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This is the latest installment in an occasional First Read series looking at the candidates’ financial disclosures.
For the surging Newt Gingrich, his campaign and business interests are intertwined -- and he keeps it all in the family.
A First Read analysis of his financial disclosure finds Gingrich has made millions from companies that bear his name, which his wife and daughter are integral in running, including one that produces documentaries and books Gingrich promotes on the campaign trail. A second source of income is from a talent agency run by his daughter, who plays a key role in his campaign.
But the way Gingrich lists his income raises questions of transparency. Most of Gingrich’s income -- about $2.5 million -- in the year-and-a-half reporting period is listed as coming from Gingrich Productions, the arm of Newt, Inc., that makes the books and movies and where he was a director until he launched his campaign. His wife Callista is the CEO. (The films are produced in partnership with Citizens United -- the same Citizens United that won the landmark Supreme Court case last year that critics contend has opened the floodgates to unchecked money in politics in the form of Super PACs.)
But Gingrich’s campaign says it’s not accurate to say he got the money from “Gingrich Productions” alone. Before he ran for president, Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond said, Gingrich combined “Gingrich Productions” and “Gingrich Communications.” Any speaking fees, Gingrich’s FOX contract, and some advisory boards he served on, for example, were paid to “Gingrich Communications” and not to Gingrich directly, Hammond said.
Gingrich told the AP today that he didn’t need to be a lobbyist, because he made $60,000 a speech. But the speeches, the FOX contract, and the boards are not itemized, so there’s no way to tell from the disclosure how much money he made from each or if he made money from anywhere else.
“Obviously, it’s not transparent,” said Bill Allison, editorial director at the Sunlight Foundation, a transparency watchdog. He added, “It probably doesn’t violate the letter of the law, but it definitely violates the spirit of the law, which is to allow the public to understand who is providing a candidate with income and who he has economic ties to. He should be disclosing what he’s getting from these different companies and these different organizations, and that’s the purpose of this disclosure -- to see if he has a particular conflict of interest.”
Gingrich, who made most of his money after he left Congress, is worth between $7.1 million and $31 million, according to a tally of his assets and liabilities. He made between $2.6 million and $2.8 million in the reporting period (from 2010 through July 2011 when he filed the disclosure).
Gingrich and his wife have held at least nine book signings and screenings this month and at least 19 since July, according to a review of the campaign’s daily schedules. Hammond defended Gingrich’s promotional efforts while he is campaigning.
“What should we do then?” he asked. “Should we remove him from all this stuff? The rules are set up; the rules are being followed. … There are rules on this, it's very clearly outlined, and we follow those rules.”
Hammond also points out, correctly, that rivals Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain also hold book signings on the trail. During Cain’s surge in October, he eschewed the traditional early nominating states and went on a seven-stop book tour that was mixed with campaign events. And since her book was released Nov. 21, Bachmann has held at least a dozen book signings, also mixed in with campaign stops.
“What is the difference then with what Michele Bachmann does and Herman Cain and Hillary Clinton when she was First Lady?” Hammond said. He added that President Obama has made millions in royalties from his memoirs since he became president. And “Newt’s books aren’t all about him,” he said. “They're about the country.”
Obama hasn’t mixed book signings with presidential events, but he, too, mixed politics and book promotion back in 2006, when he was a senator and looked like he might become a presidential candidate. (Examples here and here.)
Obama, however, has also released his tax returns, something Gingrich and the other GOP candidates have, so far, declined to do.
“There’s historically been several candidates who ran more as a matter of self promotion than for a serious candidacy,” said Allison, who is also a former journalist and who helped with a book while at the Center for Public Integrity called, “The Buying of the Congress,” published in 1998 and which included a chapter on Gingrich. “There are people who cash in on the campaigns. The knock on Gingrich was that he would show up in Iowa every four years with a book to promote.”
Allison also notes that Gingrich does something “a little more brazen.” Most candidates say, if you want to know their policy, go to their website. Gingrich, on the other hand, says, “If you want to understand my policy, here’s where you can get it” -- in a book he’s written -- “and you have to pay for it. It’s a very unusual thing for a candidate to do, and there’s a question of some for-profit motive.”
Gingrich’s spokesman, though, says the former House speaker’s run for president isn’t about money.
“Newt is very committed to the race,” Hammond said. “The reason they chose to continue screening documentaries and talking about their books is because they share the values about what Newt and Callista believe. They demonstrate their understanding of our history, of our culture, and our people. This is one way they’re demonstrating to Americans how they understand our world and our country and where we're going in the future.”
Gingrich’s second-largest single listed source of income was about $72,000 -- from The Lubbers Agency. A Lexis-Nexis business records search finds that the CEO of the company is Kathy Lubbers, or Kathy Gingrich Lubbers, Gingrich’s daughter -- who was president of Gingrich Communications and is a senior adviser to his campaign.
Gingrich lists five groups that bear his name on his financial disclosure -- “The Gingrich Group, LLC,” where he was chairman until May; “Gingrich Communications, Inc,” where he was a director until May; “Gingrich Holdings,” where he was a director until May; “Gingrich Productions;” and “The Gingrich Foundation,” a charity foundation, where he is a board member.
He also lists a promissory note from “Gingrich Group, LLC” as being worth between $5 million and $25 million. And his stake in “Gingrich Productions” is listed as being between $500,000 and $1 million.
Most of the rest of Gingrich’s money is tied up in investment funds and bank accounts. But he did make between $5,001 and $15,000 from a rental house in Whitehall, WI; $15,000 from the John Locke Foundation; and $4,000 from the American Family Association; as well as income from dividends and interest.
As far as liabilities go, he lists (of course) that $500,000 to $1 million line of credit at Tiffany (which is marked as closed and paid in full); as well as $50,000 to $100,000 to American Express; and a $15,001 to $50,000 Wells Fargo mortgage for his rental property.
Gingrich lists that he was an advisory board member of Fleishman Hillard, a P.R. firm, for a decade from 2000 to May 2011, but he doesn’t list any salary. His campaign says it was likely included in payments to “Gingrich Communications.” Gingrich also reports no income or salary from -- but lists himself as holding positions with -- Healthtrio Centennial (advisory board, January to present); American Enterprise Institute, the conservative think tank (fellow, 1999 to May 2010); and GE Healthymagination (advisory board, 2009 to May 2011). GE is a minority owner of NBC Universal.
Some other business interests he has some stake in: FLC XXXII 24-Hour Fitness, AT&T, Blackboard, Corning, Discovery Communications, Hewlett-Packard, Quaker Chemical, Raytheon, Walgreen’s, Campbell’s Soup, and Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, among others.
New Hampshire Union Leader publisher Joe McQuaid said Monday on FOX that the paper endorsed Gingrich, in part, because he can appeal to regular voters, more so than Mitt Romney.
“I think it's going to be Obama's 99 percent versus the 1 percent,” McQuaid said, “and Romney sort of represents the 1 percent."
