He was not fined for ethics violation. He paid attorney fees and the case was dropped. Let the hate begin!

Newt's got a 'laundry list' alright - too bad for him it's ALL DIRTY laundry!

For starters ask his wife that he served divorce papers on while she was recovering from cancer surgery in the hospital...

What a poster child for family values! lol

Is Newt trying to look heavenly, or ghostly?

I vote Ghostly........the ghost of newt without mentioning ethics violations, lobbying and his serial adulterer status!

Not to mention he is ugly as HELL, I don't want to look at him, at all.

GO AWAY NEWT AND TRUMP

This guy is classic double talking politician. Now, he is taking credit for all of the good that happened in the past. If you know anything about the gov't, the speaker of the house has never signed anything in to law or approved a budget.

This is about his EGO. This guy was unfaithful to the American people and to his Wife. I guest now that he has taken 10 years to correct his self; he thinks that he can fix the US problems. NEWT - TAKE YOUR CONTRACT and ***** IT!!!!

Sadly, despite the venom being spewed, there can be little doubt that Gingrich is by far the best qualified individual currently placing their hat in the ring for this job. Some folks may question his values, but by and large they sure loved the improved federal budget and booming economy that occured during his tenure as head of Congress (and it is indeed Congress that creates fiscal policy, not the President) And as noted, he was closely tied to the Reagan administration another era that saw great things happen for America after years of problems.

Talk about his marriage, etc, etc....but you won't find much to fault him on when it comes to cimple job performance. Without question, Obama would love to have this resume to run on.

Oh Please John. The guys a crook, a philanderer, a coward etc. Surely the Republicans can do better than that.

And I really hate to tell you that Reagan didn't cause the Soviet Union to fall.

Hmm...another loser. The Republicans are really not interested in winning in 2012, are they? Guess this will be another election where I don't vote because no one is running that I can support. Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum?

Ole Newty fits right in with the rest of the screwballs. What a poor example of a leader. Go for it Newt!!

Before switching over to the msnbc.com newsvine, I checked my email and read an ABC World News with Diane Sawyer newsletter headed "New Report Gives Us One More Reason to Fear Bedbugs‏"; I opened the email and my eye went immediately to "Newt Gingrich Announces 2012 Presidential Campaign."

Yikes.

The sources I checked say he was fined $300,000 for misleading the committee investigating him for using tax-exempt organizations for his political benefits. He now promises to "tell the truth." Sounds like a typical politician.

If you're interested in a laundry list of 33 years of bomb throwing by the Newt check out:

2010 A year after writing a book about noted anti-colonialist George Washington, Gingrich suggests that the current president holds a radical, anti-British worldview of his own. "What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]?" Gingrich asks. "That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior."

Read the rest at:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CCcQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmotherjones.com%2Fpolitics%2F2011%2F04%2Fnewt-gingrich-greatest-rhetorical-hits&ei=lwLLTeLFBqLs0gG8_tCbCQ&usg=AFQjCNGhyOhTi_XuAOeM8fBHkNDOIUL3KA

Yea, Newt is great makes wife in hospital recovering from cancer surgery sign divorce papers, cheats on new wife, with third wife, and no doubt cheats on her. He says he is for family values, his idea of family values are poor to say the least. He digs up his "contract for America" again and tries to make it sound new, same thing he did in the 90's before he was bounced out of the House. He has no new ideas, and should not be allowed to run..He resigned before he was convicted so that he wouldn't have a record, and he figures now all of us GOP members and others have forgotten all about his issues, and are too stupid to remember his lack of values. NO I DON"T WANT HIM FOR PRESIDENT, for any reason. not now not ever.

you have said a mouthful!!! How can any man look himself, not to mention Americans, in the mirror and say, "Well honey, sorry you're about to die. Sign here so I can get myself out of this mess. I cannot afford to wait until you die." LOLOL

Geta$$ is a FOOL.

areny you all talkind about John Edwards

All he is, is the Republican Party's way of putting up a Neo-Con to make sure a Libertarian like Ron Paul doesn't gain the ticket. The GOP knows that if Paul wins that the Fed is done.

I'd comment, but I'm laughing too hard. Hoooo!

I am a lifelong Republican and from Georgia. Ain't gonna vote for Newt. The Republicans are going to have to do better than this, or I will stay home and not even vote.

Newt is the biggest hypocrit alive. He pounced all over Clinton about his indiscretions while he was doing the same thing to a greater degree. He says we have to all work together while he and his party has refused to do anything but try and make Obama look bad rather than work together to help the country. C'mon Dennis, if he's the most qualified, we're in deep doodoo.

Dennis: you are supposed to add a LOL at the end, so people will know that you are being sarcastic. Other than that, you wrote some funny stuff. Thanks for the laugh.

LOL. gingrich is so venal, he's now trolling this blog as someone named dennis chosen.

Folks:

Gingrich, who cited Reagan, did not note that Democrat Bill Clinton was president while he was speaker in the 1990s.

For a college history professor, he sure has a short memory. Maybe that's why he keeps forgetting to be faithful to his wives.

Marriages

Battley

Gingrich has been married three times. In 1962, he married Jackie Battley, his former high school geometry teacher, when he was 19 years old and she was 26. In the spring of 1980, Gingrich left Battley after having an affair with Marianne Ginther. News reports have often mentioned that Gingrich visited Battley while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery to discuss the details of their divorce. However, Gingrich has disputed the account as has his daughter, Jackie Gingrich Cushman, who has written that it was her mother who requested the divorce, that it happened prior to the hospital stay (which was for the removal of a benign tumor, not cancer), and that Gingrich’s visit was for the purpose of bringing his children to see their mother, not to discuss the divorce.

Ginther

Six months after the divorce from Battley was final, Gingrich wed Marianne Ginther in 1981.

