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Subscribe to RSSHIAWATHA, Iowa - Newt Gingrich was very critical of his GOP rivals Monday as he is continuing to get hounded with negative ads in the Hawkeye State and is asking Iowans to help put a stop to it.
“If they run into one of these candidates, tell them they ought to be ashamed of themselves,” Gingrich said before roughly 150 people just outside of Cedar Rapids. “They ought to take this junk off the air.”
And it is these negative attacks that are perhaps causing the recent drop in polls.
“Watch TV here for 2 days. You had all sorts of people, all sorts of these Super PACs who have been consistently running negative ads,” Gingrich admitted to a couple hundred people early Tuesday at an event in Davenport.
The former House Speaker has vowed to run a positive campaign and not attack his rivals even when they hit him… most of the time.
"Every once in a while I slip when they get my goat and I can't quite help myself,” he admitted inside Level 10, an apparel manufacturer. “But I think I’ve done a pretty good job at staying focused on issues.”
Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Rick Perry all have TV ads and campaign mailers attacking Speaker Gingrich on a variety of issues, such as being a “flip-flopper” and not being a “consistent conservative.”
“I am not going to comment on the people who are suggesting I am not a consistent conservative although one wonders how they would know one if they saw it,” Gingrich said.
But the campaign, as the Speaker pointed out himself, is still organizing itself and having to play catch up with just 15 days until the first-in-the-nation caucuses.
“We are still putting our campaign together. It is wild. It is amazing,” he said.
Gingrich, who is scrambling to get his name on the ballot in Virginia for the primary, told reporters in Davenport, “Some candidates have been running for five or six years and raised millions and millions of dollars. They're better organized than I am.”
But in the end, Gingrich said, it’s up to Iowans first and foremost to decide which type of campaign strategy should be rewarded.
“When you get ready to vote in 2 weeks ask yourself, do you really want to reward politics as usual, negativity as usual, attack as usual, consultants as usual, fundraising from Wall Street fundraising as usual,” Gingrich asked. “Or do you want to vote for the only person who has consistently, steadily been positive for the entire campaign.”
The Speaker continues with four campaign stops in Eastern Iowa Tuesday.
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Newt shouldn't be surprised at the new Dark Ages. “Pearls of Wisdom ... November 09, 2011 ... ”” ... conservative wing of the Republican Party is where the ideas are"” (the old, ugly and evil Rush “looting” Limbaugh with Hannity/Noory how to guide of extremist Republican and Christian outlets for creating legal illnesses, murders for hire, and failed antebellum states with willing accomplices and sham brides and sex tours, another GOP human trafficker by harvesting humans like Esso-Koch whose products kill people; unable to sell - NRA gun/other erection products, hair/other plugs, winter clothing except Mittens Romney, disaster insurance, Nazi products ‘cept Exxon chemicals, crayon-ready denier college textbooks/manifestoes, spontaneous abortion office products, while conserving the flamers of the new aristocracy; rushlimbaugh.com).
Ozonator
You might want to step down on the meds a little bud...
"It is wild. It is amazing,” he said."
"Wild" and "amazing" aren't words that come to mind when I think of a "consistent conservative".
And what meds do you think he might be taking? I detect some brain cells are fried. Reminds me of some of the rants of a drug induced society from the 60's. Lets battle "facism" with "communism." or lets go from the frying pan into the fire.
It shouldn't be his rivals, who are ashamed of these ads. It should be the people, who believed all of the crap in these ads.
Actually we only need to know one thing or maybe a few but whatever. We started to seeing outlandish vitriole and hatred in the late 90's and now we know why. Newt Gingrich. Someone needs to make ads showing his correspondence. Now we know why the right thinks the left is lazy, pathetic, antibusiness, anti everything, shameful. Because Newt wanted them to think that. And he told them over and over to use that language and it worked. The right thinks every word of it. Now that we know why and can identify the source we can start repairing the damage. And it is nice when you reap what you sow. I think it is time Newt gets the full fruit of what he has done. Plus it needs to be shown his total hypocirisy whether you are talking about Fannie and Freddie, univeral healthcare. check kiting, Clintons affairs. This man is past evil. And no amount of invoking God will repair what he has done as Glenn Beck has found out too. God is not there to be used as a campaign or political aid. And as stated in the Bible all who have been lied about will be repaid double. I hope that is starting now. The Democrats and Obama are in line for good fortune for a while. It is a good thing that Newt is running for office as he has been exposed! We all needed to know where the hatred and vitriole started. So we can start putting an end to end and not keep up the cycle. And he wants to run a positive campaign. All that comes to mind as he says Merry Christmas is Hypocrite with a capital H. At least we are getting some insight in todays republican party. It has people like Newt in it.
