingrich does not get to dictate what
    questions will be asked in debates.  When he has no answer for a question,
    he attacks the media. It’s a tactic that will eventually backfire on him.
     And he loves to do it in front of the mindless hillbillies that make up
    these debate audiences in the Southern states.  The media doesn’t have to dig far to come up with garbage on this
    slob.

  • http://www.madcharles.com/ MadCharles

    Isn’t this King guy Gloria Vanderbilt’s kid ? A heiress sounds pretty elite.He shouldn’t be ashamed of working for a company that touts themselves as elite.

  • Pablo

    He answered the question in the debate. The very first word out of his mouth was the answer to the question. Why must you lie?

  • Anonymous

    Congratulations, Newton. You have the angry white guy vote all locked up. Too bad that is only about 25% of the electorate and in getting this vote, you lose the other 75%.

  • Anonymous

    Anderson Cooper

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous

    Apparently King didn’t like being made the stooge by Stewart. LOL

  • Anonymous

    Pablo you really have fallen for this guy, huh?

  • WiddleBabyDanielson

    That HILARIOUS!

  • Anonymous

    Ok here goes. I love Canada I have been there many times, think its not only a beautiful country but a great country. DO you have any idea what the average jackass conservative thinks about your country? Let me sum it up for you in a nutshell. They think that you live under a socialist dictatorship and pay 90% income tax and that your national health insurance consist of waiting  a year to see a doctor because of a toothache. Then when this doctor sees you instead of treating you for your toothache he cuts out your liver with a hacksaw. They think you have no freedom and no economic growth. After all how could you, your taxes are so high! I know you think this is an exaggeration but honestly im playing it down a little bit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Charles-Swann/100003281352784 Charles Swann

    So obviously Newt did not, in fact, offer to send anyone to ABC to rebut the ex-wife’s story, and he’s completely grandstanding.  So he does the full blowfish at the debate but the story isn’t as insanely false as he claims.

  • Anonymous

    Good point.  As soon as he said “food stamps” his base took out their little orphan annie decoder rings and realized he really was saying “be hatefull, racist, and drink ovaltine!” (verbatum translation from the decoder ring)

    Do you have one of those decoder rings?

  • Pablo

    No, I’m in love with facts. I know you wouldn’t understand.

  • Anonymous

    At least you recognize the “free press’” desire to influence the elections to the advantage of the left verus reporting objectively.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P27OZ7IRYVJ4W5MDA265QCQGKA Swfloridagal Gal

    And yet you have not offered any;.

  • Anonymous

    exactly!…except in this case the decoder ring is fox news

  • Anonymous

    John King still doesn’t get it.  All he had to do was remind Gingrich that he led the impeachment of Clinton while House Leader, so questions about his fidelity are of interest to the electorate.  Something about saying one thing and doing another, you know, hypocrisy.

    Why all the hand-wringing about whether it was appropriate to open the debate with that question?  Of course it is.  And as for “media elites”, Sean Hannity, Fox News idiot savant, fed moderators debate questions to ask Obama in 2008.  Was that out of bounds also?

  • Anonymous

    #1. – What exactly is “food stamps” code for?  I don’t know precisely, but if the shoe fits, wear it.
    #2. – How hungry must someone be for some evidence of dirty-dogism than to go asking someones ex their opinion of a person…it takes two to tango, and it takes two to tangle.
    Good grief!!! 

  • Anonymous

    I think its is better if we ignore the painfull facts pertaining to those in poverty versus raise the issue to politcal discourse.  I would much rather have America’s poor and minorities continue to tail spin into a pit of misery than talk about it and be branded a racist for pointing out the aforementioned tail spin.

    Vote democrat!

  • Anonymous

    Republicans from Boston?????  OMG do not release their identities or the unions will have their asses!

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08S4poMGvwA George Clueless

    Take a look at the headlines at Mediaite at this moment. It’s all about members of the liberal media berating Republicans.

    “Bashir Rips Walsh”
    “Stewart Flips Out On Gingrich”
    “King Confronts Gingrich”
    “Fineman trashes Gingrich”
    “Banfield Confronts Armey”

    Then there’s the other negative articles on Republicans.

    “Someone killed a Democrat’s cat, must be a teabagger”
    “Gingrich namedropes Reagan”
    “Preibus Pwnd by M-BS-NBC activist/Anchor”
    “Here’s how you attack Romney on taxes”
    “I’m Cuban and me no likey Republicans”

    Great job Nando!

  • Anonymous

    Fox News rocks!!! They’re fair and balanced…And if you disagree, you’re worse than Donna Brazille!!!

  • Anonymous

    No he’s not.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Politics-culture-Reasoned-America/100001284363960 Politics-culture Reasoned Amer

    Good recap George!

  • Anonymous

    In between accusations of ‘gotcha questions’ and claims of left wing bias, Republicans are trying to prevent the non-fox media from asking any questions that reflect unfavorably on their behavior.  Fox will not ask these questions because it is actively supporting a Conservative presidency.

  • Anonymous

    im not really sure what your trying to say here…but if its newt is racist then im with you

  • Anonymous

    Hey PVT duke…..thank insider guy for demonstrating for you the projective nature of our garden variety, conjecture based, stereo type- propogating liberal that makes up 20% of our population here in America. 

    Embellishment and bullsh*** are his weapons, and attemps to ridicule the other side are straight out of Alinsky’s bible.

    He has made states such as california, massachussettes, and illinois virtually unlivable, which is why our latest census information shows the mass exodus from liberal states in this country.

    Congradulations on your economy by the way.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Politics-culture-Reasoned-America/100001284363960 Politics-culture Reasoned Amer

    Continue with disabling Democratic dependency programs, and you will!

  • Anonymous

    Would you l to see a list of questions that the media will never ask Obama for the exact reasons your describe?

  • Pablo

    I see you can’t read.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Politics-culture-Reasoned-America/100001284363960 Politics-culture Reasoned Amer

    Hold on everyone…..a (name) blast from the past!

    Keith Olbermann!

    Someone told me he’s back to doing color commentary…for the West Palm Little League!
    lmao!

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08S4poMGvwA George Clueless

    Did he take over for Rick Sanchez?