In the mid-1990s, Gingrich began an affair with House of Representatives staffer Callista Bisek, who is 23 years his junior. They continued their affair during the Lewinsky scandal, when Gingrich was a leader of the Republican investigation of President Clinton for perjury in connection with his alleged affairs with Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky. In 2000, Gingrich married Bisek shortly after his divorce from second wife Ginther. He and Callista currently live in McLean, Virginia.

In a 2011 interview with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network Gingrich addressed his past infidelities by saying, "There's no question at times in my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate."

Hmmmmm.....????.....nope, not buyin' that load o' horse apples!

Thank God he's now a Catholic, these unintentional divorces will now end, huh!

Conversion to Catholicism

A Southern Baptist since graduate school, Gingrich converted to Catholicism, Bisek's faith, on March 29, 2009. He said "over the course of several years, I gradually became Catholic and then decided one day to accept the faith I had already come to embrace." The moment when he decided to officially become a Catholic was when he saw Pope Benedict XVI on his visit to the United States in 2008: "Catching a glimpse of Pope Benedict that day, I was struck by the happiness and peacefulness he exuded. The joyful and radiating presence of the Holy Father was a moment of confirmation about the many things I had been thinking and experiencing for several years."

Gingrich has stated that he has developed a greater appreciation for the role of faith in public life following his conversion, and believes that the United States has become too secular. At a 2011 appearance in Columbus, Ohio, he said, "In America, religious belief is being challenged by a cultural elite trying to create a secularized America, in which God is driven out of public life."

I'm not sure we need someone with so little fidelity to people within his intimate circle, or even his own faith leading us....we can probably do better on our own. If he can gradually become a Catholic by osmosis, then he might gradually become anything he gets close to by accident, and in Washington D.C. there are more lobbyists than there are people; or dogs; or anything, so that wouldn't be pretty! He obviously gradually got new wives by the same unusual affliction. No tellin' what will overtake him next!

Good Luck!

Dennis # 1.21 your post is a joke right, if not than l think that organ in your head is out of order.

I was kind of hoping that Dennis would share with us what ever it is he's imbibing on... ;o)

No joke at all. My priorities just must be a lot different than yours. Obama is THE WORST president we have EVER had... even worse than Jimmy Carter. Obama is taking us to economic collapse, and the left is helping him paddle. The left's vision of government control from cradle to grave is not my idea of freedom. Redistribution of wealth through hyper taxation of income, energy, and business, to supply entitlement programs is NOT the solution for a successful economy. I realize this is a left leaning site to the point of falling over. I realize that a rational voice is rare for the left, but as much as you want to personally ridicule me, I could care less. I am confident where our loser in chief is taking America... If enough people will wake up, there might still be time to set the nation back on course.

Hilarious! Another joke brought on by the Republican party, he is even less credible than Palin. A perfect nominee for the Republican party, because he is a First Class Cheater, a rich (white) CORPORATE boy, and he will push Obama to another LANDSLIDE! Great news, go for it old boy!

Hey Dennis Chosen - You must watch the fox channel. You only see and hear what you want to.

Actually, Dennis Chosen, little Georgie W. and his Republican party took us into economic collapse. Remember? McCain had to suspend his campaign to help Georgie put a spin on our economic disaster.....bailing out the wealthy banks....all REPUBLICAN!!!! Luckily, President Obama was elected and saved us from a World Depression. And, thanks to him, we're pulling ourselves out of the worst economic catastrophy in U.S. history...and yes, that includes the 1920's......

Damn Republicans ruined our economy, and now they want to ruin it again......they're all about right-winged values and giving monies to the wealthiest and letting their "fluids" trinkle down (their legs). Actually, Newt is a perfect candidate for such a party!

I'd love to see/hear the spin the Republicans would put on him were he to get the nomination.

Maybe the GOP is actively trying to find the worst possible candidates. That way, when a fairly average candidate pops up, he looks amazing by comparison.

It's like the average girl hanging out with a bunch of fatties . . . by comparison she looks like a super model.

So the GOP gets Newt, Trump, Palin, Bachmann, and puts the media attention on the extreme non-candidates (like Paul Ryan and Scott Walker). Then, at the last minute, they will put their full force behind someone like Mitt Romney, and hope that the circus freak show takes our attention away from his flip-flop past and health care bill. That way the GOP can say, "See . . . we are not THAT crazy. We are picking this average guy, not those other freaks. Come on, vote for us . . . we are not extremists anymore, promise. *wink, wink*"

Very cleaver, GOP . . . very cleaver.

Gingrich/Trump 2012 - six wives, two bankruptcies, one bodacious hairdo! The Republicans really have no interest in retaking the White House, do they?

As I recall, when Bill Clinton was getting his blow jobs in the oval office and being found guilty of perjury for lying to a federal judge and held in contempt of court for this offense, and yes blow jobs qualify as cheating on your wife, NONE of this mattered.

And now that's all I hear. FLIP-FLOP like a fish out of water! HA HA HA

Gingrich/Trump 2012 - six wives, two bankruptcies, one bodacious hairdo! The Republicans really have no interest in retaking the White House, do they?

Lizzie -

It almost sounds like a spin-off from Two and a Half Men . . .

"One is a real estate tycoon with an ego the size of Jupiter. The other is womanizer who has a small problem with the truth. Now they are roomates with an illegitimate child knocking on their door. Who knows what whacky adventures they will get into next? Tune your family into Fox, this season, for the premiere of Two and a Half Hair-Pieces. Check your local listings."

Newt Gingrich has my vote. He is the most qualified man in the nation to return America to a prosperous, successful, proud, leader in the world. He has his personal failures of which I do not approve. But, he is not a liar like Obama. He is not a Socialist, like Obama. He will take the nation the direction it sorely needs to go. You have my full support Mr. Gingrich. They are on totally different planes... Gingrich is leaps and bounds above our current pretender in chief. I have noticed that anyone in the Republican Party that is a real threat to Obama, he is instantly made into a villain by the left. Stay strong Mr. Gingrich... America needs you NOW more than ever.