Romney is certainly easy to caricature as the 1 percent -- a scion corporate executive with a net worth estimated to be between $190 million and $250 million. But, according to the IRS, the top 1 percent of income earners in 2010 are those households with an adjusted gross income of $380,354.
By that measure, Gingrich is certainly a member.
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You can dress Newtsie up however you want...
The emperor still has NO clothes!
Once a lobbyist, ALWAYS a lobbyist...
Step right up folks & hand over your hard earned cash to purchase his book or DVD!
Princess Calista needs a new Tiffany's tiara!
The RWNJ's prove daily that there is a sucker born every minute!
Yo, Occupy ("occa-pie", if you are Herman) folks- Time to head on over to Newt's K Street building, doncha think??
Just finished putting dinner together then read this. Hope hubby is hungry, cause all I want is a bottle of wine. Is this guy for real. I have joked in the past that this clown parade was just in it for the money. Guess my joke is reality.
Wine anyone? I have a red malbec and white zin today.
Also, plenty of pot roast with baby red potatoes and baby carrots.
I'll take a glass of the white zin please...
Your pot roast sound scrumpious, but I'm doing Mexican tonight! ;o)
@Buzz - you are KILLING me with your imitation of Hermie, sadly though, I think you will soon be out of material! ;o(
Well, I also have homemade yeast rolls and apple pie. Was in the mood to do some serious cooking today.
Hey, our President today called the "British Embassy" the "English Embassy".
I was wondering since this place seems to be "Gaffe Central" for everything said wrong, why that didn't get it's own thread?
To bad he wasn't talking to the Milwaukee Journal, maybe it would have been covered.
English Embassy....what a maroon.
I don't blame you when you have hubby to clean up the kitchen! lol
redheads will become extinct in the next hundred years,on the bright side each remaining one becomes more valuable.
This is the kind of story that will be read according to one's existing perceptions of the man. If you think he's the biggest sleeze that ever walked the face of the earth, this will play into that view. If you don't, you will only think he's just one of many fat cat politicians and most of them do likewise.
"... sadly though, I think you will soon be out of material! ;o("
Yeah, but I still have that dumb-assed Bush clone from Texas to kick around. And when he falls, there's always 'WIllard" or "Mitt" or "Calvin" or whatever that one guy changed his first name to.....
"English Embassy....what a maroon."
Yep. Sounds impeachable to me.
White Collar Auto
Hey, our President today called the "British Embassy" the "English Embassy".
I was wondering since this place seems to be "Gaffe Central" for everything said wrong, why that didn't get it's own thread?
To bad he wasn't talking to the Milwaukee Journal, maybe it would have been covered.
English Embassy....what a maroon.
What the heck are you talking about? You are the MORON of this decade. The President is correct.
The headline should read: "New Gingrich: Business no matter what. I will profit from you fools one way or another."
Only the Republicans buy his BS...They are stupid enough to believe what he says.
Feisty is correct - Obama has no clothes.
And the electorate no like-y likes a naked president, hence the historically low/Carter like poll numbers.
Feisty is a little wrong on the sucker thing. Seems like every day more and more suckers are getting clued in.
Gonna be a landslide. Just like with Carter.
Oh PEN, you poor misguided LIb, no he is not.
Now to try to explain how he is correct, just so I can have something to laugh at.
Really Spankers?
You mean Romney / Gingrich will negotiate a secret deal with the Iranians to keep American hostages another 74 days so that Obama will lose the election?
Like that Spanks? Just like Reagan did?
So who's going to negotiate the deal? Remember Bill Casey is dead Spanks. Had himself a convenient case of death just before he was going to testify to Congress about his "special deal". Nancy and Ronnie even showed up at his funeral when they planted hm.
Ha Ha! What are the odds?
Big fun huh Spanks?
Got that Tin Foil hat on little tight tonight there, eh GOP Extinct?
Not really WCA. All the evidence I need is lying in Bill Casey's grave.
Like that GOPEx.
But it's okay, I know you are a proud libbie and this is hard.
But gosh, seems like just yesterday that Obama was the man, invincible and there was no way he could lose.
Polling in the high 60's as I recall. Steady, but constant decline since.
But today he polls at below Carter levels.
Yep, GOPEx - not good times for team blue. But I'm sure he can turn it all around.
You're half right. I am a proud Libbie!! Say it loud, say it proud.
You a proud "Connie"?
Spanky says, even though it is misleading:
But today he polls at below Carter levels.
Per TPM: President Obama's approval rating is definitely in the danger zone in reelection terms. But it's actually been rising over the last month or two. His net disapproval has gone from over ten to roughly 5 percentage points. (You can see a graph here.) This new factoid stems from the fact that Carter's approval numbers actually spiked dramatically (about 20 points) in November of 1979 at the beginning of the Iranian hostage crisis.
Paul M in Wbridge
Give Newt-the-Beaut his due. How about fat and sleasy!
This is EXACTLY the kind of person that puts himself before anything else, and yep, that's who Republicans want in the White House? When would Newt have any time, and, moreover, any reason, to work for the American People when he'd be spending all his time working for himself and his own family?
I told you Republicans were nuts.
After the election, to be held on Nov. 12, 2012 with votes cast by those over the age of 21, all of this confusion over British v. English will be straightened out. Remember all of you "Connies" (I love that) go vote on Nov. 12, 2012
Gingrich is a pos. The man is the epitome of a self-aggrandizing, favors-trading, corrupt, anti-women, career politician....
And that's just for starters.
Gingrich IS the problem, definitely not the solution.
If you TPrs can't get your hearts and minds around Romney or Huntsman, go for Ron Paul. At least he seems to have some morals and ethics although I can't say I agree with him on many things...
And How does President Obama make his money? Isnt it off book sales and land sales to Tony the Fixer Rezco now in jail for 10 years? So whats the difference? Not sure why this is news anymore than how Obama makes his money. The desperation of this blog to find any newsworthy items to go after GOP candidates instead of actually discussing the political issues of the day for the country regardless of party or at least make it somewhat balanced between democrats and GOP. The hypocrisy to attack Fox News when you read MSNBC and the related political discussions is just fascinating. Neither one is anything to be proud of in terms of so called fair and balanced. Is it becoming more difficult for the creators of this blog and its followers to realize that they are in the minority of where the rest of the country wants to be?
PEN! Where'd ya go??? Looking for an Atlas?
Hey one of you smart Libs want to explain to PEN the difference between Great Britian and England.
Or maybe you all can't. Seems Geography isn't high up on the Lib priority list.
@kirk
"And How does President Obama make his money? Isnt it off book sales"
The difference between Obama and the Celeb Politicians is that Obama actually intended to become President and do some real work not just make some sort of splash, reap the $$$ rewards, go home and laugh at all the suckers...
Kirk bunch'o'numbers,
Please see my post #6.18 for an example of one of the many ways Newt has found to pimp himself based on his relatively short time as the Speaker of the House.
