Is this Kosher? Gingrich accuses Romney of forcing Holocaust survivors to eat non-Kosher

 

Newt Gingrich has upped his attack on rival Mitt Romney, running robo calls in Florida now accusing rival him of forcing Holocaust survivors to eat non-Kosher food.

Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond confirms that the robo call is paid for by the campaign.

"As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney vetoed a bill paying for Kosher foods for our seniors in nursing home -- Holocaust survivors, who for the first time were forced to eat non-kosher because Romney thought $5 was too much to pay for our grandparents to eat kosher," a man says in the robo call. "Where is Mitt Romney's compassion for our seniors? Tuesday, you can end Mitt Romney's hypocrisy on religious freedom with a vote for Newt Gingrich. Paid for by Newt 2012."

Asked about it today, Gingrich repeated three times, "I have no idea what you’re talking about." Yet Gingrich was quick to pounce on Romney during the last debate, when Romney professed not to know about a Spanish-language ad his campaign was running hitting Gingrich for implying Spanish was the "language of the ghetto."

Huffington Post first reported the ad.

The New York Post reported: “Mitt Romney is getting heat for a 2003 veto he cast as governor of Massachusetts to reject $600,000 in additional funds for poor Jewish nursing-home residents to get kosher meals. At the time, Romney said he nixed the funding of about $5 per day because it ‘unnecessarily’ would lead to an ‘increased rate for nursing facilities’ — even as kosher nursing homes were complaining that state-funding-formula changes could force them to close their kitchens.”

 

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Talk about a stretch!

Personally, I would prefer Newt talk about Willard's magic underwear & what kind of detergent he used to clean them...

From the photo, it appears Willard does a mean load of 'whites'...

  • 67 votes
#1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:16 PM EST

Go Newt, Go Newt, GO~!!!!!

Give him hell Newt.... RIP him to shreds...

Even though I despise you too, but I'm so proud of what you are doing to Romney~!!!!!

YAY!!!!!

  • 49 votes
#1.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:22 PM EST

Well the article below speaks volumes on how the Gringrich campaign is operating. It seems they feel smashing a kids foot is okay.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/everyone-step-toes-gingrich-security-harasses-ron-paul-165042767.html

As for the ad, I believe Romney deploys the same type of nonsense. Do youselves a favor folks...turn off the TV and don't listen to the BS.

  • 20 votes
#1.2 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:40 PM EST
Comment author avatarNever Stop Asking QuestionsExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

The Party of No has germinated two cannibals, both of whom I hope devour each other and the entire remainder of the racist, elitist, misogynistic, anti-scientific, and anti-intellectual, anarchronistic GOP with them.

  • 98 votes
#1.3 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:06 PM EST

Stretch is right. Nothing like an angry, wounded Newt. Chris Matthews in his final comment last night mentioned that Gingrich will not forget what Romney has done and that causing political harm to his enemies is what Newt does.

StopAsking, wow, that's quite a list; sounds about right, too.

  • 38 votes
#1.4 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:06 PM EST

I can't wait to see Newt try and defend (with a straight face) the sanctity of marriage as being between one man and one woman, was hypocrisy-fest that will be!

  • 56 votes
#1.5 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:08 PM EST

Given the history of civil rights and the Mormon church did you expect him to be doing coloreds?

  • 15 votes
#1.6 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:12 PM EST

As if Newt would have approved that funding! Both of them want to decrease federal funding for all sorts of assistance.

  • 27 votes
#1.7 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:15 PM EST

There's nothing worse than having to watch a sore loser. Expect "Crybaby Newt" to make an appearance after the polls close.

SI

  • 26 votes
#1.8 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:16 PM EST

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  • 2 votes
#1.9 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:16 PM EST
Comment author avatarsoundbite_monopolyExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

Gingrich is a GDamn baby! What a dirty ba$tard. Just campaign you PoS and try to cover your Calista inflicted neck collar rope burns. The GOP deserves these guys...

  • 22 votes
#1.10 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:25 PM EST

Mitt and Newt are doing their best to help Obama win in November. Or so it seems.....

  • 37 votes
#1.11 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:25 PM EST

Mitt to run an add claiming Newt would round up all OWS participants and legally require them to literally hold the eye-lids open of really, really poor black children forcing them to watch without blinking, really, really rich white children taking a crap in the toilets that the really, really poor black children will soon need to clean.

  • 7 votes
#1.12 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:37 PM EST

Oy Vey ! Mitt

  • 12 votes
#1.13 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:38 PM EST

So if the Republicans eat each other alive, is that or is that not a Kosher meal?

  • 31 votes
#1.14 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:41 PM EST

Folks this is as low and as dirty as it gets from the RIGHT...you have to remember, the low blow is directed at one of it's own!