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Exactly. Let's assume I am a hard-core liberal who believes in big government babysitting. Say in 2012, it's Obama vs Ron Paul.
2 weeks before the election, a "juicy story" breaks that Obama had 2 affairs, one in 2006 and the other in 2009. Both women have come forward with all the soap-opera juicy details.
If I don't vote for Obama as a result, I would have a warped sense of priorities.
This is the culture that you and your power-hungry, morally deficient conservatives have created for yourselves Newt.
Hey Blingrich, don't you think we need to know about this before anybody considers putting you in the white house!! And shouldn't YOU be the one who should be ashamed????
I see the droids of the left are out in full force today. Do any of you have jobs? As far as negative ads go, WHICH IS THE GIST OF THE ARTICLE for those of you that have more than a 2 second attention span, NOBODY should tolerate this crap from any party. It does nothing more than detract from what the candidates have to say. We've had Presidents that had party favorites kill people in public office, (Burr vs Hamilton), others that fought their own duels (Jackson), those that have lied through their teeth resulting in several World Wars (Wilson, FDR, Truman), those that couldn't keep their private parts in their pants (Harding, Kennedy, Clinton) and a plethora of senators that have done things FAR worse than getting out of a couple of marriages or being a conservative or liberal. Of course with much of the intelligence evidenced, which is minimal, on this blog, many of you would have to put down your IPOD's or latte's and open a political history book to examine how negative ads distortion, or dirt slinging have influenced the dumb and dumbers in the country to vote for people who have absolutley no idea of what they are doing. You only have to start with the election of 2008! Oh, Ozonator and ktlin, test for today - What does L O O N spell?
NewtISaPIG
That's why they call him Newt-Slobber-my-Johnston-Gringrich; and he and his supporters actually believe that he ought to be the next POTUS!
In the attacks Newt is complaining about..the only thing that concerns me is ...are these complaints by rivals true or not ? If true..then I can see why he would be concerned...the thing is,,,we voters have a right to know the reall truth about each of the people running for the office of our president....and all of them have a huge problem with the truth. They each slant everything to make either themselves look better or their rival look bad...the only true statement I have seen from any republican so far is this " do whatever to defeat Obama "....and so far they have done just that. Prefering to beat Obama no matter the cost to this country which has taken a back seat to this election..or for that matter, any election.
Newty this is politics, there is no shame! You should know this well Mr. Speaker.
I think it's funny Newt has a problem with this but never came forward when Karl Rove ran lie after lie after lie about every Democrat running in prior elections. And, his group will be making horrible ads against Obama. Let's see how Newt reacts to those. My guess is he'll be quiet about them as he has in the past. It's only bad when it's against him.
JP: Have you got a job or are you one of those 'back in my day' retirees...?
Newt: About that Kensian Colonialism thing....was that just a friendly pat on the back?
I can't remember who said this, but I thought oh, it is so true!!! "Newt doesn't have skeletons in his closet, he has a whole graveyard in there!!!" I bet he thinks he is such a political genius by taking the offensive position of "no negative campaigning" to try to forestall his rivals bringing up his very ugly, dirty past. Very disingenuous of him.
Sorry Newt...we are not fooled.
Newt if you can't take the heat. Get the hell out of the kitchen and go home. The truth hurts huh Newt.
Gingrich "ought to be ashamed of" himself for running... for dictator.
And these words come from the man that is know in the conservative ranks as a bomb thrower.
Egilman: you owe another screen.... Truly LOL.....
Of course the Grinch wants the ads against him to stop, voters might get some information that he really doesn't want out there. That would reduce his book and movie sales.
Newtie, Newtie, Newtie...if only you had followed your own advice when you were going nuts over the Clinton BJ while you were committing adultry with Callista...look in the dictionary for hypocrite and there is your puffed up face....HAH
Gingrich is everything we hate about Washington, from lack of ethics and morals, to pathological lying, to the revolving door and greed, to narcissistic egoism, to tin-foil hat ideas, to perpetual war, to attacks on freedoms and liberty -- He is the biggest turd ever squeezed out of Washington. And now it's not just Newt, but his fellow adulterer Calista who wants to be First Lady.
All the plotting and planning machinations we see from Teapublicans in the current congress, blackmail, hostage-taking, poison pills, threatening to shut down government every other day ALL started with Gingrich. And most of all, Gingrich started the Luntz and Rove "strategery" of using ugly words against the other Party, along with FOX Noise and Hate Radio taking off in that same 1990s time frame -- It is clear how things have become so divisive and hateful.