  • Anonymous

    Correct!  And the only way to get the message is to play O’Reilly backwards at half speed at the stroke of midnight.

    Oops….the secret is out.

  • Anonymous

    Ah, poor baby King got his feelings hurt for being called out on his hypocrisy.  He couldn’t bring himself to ask critical questions of Democrats but he feels fully justified using trash journalism against a Republican. 

  • Anonymous

    I know that person exists, but I’d like to think he’s separated by people on either side who, uh, know shit.  Honestly, there is an eternal debate that rages in Canada about whether this is your “typical” American, but it’s like anywhere… there are geniuses, there are dummies, there are people.

  • Anonymous

    Why thank you, although until recently I wasn’t doing much to help it.  I was an English grad, see.

  • Anonymous

    lol typical conservative no sense of humor. Boy ya california massachussettes,and illinois all of which contribute more to the national economy take less in tax dollars per citizen  than any red state and give back more. Also have a higher average income and higher standard of living than just about any RED STATE you can name.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Politics-culture-Reasoned-America/100001284363960 Politics-culture Reasoned Amer

    Wow, I forgot all about ol’ Rick Sanchez. He could’ve ben good, but he laid down the phony race-card too often.
    What did he get ousted for?
    Did he say something against climate change extortion, or something?

  • Anonymous

    Probably.  It had the right effect, though.  King was very good in this interview and his defence was sound.    

  • Anonymous

    That’s a cute but entirely meaningless compilation. What you conveniently choose to ignore is that many of these stories might have exactly the opposite slant that you’ve assumed they have. Furthermore, if you disagree with the story’s point-of-view, that’s what the comments section is for.

    When did conservatives become such frail little things that they have to cry about their victimhood every time their narrative is challenged?

  • Anonymous

    Just how did socialist Canada who wouldn’t elect one of our dingbat conservatives if you gave every canadian a million dollars to vote for them have a successful economy? How with their high taxes and government health care can they do this? How? Oh how can they tax capital gains at 21% can they still get people to invest. Oh please brilliant one explain this to me?

  • Anonymous

    The big question is did ABC lie about whether Newt could come on the show and defend himself, as Newt has claimed in this interview.  That would be incredibly biased.  On the other hand, is Newt really incredibly paranoid?  

  • Anonymous

    Just watch FOX news and you will get a load of the dummy perspective.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Politics-culture-Reasoned-America/100001284363960 Politics-culture Reasoned Amer

    It wasn’t Newt himself that was going to rebut, but your point is well taken.

    Moreso, if ABC is caught in a bald-faced misrepresentation of intent; and they deliberately suppressed contradicting accounts of Mrs.Gingrich’s recollection, THAT’s A MAJOR SCANDAL!

    Why isn’t the rest of the Media following up on this?

    MEDIAITE! – ASSIGN SOMEONE TO THIS!

  • Anonymous

    I freely admit the press leans more liberal.  However, Fox News is the most disingenuous ”journalistic” organization since the Pravda.

  • Anonymous

    King looking to ride Newt’s coattail; how funny.

    How many qeustions has King ever asked Obama about his past love affairs, friendships, etc.?  The answer is:  NONE!

    King can play the game all he wants but the media has shot themselves in the foot; they ahve played fast and loose with thefacts for far too long and they have carried the water for hehimself the one too long. 

    Sorry John, you cannot try to relive the moment, Newt got you for your gotcha qeustion and the world saw what you, ABC and the rest of the DNC propagandists who claim the media mantle are nothing but slobbering Obama suck-ups.

  • Anonymous

    Great Question!

    They elected a conservative PM, got their budget deficits under control, cut corperate income taxes, refrained from introducing new federal programs, and cut consumption taxes etc… 

    Ya know…all the conerstones of the liberal platform.

    Any other questions?

  • Anonymous

    OMG that comment was very stereotypical of you smug. I cant believe you would say that the liberal unions would go after a republican in fenway park. Im sure you wouldn’t use smug sarcasm to get across your idiot talking points like a stereotypical liberal would:)

  • Anonymous

    Newt is full of shit and his proof that Marianne is lying is about as real as Trump’s shocking revelations from his investigators in Hawaii.

     First of all how would any of his friends be able to offer any proof regarding a private conversation between Newt and his wife?  Unless Newt and Marianne had this conversation openly among a group of friends how would anybody know what was said between the two?

    Newt doesn’t need ABC to get out whatever proof he claims he has.  As the leading GOP presidential nominee the entire media is at his beck and call.  All Newt has to do is say tomorrow at 5pm I have proof that the open marriage question is a lie and every media outlet in the country would be there.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Politics-culture-Reasoned-America/100001284363960 Politics-culture Reasoned Amer

    That’s a pretty paltry rebuttal, ex.

    The titles, topics and perspectives speak for themselves; I would have thought better of you.

    http://www.proactivepolitics.blogspot.com

  • Anonymous

    Excuse me, but President Obama has only been married once and he nor his wife have ever filed for legal separation and/or divorce. On the other hand, Newton has been married three times and in his first two marriages he carried on affairs prior to his divorcing his first two wives. This reflects directly on his character and as a result, the questions are fair game. 

  • Anonymous

    Not to worry…you would be an investment in the long term for Canada…..

    we teach lesbian studies, Marxism, and politcal correctness here in American Universities now, and frown on diversity of opinion, which is why all our college students are unhirable for anything other than the drive through at MacDonalds…We also give college credits to  students who protest at Occupy Wall Street so they can demand absolution from their college loans that they cannot pay back choosing to have the tax payer foot the bill for their poor educational choices.

  • Anonymous

    Lol that conservative pm is left of a typical democrat in the states. They wouldn’t elect one of our conservatives in a million years. Their tax rates are way higher than ours, they have socialized medicine and government funded education for college students. They have a highly unionized society and low rates of crime. You don’t know what you are talking about.

  • Smack80

    Which, I’m sad to say, qualifies him for public office.

  • Anonymous

    I really really really wish hillary was now the president

  • Anonymous

    God you truly are clueless.

  • Anonymous

    I am a democratic voter through and through. I disagree with Newt on just about everything. I think the food stamp slogan/sound bite is stupid. But I don’t think he’s a racist.

