AP Fact Check: Gingrich ‘Flubs’ History During GOP Debate
- Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:08am by
Billy Hallowell
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Editor’s Note: The following “fact check” was composed by the Associated Press. The Blaze added the last portion of the article, which includes a fact check on Newt Gingrich’s comments surrounding his support for Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller. Below, find the inconsistencies the AP claims to have found during last night’s GOP debate, as the outlet contends that Gingrich “flubbed” history:
WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — Newt Gingrich called rival Mitt Romney a “terrible historian” but flubbed his own history in Congress on Monday night when he claimed the nation ran four consecutive budget surpluses during his time as House speaker. Romney attacked Gingrich’s financial links to Freddie Mac while ignoring his own.
The accusations were fast out of the gate in the latest Republican presidential debate, and reality got tromped in the process.
A look at some of claims and how they compare with the facts:
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GINGRICH: “When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets.”
THE FACTS: Actually, two.
The four straight years of budget surpluses were 1998 through 2001. Gingrich left Congress in 1999, so he only had a hand in surpluses for his last two years. The budget ran deficits for his first two years as speaker.
The highest surplus of that four-year string came in budget year 2000, after Gingrich was out of office.
Overall, the national debt went up during the four years Gingrich was speaker. In January 1995, when he assumed the leadership position, the gross national debt was $4.8 trillion. When he left four years later, it was $5.6 trillion, an increase of $800 billion.
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ROMNEY: “I don‘t think we can possibly retake the White House if the person who’s leading our party is the person who was working for the chief lobbyist of Freddie Mac. Freddie Mac was paying Speaker Gingrich $1.6 million at the same time Freddie Mac was costing the people of Florida millions upon millions of dollars.”
THE FACTS: While going after Gingrich forcefully on the issue, Romney did not mention his own earnings from the government-backed lender and its sister entity, Fannie Mae, which came to light in his most recent financial disclosure report.
The report shows he has as much as $500,000 invested in the two lenders. GOP presidential hopefuls almost across the board have blamed the two institutions for contributing to the housing crisis that helped to drag the nation into recession. Among Romney’s ties: a mutual fund worth up to $500,000 that includes assets from both lenders among other government income, and separate investments in each of the lenders in Romney’s individual retirement account, each worth between $100,000 and $250,000.
Romney campaign officials said Monday the investments were handled by a trustee with no direction by the candidate.
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GINGRICH: “I left the speakership after the 1998 election because I took responsibility for the fact that our results weren’t as good as they should be. I think that’s what a leader should do. I took responsibility. And I didn’t want to stay around, as Nancy Pelosi has. I wanted to get out and do other things.”
ROMNEY: “He had to resign in disgrace.”
RON PAUL: “I think the reason he didn’t … run for speaker, you know, two years later – he didn’t have the votes. That was what the problem was. So this idea that he voluntarily reneged and he was going to punish himself because we didn’t do well in the election, that’s just not the way it was.”
THE FACTS: Gingrich didn’t exactly resign in disgrace after he became the first speaker reprimanded and fined for ethics violations, slapped with a $300,000 penalty, in January 1997. He limped to re-election as speaker after that. But his number was soon up.
Within months, he was fending off a revolt from fellow Republicans weary of his antics and mercurial ways.
As Paul suggested in the debate, unexpected GOP losses in the 1998 elections were the last straw for Gingrich in the eyes of House Republicans. Three days later Gingrich announced he was stepping down as speaker and giving up his seat in Congress.
Paul‘s recollection now is supported by some of Gingrich’s words back then. He told Republicans, “I‘m willing to lead but I’m not willing to preside over people who are cannibals,” sounding less like a man interested in a career change than one intent on escaping a boiling pot.
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ROMNEY: “Our Navy is now smaller than any time since 1917. And the president is building roughly nine ships a year. We ought to raise that to 15 ships a year. Under this president, under prior presidents, we keep on shrinking our Navy.”
THE FACTS: Romney is correct about the size of the Navy, but the numbers alone don’t tell the story.
At 285 ships the Navy is small by its own historical standards but still larger than the navies of the next several nations combined. These days, it’s not how many ships but what they can do. There is a longstanding trend toward smaller numbers of more complex and expensive vessels.
Still, the Navy has noted the smaller size of the current fleet and plans to add 28 ships over several years. The shrinking of the fleet size has spanned Republican and Democratic administrations, as the Navy restructures and plans for the addition of new platforms.
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RICK SANTORUM: “One of (my proposals) would be to be able to deduct losses from the sale of your home. Right now you can’t do that. You have to pay gains, depending on the amount, but you can’t deduct the losses, as other capital losses can be.”
THE FACTS: For a brief description, it was accurate. What Santorum did not explain, in appealing to Floridians who have one of the worst housing markets in the country, is that the tax code is already stacked in favor of home ownership.
Homeowners get many tax breaks from the government, most notably mortgage interest and property tax deductions. Under federal law, when you sell your private residence, you can make up to $250,000 in profit – $500,000 if you are married – and not owe any capital gains taxes. That’s a large tax break. There’s no such break if you have such a profit in selling stocks or works of art.
But there is a trade-off: You can’t claim a loss when you sell your private residence.
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ROMNEY: President Barack Obama’s $814 billion economic stimulus program “didn’t create private-sector jobs.”
