Saturday, December 3, 2011

NEWT GINGRICH: Who's Blogging About NEWT ???
Just about everyone that has a computer and can write. However it's hard to find a lot of nice things to say about Newt, He lies, manipulates, switches positions, commits adultery, divorces, conspires to do in fellow republicans (Ron Paul pulled a real dirty deal on him), endorses democrats, closes down government, unethical, ousted from congress, supported ethanol subsidies, got in bed with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, Supported Health care mandates, has a bad temper, vindictive, egotistical, Sounds like he would be a god-awful President. Anyone but Newt.
NEWT GINGRICH and ORAL SEX
Gingrich’s Immigration Plan could Benefit Millions, Study Finds
PAYBACK TIME for NEWT GINGRICH...
The Other McCain The Raven Keeps Calling Newt’s Name

Brad Johnson | Wonk Room

In 2008, Al Gore called to ask whether Newt Gingrich, the former Republican U.S. House speaker now running for president, would appear in a television ad calling for action to address climate change ... ” He signed the March 2008 note, “Your friend, Newt.

David Weigel | Weigel
1 day ago
New from me at Slate: How evangelicals are convincing each other that Newt's okay ... The tick-tock of that big Newt-Pelosi ad.
Hunter | Daily Kos13 hours ago Fun Fact: A lot of Republicans can't stand Newt Gingrich How could you not love this guy? One of the oft-spoken-of but as of yet mostly untapped issues with Newt Gingrich: A lot of people in his own party really hate him.
Trish Ponder | Pensito Review
15 hours ago
Ron Paul's Newt Gingrich Attack Ad. O.K., But Why? Here's Ron Paul's take on Newt Gingrich. Of course, Paul considers showing Newt with Nancy Pelosi incendiary, and quotes Rush Limbaugh as if he were someone with a right to be outraged over someone else's hypocrisy and moral infidelity.
Alas, a Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich superticket is not to be. (Donna W. Carson/Reuters) It sounds like Newt Gingrich may no longer think a Gingrich-Cain presidential ticket is "a real possibility."
Newt Gingrich made the claim that some people who receive government aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...

Hot Air Network, LLC | Hot Air TV
Bachmann not included. Michael Dougherty's right. This is a crafty play by both of them, but especially by Gingrich. Newt Gingrich gets to elevate Huntsman in New Hampshire, which could hurt Mitt Romney.
 Michael J.W. Stickings | The Huffington Post
Paul's efforts to go after Gingrich are significant. They indicate that Gingrich is indeed a genuine contender to be reckoned with, that Gingrich will have to start playing defense, and that the race is about to get a whole lot uglier.Read More...
James Pethokoukis | The Enterprise Blog
19 hours ago

A Newt Gingrich word cloud Just for fun, I took two Newt Gingrich speeches -- one from the CPAC 2011 conference earlier this year and then a more recent one from the Value Voters Summit -- and made a word cloud of them using Wordle. Here is what I got: American. Think. Now.

It was the big story of the day. Newt Gingrich told ABC's Jake Tapper that he believed he'd be the , and all hell broke loose in the punditocracy. One of our favorite...
Greg | Rhymes With Right
19 hours ago
Gingrich Supporter Erick Erickson Provides One Of The Two Best Reasons For Not Nominating Gingrich It is Newt’s own history.If Newt Gingrich can avoid his historic fate of imploding at the pinnacle of success...
 Kyle Drennen | NewsBusters.org 20 hours ago NBC and ABC Hit Gingrich For 'Outrageous' Child Labor Comments That 'Left Some Critics Slack-Jawed'On Thursday's NBC Nightly News...
 Clive Crook | The Current
A fair and balanced appraisal of Mitt vs. Newt by Charles Krauthammer. He nails my own main objection to Gingrich:Take that ad Gingrich did with Nancy Pelosi on global warming, advocating urgent government action.
Jill Stanek | jillstanek.com
21 hours ago
Gingrich: Life does not begin at conception For such a supposedly smart man, presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich sure is stupid on the subject of biology.Ace | Ace of Spades HQ 21 hours ago

How Newt Gingrich Saved the Internet
Mother Jones attempts to sour social cons on Gingrich with a headline titled "How Newt Gingrich Saved Porn." The article is about him blocking a massive censorship regime in the earliest days of the internet (back in 1995, 1996) that...
Michael Brendan Dougherty | Silicon Alley Insider
21 hours ago

This Is A Genius Move by Gingrich

Newt Gingrich has invited Jon Huntsman to engage in another long Lincoln-Douglas style debate on December 12, in Windham New Hampshire. Newt did a similar debate with Herman Cain earlier this year. Huntsman accepted.

