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Romney Trashes Gingrich’s Debate Performances: ‘It’s Very Easy To Talk Down To A Moderator’

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Following his “prebuttal” of the President’s State of the Union Address yesterday, Mitt Romney appeared on Fox and Friends this morning to give his “postbuttal” (What? That’s just called a “rebuttal”? Oh, I see). However, the conversation soon turned to Romney’s highest polling opponent in the GOP nomination race, Newt Gingrich. And, while Romney seemed more interested in talking about President Obama (apparently our president is “trying to save his job by tearing down Americans”), he did let loose with a few choice zingers about his GOP rival.

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The Friends got the comments out of him by complimenting his most recent debate performance in comparison to the couple that gave Gingrich such a surge. Romney went off on those debates and perceived notion that Gingrich’s boost was caused by his attacks on John King and Juan Williams.

“It’s very easy to talk down to a moderator. A moderator asks a question and then has to sit by and take what you send to them. And Speaker Gingrich has been wonderful at attacking the moderators and attacking the media. That’s always a favorite response for the home crowd but it’s very different to have candidates go against candidates, and that’s something I’ll be doing against President Obama if I’m the nominee.”

Gretchen Carlson then asked Romney what he thought of Nancy Pelosi’s claim that she “knows” something that will keep Gingrich from being president.

“I wish I knew what that was,” laughed Romney. “I’d tell people what it is right now.”

Romney continued by saying that the full records from the ethics investigation on Gingrich in the 90s needed to be released because, if Pelosi knows them, she will assuredly give them to Obama’s campaign.

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  • Anonymous

    The next moderator needs to tell Newt, “We paid for this microphone.”

    I have seen many people saying that Newt is “explosive”.

    Exactly.  He’s “Fat Man” with “Little Boy” mentality.

  • Anonymous

    In other words, Romney is not as good at playing to a house packed with pitchfork-wielding mobs.

    Ironically, that’s one of his better qualities.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Newton Leroy, you listen to me: Don’t take debating tips from Willard. Memorizing a handful of talking points, using them over and over, adding a stanza from the Pledge of Allegiance or America the Beautiful is not effective debating.

  • Tan

    Gingrich is a spoilt overgrown baby of a ‘man’. He’s pathetic. I don’t think I’ve ever disliked another politician more than him and Palin (both are tied). Truly despicable person of which there’s nothing good to say. The Breitbart sites have endorsed him, so that should appropriately illustrate the level of person were talking about here.

  • Anonymous

    Yes, Mittens, From the expert at talking down to the little people.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    My suggestion, Newton Leroy is that you challenge yourself to three (3) three (3) hour Lincoln-Douglas style debates.

  • val smith

    Gosh the amazing intelelct of either of these fellows. Gingrich thinks smart by playing to an ignorant base of media bias wackjobs while romney just can’t seem to must enough conservative hatred of Obama to seal the deal.

    Who wins?

    Obama of course.

  • Anonymous

    Surely you’re not suggesting that an audience have to sit through this as well, or will Newton Leroy be his own audience?

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

    Conservatives only hear that from Newt..

  • http://twitter.com/Brett_Cottrell Brett Cottrell

    The NewtBadger doesn’t care! It’s getting stung like a thousand times by Romney.  It doesn’t give a sh*t.  It doesn’t care that he can’t win the general election.  Nothing can stop the NewtBadger’s ego. He’s so nasty!  Look, it’s eating larvae, that’s disgusting.
    http://brettcottrell.blogspot.com/2012/01/newtbadger-is-real-badass.html

  • https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmS1H0GlNDiHCXlUQxKLF8-_OhSQfgcNpg Orktane

    Seriously, I can’t relate to the Obama that Romney is running against.. It seems more like Romney is running against his own figment of imagination. 

  • Anonymous

    Why are you still here? You have no idea what you are talking about. You are not funny. You are just a left wing extremist hiding behind a phony name.

  • JustAsking2012

    What do you mean?