  • Anonymous

    Sorry, but I’m not buying your simplistic defense, Norbit. You strike me as someone who’s VERY easily manipulated, so I’m not surprised that you’d equate any story about a conservative being “bashed” as pro-conservative bashing. You really need to think things through critically and stop chasing the shiny object.

  • Anonymous

    Newt didn’t attack the haughty King; the American people did, by standing up and applauding what Newt said. And it was priceless seeing the look of humiliation on the haughty King’s face as he realized, right then and there, that the label of ‘Leftist Media Hack’ had stuck to his butt like used toilet paper.

  • Anonymous

    I repeat my question – how many questions has King ever asked about Obama’s past life?  The answer is NONE.  Not about his relationship with the great Rev Wright, or his relationship with the terrorist wanna be Ayers, or his relationship with Khalidi, or anyone.  NEVER.

    You cannot accept questions of personal behavior of only one party and claim fair game.  There is a person of itnerest who claimed a love affair with Obama (a male, btw) and the media threw that in the garbage, never pursued it.  You either expost the personal lives of all or of none.  So, no excuses for you/

  • Anonymous

    LOL.  Yeah, he definatly sounds like a lefty!

    Your Question:  How did Canad Fix their economy?

    Your answer: Cut taxes, controlled the deficit, and stopped creating new federal programs.

    So I’ll ask…do these steps that Canada took to fix their economy reflect the philiosphy of the left wing in America…or the right?

  • Anonymous

    That was great and illustrates a point.  Of course Newt’s daughters with his first wife probably hate the woman Newt cheated on their mother with and would try to discredit her.

  • Anonymous

    Says the guy who just found out that Canada did the exact opposite of what his party and ideology preaches in order to fix their economy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Politics-culture-Reasoned-America/100001284363960 Politics-culture Reasoned Amer

    Did you take a look at my “learning thing” ex; I’d say I think things pretty good! lol

    http://www.proactivepolitics.blogspot.com

  • Anonymous

    I will say it once again dingbat. A righty in this country couldn’t get elected for dog catcher in Canada. You don’t know what you are talking about.

  • Anonymous

    not even they just spew out the racism in the open…just read http://mediamatters.org/

  • Smack80

    What, exactly are the issues at hand in this election? Okay, Newt may have less than stellar morals, truth be told, it’s probably pretty common in DC. Personally, I don’t like Newt but my reasons go back farther than his marital problems. Bottom line is, he’s an old school, establishment, politician. As such, he is better qualified to deal with congress and running the country than the rest of the Republican whack-a-doodles.

    We are at war on many fronts, we are shaking our sword at Iran, the economy is shaky, why then do I care if Newt sucks at being a husband? I want to know how he’s planning on getting us out of the mess we’re in. That’s what important to me.

    C’mon media, issues, issues, issues. Quit being tabloid press.

  • Anonymous

    you are obviously not liberal….this is what really is happening:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/18/chris-matthews-newt-gingrich-racial-code_n_1212718.html

    educate yourself!

  • Anonymous

    Your personal insults are predictable since you have nothing left else to go on.

    So, forget about your diversion regarding the PM, its straight up conjecture anyway…

    and I’ll ask again.

    Are cutting taxes, controling the deficit, and restricting new federal programs the stance of a liberal or a conservative?

  • Anonymous

    Exactly…if you are gonna ask the question, and he calls you out, call his arse out.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for the link…Also, is media matters a non-partisan source that I can trust for objective insight…unlike Fox news?

    Also…who owns and funds media matters?  Just curious.

  • Anonymous

     You didn’t explain crap. Canada has high tax rates, so they cut their  taxes a little but they are still wayyyyyyyy higher than ours. They have socialized medicine, no one on the right or left in Canada is talking about getting rid of that, they have free or almost free college education, no one on the left or right is talking about getting rid of that. Once again a right winger in Canada is like a democrat in the states lol. Its like Obama arguing with the green party in the states dude. THERE IS NO MAJOR PARTY like the republicans with their neandrathal views on social and economic ideas in Canada. DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THAT?

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I’m sure all Democrats, moderates, progressives and liberals are content with the Republicans nominating a degenerate.

  • Anonymous

    Okay. Let me put it this way: Gingrich despises the poor regardless of color.

  • Anonymous

    Why does no one mention the clip that was included in the M.G. interview, showing Newt standing in the well of the House, saying that Clinton had proved himself unfit to be president, by cheating on his wife, all while cheating on his own wife?  THAT can not be denied.
    OH! And Callista doesn’t care what he does?  Real First Lady material, there.

  • Anonymous

    Im not asking you what federal programs Canada has in place, and I’m not asking you about their political parties.

    Let me help you get back on track.

    Heres the deal… Canada’s economy was not doing well a few years back…just like ours.   Canada took steps to improve their economy, and it worked. 

    What were those steps, and which political party would support those steps in America?

    Can you answer this very simple question?

  • Anonymous

    There is no liberal media bias…

    i mean just watch this msnbc clip around the 36 second mark

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oAcIrjSmzU

  • Anonymous

    I know this will be tough, so you had better sit down. Obama’s past relationships are simply not relevant for a number of reasons. Perhaps the most important is the fact that if you would publish a list of the individuals Obama previously dated, these individuals could sue for invasion of privacy.  If you want to talk about Reverend Wright or Ayers, Obama dealt with it in his last campaign. Once again, Newton had at least two affairs when he was married. One of his prior wives stated he wanted to have an “open” marriage. For someone who has run on a “family values” platform, this is simply hypocritical. Now run along. President Obama is speaking.

  • Anonymous

    well then he is a liar and adulterer how about that?

  • Anonymous

    what a bunch of crap

  • Anonymous

    that is why Ron Paul is the answer

  • Anonymous

    That choice doesn’t start w/the wingnuts.  the country clubbers in the RNC started it.  The voters who threw their votes away on a man who can’t be on the ballot in three important states, and another man who helped shape ObamaCare (handing the incumbent’s campaign strategy to him on a silver platter) are just blindly following the media’s mantra regarding ‘electability’.
    Real conservatives vote for a man who remembers when foreign aid was frowned upon by conservatives and who will cut a real $trillion in actual spending (not a reduction in the proposed increases), and who also can be counted on to keep his promises, based on a multi-decade  long record.