THE FACTS: There is no support for that assertion. Between 1.2 million and 3.7 million full-time-equivalent jobs were created last year because of the stimulus, according to an August 2011 report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Meanwhile, another government report found the stimulus program has paid $34.5 billion in tax incentives to businesses, including $260 million to hire younger, unemployed war veterans.
Economists debate whether the stimulus lived up to its promise or was worth the cost, but no one seriously argues that it created no jobs. Many believe it helped to end the recession even while falling short of its employment goals.
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We’ll leave you with one last flub, as yet another noteworthy moment occurred when Gingrich claimed he supported Barry Goldwater over Nelson Rockefeller in the 1964 presidential campaign. During the debate, he said (watch here):
“I went to a Goldwater organizing session in 1964. I met with Ronald Reagan for the first time in 1974. I worked with Jack Kemp, and Art Laffer and others to develop supply side economics in the late ’70s. I helped Governor Reagan become President Reagan. I helped pass the Reagan economic program and worked with the National Security Council on issues including the collapse of the Soviet Empire,” Newt Gingrich said at tonight’s debate.”
But in 1988, he said just the opposite. “I was a Rockefeller state chairman in the south,” Gingrich proclaimed in an interview. So, which was it? Watch it, below:
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Comments (233)
Eugene1
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:12amRomney wants to restore America and Gingrich wants to live in the past. That’s the difference between a visionary and a historian. Get behind Romney before the historian makes America a footnote in history.
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:15amwell said!
Report Post »arx
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:22amGive me a break. A RINO that refuses to even call out Obama’s evil intentions wants to restore America? Can‘t fix a problem is you don’t know what it is, or refuse to recognize it.
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:22amWhich one of the Romney’s do you want to get behind? He switches positions more than he changes his “holy” underwear.
Oh, and there is no way in hell I’ll ever vote for someone who actually defends the Patriot Act and the NDAA that allows Obama to have YOU arrested with no charges, trial, and no release date.
Who in their right mind would vote for someone who blatantly spits on the Bill of Rights?
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:23amIf you think crony capitalism is in high gear with Hussein, just wait till Mitt gets in.
Report Post »FEISTY
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:32amYeah, OK….Very insightful…
Report Post »neverending
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:39amCouldn’t agree more.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:40amRomney wants to carry the water for his liberal buddies.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:42amWanna look at Romney’s vision, check out Mass law, including mandatory healthcare!
Report Post »reform
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:44amTakes a real visionary to leave his money in a blind trust knowing that if anything happens the government will bail him out does it not? As far as who to believe I put my trust in JC Watts or Thomas Sewall who are honorable men that also feels the wrath of the establishment. When the just of what Newt Gingrich was providing for Fanny or Freddie become public notice meaning his actions or intentions then I can make an honest determination.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:52amWOLF: Tea Party rising for Newt Gingrich
Report Post »http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/23/titans-grapple-for-southern-advantage/print/
Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:54amAndrea Mitchell: Romney Adviser Said Party Elites Will Find Alternative If Romney Can’t Win Florida
Report Post »“I talked to a top Romney adviser tonight who said, ‘Look, if Mitt Romney cannot win in Florida then we’re going to have to try to reinvent the smoke-filled room which has been democratized by all these primaries. And we’re going to have try to come with someone as an alternative to Newt Gingrich who could be Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels, someone.’ Because there is such a desperation by the so-called party elites, but that’s exactly what Gingrich is playing against,” Andrea Mitchell said on NBC tonight after the debate.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/23/andrea_mitchell_romney_adviser_said_party_elites_will_find_alternative_if_romney_cant_win_florida.html
Vechorik
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:16am“If Cuba wants to open their door after the Castro’s die, the United States stands ready to embrace you with mountains of aid…” -Rick Santorum
Santorum: Rape Victims Must “Make The Best Out Of A Bad Situation”
Report Post »http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/santorum-rape-victims-must-make-the-best-out-of-a-bad-situation/politics/2012/01/23/33560
Freedomluver
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:22am@Stuck_in_CA
The Tea Party has been infiltrated by RINO’s who are desperate to defend the status quo.
Ron Paul IS the founder of the Tea Party and many like myself were with his ideology long before it’s creation.
Newt’s record proves he is a globalist NWO fool who backed bailouts, helped to pass legislation that ignored the founders intentions, and to top it off he‘s a member of the CFR for Pete’s sake.
Good Lord, he was even for an individual mandate, just like the one that was placed in Obamacare.
Newt is against everything the founders of the TEA party were for, and we won’t be fooled again by progressives in sheeps clothing who use doublespeak to fool those with short memories…when it’s convenient.
Are you really this easy to fool, or are you indeed a progressive just like Newt?
Ron Paul 2012…or bust.
Report Post »Chappy123
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:27amMaybe it’s time we go back to the ways of the past.
Less corruption, less debt, more jobs, better morals, stronger economy….
The past was better than it is today.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:29amAll Non Paul’s are now just RINO”S,, Progressives, did I miss any?? You RPers insult , , demean, long time Republicans as if your PURE Race, could win a general election alone.Saul is used by DEMOCRATS. And now by…………………….
Report Post »JRook
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:38amAlways interesting to see Newt claim congress was responsible for good economic times and budget surpluses, but everything wrong with the current economy is the President’s fault. Not Bush Jr. who actually presided over the economic melt down, but the current President. And the so called budget surplus Newt references wasn’t a result of reduced spending but unexpected tax revenues from the Internet investment bubble.
