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Could a President Romney have gotten a different result?
Shout out to who ever coined; Even Newter's baggage has baggage!
With any luck, he will get the nod as the nominee!
I can't wait to watch President Obama mop the floor with him at the debates!! lol
Newter/The MN Nut Job 2012!
When will they media really start focusing on Romney? Seems like all the attention has been on the "warm up" acts?
Newt/Cain 2012!
I'm sure it would be shortened in conversation to, "Newt'r Cain," which would help get them 100% of the female vote.
nisl, please don't give the GOP any GOOD ideas!!! LMAO
This is not mere flip-flopping. It is hucksterism in its purest form. Gingrich is EVERYTHING that is wrong with D.C.
He is "for sale" plain and simple. It takes the right wing a few days to get up to speed, but when they do, Gingrich will drop faster than any of the other shooting stars of the G.O.P.
He is the ultimate sellout, the ultimate lobbyist, the ultimate in sleazy. He is very well aware of his baggage. He knows he cannot be elected because it is all going to come out.
All this disgusting POS is doing right now is stuffing his bank accounts with money from the truly stupid. He's laughing at them, right along with Callista as they make their way to Tiffany's before their next cruise.
Newt is a disgusting human being and a slut of a politician. He'll probably get the GOP nod.
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL
Shout out to who ever coined; Even Newter's baggage has baggage!
Feisty
How about this one Newt has more baggage than a 747!!!
Newt Gingrich is a scam artist extraordinaire. The man has no ethics when it comes to politics or making money. He will say and do anything to achieve whatever his goal. Anyone who sends notices to businesses and doctors telling them they can receive a special "Newt" plaque touting their business as selected by Newt to win an award, by attending special awards dinners for a mere....$2,000 or $5,000 or whatever the asking price, is a bottom scum feeder. Newt Gingrich is a bottom scum feeder.
yeah... like dubya, I WOULD NOT BUY A USED CAR FROM THIS MAN!!!
would YOU?
Mitt will be SO jealous. He always wanted to be the king of flip-floppers, and he was SO close.
They forgot about the most important flop of all...
Gingrich, the biggest flop and I hop Obama mops the floor with him during the debates.
Gingrich is a sellout. He is available to the highest bidder like most politicians are in America. Just ask Freddy Mac and Fannie Mae.
The Failure of The Month: Newt Who will be the next GOP failure? Mittens? The sad truth is there is not a single GOP candidate that is not scum or completely insane.
Feisty, good thing hubby is at work and I don't have to seem him go fetal again!
Ah, the media spotlight is now on Kook, I mean, Newt (oops). Now we get to have fun watching him flip his flips and flop his flops and have a temper tantrum.
And congrats on your Bears. Sorry about Cutler, though. My Jags did what they do best this weekend. Lose.
If this primary season has proved nothing else, it's that the Republican Party is dead. From the debt ceiling debacle, to Grover Norquist's apparent grip on Republican politicians, to the sad parade of crazy, unqualified and hypocritical "presidential" candidates, it's evident that the Republicans have devolved into a party of unethical, talent-less, and grasping low life scum. Why in the world would voters return these people to power?
Because of the alternative. With a bench containing
Nancy Pelosi who doesn't seem to understand that insider trading although legal (for congress) is immoral
Charles Rangel who basically broke the very law he was in charge of writing
John Kerry who calls for higher taxes but hypocritically uses any loophole possible to avoid higher taxes
Barack Obama and his crony capitalism under the guise of "green" energy.
they are ALL corrupt regardless of the letter after their name. The only choice the voter has is to pick their own poison.
Amy, you are a hoot. Please Amy, Jody of Iowa is the left-wing-nut talking point expert around here. You're impinging on her turf.
So it's down to this, calling the Right "crazy", "unqualified", "unethical, "low life scum", and "hypocritical".
Why would the voters return the GOP to power? Probably because the Democrats class warfare and destruction of wealth has made them unemployed and hungry.
Amy---good post. I hope that the Republican party isn't dead because I believe we need a two-party system, but I do believe it is severely damaged and would benefit from reorganization.
Alan, NJ
Nancy Pelosi who doesn't seem to understand that insider trading although legal (for congress) is immoral
Alan, NJ,
So that's why John Boehner was crying.
How does anyone watch the clip of Newt at the religious forum, contempuously suggesting OWS protesters get jobs, and not wonder how he could be so out of touch not to realize that might be difficult with unemployment at 9%?
