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Glenn Beck Tags Newt Gingrich as Big Government "Progressive" in Radio Interview
news.yahoo.com ^ | 12.07.11 | staff

Posted on 12/07/2011 5:29:06 AM PST by BarnacleCenturion

Glenn Beck characterized Newt Gingrich as a big government "progressive" in the Teddy Roosevelt mold during a radio interview. Beck criticized Gingrich for his support for government initiatives to expand healthcare and curb global warming.

It was a label that Gingrich embraced, saying that in the area of healthcare, "I'm a Theodore Roosevelt Republican and I believe government can lean in the regulatory leaning is okay," according to the transcript of the Glenn Beck radio show.

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KEYWORDS: beck; biggovernment; gingrich; glennbeck; newt; newtgingrich; progressive; zot
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To: surfer

Thanks for the input; now why aren’t these details all over the news given that Newt and the networks aren’t on good terms? BTW, I’m not a Newt fan.

JC


201 posted on 12/09/2011 3:41:51 AM PST by cracker45
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To: Melchior; darkwing104; TheOldLady; Jim Robinson
I have posted over the years as Gaspar, Balthazar and Melchior and I guess it is now time to leave.

Gosh, does this mean we have a three-fer?

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202 posted on 12/09/2011 5:55:02 AM PST by bcsco
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To: bcsco

Of the three, I think that gaspar is the only one unzotted.

http://www.freerepublic.com/~gaspar/


203 posted on 12/09/2011 9:11:36 AM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: TheOldLady

Hasn’t posted since 2006. It would be interesting to follow up to see if gaspar picks up again...


204 posted on 12/09/2011 9:15:41 AM PST by bcsco
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To: bcsco

Interesting indeed.


205 posted on 12/09/2011 9:22:21 AM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: Rudder

But Beck is using >10 year-old positions from Newt==

so what you are stating it that newt is a flip-flopper on the issues, thanks for clearing that up...


206 posted on 12/10/2011 11:34:33 AM PST by Coleus
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To: Melchior

I guess it is now time to leave. >>

good riddance, don’t let the door hit you on the rear on the way out.


207 posted on 12/10/2011 11:37:29 AM PST by Coleus
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To: Melchior

I believe that the woman has a right to choose, >>

from where does she get this right? not only did you fail religion and morality, you also failed US History.

Any person who believes in this so-called right is pro-abortion. A woman, created by God, has no right at all to allow God’s child to be twisted and pulled apart in utero.


208 posted on 12/10/2011 11:39:55 AM PST by Coleus
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To: New Jersey Realist

so tell me about england in the 60’s.


209 posted on 12/10/2011 11:41:36 AM PST by Coleus
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To: Coleus
...so what you are stating it that newt is a flip-flopper on the issues, thanks for clearing that up...

Don't thank me, thank Newt.

210 posted on 12/10/2011 2:26:55 PM PST by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion
I've watched/listened to Glenn for quite awhile with great interest but then actually had to stop watching the Fox show because his take on everything, although steeped in MUCH truth, was just too hopeless and apocalyptic in it's presentation for me. I found it extremely depressing. Even so, I must say I was shocked when I saw this clip. I mean WTF Glenn? Newt has said a lot of stuff in his career, but aside from Ronald Reagan, I know of no other politician in my lifetime that has actually ACCOMPLISHED a conservative agenda in DC. To say that Newt and Obama are the "same" is absolute insanity. And then to say that he could not vote for Newt, even after the load of evil, Marxist, Saul Alinsky, Vaughn Jones, etc., diatribes he has given, just made me question the intellectual honesty of his motives? Get a grip Glenn! Newt is still a patriot and Obama IS NOT!!!

I find it interesting how elections end up defining so many more people than just the candidates. I mean, Ann Coulter on the Mitt train? She tweeted that Mitt "destroyed" Newt on the Palestinian issue in the debate tonight! Really Ann? I thought Mitt sounded like a pussy!

211 posted on 12/11/2011 1:55:58 AM PST by ConservChristian
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To: BarnacleCenturion

How long are we all going to go on ignoring the likelihood that Beck’s tolerance of Romney is based on their shared religion? I’m not a big Newt fan, but there’s not a single argument you can make against Newt on the issues that wouldn’t apply in spades against Mitt. You can attack Newt for his marital problems, but that doesn’t make him a “progressive” and Romney a conservative given the fact that they’ve flip flopped on many of the exact same issues(with Romney flip flopping on twice as many fronts). It’s becoming more and more of a joke as this process moves forward. If Beck wants to throw a tantrum and play for the other team at the end of the day, so be it.


212 posted on 12/11/2011 11:55:40 PM PST by Blackyce (President Jacques Chirac: "As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure."y)
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