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Posted on 01/24/2012 8:07:21 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Reporting from Sarasota, Fla. - In advance of President Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight, Newt Gingrich hammered at the president’s track record, arguing on Tuesday that he has implemented a radical agenda that has strangled the nation’s economy and increased its vulnerability around the world.
“Tonight, the president will explain it was all George W. Bush’s fault,” Gingrich told more than 2,000 supporters gathered in an airport hangar. “This is the fourth year of his presidency, he needs to get over it.”
Gingrich repeatedly sought to paint the president as out-of-touch with traditional American values.
“You always have to wonder when Obama speaks, which country he thinks he’s talking to. You also have to wonder what his source material is,” the former House speaker said. “You can really understand him best when you understand that he is a Saul Alinsky radical who taught radicalism in Chicago. I’m an old-fashioned American and I think the primary documents are the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Federalist Papers.”
Gingrich said he wondered what planet Obama was on.
“He doesn’t seem to operate in the same planet you and I do,” he said. “Planet Obama, somewhere out there.”
When discussing the Lincoln-Douglas-style debates he would propose to Obama if he is the GOP nominee, Gingrich noted that he was a history buff.
“And unlike the president, I studied American history,” he said.
Gingrich, sounding confident that he could beat back Republican rival Mitt Romney’s deep fundraising and organizational advantage, looked forward to a general election fight with Obama. He contrasted the job creation that occurred when he worked with President Reagan in the 1980s, and during his tenure as House speaker in the late 1990s, with economic statistics under the Obama administration.
“My central theme this fall will be jobs and a paycheck presidency designed to create independence for every American,” Gingrich said. “The president has been the best food stamp president in American history. So he’ll get to run on food stamps and unemployment. I believe that there are no neighborhoods in America where a parent picks food stamps and dependency over paychecks and jobs for their children’s future.”
As he sought the crowd's support in Tuesday’s Republican primary, Gingrich emphasized that his campaign effort must transcend partisan politics.
“While I’m running for the Republican nomination, the campaign we, all of us are going to run this fall, will be an American campaign,” he said, as the crowd chanted “USA! USA! USA!” “
“You always have to wonder when Obama speaks, which country he thinks he’s talking to. You also have to wonder what his source material is,” the former House speaker said. “You can really understand him best when you understand that he is a Saul Alinsky radical who taught radicalism in Chicago. I’m an old-fashioned American and I think the primary documents are the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Federalist Papers.”
Hammer Obama Newt!
When it comes to taking direct action on owebama,
Mittens is a yappy little rug pi$$er
and Newt is an attack dog.
GO NEWT GO!
Did anyone watch? Did O blame Bush during his (hopefully) last SOTU?
Did anyone else read Joe Lieberman’s lips when he said “Bashing Bush” after one of Obama’s comments about the previous admin?
That's what makes an obama voter.
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Separately, it was interesting to overhear a black man today say (quoting) "George Bush has class."
Actually, I had the distinct impression he stole whole sections of speeches by Santorum, Gingrich, and Romney.
He kept going on about bringing jobs home from overseas, about tax cuts, about opening up the coast to offshore drilling.
I seem to remember he did that a couple of years ago; he announced he was opening the coastlines to offshore drilling. Then with his other hand, he took it back. Gave permission for offshore Alaska, and then with the other hand took it back.
Spent the first half of his speech offering tax breaks to companies that do the right thing and the second half bashing rich folks for their tax breaks.
Of course, he’s upset that Buffet’s secretary pays a higher tax rate than her boss, but he didn’t actually offer to lower her taxes.
Classic Obama.
Until it becomes a hassle and a stigma again, foodstamps will be the choice of many.
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