Report Post »bolsen00
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:43amGingrich resigned after disgracing himself and the republican party and Nixon resigned in disgrace. Re-electing Gingrich would be like re-electing Nixon.
Report Post »b.mclane
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:47am“I think you can write a psychological profile of me,” Gringrich once told interviewer Gail Sheehy, “that says I found a way to immerse my insecurities in a cause large enough to justify whatever I wanted it to.”
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:55amOne Word: Romneycare.
Done.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:19amIf you RPers could frame your argument without the insults , maybe people would start listening. Obviously, you think by kicking someone, you can get them to follow
Report Post »RP2012JAX
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:27amThe only candidate who has the slogan “RESTORE AMERICA NOW” is Ron Paul, and he’s the only one that can do it.
Report Post »johnbarlycorn
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:28amII have to make a statement here that may seem unkind but my aim is not to offend. On many issues; political, cultural, and geopolitical I think most respondents here are coming from the same basic point of view. Mittens and Newtie are inter-changeable in terms of what their policy prescriptions will do to the Union, and to you and your family: open borders, the destruction of American medicine, carbon taxes, continuation of an ever more intrusive Federal government, the permanent establishment of the police state, and a new decade of war with an unintelligible strategy. Mr. Beck and his team have declared for Rick the savior; more and more war based on the attrition model, corny capitalism, and the police state. Last, and certainly not least, since it is part of the daily drumbeat of the Beck media apparatus, the many evil sins of Paul the elder: essentially acting on American self-interest within the confines of the constitution…… a truly disgusting and evil stance if there ever was one. As a citizen with a family; a job, a mortgage, served our country for 30 years in uniform with five tours in harm’s way, a son about to graduate from boot camp and a nephew already in Afghanistan, what exactly is the choice here for me and the tens of thousands of other families in this country?
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:32amNEWT:
You know, I protested because Brian Williams took him out of it. I think it’s wrong. He’s scared that the audience is going to side with the candidates than the media. We will serve notice on future debates, we’re not going to allow that to happen. That’s wrong. Media doesn’t control free speech. People ought to be allowed to applaud if they want to. It’s almost silly. It’s obvious that romney has a new debate coach. That’s fine. He was aggressively delivering what he was saying.
It was fairly dishonest, as usual. But that’s just part of the business. I’m going to continue to focus on president obama. I want to continue to focus on helping the housing situation which is so really, really difficult here in Florida.
NBC are State Run Media puppets for Obama and running afraid of the outcome of this primary!
Report Post »whereareyourbrains
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:35amand Obama wanted to fundamentally change America…he has he divided all of us…what a shame..
Report Post »I will take the man who really and I mean really knows the right things to do for our country and his precious grandchildren..
Faith1029
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:53amLILLY: “You know, I protested because Brian Williams took him out of it. I think it’s wrong. He’s scared that the audience is going to side with the candidates than the media. We will serve notice on future debates, we’re not going to allow that to happen. That’s wrong. Media doesn’t control free speech. People ought to be allowed to applaud if they want to.”
It was so obvious what they were trying to do. I knew immediately when Brian said no clapping that he was afraid it would sway the voters. Hope this doesn’t happen again at the next debate.
Report Post »DamocleAurelius
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:05pm@ Freedomluver
Gee, more religious bigotry from a Ron Paul supporter. What a shocker. I guess when you aren’t bashing Jews, you bash Mormons in your spare time? People like you are the reason I would sooner take a bullet to the brain pan then vote for Ron Paul.
Report Post »nocalifornia
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:17pmRomney will do no better than the jerk running the country now, one progressive is just as bad as another. By the way, if Romney does buy the nomination he will never get elected. I would rather see the country go further down the drain and have Ron or Rand Paul take over in 2016 by then the country might be ready for some real change.
Report Post »hwcmo4
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:48pmThis is what happens when you chant “anyone but Romney!” for a year. We have gotten to the point where we no longer look at the issues and just vote anyone but Romney. People don’t like Romney because he is a moderate but instead they want Gingrich who has the same if not worse policies than Romney? Makes no sense to me… The Tea Party rallying cry has been to get the college professor with no private sector experience out of the White House and not they want to replace him with a college professor with no private sector experience? This is why I do not associate with what the Tea Party has turned into.
Report Post »livinlavidaloca
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:58pmI am no Newt supporter, but I am a Blaze supporter and I have somewhat of a problem with this particular video and the comments by the author. If you listen to what Newt says, it is not I was a chairman for Rockefeller, but “apparently I was a Southern chairman for Rockefeller”. It intimates sarcasm to a claim made against him.
Maybe it was true, but we need to know the whole story to make this a legit claim.
Report Post »realindependent
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 2:51pm4 MORE YEARS… 4 MORE YEARS….Yes… yes my pretties Eat your own. That only leaves the ONE BHO for 4 more years… bwaaahhahhaaaa
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 2:57pmDo you honestly believe they will do a fact check on obama later this year?
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:05pmbolsen00
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:43am
Gingrich resigned after disgracing himself and the republican party and Nixon resigned in disgrace. Re-electing Gingrich would be like re-electing Nixon.
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Be honest now, wouldn’t you get tired of Nancy Pelosi too?
