Newt: Hillary shows courage, integrity

Politico ^ | Jan 12, 2008 | Kenneth P. Vogel

[indcons]

Newt Gingrich’s on-again, off-again adulation of Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to be back on.

The leader of the 1994 Republican revolution — who as House speaker in the mid 1990s clashed fiercely with then-first lady Clinton and her husband, Bill Clinton — attributed her surprise victory in New Hampshire to the Democratic presidential candidate’s courage, integrity and openness.

After Clinton’s third-place finish in the Jan. 3 Iowa Democratic caucuses, “it would have been very easy for her to have broken, accepted defeat,” Gingrich said in a weekly podcast e-mailed to supporters.

“Instead, starting on Saturday night, she fought back with greater and greater intensity, and she opened herself up," Gingrich went on. “She talked as a person, without all the protection, without all the discipline, and she became more and more appealing.”

Gingrich said that shift demonstrated “the courage to learn” and enabled the New York senator to grow “in the space of three or four days to a much more attractive, much more aggressive and much more appealing candidate.”

As a result, he posited, New Hampshire voters who made up their minds at the last minute “were going to Sen. Clinton, were affected by her campaign, by her integrity, by her openness.”

Gingrich’s podcast, one of many products cranked out by his political groups, also had similarly high praise for Arizona Sen. John McCain, who won New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary.

[ArmyTeach]

You don’t use the word ‘integrity’ in the same sentence with Clinton.

[potlatch]

Well, I could fill the page but everyone would ban me, lol.

[krb]

Newt must really be scared of Obama and must really not see any Republicans who are worth a damn.

[StormEye]

"Sometimes I just don’t know where Newt is coming from."

He wants to keep appearing on Fox News, CNN, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, the BBc and any other Drive-By media outlet. So he has toe the "moderate" line, in other words, sound like conservative light to mildly liberal. He's sold out for the steady income and TV appearances.

[dixiechick2000]

LOL!

That would be just nasty, and you would deserve banning. ;o)

[potlatch]

For sure, lol.

[endthematrix]

HILLARY/GINGRICH

FOR AMERICA’s GLOBALIST THIRD WAY PARTY!

[Jess Kitting]

[Newt] attributed her surprise victory in New Hampshire to the Democratic presidential candidate’s courage, integrity and openness."

That's Newt' opinion. Here's one that is just as valid:
Hillary's surprise victory can be attributed to racism, exploitation of women, and voter fraud.

[StormEye]

"He’s bucking for a VP slot with Hillary

There is no way the Democrats will ever let Newt Gingrich on their Presidential ticket. Or any Republican for that matter. The Clinton's have already turned Newt into their lapdog. He's not a threat to them anymore.

[PhilDragoo]

[dixiechick2000]

ROTFLOL!

You dawg...;o)

[potlatch]

Lol, that convertible has had more occupants!! Looks good Phil.

Make sure you look at Hillary’s Sombrero for a laugh.
Heading off to bed now.

[vaudine]

You are right. Because of his great admiration of the Clintons, who have harmed the fabric of this country, I could never have supported Newt. I am glad he decided not to run.

Instead of admiring Clinton, why could this supposed staunch Republican not have said a few words about the conservatism of Fred Thompson and Duncan Hunter.

I have long thought that Newt has turned into a media whore.

vaudine

[dixiechick2000]

"Sometimes I just don’t know where Newt is coming from."

Sometimes, I wonder where he's been...

[dixiechick2000]

LOL!

In their spider holes. ;o)

[dixiechick2000]

"When viewed in the light of Hillary's 900 FBI Files it all makes sense."

Ya' know...that makes perfect sense.

So does your nic...;o)

[Liberty Valance]

wait ... is that Hillary I see in the distance?
No, it's just James Carville and the forehead again... false alarm. Remember, Hillary only comes out at night!

[Tenniel2]

"Gingrich said that shift ... enabled the New York senator to grow 'in the space of three or four days to a much more attractive, much more aggressive and much more appealing candidate 'have her handlers fabricate yet another flimsy mask to hold up in front of her utter contempt for every other living creature on the planet.'"

[Tenniel2]

"80 percent of time he can say some really great stuff ... 20 percent of the time he sounds like a complete idiot"

You've got the right numbers but they're in the wrong order.

I had the distinctly dubious pleasure of meeting Newt at a series of conferences in the mid-to-late '80s. It wasn't till the very latest '90s that I was able to nail down what it was about him that creeped me out: He worked the rooms and everyone in them like a larval Bill Clinton.

[Tenniel2]

Anyone who's been "fighting for change" for a third of a century and has the square root of squat to show for it has no business even running, let alone being elected.

Absent indisputable divine intervention, I'll settle -- with a Hallelujah! -- for Fred.