  • Anonymous

    If Ron Paul is not the nominee I promise I will   thank you for the advise I needed it

  • DoNotMindMe

    If it’s code then how do you so obviously know what it means?

    If it’s code for racism, and you yourself realize that it’s code for racism, doesn’t that mean YOU are a racist o_O ?

    Gotchya. 

  • Anonymous

    You’re right.  He’s completely genuine.  A genuine hypocrite.

  • Anonymous

    why are you so angry, take a pill

  • Anonymous

    Also, for you edification…here are Canada’s tax rates for 2012…..”wayyy higher than ours” as you can see.

    http://www.tax-services.ca/income-tax-rates-canada-tax-brackets-2012/

    Should I put a fork in you yet, or are you still cooking?

  • Anonymous

    Pablo you may read but still braindead

  • DoNotMindMe

    Here little media matters robot. Here, here. Spout the race card and I’ll give you a treat, little media matters troll. 

  • Anonymous

    Ok…let me see….

    Keith Olberman and Media Matters are not biased….Fox news is….good!  I got it!.

    I guess I will only listen to media matters and Kieth Olberman in the future for all my political facts and analysis needs.   Thanks!

    By the way….do you want to buy a bridge in New York?

  • DoNotMindMe

    These articles / video you cite are OPINION pieces. Just because mediaite, HuffPo, or Chris Matthews calls Gingrich a racist doesn’t mean he is… 

  • barbara clemen

    Soros, has over 250 “interests”, with the sole intention of bringing this country to it’s knees.

    Not on my watch, I have clear vision where the Marxist a****** is headed.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Adam-Hemmer/1061080208 Adam Hemmer

    Newt sure is thin skinned.

  • armand1

    “is media matters a non-partisan source that I can trust for objective insight…unlike Fox news? …”

    She should shut her computer off and take up knitting. It’s safer for the country.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t like King, and he handed Newt the opportunity to stand up there and lie to us like he did for years to his first two wives.  If he did it to really take Newt to task, he should have stood behind his right to ask it, with more backbone.
    Newt is a lying lech and is the Republican Bill Clinton. Both very intelligent, both just nasty and opportunistic and both will sell us out in a heartbeat.

  • armand1

    1.  Food stamps is short of “Poor People”

    2.  No one’s ex carries a grudge.

  • Anonymous

    More projection…delivered in the form of baselsss conjecture.  Anyway, I get the idea that you cannot concede the point that was displayed for you six ways from Sunday.

    This is understandable…since the the information you became aware of in the last hour or so, cracks at the very foundation of your ideology. 

    No matter…just remember what you learned tonight the next time one of your party puppet masters spouts off about how corperate tax cuts are a tool for the GOP to help the rich and hurt the poor.

    But we have the dummy perspective though…astutely put.

    Good night.

  • armand1

    Of course you are.  It’s what you’re all about. Projection.

  • armand1

    Thanks for electing Newt Annie.

  • armand1

    Get ready for the liberal attacks wes.

  • armand1

    Gingrich wants to eliminate the poor, not ad to the number of poor.  Teach a man how to fish and he doesn’t need food stamps.

  • Anonymous

    Good point. Thats another thing about these supposed “poor” americans. They have shoes! That fit!!

  • barbara clemen

    LMAO

    I agree! Wholeheartedly! Some will never open their eyes until knocking at their door, is this when they have that: “Ahah! Moment?” Too late….

  • Anonymous

    1. Food stamps is code for Blah people.

    2. How could a daughter from a previous marriage refute this? Was she there when it didn’t happen?

  • http://www.madcharles.com/ MadCharles

    Thanks bro. They both look alike. King still shouldn’t whine about working for a company that thinks they’re elite…

  • Anonymous

    Pretty poor job by the CNN hack. His follow-up should have been something along the lines of “since when did evidence of poor character in a presidential hopeful become something we shouldn’t report”?

  • Anonymous

    i am a democrat and i’m impressed with Newt…how a guy that fat can get two women to sleep with at the same time..boy that capitalism does wonders for your sex life even if youre chubby

  • http://twitter.com/lsciarrone Lorraine Sciarrone

    I am the widow of a postal employee killed by a fellow employee who was deemed insane.  Because of the fact that when he exposed himself to the women in back of the letter sorting machines, he was not fired, he went on to shoot my husband and two men until he was wrestled to the ground.  I went with my little boy to ask Newt Gingrich to help me to let the responsible party pay restitution. Mr. Gingrich said”just forget this now stroked my arm, winked, and said,a pretty thing like you will find another man like that.Snapping fingers.

  • Anonymous

    HuffPo and Matthews dont lie…he is

  • Anonymous

    media matters is one of the best websites on the internet…it employs some of the hardest working people to call out all the lies by the republicans…if it wasnt for them…the state of politics would be totally skewed…these guys are heroes.

  • Dj Bobby

    Liberal Bias dot Net has done a good job of proving that most of the media does not have a liberal bias

  • Dj Bobby

    Liberal Bias dot Net has done a good job of proving that most of the media does not have a liberal bias

  • Dj Bobby

    Liberal Bias dot Net has done a good job of proving that most of the media does not have a liberal bias

  • http://twitter.com/12barbluz Lightnin’ James

    Newt says there were ‘witnesses’? Just how many people were hanging out in Newt’s bedroom while this conversation took place?

  • Anonymous

    Gingrich just keeps getting caught in his web of lies. He offered no witnesses and now that he is caught he will “check with his press secretary”. To shore up his conservative credentials, he states he supported Goldwater. Within 10 minutes, Drudge has video of him stating he supported Rockefeller. He was an historian at Freddie Mac, he now says he was a strategic consultant. Politico has up his remarks to a Freddie Mac employee retreat where he states that the govt. has a role in providing mortgages. His lies will hopefully catch up with him.

  • Tim Howe

    WHY ARE PEOPLE LIKE YOU SUCH JERKS?

    THE MAN SAYS HES A DEMOCRAT – BUT YOU KNOW BETTER RIGHT?