It's way past time to restore civility, sanity, democracy, truthfulness, etc., and for the pendulum to swing back to the center from the ultra far-right fascist theocratic plutocracy we are becoming on this very day. Throw the Teapublicans out!
I find it weird that Gingrich is saying shame to his rivals yet he knew fully that he might get that when he decided to run for president. I don't support mudslinging; in fact I want to have it cut down so they can focus on the issues. But to know that something bad might happen to you if you do something and then having it happen to you and then go whining to the press is pure BS. Gingrich knew that he was a hard-ass in the 90s; he should of known that it would bite him in the ass someday. Glad the GOP is turning on each other; November 2012 might actually be the start of an era of prosperity; or at least recovery and resurgence.
OBAMA BIDEN 2012
Get over it Newt.................with all the lying you do, fending off negative campaign ads should be a piece of cake.....................
this sort of behavior makes you like a little woosie............can't take the heat get out of the kitchen.
Besides, republicans have always been nasty and go for the throat..........you should know that.
If you can't stand up to your own party bad mouthing you what kind of President do you think that would make you.........ooo, I know, the kind that whines, sobs and runs for cover.
Sorry..........nut up or shut up.............that is life..........
it is what the rest of us have had to do at the hands of the republicans for the last 10 years...
First Mitt Romney said Gingrich was a flip-flopper, then he said Newt wasn't a flop-flipper, then he said well of course he does flip and sometimes flop, and then he said "if that guy flip-flops on one more issue, I'm going to sue him for trademark infringement!"
When was the last time a modern Republican ran a campaign without negative ads? Or was all that stuff about scary Latinos and terrorist Mau Mau presidents meant to be positive?
Well, the whole Republican Party has been doing it ever since then.
And the reason they do it is that it works so well.
I have to agree. This clearly shows that these "rivals" don't have anything to offer but narrow minded gossip. But, if you think about it, we already know this from the Romneys, Bachmanns, and other jerks. And now, that is what they bring up as a "valid" campaign in their own house???!!!
I don't want any of those morons anywhere in politics.
Ah, Gingrich is from the old school. The Reagan rule of thumb doesn't apply today. Sure, there was a time when "if you can't say something nice about a fellow republican, don't say anything at all" worked. Every republican walked lock-step in line with its leaders. But republicans are trapped into their own little corner.
Those days are long since over, when the teapublicans were elected. The offspring of the TEA party brings with them the venomous viritrol from the campaign trail. Like spoiled children, they don't listen to the words of Reagan or any other leader. Its a gloves off fight to the finish now.
You see Newt, you have a serious problem. In order to get nominated, you must wine and dine the teapublicans. In order to get elected, you need to avoid the teapublicans like the plague.
Don't feel bad, it's the same with any of the candidates on the red side of the aisle. The Koch brothers have set forth the beast and called it TEA to curtail and derail the current administration. Now, you have to play by their demands. Yes, just like the House, you are a hostage like Boehner.
The fact is that propaganda works - sometimes I think it's as simple as scratching a dog's belly to make his legs run. How else would the Republicans get a guy making 8.75 an hour to align his interests with millionaire/billionaire Wall Street paper shufflers?
I think we can give special thanks to the etymological team of Bush/Cheney who managed to complete the task of removing all meaning from the lanaguage during their time in office. (WMD, compassionate COnservative, Patriot Act, etc.)
This is almost comedical. Newt complaining about mud slinging even though he's been doing it for his whole life. I guess he thinks it alright to sling mud as long as none lands on him.
What Newt does not see is that he has too much baggage to be a serious candidate with Independents like myself. Come on Republicans...get a serious candidate like Jon Huntsman and stop letting the minority TEA party tell you how to run your party.
One question Newt, Have they lied? When you can't say anything nice you might as well tell the truth. You questioned Clinton's ethics. 85 ethics violations Newt. EIGHTY FIVE!!! You publicly embarrassed Clinton and his wife about their private relationship while cheating and screwing around on multiple wives. Your hypocrisy is just as bad as Toe Tapper/Wide Stance Larry Craig.
Newt only says that because He by far is the Candidate that has the most baggage. Give'em h$ll.
yeah, i agree, this is definitely his attempt to try and shame his competition into not airing his laundry..
it makes sense, its the only chance he had at not being dragged through the mud..