Patricia Murphy | Silicon Alley Insider
22 hours ago

Hmm: Newt Gingrich Actually Has A History Of Working With A Lot Of Democrats

At Tommy's Country Ham House in Greenville, S.C., Newt Gingrich gave the town-hall audience exactly what they wanted a plate full of Republican red meat with a side order of Obama-bashing-Saul-Alinsky socialist hash.
Ellen | News Hounds
22 hours ago
Greta Van Susteren Helps Promote Newt Gingrich’s Child Labor For The PoorNewt Gingrich, who is looking more and more like he might be Fox News’ anointed candidate, visited On The Record last night.
James Crugnale | Mediaite
22 hours ago

George Will: ‘Wisdom Is One Thing Newt Gingrich Doesn’t Have’Conservative columnist George Will appeared on The Laura Ingraham Show Friday to express his qualms about GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich.


Paul Singer | Roll Call
23 hours ago

Newt Gingrich Rose to Wealth Through Congress

In 1979, an impoverished Georgia college professor named Newt Gingrich became a Member of Congress and proceeded to make himself a very rich man.
Peter Suderman | Reason Magazine - Hit & Run
23 hours ago

Newt Gingrich, Savior of Internet Porn?

What’s the Internet for? As anyone who’s seen Avenue Q knows, it’s for porn.

Marie Diamond | Wonk Room
23 hours ago

Serial Vacationer Newt Gingrich Falsely Claims People Use Food Stamps To Go To Hawaii

Gingrich has mastered the art of wearing Hawaiian leis. Full Coverage »
Zeke Miller | Silicon Alley Insider
23 hours ago

Anonymous Group SLAMS Gingrich On Marriages

An anonymous group called "Iowans for Christian Leaders in Government" just released a brutal web video hitting GOP front-runner Newt Gingrich on his three marriages.

Laura Bassett | The Huffington Post
1 day ago

Newt Gingrich: Life Begins At Implantation, Not Fertilization

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich clarified his position on personhood Friday when he told ABC News' Jake Tapper that he believes life actually begins at...

Brent Budowsky | The Hill's Pundit Blog
1 day ago

Ron Paul is right about the Patriot Act; Newt Gingrich is right about immigration

One of the reasons I respect Ron Paul, and write about him often, is that he has integrity and says serious things about policy worthy of far more media discussion...

Alex Alvarez | Mediaite
1 day ago

Bill O’Reilly: Mitt Romney Is Not As Conservative As Newt Gingrich

Thursday evening, The Factor host Bill O'Reilly took a look at "the upcoming Romney-Gingrich shootout" to come in Iowa, thus continuing the idea that Mitt Romney is essentially the candidate to beat...

James Crugnale | Mediaite
1 day ago

Newt Gingrich Declares To ABC’s Jake Tapper: ‘I’m Going To Be The Nominee’

Republican frontrunner Newt Gingrich audaciously declared in an interview with ABC News's Jake Tapper that he would end up winning the Republican nomination. “I’m going to be the nominee.

Greg Sargent | The Plum Line
1 day ago

Jonathan Bernstein: Gingrich presidential run inspires fear and loathing in top GOP circles

Sure, Newt Gingrich is surging in the polls. Full Coverage »

The Associated Press
1 day ago

Mitt Romney On Newt Gingrich: 'Self-Aggrandizing Statements About Polls Are Not Going To Win Elections'

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney stepped up attacks on rival Newt Gingrich Friday, labeling Gingrich as a Washington insider who is unlikely to win the Republican nomination.
Glynnis MacNicol | Silicon Alley Insider
1 day ago

RON PAUL: Newt Gingrich Is No Conservative

The long knives are out for Newt Gingrich now that he is surging in the polls. Ron Paul has been especially brutal.
gschwarzcnn | CNN Political Ticker
1 day ago

