Videos after the jump.
Oh, yes, he really said it:
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose support in Iowa has withered after riding on top of the polls, on Tuesday called former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney a liar who would mislead the American people if elected to the White House — but added that he would still vote for him if Romney won the (more…)
“Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney loves to talk about his role salvaging the 2002 scandal-tarnished Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. …
“But when it comes to the retelling of his Olympics story, Romney never mentions the L word. Lobbyist.
“Romney wasn’t just the head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. (more…)
“The American dream, as I understood it growing up, was the dream of starved, huddled masses yearning for agency, the chance to elevate themselves above their class and finally crawl out from under monarchies and dictatorships that allowed them no agency whatsoever. It was a dream of which, I think most would agree, Jesus would have approved. His concern also was the poor, the sick and those yearning to be free from oppression under Rome. (more…)
“…I do wish, if people were going to base their entire stance against gay marriage on Biblical principles, that they would explain their position on other issues the same way. If Mr. Romney is against gay marriage based on ancient religious teachings, shouldn’t he also take a stand against witchcraft, and not just change his position whenever it suits him to gain a little in the wiccan vote? This matter is addressed in Leviticus, too, 20:27… (more…)
“In this historic moment for human rights, listening to the likes of [Roger] Ailes (now on his third marriage) and [Rush] Limbaugh (currently married to wife No. 4), not to mention [Karl] Rove (divorced twice), it is impossible to believe that Republicans screaming about the future of wedlock are sincere. If they are truly worried about marriage, they should stop harassing gays and campaign for the only change that might make a real difference. (more…)
Oh, yes, we remember now.
Towleroad’s title (with video) tells all:
Let’s see: Newtie is almost 69 years old now, and will be 73 in 2016… Could this be the last time we’ll have to listen to the big crybaby quite so often (at least, until he makes another hate-the-gays TV ad)? If we were the praying sort, we’d say: “Let us pray.”
Linda Ocasio at the Star-Ledger delivers the good news in a headline practically oozing with relief: “Newt Gingrich drops out of race, at long last”
Gee, it seemed like only yesterday we were telling you (thanks to CNS) that Newt Gingrich’s think tank, The Gingrich Group, a.k.a. Center for Health Transformation, went belly-up… Oh, wait, it was yesterday.
Today, Newtie’s “campaign” (air quotes because he has about as much chance of winning the Repub nom for the presidency as, well, as we do) wrote a check to the state of Utah for a ballot (more…)
With the kind permission of Courthouse News Service:
ATLANTA (CN) —Newt Gingrich’s think tank, The Gingrich Group dba Center for Health Transformation, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, listing 59 to 99 creditors, $50,000 to $100,000 in assets and $1 million to $10 million in debts.
Video after the jump.
Joy Behar: “Newt Gingrich doesn’t like it. He’s said a few things about it… good Christian husband that he is.”
Annie Potts: “I did feel that it was especially rich coming from him, that he called our (more…)
“When Newt and Rick speak for their church’s tender conscience on not being forced to insure women’s health, they are speaking for a church body run by old men who have presided over 50 years of covering up child abuse, sexual molestation and the codling of fascist regimes from Franco to Mussolini. …
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If Newt Gingrich would stop being such a hypocritical putz… Oh, silly us — what are we thinking? At this rate, Newtie qualifies for the Conservative Babylon Hypocrite of Both This Century and the Last One. (more…)
Remember Mark Buesgens, Republican Minnesota House Rep & former campaign manager for defeated gay-hating Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, who, following the lead of his ex-boss, was arrested in September for drunk driving?
The bad news is that Buesgens managed to keep his state seat — although he did resign (actually, it sounds like he was forced to resign) as chair of the House State Government and Finance Committee, and quit his extracurricular work as a GOP strategist. (more…)
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Didja hear…? Last month, Newt Gingrich’s PAC, American Solutions for Winning the Future, announced it was going to give its Entrepreneur of the Year Award to Allison Vivas… (more…)
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Claims to fame: Speaker of the House during Reagan era; adulterer; divorcé; hypocrite; creep
Moral apex: Multiple extramarital affairs & paid trysts with prostitutes. Serial divorcé.
Depends on what the definition of “is” is moment: Campaign worker Anne Manning told Vanity Fair in 1977 that she gave Newt head during his first marriage. Said Manning: “We had oral sex. He prefers that modus operandi because then he can say, ‘I never slept with her.’”
Rearranging deck chairs: Dumped first wife Jackie to marry second wife Marianne. Dumped second wife Marianne to marry third wife Callista, with whom he’d been having a five-year affair. Yet, during affair with Callista, dedicated his 1998 book, Lessons Learned the Hard Way, to Marianne, “the woman I love” and “my best friend and closest advisor.”
Height of hypocrisy: Was humping congressional aide Callista Bisek (23 years his junior) in his D.C. apartment while publicly condemning President Clinton for his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Peak of compassionate conservatism: Served Jackie divorce papers while she was in hospital bed, just out of surgery for uterine cancer.
Memorable observation:
“‘Sorry about the cancer darling, but about that divorce’ delivered to his wife in a hospital doesn’t quite capture the ‘in sickness and in health’ line of the sacred marriage vows he swore to uphold.”
— Clinton Fein
“Marriage, Once,” HERO Magazine
Reprise of compassionate conservatism: After Marianne was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Newt asked her for divorce. By phone. On Mother’s Day, 1999.
Fun fact #1: Co-sponsored federal Defense of Marriage Act.
Fun fact #2: His half-sister is a lesbian, LGBT-rights activist Candace Gingrich.
Suggested Bible reading for Mr. Gingrich:
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
— Jeremiah 23:14
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