Newt's flip-flops and lies

daredelvis said:
Well Newt did tell us this:

"Any ad which quotes what I said Sunday is a falsehood,"
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Therefore, we can't use his words against him. It is kind of like "notagbacks".
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He's so adorable. He hasn't the humility to just say, hey, I was wrong. If you quote me without my retraction then that will not represent my current view.

FWIW: I was a HUGE Gingrich fan in the early 90s. I was pissed at Connie Chung for quoting his mother. Now I think he has some serious mental or emotional problems. Perhaps sociopathic, perhaps narcissistic personality disorder. The details of his meltdown following the ethics probe are rather disturbing. I don't understand how he is a contender for high office.
 
BenBurch said:
I wonder what Pelosi has on him?
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I don't think she needs to do much more than remind people about his ethics violations. She said that all this stuff is "public record", but it seems to be so scary to Newt that he's threatening legal action. Of course, Newt likes to talk big.
 
Another flip-flop:

Gingrich Takes Fidelity Pledge

Remember that pledge that a conservative Christian group in Iowa asked all the Republican candidates to take this summer? The one that made them vow to uphold the institution of marriage (and reject pornography, and Islamic law, and marriage rights for gays, and…)?

Newt Gingrich declined to sign it back then, when he was way behind in the polls. But now, it seems, he has changed his mind. USA Today reports Gingrich has now signed the pledge, which, among other things, commits him to supporting a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

Oh yes, and it commits him to not committing adultery—something he has been known to do on a few occasions in the past. Twice-divorced, he began an affair with his current wife, Callista, while still married to another woman in 1993.
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Plus he wants to take away my porn? Oh, hell no! :mad:
 
When it comes to Newt and marriage, the phrase "flip-flop" doesn't really do it justice.

Maybe "flip-flop-flip-flop-flip-flop-flip-flop-flip...."
 
Newt Gingrich on Iraq: A Timeline of Questionable Judgment

The former House Speaker was among the earliest to call for a war to oust Saddam Hussein, and weighed in often as it was being fought

SEPTEMBER 19, 2001: "If we don't use this as the moment to replace Saddam after we replace the Taliban, we are setting the stage for disaster."

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OCTOBER 31, 2002: "We should not wait until Saddam has the full capacity to create terror around the planet and is able to blackmail with nuclear weapons. Waiting is not an option."

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MARCH 28, 2003: "A hateful regime will be gone, and except for Saddam, French President Jacques Chirac and the media analysts, almost no one will have had the sky fall on the them."

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DECEMBER 7, 2003: "I think the cliff we have gone off that we need to get back on is to put the Iraqis at the center of this equation, not foreign governments, not the U.N., not more American troops."

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DECEMBER 22, 2004: "Mr. Rumsfeld, standing on his remarkable record of achievement, is far too effective a defense secretary for any serious student of recent American history to think that he should be replaced."

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November 15, 2005: "We have no other choice but to see our efforts in Iraq through to victory. A democratizing Iraqi neighbor that is accountable to its people and respects their human rights will put enormous pressure on the Iranian regime."

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OCTOBER 11, 2006: "It is time to quit being cheap and prudent and to start drowning our enemies in resources and energy. If we want to be able to turn the country over to the elected Iraqi government, then it has to have a force big enough to defeat all the enemies of the rule of law. We need an offensive military strategy (in concert with a political, diplomatic, and economic strategy) with the required resources to defeat the insurgency, which means the Iraqi people in the contested areas are protected and supported, while the insurgents are isolated."

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NOVEMBER 29, 2006: Former House speaker Newt Gingrich told a New Hampshire audience yesterday that unless the Bush administration admits that the war in Iraq is a "failure," it will never develop a strategy to leave the country successfully. Gingrich, who has been laying the groundwork for a presidential run, said the Bush administration needs to plan a "third stage" in Iraq, following the military takeover stage and the recent democracy-building stage. But he says a third stage can come about only if officials admit they must change course.

"If the military, White House, and State Department continue to avoid the word 'failure,' how can you bring about a third stage?" Gingrich said.

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January 12, 2007: "The American mission in Iraq must succeed. . . . A massive effort must be made to engage in a well organized plan to rebuild Iraq. The goal: an infrastructure to support and encourage a strong, stable civil society. . . . The administration should . . . create an Iraqi Citizen Job Corps, along the lines of FDR's civilian conservation corps during the Great Depression. The Job Corps can operate under the supervision of our military and with its protection. "

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TragicMonkey said:
...there are limits on electable ugliness. Especially with today's increasingly fancy televisions.
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The best thing about HDTV...you can see everything.

