I pray we somehow get this out tomorrow. I thought he looked really sneaky talking about the blind trust, didn’t know he’d out and out lied.
CNN has spent the past 50 minutes deconstructing Newt and giving the night to Mitt. A lot of old acquaintainences seem to hate Newt.
Nov 9, 1980, Gingrich speaks about Reagan's election saying that Reagan should make it into a bellwether of conservative change, not "nibbling" at Democratic programs, but taking out "big chunks." http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1ixVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pz0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2353%2C1207695
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Newt reveals proposals in 1986 to reform Social Security, including transitioning to Individual Retirement Accounts. The article describes him as trying to continue the fight on conservative ideas as Reagan was nearing the end of his term. "We cannot expect President Reagan to solve all of our problems in his last two years in office." http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UNM0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=4m0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3174%2C2092123
LewistonDaily Sun
1984, Gingrich, who is called "a leading GOP conservative supporter of Reagan on defense issues", nonetheless complains about Reagan's plans to ignore budget ceilings because it threatened an orderly budgeting process where Republicans could win concessions on domestic spending cuts . http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hwQgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=amQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2605%2C515405
Anchorage Daily News
1986, Gingrich advocating contra like surrogate wars to drain the Soviet Union of resources. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Lh0fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zKYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3005%2C7642726
The Vindicator
1985, an article talking about a report commissioned calling for additional military buildup and funding for Star Wars. Gingrich, who is called "one of the most active and vocal new right conservatives in Congress" was on the committee that commissioned the report. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vLg_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=IlcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1131%2C3202210
Rome News-Tribune
1984, Gingrich accusing Dole of "undermining and weakening Reagan" by encouraging Reagan to increase taxes and not supporting an anti-tax plank in the platform. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CBYuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5TQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2366%2C4626418
The Albany Herald
1984, Gingrich comes to the defense of Reagan against the Mondale campaign blaming him for the deficit. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TC9DAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T60MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3298%2C1419051 The Albany Herald Newt, cited as the spokesperson of the Conservative Opportunity Society, talks about his love of Reagan and criticizes pre-Reagan Republicans who he calls "bookkeepers" http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ui9DAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T60MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1204%2C2459468
The Age
In 1982, Gingrich and Kemp, labeled "party purists", take a stance against Reagan's tax increases, considering it a betrayal of his principles. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0iRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n5QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4026%2C667245
The Tuscaloosa News
The Conservative Opportunity Society, under Newt, starts a convention fight in 1984 to force an anti-tax stance into the Republican Party platform. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TDUdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pqUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4903%2C6227460
The Boca Raton News
Newt forms the Conservative Opportunity Society in 1983, talking about how Republicans have been taught to be "good little cogs" and how they can break free of that role and take control of the House. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PVhUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=po0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4575%2C101024