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Disgraced Former Speaker Gingrich Calls Obama's Speech 'Stunningly, Breathtakingly Naive'

Click here to view this media h/t David It looks like Newt Gingrich got the latest GOP memo for the week following President Obama's speech on counterterrorism -- we can never end this "war on terror" because the so-called terrorists are never going to end it. Show More Summary

Gingrich: Obama 'Will Not Profile Terrorists but Profile Patriots'

Click here to view this media Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Monday tied a scandal where the Internal Revenue Service targeted tea party groups to President Barack Obama's health care reform law and last September's...Show More Summary

Newt Gingrich: Marriage Equality ‘Outlawed’ Catholic Doctrine In Massachusetts

In an appearance on Meet The Press this weekend, Newt Gingrich reiterated a claim he’s made many times before that Massachusetts’s legalization of marriage equality discriminated against the Catholic Church’s ability to provide adoption services. Show More Summary

Gingrich: LGBT Rights Fight 'One Sided' Because Catholics Are Oppressed Too

Click here to view this media Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Sunday said that the debate over rights for LGBT people was "one sided" because Catholics were also being oppressed. During a panel discussion on...Show More Summary

Gingrich Worker Guilty of Fraud

A woman hired by Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign has pleaded guilty to felony counts of fraud and perjury,. Jennifer Derrebery, 31, reportedly worked for Gingrich's election contractor Stillwater LLC and, according to prosecutors,...Show More Summary

Gingrich laments the poor fate of the bigots

2 months agoUS Politics / Liberal : Daily Kos

We need a "Defend Marriage From This Guy" Act Newt Gingrich, funnyman: On gay marriage, Gingrich anticipates that the GOP will be "torn" on the issue, although he expects that most will continue to back traditional marriage. In contrast,...Show More Summary

Newt Gingrich On Running Again: ‘I Won’t Rule It Out’

Maybe that’s why he’s heading for South Carolina. Asked Thursday morning if he’s thinking about running for president again, Gingrich said, ‘I don’t rule it out, but we’re not spending any energy on it.’ But the visit to an early primary state seems calculated for maximum spotlight value, coming just days before a crucial House [...]

Newt: Obama Deserves Credit

Newt Gingrich is praising President Obama for investing $100 million in mapping the human brain. “President Obama is taking a very important step toward the most dramatic breakthroughs in human health. Brain research is vital for Autism, Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, Parkinson’s, traumatic brain injury, mental health, and a host of other concerns,” Gingrich said in a [...]

Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum Considered ‘United Ticket’ To Beat Romney

But it couldn’t work because each man wanted to be on top of the ticket. “I was disappointed when Speaker Gingrich ultimately decided against this idea, because it could have changed the outcome of the primary,” Santorum told Bloomberg BusinessWeek. “And more importantly, it could have changed the outcome of the general election.” …Gingrich tried [...]

Gingrich, Santorum Discussed Unity Ticket

As Mitt Romney struggled in the weeks leading up to the Michigan primary, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum almost agreed to form a joint unity ticket to consolidate conservatives support and topple the Republican front-runner. "It would...Show More Summary

Newt Gingrich Underscores NOM’s Hypocrisy and Desperation

As the National Organization gets ready for its march, the group can't stop tripping over itself with embarrassment. Today's example - Newt Gingrich. NOM posted a video clip of Newt Gingrich speaking about Sen. Rob Portman. Portman,Show More Summary

Newt: Republicans Were Kidding Ourselves

Asked why he and other Republicans were so wrong about the 2012 presidential race, Newt Gingrich gave this as one reason: "I think conservatives in general got in the habit of talking to themselves. I think that they in a sense got isolated into their own little world. Show More Summary

Gingrich Spills the Beans: Republicans Will Oppose Any Obama Immigration Plan

Click here to view this media [h/t Heather] Newt Gingrich spilled the beans Sunday on This Week about something we already knew. I've suspected for awhile that immigration reform is an area Republicans have softened on because they want to pimp Marco Rubio as their great Hispanic Hope for 2016. Show More Summary

Newt: GOP Will Never Work with Obama

During an appearance on ABC's This Week on Sunday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) admitted that Republicans are likely to oppose any immigration reform proposal introduced by President Barack Obama because they are so hostile towards him. Show More Summary

Gingrich: Republicans Will Oppose Any Obama Plan Because They Hate Him

The former House Speaker admitted that opposition to Obama is based on Republicans’ personal hate for the president. …on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) admitted that Republicans are likely to oppose any immigration reform proposal introduced by President Obama because they personally dislike the Commander-in-Chief. “An Obama plan led [...]

Gingrich: Republicans Will Oppose Any Immigration Plan Backed By Obama Because They Hate Obama

During an appearance on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) admitted that Republicans are likely to oppose any immigration reform proposal introduced by President Obama because they personally dislike the Commander-in-Chief. “An Obama plan led and driven by Obama in this atmosphere with the level of hostility towards the president [...]

Gingrich Urges Republicans To Accept ‘Reality’ In Immigration Reform Debate

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) tore into Mitt Romney’s harsh rhetoric about “self-deportation” during the 2012 presidential campaign, calling on Republicans to abandon their extremist rhetoric and unrealistic policy solutions for the nation’s broken immigration system. Show More Summary

Marriage is meant to protect society from the threat of Bristol Palin's out-of-wedlock baby

5 months agoUS Politics / Liberal : Daily Kos

These kids don't count because they weren't conceived accidentally enough In the quest to protect 'Merica from the creeping Sharia feminist gay threat, the brave defenders of the sanctity of Newt Gingrich's three marriages have comeShow More Summary

Gingrich: Calling an AR-15 an Assault Weapon Is 'Lovely Propaganda'

Click here to view this media Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says that AR-15 military-style rifles should not be banned and that it is just "lovely propaganda" to call them "assault weapons." Following the introduction on Thursday of Sen. Show More Summary

Gingrich: Obama 'Potentially' Allowing Syria's 'Virus' to Infect the U.S.

Click here to view this media Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says that President Barack Obama's policies are allowing a "worldwide virus" of terrorism from places like North Africa and Syria to destabilize the...Show More Summary

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