Report Post »Buck Shane
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:11pmName Calling 2
Report Post »The Democrats have two basic strategies. They paint Republicans “Racists,” and they paint us as stupid. When Eisenhower ran – won World War II, saved Europe, formed NATO – pretty much the smartest man on the planet, they couldn’t say he was dumb, so they ran Stevenson and called him a brilliant college Professor.
Neither of those strategies will work with Paul, He brighter than Obama, and he’s not a racist. They can’t openly argue with the constitution because that is the thing that gives them their power. So since the can’t use their usual brands, and they can’t argue his positions, what can they do?
They paint him as a “silly little man,” and hope enough people will dismiss him without hearing what he says.
JayMarie
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:16pmA visionary, just like Obama.
Report Post »lvamervet
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:30pmThe only one that is going to make America a foot note is
Report Post »barack obama……….. if this A$$ Hole is re-elected…
OMG
tifosa
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:29pm“THE FACTS: There is no support for that assertion. Between 1.2 million and 3.7 million full-time-equivalent jobs were created last year because of the stimulus, according to an August 2011 report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.” Gee, that makes Mitch Daniels a liar too, oh what fun.:)
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:11amThe future of the Republican party is the Libertarian wing, and the sooner we embrace this fact, the sooner we can start winning elections.
No more bailouts.
No more Police State.
No more federal spending that goes beyond the stated limits within the constitution.
No more undeclared and endless wars, and no more nation building.
We will no longer be taken for granted, and without us….good luck.
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:40amFour More Years
Four More Years
RP‘ers have alienated Non Paul’s. We are just progressives. You keep on banging long time R’s.
Report Post »reform
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:55amHow did your man Mr. Paul vote while Newt Gingrich was speaker?
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:13am@reform
Dr. Paul voted in favor of the Constitution, as he always has.
Newt, as he always has done…voted to ignore it.
Here’s a few words Gingrich, Santorum, and Romney never understood.
Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.
Thomas Jefferson
“If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the general welfare, the government is no longer a limited one possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one subject to particular exceptions.” -James Madison
With respect to the two words “general welfare,” I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators. — James Madison, letter to James Robertson
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:30am@13th Imam
Keep sending us NWO progressives, and if they are elected nothing will change.
Sometimes you have to force the hand that bites you into doing the right thing, and it appears that history is once again repeating itself.
I will NEVER vote for ANY candidate who backed the Patriot Act, the NDAA, and the DHS/TSA molestation squads, and anyone that would is voting for the destruction of the Bill of Rights.
Your kind seems to think that when given the choice between Mao and Mussolini, there is a duty to vote for one of them, when your duty is actually chose none of the above.
This is the only way to send a loud and clear message…keep sending us NWO shills and lose…or send us true Patriots…and win.
Ron Paul 2012…or bust.
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:25pmSorry… 13th is right and that is why I have never supported Ron Paul…not because of his ideas…have of which are spot on and half of which I think are nuts…but because of his supporters…
Seriously…you all..to a man/woman…come in here and piss off the rest of us by calling us every name in the book..implying just because we disagree with your blind faith in your messiah, Ron Paul, we are evil liberal progressive socialist RINO‘s that don’t believe or follow the Constitution…
Well…maybe you would break the 10-15% national support if you STOPPED ******* us off and tried to build a common platform, that while not perfect we ALL could agree on… I would rather vote for someone that promised and had the character to follow through with 70-80% of what I wanted than vote for someone that I agree with 50% of the time whose supporters and himself call me names and insult me….
Report Post »hwcmo4
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:57pm@VRW I agree some of my fellow Paul supporters are a little… fanatical but if you listen to talk radio or cable news all you hear is he’s crazy and unelectable when real polls, not online polls, show Paul and Romney are the only two candidates within the margin of error of Obama. We live in a sound bite world and Paul does not give good sound bites (unless they support the “He’s crazy” agenda). Gingrich gives excellent sound bites so he surges in the polls even though on policy he is to the left of Romney and unethical to boot. This is the last hooray for Paul and I can only hope someone runs next cycle who will take the same libertarian platform because if Gingrich wins the nomination we will be looking to 2016 after four more years of Obama.
Report Post »CptStubbing
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:57pm@ freedumluver are you actually this naive, or are you some troll for one of the other campaigns?
These guys keep telling you to knock it off with your insults. Yet, you continue to berate and belittle them and their beliefs. People can have different views than you and it’s okay. People don’t have to love Ron Paul as much as you do. Stop calling these people progressive. Mitt Romney is not a progressive, Newt Gingrich is not a progressive, Rick Santorum is not a progressive. Those three guys are raising legitimate concerns of their constituents, the Republican voters.
Grow up.
I have no problem with you calling candidates out on their platform positions, or even on their change of positions, but stop saying they will usher in a NWO, or will take away your liberties. We already have this with Obama.
Be factual and polite, raise valid concerns. For example:
I don’t like that Newt Gingrich says he would ignore the Supreme Court if he personally disagrees with one of their decisions. We already have a president who likes to disregard the constitution, I don’t want another one.
See no insulting, no berating, a valid concern.
Grow up.
Report Post »Buck Shane
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:10pmName Calling 1
Report Post »I arrived at my libertarian leanings by myself, long before I heard of Ron Paul.
I do not like his view of foreign policy except that wars should be declared, and we do not need 900+ bases around the world.
I see a lot of anti-Paul name calling on this site. Some of it is in response to the Paul supporters name calling.
Here is my challenge.