I wanna see it all.. my president will be as close to my values as possible.. he will be faithful to his wife, and country, otherwise I wanna know, so that I can spend my vote wisely..
this black label politics that he is pushing is his idea of government, Do not ask questions just let me talk you into it.. scumbagg
Newt doesn't have any dirty laundry to air. Only starchy white sheets. According to those who've been polled, Newt's chances of erection are very good.
Newt's contribution to politics is seminal. Root for Newt.
Well, from what I've seen thus far, at least in the case on Ron Paul, everything in the commercials about Gingrich has been true. I think it's important for people to know ALL the facts about a candidate so they can make an informed decision about who to vote for. Personally, I think Gingrich should be ashamed for being a fat, lying sack of crap.
Jwright771984
I have something you need to watch, I posted it on another thread but it fits here....
I never thought I would or could listen or sit through anything from R Maddow.
Well I just did and surprisingly she took a very fair tone, ABOUT RON PAUL!!!!!
I almost fell out of my chair!
Here's the URL....
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/45723588#45731401
They actually make the statement towards the end that Dr Paul just might have the political power to (as they put it) pull this off!
Wonderful News!
Yeah I saw that show. Basically she shows how Ron Paul is an outcast in the GOP but basically is the purest representation of their core values.... I don't agree with everything Paul says but at least he's not slimy like Newt...
Egilman,
Maybe you should listen to Maddow more often. I don't always agree with her tone or what she says, but she has a good sense of humor, she is intelligent, she doesn't deride or shout down the people she invites on her show, and she makes a good attempt at provoking people to think. Not perfect, but a whole lot better than most.
Always said, I would never vote for a redcoat, but at least you know who Ron Paul is..
He doesn't have to create an image, paint himself to look like a population of voters.. You hear so much that romney is trying to look like the upstart business man, or gingrich is trying to look like he started from nothing and is successful..
Ron Paul is Ron Paul, take it or leave it.. The other guys rely on good packaging, but when you get it home, you realize you've been misled.. Its gonna take more than 6 minutes of exercise a day to look like the guy in the picture..
But the sheep eat it right up, because rush/hannity say so.. dummies..
Ron Paul was critical of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, arguing that it sanctioned federal interference in the labor market and did not improve race relations. He once remarked: "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 not only violated the Constitution and reduced individual liberty; it also failed to achieve its stated goals of promoting racial harmony and a color-blind society". This isn't the only safeguard that he is against. He is against dozens others like "Minimum Wage".
Yeah, we need to know EVERYTHING about the candidates. What is the size of their "package"? After all if it is to small they will be intimidated "little" men, and if it is too big all they will think about is "muh dick."
See how ridiculous yours and others peoples so-called logic is?
All that is needed to know about these men is WILL THEY DO THE JOB THEY ARE HIRED TO DO?
Egilman, I was not kidding when I said Ron Paul gets more air time and treated better by MSNBC than Fox as a republican party candidate. They try to slam him on Fox if they mention him at all, he may have the last laugh since it is looking like he might just win in Iowa, then Fox will have to talk about him won't they.
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You need to do more research into what Dr Paul stands for and what he actually said in full context. His speech about the 64' CRA is spot on with libertarian thinking and is supported by most thinking people, including the NAACP. I would tell you that you need to do some of your own thinking instead of letting others do it for you.
Forrest,
I know you have been telling me that for a few weeks now, I finally ran across something I could actually listen to. Fox is trashing him real heavy now, even more so now the polls are showing him closing the gap in New Hampshire also.
The more they trash him the stronger he gets....
The more they trash him the stronger he gets....
It fires up his supporters, and if he does not get the nomination, they will never support the nominee because of the way they treated Ron Paul, they should have given him a little common respect, they treat their idiot candidates better than that.
cherokee-1166981
Here is a URL to the entire text of his speech.
When you read it you will easily see the spin that is used to make a persons statements seem like something they are not. It exposes the political tactic of taking a single statement out of it's original context.
www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/civil-rights-act/
Forrest, I would like nothing better than for the good DR to run as a third party outsider candidate and actually win, but the system is not set up to allow that to happen. So he is stuck running as a republican and having to carry all their baggage with him. (but it does seem like he is getting it done, and they HATE it)
Jwright, that is too funny. Thanks for a good laugh.
Egil, everyone's seen the interview in its full context. If you don't like Paul's opposition to the Civil Rights Act, take it up with him.
If Ron Paul stuck to his Libertarian ideals, I might respect him. But he's as big a hypocrite as the rest of them.
And bigotry is not supposed to be what Libertarianism is about.
Yeah, 'cause not all the rest of the GOP candidates are fat!