(Shakes head. Vomits.)

C'mon man, you're a disgrace to everyone who shares your first name. Not a liar? Yet he vehemently pursued Bill Clinton as a liar and an adulterer, while he himself was doing the exact same thing! A classic example of "do as I say, not as I do".

If that doesn't make him a liar, it certainly makes him a cheater. No, Newt, no how, no way. Go away...and stay away!

Finally, republicans got someone who is not a laugh stock.

Another sure sign of the coming apocolypse.

this is great, the more vile comments from the left indicate the strength of the candidate for the right. Gingrich drove the republican revolution during those marvelous clinton years and we did see "change" for the best with a republican congress. There won't be any surprises this election cycle because we now kwow where bho stands. He speaks only to the segment of our culture that believes his rhetoric, like those who actually beleive his rant about the border. It isn't closed and he doesn't intend to close it. The latino vote is too important to him to tell the truth or protect his country. His constituents and followers are dumbed down to the level he speaks. "Alligators in a moat" should be the mantra of the next election. We got em in the white house, why not on the border. Wait, Newt's on Hannity, ,,,,gotta go

I like Newt. I like Trump as well. And Huck - God bless him! But my favorite is still Sarah - she's so pretty and smart! I could go on but it's time for my nap.

ew

And Newt is so very different than your leftist hero's inside the beltway how???,,, exactly. He's a coward?,,,, Bring on big "O"'s DD-214. Oh that's right, he never served, he and his wife were to busy being ashamed of and hating America. The presidential salary is $160,000, if memory serves, and his latest reported adjusted federal income was $1.7 million, neat trick, any o f you "bots" able to bank anything close to that,,, proportionately or otherwise? They aren't so very different, in fact in one way they're all alike, If their mouth is moving they're lying to you. Wake up and smell the excrement. If you believe all things Dem are good for you, your either dead or delusional. The U.S. government and it's officials could care less about the people and they're problems, they only care about the money they extort from you. I'll do this, I'll do that, I'll give you this, I'll give you that, it's all Bull s**t. Once elected they stuff they're pockets at our expense and only the deficit and trade imbalance changes . Jesus, grow up and see the real world. Central government is what the revolutionary war was fought for. Now you would have the country revert to totalitarian rule, and you think the UN-democratic party is the way?,,,,how very pathetic of you. "You have to stand for something or you'll fall for anything". I see that's the case for many of you. They all SUCK, their policies and agenda's SUCK and you people would buy into it hook, line and most importantly SINKER. Now I truly understand Cronkite's statement, "The dumbing down of America". Congratulations you have lived down to Cronkite's predictions.

Man of strength... I'm guessing your strength is not cognitive rationale. I usually don't reply back on these kind of comments but you sound so much like an MSNBC sheeple, parroting keywords and phrases from Maddow, and former MSNBC wingnut, Keith Oberman, it's easy to see you have drank the kool-aid. Not knowing you, just judging by your comments, I see that you like to blame everything on Bush.... Just like Obama does. Unemployment was at 7.8% when Bush left office. Obama burdened future generations with 862 BILLION dollars debt, for a stimulus package that did not stimulate, with a promise to keep unemployment from reaching 8%. Unemployment has reached as high as 10.2% under Obama., and currently sits at 9.0%(adjusted), and much of the stimulus money unspent.

You need to bone up on up on your rhetoric...

Every surplus that we had under Clinton was used up under Bush Jr.

in no year did the national debt go down, nor did Clinton leave President Bush with a surplus that Bush subsequently turned into a deficit. Yes, the deficit was almost eliminated in FY2000 (ending in September 2000 with a deficit of "only" $17.9 billion), but it never reached zero--let alone a positive surplus number. And Clinton's last budget proposal for FY2001, which ended in September 2001, generated a $133.29 billion deficit. The growing deficits started in the year of the last Clinton budget, not in the first year of the Bush administration.

http://www.craigsteiner.us/articles/16

...Obama had the guts to go in and take him out.

Wow... thanks for setting me straight on that point... I just thought since they knew OBL had been living there since August of 2010, and since they new OBL was there that day... that 16 hours of hesitation before being talked to sending in the SEALS was all he did. I did not realize "he had the guts to go in and take him out." ROFL... I thought the SEALS had the guts to go in and take him out. Puhlease... that is what Obama and the media wanted you to think, and apparently you fell for it.

Hey Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL

I guess that this announcement is as good as an invitation to a ball! Newt's the ball and has earned every kick.

To Dennis Chosen:

In your response to Man of Strength, you state that "the deficit was almost eliminated in FY2000 (ending in September 2000 with a deficit of "only" $17.9 billion), but it never reached zero--let alone a positive surplus number."

However, in Mr. Gingrich's announcement, he spoke of four years of balanced budgets under his leadership as Speaker of the House and $405 Billion being paid toward the national debt. That sounds contradictory.

Do you have an explanation? (This is meant as an honest question). Thank you.

Dennis you are a laugh riot, well you would be if your ludicrous comments did not demonstrate the delusions of the right.

Claiming there was not a surplus is simply a lie, and you can verify that lie by going to the OMB site. See page 22 of the report

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2008/pdf/hist.pdf Or a number of others

http://blog.heritage.org/2010/02/05/past-deficits-vs-obamas-deficits-in-pictures/

Does the Heritage Foundation site lie when they say something GOOD about Clinton? they are extreme conservatives, they say Clinton Had Surpluses. THe funded the Paula Jones suit. They were no fans of Clinton.

