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I’ll see your one newt quote and raise you another 723 hits on Google as to his SUPPORTING AN INDIVIDUAL MANDATE.. WITH VIDEO AND LINKS TO GLENN BECK AND RUSH LIMBAUGH TIRADES ON IT!

http://nation.foxnews.com/newt-gingrich/2011/11/29/2005-flashback-video-newt-backs-individual-mandate
2005 newt said this... Rush Limbaugh said yesterday that newt reaffirmed this yesterday morning. Go to Rush’s archives and see for yourself or call Rush today and ask him. If Rush said it... and he did... and he did it and it is on his site for 24/7 members... you can see it for yourself. When Rush says it... it cannot be disputed... he accuracy is far above any other media source.

Here you go... I did some research for you:

http://roaringrepublican.com/blog/2011/05/15/gingrich-reaffirms-support-for-obamacare-style-individual-mandate/

In the past Gingrich has repeatedly supported an individual mandate, a point he reconfirmed this morning on Meet The Press. See the exchange below, provided by Red State:

GINGRICH: well, i agree that all of us have a responsibility to help pay for health care. and i think there are ways to do it that make most libertarians relatively happy. i have said consistently we ought to have some requirement that you either have health insurance or you post a bond, or in some way, you indicate you’re going to be held accountable.

GREGORY: but that is the individual mandate, is it not?

GINGRICH: it’s a variation on it.

GREGORY: so you won’t use that issue against Mitt Romney?

GINGRICH: no

Gingrich also used the occasion to trash Representative Paul Ryan’s Medicaid plan calling it radical right-wing social engineering. In other words, let the big government stand as it is.

Essentially then, Gingrich and Romney have removed the lynchpin of the conservative argument. It is OK for the federal government to force individuals to purchase a private product. So then what is next? Carbon offsets? Forced higher education spending? Electric cars? Housing? Insulation? Where do we go from here?

Glenn Beck Questions Newt Gingrich On His Record

http://roaringrepublican.com/blog/2011/12/06/glenn-beck-questions-newt-gingrich-on-record/

Limbaugh Blasts Newt’s Tirade as “Inexplicable”
Posted on May 16, 2011 by admin
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/rushlimbaugh-newtgingrich/2011/05/16/id/396556?s=al&promo_code=C460-1

Just google “newt reaffirms individual mandate”... there is at least 3 days of reading on the subject.

LLS

Just as it was last May, an honest response by Newt Gingrich ... "It's a variation on it" ... to the question "but that is the individual mandate, is it not?" all of a sudden becomes the headline .....

NEWT GINGRICH ENDORSES INDIVIDUAL MANDATE

um ... No. Even back last May, in the infamous Gregory interview, Newt's primary point was:

“I am completely opposed to the Obamacare mandate on individuals,” Mr. Gingrich said in a new video released Monday. “I fought it for two and half years at the Center for Health Transformation. You can see all the things we did to stop it at HealthTransformation.net. I am for the repeal of Obamacare and I am against any effort to impose a federal mandate on anyone because it is fundamentally wrong and I believe unconstitutional.”

The entire concept of "variation of it" is solely in order to pass constitutional muster which Newt clearly has indicated DOES NOT INCLUDE AN INDIVIDUAL MANDATE since he has already rejected that.

The whole mess is due to Government Healthcare via Medicare/Medicaid, and these aren't going away any time soon. He's only attempting to suggest practical interim solutions to a thorny problem already in existance.