To put it in words, I can forsee this presidential campaign as one of the dirtiest in History...for starters, Romney-boating will be one heck of sewage-type politics you will remember for a long time folks....

I can see it coming! His "people" are some of the dirtiest in the business.....and to mix that up with what we are accustomed to from the RIGHT, it will not be for the faint of hearts; get your sanitizers ready folks....Nazi propaganda in the 40s and 50s will have nothing on this one...

  • 24 votes
#1.15 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:43 PM EST
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Comment author avatarssmikeExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

And as usual obama will stand on his soap box in the Ivory tower doing nothing but pointing fingers at Bush!

  • 5 votes
#1.17 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:52 PM EST
Comment author avatarDTTJrExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

@Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL: "Magic underwear"? REALLY? Next are you going to demean Jews' "magic hats" or the "magic clerical collars" worn by Presbyterians, Lutheran Ministers, Catholic Priests, etc.?

Maybe you should find yourself a "magic education" or a "magic spouse" to help you gain some "magic perspective."

  • 21 votes
#1.18 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:52 PM EST

I guess Newt's $10 million sugar daddy has gotten a return on his investment with Newt standing up for kosher food.

  • 21 votes
#1.19 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:53 PM EST

Newt's one giant leap for mankind Nazi propaganda goes to the moon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 11 votes
#1.20 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:54 PM EST

to the moon, Alice!

this is just getting too funny ... Mitt would make a great Ed Norton to Newt's Honeymooner

the comedian full employment act is fully funded by the Republican Party!

  • 10 votes
#1.21 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:01 PM EST
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Comment author avatarFeisty Redhead Roselle, ILExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

Maybe you should find yourself a "magic education" or a "magic spouse" to help you gain some "magic perspective."

Why don't you magically disappear back under the bridge which you crawled out from?

  • 22 votes
#1.23 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:09 PM EST
Comment author avatarross-1817307Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

all this bull crap from the left is making me sick

  • 7 votes
#1.24 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:13 PM EST
Comment author avatarlonerebExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

Actually this is the kind of stuff Newt is protesting for the christian right. The liberals do not want religious freedom they want to drive religion to the underground.

  • 3 votes
#1.25 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:13 PM EST

It is economics, right-tard ... I understand that is too many syllables for you, just look it up.

Bottom line is that in space cost is associated with gravity; resources in a deep gravity well (such as the moon) are very expensive to get at. Resources from comets and asteroids do not have this problem, and provide a much wider set of resources than the moon. This is why we have turned our attention to robot exploration of the rest of our solar system and development of vehicles that can take us to where the resources are. Now that near space solutions are known, we are letting the private sector address getting stuff in orbit. Or is that too fiscally responsible for you?

  • 9 votes
#1.26 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:15 PM EST

[D]uring an Oct. 25, 1994, debate with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., Romney said: "Many, many years ago, I had a dear, close family relative that was very close to me, that passed away from an illegal abortion. It is since that time my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter, and you will not see me wavering on that."

Romney's relative was a 21-year-old named Ann Keenan. The sister of Romney's brother-in-law, Keenan died in 1963 from an infection following what her death certificate described as a "septic criminal recent abortion." Her parents directed that "Memorial tributes may be sent to the Planned Parenthood Association." Although many of the details of Keenan's death are unknown, the story offers a terrible reminder of the risks women were forced to take before Roe v. Wade.

Now, when did Romney decide he was going to force his beliefs on others on that matter? Sometime around when he decided to start running for the GOP nomination (circa 2008)?

  • 16 votes
#1.27 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:20 PM EST

@DTTJr

Why does she have to have a spouse to get perspective? that seems a little misogynistic to me... And could it be possible that she is an atheist, in which case she certainly would not have an inherent respect for the accoutrement of ANY religon. I think some of the outfits are silly too. Do I need a spouse now?

  • 11 votes
#1.28 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:25 PM EST

And could it be possible that she is an atheist

blahblah blah,

Bingo!

BTW - love your moniker! lol

  • 16 votes
#1.29 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:29 PM EST
Comment author avatarnotliborconExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

DTTJr - Fiestyred is OK with me. I also am curious about Mitten's magic undergarments and how often they remind him to dress modestly. In addition, does he feel that the choice in 1978 to allow blacks into the priesthood was a good decision or a bad one. Mittens, do you feel polygamy is OK? Would you want a second wife and a third one?

A world without mormons would be a LOT less funny. Mormons make ALL other religions (including scientology, santaria and voodoo) look almost sane.

AMF

  • 4 votes
#1.30 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:31 PM EST
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Newt's one giant leap for mankind Nazi propaganda goes to the moon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does anyone know if 'Tang' is Kosher?