ZFacts has a simple chart, they say surplus

http://zfacts.com/p/519.html

Why lie? Oh, because you are Republican'ts

Newt Has Claimed Credit for the Surplus, is he lying too?

"For four years, we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt," Gingrich said in a video on his campaign website.

sorry for "dennis chosen" and his views...however it is free speech and all so keep talkin dennis. As is typical the republican view sheds light on the democrats shortcomings while admiting no fault of their own. Facts are that Clinton is the first President since Kennedy to have a balanced budget. And to pay off National Debt. The trillions of debt we have can be traced to yes, dennis...Georgie Bush. He financed a war by borrowing money from the Chinese AFTER he eliminated the Federal Surplus he inherited from Bill Clinton, by his huge tax cuts for his wealthy friends. And then the tax cuts not only stalled the economy but the banks and stock exchange backed up the money trucks and stole even more from the working class by creating trillions of dollars of worthless funds containing no-doc mortgages that tanked the WORLDS economy. Nice Dennis.....maybe Newt will give you a spot in his cabinet.

Oh, we can't vote for him, he has a funny sounding name!

Newton Leroy Gingrich

Isn't that the same excuse many say they couldn't vote for Obama? After all, we all know intelligence is not the most important part in making a decision about whom we elect as president, it's the way their name sounds, right? (Please note sarcasm)

I never thought that the republicans were such a pathetic party until this week, I always thought they were pathetic since 2000, but this is scraping the bottom of a barrel of @!$%#.

Newt the Poot is a lecherous philanderer, an unethical pompous blowhard with NO family values whatsoever!

WITH such qualities he makes an IDEAL Republican candidate!

If he came out and told us he was fullofschitta and lying to the people with all these bs promises, he might actually get some votes. However, I would rather "not" vote for anyone other than Herman Cain that is new to the playground of politics.

Right now, America has no real honest or respectful person to vote for. It seems the only people that are allowed to run are the rich people and they only look out for themselves and give themselves all the tax-breaks paid for by the poor and the middle class people.

Wow, there sure are a lot of As-sholes in this section. For the record, mr. clinton didn't balance anything, he was forced to sign a balanced budget.

Ok Dennis Chosen, who are you REALLY voting for? Gingrich would be the same age a Reagan when he was elected (69) and we all know now that Reagan's Alzheimer's was active early on. Frankly, I think his bid to run for Pres is plenty of evidence there is a delusion already at work here...you know how Alzheimer's works, right? People forget a lot of things that happened in their lives. Seems like Newt thinks the country has forgotten the things he has.

So who do you see as the VP/first term successor when the old carney man can't remember which wife he is with today?

Interesting posts. Here's a simple question, if a person cannot stay faithful to their spouse, who can they stay faithful to?

If you all will recall, when Clinton was caught cheating, Newt lead the Republican charge to impeach him. And then.... Larry Flynt (Penthouse) stated that he was offering a reward, I believe it was $1M, for information regarding other adulterous acts by other politicians. Mr. Flynt then came out several weeks later and stated that he had evidence on several Republicans in congress for their adultery. Coincidental as it may seem, Newt did not run for re-election and once he was out of the legislature it was made public that he was an adulterer. Personally, I don't believe in coincidence....

Beyond all of the above, Newt was responsible for many promises during his final election run and the Republican agenda during that year. They committed to voting on so many bills in the first 100 days of the new congress. And by golly, they delivered to the letter. They did vote on these bills..... but that's about it.... minimal change resulted from these symbolic votes but a heck of alot of time was wasted and rhetoric spewed....

We need someone that can execute to a strategy, someone that is ground engaged and that can truly deliver on the promise. We are not going to find that in today's politician or executive leaders for that matter. The new order for leadership these days is all of benefits, apparent responsibility and no accountability.

The power needs to get back to the people of the US. We need more localized decision making and we need more legislative bills to be voted on by the people. I would rather the legislative and executive branches put forth bills and present these bills to US citizens to vote on. If we are the people and they work for us, then they should be proposing these bills to us for consideration, not voting on them and passing these bills themselves. Representative Democracy is broken due to backdoor deals, lobbying and greed.

Short of that, I think we need to revisit succession.... I believe the southern states had it right back in the 1860's.

He is running on values. Listen @ 4:45.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/11/gingrich-accuses-obama-dishonest-scare-tactics-calls-new-gop-contract-2012/

What a hypocrit. Americans aren't that stupid, Newt.

Gingrich is THE "Quintessential turd that won't flush"!!!

I guess that this announcement is as good as an invitation to a ball! Newt's the ball and has earned every kick.

Don't forget dodge! ;o)

Quoting Craig Steiner:

Clinton clearly did not achieve a surplus and he didn't leave President Bush with a surplus.

So why do they say he had a surplus?

As is usually the case in claims such as this, it has to do with Washington doublespeak and political smoke and mirrors.

Understanding what happened requires understanding two concepts of what makes up the national debt. The national debt is made up of public debt and intragovernmental holdings. The public debt is debt held by the public, normally including things such as treasury bills, savings bonds, and other instruments the public can purchase from the government. Intragovernmental holdings, on the other hand, is when the government borrows money from itself--mostly borrowing money from social security.

Looking at the makeup of the national debt and the claimed surpluses for the last 4 Clinton fiscal years, we have the following table:

Fiscal
Year
End
Date
Claimed
Surplus
Public
Debt
Intra-gov
Holdings
Total National
Debt

FY1997
09/30/1997

$3.789667T
$1.623478T
$5.413146T

FY1998
09/30/1998
$69.2B
$3.733864T $55.8B
$1.792328T $168.9B
$5.526193T $113B

FY1999
09/30/1999
$122.7B
$3.636104T $97.8B
$2.020166T $227.8B
$5.656270T $130.1B

FY2000
09/29/2000
$230.0B
$3.405303T $230.8B
$2.268874T $248.7B
$5.674178T $17.9B

FY2001
09/28/2001

$3.339310T $66.0B
$2.468153T $199.3B
$5.807463T $133.3B

Notice that while the public debt went down in each of those four years, the intragovernmental holdings went up each year by a far greater amount--and, in turn, the total national debt (which is public debt + intragovernmental holdings) went up. Therein lies the discrepancy.

