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Gingrich: 'Absolute obligation' to investigate Pelosi
CNN ^ | 5-15-09

Posted on 05/15/2009 11:05:01 AM PDT by SJackson

(CNN) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is engaging in a "despicable, dishonest and vicious political effort" to withhold what she knew about the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques, former Speaker Newt Gingrich said Friday.

Newt Gingrich says Nancy Pelosi is a 'trivial politician, viciously using partisanship for the narrowest of purposes.'

1 of 2 Gingrich said Pelosi "lied to the House" when she earlier claimed that the CIA had never briefed her about the Bush administration's use of interrogation methods like waterboarding, which is considered torture by the current administration.

"I think that the House has an absolute obligation to open an inquiry, and I hope there will be a resolution to investigate her. And I think this is a big deal. I don't think the speaker of the House can lie to the country on national security matters," the Republican leader said in an interview with ABC Radio.

Pelosi has been under fire from critics who say she was fully briefed on the techniques in 2002 and 2003. On Thursday, the California Democrat accused CIA officials of misleading her, reiterating a claim that she was briefed on such techniques only once -- in September 2002 -- and that she was told at the time that the techniques were not being used.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhocia; cia; demlies; democrats; gingrich; newt; newtgingrich; pelosi; probe; waterboarding
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To: tioga
sadly, I have to say...if you can betray your wife, you can betray your country

Sadly, I have to say that your post is pure logically inconsistent bullsh*t.
I would vote for Newt any day and twice on Sundays and you could not field a finer candidate to run against him anywhere.

21 posted on 05/15/2009 11:37:05 AM PDT by bill1952 (Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: bill1952

go ahead and fall for him, I want a fresh new face.....I learned my lesson well....he is an old school has been......nothing more. he messed up in Washington and he got an ex...er an ax.....next!


22 posted on 05/15/2009 11:43:45 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

—Newt had his shot and blew it...now he is just an armchair quarterback.....and many times I do not like his positions.—

We should be more open minded. Newt is, after all, helping Al Gore fight climate change! </heavy duty sarc>


23 posted on 05/15/2009 11:48:52 AM PDT by seatrout (I wouldn't know most "American Idol" winners if I tripped over them!)
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To: seatrout

Newt’s getting senile in his dottering years....heck, even the old guy, mccain, was rambling on and on about globalhooey as his presidential aspirations faltered on the campaign trail.


24 posted on 05/15/2009 11:53:17 AM PDT by tioga
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To: SJackson

hardihar


25 posted on 05/15/2009 11:55:30 AM PDT by bboop (obama, little o, not a Real God)
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To: seatrout

Yes, of course. Either one knows he cheated on his wife, and as another pointed out, if he can cheat on his wife, he won’t think twice about cheating on us.


26 posted on 05/15/2009 11:58:22 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Pretending the Admin Moderator doesn't exist will result in suspension.)
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To: bill1952

What was true about Bill Clinton is true about Newt Gingrich: If they can cheat on their wives, they will cheat on us. I never bought the Democrap line that personal life can be “compartmentalized.”


27 posted on 05/15/2009 12:00:01 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Pretending the Admin Moderator doesn't exist will result in suspension.)
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To: JackRyanCIA
I don’t trust Newt.

One doesn't need to trust Newt to know that Pelosi Is a "despicable, dishonest and vicious" politician. Why you feel the need to take away from that, I don't know.

28 posted on 05/15/2009 12:41:26 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Venturer
Newt is just running off at the mouth. he knows damned well that Democrats arent about to take on their leader. he must be dreaming this crap

Another one.

29 posted on 05/15/2009 12:42:53 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Venturer
Newt is just running off at the mouth. he knows damned well that Democrats arent about to take on their leader.

Wanna bet? Pelosi's toast. Obama has put a hit out on her, Chicago style. Read Panetta's memo, or the piece that the washington Post ran today by Dana Milbank. She's done. She's just too stupid to know it.

30 posted on 05/15/2009 12:43:51 PM PDT by pgkdan ( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
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To: JackRyanCIA
I don't find him in error on the particular matter per se'

Isn't this "particular matter" what this article is about?

Serous question: why do you feel the need to change the subject?

31 posted on 05/15/2009 12:45:38 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Ann Archy
You're wrong... If we continue the same pattern... Allowing these scum to keep doing the same things, and hoping the American people will see through them, we're doomed... They'll circle the wagons, the MSM will ignore it, and it will be a non-issue

Folks that keep urging us to let them be are foolish... Bush didn't fight back for 8 years, and many of you thought he was doing right... that sooner or later, Americans would see through the leftist lies... Never happened... How'd that work out for you?

We need to RAMP it up, not tone it down... Kudos to Newt for speaking out

32 posted on 05/15/2009 12:45:54 PM PDT by NYC Republican (This Too Shall Pass- in 8 years.. how much destruction will they create?)
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To: Cyber Liberty

If they can cheat on their wives, they will cheat on us.

Not buying it.
I hope that he runs for office.


33 posted on 05/15/2009 12:46:57 PM PDT by bill1952 (Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: bill1952

Honestly, these folks are the morons that will make us a marginal party... They expect perfection and purity on all levels- not just politics, but personal lives as well... What a joke...


34 posted on 05/15/2009 12:47:18 PM PDT by NYC Republican (This Too Shall Pass- in 8 years.. how much destruction will they create?)
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To: SJackson

If she were correct about the CIA lying to her (which she is not), then a Special Prosecutor needs to be named to investigate the CIA lying to congress. I suspect she will fight any inquiry of her charges for obvious reasons.


35 posted on 05/15/2009 12:47:31 PM PDT by yazoo (was)
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To: tioga
go ahead and fall for him, I want a fresh new face

Well, I'm not going to fall for him :^) - I'm going to support him and vote for him if he runs.
don't stand around waiting for that fresh new face while the socialist stemroller rolls over America, okay?

Thank you for your reply - bill

36 posted on 05/15/2009 12:51:44 PM PDT by bill1952 (Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: SJackson

Gingrich is spot on.

However, even before being placed under oath and for national security reasons, she needs to immediately resign. There are no other reasonable options.


37 posted on 05/15/2009 12:52:43 PM PDT by Gator113 (Weak-coward-racist-white hating-lying-traitor= Surrender Monkey in Chief-B. Hussein Obama...)
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To: tioga
So… let me get this straight… Newt blasts someone who claims the CIA lied to her. That the GOP and CIA were hiding things. The most despicable House Majority leader in our time acts in a despicable manner…

and yet… you blast HIM… not HER… because of actions he took in his personal life--- and this is a political issue… Pelosi and H must LOVE folks like youp>It’s disgraceful acts like these, where folks demand absolute perfection, that are diminishing our ranks across the country, and marginalizing us across the boards- including the courts…

Your tactics are shameless.

38 posted on 05/15/2009 12:54:09 PM PDT by NYC Republican (This Too Shall Pass- in 8 years.. how much destruction will they create?)
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To: JackRyanCIA

Your mistrust is what is wrong with the conservative movement. Any real or imagined blemish or lack of Christ like perfection is reason for throwing a leader to the wolves.


39 posted on 05/15/2009 12:56:00 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Crucify ! Crucify ! Crucify him!!)
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To: NYC Republican

It is very frustrating, NYC.
Very frustrating.

The man carries most of the message, carries it well, and some of the rank and file want to shoot him.


40 posted on 05/15/2009 12:56:17 PM PDT by bill1952 (Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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