Archive for the 'Gingrich' Category

The Newtster accidentally awards Entrepreneur of the Year to a Pornography Executive. Maybe he thought the economy could not survive by giving haircuts and selling worthless real estate.

Monday, September 14th, 2009

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This week, Allison Vivas of Pink Visual received a fax from Newt Gingrich’s American Solutions for Winning the Future (ASWF) group, informing her that she’s been chosen for a 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year award by his Business Defense and Advisory Council. From the letter obtained by ThinkProgress:
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Newt would like to arrange a private dinner […]

‘…Gingrich told an approving Hannity that “The left wing of the Democratic Party, frankly, kind of admires American terrorists.” ‘

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

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This is an artist’s conception of Blowhard Newt
in four years of conservative, hypocritical aging.
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Image: (Actual New as he now appears) as7.dsi.go.com via abcnewstore.go.com

The story is here.

Here’s a shocker.

Monday, June 11th, 2007

Conflict of interest in Gingrich ‘think tank.’
“Newt Gingrich has promoted public policy positions that closely track the financial interests of companies that underwrite a think tank he founded,” an AP investigation has found. The Center for Health Transformation, part of “an elaborate consulting and communications empire” Gingrich has built since leaving Congress, offers views on […]

Tom Delay says his adultery was different from Newt’s…

Friday, June 1st, 2007

Come on, Tom. No one asked. Just don’t tell us how to live. Unless…???
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The New Yorker
Letter from Washington
Party Unfaithful
The Republican implosion.
by Jeffrey Goldberg June 4, 2007
Earlier this year, he published a memoir called “No Retreat, No Surrender” (his spokeswoman says that he was not stealing from Bruce Springsteen, and that the phrase has been used […]

Considering forced religion’s successful history…

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

why did we ever abandon it? Newt will put us back on the correct path to paradise.
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Gingrich Assails ‘Radical Secularism’
In Speech, Ex-Speaker Praises Falwell, Offers No Hints About His Political Plans
By Michael D. Shear
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 20, 2007; A04
LYNCHBURG, Va., May 19 — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich decried a “growing culture […]

Newton Gingrich assigns new meaning to the phrase ‘outrageous misfortune.’

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Gingrich Blames Virginia Tech Tragedy On Liberalism »
In the wake of the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich laid the blame for the tragedy at the feet of liberals. Here’s what he said:
“I want to say to the elite of this country - the elite […]

Novak’s use of the word ‘wrath’ is in itself worth a column.

Friday, March 16th, 2007

The Wrath Of Tom DeLay
By Robert D. Novak
Thursday, March 15, 2007; A19
Newt Gingrich’s attempted phoenix-like rise from his own political ashes to a presidential candidacy will run next week into a harsh assessment by his former House Republican colleague Tom DeLay. The former majority leader’s forthcoming memoir assails Gingrich as an “ineffective” House speaker with […]

Forget about Newt’s fuzzy thinking about…

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

extra marital sex; he can screw his brains out for all I care. What frightens me is his belief that “freedom of speech” may be overstated. Considering the current events, do we need a leader who questions that obscure freedom?
Analysis: Patriot woes weigh on Gonzales
By RON FOURNIER, Associated Press WriterFri Mar 9, 9:14 […]

The Long, Long Katrina…

Monday, March 5th, 2007

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Katrina victims evacuate FEMA park
By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer
Dozens of families evacuated from a FEMA trailer park that had been plagued by sewage leaks and power outages were in temporary homes Monday, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it had requested work permits to dismantle the site this week.
Many of the residents were […]