  • Anonymous

    Why do you libs keep lying to yourself. Obama will lose 40 states. It doesn’t matter who the republican candidate is.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    No one else would be smart enough to understand what he is saying. He much prefers is only praise of himself anyway.

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

    Mr 1% can’t beat Gingrich with arrogance.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Val, you listen to Blower. Other on-target predictions include:

    J.D. Hayseed will beat Gramps McCain in the Republican Primary.
    Christine O’Donnell will win in Delaware.
    Obtuse Angle will cruise to victory in Nevada.
    Murkowski is toast in Alaska.
    Meg Whitman is a lock in California.
    Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell will never be repealed.

  • JustAsking2012

    He’s stalking the same 3 people he’s been stalking for years.

    But apparently, can’t or won’t answer why. Strange.

  • http://www.facebook.com/anil.hanagud Anil Hanagud

    I pity these Republican knuckleheads who simply don’t understand that certain things take time, including the recovery of one of the greatest economic downturns in the U.S. history. What President Obama has done is that he has plugged a very big hole, which is a great thing in itself. What these idiots are demanding is akin to wanting a day of 24 hours to end in 2 hours, which is ridiculous.

  • Anonymous

    Gordonbloyer, thy name is projection.

  • Pablo

    For Jesus and America, no doubt.

  • Pablo

    Obama? Yeah, probably not.

  • Anonymous

    The South Carolina debates were sponsored by the National Organization For Marriage (NOM).

    Given WHO the sponsor was – wasn’t it correct that the first question to Newt WAS about his marriage(s)???

  • Anonymous

    Both must be very effective at what they say and do.  As the great  Reggie Jackson said: nobody boos a nobody.

  • val smith

    I am well aware of old Gordo’s track record and the funny thing is I was just thinking how nice this site has become since people like him, nutsofast, michelle in UT, and other have gone.

  • Anonymous

    LoL.  You have the audacity to say that?  When your boy Obammy plays to the base of the dem party , consisting of worthless, ignorant and stupid  (too kind of a word) gang banging inner city dwellers on the dole down in the democrat plantations?

  • Anonymous

    “The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is – and I mean this seriously – the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been,” Fidel Castro.

    LOL

  • Anonymous

    Great!

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I am about to make an exception out of my deep respect for you. These are the posts to which I generally respond:

    Clever, amusing posts.
    Particularly well-written posts.
    Posts which are well-reasoned.
    Posts which are relevant.
    Post which are challenging.
    Particularly dimwitted posts.
    Post by racists and xenophobes.
    Post by gasbags.
    Posts by people who are paid for posting (Conservative plants).

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Agreed.

  • Mari Johnson

    Actually, you are so right.  Besides, he is such a cool handed Luke.  Further, his personal life DOES reflect the Republican values our party espouses.  You know, fidelity to ones spouse, temper control, a’ values life’ and not just values words.

  • Anonymous

    He is not MY BOY.He is our President of the United States.The MY BOY statement gives you away big time. People like you give America a bad taste.

  • Michael T.

    I was not aware that Romney has regained a lead in Florida.

    Does anyone else get the feeling that Newt may have reached his high water mark in South Carolina and will be hard pressed to win any more primaries or caucuses outside of the deep south?

  • Anonymous

    Thats just what all the loser Republican candidates say.  Honestly thinking people truly believe their Fake Family Values

  • Hout Bosques
  • Hout Bosques

    Keeping pluckin’ that chicken.

  • Anonymous

    He is your BOY, ya put him in.

    You libs thought when Obama was elected  he was perfect and beyond reproof. The slightest critisim and you silly fools play the race card because thats all ya got.  Well, you have cried wolf a thousand times too often, your once vaunted race card now don’t mean Chit.

  • Anonymous

    Your other lib hero FDR, said the same thing as the dragged the GD out four times longer than the rest of the industrialized world. 

    As TR said, to make a conservative mad, tell him a lie, to make a liberal mad, tell him the truth.

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