If you want to criticize Ron Paul, forget his foreign policy – most of us here think it’s idealistic – there are bad people in the world. Criticize him for what you find wrong with his positions on the problems we face within our country. Be specific.
Buck Shane
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:16pmName Calling 2
The Democrats have two basic strategies. They paint Republicans “Racists,” and they paint us as stupid. When Eisenhower ran – won World War II, saved Europe, formed NATO – pretty much the smartest man on the planet, they couldn’t say he was dumb, so they ran Stevenson and called him a brilliant college Professor.
Neither of those strategies will work with Paul, He brighter than Obama, and he’s not a racist. They can’t openly argue with the constitution because that is the thing that gives them their power. So since the can’t use their usual brands, and they can’t argue his positions, what can they do?
They paint him as a “silly little man,” and hope enough people will dismiss him without hearing what he says.
This went to the wrong thread – oops
Report Post »lvamervet
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:32pmIf Ron Paul was to be the candidate …… I would vote for him…..
Report Post »However some comments by RP supporters would vote for obama…….
If you truly are a RP supporter and believe in our Constitution ……
HOW could you vote for the socialist/communist hater of our Constitution obama??
OMB
ThisIsCrowfeatheR
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:09amthe Drudge polls for the debates have been running for Newt, usually with Paul a very close 2nd and Rick and Mitt flipping. The poll for this debate has Newt and Mitt tied at 25%, Santorum at 9% and Ron Paul at over 40%. CRUSHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Unlike the last debate by CNN which was mostly useless, this was one of the better debates with some very good questions from NBC and very good moderation by Brian Williams. Great job Brian, Great job Ron Paul, Newt? FLUB!, Mitt? whine! Santorum? snore…..
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:27amThe only thing Drudge’s polls prove, is that Paulbots know how to delete cookies, and go vote again. An honest bunch, huh?
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:43am@Stuck_in_CA
Project much?
What it proves is the future of the party is with the Libertarian wing, and the youth who are internet savvy spend a lot of time on the DR.
Keep hammering the Libertarian wing…and see just how many elections you RINO’s can win with that nonsense.
Now don’t you have something better to do…like defending bailouts, the police state, and endless wars?
Report Post »reform
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:47amPolls can be manipulated results cannot be!
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:54amAh Yes Ron Paul, the guy that wants to talk with Castro and pacify him.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:55amIt’s also Every RPer in the country . This is the same total vote he would get as the R nominee.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:08am@Freedomluver “…Keep hammering the Libertarian wing…and see just how many elections you RINO’s can win with that nonsense.Now don’t you have something better to do…like defending bailouts, the police state, and endless wars?…”
Report Post »I am a non-interventionist, anti-bailouts, and sure don’t want a police state. Geesh.
We will never have the perfect candidate. What we are forced to do is select the best one WHO CAN GET ELECTED. Bill Buckley’s rule.
Where would you have ever gotten the idea that I was even thinking about those? My intention was to state the Drudge poll is always spammed by Paulbots. EVERYONE knows that. Lighten up.
Freedomluver
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:51am@Stuck_in_CA
Let me get this straight, you are against pretty much everything the front runners stand for, but you will vote for them anyway?
I was once like you, and dutifully held my nose and pulled the lever. One day I finally woke up to the fact that all that got me was more of the same that I detested.
This mentality has brought us nothing but endless debt, wars, and lost rights, so it’s time to make a stand.
I will not be the guy who looks at their children and realizes I helped to create a Police State by going with the status quo.
If you chose to do so, it will be on your conscience when you are standing in line waiting to take you kids to a football game, while explaining to them just why they are being taken aside for a nice little NWO strip search.
There really is no lesser of two evils if Ron Paul loses, as both sides have chosen the side of the destruction of the Bill of Rights…and tyranny.
Myself and many others will do the right thing if offered the choice between Mao and Mussolini…which is to say loud and clear…NONE of the above thank you.
This is the ONLY way to force the powers that be to actually listen to us.
Ron Paul 2012…or bust.
Report Post »Richard Peck
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:07amFact check and AP need a reality on facts. Newt, as I understand it, agreed to pay half for the ethics investigation, which was 300 thousand, and not one of the charges stuck. Whats the deal here.
Report Post »MS-GlenNBC
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:11amIt is the Glenn Beck Smear Campaign
He would never have posted this if it was against Romney.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:13amThis is a Santorum support site. It’s hard to find anything that might be positive toward Newt. Just listen to Glenn & the guys today.
Report Post »reform
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:36amWho heads the House of Representatives now? The same person who had the coup attempt against Newt Gingrich along with Tom DeLay/Bill Paxton and Dick Armey. Now let’s see Dick Armey has been involved with the tea party candidates, what happened to Tom DeLay? Bill Paxton? Now you have Newt Gingrich running for the presidency.For Mr. Santorum to make some of the allegations against Newt makes me question his motive, since he worked side-by-side with Newt when he was in the Senate. And to note for me this was the worst debate yet, just like the Commies don’t want no participation in any event you cannot applaud or show any enthusiasm whatsoever nice work in NBC. Way to go citizens of Florida for following through on their plan just like Obama wants be silent.