    I CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU OBOTS GONE FROM OUR PARTY AFTER 2012 AND THE COMING OBAMA LOSS.

  • Anonymous

    *verbatim

  • Anonymous

    Another I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I post. 

    yawn.  

  • Anonymous

    Don’t forget all the friends and family that knew them at the time and said that it didn’t happen.  Because they know Newt’s marital details.  

  • shawn S

    LOL You both are total idiots if you believe any of your statements
    “Food stamps” are code words for “racism , they are code words for “food stamps”
    South Carolina has an Indian american woman REPUBLICAN gov., who is loved by Republicans and hated by the Democrats

    As everyone knows, because their are far more white people in america, far more white people are on foodstamps.
    Talking about stamps have nothing to do with race
    ONLY a racist would think it is

  • shawn S

    Media Matters is a far left Soro funded propaganda site, nothing more.

  • shawn S

    IN THE OVAL OFFICE , moron

    Clinton did his nasty as President IN THE OVAL OFFICE

  • shawn S

    Umm cus she lived with her father for one , duh.

  • Anonymous

    When asked about what to do regarding homeless people within days of a homeless man being shot near the White House, this was Newt Gingrich’s response:

    “Give the park police more ammo.”

    This is the remark of someone who is part of the problem, not the solution.

  • shawn S

    Yes conservatives hate the poor, they want to get rid of them,
    It’s terrible
    They have this mean plan that everyone should be successful
    OHHH ,they just hates the poorz, Ohh lordy lord!

  • Anonymous

    King should have, the first time around, explained to Mr. Gingrich why his serial infidelity would be of concern to “values voters.” Instead he let Newton walk all over him and blame the evil Liberal Media for all of his woes. This time around, King had ample time to regroup and prepare yet, instead of taking Gingrich to task, he backed down again. What a waste of space he is!

  • Anonymous

    obama is going to WIN the presidency and democrats will win the house and retain the senate….just watch

  • Joseph Wilson

    Has anyone seen an interview of Calista Gingrich on any outlet, even Fox News? I have seldom heard her say anything in public. If the campaign was worried about this, she would come forward with an interview. Nasty Newt keeps blasting away at the media and anybody who disagrees with him. He is not fit to be President. 

    There is a reason for this, since she slept with him for years in Washington before he divorced Marianne. The second wife lived mostly in Georgia, while Newt was in Washington. He led the charge for impeachment against Bill Clinton for his affair, so why is he such a hypocrite?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    Newt is showing you how much of a pro-insider he is.

    When in front of a red meat crowd, throw red meat.

    When alone on CNN, buddy up to them.

    When in Florida, become kinder a gentler.

    He’s just as phony as Romney. The only difference between them is that Newt has more experience…in bed.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    Newt is neither racist nor not racist.

    He is neither for the poor or against the poor.

    Newt exists in his own universe, and at any given moment, depending upon the rhetorical situation, is one or the other or both, but never neither, and never always.

    He is the rightwing incarnation of Bill Clinton, whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing, that’s what he is.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    you are speaking like a phony centrist…let a real centrist school you a bit:

    1. Unless you want to have a “which race is best/worst” debate, the only real number that means anything in the context of cutting the budget is HOW MANY TOTAL people are on food stamps, not what their race is. 

    2. More single white mothers are on welfare than any other demographic.

    3. Most of those single white mothers have children whose fathers don’t pay child support–and most of those deadbeat dads are White Males.

    4. If the issue is how much money is spent, then a breakdown in what percentage of this race or that race is on welfare is meaningless. It’s meaningful in the context of a discussion on how to lift these people up and out of welfare, but not in the context of the amount of money being spent by the government. 

    5. There is a whole class of rich people who keep getting richer, who don’t work, don’t produce anything, and only buy luxury items, which are a small part of our economy. Most of their money is spent on services, many of which occur outside American borders.

    6. You can split hairs about whether a candidate is a racist or not, but you are just sticking your head in the sand if you do not recognize when code words are being used in order to appeal to a majority group and scape goat minority groups and the poor in general.

    7. If everybody voted their personal interest and their pocketbooks–instead of on abortion and guns and their emotions–the Republican Party would either disappear or become more moderate again because they couldn’t get anybody elected on their draconian policies. 

    8. When you use drug laws to put Black men in jail at higher rates than white men FOR THE SAME BEHAVIOR, then of course you’re going to get higher rates of poverty in the Black community.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    King is a bad political journalist. He has no instinct and no backbone.

    All he has is a nice voice and a pretty face.

    He should be limited to Entertainment or Feature reporting, like on something a cute kitten did.

  • Anonymous

    Brazille? Is that some kind of African bone in the nose type of tribe?

  • Чёрт Возьми

    If I get this right, Gingrich is telling us he cheated on his second wife for many years, and DID NOT want her to know he was doing it. He flat out cheated, period.
    Does this matter to anyone?
    Apparently not.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t like to put people down because of their looks, but Callista is a good-looking woman so that’s not an issue. But to me, she seems like a Stepford wife. Has she ever uttered a word, moved a muscle in her face, or dressed in casual clothes, to say nothing of looking at anyone or anything other than Newt. Really, now.

  • Anonymous

    Plus he’s one of the biggest hypocrites of this modern time, what with bringing Clinton to impeachment while he was doing the same thing. And then to get kicked out of Congress and paying $300,000 in penalties because of ethics violations.

    I can’t believe he has the nerve to even show his face in town again, much less try to pretend he should be the leader of the free world.

    He will never get further than he’s gotten now.

  • Anonymous

    Agree.

  • Anonymous

    There was a reason to ask Newt and no reason ever to ask Barack.

    That very day, Newt’s second wife came out with an interview
    accusing him of wanting an open marriage. That was news, and any good news-person would address the issue. End of discussion.

  • Anonymous

    Canada did not need to ‘fix’ its economy.  Canada has a government regulated finance industry.  Its banks did not fail, there was no bail out, no massive debt, no recession wrecking the country.  Regulation and Republicanism.  You might as well be talking about the south poles of a magnet.  

  • Anonymous

    I hope Newt is paying this guy.