Ok, so Newt is like Clinton, Gore, Corzine, and a litany of others including Obama (Obama has been a DC politician for what, 5 years, 4 of which have been full time campaigning. He will make the big dough after he leaves office and all the billions he siphoned to his criminal buddies is filtered back to his dirty pockets). This is beyond a non-story as Newt has operated in the open, following the law of the land. But it does show that the media will continue to keep Obama's secrets and do their darnedest to "expose" all opposition. I can't wait for the magic trick Newt pulls when he turns Obama into a mop during the debates.
What do you all expect.They watch MSNBC they don't know anything other than lies. Just read what they say on here they are all brain washed and don't have a clue.
Wow, I knew Newt was successful, but he is much more successful than I thought. Way to go, Newt! We should all want to have such a successful American dream. Nothing wrong here, folks. Move along. He's got my vote.
Where did you hear that Tboy on the faux propaganda station?
I use to watch faux back in the days of the run up to the Iraq war. Because I feared war I would listen to the weapons inspectors speeches. He would say all kinds of good things that he accomplished and maybe one site he hadn't been allowed in yet in a maybe 15 to 20 minutes speech.
Well on faux that night you heard nothing of the good things he said and then repeated the one negative thing over and over. Then the talking heads would come on and start using fear and what ifs if Saddam wasn't taken out. That somehow the one negative thing proved that America was in immediate danger.
Day after day I would watch speeches and then watch faux push fear and twist the meanings to push their agenda of war.
The brainwashed bought it, hook, line and sinker. Just like you are buying the line that everyone is brainwashed but you and those who believe in faux.
It's funny that this attack article on Newt gave Obama 2 line on how he done the same thing in 2006, but failed to add a few more lines about the cost of Obama spending tax payer dollars campaigning Obama Care, for the past 3 years Obama has made millions in royalties from his memoirs since he became president. So First Read how about doing one on Obama with the same in depth analyst you gave Newt but I bet you’ll use lube with Obama.
@spanky
Yes spanky, and if it continues at this rate, he will fall to Bush's approval ratings in 18 years, at the current GOP congress's levels in 56 years and Ronald Reagen's levels in 82 years.
And ol' Fisty once again pokes her nose where she hasn't a clue... any threat whatsoever to the annointed one is sure to get her panties all in a bunch. Nothing substantial in anything she posts; just the same ol' same ol' nastiness.
Sorry, Fisty, but your opinions and those of your 'frenz', the other conspiring libbies posting negatives on this site, don't amount to a hill of horse manure... Obama is done, so drag out the towel and have yourself a good cry.
This proves how bad Obama is, he actually posts his tax returns. No one is accusing him of sexual harassment, he has been married to the same woman for his entire life and hasn't diddled with his interns or any other women. He is a good husband and father.
No he is not perfect but he has better morals in his little finger than all of the front running Republican candidates combined.
Since the far, far right can't get any real dirt on him they make one lie after another. Remember Karl Rove and his famous Swift Boating, start a rumor to hurt your competition.
Obama has been called a Muslim, a Christian, a bad Christian, a Socialist, he wasn't even born in the United State. Ninety nine percent of these accusations are pure lies.
For the sake of the United States I hope Obama is re-elected, but for him personally he would be better off he didn't win. He doesn't need the money and his life would be much better if he didn't have to deal with the jerks who continue to manufacture lies against him.
The far right is going in circles and you can see it as one candidate goes up and then down. It's like a merry go round at a circus and if they win the United States will continue to operate like a circus.
Aw Retarded guess you must be, eh?
So maybe you can tell us all what Bush's ratings were in the third year of his term?
Man, if you are right Kerry must have really sucked.
That is one murky account of his income sources--better transparency in a mud puddle. "Citizens United" is no more than a scabby arm of things he has his hands in.
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL "Once a lobbyist, ALWAYS a lobbyist..."
I suppose that also applies to Obama, who lobbied for home loans for unqualified people.
In fact, Obama, along with only seven other attorneys, were the lead attorneys that used Clinton's Community Redevelopment Act (CRA) to force lenders to make loans to those same unqualified people that caused the housing collapse and financial crisis in the first place.
Of course, he 'Blamed Bush'.
Roy - It was Bush (in the early 2000's that said he wanted to see at least 2.5mil low income families own homes by the end of that year.....
White collar auto:
Maroon...!!!!
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I hope that's some sort of joke. How was the money "made." The guy is a classless run of the mill thief and exactly what is wrong with this country. He forgets $1.4 to $1.6M in lobbying loot?
Here's the problem with America.
We have been convinced we need to have a perfect being ascend the throne of the Presidency. We base this on the quality of the man's wife, how nice his kids are, who his friends are, what he has done, how successful he is and then we nit pick away and are disappointed to find out that he is human and flawed like any other.
But here is the thing. I don't give two shakes of a rat's tail who is president, who his wife is, who his children are, what his religion is and any of that. If I did Obama would be perfect. Handsome orator, pleasant wife, cute kids, some pretend religion, and on and on. What we need is less window dressing and someone with substance who can work with the other party (Obama cannot), someone who can rally America (Obama has been a wet blanket), someone who will challenge the special interests (Obama is in bed with the Envirowackos), someone who will project American power (Obama apologizes for our standing and pisses off our allies), and on and on.
I propose this little law for the greedy 537 in DC (House, Senate, and Pres/VP) - If you pass a balanced budget and cut the spending dollar for dollar with revenue increase, you can split 1% of the savings if you pledge to leave at the end of your current term. Incentivize these politicians to do what we need them to do.
Either way, I'll take Newt over Obama or Romney over Obama. It matters not.
Newt is just another sleezy, corrupt Republican. The fact that he is tied at the hip to Citizens United says it all. But, of course the far right sees nothing wrong with buying the White House. That's what it's all about to the GOP.
Is Elizabeth:
a. the queen of ENGLAND
b. the queen of BRITAIN
c. the queen of UNITED KINGDOM
Why can't the Brits make up their mind? Has the United States ever been referred to as "America" (say as in....American exceptionalism)? How about it Newt?
But, of course the far right sees nothing wrong with buying the White House.
Do you really want to go there W. Goin. Obama has a $1 Billion war chest for 2012. What are they buying?
The man is a total con job.
the man is a total Con, looking for a job, Job1.
His books have their place across this great nation - no outhouse should without a copy hangin' on a rusty nail from the wall - real handy like.
I tried to line my cats litter boxes with his books - even THEY wouldn't go near them!
Smart liberal kitties I have! ;o)
Typical Republican 1 percenter, looking to take every advantage over "the other guy" that he can and walk in the gray area.
No wonder his fellow Repubs kicked him out over ethics.....
And, yes, I believe HE is one who should pay the proposed tax sur-charge to fund the extensions before Congress now.
I lined Frankie and Eleanor's boxes with the Ryan Plan. They went to town on it.
I posted this farther down, sad news from the senior gang. Uncle Bob, 84, has had a heart attack and is in ICU. Will update his condition as I hear about it.