Ron Paul thinks he's found the cure but his research is flawed.
Newt is saying this because Ron Paul, who has been running many of these ads, is in the lead by the latest poll.
Gingrich - You better return the money you received from 'offering strategic advice' to Freddie Mac. Maybe then the American people will learn to trust you a little bit. He is just one of the few politicians from among both Democrats and Republicans who have benefited greatly from the financial bubble and eventual bailout.
Former Democrat, now voting Ron Paul.
Ron Paul 2012
Jeremy Bobby
You better watch out, to many around here, people like you, thinking Americans, don't exist! ;-)
As predicted, the Grinch is burning himself out with his bozo rhetoric, arresting federal judges for not issuing "Proper" decisions.
He is definitely NOT a republican. (Maybe he's trying to channel mussolini?)
Ron Paul is the only one who is gonna turn this country around. Politics as usual is NOT his motto!! The man is a straight shooter!!!
Ron Paul 2012
Egilman comparing Gingrinch with Mussolini, is just not fair, to Mussolini.
Ron Paul has some good positions on foreign policy, as well as a handful of okay domestic policy views. But his opposition to the Civil Rights Act and the First Amendment is inexcusable. He needs to renounce those views before I'd even consider supporting him.
Yeah Toasty because the whole "force people to like each other" Civil Rights Act has worked oh so well all these years right? Opposition to the First Amendment??? I almost fell out of my chair laughing, please show me proof.
The man has a serious issue with the Establishment Clause, Raychel:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:H.R.539:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:H.R.3893:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d105:H.J.Res78:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:hz278:
Ok Toasty,
The first two links relate to The We The People Act, it has nothing to do with the first amendment nor the Establishment Clause. It was an act trying to make it impossible for the SCOTUS to legislate from the bench. This would put the federal courts back into their constitutionally mandated place.
The third one was a proposed amendment to the constitution reinforcing the establishment clause that the government can make NO law concerning any establishment of religion. Currently the government cannot officially support any religion, that would have prevented the ability of the government to ban religion, thereby correcting a misconception amongst some that official non-support for any specific religion is interpreted to mean that religion can be banned from the public.
It was improving the establishment clause, unless you are one of those that wish to ban religion.
the last one is an amendment to the one above (approved) to prevent the federal government from using federal money to effect the SCOTUS ruling in a specific case or to aid the precedent set in that case.
When I read them it appears to me that what he was trying to do was reinforce the establishment clause to prevent certain people from using it to attack religion.
So those links do nothing to prove your precept that he has any issue with the establishment clause itself, but in eliminating how people are using it to justify their attacks on religion.
They contain nothing about the first amendment nor the Civil Rights Act
Wanna try again?
hahahahahaha.
Oh. You weren't joking?
Pardon me.
Sorry.
In other words, Ron Paul is opposed to the Constitution of the United States.
the Court's Establishment Clause jurisdiction is indefensible
You are able to read, you do understand what jurisdiction means don't you? He is saying that the court cannot legislate anything from the bench, they cannot alter the establishment clause, the court doesn't have that power. He was trying to preserve the constitution.
The case at hand was one of religion yes, but the law he wanted to enact was to prevent the court from making any ruling outside the constitution. An unsuccessful attempt to protect the freedom of religion the constitution protects. This is within the power vested in the Congress not the courts.
Twisting it into any other meaning means that you do not understand the actual effect of what the legislation was intended to accomplish, OR, in the alternative, you simply don't care and are twisting it to suit a political argument. (which is probably the case here)
Well dang Egilman you beat me to it! I usually try to disregard what Toasty says but his new "opposition to the first amendment" was so ludicrous I couldn't help myself.
Toasty I have given you more than enough info of where Dr. Paul stands on issues, I'm not trying to get you to vote for him, I'm trying to get you to stop spreading un-truths. Here's a few more tidbits to chew on.
Dr. Paul
Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage.
Voted NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent.
Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman.
No legislation to counteract the homosexual agenda
I could go on and on but I won't waste my energy.
I didn't say that ALL of his votes were bad. Just enough of them that I'd never in my darkest nightmares vote for him.
I am starting to think that Gingrich is running only for himself? More book sales,more lobbying for millions$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$${as a history adviser} more speaking fees. Do we really need another professional politician in the white house to enrich himself and his friends?
I'm starting to get that feeling too that he's not serious about winning but just trying to boost his name on the conservative "circuit". He really is just another celebrity candidate ala Cain, Trump, Palin. What a big, bloated gas balloon...