  • Anonymous

    Calista is a symbol of the American dream. From home wrecking mistress to the stepford wife of a disgraced politician. We could all learn from Calista.

  • Anonymous

    Being so fat stretches your skin out.

  • Anonymous

    True, King should ask about Obama’s past mistresses & attempts to impeach presidents for sex stuff.

  • Anonymous

    Considering the way Newt treats people, I don’t blame ABC for not letting him on.

  • Anonymous

    Stewart didn’t flip out on me. According to the headline, he destroyed me.

  • Anonymous

    Why is unemployment among college graduates lower than those without college. For some reason, I doubt if their political views prevent them from getting jobs. Call it a hunch.

  • Anonymous

    I’m not.

  • Anonymous

    Sure, do your thing Mediaite.  Now, this is going to come as a shock but I feel the need to enlighten you.  Bald-faced misrepresentations of intent by the media do not a scandal make.  Believe me, I’ve been watching Fox news do it for years and nary a skerrit of a scandal.  They simply double-down every time and, guess what, they get away with it.  Those left leaning news hounds are next to useless.  They are so scared of looking biased they just let Fox get away with it.

  • http://docweasel.com/ docweasel

    Yeah, because only black people are on food stamps, so that makes mentioning food stamps racist. Gingrich’s point is, obama and the democrat solution to poverty is to give them handouts and keep poor people on the democrat plantation. The more people you have beholden to you, the more powerful you are. democrats entire philosophy is to get as many people as possible living off the government, so that people like obama can control them, and count on their votes because they rely on socialism to live.

    Gingrich is offering an alternative: instead of handouts, instead of the government controlling black people (and poor white people’s) lives, he wants to give them jobs. This is threatening to obama and the democrats because if everyone gets off welfare and food stamps, they lose power and they lose votes. So its in obama’s interest to KEEP people poor and on the government tit. democrats don’t think poor people are capable of holding a job or taking care of themselves.

    So who’s the real racist here? I say it’s the democrats and obama, who want to keep the poor under their thumb and dependent on the government to live. Republicans want poor people to have dignity and self-worth. democrats want everyone to rely on the government to live.

  • Anonymous

    The larger point and the one the audience applauded was the elite medias protection of Barack Obama….They have never challanged him a supposed constitutional scholar and editor of the Harvard law Review to release his school records his writings or even his method of funding an education at an expensive school like Harvard.

  • http://twitter.com/TheMorningSpew The Morning Spew

    They can “quip” all they want. The fact remains that Newt understands what the American people want.  John King was NEWTERED, as were the many other blatantly biased journos.The list of newtered reporters is growing.
    http://themorningspew.com/2012/01/19/newtered-the-list-grows/

  • Anonymous

    A man who divorced two wives is head of the supposed party of family values.  Thats enough reason for the question right there.  Social conservatism continues to ruin the GOP.  People can agree that gov’t is to big.  They can’t all agree to worship and live to the same rules.

  • Anonymous

    John King is the sort of smarmy little weasel that probably got his head shoved in the snow a lot, as a kid.  And deservedly so. Now, he’s just trying to ‘unring the bell’, by attempting to portray his line of query as appropriate, and justifiable, and yada yada.
    He’s a shill. He deserved the smackdown: and frankly, it should happen to these mopes more often. Too many advisers counsel candidates that they don’t want to appear ‘angry’: really? I disagree. Maybe if some of these guys showed a little more humanity (like Herman Cain, but I digress), it might work to mutual advantage.  It would contrast nicely with the Robot in Chief, who has two speeds: dismissive rejection of responsibility, and lecturing condescension.

  • Anonymous

    Canada did not experience a recession?  How do you figure?
     
    The Harper talks about the impacts of their recession routinely.
     
    I guess we need to start from the same premise before we can even start to talk about anything in more detail.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ken-Mayes/1045340685 Ken Mayes

    tolstoy77:  your response is just plain bull sh*t and you know it. 

  • Anonymous

    “*verbatim”

    Who cares?

  • Anonymous

    ME TOO!
     
    I just got done reading Media Matters, and I now know that Gringrich was also the Grand Wizard of the Kentucky Chapter of the KKK……Thanks Media Matters!

  • Anonymous

    HURRAY FOR MEDIA MATTERS!  The savior of our nation!

  • Anonymous

    And Flat screen TVs, and cell phones, and cars, and AC, and And are statistically the fattest people in the country.
     
    Wow…things look pretty good over there, maybe I should become “poor”

  • http://punditpawn.wordpress.com PunditPawn

    You have to love a website where in the comments people actually link to Keith Olbermann as their ‘backup’, to prove their not suffering Republican derangement syndrome.

    Classic.

  • Anonymous

    Barry,

    When is this “real centrist” going to show up and school PCR?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    you just missed it :)

  • Anonymous

    well right now we’re living through the “anyone can become president”…

  • Anonymous

    You’re right.  Let’s throw the entire English language out the window.  If something’s misspelled, who cares?  Why don’t we up the ante and revert to grunts and gutteral moans?  I mean, effective communication IS unnecessarily bogged down with horrible regulations such as spelling, punctuation, and grammar.  In the conservative tradition, you should certainly live up to your stereotype and rebel against these things.  They only exist to oppress those who don’t have aspirations of looking intelligent.  Down with the elites who use proper spelling!  “There our enimes!”

  • Anonymous

    He is not just fat, he’s troll-like in stature. Sexy!

  • Anonymous

    Slick…
     
    A word was misspelled.  Stick around for a while and might see a few others misspelled as well…..even from liberals.
     
    I’m sure your right though, the next step is the unraveling of the English language, dystopia, then floods, fire and brimstone…..
     
    Take your meds and relax a bit, will ya?

  • Anonymous

    How many love affairs has Obama had while he was married?  Please advise.
    As for friendships or acquaintances Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers, Rev Wright all brought up by reporters across the spectrum during 2008 election.

  • Anonymous

    Also, your last statement “There are enemies” should actually be written as “They’re our enemies”…..thanks for playing.

  • Anonymous

    “Also, your last statement “There are enemies” should actually be written as “They’re our enemies”…..thanks for playing. ”

    Why do you think I put it in quotes, simp?  I was mocking you.