When it is claimed that Clinton paid down the national debt, that is patently false--as can be seen, the national debt went up every single year. What Clinton did do was pay down the public debt--notice that the claimed surplus is relatively close to the decrease in the public debt for those years. But he paid down the public debt by borrowing far more money in the form of intragovernmental holdings (mostly Social Security).

Update 3/31/2009: The following quote from an article at CBS confirms my explanation of the Myth of the Clinton Surplus, and the entire article essentially substantiates what I wrote.

"Over the past 25 years, the government has gotten used to the fact that Social Security is providing free money to make the rest of the deficit look smaller," said Andrew Biggs, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Interestingly, this most likely was not even a conscious decision by Clinton. The Social Security Administration is legally required to take all its surpluses and buy U.S. Government securities, and the U.S. Government readily sells those securities--which automatically and immediately becomes intragovernmental holdings. The economy was doing well due to the dot-com bubble and people were earning a lot of money and paying a lot into Social Security. Since Social Security had more money coming in than it had to pay in benefits to retired persons, all that extra money was immediately used to buy U.S. Government securities. The government was still running deficits, but since there was so much money coming from excess Social Security contributions there was no need to borrow more money directly from the public. As such, the public debt went down while intragovernmental holdings continued to skyrocket.

The net effect was that the national debt most definitely did not get paid down because we did not have a surplus. The government just covered its deficit by borrowing money from Social Security rather than the public.

I hope this explains why Clinton and Gingrich can claim to have had a balanced budget and deficit reduction, in fact it was only public debt that was reduce, not the deficit, and no surplus. Frankly True... you were not correct. Please make sure you know what you are talking about, and not just what you have heard, before you tell someone they lie. I on the onther hand will not say that you lied... I will just say you were mistaken about the facts.

I do know are harolded great liberator of freedom fighters "the taliban" and great fiscal conservative Ronald Reagan ran us a significant public debt during his 8 years, as well as George W. Bush who contributed a good chunk of the now famous 15 trillion dollar debt, the chunk would be estimated at 10-12 trillion, of course he had 2 wars going on at a cost of 2 trillion and with his famous tax cuts, I believe that was a first while engaged in a war of this magnitude. I don't recall in 2006,2007,2008 any Republican crying out from the mountain top about this huge impending debt. I know I was crying about the Dow in 2008 ready to go below 5000 points and 70% of my hard earned retirement saving going with it. It is now at 12,595 under the irresponsible Obama.

Hey Bib,,, Obama may practice family values ( which btw how do you know?) but he sure as hell doesn't practice American values. He has more lies out of his mouth than any president I have ever seen. No way in 2012

The gop teanuts are all about tax aid for the rich and they are self serving phonies. The TEANUTS don't care about this country all they care about is power. The TEANUTS are like a POISON in our country.

Name a few...? or are you just another of the baseless fact people?

Hey Pallo!

You're comparing a man who's only crime (according to many racist biggots) is that his black, to an identified and admitted liar, who was thrown out of the Congress, and who admits adultry, scamming and god knows what else? I'm not a fan of Obama, but there's a limit to stupidity; and you've crossed the line into total ignorance. What is wrong with your mentality. Are you so blind with hatred that there's just no room for reality. How can you compare Gingrich to Obama, or to any decent human being? A vote for Gingrich is a vote for indecency and against what the USA stands for. Take a good look in the mirror and work out your demons.

I guess you missed the parts of the story of Obami's history of running around with the jew hater Wright and the terrorist Ayers!!! As you so eloquent said, their is a limit to stupidity.

Thanks, Bib! There are even other Rethuglicans posting who aren't going to support Newt! LOL Now that the Trumped-up sideshow tents have been taken down, this is the NEW Corp.-sponsored clown from the sad circus that's become the GOP. Newt's marital hypocrisies won't get him past the staunch relgious Southerners or the other Christians he's currently LYING to, and that "passionate committment" to our great nation was all about destroying Pres. Clinton, an elder stateman who's at a 67% approval rating, more than a decade out of office. Bill was popular throughout his presidency and remains such, and Newt's just another hustler grinning and lying...grinning and lying. Obama WINS AGAIN.

The GOP Laugh Parade

Newt = family values (3 wives / 2 affairs we know about)
Sanford = family values (hiking the trials)
Craig = family values (foot tapping in the boys room)
Guiliani = family values (big apple....rotten to the core)
Ensign = family values (pays off cockholded husband)
Rush = family values (where is my oxycotin?)
Trump = family values (3 wives / 2 affairs we know about, runs casinos)
Davenport = family values (get that little monkey's birth cert.)
O'Donnell = family values (make sure to attend my next covey meeting)
Reagan = family values ( I didn't sale cocaine for weapons) yea he really didn't remember

It is ironic to put yourself on a pedestal and then do the exact thing you condemn others for...........oh my!!

Newt is the quintessential politician. He assumes that Americans are stupid with short memories. He insults my intelligence. I wouldn't vote for him if he ran for dog catcher...I love my dogs too much. I treat them better than he treated his ex-wives.

Did anyone see that interview with the guy that gets most Republicans to sign a pleadge to never raise taxes and if any way possible to decrease it, And they wonder why everything is F_cked up. The population grows every year and if the jobs don't grow then the revenues decline and lets not forget about the raises that people get to keep up with the increased cost of living, now since jobs had decline over the last 9 years and the population has increased along with the cost of government salaries can you give tax breaks, you have decreased revenues and higher cost yet these CLOWNS can give money away, you've got to be one hell of an idiot, And they blame Obama, Nice try .....