A smarter politician would address the anxiety people feel in this economic climate, but Newt is not smart, he's self-serving, and as phoney as they come. The bottom line is, which party is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans, and which party is dedicated to protecting the tax rate of the wealthiest 1 %? By their own addmittion, the Republicans' top priority is keeping the Bush tax cuts in place. They refuse to raise revenues in exchange for spending cuts; perhaps because Republican districts depend as much on pork as anyone. I don't know how you can characterize a party like that as anything but corrupt. They do not put the interests of the country above the wishes of special interests.
Amy, well said. It may not be dead but it is certainly not doing well. The once Grand Old Party has been reduced to wimpering at the feet of Grover Nordquist as well as having stepped so far to the right as to be a dozen bricks short of a load and close to the looney bin.
Alan, there were many republicans on that list of insider knowledge or don't they count.
Amy, of all the things the Republicans say that I find unbelievable, the idea that people who are unemployed are lazy and enjoying living on the dole because it is their fault they are unemployed is perhaps the worst.
Very true, but what are the protester's proposals? How come there are jobs in Nebraska and Dakota that cannot be filled? The majority of the protesters appear to be young, who are looking for their first job. Do they expect that it will be in the location they want, or will they have to move to where the jobs are? I'm a bit older but there was a point in my career when I had to leave home on Monday morning and didn't return until Friday night. It paid the bills and you did what you had to do to support your family. I don't think Gingrich is right but I don't have much sympathy for these protests. There are too many spoilt kids taking part.
From a single google search
http://www.ndoiljobs.com/
GOP = Greed Over People. We finally now understand what GOP means
Alan, NJ
Because of the alternative. With a bench containing
Nancy Pelosi who doesn't seem to understand that insider trading although legal (for congress) is immoral
Charles Rangel who basically broke the very law he was in charge of writing
John Kerry who calls for higher taxes but hypocritically uses any loophole possible to avoid higher taxes
Barack Obama and his crony capitalism under the guise of "green" energy.
they are ALL corrupt regardless of the letter after their name. The only choice the voter has is to pick their own poison.
^^^
Well said!
It's no different than Romney's ever-changing positions. Gingrich and Romney are a couple of political prostitutes - do anything, say anything to get elected.
I don't know, Romney takes every side because he thinks it is in his best political interest.
Newt takes whatever side he is paid to take. I don't think even Newt thought he was a viable candidate, I think he just wanted to sell more books and get ever larger fees as a lobbyist (whoops, I meant "historian".)
In other words Romney's concern is about getting elected and Newt is just a prostitute.
It's a small difference, but it is a difference.
Ursula-279622
It's no different than Romney's ever-changing positions. Gingrich and Romney are a couple of political prostitutes - do anything, say anything to get elected
Ursula,
Especially, when Newt doesn't know the difference between a historian and a $1.6 million lobbyist for Freddie Mac.
That is one of most expensive housing historians in hiS-tory.
d
Domenico...
Honestly, couldn't you do a report like this on just about everyone running for President (the current President included)? If there is one thing that all politicians (left or right) have in common, it's that they change positions quite often!
Good point Grimey. Google Obama flip flops and their are dozens of them. How about a report on Obama flip flops First Read?
Sorry Grimey, I posted a response to you, but it showed up below. Bascically what I said it is ok for a politicia to change a view for legit reasons, but just because it doesn't poll well is not the way to set policy. Newt, Romney and the rest of the circus seem to fit in the latter category.
Frank---there is a difference between evolution of opinion and even an occasional change of position for political expediency and wholesale flip-flopping such as we are seeing with the current crop of GOP candidates. Add to it Gingrich's explanation for some of his behaviors (like his love for his country made him have affairs, which has now apparently morphed into he read about AA) and it paints a picture of a person with no moral compass.
John Kerry was the original target of the "flip flopper" label, and all he did was vote against spending money on Iraq, after it became apparent the Bush administration was cocking up the situation, although they originally had the nation's support. Kerry wasn't even benefitting politically by switching his position, he was merely acting on what we all saw: the Bush administration was leading us into a long fiasco.
Looking forward to the Cain flip-flops stories. We just don't get enough Cain stories around here.
I.e., Republicans flip-flop while Democrats have an evolution of opinion.
