Elections are the opiate of citizens in a police state.
He admitted on FNC that it was a big mistake to do that ad.
There is such as thing as over playing your hand. When you keep beating people over the head with these photos most of us become numb to them.
Newt is a panderer and a opportunist...surprisingly only recently has he seen the light or only after taken some grief about something stupid he did....hmmm!
I can’t believe I’m typing this: I have forgiven Newt.
Some hidden hostilities here?
Newt can ‘claim’ conservatism, he sat on that couch. That did him in. He sat on that couch.
Who cares, old news, nice try, I’ll vote for Newt no problem if he’s the nominee ...
1989: Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) co-sponsors the ambitious Global Warming Prevention Act (H.R. 1078), which finds that “the Earth’s atmosphere is being changed at an unprecedented rate by pollutants resulting from human activities, inefficient and wasteful fossil fuel use, and the effects of rapid population growth in many regions,” that “global warming imperils human health and well-being” and calls for policies “to reduce world emissions of carbon dioxide by at least 20 percent from 1988 levels by 2000.” The legislation recognizes that global warming is a “major threat to political stability, international security, and economic prosperity.” [H.R. 1078, 2/22/1989]
1992: Gingrich calls the environmental proposals in Al Gore’s book Earth in Balance “devastatingly threatening to most American pocketbooks and jobs.” [National Journal, 9/5/92]
1996: At a speech for the Detroit Economic Club, Gingrich mocks “Al Gore’s global warming,” citing “the largest snowstorm in New York City’s history”: “We were in the middle of budget negotiations; the football games were coming up and we noticed on the weather channel that an early symptom of Al Gore’s global warming was coming to the East Coast. And it does make you wonder sometimes, doesn’t it, how theoretical statisticians in the middle of the largest snowstorm in New York City’s history could stand there and say, ‘I don’t care what it’s doing. It’s going to get very hot soon.’” [FDCH Political Transcripts, 1/16/96]
1997: As Speaker of the House, Gingrich co-sponsors H. Con. Res. 151, which notes carbon dioxide is a “major greenhouse gas” that comes from “products whose manufacture consumes fossil fuels” and calls on the United States to “manage its public domain national forests to maximize the reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.” [H. Con. Res. 151, 9/10/1997]
2007: Gingrich calls for a cap-and-trade system with tax incentives for clean energy. “I think if you have mandatory carbon caps combined with a trading system, much like we did with sulfur, and if you have a tax-incentive program for investing in the solutions, that there’s a package there that’s very, very good. And frankly, it’s something I would strongly support.” [Frontline, 2/15/07]
February 15, 2007: “I think if you have mandatory carbon caps combined with a trading system, much like we did with sulfur, and if you have a tax-incentive program for investing in the solutions, that there’s a package there that’s very, very good. And frankly, it’s something I would strongly support.” [Frontline, 2/15/07]
In a debate on climate policy with Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Gingrich says “the evidence is sufficient that we should move towards the most effective possible steps to reduce carbon-loading of the atmosphere,” and that we should “do it urgently.” [ThinkProgress, 4/10/07]
In a Washington Post chat, Gingrich rejects a cap-and-trade system, saying it “would lead to corruption, political favoritism, and would have a huge impact on the economy.” He says he supports “tax credits for dramatically reducing carbon emissions.” [Washington Post, 4/17/08]
2008: In an advertisement made for Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection, Gingrich sat with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and said that “we do agree our country must take action to address climate change.” [We Campaign, 4/18/08]
“I don’t think that we have conclusive proof of global warming. And I don’t think we have conclusive proof that humans are at the center of it.” [Newt.org, 4/22/08]
April 4, 2009: “And now, in 2009, instead of making energy cheaper—which would help create jobs and save Americans money—President Obama wants to impose a cap-and-trade regime. Such a plan would have the effect of an across-the-board energy tax on every American. That will make our artificial energy crisis even worse—and raising taxes during a deep economic recession will only accelerate American job losses.” [Newsweek, 4/4/09]
I’m beginning to think the person (one of Bret Baier’s round table?) who referred to the Republican candidates as a circular firing squad is right.
Never forget the power of money in politics. Specifically the golden slacks of Goldman Sachs and the now defunct “carbon credits” commodity market they tried to start up. Many still pushing it because oil cos got into it for self defense and to create the next bubble now housing is for pooh.
Newt states publicly he was “nuts” to do this and also that cap and trade is insane. Though, Anne Coulter dismisses him from the CPAC log cabin wing.
Newt needs to find his Conservative roots if he really ever had them, which I think he did.
For politicians like Mitt Romney, Conservatism is nothing but a politial strategy.
Amen...
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Time for people to grow up. This is old, unimportant, and irrelevant news.
yea, and I woke up with coyote ugly more than once and that also was 31 years ago. Let it go, let us not eat our own. We are hanging onto a thread to save this Republic!
Thanks for the reminder (yes I read every post). Newt is probably the smartest conman in any room he enters.
I sent Newt a msg and told him to read Christopher Horner’s books: “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming, and “Red Hot Lies”.
You cannot read those books and still believe in global warming.
Also, if you’re a video person, there is a great DVD, “Privileged Planet” - Amazing revelations regarding the Earth’s placement within the universe. Just a few degrees out of orbit one way and we would be a frozen planet like Mars, and just a few degrees the other direction and we would have been burned up by the Sun. If you have children, this is a great video - would make a special Christmas gift for the whole family.