The Lizard, a, hahahahaha...... he's a Newt.... the rethugligans are in sad disarray. Newt.... that is a Hoot.... Trump, Palin, Newt, hahahahaha what a bunch of douche's... hahahahaha.... but I will vote for R. Paul if he makes it that far.... fat chance as the far right is all Newt'y' ... I mean nutty.... Har....

Hey Barfli

Thats all you got?? LOL!

Fat white boob ? So if I were to call Obama a skinny black boob.......how long would it to take for you guys to start screaming "RACIST !!"

The hypocrisy from the left is quite amusing and quite consistent !

Jim it sounds like you are "Hisssssssssssssing" as well, only from the right! You are no better than anyone else here. And the right is just as ugly as the left!

Well Jim, I personally wouldn't care what little words you choose to use, not a hypocrite here and since you obviously cannot read very well, I'm not on the left. Take a shot at sounding out my screen name phonetically, big word, i know....but go ahead and google that one if need be. Go back to the rush and hannity boards any time now.

Good points, tiredofbothsides. Obviously, this is another "connedservative" (THAT'S YOU, Jim) who rushes to conclusions, and posts before he thinks...or reads. Limbaugh, Beck, and Palin like 'em that way.....slow to analyze, and quick to jump to the wrong, misinformed opinions.

VOTE FOR ALL THINGS ON THE LEFTIE AGENDA AND REJECT REICH WING FASCISM!!

I couldn't care less if you called Obama, a black boob.... I have to laugh cuz you said boob...... Newt is a Joke, and the Repubs have such a black eye that Newt fits right in now don't he..... like that english, push 1 for more, push 2 for Newt, push 3 for better find a candidate real soon, cuz your current crop pretty much Sucks, now don't it.....

Surely you jest!!! This is the same womanizing buffon that was disgraced and renounced as SOH!!!

Morality? I think not...He can't even find his way out of Cobb Co., GA, let alone to the White House.

If the GOP nominate this inept wannabe, victory is assured for the DEMS. Yea, go Newt--to more absurdity.

Finally, a comment with some substance.

Newt Gingrich is also quite the historian when discussing how prior laws came about. There will not be much of an opportunity for Democrats to lie and twist the truth about what happened in the Clinton era.

You mean he's a brilliant liar and bull$hit artist.

Obviously, you have never watched an interview of Newt and seen his knowledge of past events. Yes, he has some baggage. He also has considerably more experience than Obama has.....even now, with the legislative processes of Congress.

The Hopey-Changey thing will come up against experience and great historical knowledge !

Jim . . . ."Hopey changey"!!! My God, you are a Sarah Palin groupy. That says a lot about your intelligence.

He is not a brilliant debater. He plays on the part of his base that is great at "forgetting" and loves to hold the other side in contempt. He knows that as long as he can talk louder then the other side, none of his supporters will actually believe the truths being told about him.

Jamie,

If by "morality" you're rferring to the "alley-cat" type of morality, then, you're right! Newt is the man. If his morality is what you hold in high regards, I fell sorry for you.

Reminds me of when Pat Paulsen announced his candidacy, except Newt has a much funnier name and appearance. How can anyone take this announcement seriously? Gingrich knows he doesn't stand a snowball's chance at a hot Florida beach in getting elected. This ridiculous act just gets his ugly mug plastered all over the media again and results in many highly paid appearances for years to come. I fully understand his reasoning. If Airhead Palin can con hundreds of thousands of dollars per appearance from foolish Republicans to utter cutesy little tidbits of nonsense, Newt will do very well. Trophy wives are very expensive. I don't begrudge him (or Palin) one red cent of fools money.

I can't imagine that his announcement will cost President Obama one moment of sleep. To the contrary, I can picture a small smile as he dreams in the wee morning hours. Just another clown pouncing into the already crowded Republican circus ring of clowns. Election 2012 will go down in history as the most entertaining election in American history. A brief comedic respite for President Obama and the American public before we must all go back to the hard work of restoring the American dream. Three cheers for Newt with boos to all that ask for an encore.

Doubter, your comment made me throw up in my mouth a little.

Sounds good Doubter. Looking at that formidable ticket, Obama could win devoting only 5% of his time to the campaign trail and an advertising budget targeting one radio spot a week nationally until election night.

Dennis Chosen made me laugh.... what a sad case. I didn't think it was possible to post with a tight straightjacket on, but he proved me wrong....

Obama will prove the righties WRONG. Newt "Love Handles" Gingrich would be just GREAT...for the Democrats! Run, Newt, RUN!!! WIN WITH OBAMA - BIDEN AND VOTE DOWN ALL THINGS FROM THE GREEDY, CORRUPT REICH WING!!

Bachmann/Gingrich in 2012? The Democrats could donate to Bachmann/Gingrich what would have been Obama's campaign budget. The more airtime for those idiots, the deeper the hole they'd dig for themselves.

Anita - you mean "contract ON America!"

You mean contract out ON the middle class.

So now the "blame Bush" thing is now replaced with the ever-present class warfare of the Democratic Party ? The Divider-in-Chief has reached his goal.

Your comment is apparent non sequitur, as Mr. Bush is unquestionably the "Divider-in-Chief" to whom you refer. Reflect upon the tenor of the country from the beginning of his presidency, with the aid of Mr. Cheney and Mr. Rove.

Not to mention the fact that the plutocratic bent of the current leaders of the wrong wing (not right wing, as they refer to themselves) demonstrates clearly the "ever-present class warfare" you ascribe to the Democratic Party.

W. Going-- lol and that too!

Nwnative-- yours too!