He is the only man in this to ever balance the budget and create a surplus! Major welfare reform, etc... Who cares about his personal life? Anyone but OBAMA. What a loser!
Dave-551783 , nice try. That was Bill Clinton - all Newt did was whine at the back of the plane....
Bye, Bye, Tea Party - I'm still hearing the last gasps from the true believers.... lol
Since when does a President pass a budget in Congress? Are you kidding???
So Dave, by your reasoning we shoud be blaming Boehner and not Obama for the current deficit. No, I suspect you'll change the rules in this case.
There's a lot more money to be made as a talk show host than as President of the United States.
But it helps if you're a drug addicted college drop out.
The insult to the American people is that he's running at all. Nothing but a political whore feeding his own ego and looking to get richer from politics.
Ron Paul is the only choice for 2012.
And whores (political or otherwise) would go out of business if it were not for their johns.
why does everyone always whine about negative ads? the whole purpose of debates and campaigns is to set yourself apart from other candidates and compare your record and what you would bring to what the alternatives are.
The American people need to know the truth, not lies and twisted facts.
You can NEVER throw mud without getting some on yourself. Unless you are made of teflon like Plasticman romney.
I would trust 0 bama in a dark Chicago alley before I would trust Plasticman romney
How could you see him?
Shut up davevy wavy and go back into your closet and put away (again) your silly white sheet and pointed hat (what better way to fit your head?).
Newt thinks it's okay he received $1.6 million from Freddie Mac because he was a acting as a "private citizen" at the time. Well tell us, Newt, what exactly did you do for 1.6 million? Please show us all the work you did that had nothing to do with your political influence; there must be mountains of documentation for $1.6 million (not!).
Newt, Newt: When you join the Clown Corps, isn't it sort of idiotic to complain when you get a pie in the face?
Bubbaji.... You just hit on the problem..Newt is so out of touch with reality & the mainstream that he has no clue he has joined the CLOWN CLUB.... he exhibits an attitude the WE owe HIM for all he has done for US !
He takes no responsibility for the embarrassment he brought on the HOR thru his shady deals & actions & even denies that it was any consequence or that it was wrong....deny, confuse, obfuscate ... that is Newts SOP and not what this country deserves or should EVER tolerate !
p.s. RON PAUL 2012!
Then you can kiss the Civil Rights Act goodbye.
Not that Toasty will EVER listen but here's a few tidbits proving once again how wrong Toasty is:
I'm not a Gingrich fan or Republican, but I like the fact that he doesn't want to run negative ads on others. Atleast one GOP runner, who refuses to sling mud on others. I admire him on this stance.
You could but you shouldn't since Blingrich is the one with the most to hide, by far..... Maybe if he only had a few minor indiscretions....
Ok, what planet are you living on, or are you only impressed if the negative comments come in PAID political ads? He's been slinging plenty of mud in between the "I wouldn't stoop so low"...
Don't expect that to last.
He knows he can't win a mud fight. He has a hunch he can't win the nomination. By not slamming the future republican candidate he keeps himself in good standing.
Hopefully when he becomes the "Supreme Successor" he will suppress all criticism after first disbarring judges he disagrees with.
LOL! Teatarded hypocrisy........
They all do it. Obama does and so do the clintons and anyone else with a check book. There is a certain segment of the population that responds to calling others names. I mean, how hard it is to call the chuckler one post above me or others paid by obamas campaign to post negative. I mean, who know s? it aint that hard when idiots vote for obama even though the man has half destoyed america and is working on bringing the other half down. See, I was telling the truth and I was being half positive, not alone half negative.
Don't forget half witted.
Says the sheep.. Go peddle your fascist propaganda elsewhere, sheep boy..
Jolly: Oh, so "negative" is when a politican you don't like says something you don't agree with? Unique definition...I can see why you have a problem with this particular President.
The problem is that the true OBAMA (Jim Jones "like") lovers will jump off the cliff with this loser! He has to go! Newt, Mitt, Ron...anyone is better than OBAMA. The on-the-job training exercise has failed!!!
Obama has pulled this country from the brink of disaster. Or have you forgotten who destroyed it.
Isn't Newt Gingrich criticizing other candidates for negativity kinda like Charles Manson criticizing Michael DeBakey for using vertical mattress sutures instead of running subcuticular sutures on his patients?
..actually it's more akin to a masturbator calling a jerk-off a one handed lover, just be thankful Newt doesn't need to sit with a wide stance in the bathroom... or not !
I used to say, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with bull@!$%#."
The typical liberal says, "If you can't argue your point with facts, resort to personal attacks and name calling."
This based on the comments of the liberals so far.