  • 11 votes
#1.32 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:33 PM EST

Real

What beliefs is he trying to force on others.

  • 2 votes
#1.33 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:33 PM EST

Feisty, I don't know about Tang but margaritas could have kosher salt on the rim.

  • 8 votes
#1.34 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:40 PM EST

Newt wants to moonlight moonshine on the moon, good tax shelter ?

  • 3 votes
#1.35 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:41 PM EST

DANG Fiesty, what did you do now!!!! HA!!!

There was a movie many years ago staring Richard Pryor when he influenced the city of New York to vote for "None of the above."

That simply stated is where I stand at this point. I can't believe this is all we have in this country!!!

A Newt, A Mitt, two first names and an old term for hospital.

I can hear the band and I can see the elephants and clowns!!!!

Anyone hear a flushing sound????

  • 5 votes
#1.36 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:43 PM EST

poon-tang??

  • 1 vote
#1.37 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:47 PM EST

Heaven forbid we should prolong their lives with quality kosher meals.

I can't get no satisfaction at Romney's table.. I'll have what Newt's having.

  • 3 votes
#1.38 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:48 PM EST
Comment author avatarFeisty Redhead Roselle, ILExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

margaritas could have kosher salt on the rim.

Mmmm... Did you have to go and mention Margarita's lisa? lol I'm dying to try a Mango flavored one!

DANG Fiesty, what did you do now!!!! HA!!!

TX Horseman - Who me?

*bats eyelashes*

  • 10 votes
#1.39 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:48 PM EST

Canary that made me laugh out loud!!!!!! Thanks!

  • 1 vote
#1.40 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:50 PM EST

That innocent tone won't work with me young lady!! I'm here far too often!!!

Big grin, crosses arms

  • 7 votes
#1.41 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:52 PM EST

That innocent tone won't work with me young lady!!

Tex,

Why you silver tongued fox... you - can I buy ya a Mango Margarita?

  • 8 votes
#1.42 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:57 PM EST

Feisty, I'll be in Mexico soon I have margaritas on my mind. A peach margarita sounds good with a little fresh cerviche.

  • 1 vote
#1.43 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:02 PM EST

For JohnnyOnTheSpot:

Romney's current stance, as described on his campaign Web site, effectively calls for a repeal of Roe v. Wade, saying that "the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate."[16] Romney reasserted this stance at the second Republican Presidential debate in South Carolina, stating that "Roe v. Wade has gone to such an extent that we've cheapened the value of human life."

ABC News reported that Romney supports the pro-life plank of the GOP platform, which means he would support establishing legal personhood for all unborn children in all 50 states.

  • 3 votes
#1.44 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:03 PM EST

HA!

If you ever find yourself in Austin, go to a place called Baby Acapulco(sp?). The margaritas are not Mango and they will only serve you two, but that is all you will need!!! As much as I can recall anyway!

It is however about time for a silver bullet or three here in West Texas. See ya on the vine!

  • 6 votes
#1.45 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:03 PM EST

Ya we can afford to build a moon base but during the final Bush W term when he wanted to just send a man back to the moon to plant a real flag, etc.. that the entire photo mapping by google of the moon could not locate (NASA did then put out a photo of supposed astronaut foot tracks that looked like pencil marks on a photo, which somehow they could not follow back to the flag or moon rover rofl), they said it would take at least 20 years and we could not afford it. That is after we did it in less than 10 years in the 60's with a lunar module that could fit in the cargo bay of a shuttle and computer power that fits in a modern watch. What a bunch of BS. Who needs healthcare when we can spend that money on planning for a fictitious moon station, similar to Reagans Star Wars Program that billions were spent on after he dumped all the mentally ill onto the streets. Those who dont learn history are doomed to repeat it.

  • 4 votes
#1.46 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:10 PM EST

I'll be in Mexico soon I have margaritas on my mind

Lisa, you are going to have much more on your mind besides Margarita's! Hope everything is coming together for you! ;o)

will only serve you two, but that is all you will need!!!

LOL Tex - there is a place in Puerto Vallarta called PePe's - if you can finish the first one - the second is on the house! I've seen aquariums smaller than those glasses! lol

See ya on the vine!

You too!

  • 5 votes
#1.47 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:10 PM EST

RealAmericansFirst - I think Romney "cheapens the value of human life" just by existing - oh and add Newt to that. There is nothing human about either one of them but they make great cartoon characters!

  • 4 votes
#1.48 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:12 PM EST

tout-suite, you believe who you want, however the scientific/space research community depend on new programs and taxpayer funding to keep their jobs and their income.....they are of course "supportive" of Newts Moonbeam Community idea (I can hear them giggling from here). This community is also closely related to the Military Industrial Complex the current funding arm of the GOP which has been taken over by the radical "one-way" right.