That is a good idea. The paper is too rough to use it as toilet paper, plus it may cause sores and pustules. It can also be good for kindle.
The grease that his books pack will sure keep the fire going for a few hours.
ok character doesnt matter as much as a candidates ability to make the right economic decisions for all the people not just the rich.but character does matter some
Seems odd for the GOP folks ... after the longest time saying they hate the same old DC insiders ... are now thinking about equipping their car, for a long haul, with a flawed DC retread!
Talk about con man Obama discovered the speed of stupid in 08 it was a little over 66 million
"This is the latest installment in an occasional First Read series looking at the candidates’ financial disclosures."
Can FR provide us with links to the disclosures for the other candidates, or is this a convenient place to start?
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL "Once a lobbyist, ALWAYS a lobbyist..."
I suppose that also applies to Obama, who lobbied for home loans for unqualified people.
In fact, Obama, along with only seven other attorneys, were the lead attorneys that used the Community Redevelopment Act (CRA) to force lenders to make loans to those same unqualified people that caused the housing collapse and financial crisis in the first place.
Of course, he 'Blamed Bush'. Here's a link;
http://www.mediacircus.com/2008/10/obama-sued-citibank-under-cra-to-force-it-to-make-bad-loans/
You libs like to claim that your leaders are true geniuses....but this time we really have one here. You over played your hand with Cain because it was apparent that most Republicans wanted a real change in leadership, a change in culture. Now you must face your biggest nightmare....
Uh, a lobbyist is someone who is paid to do the bidding of corporate interests, union interest or individuals. To say that Obama was a lobbyist because he sued to enforce the Fair Housing Act is a typical Republican distortion of both fact and reality.
ROTFLMAO!!!!!
Like any politician has ever fully disclosed who he has economic ties to.
Come on PMSNBC let’s step into the world of reality.
Obama spent a record $744 million on his 2008 campaign but has disclosed donors for only $485 million of his windfall. Some of the irregularities still exist.
$1.8 million — Contributions over the $4,600 limit (1,608 contributors)
$26 million — Contributions over the $2,300 per campaign limit, reallocated without contributor affirmation.
$4 million — Contributors with Foreign Addresses (4,158 contributors)
Where is the in-depth investigative journalism about this PMSNBC?
Hmmmmm, a little introspection is in order.
An analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics of 2010 Congressional financial filings shows that nearly half (47%) in Congress are millionaires, compared to only 1% of all Americans.
Now before any of you buffoons start to bloviate about the Republicans being the party of the rich, in the House 110 Republicans are millionaires compared to 73 Democrats. In the Senate there are 36 Democrat millionaires compared to 30 Republicans.
Hey OWS, Occupiers, 99% or whatever the hell you call yourselves, maybe you should set up camp on the Capitol steps, it looks like a bunch of the 1% you so disdain are conveniently located there.
My simple question is, if we have so many brilliant financial minds in our Congress that can amass fortunes for themselves, why can’t they simply balance the budget of our nation?
Do you think this could be tied into that little concern about the conflict of interest concerning “insider trading” that everyone seems to have already forgotten about?
This guy appears to be like every other politican we have today..including all the want to be's we have running for president along with Gingrich. Honesty is not a political virtue for any of them.
Re-posted from prior thread because I really love me some Newt:
Leave poor Newt alone! It is not his fault he is the best the Republican Party can come up with. In my eyes Newt is a hero. Think about it; the Republican Party ran Newt out of Congress for being scum and now that the Republican Party has dwindled to the point that it houses only idiots and crazy people Newt is willing to ride in on his magic steed and lead the GOP to greatness!
The GOP rejected Newt years ago for being a two faced, hypocritical POS and STILL Newt is willing to lead them in their moment of need. Ladies and gentlemen, that is the very definition of heroism.
Let me be the first to start a new organization: Liberals for Newt!
...libs for amphibs
LUV IT! lol
I want a t-shirt that says that. With a picture of a little salamander (or gecko)
You're looking to describe the problem with america and american politics - Newt is it!!
Gingrich is a pos. The man is the epitome of a self-aggrandizing, favors-trading, corrupt, anti-women, career politician....
And that's just for starters.
...or maybe a picture of Carrie Henn......
The worst the repubs have is still better than Obama , heck the dog catcher in my town knows more about running the country than Obama.
Wayne 30435110000000000000000000. you say you are better off with worst from Republicans, than having President Obama trying to move this country foward. If you haven't notice this country is one step from ruin, thanks too Bush/Cheney and Republican Congress, Boehner, Cantor, Ryan, three stoogies are doing such a wonderful job. Where are the JOBS the TP Republicans promised in 2008, 11years and NOT ONE JOB produced by the Republican Party. 6-9 million jobs lost to oversea, (Cheap Labor). TWO WARS, Drug Plan, Bailout of Wall Street and Big Banks, Mortgage crisis we enjoy today, crooks still not in jail yet??? Tax Cuts for rich 1%. 25 million unemployed who can't fine work. Worst you say, I think you got it already, Moron!!!***
If you think Newt is the best..then this country is in for a even harder time than it has today with all politicans in washington wanting to be number one...and trying to tell us all what is best for us...as long as they and their wealthy friends benefit from it.
How is that these "conservative" politicians who all run on small goverment platforms, or, like Karl Rove and Grover Norquist, are political operatives promoting starving the government by lowering taxes, all make millions of dollars as subsideries of the political system? Gingrich, Rove, and Norquist are like (fat) flies on a dung heap.
Dow closes up 490 points.....
"Dow closes up 490 points....."
Yeah? Well...........TELEPROMPTER!
So there.
LIke everything else that has happened during the Obama Administration, of course it is George Bush's fault, right?
Or maybe the GOP House?
Oops. Dow closed up. That will make some Rebaggers mad. They love it when the market goes down so they can blame the president, then go make another killing off the market.
not this one.
Bob Here is the moment we all have been waiting for. You got it right!!!! You are the man!!! You should be working for N.A.S.A.
phinep - the DOW is up, today, so what?
But I wonder - who is mad? So it's the 99%-ers that made all that cash today? Was it you by chance?
Perhaps you can elaborate on how that fact relates to current struggles with the euro, or its impending collapse?
You might not knowthis phinep - but the Dow being up, today, is but a tree. We are in a forest, and it is a deep, dark, nasty place.
In fact, I wonder if you care to hazard a guess on where the market will be Friday, or this time next week?
Come on phinep, give it a whirl. It could be fun.
My 401K is still kicking, but how about your buddies running for office? Bet today didn't hurt them. And, they get the inside info on when to buy and sell. I don't.
Oh, and this is the same market the GOP wants folks to put their social security dollars into. Makes me feel real secure - NOT.
Anybody who points to the daily gyrations of the stock market to make a political point is setting themselves up to look foolish. And yes, I'm addressing my fellow liberals as well as conservatives.
