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Gingrich rails against Obama at CA GOP conv - point-by-point attack on Obama's energy speech
Los Angeles Times ^ | February 26, 2012 | Maria L. La Ganga

Posted on 02/26/2012 5:40:16 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

...Although most of his address was a point-by-point attack on Obama's recent energy speech in Miami, Gingrich also took the president to task for his response to the inadvertent burning of Korans at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.

Two American military officers were killed in a heavily secured compound by an unknown assailant Saturday, during nearly a week of angry anti-American protests. On Thursday, Obama had personally apologized for the burning of the holy books.

"I find it very offensive as commander in chief that he is apologizing to the Afghans when in fact he should be demanding an apology from [Afghan President Hamid] Karzai," Gingrich said to much applause.

...Noting that Obama said there "are no silver bullets" for the high price of gasoline in America, Gingrich said "there is a pen. Big difference.

"A presidential pen could today sign approval of the Keystone pipeline," he said. "That's 700,000 barrels a day. A presidential pen could today sign approval to go back to the Gulf of Mexico. That's about 400,000 barrels a day. A presidential pen could today approve areas of Alaska that we know have oil."

In three signatures, Gingrich said, "you would have 2.3 million barrels a day additional energy in the United States. So I would say, we're not looking for silver bullets. We're looking for presidential leadership."

Although many in the audience were still undecided about their presidential choice, his talk of cheap gas resonated with Judy Thompson of Vacaville, a retired associate warden who worked for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.....

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: energy; gingrich; gingrich2012; jobs; nationalsecurity; newt; newtspeech; obama
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To: MulberryDraw

yeah, but who wants to hear about boring old energy when we can have the Sweater Vest talking about contraception and important issues like that!!!!!!!!


21 posted on 02/26/2012 7:49:04 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright
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To: Qwackertoo
We should all print that out and tape it on gas pumps all over America~!

Amen!

I have a sheet of address labels in my truck. Each one says

Every time I buy gas the pump gets a sticker.
22 posted on 02/26/2012 8:00:10 AM PST by upchuck (Let's have the Revolution NOW before we get dumbed down to the point that we can't.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

fantastic speech...great...great...great...


23 posted on 02/26/2012 8:16:53 AM PST by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now and in the future)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
The U.S. is hemorrhaging and the GOP wants a Romney bandaid. It’s unbelievable and we must stop this outrage.

Bears repeating.
24 posted on 02/26/2012 8:29:08 AM PST by MonicaG (God bless our military! Praying and thanking God for you every day. Thank you!)
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To: Marguerite

Thanks for posting that info; I just shared it with some friends and a former coworker who, when I helped her move, had 3 0bam posters on a wall. I haven’t given her or helped her with anything since, and grieve that she’s deceived by this grifter.


25 posted on 02/26/2012 8:42:28 AM PST by MonicaG (God bless our military! Praying and thanking God for you every day. Thank you!)
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To: upchuck

Good idea! Gas is $5.79 at a couple places in Orlando.


26 posted on 02/26/2012 8:47:20 AM PST by goseminoles
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To: goseminoles

I am not attending a high school reunion this weekend in the Orlando area because of the gas prices there. Absolutely insane.

Although I would have loved to put some stickers on gas pumps around there :)


27 posted on 02/26/2012 9:07:22 AM PST by upchuck (Let's have the Revolution NOW before we get dumbed down to the point that we can't.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I'm 68. I have a 2003 Buick. I put 20 in the tank today and only go out once a day now. It was my exercise program,,,,walking through the stores which are less than 2 miles away.

It costs me $12 to go to my daughters.

28 posted on 02/26/2012 11:00:36 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I just got a tank of gas today in Florida/$80.00 to fill up/small SUV. Hubby took another car for gas/Mustang; that was another $60.00. We traded our Tahoe in for the smaller SUV to save $$$. The SUV will be filled up again before this week is over/maybe twice more/since I have a lot of business calls to do. I would love to see Newt as president. I am tired of the same people running things.
29 posted on 02/26/2012 11:22:03 AM PST by Christie at the beach (I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Here’s another link to the speech. This electad.com is a good site to watch. They’re constantly putting up speeches, interviews and debates:

http://electad.com/videos/newt-gingrich-speaks-to-the-california-gop-in-san-francisco-california-february-25-2012/


30 posted on 02/26/2012 11:25:23 AM PST by JediJones (Watch "Gingrich to Michigan: Change or Die" on YouTube. Best Speech Ever!)
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To: JediJones
Thank you for letting me know about the delegates in AZ ...winner take all AZ (thanks)
31 posted on 02/26/2012 11:27:39 AM PST by Christie at the beach (I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)
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To: Christie at the beach
Gov Brewer announced on MTP she has decided to back Romney....over Santorum.

Newt not on the ballot?

32 posted on 02/26/2012 12:51:49 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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