As far as it's financial viability of course it will viable it will be funded by the tax-payers, you know the ones they are so worried about that thier great-grandchildren won't be able to pay the current deficit. It seems Newt will have no trouble shaking the money tree when he is the dictator but at the current moment it is, according to radical right, against God's Will to spend money you don't have.

Now personally I would rather see the money blasted off in to space for no apparent return than I would to see it used for wars with no apparent return, other than dead bodies and profits for the M.I.C.

I do however believe that there are many more important things that can be done right here on earth with not only the money we are spending on useless frivolous foreign intervention and wars but also the bulk of the Offence Budget and the Space Exploration and Research Budget.....don't you?

  • 6 votes
#1.49 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:12 PM EST

Feisty, Thanks it is going really well. We are all very excited.

  • 1 vote
#1.50 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:15 PM EST

This is why extremist campaigners are despicable filth.

    #1.51 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:25 PM EST

    Whether or not it is accurate doesn't really matter. If Romney said this, I have no quarrel with him about it. We have religious freedom, not religious preference. Now if they were prevented from eating Kosher foods, that might be a different story. If they want it and can pay for it, have at it. If you have a lot of poor Jews who can't pay for it, then accept donations to cover the difference. If you have a legitimate strong religion, they should take care of their flock.

    The irony is that if it were instead old Muslims and they were not getting halal foods paid for, you can be sure that Gingrich and all the right wing nuts would have no issue with it. In fact they would likely insist on it even if there were no added cost involved.

    • 2 votes
    #1.52 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:32 PM EST
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    The comment below was collapsed by "the community" (conservatives),...yet it received 73 votes.

    Never Stop Asking Questions Comment collapsed by the community

    The Party of No has germinated two cannibals, both of whom I hope devour each other and the entire remainder of the racist, elitist, misogynistic, anti-scientific, and anti-intellectual, anarchronistic GOP with them

    Conservatives try to silence opponents, but smart people find out the truth anyway,...and they agree.

    The GOP should prepare to have their butt handed to them in November. Everyone is tired of their nasty politics.

    • 5 votes
    #1.54 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:55 PM EST

    Newt is a true red-white-blue american. You know, he's even going to offer complementary kosher meals on his lunar space station for all jews (that voted for him that is).

      #1.55 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:56 PM EST
      tout-suiteDeleted

      I understand why Mitt vetoed this bill. People on fixed income don't have a lot of money and some people in these nursing homes couldn't afford this type of increase. If you want to choose a special diet that isn't medically required why should the home be required to pay extra to accomidate you? Plus these things don't just affect the people who want that type of food, since the cost for EVERYONE will go up. Unfortunately the saddest part of this story is again the incredibly rude, insensitive, and offensive posts from the news reader community.

      It's sad that the very first post is an incredibly rude and offensive post. What makes it sadder is after more than a dozen replies no one has called out the first poster. Unfortunately it seems to be a regular tune of 'Fiesty' to belittle and offend anyone who doesn't agree with her. It's a sad day for all Liberals when their staunchest defenders degenerate into what can be described as "name calling."

      At some point people like this (including the numerous repliers) will get what they deserve. No one wants people like you in their party. If you go to any public debate and say this stuff you'll be kicked out. Heck, some of the comments may be enough to get you ARRESTED. I hope those of you who posted racist, sexist, anti-religion, quotes take a good look at yourselves. This country has a Bill of Rights for a reason.

      • 1 vote
      #1.57 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:29 PM EST

      Which Leftist is against developement of Moon Land Base? You guys are a bunch of Right Wing Wackos...

      The current administration has nixed the funding to the moon land base funding. The project has not been broken up, but frozen due to budget. If you idiots have any knowledge of JPL and NASA fuding then speak up with some factual data. Else shut up with these idiotic rumors and slanders.

        #1.58 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:33 PM EST

        tout suite....we can't even get ownership of Afghanistan at the cost of what 6000 lives and you want ownership of the moon, let's try and get things right here on Earth before we start polluting the rest of the Universe. How about you start a special fund to bankroll this little project.....you put your hard earned in first.

        Why is it some of you are so quick to offer to open up the taxpayers purse for some foolish out of this world dream of a crack-pot money grubbing lying cheat or for a nice little war that someone's elses children will die in......but when it comes to putting up some funding to help the needy, rebuild and maintain infrastructure, or clean up the environment ......it's COMMUNISM?????????

        Turn off the TV and the Computer get out in the world have a look around....wake up for Christ's sake!