Hell the Newt has a lot to live down and Boehner can't get Christie in the running because he knows they are going down in defeat and bad!!

gcooper8,

Thanks for the smooth smack down I couldn't have done a better job myself!

Newt should add innumeracy to his shortcomings!

By announcing today, he's committed himself to nineteen months of monogamy!

Marv,

Gingrich is all self inflated EGO. This is a man who has spent his entire life overcompensating for his personal and private inadequacies and SHORT comings. Of course he wants to be President, in his own mind he has accomplished everything else possible and the Presidency is the only thing left worthy of such a great man. This is a very very sad and delusional man. I really don't know whether to be mad, or feel sorry for him. This man cannot be the President of the United States of America.

James -

You do realize that you could substitute "Trump" for "Gingrich" in your post and it would be equally valid, right? :)

So what's with the "stark black background"? Couldn't he find any more stock photos of diverse, multicultural, flag-waving Americans like the one he stole from Ted Kennedy's website? Or is he finally admitting that his core support is actually just.....Newt Gingrich?

Marv,

That is the problem with these people for some of us we don't forget and remember everything this slime ball did to throw a monkey wrench into Clinton's Presidency. Before everyone gets started I will concede that Clinton did a pretty good job on his own because of his infidelity, but when you preach family values and you are the pot calling the kettle black something is wrong with you. Wait until he gets away from a Republican freindly news outlet like FAKE News.

Why not dummies voted for Barry O who ran around with jew haters Wright and terrorist Ayers!

Government needs an overhaul, whereas Gingrich just needs more money, he's in it to win it, the green that is. Even his name states his cause "G'ingRich", or "GettingRich" off the taxpayers back.

exonerated after re-pubic-ican dip-@#$s, including this slime-ball, went after him, while cheating on his wife to boot! And you talk about double standards? go read a book. or was that burn a book?

Only president that balance the budget get to have extra nooky.

Why the knee-jerk supposition that anyone who opposes a (chuckle, chuckle) conservative is automatically a liberal? Ever hear of paleoconservatives? Besides, if my memory serves me well, as soon as Republicans had had their 2 terms, as in the Contract with America's term limits, they were crying they needed more terms to finish the job. Where was Newt then? Getting his wife to sign the divorce papers while she was in hospital recovering from cancer?

Where were you? He was impeached

Exonerated?? When did that happen??

I admire Clinton over Newt the Nut any day.

Dkay,

Not a double standard. My feelings are if you want to preach family values then make sure your own house is in order. Don't go out and talk about a Presidential affair while you are serving your wife divorce papers after she came out of cancer surgery, just so you can marry your whore mistress. He made everything Clinton did public so everything he did now becomes public.

What does Bill Clinton have to do with Newt running for President? Is it that damn hard to just talk about the article without dragging in things not relevant to the discussion that is about Newt and no one else.

The title didn't read Newt and the gang are running for President.

With all these deflections, is there any real discussions in politics? It just seems like one big deflection extravaganza.

Newt preached family values while being unfaithful and then blamed his love for America for it. If he would have just said he sucks at relationships, I would actually respect him for being up front about it. However, he chose to lie about it and lost any shred of respect I had for him.

For what it's worth, Clinton lost respect with many as well.

Oh, come on! Bill Clinton exonerated! His "affairs" have been continuously discussed by everyone and NO ONE has ever stated that they "forgive him". So get off that drum beat. Newt is just as bad as Clinton when it comes to extra marital affairs. "Alls fair in love and war."

dkay,

There's is no double standard. Clinton was amoral and so is Newt. The difference is that as president, Clinton did his job. Newt on the other hand, tried to use his position for his own gain. Gingrich has no ethics, in his personal life or his public life. There are many more qualified GOP candidates out there. If Newt is the best the GOP can come up with, then don't complain when you get four more years of Obama.

dkay, you're just another ill-informed conservative fringe dupe of Fox. See the comments...read them slowly and try to digest the TRUTH or get someone to help you. Clinton wasn't "exonerated", he was impeached for lying....THE DIFFERENCE is he came clean (eventually) and apologized to all. Newt and the other Ripofflicans WON'T COME CLEAN and they go on lying or mis-directing or misleading the public as they steal more and more of our taxpayer dollars or waste the ones we've already given them. Gov. Mark Sanford of SC (another Ripofflican swine) also sounded off about Pres. Clinton's sex-capades. All that time he had a mistress overseas! He, of course, refused to step down from his office after the truth came out. Newt, Sanford, all of these Ripofflicans are CORRUPT AND DON'T NEED TO BE IN OFFICE. When the libs and their supporters recall the fascist Gov. Walker of WI, it's going to get good! Recall all anti-union Repukelican governors and their state legislature stooges! VOTE FOR OBAMA - BIDEN!!

Are you talking about Bill Clinton ?

Bill Clinton has spent the years after his presidency doing good things. People love him and he is a productive person.

What the hell has Newt the Nut been doing?

More name-calling from a libbie ! We expect nothing on a higher level from you !!

Deflect much Jim? Let me refresh your memory a bit. The article is about Newt running for President, not bash a former Democratic President.

Are there no good things you can say about Newt that you have to attack Clinton? Bill isn't running for office, Newt is. Try to stay up to date and focused.

Learn to read Mike. I have already made my comments on Newt. Try to stay up to speed.

My remarks about Clinton simply point out the double-standard of many libbie posters here today. The talk about Newt serving divorce papers on his wife while in the hospital..............what in the hell did John what's his face from N.Carolina do ?? He was scewing another while his wife was dying of cancer !

Consistency is a two-way street.

does he claim to be a "born again" Christian or a Catholic. You know, many evangelical Christians do make a BIG distinction...to the point of even sayiing catholics are not really Christian like them...something to do with the whole Pope, priest, and rituals things...

not that it will better his chances of election, but just wondering...