Report Post »reform
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:16amI am just wondering why Mr. Beck has not had Sarah Palin on? Could it be she feels comfortable with Newt Gingrich and he does not? Maybe he should interview her and find out why she believes as she does, and don’t tell me Sarah Palin is irrelevant in the political field. Also why has he not had on Herman Cain/Michele Bachmann/or Rick Perry to find their insights this coming election? What gives Glenn? Your upcoming event is about love and you have writers continuously knocking down opponents you objective to? You call that love? On a side note do you ever wonder if your wife had left you in your troubled times and you became divorced? There is a Dr. Rima that talks about the 10% you know of her,you speak about the 10% restoring the question is what happens to the 90% that have gone away? With the agenda?
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:20pmThank you. Apparently TheBlaze staff believes that their readers do not perform their own research. You are correct that none of the charges stuck, and even the IRS investigation found in favor of Gingrich. The Republicans did not know how to win, so when they were in charge of the House they did not know what to do. They failed back their “go along to get along” and since the democrats hated Gingrich, they went along with the smears. Again, none of the charges were justified.
Report Post »hi
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:03amI wish Alan West would run. This is just too disappointing just like in 08.
Report Post »MS-GlenNBC
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:08amWhat is this ????
A negative story about Newt Gingrich. Say it isn’t so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ3LbyunecA
Report Post »garyM
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:48amDon’t be saying that, if the Blaze thinks it possible, they’ll devote an entire show on how Alan West is a progressive!
Report Post »Chappy123
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:32amI hope West will be the VP pick,
then on to be President.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:03amKinda like that 57 state thing, that our IMAM IN CHIEF, likes to refer to.
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:00amThe fuzzy math Gingrich uses to claim a balanced budget is a joke, and its the same lie the Democrats use to claim Clinton had a balanced budget.
This article is a joke, and so is Newt.
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »garyM
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:54amRomney falsely accused (without evidence) Newt of being kicked out of congress and losing his influence and in the next breath accused Newt of selling his influence to congressmen. Can‘t anyone see Romney’s desperation. It can’t be both! If Newt had no influence, how did he sell what he did not have? Romney should see if he can get on the Maury Povich show!
Report Post »reform
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:24amYes you can it is called derivatives which Mr. Romney used quite well from 1984 to 1999 when he was the CEO. Now you know why he can continue to live on his wealth the same way the current resident of the big house is worth 10 1/2 million but could not pay his mortgage in his home state. Very easy to do apply rinse and repeat. And if I’m to led to believe that private equity firms are this beauty to behold and I asked you from 1980 to present what has become of this country. Has your dollar remained the same or has it shrunk?
Report Post »neverending
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:54am@garym – of course gingrich can have it both ways just as so many of the corrupt politicians have it in DC – get thrown out of congress or quit and then the next step is to make tons of money influencing congress through lobbying. We need to clean out DC and get this beautiful country back.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:48amSo the big, fat flub, flubbed once again. Must have gotten his history info from palin.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:12amNo it‘s that AP gets it’s history from Soros.
Report Post »reform
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:53amSpeaking of Soros is it not wonderful the billions we gave to Brazil are now going to China for their oil, not to add a small aircraft production for our military to Brazil then add the possible loss of the Keystone pipeline to China. When can we get to pertinent facts about the destruction of this country, instead of the piddly little games that the liberals are forcing them to discuss. This country is one hole short in the boat of sinking.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:11am@reform – tragically it is sinking fast. Never thought I would live to see the day that we got to just sit back and watch it in the process.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:44amDoes the book of mormons have this truth?
Report Post »Proverbs 6:
16 There are six things the LORD hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:06am@garym
Report Post »So….. He hates Democrats ?
P8riot
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:43amRead it and find out for yourself; there’s no better way. Then follow the advise of the Prophet Moroni:
Moroni 10:4 (a scripture from the Book of Mormon)
4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.
We don’t try to convince people that the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ (a companion to the Bible), we simply ask that you read it and pray about it. I’ve done it, and the Holy Ghost testified to me that it is true. I cannot deny what my Heavenly Father has revealed to me.
For a quick explanation about the Book of Mormon and its origins – please visit:
http://mormon.org/book-of-mormon/
You can even request a free copy of the Book of Mormon there as well.
Report Post »rotcarpenter
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:42amHas their ever been a negative story about Romney on the Blaze? Just curious as you know Glenn claims to not be supporting him.
Report Post »arx
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:51amBingo! This is why I’ve lost respect for Glenn. He’s not being straight with us.
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:53amNo
Report Post »neverending
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:54amOnce Romney catches up with newt on his marriages, lies, lack of integrity then there will be a story to tell. Otherwise we’re more then happy to just read about his successes and a wonderful family.
Report Post »tomazo55
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:59amYeah…where is the balance here? Newt is a progressive while Romney is an angel and wonderful human being, I see folks going crazy over Newt’s success. Did you see Ann Coulter last night, holy crap!!! I have enjoyed Beck for a few years now, always liked his humor. But he is seeming to be a bit of a shill for Romney in all of this, and they are both Mormons so is this some kind of Wink Wink, Nod Nod…careful Glen, I can cancel my subscription anytime I want to; so please remain open and honest to hearing what folks say and remember where you were years ago…anyone can change.
Report Post »rotcarpenter
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:10am@neverending
You’re aware that Romney is still considered the front runner and Glenn has never even remotely taken an in-depth look at him. I just want to know the reason. I understand Glenn “claims” he’s for Rick Santorum but his total lack of focus toward the negatives that Romney has and his own admission of being a progressive is having me starting to think that Mr. Beck is just on a crusade to de-rail everyone for Mitt.