        • 1 vote
        #1.59 - Wed Feb 1, 2012 12:52 AM EST

        Wow... Way off course. Has nothing to do with being Jewish, Mexican, or Martian. If the government has to start separating people based on religious or cultural menu then we have a whole new institutional problem. newt. is trying to create separation and hatred amongst the very people he, as a presidential candidate, should unite and re-unite. We call that hate-mongering.

        • 3 votes
        #1.60 - Thu Feb 2, 2012 9:40 AM EST
        Reply

        Sure it's a stretch - just like accusing Obama of "paling around with terrorists." So sweet to watch Republican candidates giving each other the same treatment they gave Obama and Kerry.

        Start your swiftboats!

        • 74 votes
        Reply#2 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:20 PM EST

        I'm with you Amy. I'm not sure if this is an election or a massive act of karmic justice.

        • 53 votes
        #2.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:33 PM EST

        Pretty bad when the GOP campaign is being called a "Clown Show" by more than democrats.

        • 48 votes
        #2.2 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:03 PM EST
        Comment author avatarlvingbarefootExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

        Dinner at a terrorsit house is paling around with terrorist in most non-party hack mature adult eyes.

        • 10 votes
        #2.3 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:21 PM EST

        Barefoot. Try that post again. There is no meaning as written.

        • 13 votes
        #2.4 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:08 PM EST

        Sounds like too many calls I get on my cell phone!!!!

        • 2 votes
        #2.5 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:06 PM EST

        Barefoot.. You should see what he wrote on the dead veteran page.

          #2.6 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:16 PM EST

          We know there are dumb Americans, that's why WE DON'T TAKE ALL VOLUNTEERS into military service. Some Americans are so stupid they'll work to win the war for the enemies of the USA... Kinda like how Fox "News" does it!

          • 4 votes
          #2.7 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:20 PM EST
          tout-suiteDeleted

          Amy B. Portland, ME-- Start your swiftboats!

          So true. Gawd I dislike these lying sakes of sh!t--Gingrich like other Teapublican jagoffs claiming to repeal everything, though he can't and though the majority of Americans like health care reform, financial regulation, etc.

          But unlike other mud slinging, in this case it's a contest to see who's the bigger crook. Wow, just wow. Losers!

          • 6 votes
          #2.9 - Wed Feb 1, 2012 12:59 AM EST
          Comment author avatarHenry Jekylvia Facebook
          Gingrich accuses Romney of denying kosher meals to Holocaust survivors

          Oy Vey!!

          • 2 votes
          #2.10 - Wed Feb 1, 2012 1:13 AM EST

          Like anybody believes "Family Abandoning" Gingrich anymore....

          Or maybe try on "Ethics Violations" Gingrich as a good nick name..

          I fully expect Blingrich to accuse Romney of causing the Holocaust in the near future especially if a large Jewish voting block is in play

          • 1 vote
          #2.11 - Wed Feb 1, 2012 7:13 AM EST

          Barefoot...so I guess holding hands with one is okay. The old party line double standard. Besides...define terrorsit for me and see if it meets everyone else's definition. Or, better yet, look up "terrorsit" in the dictionary and find out what the meaning is.

          (note: I'm aware it's a dick move to call someone out on their spelling but it was too good to pass up...and it's more polite than pointing out his/her obvious mental defections).

          

          • 1 vote
          #2.12 - Wed Feb 1, 2012 10:01 AM EST

          Oh for the love of whatever intelligent creator there may or may not be...Really??? Moon colonies and Kosher food are his concerns.

          GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRUUUUUUUHHHHHH? You can probably all hear the thunk from my head hitting my desk, all the way across the country.

          • 1 vote
          #2.13 - Wed Feb 1, 2012 11:12 AM EST

          Both of these clowns would do everything in their power to please the Jewish lobby... down to betraying their own country by starting a war with Iran because this is what Israel wants.

          Vote for Ron Paul!

          • 2 votes
          #2.14 - Wed Feb 1, 2012 1:30 PM EST
          Reply

          Feisty, It sure sounds like a desperate stretch to me.

          • 14 votes
          Reply#3 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:22 PM EST

          What is non-kosher? The lack of compassion the GOP has for seniors. Period.

          • 36 votes
          Reply#4 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:22 PM EST

          Ya but they are concerned about the Jewish money that they gave them from tax payers that they expect part of back in the form of campaign contributions so we can arm them and fight their battles.

          • 2 votes
          #4.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:17 PM EST

          Gotta pander to the 0.02% of the US population!

          • 1 vote
          #4.2 - Wed Feb 1, 2012 11:16 AM EST
          Reply

          Romney just doesn't get it. The more he digs, the more Newt fills the hole. He is supposedly in the lead in Florida. He needs to stop with the mud slinging, he doesn't need it, and Newt will follow suit. C'mon guys, you are just making each other look sillier and sillier. You're running for POTUS not POTSB (president of the sand box).