I understand that wingnut trolls point to this kind of thing whenever it reflects poorly upon Obama, but they are idiots and we shouldn't do what they do just because they do it.
Ah phinep - your point was the republicans would be mad about the DOW, and that's just silly.
Silly - like expecting SS, a system that is already insolvent to be around down the road. But if this gives you security, then good for you.
I hope your 401k is kicking ass, cause it looks like you are going to need it.
Hey DBO,.....maybe you got something there. Perhaps we could invest in teleprompter companies.
I am confident in the outcome of the Nov 2012 election: a politician will win, so no shortage of politicians stepping up to the mic.
Spanky, I will leave the SS fight for another day.
FR readers, I have sad news. Uncle Bob of the senior gang has had a heart attack and is in ICU. He is 84. Mom just called and is very upset.
Phine - I'm sorry to hear that. I hope he gets well soon.
Sorry to hear about Uncle Bob!
I wish him a speedy recovery!
Mom said she would call back as soon as she has news. He is a widower, had no children, so the gang was his family (and now all of us, as they have adopted us).
Prayers for Uncle Bob. I'll have my son say some too.
It has been said He hears the prayers of children.
Thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers. Got tears pouring down my face. Hard to type. They do get a kick out of all of us - on both sides of the aisle (although, we all know they are hardcore, FDR progressives) They just love the fact we argue politics and take an interest in our country's future.
Hey Phin, my prayers are there for you and yours. Godspeed...
Uncle Bob my prayers are with you, I don't even know you nor do I remember reading your comments. Some good people have said kind words about you so God speed and get well soon.
We teabaggers dont care wether the market goes up or down , this pres is a screw up all by his self and nothing will fix that except when he loses in 2012 , were not the only ones that want him gone but most of the country , well at least the ones with half a brain.
Prayers and thoughts to Uncle Bob. I hope he gets better...God speed
"By that measure, Gingrich is certainly a member."
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are guilty of the greatest crime known to the liberal media: they were successful and made money in the, gulp, dreaded private sector.
Gingrich is a successful author and a true intellectual. Obama has written 2 books (ghostwritten) only about his favorite subject--himself.
I believe the Republican word for those kinds of people is "effete".
Bob-1887910
""By that measure, Gingrich is certainly a member.""
Mmmmm Hmmm. He's a 'member' alright.
Hey- still loving your "Nobody But Obama" deallie, Bob. 'S real neat.
Not quite Booby. You mean they screwed the little guy, offshored jobs, closed plants and profited off of ruined lives.
That's what I think you meant.
Did you have a second helping of bull@!$%# for lunch booby?
Please provide evidence to back up your outrageous claim!
NBO ..Nothing But Obamalove network
Hey, GOP/TP candidates - show us your tax returns!!!
Bob ### making money is not a crime, how you make it can be. Newt is a leach scam artist, you do know about his being thrown out of the republican congress for moral and ethical bad behavior right. You want to hang you hat on that really, as for Mitt, he made his money honestly, first you inherit and next you purchase and disolve companies all the while creating jobs. Ok I lied about the creating jobs. Other than that as a politician he goes with the wind. Now you want to talk about people that created jobs. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Paul Allen all by creating something not destroying something. So you support Newt the slime ball and Mitt the follow the wind maker. I think this brings up strong doubt about your moral and ethical nature, but if that is all you have go with it.
Wow Newt is holding his member.
While in the 'drivers' seat, from what I've heard... lol
Right.
Was that the book deal that got him censured from the House of Representatives?
Somebody refresh my memory on that one.
Newt holding his member in the drivers seat. With that picture, I need more wine.
Here we go again, pointing at idiot-Bob and laughing.
As a liberal I find the idea of laughing at mentally challenged people distasteful. But Bob's bringing it on himself by not only being stupid, but by being proudly stupid.
Well, nisl, if your going to be stupid, might as well be proud of it. And, these RWNJ's certainly are proud of it.
Phine - True. They are militantly misinformed and proudly ignorant.
Anyone seen the source from booby to back up his claim that President Obama's books where ghost written?
Come on booby - walk the walk little buddy!
Anyone seen the source from booby to back up his claim that President Obama's books where ghost written?
The only person that has seen Idiot-Bob's source is his proctologist. Idiot-Bob had to go see him because of his headaches.
Newt an intellectual! He was a sessional instructor at a small community college and they elected NOT to retain his [er] services.
The Newter has lots of ways to make money. Charging people to receive awards that he and his "foundations" have selected is just one. To think, dinner with the chance to maybe see the Newter for only $5000.00. Only in America!!!
From The Dallas Morning News
"Last year former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich mistakenly gave Dallas businesswoman Dawn Rizos an Entrepreneur of the Year Award and invited her to a private Washington dinner to discuss ways to revitalize the economy. For her part, Rizos donated $5,000 to Gingrich's group called American Solutions.
But it turned out that Gingrich had confused Rizos, the owner and CEO of the Lodge, the famed Dallas gentlemen's club, with another businesswoman. After learning of the mistake, Gingrich rescinded Dawn's invite to the dinner.
Apparently Gingrich didn't learn from last year's embarrassing episode. He recently sent Rizos an American Solutions membership card and asked for another donation.
"Thanks to members like you, American Solutions played a critical role in helping create this year's sea-change election," Gingrich wrote to Rizos."
Not once but twice. Whatta guy!!!
Anyone here seen my old friend Bob?
Where did you run off to booby?
Bob: Your comments are disgraceful. They show a total lack of intelligence and ethics. They aren't funny or cool. If you're looking for support, then keep in mind who and what is going to support you. You'll be in good company with the kinds of people who share your values. You can make whatever little quip you want in your defense, but it's your reputation you've made and you, not I, will live with it.
Bob,
There's nothing wrong with making money! That's not why I put that line in there. I put that in because of what Joe McQuaid said was part of HIS reasoning for endorsing Gingrich over Romney. That's all.
Domenico
Dear Santa.....could you please drop Mr Obama off when you past Kenya in December there is a village there missing an idiot.
Oh Wayne,
That was truly witty by half, making the statement half-witted.
Obama wrote Five books....They would only publish two!!!
Gingrich campaign, business interests tied together
To whose surprise?
Remember how Cheney got his son-in-law a job as a U.S. Attorney? Remember how the "party of small government" backed the U.S. Treasury vault up to Haliburton's coffers? Remember how "Ranger" contributors were awarded some plum contracts in that giant money laundering scheme called, Iraq?
Remember how the Bushes extorted the charities to accept business from Neal Bush's software company before they would tender a donation to New Orleans Katrina relief? Remember how the standard forms for NCLB monitoring were done by Neal Bush's firm too? Just so happens.
Yeah.
Repubs are small government right up to the point where they can make loot off of it; then,....ideological purity can go to hell.
Rasmussen poll:
Gingrich 45 Obama 43
Soon Kim Kardassian will be outpolling the failure Obama.