Honestly, if Glenn believed what he said 100% he should be more inclined to vote for Ron Paul than anyone else. As he seems to be most in step with his beliefs.
Don’t get me wrong if it comes down to Romney vs. Obama… I’m voting Romney. I even prefer Mr. Santorum at the current time in the election. I am just confused at the zero negative coverage of Romney on stances that are VERY similar to Newt.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 3:33pmI too would like to see romney vetted on the blaze.
I’m a Santorum supporter. However, if Santorum drops out I will vote for Newt. I wonder who glenn would switch to? hmmm
Looks as if glenn doesn’t want pretty boy to get damaged, hmm damaged bad word, baggage shown.
Report Post »Ohio Guy
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:33pmDid you read the story above? Headlines don’t tell the whole story. Tried to take a shot at all of them it’s just that Newt is a more target rich environment.
Report Post »omni
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:42amNewt has always pushed the limits of political expediency. This has allowed him to establish a “proper position” on either side of any controversial issue that he then spoon feeds to the unwary. Thank goodness for access to untainted archives (but watch for snakes that alter history as it is retrieved). Its truly a jungle out there.
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:41amI Love Glen and I love the Blaze, but Please stop sticking your nose up Romney’s butt to far, Romney has baggage as well, and trust me, Obunbles will bring all of them out. Remember the saying “Be Careful What You Wish For, It May Come True”
Now Romney may every well be a better choice, but the truth is, Newt isn’t a bad choice either.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:37amBilly your nose grew two inches on this one!
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:37amRon Paul is ALWAYS right when he makes a statement. He’s ALWAYS right when he makes a prediction.
The other guys, not so much.
People may hate him for saying some things, but in the end they have to acknowledge that he spoke the truth, however painful. He now says that we are doomed if we do not elect him. He is serious, and he is right. Romney and Gingrich are pathetic Obama look-a-likes. If the republicans fail to see the gem they have in Ron Paul, then they deserve to defeat that is about to be served to them in November.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:57amSo in other words if Ron Paul doesn’t get the nomination (which he won’t) all the Paulbots are going to vote for Obama, or just not vote like the petulant children you are.
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:10amBlackhawk1
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:57am
So in other words if Ron Paul doesn’t get the nomination (which he won’t) all the Paulbots are going to vote for Obama,
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I‘m gonna’ vote for Ron Paul no matter what…….even if I have to write his name in.
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:17am@Blackhawk1
It is a petulant child who demands respect when respect is not earned.
You keep forcing us to chose between Mao and Mussolini, and we will do the moral thing…which is to vote for none of the above.
The sooner you RINO’s learn this…the sooner we can start winning elections and rebuilding our REPUBLIC.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:17amKidCharlemagne
So in other words I’m correct. If you write in Paul in the General election then you may as well just vote for Obama. You might as well face it now, Paul will not be President and drugs will not be legalized.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:04amFreedomluver
It is a petulant child who demands respect when respect is not earned.
Paul has earned no respect after being a pretty much useless congressman for 30 years and nothing to show for it except a ton of earmarks. Go ahead and sit this one out and let Obama get re-elected. You think that you Paul;bots get no respect now, wait until you blow the election and Obama gets another 4 years to socialize the country and spit on the constitution.
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »Pot and Pacifism.
TheWholeTruth
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:12amBLACKHAWK1 … If Ron Paul ran on 3rd Party, he could conceivably win. How? Because he would take a BIG chunk of the 40% that are listed Independent. He would pull votes from Republicans that think Romney isn’t conservative enough. He would pull votes from Democrats that are really dissatisfied with Obama and then you have the Libertarian vote to consider. The numbers were done and he could very well pull in 38% of the vote and in a 3 man race, that’s a win.
This constant, “He can’t win” theme is getting very old.
Report Post »spankadonkey
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:51amPOSTMAN – Ron Paul is a gem of a FRAUD, alright. He says a lot of things but he never accomplishes anything. If you are satisfied with talk (mostly complaining in Paul’s case) then you are a fool. We need serious action to fix this country and FRAUD Paul has nothing to show for a 30 year span in Congress. You and all your fellow cultist Paulbutz cannot name one thing, other than talk, that Paul has accomplished while taking up a seat in Congress. Ron FRAUD Paul – what a guy.
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:08am@Blackhawk1
What are you, completely blind? Go back and see what Dr. Paul voted against, then compare it to where we are now.
If the RINO’s would have voted with Dr, Paul…there would have been no bailouts, no endless wars, no uncostitutional agencies, and no Police State.
How on earth you can imply that voting against the destruction of the Bill of Rights and against unconstitutional agencies is a record of failure is beyond comprehension.
Your kind got us into the mess we are in, and now you want to claim that voing against your kinds failures…is a failure.
I will not sit this election out, and I will not vote for ANY candidate who voted or stands for the Patriot Act, the TSA/DHS monstrocity, and the NDAA that all spit on the Bill of Rights. I will not be forced into being offered a false choice, as I will chose none of the above and write in Ron Paul or Gary Johnson if it comes to that.
You on the other hand seem quite content with voting for what got us into this mess, and you refuse to admit that voting for the same failed policies will produce different results.
What is it Einstein said about that kind of logic?
Hhhhmmmm.
Ron Paul 2012..or bust.
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:22am@spankadonkey
Your idea of success is voting for bailouts and the policies that got us 16 trillion in debt.
