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MILWAUKEE, Wisc. -- Making his first campaign stop in the Badger State, Newt Gingrich was quick to share his Wisconsin ties.
“We own a share of Green Bay stock so we have ties to the whole state in that sense,” Gingrich said, adding that his wife, Callista, grew up here and her mother still resides in White Hall.
The former House Speaker addressed a few hundred people at Marquette University and wrapped up his almost hour-long lecture speaking about the popular Wisconsin Congressman, Paul Ryan.
Gingrich praised the Wisconsin native hours after the Republican budget passed the house and just as news began to speculate that Ryan would endorse Mitt Romney before Tuesday’s primary in the state.
“His budget is very, very positive and it’s very exciting,” the Speaker said, acknowledging that Ryan responded well to critiques. “His budget is dramatically better than the Congressional Budget Office will score it because the bureaucrats at CBO completely misunderstand the power of people changing their behavior and it’s really unfortunate.”
Ryan, who represents Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional district, saw his $3.5 trillion budget plan pass the House Thursday will all but ten Republicans voting in favor of it.
But last May, Gingrich referred to Ryan’s plan as “right wing social engineering,” showing little admiration for the Republican budget proposal on NBC’s Meet the Press.
Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich (R-GA) Â said, "I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering" to explain why he thinks Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) plan is "too big a jump."
Tonight, Gingrich’s tone was different, and he said his remarks last spring were “vastly overblown by the news media.”
“I’ve always endorsed his [Ryan’s] proposal to block grant Medicare, I mean Medicaid, I think it’s a good idea. And I admire both his intelligence and his courage because he’s doing a lot of things,” he said.
While tonight mark’s Gingrich’s first appearance in the state, Callista has been campaigning on her husband’s behalf all week – her first solo campaign trip all cycle.
While there were few applause lines for Gingrich in the college auditorium, there was a lively back and forth between one attendee and the Speaker over where your rights come from.
After listening to Gingrich describe “American values,” a man questioned if Gingrich meant specifically Christian values and how that is fair under the first amendment and freedom of religion.
“What about people who maybe are agnostic or atheist. What about those Americans?” the man in the audience, who left as soon as the interaction was over, asked.
“They can live here but they have no explanation of where their rights come,” Gingrich shot back.
This back and forth continued for almost five minutes until the Speaker finally said, “next question.”
Gingrich, who is struggling to remain seen as a credible candidate, holds three events in Wisconsin on Friday – including a Green Bay Brats and Beer Rally.
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"They can live here but they have no explanation as to where their rights come from" really Newtoid?
Let me explain it to you then. They came from the Founders, who wrote this thing called the Constitution, which set forth the rights that all citizens in this country enjoy.
That make it plain enough for you?
Gingrich is a disgusting fat-body... why is anyone listening to this con-man?
And first thing Monday Newt will address the residents of a nursey in Waukesha. Hope the babies can stand it.
THEGangrene is trying to make a "residual political presence" for the republicanCrimeCartelConvention in July so that he can have a seat reserved for him and his mannequin from Macys along with the CrimeCartelSoldiers...MittTaxPittanceRommel, TheVomitorium, THE BONER , M!tchTh'B!tchMcConMan, PaulPus Ryan, ErictCan'tOrElse, and Many,Many More Shining Stars of TheCrimeCartel. THEGangrene is looking at 2016, NO KIDDING!!, AND! AND!!! for THOSE Voters he will promise them ANYTHING Even The Moon!!
@PhantomBeast #1.3: That's the way it is! Gotta kick outta your post. Thanks
A history professor should know that. Only the Declaration of Independence mentions God. It refers to a "Creator". But the Declaration of Independence is not a legal document of this country or government. Again a history professor should know that also.
Also something a history professor should know.
That too.
Newt that's 0 for 4.
Good thing you can stay with the mother in law on this campaign stop since you're broke and out of any hope.
We own a share of Green Bay stock so we have ties to the whole state in that sense,” Gingrich said
Go Bears.....
Go Vikings
We're on a road to nowhere, come on inside.
Takin' that ride to nowhere, we'll take that ride.
I'm feelin' okay this mornin' and you know.