I have no problem with "evolution of thought". Honestly, if we were all required to form one opinion and stick with it our whole lives, we'd be in trouble. However, I think it is up to the individual voter to determine whether a politician has experienced such evolution of thought, or is simply taking both sides of an issue to score political points. I'd be fine with Domenico showing videos of every candidate espousing different sides of an issue and deciding for myself whether that candidate is genuine or simply "flip-flopping". I guess what I'm trying to ask is why we are seemingly singling out one candidate. If this is the first in a series of such videos on ALL candidates on both sides of the aisle, I am fine with that. (Full disclosure, I am NOT a Newt Gingrich supporter and don't see myself voting for him in the primary).
Gotta disagree on this one, Frank. There's a difference between a flip flop and listening to the opposition's case for why an alternative idea is reasonable and agreeing--individual mandate comes to mind.
I do not have a problem with Romney's change of position from pro-choice to pro-life but I do have a problem with the fact that his view changes depending on what office he is seeking and what the majority view is of those folks he wants to vote for him. That's flip flopping.
I have a problem with Newt Gingrich demanding a No-fly Zone and action in Libya and two weeks or so later because President Obama succeeded in getting the UN to do just that, suddenly he was totally against it. That's a flip flop.
With the exception of Jon Hunstman, there's not a GOP candidate on that stage who doesn't have serious credibility issues based on the number of flip flops often within days and sometimes hours.
We all having evolving views. It is how we age. Back in the 90's, I wasn't keen on the Clinton HC idea, seemed a step too far but in the nearly 20 years since, the private insurance companies have tremendous power over us; the rising costs of health care made me realize that reform was necessary. That's not a flip flop.
Frank, I hear what you're saying and agree but right now it is the GOP primary candidates that are the focus. After the GOP selects a nominee, then we will see more focus on President Obama and that nominee. It's just where we are in the 2012 presidential race.
Grimey, I take your point. But these were head-scratching complete reversals of positions from Gingrich. The only flip-flop by President Obama that is similar is his position on mandates. That was an egregious flip flop. He said he was against them, made a point of it, likely because it was a good general-election position. But then, as we all know, changed his view. The Clinton people argued of course he'd have to change his view because of the need to widen the pool as it relates to cost.
Closing Gitmo is a promise broken, but the White House tried to do it. But it ran into the reality that no member of Congress was willing to take prisoners into their home state. Trials for detainees is another, but that, too, they tried and got significant blow back. So they changed.
His support, or lack thereof, for the space program is another area that could also be listed. But that was again because they ran into budgetary restraints.
He didn't roll back the Bush tax cuts for those making above $250,000, but that was part of a deal with Congress that also got an extension of unemployment benefits. The president still supports keeping the Bush tax cuts in place for those making less than $250,000 and letting them expire for those who make more, but he needs Congress' help to do that. If he just lets them expire, they go up on everyone.
Obama has favored public financing, but obviously, he hasn't done that. But why? Because the realities are that it's highly unlikely you can run a publicly financed campaign and win, especially in this time of largely unchecked outside groups.
And on war, some of his timelines have been mushy (after consulting with generals), but Obama has generally gone in the same direction as what he campaigned on -- wind down the war in Iraq and ramp up, but eventually end the war in Afghanistan. Iraq is winding down by the end of this year, and troops are still on track to be leaving Afghanistan.
A lot of Obama's so-called "flip flops" or changes in position -- except the mandate, which is his most egregious -- are ones of practicality.
Hi Domenico...
Very much appreciate you taking the time to respond. Just to clarify...I am not agreeing or disagreeing with the content of what you posted concerning Mr. Gingrich. I am not a big fan of his and I am very unlikely to vote for him in the GOP primary. Just seems like all politicians do things similar to this and was curious as to whether or not we could expect similar such reports on others. Thanks again and have a great day and week! :-)
Grimey, I enjoy reading your posts you're about the only republican we can get an honest answer or post from. But don't try to go up against Domenico Montanaro you can't win. Stay with the facts and don't get down in the gutter with the rest of the tea people GOP republicans.
Right Frank,
MSNBC is the Obama cheerleader's, leg-humper's home.
Obama can do no wrong that won't be defended immediately here.
Really gets comical watching the libs do their dance sometimes.
Want to rattle the libbie cage?? Just start talking about Sarah Palin. That usually sets them off. Hilarious.
"I understand there are places like MSNBC that are essentially the Obama re-election team" -Newt Gingrich
This headline is MSNBC's revenge. More to come, no doubt.
Even the Washington Post revisited the nasty liberal talking point story about Gingrich supposedly "serving divorce papers on his wife with cancer in a hospital bed" and found it was false. No doubt the moonbats will continue to use it.