    You’re welcome.

  • Anonymous

    Similar to when a child mocks me I guess.   Have you taken your meds yet and made appropriate preparations for Dec 2012?  Time is short.

  • Anonymous

    Anderson Cooper

  • Anonymous

    Because correcting someone’s spelling is analogous to believing the Doomsday theories (that are mostly subscribed to by delusional far-right-wingers.)  Weak sauce, sir.

    On a side note, do children mock you often?  Not quite sure where you were going with that one.

  • Anonymous

    I agree, we should all be more like Herman Cain.

    “999″

    “pizza will deliver”

    “I don’t even know who that woman even was!”

  • Anonymous

    Probably because they would come off as racists?

  • Anonymous

    True, the first 3 words that come to mind when I think of Newt are “fat”, “troll” & “b@st@rd”.

  • Anonymous

    Do children mock me often?  No actually…the only one that comes to mind goes by the screen name RushyContin (not to be confused with Oxycontin)…who is a troubled young lad who believes that misspelling words is the harbinger for the unraveling of society.  You may refer to his post a couple lines up to observe his sad mental state. Unfortunately I don’t see his future as one that would be grounded and stable judging from his verbose delusions articulated here.   We should take pity on poor, misguided, and under medicated souls such as he.

  • Anonymous

    Is that part of what makes him so attractive to the ladies?  Blech.  You have much better hair.

  • Anonymous

    So, to clarify your statements of children mocking you, which you claim happened in the past, you say that I’m the only one.  So, I remind you of me? 

    This is a möbius strip of idiocy.

    Do I believe that misspelling words equate to the downfall of society?  No, I believe that the “who cares” attitude when people are corrected is a symptom of laziness.  Nothing more, nothing less.  Your parents and teachers should have taught you better.

  • Anonymous

    Its gonna be all right Rushy…just let it all out…you’re not alone in this…
     
    It’s not your fault man….     Don ever let anyone tell you it’s your fault.

  • Anonymous

    Nice reference! 

    Also, wonderful demonstration of grasping at straws, sir.  When someone calls you out for being lazy, question his or her sanity (or any other ad hominem nearby) with no basis for your malformed thought process.  Classic, and you, sir, deserve a round of applause.

  • Anonymous

    That’s it!…Just look at the positives!
     
    Now with a little progress we’ll start to address your delusion regarding the catalyst to the downfall of society.

  • Anonymous

    Which I stated where, exactly?

  • Anonymous

    I just realized this.  Original quote by me:

    Down with the elites who use proper spelling!  “There our enimes!”

    Your “correction:”

    “Also, your last statement “There are enemies” should actually be written as “They’re our enemies”…..thanks for playing.”

    Can’t even master copy+paste.  I’m eating it up.

  • Anonymous

    Now Rushy….I know we are wrestling through some issues together here, but I didn’t think schizophrenia was one of them.
     
    Now here, let me guide you to a couple of comments you made, just in the last hour.  
     
    ” If something’s misspelled, who cares?  Why don’t we up the ante and revert to grunts and gutteral moans?
     
    ” They only exist to oppress those who don’t have aspirations of looking intelligent.  Down with the elites who use proper spelling!”
     
    These are things normal people don’t think or say, mkay Rushy?…nor do people show such outward aversion to a word being misspelled.
     
    Now let’s get to the root of the problem…shall we?   I need you to look up the word “Dusgrammatòfòbia”.
     
    Again, you’re not alone Rushy…it’s going to be all right.
     
     
    Also..please control your propensity to eat imaginary things while we are making progress on this issue.

  • Anonymous

    Again, your inability to understand hyperbolic statements should have been anticipated, which is where I dropped the ball.  I should have expected that you would totally miss the mark and defend your laziness by launching ad hominems. 

    Aversion toward your mistake would have been demonstrated if it existed.  I simply corrected it with a simple “*verbatim.” No insults, no rudeness.  When your reply was that you didn’t care, I correctly chose to call you out as a slob.

  • Anonymous

    Did you look up Dusgrammatòfòbia yet or what Rushy?
     
    Anyway, I appreciate your willing participation in my  mocking you for the last hour, it was entertaining.
     
    Also, I noticed a few other misspelled words on this page and on other pages as well here on mediate…..which means you have your work cut out for you today.
     
     
    Get to it Rushy, you have a society to save, one lazy misspeller at a time.
     
    Regards.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jj-Wisniewski/100002654075475 Jj Wisniewski

    I thought it was idiotic for John King to address this. It appears that he was seeking forgiveness from Newt, when it was a legitimate question, especially in South Carolina. I guess these so called moral right wing christian conservatives don’t care all that much about morality, afterall. It’s not as if Gingrich’s infedilities are something new.

  • Anonymous

    Sure did, and thanks for the link.  It’s always nice to learn, though it wasn’t applicable in this situation.  Your “I don’t care” attitude is simply a symptom of your gleeful ignorance.  Let’s not make it something it isn’t.  The fact that others wallow in the same behavior is not the downfall of society – it’s just an example of slobs being slobs.

    You’re absolutely welcome for allowing me to use you as a punching bag.  It was therapeutic.  I’ve had a stressful week.

    I’ll correct others when I like, but thanks for the tip.  See you around, and next time, try to quote people “verbatim!”

  • Anonymous

    *hateful  ;)

  • Anonymous

    ***Why would they refuse to have other witnesses rebut her? We offered them a number of people who were there at the time who said what she was saying just wasn’t true.***
    Something as personal as wanting an open marriage, would be discussed in the open? I mean were their people in the closet listening to their highly personal conversations about their marriage? WTF? It’s an insult to peoples intelligence to use this as a rebuttal, but then again…..

  • Anonymous

    Oh Yeah…. Newt is the Family Values candidate. Isn’t the naked hypocricy of conservatives self evident BY NOW.