Gingrich disdain is personal for top Romney adviser

Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) – As Newt Gingrich gets cast as a Washington insider by frontrunner rival Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential candidate's top New York adviser and one of the state's most prominent Republicans is getting personal...
Noreen Malone | Daily Intelligencer
1 day ago

Newt Gingrich Suddenly Needs to Have a Front-runner’s Campaign Staff

Now that Newt Gingrich has suddenly swept into first place in the GOP primary, far ahead of Mitt Romney, his campaign is scrambling desperately to catch up with its own growth spurt.
E.D. Kain | Forbes.com Technology1 day ago New Ron Paul Ad Blasts Newt Gingrich for 'Serial Hypocrisy'
The internet and social media change the way political campaigns operate. Nobody knows this better than Ron Paul. His latest ad takes on the current front-runner, Newt Gingrich.

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire1 day ago Distinguishing Newt
Even after saying he didn't need to draw contrasts between himself and Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich couldn't resist after a speech in Iowa, Politico reports. Said Gingrich: "I'm not interested in distinguishing myself from Romney.
Elizabeth Benjamin | The Daily Politics 1 day ago
Newt Gingrich in November 2011, asked what he told Freddie Mac when he was consulting for them in 2006-07: My advice as a historian, when they walked in and said to me...
Betsy Newmark | Betsy's Page 1 day ago
There seems to be a mismatch between how conservative pundits regard Newt Gingrich and how the GOP public being polled today regard him.
PAXALLES | PAXALLES 1 day ago
GOP presidential frontrunner former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich gave a clarion call for civic duty and less dependence on government and academia - even as Gingrich spent most of his life at the ineffective government trough where he became a...
 Carol Platt Liebau | Townhall.com Blog1 day ago
Ron Paul unloads on Newt Gingrich with a devastating attack ad titled "Newt Gingrich: Serial Hypocrisy."Why is the attack so effective? It uses Gingrich's own words -- right out of his own mouth -- and his own record...
Laura Clawson | Daily Kos1 day ago
Newt Gingrich really must think he has a winner with this child janitors thing, since he keeps going back to it.Molly Ball, The Atlantic | National Journal 1 day ago
The Republican primary voters who continue to cast about for a presidential nominee�one not named Mitt Romney�have lately alit on Newt Gingrich as their newest infatuation.
The Associated Press1 day ago
FORT LAUDERDALE...JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief | The Moderate Voice
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune It's been said of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich that there's the good Newt and the bad Newt -- and the bad Newt is also an arrogant Newt who often destroys himself with his mouth.Paul Constant | Slog1 day ago
I expect Newt Gingrich to immortalize himself in an epic poem very soon: "I'm going to be the nominee," Gingrich told ABC News. "It's very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high I'm going to be the nominee." 
Newt Gingrich highlighted the benefits of Freddie Mac's business model in 2007 -- a position that appears to contradict earlier statements.
Michele Bachmann popped unexpectedly into South Florida on Thursday and started throwing haymakers at Republican presidential frontrunners Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.
Chris Good | The Atlantic Politics Channel1 day ago
It's hard to imagine Newt Gingrich walking around a busy part of Washington, D.C., amid the glory days of the Republican Revolution, evidently unrecognized and clearly unbothered by the people around him.
According to the latest Rasmussen survey, world's richest historian Newt Gingrich has opened up a massive 21 percent lead over Mitt Romney.

Rob Port | Say Anything
1 day ago

Gingrich Doubles Down On Saying Child Labor Laws Are Stupid

Newt Gingrich has gotten a lot of flak for saying that some child labor laws are kind of stupid. The thing is, though, that he's right.

Justin Sink | The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
1 day ago

Paul blasts Gingrich 'flip-flopping' and Freddie Mac ties in interview

Ron Paul blasted Newt Gingrich for "flip-flopping" and said he wouldn't call him a conservative during an interview Thursday morning.The Texas congressman was Read more...

Democratic Underground
1 day ago

Newt Gingrich Pledges To Build Double Fence Along Entire Mexico Border

As other candidates attack him for being too soft on unauthorized immigration, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich...