We're on the road to paradise, here we go, here we go.
We're on a road to nowhere.
We're on a road to nowhere.
We're on a road to nowhere.
Maybe you wonder where you are; I don't care.
Here is where time is on our side.
Take you there...take you there.
We're on a road to nowhere.
We're on a road to nowhere.
We're on a road to nowhere.
There's a city in my mind, come along and take that ride.
And it's all right, baby, it's all right.
And it's very far away, but it's growing day by day.
And it's all right, baby, it's all right.
They can tell you what to do, but they'll make a fool of you.
And it's all right, baby, it's all right.
Where on a road to nowhere.
(Overheard as the Gingrich campaign was looking for a Tiffany's in downtown Madison.)
Can anybody tell me who's still giving this clown money?
Ringling Brothers?
Gingrich cannot explain where rights come from either. If rights come from a god, then they are not rights, because that god can then revoke them, which makes them just privileges enjoyed at a deity's arbitrary whims. If they truly are rights, meaning that nobody, not even a deity can revoke them, then the rights must exist independently of the deity and cannot be derived from it.
Euthyphro dilemma. Beats theological morality every time.
Good points.
A odd thing is... So all our rights come from god... who has deemed Republicans to dictate those rights. To make us live a real American life under their god... so when we die we can go to a Fascist form of Socialist Bliss. Gotta love Newton.
Gingrich kicks off campaign in Wisconsin
This is beyond pathetic. Newt can't win the nomination under any scenerio. Even if the GOP allowed the nomination process to reach the point of a contested convention ( which I believe will be almost mathematically impossible after Tuesday), Gingrich needs a plurality of delegates in five states to qualify for consideration. He currently only has a plurality in two.
SI
Thank you fro keeping the field focused to the right where the majority of the country lives.
Newt Gingrich had/has a campaign? I thought he was just selling books to fund some kind of moon base.
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Talk about the classic case of the Emperor has no clothes....
He's a real Nowhere Man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans
For nobody
Then we rewrite it for Santorum
He's a real frothy man
living in his frothy land
making all his frothy plans for everybody.
Has a narrow point of view
wants to force it all on you.
Frothy man, you moron
go back home you moron
He's as blind as he can be, hates most everything he sees
Frothy man can you make sense at all.
Frothy man don't worry
we'll send you home in a hurry...
Awesomely excellent!
Gingrich is a more complex man than many on the left or right give him credit for. Gingrich understands that to change hearts and minds you have to engage in principled dialogue and risk offending some people. Regardless of what you think of Newt Gingrich, whether you are for or against him. his participation in American politics heightens the national debate. Contrast him with the GOP's 'Etch-A-Sketch' candidate in Mitt Romney and you realize that he deserves to be challenged all the way to the convention. Nobody should be able to seek the highest office in this land who has no core principles or values and who is unwilling to be clear and level with the American public about who and what he is and how he plans to govern. The Manchurian Mormon Madoff is one of the most fundamentally dishonest, fraudulent and hollow men to ever seek the Presidency. Romney is attempting to do a fly by the democratic process in America refusing to be held accountable to the base of his party and investigative journalists. Gingrich has forced Romney on some level to account to the American people what he stands for.
I can understand why some people would be put off by Governor Etchasketch and his cynical political pandering and dishonesty. I cannot understand why those people would then be attracted to Newt Gingrich, who is just as guilty of these things, but is also completely corrupt on top of those flaws. It's like saying, "I don't really like chocolate ice cream, so instead I'll have the chocolate ice cream with chocolate chips and chocolate fudge topping plus a side of rotten anchovies."
"Principled dialogue?"!! Are you insane? The fat pus-bag has been race baiting since day one. He's so obvious about it that even the majority of the Official Party of Racism has abandoned him.
He's complex in the same way the Gordian knot was a "knot" and not a rope tangled and twisted into utter uselessness.
Huh????
Of course anyone running for high office has to have core principles and values. However, those core principles and values cannot be off-the-rails. Gingrich is just a media whore looking to stroke his enormous ego.
Mitt Romney will NEVER be able to beat Obama. Just having "business experience" is about as relevant to being POTUS as a used car salesman is to being a CEO!