So, you trying to tell me Newt is pure as the driven snow? LMAO
I said it before and I will say it once again. Bob, you deserve accolades. You read newspapers you think are worthless (Boston Globe, Washington Post??), watch cable television shows whose programming and "talent" you disdain (MSNBC?) and follow web sites with opinions you don't share. What if someone came to you and asked you to name a worthy newspaper, a cable televsion station you approve of and a web site worth taking the time to follow. Could you do it? What media outlets would you suggest?
Hey Bob, I hear Fox news is "FAIR AND BALANCED" LMAO
hey fuzzy,
I hear Msnbc is "fair and balanced" (NOT)
LOL
Grimey, this morning on Morning Joe they talked about politicians (members of the super committee, precisely) that do nothing but stand on principal and do not work to compromise being the cause of the failure of this congress. Now, I do believe it is okay for a politician to change their mind in the cause of compromise, but to do it just for votes as, at least to me, Newt and Romney have done is a different kettle of fish.
The Newt should not even be on the news anymore. He has an obvious ethics problem. He has proved time and time again, He is in this for his own personal gain and that of his keepers/ owners. He will sell anyone out. including himself.
We got to vote these liberals out! End social security,medicare,food stamps now. Its time to let these people starve and stop kicking the can. End a women right to choose. Stop the gays in the military from getting married. Force prayer in the public schools. This is a christian nation we need to act like it. Support the GOP 2012 take america back. USA USA USA GOP GOP GOP!
Truthteller,
I support the GOP and I think YOU are either being sarcastic or you do NOT know the facts.
"You are full proof that TRUTH is more of a stranger than Fiction"
A word of advice for you... Meds
Gingrich has a plan to RESTORE Americaa.
Here's the truth about "the Forgotten 15 Bills" from the House and the Failed Obama Presidency:
"Campaigning for another failed stimulus and more job destroying taxes, President Obama has repeatedly—and falsely—asserted that “Congress isn’t willing to move” legislation to facilitate job growth. While the president plays politics, House Republicans have been working and approving legislation to promote economic growth and job creation. The House has approved more than 15 bills that, if enacted, would immediately help to grow the economy without more failed stimulus spending. These bills are currently stalled in the Democrat-controlled Senate and the president has not encouraged the Senate to act."
Name the jobs bills LEONA. You keep bring these talking points from one thread to the other. But never giving any effort to name the bills you're talking about.
Mo, if I listed the bills it would take pages and too much time.
The bills are on line for all to see.
LOOK THEM UP. like the rest of us do!!!!!
How about being a dear Leona & just posting the links... lol
Henny-Penny continues to drop her cackle-berries here, there & everywhere!
Have another GULP of your hatoraide sweetie... you're running on empty today! ;o)
feisty,
If you weren't so high on your meds today, I would ask you to Google the " Forgotten 15 Republican Bills" which are stalled in the Senate.
....but I realize typing is difficult when you're hallucinating.
LOL
Face it Leona, you are a FRAUD and have called out on it!
You like to talk a BIG game and when challenged you run away like a chicken in a Colonel Sanders parking lot!
There a reason you have earned your 'pet' name of Henny-Penny & I thank you for proving it...
You may not continue with your BAWK the sky is falling BAWK it's all President Obama's fault BAWK I'm an idiot! ;o)
feisty,
How much do they pay you here at Msnbc ( where the "M" stand for misleading)?
I knew asking you to "google" was going to be a daunting task....
LOL
And yet you just can't get yourself enough of MSNBC! lol
If it's so daunting, why can YOU not provide the links to back up your bullsh!t?
Hmm?
I stand by my original observation on you being a First Class Fraud!
Whatever you do, please don't go away, nothing better for liberals than having YOU as a poster child for the right wing stuck on stupid crowd!
Feisty,
thanks, I won't go away.
Btw, what's a fraud, according to you? Someone who disagrees with YOU and your delusions? LOL
What would they pay you for if people like me go away ?
Well, now that we have established your profession sweetie - the only thing left is how much you charge? ;o)
Is there an additional charge if you use both hands?
To quote you honey - Google it!
You lazy ass...
wow, Feisty,
Msnbc actually pays you to name call too.
Now, there's a job to brag to your kids about.
LOL
Hey Feisty,
Are you happy? I did the work for you.
Here's just one link you asked me for about the Republican Forgotten 15 bills (because you are too laxy to "google it", LOL )
Can you tell us what even one of those plans are Leona? Dont bother because I also know,.,,every single one involves more tax breaks for the wealthiest few and the only way to make up the lost revenue is to cut programs for the middle class... Yes Leona we all agree...the only thing standing between us and prosperity is more money for the rich and less for the middle class...and preventing gays from getting married!! Right?!!
