Posted on 02/07/2009 11:57:53 AM PST by SmartInsight
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich issued a sharp critique of President Barack Obama's speech before House Democrats in Williamsburg, Va.
"It shrinks his presidency," said Gingrich Friday at the American Enterprise Institute. "I thought last night's speech in Williamsburg actually was a lot more like Carter and a long way from Reagan."
The former Speaker's remarks referred to the more partisan tone adopted by Obama Thursday evening in addressing Republican objections to the stimulus package and to the President's assertion that critics want to return to "the same policies that for the last eight years doubled the national debt and threw our economy into a tailspin."
Gingrich said that the debate over President Obama's stimulus package has put a spring in the GOP's step.
"What has happened in the past two weeks has absolutely revitalized the Republican base in this country, because they looked up and saw all of the House Republicans collectively having the guts to vote no and thought 'Finally we're back.' And overnight, it changed the tone of the Republican Party."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Lots of talk about sacrifice and belt tightening from King Nothing as he chews another bite of $100 steak.
Newt - this guy is 10 times worse than Carter.
“Let them eat cake!”...
It was partisan and authoritarian and intimidating. Perhaps the American people need factual persuasion.....given the honest facts of a situation Americans have never chosen the wrong path. In this case my “little voice” keeps saying why are we doing this?
No fooling, Newt”Captain Obvious” Gingrich.
If we wanted to get rid of what put the country in a tailspin we would need to dump Barney Fife Franks and Chuck the Schmuck Schumer,.
I think it is the height of ignorance for him to speak of doubling the National debt when he is begging, cajoling, and threatening to place us in debt for a trillion dollars less than a month after taking office.
You are right he is worse than Carter and he is a whole lot more cunning than Carter was too!
OUCH!
White Guilt.
We are stuck with this self-promoting, arrogant ninny who will drive our country's economy down, ruin business growth, and put our nation in serious peril from our enemies. All we can hope is that the GOP will get and stay strongly united against him, listen to their constituency for a change, and block any proposals he makes that they can and constantly give him a hard time for the next four years.
Who cares if it is said (by Obama or anyone else) that the Republicans are "partisan," if they are trying to save the nation from ruin.
Look at all these people who are asking us to sacrifice.
Millionaires. And those who aren't, are people in pretty much tenured positions with outstanding benefits.
They don't feel the same things we do. How can we expect them to do the right thing?
They say they understand how their constituents feel. They will never understand until they are forced to scrape out a living like we do every day.
If it isn't revolution, it is certainly time to seriously push for term limits — which means, at some point, these aholes have to live under the rules that they subject the rest of us to.
Obama knows this isn’t going to stimulate the economy, this bill is a power grab for the democratic party and he is being aided and abetted by COllins and Specter. I want to know what they were promised.
Between Nazi Pelosi keeping the Republicans out the bill making and Obozo’s still in campaign mode, it has
McCain and Lindsey Graham sounding like Jim DeMint and Sarah Palin
You know the Dems have pis*** off these guys.
Will someone send newt home to Georgia, and give him some young girl to chase.
Carter was a tax and spend idiot liberal. obama is a Communist and was put there with big money and backing like Soros because the time was right. he is going to fast track this country into a Communist country, sit back and watch.
Watch this video, it's on you tube in 2 parts, here it is in it's entirety.
You are right he is worse than Carter
Carter was a tax and spend idiot liberal. obama is a Communist and was put there with big money and backing like Soros because the time was right. he is going to fast track this country into a Communist country, sit back and watch.
Watch this video, it’s on you tube in 2 parts, here it is in it’s entirety.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32cxf_yuri-bezmenov
this bill is a power grab
It’s a done deal. The grab is over. We waited too long.
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