If Romney was on the Board of Directors in a major company, would HE vote to hire a CEO who never ran a major company? Then why would the American people hire a guy without the right national experience? (Who likes to fire people, thinks $375,000 is "not very much," doesn't care about poor people...wants them trapped in a "safety" net, etc.).
If Republicans elect Romney - they lose. Period.
Santorum says the right stuff - but if we're HONEST - his BEST accomplishments came under the LEADERSHIP of Newt Gingrich (1995-2000). What did he ever do after Newt left?
Politics MAY be a "team sport," folks, but we ALREADY have a President who "leads from behind." I like him (Santorum) alot, but he's just too weak right now to be President. (Hmmm... I recall making the same comment about this time in 2008. How'd that turn out for us?)
Newt Gingrich is the ONLY real option. We need to rally and not let the media declare him dead!
Everyone feels like politicians just say whatever to get elected - but never follow through. In 1994, Gingrich moved the entire country, brought the Republicans the majority after 40 years of Dem's in power - but then what? Did he just abandon his principles and do nothing? NO! He said he'd get a vote on all 10 major items of his Contract with America in 100 days.
And he did exactly that in ~93!
Newt Gingrich accomplished more in 93 days as speaker than Obama has in 4 years, than Santorum did in the 7 years after Newt left, and more than Mitt Romney has in a lifetime.
Don't let the media make you ashamed to want Newt 2012!
Dude, many CEOs are, fundamentally, used car salesmen. You need to pay attention to reality, not PR.
Newter will be appearing at the Milwaukee city dump this weekend and also can be seen at the Milwaukee Zoo with the Gorrillas cleaning their cage.....
60's veteran... Do you know what he's charging for the appreance at the gorilla cage?
I understand he's getting peanuts at the elephant stable.
Wisconsin will kick him back. Republican nut jobs are not as popular as skunks right now. We are dealing with an immature, extremist, Koch bothers bought, corruption stained Governor, Scott Walker, right now and Gingrich is his prototype.
So it looks like Newt Gingrich's wife is the mastermind behind Kony 2012
you left wing nut jobs are just full hate and you live in a world that you think owes you something i feel sorry for you
And we're going to take it from you, just you.
Hey newt,
be careful when you're in Kansas.......someone's sure to drop a house on that witch you've been hanging out with.
Remember what you said newt, about that other wife, "She's not pretty enough for the White House"
Well, the one you've got now, SCARES THE HELL OUT OF AMERICANS
jockland... and you sir are a hyper-crit. Hate indeed, first day in here?
Read your entry and stop throwing stones glass house dweller.
hey chip i dont live in a glass house but im willing to make my own way in life with out asking some one else to give me some of their money your a retard
And the bloated pus-bag rolls on, fronting the insane republicker clown posse. But it's so sad he's lost. No chance now for casino's on the moon.
Here's a somewhat sincere question: Why do stupid people think "rights" come from god? Because somebody once said they were endowed by their creator by certain inalienable (but very, very obviously alienable) rights? Because hick, hypocritical quack-christian politicians say so?
Why? It's quite clear, for example, that god gave no one the right to vote - just ask the college of cardinals. "The pursuit of happiness" is basically nothing. You can pursue happiness in a jail cell. Just not very effectively. Life is not a right, it's a biological occurrence. And liberty? What the hell is that? Even 60-70% of the 1% is constantly whining that they are not free because their tax bill is higher than the janitor's.
Why? Is it the thought of these hick, hypocritical quack-christian politicians that god giveth man the right to taketh away the rights that god hath given?
Gee, Newt, thanks for permission for us non-Christians to live here.
Although, to admit the obvious fact: The whole thing is a book tour. Some tv thing even shows nootie and callie setting up a book signing table outside a campaign event. The guy is a hustler and a crook! Sweet baby jesus, he was even censured by a conclave of crooks for being too outrageous a crook!
The only interesting thing about the guy is how he managed to hustle the casino billionaire into fronting the money for this latest hustle and swindle. He's a dope! He does have a talent: the ability to baffle and impress the stupid with an endless babble of big words - whose meaning he cares absolutely nothing about.