Tag: Newt Gingrich

Get Your GOP Talking Points Now and Beat the Rush

Filed in National by on April 8, 2010 7 Comments

Via Dave Neiwert at Crooks and Liars, we get a sneak preview of what at least one influential conservative wants to be a main Republican talking point this fall. While blabbering incoherently talking to Sean Hannity Tuesday night on Hannity’s FOX News show, Newt Gingrich regurgitated the factually untrue and already debunked right-wing myth about […]

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Mr. Reagan, We’re Ready for Our Close-Up

Filed in National by on March 13, 2010 4 Comments
Mr. Reagan, We’re Ready for Our Close-Up

With Fox Noise snapping up Republican leaders to the soft chairs of punditry, will there be anyone left to run against Obama in 2012? Mike Huckabee recently said that his is quite content on being on television. “It’s kind of given me a new perspective of the power of the media more so than the […]

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Newt’s Ego 3x Larger Than His Heart

Filed in National by on October 26, 2009 19 Comments

Newt Gingrich said on C-SPAN that he and his wife will decide by February 2011 on whether or not he will run for President reports Political Wire. Callista and I are going to think about this in February 2011. And we are going to reach out to all of our friends around the country. And […]

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Newt Gingrich FAIL — Oops, He Did It Again!

Filed in National by on September 30, 2009 4 Comments

Remember when we told you about Newtie awarding Entrepreneur of the Year to a porn exec? Well, he’s at it again, except this time making the owner of one of Dallas’ premiere “gentlemen’s clubs” the Entrepreneur of the Year:

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Newt Gingrich FAIL — Adults Only Late Night Edition

Filed in National by on September 11, 2009 7 Comments

I laughed so had at this that I almost fell out of my chair:

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Do I Really Have To Worry About EMP?

Filed in National by on August 28, 2009 63 Comments
Do I Really Have To Worry About EMP?

An electromagentic pulse, or EMP, is a split-second burst of energy that occurs when a nuclear device is detonated high in the atmosphere. A Department of Homeland Security disaster guide for the public explains an EMP “acts like a stroke of lightning but is stronger, faster and shorter.” Pretty serious stuff, and I’m not denying […]

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The lie, and the liars

Filed in National by on August 13, 2009 3 Comments

The lie: That any proposal currently before congress contains funding for “death panels” that kill patients against their will. The truth: Your doctor can be reimbursed for helping you make a living will – in which you can declare “I insist that no one ever pull the plug on me for any reason whatsoever until […]

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Newt vs. Sarah

Filed in National by on June 8, 2009 15 Comments

Pass the popcorn… this is gonna be good. After being invited — for a second time — to speak to the annual joint fundraiser for the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Palin was told abruptly Saturday night that she would not be allowed to address the thousands of Republicans there […]

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Filed in National by on May 30, 2009 18 Comments

Republicans, fight among yourselves. First, we have Newt Gingrich tweeting from Auschwitz that Sotomayor is a racist. And former Congressman Tom Tancredo doubles down by calling La Raza equivalent to the KKK. Senator John Cornyn is obviously worried about the perception that the war on Sotomayor will take down the entire Republican party, saying this: […]

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Newt Gingrich — New King of the Climate Change Deniers

Filed in National by on April 25, 2009 2 Comments

After Al Gore and Senator Warner gave their testimony, Newt Gingrich provided testimony on climate change for the wingnuts. Meaning that he was there to cheer on the polluters, continue the denial stance of the GOP and to roll out some new framing of the issue. I haven’t found any video of Gingrich’s opening remarks […]

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