          • 12 votes
          #5 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:24 PM EST

          "Sillier and Sillier" Me and hubby are independents, these guys have already showed themselves as not being

          worthy of being POTUS. We want a vision for America. Not school yard words.

          Obama will be getting our votes.

          "Obama is the adult in the room," husband said.

          • 53 votes
          #5.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:37 PM EST
          Comment author avatarBob-1887910Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

          Sure, Sandy, we believe you. Not.

          • 9 votes
          #5.2 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:58 PM EST

          Nice NBC logo BOB, actually what Sandy said is probably the way it's going to be with a lot of independents.

          Obama is the most cool. calm, and collective.

          • 43 votes
          #5.3 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:09 PM EST

          C'mon guys, you are just making each other look sillier and sillier. You're running for POTUS not POTSB (president of the sand box).

          Too late.

          • 11 votes
          #5.4 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:21 PM EST

          @NBO The GOP has not given us a vision for American.

          • 23 votes
          #5.5 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:22 PM EST
          Comment author avatarlvingbarefootExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

          Collective is right. He has collected my money, my kids and their kids. Four more years of that and we are doomed!

          • 5 votes
          #5.6 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:23 PM EST

          Neither is doing anyone any favor. But I will say, Romney fired the first shot in Iowa with an Obama style drowning Newt with negative adds.

          Who ever wins awaits and estimated 1 Billion in raw sewage dropped on their heads in 4 months time.

          • 4 votes
          #5.7 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:29 PM EST

          "We" who, Bob? Gotta mouse in your pocket?

          • 6 votes
          #5.8 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:30 PM EST

          Obama is the most cool. calm, and collective.

          There's only two candidates in the GOP that would look good against that backdrop.

            #5.9 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:31 PM EST

            @ Sandy Most of the independents I know don't like either party this time around. Should be interesting.

            • 2 votes
            #5.10 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:42 PM EST

            ksw62118 - we may not like either party but we sure as hell aren't about to lower the intelligence level by putting the GOP in charge. Nothing like taking the country backward by about 100 years!

            • 8 votes
            #5.11 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:16 PM EST

            Sandy - the GOP has given us a vision for America. It is covered wagons; long dresses for women who are only allowed to have children and cook, clean etc; education for whites only; etc. Got the picture????

            • 13 votes
            #5.12 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:23 PM EST

            Hand

            These guys like a lot of the repubs. just don't get it and they are too old to change.Gingrinch has been spewing @!$%# and slinging it for to long to change and Romney is just doing what he is told. Sad day when this is all GOP has to offer and when we look at supporting cast of people like " Boner", McConnel, Kantor, no dobut they, Repubs, are going in the toilet this time around. Oh, by the way, I voted for McCain last time around, but would not touch either one of these fools.

            Emil

            • 1 vote
            #5.13 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:57 PM EST

            Wouldn't be a bad idea if they both stopped the BS stuff and got down to facts. Newt says he will pledge his life his fortune and his honor to the country when elected President. I guess two out of three isn't bad.

              #5.14 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:06 PM EST

              dont forget that even the liberal media says obama ran the most negative compaign in history in 2008. And the nbrs for obama, newt, and mitt say they're ALL unelectable. This is going to be one of those "nose clamp" elections.

                #5.15 - Wed Feb 1, 2012 9:54 AM EST
                Reply

                I once joked that the GOP primary was like a food fight. Guess I wasn't joking after all. Sheesh!

                • 27 votes
                Reply#6 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:34 PM EST

                Phinephancy, I wonder if the food would be Kosher?

                • 12 votes
                #6.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:37 PM EST

                lisa,

                You got me with that one! I just inhaled Pepsi Max! LOL!

                • 9 votes
                #6.2 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:41 PM EST

                Lisa s - you beat me to it .. I was going to ask Phine if it was a kosher food-fight, or a kosher-food fight.

                • 8 votes
                #6.3 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:59 PM EST
                Reply

                Phinephancy, Well at least it was only Pepsi that you inhaled. You might have gotten in trouble if it was Coke.

                • 13 votes
                Reply#7 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:46 PM EST

                lisa,

                You are on a roll, girl! LOL (Just read your comment to Mr. phinephancy - he choked on his Yuengling)

                • 8 votes
                #7.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:47 PM EST

                Phinephacy, Mr phinephancy has good taste in beer. Newt has stated that he probably will not win Michigan and Nevada but thinks he could win in Arizona. I suppose no one mentioned to him that Mesa Az has the second largest Mormon population in the United States? Happy to know that I am entertaining you today.

                • 10 votes
                #7.2 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:54 PM EST

                lisa,

                Considering that Newt didn't know about how to get on several states' ballots, his not knowing the Mormon population in Mesa is no surprise.