Charles Johnson | Little Green Footballs
1 day ago

Newt Gingrich: Poor Kids Don't Work, They Get Cash Illegally

I almost can't believe it, but Newt Gingrich is still out there promoting his plan to gut America's child labor laws, fire the unionized janitorial staff in schools, and put those shiftless little bastards to work swabbing out the toilets.

Douglas Belkin | WSJ Washington Wire
1 day ago

Newt Gingrich Signs Pledge to Build Border Fence

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich continued to shore up his right flank on immigration Thursday, signing a pledge to build a fence along the U.S. — Mexico border by the end of 2013 if he becomes president.
John Cassidy | News Desk
1 day ago

Mitt vs. Newt: Now It’s a Real Race

If you want to know when the Republican primary race started in earnest, it was on Monday, when Mitt Romney attacked Newt Gingrich in an interview with Brett Baier, of Fox News.

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
1 day ago

Harkin Says Obama 'Silent Cheering' for Gingrich

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) held a telephone conference call with reporters and called the prospect of Newt Gingrich winning the Republican nomination as "heaven-sent." Said Harkin: "Newt has never been one to engage mind before opening mouth.
Elizabeth Benjamin | The Daily Politics
2 days ago

Next On Donald Trump's List: Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich will be the next GOP White House hopeful to kiss The Donald’s ring.
Glynnis MacNicol | Silicon Alley Insider
2 days ago

This Is Amazing: Watch Ali G Interview Newt Gingrich (NSFW)

This classic Ali G interview with Newt Gingrich is making the Internet rounds.
Dave | Open Thread 05/18/05
2 days ago
Newt Gingrich has threatened, or maybe promised, or at least predicted, that he is going to be the Republican Party's nominee to run against Barack Obama in 2012.I hope he is wrong, because I want to beat Barack Obama...
Marc Caputo | Naked Politics
2 days ago
Ron Paul released a brutal video that attempts to expose the hypocrisy of Newt Gingrich. Somewhere Mitt Romney is smiling. NPR: "The ad uses several instances where Gingrich either aligned himself with liberals...

Doc Sarvis | Drudge Retort
2 days ago

Paul Ad: Gingrich a Serial Hypocrite

A new Ron Paul ad portrays Newt Gingrich as a serial hypocrite...

Scared Monkeys | The Tipping Point
2 days ago
There is a fine line between self-confidence and hubris, which is fairly evident in the following clip from last night's episode of Hannity.

On Politics
2 days ago

Ron Paul attacks Newt Gingrich in new ad

GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul released a scathing video attacking rival Newt Gingrich for "serial hypocrisy" on issues dear to conserva ...
Peregrin Wood | Irregular Times
2 days ago

Will Florida Just Lie Down And Let Newt Gingrich Become President?Sunshine State News reports that Newt Gingrich, the man who shut down the American national government for weeks on end in the 1990s, has a double digit lead over Mitt Romney among Republican voters in Florida. Jonathan Chait | Daily Intelligencer2 days ago

From Truman North, in the sidebar, Newt played to the party's anger at the media and Obama. On the campaign trail, Newt Gingrich is trying to make some new inroads on President Obama by reviving an old charge, suggesting that...
A.Killough | CNN Political Ticker
2 days ago

Gingrich: Race will come down to 'Newt and Not-Newt' (CNN) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said the tables have turned in the Republican race for the White House, arguing on Wednesday that he's replacing Mitt Romney as the GOP's most steady presidential front-runner.

Jed Lewison | Daily Kos 2 days ago

Newt Gingrich on Ryan's Plan as Right-Wing Social Engineering: 'What I Said Was True'

Newt Gingrich was on with Sean Hannity tonigfht. It sounded like he just called the Paul Ryan Plan "rightwing social engineering" again. Newt should probably just drop this topic for a couple of months.
Rodney Hawkins | National Journal
2 days ago Ron Paul Accuses Newt Gingrich of â�Serial Hypocrisyâ��Newt Gingrich on Wednesday received further validation of his status as an emerging front-runner in the Republican presidential campaign: Heâ��s the subject of rival candidate Ron Paulâ��s latest attack ad.Newt Gingrich on Wednesday received further...