  • Anonymous

    Im a conservative and I detest Newt. He is a con man and chameleon. He is an opportunist. He is just a liberal, if not more, than Mitt Romney.  I cant believe other people on the right are taking this guys bait. He is a hypocrite and progressive! Why cant you people see this?! He believes in a form of amnesty for illegals, Individual Mandate(think Obamacare), CAP AND TRADE, and who knows what else progressive ideas. He says the greatest president ever was FDR(beginnings of progressivism anyone?) — He talks about morals and family values but he left TWO wives when then got dangerously ill. He has had 3 wives total and cheated on atleast  one but maybe all of them. This guy is arrogant and a liar. WHY ARE ALL OF MY FELLOW CONSERVATIVES FOLLOWING THIS GUY? He is DANGEROUS! We need a Rick Santorum (minus his gay marriage beliefs–government shouldnt be in the business of regulating peoples lives, as long as it doesnt harm another—so who cares if gays have legal unions??? I mean God gives free will to us so we can be as morally bankrupt as we want. If God doesnt stop them, then why should we? Its between them and God in the end anyways. Let them do what they want.)

  • Michael T.

    Oh my, is Mr. Gingrich turning into shades of Al Gore? 

    Remember during the 2000 campaign Gore was accused of playing fast and loose with the facts (with some justification I might add). He would tell these little stories (or anecdotes) about his history dating back years. We would learn later he frequently just made things up.

    Watch this video carefully – or read James Crugnale’s transcript at the point Newt says, “Oh, that is just plain baloney!”

    Notice how Newt subtly pivots when John King calls him out by stating that ABC says they would have interviewed people Newt claims to have offered up. Newt backs off by now saying he’ll check with his press secretary – indicating that he (Newt) could have misspoken about offering people to ABC who refused to speak with them. Did he just make it all up?

    I know all politicians stretch the truth and frequently frame their statements in the most favorable light which sometimes borders on dishonesty.

    So I am not saying Gingrich is the only offender. But I do think many (especially after his “I was an historian” comment) are now beginning to have serious doubts about the honesty of this serial adulterer.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bart-Morgay/100001554351938 Bart Morgay

    Speaking of ‘naked’ in context of Gingrich makes me want to gag.

  • Anonymous

    Sorry, that image is almost as frightening as his political views, I admit.

  • Anonymous

    The Canadian recession was mild in relation to the US’s.  This is from Canada’s The Globe and Mail, 2010:

    “It was called the next Great Depression, then dubbed the Great Recession.
    Turns out, in Canada it was more like the Average Recession, according to a paper published Thursday.Canada’s 2008-2009 recession was “less severe and shorter” than in other G7 nations, said Philip Cross, chief economic analyst at Statistics Canada and author of its year-end review.” 

  • Anonymous

    King was delivering a gotcha question and he had his ass handed to him.  This was the biggest moment in his career and it will follow him forever.  Without that stupid question Newt probably wouldn’t have won South Carolina.  If Newt is elected, King will have to fall on his sword. 

  • Anonymous

    King was delivering a gotcha question and he had his ass handed to him.  This was the biggest moment in his career and it will follow him forever.  Without that stupid question Newt probably wouldn’t have won South Carolina.  If Newt is elected, King will have to fall on his sword. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/bruce.kennedy3 Bruce Kennedy

    If Newt is elected King will probably get a Cabinet position.

  • Anonymous

    Are we on the same page yet?
     
    I don’t know…can then agree that Canada did have a recession, since your two posts contradict each other on that topic?
     
    Its always difficult to get liberals to agree on premises centered in reality. 

  • Anonymous

    Are we on the same page yet?
     
    I don’t know…can then agree that Canada did have a recession, since your two posts contradict each other on that topic?
     
    Its always difficult to get liberals to agree on premises centered in reality. 

  • Anonymous

    How many witnesses do you think he has while asking the wife for a “open marriage”?
    It is tough to imagine more than 3, if you bring the GF, in that room.

  • Anonymous

    I knew there was a recession in Canada and that it wasn’t of a degree to wreck their economy, unlike what happened, and continues to happen, in the US, UK and European countries.  I meant by what I wrote: ‘no recession (of a degree) wrecking the economy.  My point, anyway, Canada weathered the Global Financial Crisies because it had a well regulated finance sector at the beginning.  As does Australia, which avoided slipping into recession altogether.  That was my point, Smug.

  • Anonymous

    Without looking it up, I knew there was likely a small recession in Canada (ie, a fall in their GDP for two or more quarters) and also that it was not prolonged enough to damage their economy, unlike what has happened to the US, UK and European economies.  You can read my post as, ‘no recession (of a degree) wrecking the economy’.  My point, anyway, is that Canada weathered the Global Financial Crisis because it had a well regulated finance sector from the beginning – as does Australia, a country which avoided slipping into recession altogether.  That was my point, Smug.

  • Anonymous

    Newt failed to admit that he had lied? But he claimes ABC lied???? NO NEWT…YOU LIED!
    Also he says “why bring old stuff up?”…it shows your character…it show who you really are!!!! That is why? Also dont you do the same thing towards the other candidates? Oh wow….Ron Paul called you exactly like it is…..Serial Hypocrisy

  • http://twitter.com/lsciarrone Lorraine Sciarrone

    I am the widow of a postal employee killed by a fellow employee who was deemed insane.  Because of the fact that when he exposed himself to the women in back of the letter sorting machines, he was not fired, he went on to shoot my husband and two men until he was wrestled to the ground.  I went with my little boy to ask Newt Gingrich to help me to let the responsible party pay restitution. Mr. Gingrich said”just forget this now stroked my arm, winked, and said,a pretty thing like you will find another man like that.Snapping fingers.

  • http://docweasel.com/ docweasel

    Except that Sarah Palin is not “in politics”- she holds no office and she’s running for none. She just infuriates leftists because she embodies independent women of a working class background who live what they believe and don’t need to ride their husband’s or father’s coattails to political office (ala Pelosi and HRC). Palin is probably the most popular conservative politician.

  • Anonymous

    Showing Newt’s hypocrisy gets him elected?  Explain that one, please.

  • Anonymous

    Can’t tell who that one is directed to, but in case it’s me, I’ll point out that the Oval Office is exactly where Newt is trying to be.  Besides, betrayal is betrayal,no matter where it is.

  • Anonymous

    He is truly despicable.  I wish the media would pick up your story, except, I don’t know if it would be too painful to you, to suffer the backlash that would come your way.

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