                Mr. phinephancy did the happy dance when they opened a Yuengling brewery in Tampa that ships out to the entire state. His two favorite beers are Yuengling and Stella Artois.

                • 5 votes
                #7.3 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:05 PM EST

                Phinephancy, Pretty funny considering Virginia is his home state.

                • 4 votes
                #7.4 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:12 PM EST

                Phinephancy, The only thing that would be funnier id if Newt stopped getting big money for his speeches after this performance.

                • 6 votes
                #7.5 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:16 PM EST

                lisa,

                I can't stop thinking of the old WC Fields line "There's a sucker born every minute." Newt will still get the big bucks for the speeches.

                • 3 votes
                #7.6 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:28 PM EST

                Phinephancy, I'm in a good mood please let me dream. Maybe Tiffany's will downgrade his credit.

                • 3 votes
                #7.7 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:32 PM EST

                lisa,

                I like the Tiffany dream better! I will go with that. (A Tiffany downgrade would make Mrs. Newt none to happy I bet!)

                • 2 votes
                #7.8 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:57 PM EST

                Phinephancy, Well then maybe we will both have sweet dreams tonight. Dam now I will have that Anne Lennox song on my mind.

                • 2 votes
                #7.9 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:07 PM EST

                Seems that there are a lot of posters here that should just go play on Facebook and talk amongst themselves about what they're drinking. Their comments contribute to the discussion about as much as Obama's policies have contributed to employment.

                  #7.10 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:28 PM EST

                  Realist,

                  If you truly want to be a "realist" look at the employment numbers since Obama took over from Bush.

                  Well, by george, they have gone up! Good golly, miss molly.

                  • 6 votes
                  #7.11 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:45 PM EST

                  Lisa, hmmm, Mesa has a real quandary here. Vote for the mormom or the polygamist.

                  • 1 vote
                  #7.12 - Wed Feb 1, 2012 9:57 AM EST
                  Reply

                  Wow, Ron Paul would let grandma die of a broken hip because she didn't have the money for hip surgery,

                  Mit Romney would deny seniors there faith required meals.

                  Newt lets seniors starve because it's bad to offer alittle help with food stamps.

                  What a selection of top leaders that would give us peace of mind if they get in office..

                  • 45 votes
                  Reply#8 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:46 PM EST

                  Sean, you just don't get it.

                  The invisible hand of the free market, not the Republicans, are denying the food and broken hip. This is the way it HAS to be if we want to keep paying for (or not paying for as the case may be) the massive tax cuts Mitt Romney and Paris Hilton need to survive!

                  • 23 votes
                  #8.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:50 PM EST

                  But none of them want to deport a grandmother---we can be grateful for that.

                  • 4 votes
                  #8.2 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:37 PM EST

                  Serving kosher to seniors is a little easier than one might think. All you need is a lottle common sense to avoid a very small number of foods --- pork, shrimp, etc and get a rabbinical dispensation for the rest. Just because a person is Jewish doesn't make them lacking in common sense. All religions have dietary waivers for the ill, the inform, pregnant women, and in wartime and emergencies. Muslim, Christian, or Jew, it would be pretty sad to let someone starve in order to observe kosher/halal.

                  • 7 votes
                  #8.3 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:50 PM EST

                  Learn how to spell.

                    #8.4 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:38 PM EST
                    tex-478405Deleted

                    When your sick and/or otherwise weak is when its most important to follow Kosher/Halal even for non-jews/muslims. They're "safer" diets.

                    • 1 vote
                    #8.6 - Wed Feb 1, 2012 10:01 AM EST
                    Reply

                    Both these guys give hypocrites a good name!

                    • 20 votes
                    Reply#9 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:48 PM EST

                    Agreed. All politicians regardless of party are hypocrites, especially at election time, so why should these be any different. But the GOPers do seen to be making a fine art of it this time!

                    • 4 votes
                    #9.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:10 PM EST

                    Can I survive the next 9 months without shooting the TV and/or computer because of all the political ads and articles????

                    • 1 vote
                    #9.2 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:19 PM EST
                    Reply

                    Wonder if Newt would be as mad about it if Romney had denied Halal food to Muslim senior citizens in nursing homes?

                    • 24 votes
                    Reply#10 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:53 PM EST

                    He can be amazingly flexible when he needs the vote (so yes,but only if they were a sizable enough constituency)

                    • 8 votes
                    #10.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:20 PM EST
                    Reply

                    Would that be considered not kosher Newtie? You fat buffoon and old fart.... ridiculous.

                    • 4 votes
                    Reply#11 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:54 PM EST

                    WOW. And this guy wants to be president.