If you're a womanizer, born again Christian AND you can see Russia from your house, you'll get all the TPer votes.

That's a reflection on ALL politicians. Newt is no different from the rest. You can support your local democratic politician all you want, Newt is a far cry better than Nancy Pelosi any day. But you can put both in a bag and shake them up and they both pour out pretty much the same.

Newt is beyond dishonest. Check out Cobb, Georgia (Newts home county) and the $4 billion dollars they receive from the federal government each year as Newt continues touting no more government funds... What a bunch of BS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWemnpvrSM&feature=youtu.be

@Dave B, Newt got ditched from the G-nO-P because Pres. Clinton BEAT him, that's why. He shut down the govt. (like 'Suntan' Johnny Boner is proposing) and the voters turned on him. He also embarrassed the GOP with his ethics violations (Newt ADMITTED in '97 that he brought discredit to the House), but his biggest crime is that Clinton outwitted him and his corrupt GOP Congress.

Don't trust any pro-Nazi Ripofflicans. Paul Ryan, Gov. Walker, Newt, Palin, Bachmann, Romney - ALL CROOKS AND DUNG BEETLES. Obama will save the day...stay with the libs.

Evidently you don't remember your hero Bill Clinton (the only president ever to be impeached) admitting to adultery.

Bill Clinton is 100 times the man Newt is.

Evidently you don't know this is an article about Newt and not Clinton.

Do you lack anything good to say about Newt that you have to attack someone else to try to elevate his stature?

I hear the right bitch about how the left always drags Bush into it and here I see the right dragging Clinton into it.

Politics is so full of double standards, my head is spinning. Pot, meet kettle.

Clinton wasn't the first adulterer in the White House and Newt (God forbid) wouldn't be the last. But Callista would be the very first official First Adulteress.

Gee, Mr. Sunshine, Pres. Clinton did a GREAT JOB on behalf of MOST AMERICANS, that's why Gallup polled him recently as the popular pol. figure in America. On Pres. Clinton's watch, we weren't stuck in ANY MILITARY QUAGMIRES. He and Al Gore left us with a $127 BILLION surplus (that Dumbya SQUANDERED in his first term!), the national crime rate was down, the debt was paid off, millions of jobs were created, and we had good relations with many nations overseas. The nation PROSPERED. What is the legacy of Gingrich? Hypocrisy, govt. shutdown, marital messes (and WAY more than Bill!!), and well...not much else! The Ripofflican dung beetles spent $3 million of the taxpayer dollars on the trumped-up Whitewater investigations (remember Linda Tripp and Ken Starr, folks?). That's their idea of patriotism....wipe out the opposition party and pad THEIR pockets. Didn't work, Clinton is respected today and so is Obama and Gore. Bush, Gingrich, and Cheney - all BAD JOKES.

Never underestimate the stupidity of the American people. They voted George "Dubya" in twice.

Really! And then followed that up with Obama. It just can't get any worse!

No they didn't. GW got into office threw ballot tampering, courtesy of his brother Jeb, who is also thinking about making a run for President on the Republican ticket, he just hasn't made an official announcment yet.

True, he did not hold the highest votes in the first election; however, Americans could not see the devastation he created and then voted Bush in the second time he ran for president. omg, what were Americans thinking.... Oh yes, they were Not thinking, obviously.

GW got into office because the libs had nobody to run against, KERRY come on!!!

Gosh you people are really misinformed or just plain stupid. President Clinton was impeached (and he was impeached) for lying under oath, not for committing adultery! All Clinton had to do was state the fifth amendment position and none of this would have happened. BUT NO!!! He had to lie, and he got caught! But he is still your hero isn't he. He is not just an adulterer, he is a lying, perjuring, adulterer. Makes all the difference.

Don't worry, I wouldn't vote for Newty either but get your facts straight! His "Ethics Violations" were dropped when it was discovered tha aeven the First LAdy Clintion took a book advance, which is what Gingrich was attacked for.

No, don't rewrite history. Clinton was NOTimpeached. The House voted for impeachment, but the Senate acquitted him.

Impeachment is the process. Clinton was indeed impeached, just not convicted. You may need to study up a bit.

Guess again! Clinton was impeached!

Newt Gingrich is not re-writing history. President Clinton, exactly like President Johnson, WAS MOST DEFINITALY impeached. But both were acquitted in the Senate. Impeachment is the process whereby the House of Representatives sends the IMPEACHMENT to the Senate. Preisent Clinton was impeached, as was President Johnson.

It's a pity most Americans are so ignorant of our system of government!

C'mon, you facts don't mean anything to Democrats. Thus, Clinton was not impeached because he was not convicted.

Amen brother Mathodius!

KenR - Yes, he is and a great president as well. The republicans would do well to find someone of Clinton's intellect and good work ethic(quite a multi-tasker as I remember it). So he lied, but when did he ever preach about how everyone should conduct themselves, he's more of a live and let live kind of guy. Again the republicants could choose someone with that kind of attitude, instead of their pontificating hypocrites who always preach "Do as I say, not as I do". Since when would it be unethical for a 1st Lady to take a book advance. Shouldn't that have applied to Barbara & Laura Bush as well. I guess you thought that OK. So if the Repugnants could just find a quality candidate, they would surely solve the question if anyone can find a needle in the proverbial hay stack. I won't be holding my breath waiting for that to happen.

Everybody stop it, right now! I must agree with those who said Clinton was impeached are correct. This is essentially the same as someone being indicted. The fact of the matter is, impeachment in and of itself is a trifling distraction at best. In that the Senate voted to not remove the President from office(just look at it as not guilty or not having sufficent evidence to convict). Case closed!

Yep that's him all right. Keeping the Republican message intact. Do as I say, not as I do!