Leona - your magical mystery link did not come through - in the meantime, tell us do you charge extra to swallow?
Here Henny-Penny... lmao!
Feisty,
the link you claim is not there....lol..... is the least of your problems.
What do you tell your kids what you do for a living.........name call and smear people?
LOL
if no other candidate surfaces at the last minute, President should be re-elected-hands down!! if the people put the repubs back in the WHITE HOUSE,we average working will be no more! it will be the rich and poor.my dad told me 50 years ago,if you are making a lot of money, be a republican! they won't tax the wealthy! same applies today.
U.S. Representative (now Senator) Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) told The New Yorker:
Since when do Republicans care about Democracy??
There are 24 Democratic Senators coming up for re-election this cycle. Republicans only need a net win of three of those seats to tip the balance and win control of the senate.
Then old (Whorehouse) Harry Reid, the biggest obstructionist in congress, can go sit in the back of the chamber and mumble to himself. He will no longer be Senate Majority leader, and will be unable to obstruct the pending legislation that the country needs so desperately to be enacted.
Excuse me, but it is the GOP minority that has been obstructing for nearly 3 years or do you just ignore the abuse of the filibuster to complain about democrats. Did you miss First Thoughts this morning that said only 55 pieces of legislation have been passed by the GOP House and sent to the Senate. Most of it having nothing to do with jobs and everything to do with women's reproductive rights. Some 400 pieces of legislation passed by the democratic House from 2009 through 2010, sits gathering dust because Mitch McConnell's merry band of do nothings, filibustered, blocked, obstructed and put secret holds on each and every piece. Want to talk "obstruction", one only needs to look at Mitch McConnell and his friends "our goal is to defeat President Obama". Yep, those guys.
Joseph Parent you certainly have shown a keen intellect and a masterful grasp of right wing bs...Can you tell us what is this legislation the country needs passed..more tax breaks for the wealthiest,?. more power for corporations? More wars? What is your plan?
Newter will wipe the floor with President Obama. How can he lose. He has embraced every position any voter could care about. Everybody can see something they like in Newter.
Even his personal life covers all the bases. Convicted felons can be inspired by his own rehabilitation and return to Jesus. Serial adulterers see a successful role model. Entrepreneurs can admire his ability to suck cash out of Freddie Mac while trashing its management.
Even schoolchildren will see the virtue in firing the union janitors so they have access to gainful employment. Unemployed parents will welcome the extra income.
Nice satire although I can tell you that a lot of people dont understand satire.,..
I love how the media makes a fool of itself by accusing others of flip flopping when they have protected Obama and all his lies and flip flopping. I think I would call it selective censorship. Just go back and watch all his tv clips. Lord knows there is tons of them, then tell me who the king of flip flop is. I suggest the dems look in the mirror before they point the finger.
Grandma,
You need to put down your knitting needles, turn off Fox News and get out a little. The Republican Presidential Candidates are a bunch of turkeys and as turkeys they can only talk turkey !!!
Why not skip Gingrich and write about the real issues....
Step1. They assemble a "Super Committee" to CUT deficits and debt.
Step2. The Republicans walk in and say "let's cut this, let's cut that....."
Step3. The Democrats walk in and say "let's raise taxes."
Hey "Princess" Nancy and "Prince" Harry...... Why don't you do your da#@ JOBS ??!!!!!!
Why don't the Republican do the jobs that they were elected for in 2010 ?
Raising taxes on the wealthiest 1% who own 40% of the wealth in America is the answer. Cutting entitlements to Americans who gave their blood, sweat and tears to this country is not. Just ask you daddy George H.W. Bush who said "read my lips, no new taxes" but taxed the nation anyway as an answer to a problem.
hey Jim,
Where have you been?
47% of Americans pay NO taxes.
You omit the fact the the Democrats have said they will agree to program cuts but only if they agree to tax the wealthiest a few dollars more..hell that is Marxism!!!
Since President Obama has been MIA during the whole debt debate......Maybe Michelle Obama will do the job the President was elected to do !?
Michelle is at least " leading " the kids to do the right thing........
Michelle Obama: "You guys ( military kids) are leaders in your own right. You're taking care of your parents. You're getting good grades. And I know you're eating your vegetables, right?"
( Michelle, put down that fried chicken !!! ) LOL