Reagan Aide: Criticism of Newt 'Laughably Untrue'

newsmax.com ^ | Jan 27 2012 | Margaret Menge

[Berlin_Freeper]

Jeffrey Lord, a political insider in the Reagan White House, railed against Newt Gingrich critic Elliott Abrams today for “grossly misrepresenting” Gingrich’s speeches on the floor of the House of Representatives in the 1980s as anti-Reagan when Gingrich was in fact lauding Reagan for his fight against Communist insurgents in Central America.

Romney -- any good to try and say that Newt Gingrich, as loyal a friend and ally to Ronald Reagan as could be found in the day -- was somehow some crazed anti-Reaganite who got the Cold War wrong. Not only is this not true, its laughably untrue,” writes Lord in today’s American Spectator.

Abrams, Lord writes, was surely hoping no one would bother to “get into the weeds” and uncover the full record of what Gingrich said in 1986. But someone, a former Gingrich foreign policy staffer who now works in private industry, did, tracking down the Congressional Record for that year.

The record shows that Gingrich said of Reagan in a floor speech on March 21, 1986:

"Let me be clear: I have the greatest respect for President Reagan. I think he personally understands the threat of communism."

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Go NEWT ! Reagan Conservative

FLORIDA - VOTE NEWT !

[loveliberty2]

It is time for wide circulation in Florida of this 2008 video of Michelle Bachman literally paying homage to Gingrich and his role in the conservative movement, here

Send to all Floridians you know.

[sergeantdave]

This is fascinating. Members of the Republican party are falling on their swords and destroying their credibilty and careers. It’s like mass psychosis.

[pallis]

Romney is a Dukakis republican.

[BuckeyeTexan]

It’s a pandemic of ignorance and stupidity. Reminds me of Obama voters in 2008. It doesn’t matter what Romney has said or done, they support him.

[Terry Mross]

I moved off Bachman when she had to be pushed and pushed by Beck to say a voter should vote for a conservative no matter what party he’s in. She kept trying to say the GOP needs control no matter what. In other words, her principles weren’t too strong.