http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/newtgingrich/ en-us Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:42:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278807/posts A giddy, gleeful Ed Schultz delights in Mark Sanford's shame . . . Boasting "I have no mercy here," the MSNBC host opened his show this evening with a five-minute dance on what he presumes to be Sanford's political grave. View video here. Excerpts from Schultz's unseemly display: View video here. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278807/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:42:52 GMT 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/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/2268576/posts ONE DAY after President Obama nominated federal judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, former House speaker Newt Gingrich labeled her a racist. "Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman' new racism is no better than old racism," he wrote on Twitter, referring to Sotomayor's now infamous statement that a Latina woman is likely to make a better judge than a white man. "White man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. Latina woman racist should also withdraw." It was a wretched thing to say, and Gingrich wasn't the... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268576/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:45:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268269/posts Great speech by Newt. I am convinced he will be the next President of the United States. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1XaQ7tz8uM YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268269/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 21:28:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268193/posts Mark Levin criticized former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich as a "pseudo-conservative." This was part of a nearly half-an-hour rant on the nationally syndicated "Mark Levin Show." Colin Powell did not escape criticism from Levin, either. Levin castigated him for voting for Obama. "Powell not only voted for him," Levin said, "he announced it on a liberal news outlet." In doing so, "he held off until the last minute to do the maximum damage he could," said Levin. "It was an utter lack of disloyalty and dishonor," Levin added. (Video at link) Video Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268193/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 19:08:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2267767/posts Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will attend Monday night's Republican congressional fundraising dinner, according to GOP sources. Not only will she be there, Palin's husband, "First Dude" Todd Palin, will sit with National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn, R-Texas, and his wife at Cornyn's table, one of the sources said. Sarah Palin, the 2008 vice presidential nominee, will sit at the head table. She will be recognized but will not have a formal speaking role, the sources said. Palin's decision to attend brings to an end an embarrassing public back-and-forth between Republican congressional campaign committee leaders and Palin, whose attendance... The Winchendon Courier / CQ Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2267767/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 04:32:14 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-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/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-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/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/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/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/2266007/posts Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich compares President Obama to Jimmy Carter because of his "sense of confusion" of who our enemies are. Gingrich also criticizes Obama for his "unwillingness" to be "bold and positive about America when overseas." Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266007/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 04:19:08 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/2263814/posts Newt Gingrich says his initial reaction to Judge Sotomayor's nomination was "too strong and too direct." Sen. Sessions says he is "very glad" Gingrich has back off his "hostile" criticism. Sessions says this will "help" the GOP have a "real good discussions about the serious issues that the nation faces." Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263814/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:58:12 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/2261627/posts Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) rejected charges Sunday that President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, is a racist. Asked if he agreed with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh that Sotomayor is a racist, the South Carolina Republican said he disagreed. “No, they interject themselves in the debate. They have got an audience to entertain and Newt is a political commentator. I’m a United States senator,” Graham said on "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace. “I don’t think she’s a racist. She should be proud of what she has accomplished in... The Hill, Washington, DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261627/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 15:26:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2261167/posts Will former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney run for President again in 2012? Romney’s stepped-up schedule does seem to suggest a second bid for President Obama’s job in three years. However, considering what happened the last time he ran for President, the chances of Romney actually landing the nomination are Slim and None–and word on the street is that Slim just skipped town. Romney came into the ‘08 Presidential game with two strikes against him: the perception that his ideological shift to the right was more fiction than fact, and the preference among many Republican primary voters for a candidate who... Massachusetts News Platoon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2261167/posts#comment Sat, 30 May 2009 13:39:20 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