Yes Believer (as "will believe in anything he is told told by a conservative candidate), it was typical liberals that "swift boated" the 2004 election. The practice of personal attacks is something the Ginrich champoined when he was in office. But keep on believing, moron.
The GOP Chri$tian Teabag$ have no shame at all. They have done nothing but stoke up hate and fear while looting the coffers of the middle class and working class. A more freedom-hating bunch I have never encountered. They loathe the Constitution -- especially Bachmnn and Gingrich. They want far-right fundamentalist Christianity as the official Federal religion. They want to put the children of the poor in sweatshops for pennies on the dollar. They shriek about the specter of Shariah Law while at the same time doing their best to replace the Constitution with Levitical Law.
The GOP Chri$tian Teabag$ are also expert liars. They lie about gays. They lie about the poor. They lie about the real reasons why unemployment has been so bad for so long. They lie about Muslims, witches, and atheists. They even lie about science.
The GOP Chri$tian Teabag$ rejoice and applaud when their ilk make statements like "the uninsured sick should die!" and "let's replace janitors with 5-year-old children!". They rejoice in the idea of taking food off the table of the elderly to give big tax cuts for billionaires. They believe that no human being has any obligation whatsoever to any other human being, and that any suggestion otherwise is "Socialist Marxist Job-Destroying Communism! (TM)"
None of these fascist have a nanogram of shame.
Perfectly put my friend, now if we could just pass a law that would allow deportation of people who deceive the voter & have profited from their time in office.....
Just came from the the Union hall, right Indigo, or did you get your DNC newsletter in your email this morning?
Too bad you don't have a clue of what is really happening but you will, in the near future. Just think class warfare and who is promoting it. Wrong! both parties are. When the middle class is gone, who will be left? That's right, the rich and the poor. OR the powerful and the powerless. Where will you fall? Someone told me that this weekend and it woke my stupid rear up. We have 1 party that pays us to get back and another that pushes the rest of us back.
FED: So, you have no effective rebuttal. I guess you haven't noticed that it's the GOP Teabaggrers that have destroyed the middle class. And now they want to destroy the Constitution too.
AS I said, you are clueless but continue to believe that BS, it is your right & privilege. Rebuttal? There is no rebuttal to hate and name calling. Why help escalate the class warfare.
Who made a statement like that, name the name and place, or was this more liberal spin to engender ill will and promote class warfare?
Shame on all those that noticed he was cheating on his wives, was censured by his own right wing colleagues, and was caught on the take from Fannie and Freddie. You're supposed to turn your head.
Seriously folks . . . was there actually *anything* said that could insult this fat, adulterous, lying sack of sh** big-mouthed oaf? . . . Gingbitch will implode eventually.
This is good. A guy with the morals of a dead horse is complaining that others have no morals. What is the biblical saying about living in glass houses? I hope this two bit, high IQ, well educated, well connected, no commone sense self appointed important person disappears from the race, from politics, from news, from everywhere and jsut gets on his million dollar yacht with his ditzy girlfriend and sails off into the sunset, never to be heard from again. Or maybe, the Republicans could nominate him and give Obama a landslide win.
Hey, hey! Dead horses didn't do anything to you!
Who has the shame, the guy who committed all the acts of shame or the people who pointed out the shameful acts? You can’t stand on your integrity when have none, the only person who tarnished your integrity is you.
It's a negative ad if it includes untruths. Unfortunately for Newt, his opponents need only quote him.
Joe Biden gets up in front of the world and says the Taliban is not an enemy of the U.S., and there is not one peep about it on MSNBC.
I think MSNBC is the one who should be ashamed of themselves.
We all know Biden has trouble talking sensibly sometimes. It's well documented. Finely nuanced, he's right but in the larger context, there are certainly not our allies or friends.
Is it newsworthy, probably, but it's not a big story either way.
Why would there be, The Taliban were our allies for 50 years, Right up until Bush attacked them
They actually warned us 7 months in advance of 9-11 that Al-Q was planning it and offered to wipe out Al-Q and capture Bin Laden, Then again 2 weeks after 9-11 they again offered to wipe out Al-Q and capture Bin Laden,,,,,,,,,,So what else could Bush do but,,,,,,,,,,,,Attack our aliies??
Did the taiban attack us? I saw where Hannity was saying Obama didn't want to get rid of Bin Laden. Believe that too? When I can stand to watch Fox News I see their slant on things which is night and day different than MSNBC. What I think is happening is that MSNBC plays videos of actual events. Fox News gives opinions but don't play actual events that they are denigrating. I am checking that out but when I tune in and hear their hate it is very hard to listen to. Last night I tried to watch Greta butnearly everytime I flipped over there I saw a commercial. Are they only into making money with their chaos. I guess I did see her badmouthing Eric Holder while flipping but didn't stay there very long. I guess the badmouthing was too much to listen too right off the bat!