Bob--Congratulations. You found the one poll in seven in which Gringrich leads Obama. Maybe you'd like to be honest and note that Obama leads Gringrich by an average of 5.7 points. See http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/president_obama_vs_republican_candidates.html
Hey bob did you note that both Perry and Cain have followed the same path in the poles. (according to Rasmussen Polls). Were are they today BOB!. Were will the new flavor be in 30 days, BOB. You talk about clip and paste jobs, nice one.
Awww...ain't that cute...booby likes to post results from FOX-mussen polls...
This partial score just in;
Notre Dame 27...
Per TPM: President Obama's approval rating is definitely in the danger zone in reelection terms. But it's actually been rising over the last month or two. His net disapproval has gone from over ten to roughly 5 percentage points. (You can see a graph here.) This new factoid stems from the fact that Carter's approval numbers actually spiked dramatically (about 20 points) in November of 1979 at the beginning of the Iranian hostage crisis.
I just learned ( am I the last one to know this?) that the Reagan campaign convinced the Iranians not to release the hostages until after the election, in exchange for arms. Remember that, the next time you hear Jimmy Carter disparged.
Yup Amy. That super Patriot, Saint Reagan, then covered his tracks by snuffing the dude who set it up for him. Peach of a guy eh?
First rule of assassinations: Assassinate the assassins!! (Oswald, Casey, Ruby,.....).
Plausible deniability.
Amy - If you haven't already you should go read the text of Carter's "Malaise" speech. Given hindsight, the guy was freaking Nostradamus.
Amy: Yes, that little deal was exposed some years ago, but there is something larger here. Think about the kind of a mind it takes to support Republican policies, and then, think about the kinds of people with whom you're dealing.
Thanks, nisl, I will.
I do remember Jimmy Carter warning America it had to get off oil - if only he'd been reelected, I believe we could have avoided the wars in the middleeast that have drained our treasure AND put a dent in global warming.
Hey Amy, looks like you need to borrow a tin foil hat from NISL.
While you're looking that up, look up the Grassy Knoll, Bush blew up the Twin Towers and Area 51.
Man are you gullible. Typical Obama supporter. It would be sad if it wasn't so scary 'cause see, people like you get to vote..
WCA,,,, it would help you a lot if you did some reading also.
[WCA,,,, it would help you a lot if you did some reading also.]
If it doesn't contain pictures, WCA is lost...
All this talk about Obama's poor approval numbers really cracks me up!
Does anyone happen to remember Bush's approval number when he was re-elected in 2004? Just a little above 45%. Obama is hovering at about 43%. It was a close election but Bush won. And we still got almost a year to go, folks.
Even funnier is the comparison to Carter. Does anyone happen to remember Bush's approval rating the last quarter of his last term? 29%!!!
What should really frighten Republicans, however, is the approval rating of Congress in 2006 (you know, the year that Democrats took back the House). It was 16%. Right now Congress is at about 9%. A slim majority blames Republicans over Democrats.
Should be an interesting election...
Reagan's approval rating was 38% in 1983............yet, he is re-elected in 1984!
@ EEngineer should be interesting indeed!
Republicans and Democrats...
They're all made out of ticky-tack...and they're all the same...when it comes to human nature, and that's what we're talking here.
Can we assume you watch the program Weeds?
too funny! You're such a rebel hippy, df.
"....an occasional First Read series looking at the candidates’ financial disclosures."
And liberal media scrutiny of Obama is coming soon..after all, its only been 4 years since he has appeared on the national scene...they did cover the birth certificate issue well, though.....
Hey, booby. The President puts out his tax return every year. How about we see what the GOP candidates have on their tax forms, hmm.
For someone who hates the "liberal media" you sure like the logo, dontcha Bob?
A bird by any other name, is still a bird.... A Dodo, flightless "birther bird"!
Ony because he has to release it.
Of course, it isn't fully detailed- just provides parameters.
You might be interested in this, though
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/MutualFunds/HowTaxBoostingObamaCutsHisOwn.aspx
C'mon and vote some of my comments up No Jo.
You know you want to.
If it's all the same to you - I'll take a pass thanks! ;o)
You gotta be kidding.....the birth certificate issue? What a loon!.
No wonder the republican slate looks like they just climbed out of the Clown Car.
Well these goobers voted for that moron George W. Bush. Pretty much proves they will vote for just about anybody.
NBC legal will be contacting you soon about your avatar. Better find another and a lawyer.
[NBC legal will be contacting you soon about your avatar. Better find another and a lawyer.]
booby,
Spanky, the Lionel Hutz of First Read, will be glad to take your case...but only if it involves real estate or traffic court, of course...
lighten up on the lefties ,bob,they were so sure that the messiah would straighten things out that they are in some type of withdrawal,hangover effect where they only remember little bits and pieces of the years before and the more they remember the more they are upset about the fact that bush was not always wrong and obama ain`t much better.
Lemme see, the economic crash happened in 2008...who was running things then?
Oh yeah! It was the very incompetent and dishonest republicans who caused the crash! They took a balanced budget, a budget surplus and a thriving economy and turned it into the worst economic disaster in nearly 100 years.
On top of that they have done everything conceivable to damage the economy further while at the same time funneling as much money to the wealthy as the possibly can.
But don't worry they will fix everything. I guess they just forgot that in the last 50 years every time republican economic policies have been implemented they have caused a recession.
You don't have to be a moron to be a republican, but it sure helps.
hockeypuck: For the love of God, do you know how to write an intelligent sentence in your native language??!!?? It's very difficult trying to find my way through run-on sentences, grammatical errors, and syntax disasters. In other words, it's difficult to understand what you're trying to communicate. If you want people to respond to you, please try to write clearly what you're thinking. That's only one reason why English is considered important for American high school and college students to master.
Dear hockeypuck,
Your pen name is a perfect fit. You are truly practicing truth in advertising. I would like to have you point one single thing that Bush got right. He inherited a country at peace, with full employment, a booming stock market, a budget surplus that enabled successive payments on the principal on the national debt. You could have predicted the results he left us as soon as he named as his National Security Adviser an expert on the Soviet Union, a country that no longer existed and revived Reagan's Star Wars program. Then he sent our troops to Iraq looking for WMD, but found none, squandered the surplus and tripled the debt instead of paying it off. By the time he left us, we had our auto industry in a going out of business mode, the major banks collapsing, two wars going badly and 850,000 jobs per month being lost. This was a screw-up of historic proportions and one that will take us decades to recover from. Those of you who tell us Obama should stop blaming Bush are incredibly naive, or just don't want to accept the facts.
For Newt, it has always been about the money. That's what got him into trouble in the 1990s and led to his reprimand by the House. As Bio.com puts it: "Ethical considerations were at the heart of much criticism of the speaker. In 1995, he returned a $4.5 million book advance that the House Ethics Committee had questioned. Another ethics investigation arose about whether Gingrich had used tax-exempt donations to fund a college course he had taught while serving in Congress. Gingrich negotiated an agreement with the House Ethics Committee, and he payed $300,000 for the cost of the investigation. The House voted to reprimand him by a vote of 395 to 28."