The worst thing about HDTV...you can see everything.


I simply can not imagine looking at Newton, in high def, for the next 4 years...
 
Gingrich’s Firm Refuses to Release Contract

A lawyer representing a consulting firm founded by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said today he was barring the release of a contract between the Republican presidential candidate and Freddie Mac.

Gingrich said last week that it was up to his partners in his former company, the Center for Health Transformation, to determine whether to release the documents. Earlier, he said he would be happy to release the contract, yet couldn’t make it public because Freddie Mac, the mortgage company now under U.S. conservatorship, refused to waive a confidentiality agreement.

Freddie Mac officials said last week that Gingrich was “welcome” to release the contract, under which his consulting firm was paid at least $1.6 million over eight years for his services.
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Whoops! Where'd those goalposts go? :D
 
Newt says "Elites" favor radical Islam over Christianity, Judaism

Newt Gingrich’s Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theories

Here’s Gingrich today on The Janet Mefferd Show, explaining that the Obama administration, the Justice Department, secular judges, “religious bigots who want to drive Christianity out of public life,” and “elites” are conspiring with the “Organization of Islamic Countries” to advance the cause of radical Islam.

Gingrich: Well, I think that we have to really, from my perspective you don’t have an issue of religious tolerance you have an elite which favors radical Islam over Christianity and Judaism. You have constant pressure by secular judges and by religious bigots to drive Christianity out of public life and to establish a secular state except when it comes to radical Islam, where all of the sudden they start making excuses for Sharia, they start making excuses that we really shouldn’t use certain language. Remember, the Organization of Islamic Countries is dedicated to preventing anyone, anywhere in the world from commenting negatively about Islam, so they would literally eliminate our free speech and there were clearly conversations held that implied that the US Justice Department would begin to enforce censorship against American citizens to protect radical Islam, I think that’s just an amazing concept frankly.​
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In fact, the Obama administration opposed UN proposals to ban defamation of religions on free speech grounds, so the truth is exactly the opposite of what Newt claims.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized on Monday an attempt by Islamic countries to prohibit defamation of religions, saying such policies would restrict free speech.

“Some claim that the best way to protect the freedom of religion is to implement so-called anti-defamation policies… . I strongly disagree,” Clinton said. “The protection of speech about religion is particularly important since persons of different faiths will inevitably hold divergent views on religious questions.”
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You just have to understand this fact. If the GOP had only facts to attack Obama on, they would be have no weapons. They need to invent these lies, it's their only option.
 
RandFan said:
He's so adorable. He hasn't the humility to just say, hey, I was wrong. If you quote me without my retraction then that will not represent my current view.

FWIW: I was a HUGE Gingrich fan in the early 90s. I was pissed at Connie Chung for quoting his mother. Now I think he has some serious mental or emotional problems. Perhaps sociopathic, perhaps narcissistic personality disorder. The details of his meltdown following the ethics probe are rather disturbing. I don't understand how he is a contender for high office.
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Narcissism.
 
R.A.F. said:
I simply can not imagine looking at Newton, in high def, for the next 4 years...
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Forget Newt. Do you really want to see that helmet-haired wraith at his side? :covereyes

I'm not even sure I want to hear his voice on the radio. He sounds like Kermit the Frog's pervert uncle.
 
Puppycow said:
Newt Gingrich’s Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theories



In fact, the Obama administration opposed UN proposals to ban defamation of religions on free speech grounds, so the truth is exactly the opposite of what Newt claims.
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To the fundamentalist whackadoodles and Dominionist conspirators, not being a fundie Christian is a subversive act.

To the fat head from Georgia, not wanting to wipe Islam from the face of the earth is giving substantial aid to the Wahabis.

Fat boy's ugliest divorce was not from Marianne, but from reality.
 
RandFan said:
RandFan: I voted for Obama.
Friend: How is that hopey changey thing going for you?
RandFan: Looking at the current field of GOP idiots, pretty damn good.
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How does whether or not the other choices are good have anything to do with whether President Obama delievered hope and change?
 
eeyore1954 said:
How does whether or not the other choices are good have anything to do with whether President Obama delievered hope and change?
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By comparison I'd much rather have Obama than anyone in the GOP field.
 
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