http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/newt/ en-us Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:05:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273656/posts Last week, I had the pleasure of addressing the Senate-House Annual Republican Dinner. The MC for the evening was actor Jon Voight. Before he spoke, a video tribute for Voight was shown, including clips of him playing Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a movie. In one scene, Roosevelt is being told by his generals and advisors all the reasons why achieving victory in World War II was too hard. In response, Voight -- playing Roosevelt, who, remember, was confined to a wheelchair due to polio -- dramatically lifts himself up using the table and stabilizes himself on his non-functioning legs. He... humanevents.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273656/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:05:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272294/posts Newsweek senior Washington correspondent Howard Fineman isn’t hiding his disdain toward Newt Gingrich in his latest column for the magazine, headlined: "How lost are the Republicans? They're looking to Newt for answers." Fineman wrote that Republicans have an affinity for "disgraded or discarded" leaders, and Gingrich and his "ruthless" caricaturing of liberals represent the "old-school insult" in stark contrast to the new, somehow nonpartisan cool of Obama: At the dawn of the Obama era, Gingrich has remade himself as the anti-Obama. He is arguably the GOP's most influential strategist and cheerleader, and a provocative scold of the administration. Where Obama... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272294/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:15:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271953/posts I don’t know how you feel about Newt Gingrich, but every time he is on, I’m drawn to watch him. He always has a different angle, always has something substantive to say. And that, more than anything else, explains why, with all of the turmoil and embarrassments in his personal life, a party filled with conservative people still want to hear him. It was no small tribute to him then that even out of office he was selected to give the keynote address on June 9 to the major fund-raising dinner for the Republicans in the Senate and the House.... First Things http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271953/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:34:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269767/posts START: Thank you all very very much. And I want to thank Mitch McConnell and John Boehner for inviting me on behalf of the two committees and I want to thank John Cornyn and Pete Sessions for having been such gracious hosts. I also want to thank Governor Palin and Todd for coming tonight and for being part of this. When Callista and I came in with Sarah and Todd, and we came to the bottom of the steps over here, John McCain was there very graciously welcoming us. And I have to tell all of you that despite every... http://newt.org/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269767/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:01:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269086/posts Chris Matthews says Rush Limbaugh sounds like a "drowning walrus" and compares Newt Gingrich to Mephistopheles. Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269086/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:54:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267721/posts Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday that it was a mistake for President Obama to schedule dueling foreign policies speeches with former Vice President Dick Cheney. Speaking at the Republicans' 2009 Senate-House Dinner, the potential 2012 presidential candidate said Obama was overmatched and that the maneuver represented poor political planning by Obama’s political staff. “(Cheney) actually understands the issue,” Gingrich said. “The great difference between Reagan’s rhetorical skills and President Obama’s rhetorical skills are that Reagan used his rhetorical skills to shine light on truths and facts, while Obama uses his to rhetorical skills to hide” from those things.... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267721/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 02:49:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267720/posts Newt Gingrich speaking a fundraiser hosted by the Naitonal Republican Congressional and Senatorial committees. Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267720/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 02:49:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267661/posts Talking to O'Reilly. The O'Reilly Factor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267661/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 01:24:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267582/posts Anyone interested in a live thread? Right now. it's BO blathering. C-Span 3 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267582/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 23:52:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2264789/posts This is Mr. Speaker’s second time on the schmuck list. (First time was last year when he jumped on the man-made global warming climate change bandwagon.) Congrats, Newt. Sorry, but Newt Gingrich is a wuss. After calling Sonia Sotomayor a racist for her 2001 comment that a Latina woman would make better conclusions than a white man, he since has retracted it, admitting he was too harsh. Rather than sticking to his guns, he took the political way out. And naturally, the Obamedia is enjoying reporting on this supposed arrival at decency. (Because we know Democrats have never smeared or... Vocal Minority http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2264789/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:15:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267494/posts Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s camp said Monday allegations that Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin plagiarized a column Gingrich co-authored four years ago are “just silly.” “I’m thrilled if Sarah Palin used a Newt Gingrich idea from an op-ed, or speech, or column or whatever,” Gingrich spokesman Rick Tyler told POLITICO. “[Gingrich’s] response to people repeating his ideas has always been good.” On Saturday, Huffington Post blogger Geoffrey Dunn accused Palin of lifting passages from a column Gingrich co-authored with Craig Shirley in November 2005. Palin twice referenced Gingrich in her remarks, but Dunn claimed she did not give enough... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267494/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 21:47:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267251/posts Organizers of big GOP fundraising dinner still don't know whether Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will attend, with the event just hours away. Will she or won't she? The saga over whether Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will attend a big GOP fundraising dinner Monday night in Washington to raise money for Republican congressional candidates is unresolved with the event just hours away. "We don't expect her," said a Republican source familiar with the dinner. "But with (Palin), you never know. She may just show up." In the spring, the Republican Senate and House panels that host the dinner sent out a... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267251/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 16:25:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267297/posts Last week, when introducing Ronald Reagan's son, Michael, to a crowd in Anchorage, Alaska, Gov. Sarah Palin delivered a speech that made news for its stinging criticism of President Obama's economic stimulus package. Further analysis of the speech, however, suggests that Palin lifted many of its central ideas, and the way they were worded, from fellow conservative (and presumptive competitor in the 2012 race for president) Newt Gingrich. It appears that much of Palin's text was inspired by an article that Gingrich and Craig Shirley published in 2005 in the Manchester Union Leader, titled "Republicans Need to Relearn Lessons of... Politics Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267297/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:25:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267190/posts Palin is disinvited from speaking at a GOP dinner that Gingrich is keynoting. Is it a mix-up or a feud? Sarah Palin's "on-again, off-again" appearance at a Monday fund-raising dinner for congressional Republicans "is off—again," said Jonathan Martin in Politico. According to a Palin aide, the Alaska governor was disinvited from speaking over fears that she would "upstage" the dinner's keynote speaker, Newt Gingrich. This is merely the "latest snafu" involving Palin and the national GOP, and both sides are "deeply irritated"—Palin's team at the apparent snub, and the dinner's planners at Palin's ambiguous response to their original invitation for... US News & World Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267190/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:11:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267034/posts ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been accused of paraphrasing at length from an article co-written by Newt Gingrich when she gave a speech, but her lawyer says proper credit was given to the former House speaker. Blogger Geoffrey Dunn, who is writing a book about the former Republican vice presidential candidate, made the accusation on the Huffington Post Web site. Dunn compared Palin's speech introducing conservative talk show host Michael Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan, to an Anchorage audience Wednesday to the article urging Republicans to study Reagan, written by Gingrich and Craig Shirley in... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267034/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 09:56:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266568/posts The Talk Shows Sunday, June 7th, 2009 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Austan Goolsbee, member, White House Council of Economic Advisers; Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.; Google chief executive Eric Schmidt; Thayer Capital Partners Chairman Fred Malek; Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Pre-empted by coverage of the French Open tennis tournament.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Senior White House adviser David Axelrod; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.THIS WEEK (ABC): Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Axelrod; mayors Michael Dinwiddie of Spring Hill, Tenn., Michael Brown of... Various driveby media television networks http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266568/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 12:06:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264571/posts Shortly after President Obama nominated her to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, I read Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s now famous words: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.” My initial reaction was strong and direct -- perhaps too strong and too direct. The sentiment struck me as racist and I said so. Since then, some who want to have an open and honest consideration of Judge Sotomayor’s fitness to serve on the nation’s highest... humanevents.om http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264571/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:23:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264436/posts WASHINGTON--A media environment that tilts to the right is obscuring what President Obama stands for and closing off political options that should be part of the public discussion. Yes, you read that correctly: If you doubt that there is a conservative inclination in the media, consider which arguments you hear regularly and which you don't. When Rush Limbaugh sneezes or Newt Gingrich tweets, their views ricochet from the Internet to cable television and into the traditional media. It is remarkable how successful they are in setting what passes for the news agenda. The power of the Limbaugh-Gingrich axis means that... The New Republic / The Washington Post Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264436/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 07:14:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263776/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he shouldn't have called Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a racist. In a letter to supporters Wednesday, the Georgia Republican said his words had been "perhaps too strong and direct." Sotomayor (SUHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR') would be the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the high court. Gingrich said last week that she was a reverse "racist" who should withdraw her nomination, based on a 2001 speech in which Sotomayor said the decisions of a "wise Latina" would be better than those of a white male without similar experiences. Gingrich... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263776/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:08:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261781/posts Newt Gingrich grabbed cable news chatter all week after Twittering that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was a "Latina woman racist." The ensuing controversy has not moderated his opposition. Today, Renewing American Leadership, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that he heads, sent out an email to supporters calling on them to both "send blast faxes" to U.S. Senators demanding opposition to Sotomayor and contribute money to help the fight. The email opens with this quote, from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream: that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be... Time Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261781/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 22:03:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261756/posts Old white guys can be funny bunch, can’t they? The same anti-same-sex marriage, anti-affirmative action cadre can flower into the biggest supporters of “equality” the minute they get a whiff of minority empowerment. To that end, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is accusing Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor of being a “new racist” because of a line she delivered in a speech back in 2001. Sotomayor is quoted as saying: ”I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived... That Minority Thing http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261756/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 20:58:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260369/posts Sen. John Cornyn tonight repudiated the allegation that Judge Sonia Sotomayor is "racist" - and he distanced himself in no uncertain terms from the conservative opinion leaders who leveled that charge against the Supreme Court nominee, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and talk show host Rush Limbaugh. "I think it's terrible. This is not the kind of tone that any of us want to set when it comes to performing our constitutional responsibilities of advice and consent," Cornyn told NPR's "All Things Considered." The racism allegation - and efforts to pressure Sotomayor to withdraw from consideration for the court -... Dallasnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260369/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 07:40:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259621/posts Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Wednesday called Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor a "racist" for remarks she made in 2001, joining an emerging conservative line of attack and enflaming both sides of the battle as interest groups fundraise over her nomination. Mr. Gingrich, in his Twitter feed to more than 344,400 followers, called on Judge Sotomayor to withdraw from consideration to the high court. He said her remarks citing ethnic background as a reason for making better legal decisions, if spoken by a white male, would be disqualifying. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259621/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 05:43:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259457/posts White House press secretary Robert Gibbs issued a pointed warning to opponents of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination Wednesday, urging critics to measure their words carefully during a politically charged confirmation debate. “I think it is probably important for anybody involved in this debate to be exceedingly careful with the way in which they’ve decided to describe different aspects of this impending confirmation,” Gibbs said. He was replying to a question from CBS’s Chip Reid about a blog post by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich accusing Sotomayor of imposing identity politics on the bench and declaring: “A white man... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259457/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 01:07:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259326/posts “Imagine a judicial nominee said ‘my experience as a white man makes me better than a latina woman,’” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., blogged today. “Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism. A white man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. Latina woman racist should also withdraw.” He also tweeted similar comments, in so doing joined the ranks of conservative voices such as Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh accusing Judge Sonia Sotomayor of being a racist for her 2001 comments. The conservatives are decrying a comment made by Judge Sotomayor in 2001,... ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259326/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 21:03:02 GMT