                    • 6 votes
                    Reply#12 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:57 PM EST

                    But with the absentee ballots in; how will this hurt Romney?

                    • 4 votes
                    Reply#13 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:59 PM EST

                    Bev,

                    The man in the moon told him this would work.

                    • 7 votes
                    #13.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:06 PM EST

                    Nobody has any clue. A lot of early voting was while Gingrich was ahead in the polls too.

                    • 1 vote
                    #13.2 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:34 PM EST
                    Reply

                    Talk about a regressive GOP campaign; Mitt and Newt seem to have stepped in the petty, bickering, kiddy pool. From my "it's the republicans decision not mine" view, one thing is clear--neither Mitt or Newt are presidential material.

                    • 21 votes
                    Reply#14 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:59 PM EST

                    Gingrich-Romney 2012...

                    • 3 votes
                    Reply#15 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:03 PM EST

                    I think that Santorum has his eye on the runner-up spot.

                    • 2 votes
                    #15.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:51 PM EST
                    Reply

                    What next? How low will they stoop?

                    This can't be helpful come the general election.

                    • 4 votes
                    Reply#16 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:07 PM EST

                    Oh, I think it is very helpful - in assuring a landslide re-election victory for Obama.

                    • 9 votes
                    #16.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:01 PM EST

                    CM

                    It is great isn't it? I wonder how big of a landslide it will be? I would love to see another one like LBJ against Goldwater. The latter only won in his home state of Arizona and that was bareley. Maybe Newt would win in GA and since Mitt is from MA and they are liberal it could be worse for him than for Goldwater.

                    • 2 votes
                    #16.2 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:20 PM EST
                    Reply

                    Wow you can't even make this stuff up. Newt is a waste and I don't think Mitt is presidential material. I actually think McCain minus the publicity stunt of Palin was the GOPs best shot. The GOPs has failed on its own merit and that has got them to this point. This is what happenes when too many people believe the conservative bullying on the radio.

                    • 15 votes
                    Reply#17 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:08 PM EST

                    Who would have thought the first victims of the "Citizens United" decision would be Republicans!!!

                    • 14 votes
                    #17.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:26 PM EST

                    Amen, its a formality anyway, we all know Obama will win...

                    • 1 vote
                    #17.2 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:04 PM EST
                    Reply

                    The day Gingrich gives a crap about anybody but himself is the day he quits breathing !

                    • 23 votes
                    Reply#18 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:10 PM EST

                    Look who's desperate now!

                    • 3 votes
                    Reply#19 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:12 PM EST

                    Great,,, Now the "Holocaust Card"! --- Gingrich is appealing to George Soros, another Holocaust Survivor to get his endorsement

                    The shear audacity of these nuts.. They really think Americans are that Stupid... Go away Newt, come back when you can act like an adult --- Your Tea Party is finished! Your Life Boat has sunk! Your Swift Boat hasn't floated in years!

                    • 16 votes
                    Reply#20 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:13 PM EST

                    Wow ... I've been around for a lot of elections but I've never seen anything like this. And these guys are all members of the same party. Big money really buys big mud-pits.

                    • 20 votes
                    Reply#21 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:13 PM EST

                    How. Low. Can. You. Go.

                    • 5 votes
                    Reply#22 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:13 PM EST

                    Pretty <bleep> low.

                    • 4 votes
                    #22.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:52 PM EST

                    tkapo - just keep looking. I don't think we've seen the lowest yet. They can both go lower - scary isn't it?

                    • 2 votes
                    #22.2 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:26 PM EST
                    Reply

                    Watching Newt and Mitt campaign is just like throwing two tomcats into the same burlap bag and tying it shut. (Except you don't get the guilt trip you would if you trapped two dumb animals together and let them fight it out).

                    • 8 votes
                    Reply#23 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:15 PM EST

                    But then you should toss the bag off the bridge.

                    • 2 votes
                    #23.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:45 PM EST

                    Wouldn't work. Poop floats.

                    • 5 votes
                    #23.2 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:54 PM EST

                    Stop The Hypocrisy - okay I'll quote that line from Pretty Women - I almost peed in my pants!

                    • 1 vote
                    #23.3 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:28 PM EST
                    Reply

                    Is Newt the Brute running for the presidency of America or Israel ? I have some jewish friends who think there is nothing kosher about him ! Pun intended.

                    • 8 votes
                    Reply#24 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:16 PM EST

                    That's my thinking David!!! But all I can say for him is "GIVE'EM HELL NEWT!!!!!"

                    • 5 votes
                    Reply#25 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:17 PM EST

                    fig newt is a perfect example of what happens when you let your BATTLESHIP EGO overload your TUGBOAT ASS

                    • 6 votes
                    #25.1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:12 PM EST
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