Not a lobbyist? Hah! --- Newt is their pimp, the ultimate in "Fired Unethical Congressmen"
Newt is what is "Wrong With Government"
"White collar,"you idiot. Brittish Embassy, English Embassy.
American Embassy, US Embassy................. And your freaking
point is???????????
Amen, sister, Trish,...AMEN!
Newt is a Political Carpetbagger in Drag, enjoying the drill of the chase, as is evident by his narrative, ;he is not a lobbyist selling or leveraging influence, but a Czar historian of the Hill. and enjoying his intellectual canard.
Carlton
A canard is French for duck and that English word rhymes with Newt's intellectual qualifications **** nothing.
Gingrich will tell you as a public servant, it is not necessary to separate personal business from public business. That they can be one of the same. You can make money from fannie & freddie while making public policy the homeless be allowed new home loans.
GINGRICH HOLDINGS INC
1425 K ST NW, STE 450
WASHINGTON, DC
That address sound familiar? It should, one of their elite conservative homes for their elite congressmen just got shut down not too long ago on K ST ----- Millions shuffled through back doors
"Not a Lobbyist" ---- ROTFLOL,, , Newt is their "Pimp"
"Nutty Newt" is a pathological liar, and a LOBBYEST for Freddie Mac. His "Tax Master" is "Goofy Grover," which means he is an economic tool of the Koch Brothers. "Nutty Newt" is not an economic friend of the Middle Class, the Working Poor, the elderly, and the disabled. Now "Nutty Newt" would have been a super intellectual in 1855 however, now he is just a super spewing GOP Lobbyist. He has NO clue of what 99% of Americans are economically going through. "Nutty Newt" just did not have one affair. No America! He had two affairs!! This very intellectually confused GOP Lobbyist has a great understanding of the Confederate States Of America Constitution. Not so much understanding concerning the US Constitution. "Nutty Newt" could never beat President Obama in a debate, and "Nutty Newt's mental illness would come flowing out. He is not Presidential at all, and he has no idea of what a balanced budget looks like. Just go shopping with "Nutty Newt" and his "Plastic" wife.
Progressive-Forward=you are the epitomy of why most Americans understand that liberals suffer from a mental disorder.
BTW- the Koch Brothers do not represent a negative to Conservatives. Conservatives like myself applaud and appreciate their financial support to overcome the marxist Democrats and restore our nation to a Constitutional Republic rather than the post-constitutional nation we have become since the early 1900's and especially since the traitorous FDR.
Like most parasites who prefer to live off of what others produce, you are evidently too lazy to be successful yourself. But the problem with socialist parasites is that you have nowhere to go after you've stolen everything from those who actually produce. So your dreams of maximizing your Communist redistribution of wealth will be your own death warrant.
The little gerbils are working overtime tonight huh Larry.....???
Cowboy- you herd gerbils?
Larry--Do you really expect to be taken seriously when you use terms like "marxist Democrats" and "the traitorous FDR?" I didn't think so. Like Herman Cain and Newt Gringrich, you're in this for the name recognition.
Larry Robinson: For a person, who claims to hold a bachelor's degree in history and a master's in theology, you are a disgrace to your academic credentials. You make unfounded accusations against people you don't know, and you're using logical fallacies to make an argument that would have absolutely flunked you out of academic programs in a reputable university. Then, for you to write your BS and call yourself a Christian minister is absolutely disgraceful. I can think of only one minister who is your equal. He's from Topeka, Kansas and shows up with his ilk at military funerals condemning the honored dead, his or her family, and the American Republic because he claims America is a godless nation that protects the rights of gays and lesbians. If you're serious about the faith you preach, then you've got to answer to your God about your thoughs and about your behavior. Right now, you're a model anti-Christians point to in their condemnation of the Christian faith! Seems to me you're charged with bringing people into the faith, not standing a bulwark against everything for which it stands.
Truth hurts Old Vet?
I don't expect most of you libs to admit your embrace marxism. Some of you are even too ignorant to know that you are doing so. But there is no escaping the facts.
Democratic policy has been marxist for nearly 100 years, embracing most of the Communist Manifesto
All of these are from the Communist Manifesto and are core liberal Democrat policies and beliefs
A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes. (eminent domain)
Abolition of all rights of inheritance. (estate tax)
Centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly. (Federal Reserve)
Centralization of the means of communication and transport in he hands of the state. (FCC & Dept Of Transportation)
Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan. (AIG, GM, Dept of Agriculture, OSHA, EPA)
Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture. (unionism)
Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country. (urbanization)
Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc (John Dewey a communist and founder of American Public Schools -Dewey considered "the great task of the school" to be "to counteract and transform those domestic and neighborhood tendencies" which he specifically and accurately identified as "the influence of home and Church." In order for Dewey's "progressive" agenda to advance, the moral authority of "home and Church" would have to be undermined and replaced with the authority of the state.)
“The bourgeois family will vanish as a matter of course when its complement vanishes, and both will vanish with the vanishing of capital. (homosexual marriage, feminism)
“seek to end all religious belief and practice (which is a common sentiment here by the socialists)
Tjefferson
I've made no unfounded accusations and I challenge you to cite a single instance. And my so-called “logical fallacies” are also held by a number of Constitutional Scholars
I have no identity with Rev Phelps who I consider despicable and someone who doesn't follow Christ.
I do take seriously my accountability to God and to conduct myself even as Jesus and the Apostles did. Jesus did not hold back from those who would subvert God's truth calling them names like:
You are of your father the devil
Brood of Vipers
Serpents
Hypocrites (continuously)
Blind Guides
White Tombs full of dead man’s bones
Accused of devouring widows’ houses
Full of extortion and self indulgence
His brother Jude wrote in Jude 3 “I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.” the word for contend in the Greek is epagōnizomai used to designate combat with intensity.
Paul wrote: Preach the word! Be ready in season [and] out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 2 Timothy 4:2
I do stand for everything the Gospel represents which is why I'm also a libertarian. Christ calls us to liberty not the bondage that modern liberalism seeks to enslave people in. I will continue that battle with a clear conscience
Larry,,,you're a lunatic and hereby ignored.
Trying to find those citations in the ol' manifesto, can you give me the benefit of your research, or did you just cut and paste something?
Hey no one will confuse me with a liberal here, That being said,
Larry, YOU ARE NUTS!
I am a believer in what Skousen wrote in '58 but you are nuts to think that they are doing all of this now....
Larry, you do realize that Conservatism has been proven to be a mental illness, right?
...just sayin'...
@Larry R #'s: your post, #18.1,
Umm, it's epitome.
By the way--when Marxists take over, they have a tendency to exterminate the "intelligentsia."
But you won't have to worry about that...
