Posted on 05/15/2009 9:31:56 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich today offered a blistering critique of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s handling of oversight on harsh interrogation tactics, in a major escalation of partisan attacks being aimed at Pelosi.
In an interview with ABC News Radio’s Marcus Wilson, Gingrich, R-Ga., said Pelosi, D-Calif., “has lied to the House” in claiming that she was never briefed by the CIA about the Bush administration’s use of waterboarding and other harsh tactics.
"I think she has lied to the House, and I think that the House has an absolute obligation to open an inquiry, and I hope there will be a resolution to investigate her. And I think this is a big deal. I don't think the Speaker of the House can lie to the country on national security matters,” Gingrich said.
He continued: "I think this is the most despicable, dishonest and vicious political effort I've seen in my lifetime."
"She is a trivial politician, viciously using partisanship for the narrowist of purposes, and she dishonors the Congress by her behavior."
"Speaker Pelosi's the big loser, because she either comes across as incompetent, or dishonest. Those are the only two defenses,” Gingrich said. “The fact is she either didn't do her job, or she did do her job and she's now afraid to tell the truth.”
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Um...I choose the "third" answer....
ALL OF THE ABOVE
Is Newt so mad that he won’t make a global warming commercial with her again?
“Pelosi ‘Lied,’ ‘Despicable,’ ‘Dishonest,’ ‘Vicious,’ ‘Trivial’”
And that’s the good stuff about the bimbo.
What do you expect from someone who screwed her way into money and then bought her senate seat?
She should be more like a Kennedy who inherited his crooked cash honestly.
Same debree of dumb, though.
liar, liar pants on fire!!! Doubt the CIA will be helping to put that fire out.
Let’s hope Newt is serious about throwing his hat in the ring for 2012.
Release the hounds!
Nothing will come of this, the MSM and her libtard friends will cover for her. It’s a real shame because this woman needs to be removed from her position.
Pelosi is on the you go home now list you are useless.
“Nothing will come of this, the MSM and her libtard friends will cover for her. It’s a real shame because this woman needs to be removed from her position.”
75% you’re right. But this is acquiring legs.
Madame Speaker is not aging well.
bought her senate seat?
Congressional seat.
You are right, it’s gaining momentum. But that’s all it is in my opinion. Look at people like Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Maxine Waters, JOhn Murtha. All with proven evidence of monumental corruption and gross negligence. What’s happen to them, NOTHING at all. These people should be in jail or the very LEAST removed from office. But nothing has happened to them. NOTHING, this is gross miscarriage of justice but the MSM and their friends do nothing. If a senior Repub was doing this crap. Oh man, watch out.
Newt understands that doing things like that Global Warming™ ad buys him credibility with moderates and people who don’t already agree with him.
It lends his voice more power when he comes out and says something like this.
Whoa, Newt! Don’t hold back now, tell us what you really think!
She’s not aging well?
How can you tell?
She’s 103 years old, and has been mummified.
Excellent! Someone FINALLY went for the jugular... I’m proud of Newt for doing this.
Yup. Steny Hoyer would be next in line and he's not looney lib enough for soros and move.on. So the RATS will likely rally around Nancy and blame the GOP for hurting her feelings.
I knew she was lying back in 2003
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