Posted on 11/09/2011 8:10:24 AM PST by mandaladon
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich demonstrated Tuesday why every liberal media member in the country is scared to death of him winning the nomination and going head-to-head in a debate with Barack Obama.
When CNN's Piers Morgan tried to play his normal cocky role of knowing more than his guest, the former Speaker of the House smartly replied, "I've been involved with politics since 1958, I helped grow the modern Republican Party of Georgia, I helped create a national majority, and you're explaining to me the reality of politics" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
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Were there no former Clinton cabinet members or sexual perverts available?
When we are “in person” we don’t have no stinkin’ desire to waste that time TALKING!
;-D
Cain had the best line of the night in the debate with Newt. “Now if you were picked as V.P. . . “ We could do worse. And Newt can articulate the message.
The debates have subtracted two thirds of Rick Perry’s steam.
Presidio9 posted this on FR..it is worth sharing..This statement brings into question your basic understanding of the subject. The Contract With America was sucessful in every way it was intended. It led directly to the “Republican Revolution” in 1994, which gave us both houses for the first time since 1954. It promised only to bring specific legislation to the floor for vote, which it did. Of course not all the legislation passed, for a variety of reasons, the most significant include the fact that some of them were Constitutional Amendments (which would have required a 2/3 majority) and not all of the Republicans actually signed the contract or voted with it.
In the end, it DID produce a balanced budget, and stopped the flow of power to the Executive branch that has gone unchecked since the FDR administration.
Contrary to popular opinion, Gingrich’s fall from glory had nothing to do with extramarital affairs (which weren’t common knowledge in 1997. Actually, this is where Sarah Palin supporters ought to be willing to give the guy a break. He was hit with 84 ethics violations, 83 of which were thrown out. The one that stuck was a tax violantion related to him teaching a class for a not-for profit. He was stuck with a $300,000 bill for the cost of the investigation, but the panel was unable to agree on whether a violation had occured. Three years later, the IRS cleared him, but the damage had been done. The press had been trying to vilify him as a bad guy. They blamed him for the govenrment shutdown. Now he had pilied up accusations of eithics violations. That, and blowback from the Monica Lewinsky scandal was why the Republicans lost the house in 1998.
Since you appear not to be aware of most of this, I question how much you really know about Newt Gingrich’s romantic life. It is true that Newt married his high school geometry teacher, Jackie Battley, when he was 19 and she was 26. Jackie Battley’s version of the story, relished by the liberal media and now (ironically) Cain supporters, that he blind sided her with divorce papers when she was dying of cancer. However, according to their daughter, their daughter, Jackie Gingrich Cushman, it was her mother who requested the divorce, amd it happened prior to the hospital stay (which was for the removal of a benign tumor, not cancer). None of this excuses Gingrich completely, but before you lob criticims at a fellow human being, you should at least know the full details of those criticisms.
Presidio9 posted this on FR..it is worth sharing..This statement brings into question your basic understanding of the subject. The Contract With America was sucessful in every way it was intended. It led directly to the “Republican Revolution” in 1994, which gave us both houses for the first time since 1954. It promised only to bring specific legislation to the floor for vote, which it did. Of course not all the legislation passed, for a variety of reasons, the most significant include the fact that some of them were Constitutional Amendments (which would have required a 2/3 majority) and not all of the Republicans actually signed the contract or voted with it.
In the end, it DID produce a balanced budget, and stopped the flow of power to the Executive branch that has gone unchecked since the FDR administration.
Contrary to popular opinion, Gingrich’s fall from glory had nothing to do with extramarital affairs (which weren’t common knowledge in 1997. Actually, this is where Sarah Palin supporters ought to be willing to give the guy a break. He was hit with 84 ethics violations, 83 of which were thrown out. The one that stuck was a tax violantion related to him teaching a class for a not-for profit. He was stuck with a $300,000 bill for the cost of the investigation, but the panel was unable to agree on whether a violation had occured. Three years later, the IRS cleared him, but the damage had been done. The press had been trying to vilify him as a bad guy. They blamed him for the govenrment shutdown. Now he had pilied up accusations of eithics violations. That, and blowback from the Monica Lewinsky scandal was why the Republicans lost the house in 1998.
Since you appear not to be aware of most of this, I question how much you really know about Newt Gingrich’s romantic life. It is true that Newt married his high school geometry teacher, Jackie Battley, when he was 19 and she was 26. Jackie Battley’s version of the story, relished by the liberal media and now (ironically) Cain supporters, that he blind sided her with divorce papers when she was dying of cancer. However, according to their daughter, their daughter, Jackie Gingrich Cushman, it was her mother who requested the divorce, amd it happened prior to the hospital stay (which was for the removal of a benign tumor, not cancer). None of this excuses Gingrich completely, but before you lob criticims at a fellow human being, you should at least know the full details of those criticisms.
What did Morgan mean when he said he didn’t need to teach Newt how to “suck eggs”? Sounds like a huge insult to me and I’m surprized there was no reaction to it.
That's what it's shaping up to be. Or Gingrich/Cain.
This is why trying to predict races so far out is silly. Who would have guessed such a pairing even as far back as June?
I agree with Newt 100% on this one. Rather than beating up on other candidates running for the nomination, he will focus on reasons why people should vote for him. The other candidates look like petty fools when they jump on their opponents (ie. Perry in the last debate). It only shows they don’t have anything to offer themselves plus it’s an insult to the voters because it suggests they are too stupid to make a distinction between the candidates themselves.
As I mentioned some time ago — Perry/Newt ticket = G.W. Bush/Dick Cheney. Love it!
You know, this is exactly what we need to see in EVERY Republican nominee.
EVERY SINGLE ONE of them.
Newt may be the best we can get. Flaws and all.
He learned from his past mistakes. Rather than stumble through, he let someone else take the lead so as to get the context of the question.
A great leader doesn’t know everything. In fact, he admits to what he doesn’t know, and finds someone who does.
Morgan bragged about how he would take the show to #1 in cable ratings. Wonder how he’s doing. I suspect poorly. Drudge used to run the weekly numbers on cable news shows but he hasn’t posted them lately. Anyone have a clue where these listings can be found?
And Newt said??
“Yeah that is fair”.
Good job, Newt! Positive, positive, positive!
Morgan isin the 9PM slot as a poor third behind Hannity and Rachel Madcow.
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