It's in Section II
II
PROLETARIANS AND COMMUNISTS
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch02.htm
Welcome to Dem Utopia boys and girls,where Newt and Mitt are the only things between OBAMA and FOUR MORE YEARS.....and for a kicker Herman's picture is on a milk carton....please DO NOT wake me up...OBAMA/BIDEN/CLINTON 2012......and BEYOND !!!!!!!
If a poor record to run on and lowest approval rating in history didn't exist, end of the country, 2013. There aren't enough anti-Americans and parasites to make that happen though.
So thats good...right....???
No intelligent, ethical, person will vote for Newt Gingrich, period! If he will do what he's done to others, he'll sure as hell do it to you! I can see voting for him, if you've got your hand in his pocket, or if he's paying you off to vote for him, but it says you're no better than Gingrich. If that's who you are, then vote for the man, but understand, too, that you're saying you are assuming his reputation. His reputation is now your reputation, and you have told everyone you know exactly who and what you are.
Considering who Obama kept for company and friends i.e. Wright and Ayres, Gingrich is about par if Obama is where the bar is set.
Tracy: You are committing a serious logical fallacy, namely, guilt by association. I may have taken a course in Soviet Geography with a Visiting Professor of Geography from the USSR, who was a member of the Communst Party of the Soviet Union, but I can assure you the course was focused on geography and not politics. Now, by your foolish, logical fallacy, then I am guilty of whatever you think I was guilty of. If you had even one course in logic, you would avoid such foolish logical fallacies. Newt Gingrich was found guilty by his own party of unethical behavior while he was Speaker of the House. The list of unethical behaviors by Gingrich, by his own admission, goes on and on. I stand by every word I wrote in my post above.
Guilt by "association" is hardly what Obama has with these two characters. For one if is a FACT that Obama launched his political career in the home Ayres and Dohen...
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/11/30/confirmed_bill_ayers_hosted_a_fundraiser_for_obama
Second, Wright's relationship was far more than an "association". Wright was Obama's mentor and pastor and we all know that Obama lied when he said that he had never heard any of Wright's hateful sermons for the 20 years he was a member of his church.
Obama's unethical behaviors....
http://washingtonexaminer.com/node/467771
"Here's the exact language the Obama agency used in its court filing: "...Any records created by or held in the custody of the Enterprises reflecting their political campaign contributions or policies, stipulations and requirements concerning campaign contributions necessarily are private corporate documents. They are not 'agency records' subject to disclosure under FOIA."
Keeping financial documents secret because some of your biggest political doners are at Freddie & Fannie is pretty unethical consideing the tax payer funded 2nd stimulus package bailed these two entities out.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/254520/20111123/obama-s-money-man-tony-rezko-gets.htm
"According to a Chicago Tribune report, Obama purchased a new home in the Kenwood district of Chicago, in 2005, for $1.65 million which was $300,000 below the asking price but represented the highest offer on the property. On the same day that Rezko's wife, Rita Rezko, bought the neighboring empty property from the same sellers for the full asking price. However, Obama denied a coordinated purchase deal, but acknowledged that he had discussed with Rezko his interest in buying the house.
In 2006, after it was reported that Rezko's business deals were being investigated, Obama purchased a small portion of Rezko's wife's property, paying her $60,000 above the assessed market value, thereby making her property look less attractive for development. Obama acknowledged that the exchange may have created the appearance of impropriety, where Rezko helped Obama buy an expensive property which he couldn't afford initially, and stated "I consider this a mistake on my part and I regret it," the Chicago-Sun Times reported."
"I stand by every word I wrote in my post above."
Ditto bud.
CNN is reporting that Herman Cain is accusing Newt of making sexual advances to him backstage before the debates....Herman was quoted as saying,"trust me,I know it when I see it !!"....Newt's spokesman is claiming it was all a misunderstanding,Newt thought his new Tiffany's diamond nipple ring had fallen down Mr. Cains pants....
From the article....
"Obama, however, has also released his tax returns, something Gingrich and the other GOP candidates have, so far, declined to do"
Obama had done nothing to earn any decent income before he was candidate Obama other than his short stay in the U.S. Senate and write a few books....i.e. his tax return is less compliated that most who earn what he did. Gingrich on the other had actually has some accomplishments in his life regarding his financial earnings.
Obama didn't release his until March 25, 2008 a mere 7 month prior to the 2009 election in November 2008.
http://articles.cnn.com/2008-03-25/politics/obama.tax.returns_1_tax-returns-senator-obama-senator-clinton?_s=PM:POLITICS
There is 11 months before the the 2012 election takes place....i.e. MSNBC is mentioning something that make Obama look like someone who wasn't being very prompt and forthcomming.
"Gingrich on the other had actually has some accomplishments in his life regarding his financial earnings."
Can you quantify this comment. What has Mr. Gingrich contributed to this world for the betterment of man kind?
Mr. Cain was a successful businessman. Gingrich was /is a career POLITICIAN; he for sale to the highest bidder. And, Gingrich had affairs while his wife was going through cancer treatments
So Tracy Obama showed his Tax Returns but it wasn't fast enough for you. Newt on the other hand along with others are refusing to show their Tax returns. LOL and better yet Obama has not earned his wealth "BECAUSE" ? because you say so? what a FAH (figure it out) .
@vwterry
"What has Mr. Gingrich contributed to this world for the betterment of man kind?"
Welfare reform.
http://www.gingrichgroup.com/
What have you done?
"Newt on the other hand along with others are refusing to show their Tax returns"
Who is asking for them? BTW if you remember people were asking for Obama's tax statements LONG before he decided to release them. Also he refused to release anything prior to 2000 when pressed by the Clinton campaign....
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/04/clinton_pressing_obama_to_disc.html
"...and better yet Obama has not earned his wealth "BECAUSE" ? because you say so?"
OK not done much. Better? The point we that Gingrich has fare more accomplishments that Obama ever did prior to Obama becoming POTUS politically and/or financially.....as has just about every other POTUS before him. I have never seen someone less qualified based on their resume get elected to the highest office the U.S. than Obama.
The changes in Welfare were Bi-partisan measures.
Getting you info from http://www.gingrichgroup.com/ could be considered somewhat self serving.
But Obama can claim one accomplishment that Newt can't, he's been elected President Of the United States of America.
I agree with your avatar nasty, you and your fellow lemmings are dumb fux!
That is Feisty's new company she runs. Liberals I am sure will visit often as she cuts and pastes from Think Progress. LOL!!!!!
Love is in the air.........
@ Cowboy17 ...Really those two match up. Two disturbed angry neocrums, ohhhh how cute.
Newt is a LOSSSERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John-3617440
the typical response from someone who probably lives on food stamps
Larry Robinson: I would expect such a remark from you, a man who calls himself a minister!
Larry, i probably pay more in taxes than you make in a year...
Newt Gingrich is up for sale to the highest bidder.
American Girl>>>Newt was for sale along time ago when he was Speaker of House, why do you think they asked him to leave. He is an Historian, my ass.