Didn't know that Bo. Thanks for the info.
Bo, did you not know that it is the Taliban troops that have been killing U.S. troops for the past 9 years?
JUst keep the drones flying for freedom. I would like to lose all the hate talk too, especially from Newt who seems to like it most...
uh Chumb: it's all OVER the news...YOU heard Biden's remarks so it's hardly a state secret now is it....
The Taliban isn't our enemy. Al Qaeda is. They're just Al Qaeda's puppet government, so there's no reason to give two @!$%#s about those cavemen so long as we kill AQ members.
And now he wants to be able to arrest any judges that cross his line. I wonder if he would start with divorce judges?
I think that was the end of the Newt train because he said that in a debate and even Fox can't rearrange what people see and hear with their own eyes. Assuming they were watching the debate of course. I guess they would have been since it was on Fox News. I wonder how they risked that? Maybe that is why Newt took a nosedive it was no longer propaganda anymore. Fox needs to think about that in the future. When people see and hear the truth they act accordingly.
Same old staff everyone is doing something can't trust anyone any more, so far Ron Paul seems to be the one who are willing to protect the United States Constitution and that is good enough for me..
I saw Rachel last night and she said something like we have two frontrunners who favor universal healthcare and something I can't remember now but was a big issue. Ron Paul is rising and he is against the wars and favors the Constitution just like Obama. Aren't their candidates supposed to be opposed to what Obama thinks. You can't get anyone more for the Constitution than President Obama. No matter what some have tried to lead you to believe. Freedom regarding religion. no unwarranted search and seizure,equality as provided by the Constitution, things like that. He used to teach it for petes sakes. Some of them can't even read it right. He is not quite the same as a pick and choose Constitutionalist. If some don't like it they just deny it is in there. Such clowns. President Obamas reelection is looking pretty good right now thanks to big help from the right. However, we do have to watch for someone sneaking up from somewhere like they did in 2010. Forewarned is forearmed. And they are sneaks.
Diet Coke just flew out my nose and splattered on my monitor! Ktlin, obuma is socialist, he is on record as saying our constitution is "a deeply flawed document".
Freedom regarding religion, yeah, same with every president before him.
no unwarranted search and seizure, really? did he repeal the patriot act? Is he not on record being in support of using predator drones for survielance of american citizens...
did he get congressional approval after hostilities went over 30 days in Lybia?
I'd say he is the most anti-constitution presidents this country has ever had.
The day of reckoning is coming, you unpatriotic Teatards!! OBAMA 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually our constitution is a flawed document. That is why our founding fathers had the foresite to allow admendments. We are human, and not without flaws. This includes the laws of the land.
chumbkit: um...you may want to rethink that absurd righteous indignation. You want to find one american history professor or scholar in this country who doesn't call the Constitution a "flawed document"...Don't you recall that the US Constitution originally included slavery? Of course it's flawed. What do you think constitutional amendments are for? Your diatribe makes no sense whatsoever.
Memo, Ron Paul doesn't give two @!$%#s about the constitution. He's made countless votes that directly oppose it. Don't just swallow the crap Ron Paul supporters try to spoon feed you, actually do the research and inform yourself. Being able to do this is an important part of becoming an adult.
LOL ktlin:
I'll give you that one. It's one of my qualms about Ron Paul.
The Patriot Act - which Obama extended - is biggest violation of the 4th amendment I can ever recall. I challenge you to find a larger one. But, of course, since Bush passed it first, it's entirely okay, amiright?
Unless of course you make over $250,000. Then you're subject to an entirely different tax rate than everyone else.
Like expanding the commerce clause into unprecedented territories? Regardless, if the Supreme Court rules it constitutional even you must agree, that it is BY FAR the biggest expansion of the Commerce Clause in American history - good or bad.
You're right - he's much worse. He understands the Constitution is a charter of NEGATIVE LIBERTIES. He just doesn't give a damn.
The GOP has cannibilized every "front-runner" it has had.
But the poor Newtster thinks they would change for him???
Live by the sword..................
GO NEWT, Hahahahahaha
As a serial cheating fat lying unethical lobbiest,,,,,,,,,You are the perfect candidate for the Republican Party
The only way Newt could be better is if he also had sexual encounters with little boys in his closet