Your idea of success is voting for the Patriot Act, the DHS/TSA molestation “blue shirts”, and the NDAA.
Your idea of success is voting for the very policies that have destroyed the Republic.
You spankadonkey are a fraud..what a guy!
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »garyM
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:35amBilly Hallowell you are confusing two different issues for your own purposes. There is what they call a balanced budget and there is a national deficit (in the red). You are confusing the two. We have had balanced budgets before but have had a deficit for many years, not even under Clinton. Nice try though!
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:55amWould you expect anything else here?
Report Post »reform
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:13amThat‘s why they’re called useful idiots even so-called news sources they can’t report the facts correctly. Most can’t even balance their household budgets far less the federal budget.I will state this again Newt may be progressive light which he then can be held in check if this election cycle we put strict conservatives in Congress. Squabble all day long over who is better does not matter if you don’t have a Congress that is for the people.
Report Post »kritacul
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:32amTwo things.
Report Post »One Ron Paul should get out of the race, good try and I’m sure a lot of people will miss him.
Second, it seems that Santorum was on point last night and he looked and spoke better then anyone else on stage. Romney and Newt looked like two 8 year old brother fighting over who did what and how much trouble they go themselves in to. I’m sick of those two and I hope Santorum really steps up and takes the Nom.
KidCharlemagne
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:23amkritacul
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:32am
Two things.
One Ron Paul should get out of the race, good try and I’m sure a lot of people will miss him.
Second, it seems that Santorum was on point last night
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One thing:
Santorum won’t win even 1 Southern state………
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:16amAfter every fact check, Ron Paul comes on top. Why should he get out?
Report Post »Ohio Guy
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:42pmSame story, Santorum and Paul prefer to discuss issues and how they differ from Obama. Wonder why Mitt & Newt prefer to discuss irrelevent crap? Oh that’s right they are both a little too close to Obama on alot of the main issues better to steer clear of them.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:30amWhy are Newt and santorum still in this race. they are not on the ballot in many States and they cannot win enough Delegates to secure the nomination. A vote for them is a wasted vote…
Why does the BLAZE refuse to run the truth of the matter. It is down to Romney and Paul. You Paul haters look and weep…
http://www.dailypaul.com/206919/500-delegates-to-be-split-between-paul-and-romney
Report Post »garyM
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:39amAre you saying that we should just declare Romney the nominee and go on? LOL…I think you have joined Beck and the establishment. Say baa sheep!
Report Post »tomazo55
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:05amI think his point is Ron Paul will win and we are all on crack. Paul can’t possibly win and he just about endorsed Newt last night, that is, until he didn’t.
There are no wasted votes man, just wasted time, like on the Paul campaign.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:09amYou two idiots know what a brokered Convention is? I think not…
Report Post »GollygeeMrwilson
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:53am@baddoggy—-Finally someone else who sees the obvious. Paul is driving for a brokered convention and it is possible he could win it. His foreign policy frightens me but, and it’s a big but, congress declares wars. He would be hard pressed to stop us if Iran commits on overt act of war. I won’t root for Paul now, but I will if he is our nominee. Obama is nothing less than a dictator-in-waiting. He must be stopped in November or the USA as it has existed for 235 years is gone. Foreign powers can hurt us, Obama can destroy us.
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:03pm@ BADDOGGY
Report Post »I understand a brokered convention.
but Ron Paul would not win in that Scenairo
The GOP Elites will throw up Mitch Danials or
Chris Christie or Jebb Bush They don‘t want anyone they can’t CONTROL.
KidCharlemagne
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:27amNewt has told so many lies that he can no longer reconcile them any more to pander to different audiences.
Serial liar…serial hypocrite…serial adulterer… at least Newt is consistent about these three things..
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:31amNot lies…flubs…you have to learn to be PC.
Report Post »Rightallalong
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:35amHowever it seems that all he has to do is say, I am sorry – I have found God and am a changed man. And all the Newtards say YEA he is now a different Newt and we love him. What a joke…
Report Post »garyM
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:40amAnd Romney hasn’t lied, he has lied like Glenn Beck!
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:57amRightallalong, it worked for Glenn.
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:20amI love the “newtards” line – neutered or new-tards – either way its pretty accurate. lol
Report Post »Jedidavid
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:04am@BABEUF youre right it has worked for GLenn because he ACTUALLY CHANGED!!!
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:13pmJedidavid, Yup we all feel the Christian Love! NOT!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:25am.
Glenn,
We still have a Newt, a Mitt, a Rick & a NutJob…….
A SpankDaMonkey/Beck 2012 Ticket is our only “HOPE”…..
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:33amSpankdemonkey/Beck 2012? And you call Ron Paul a nutjob? Please turn yourself into the nearest sanitorium. The drugs have fried your monkey brain.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:35amPresident SpankdaMonkey????
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:13amNow that would be an amazing presidency. A daily show from the oval office of how much money came in and went out, and showing everything the idiots in congress dreamed up each day to further rob, and enslave the people. Chalk boards in the oval office- a great name for the daily show!
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:11pmThat‘s It I’m Voting for SPANKDAMONKEY
Report Post »makes as much sense as voting for the other guy’s
flipper1073
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:14pmSPANK
Report Post »Who’s your VP pick ? if it’s SARAH
I’m Having bumper stickers printed this afternoon
flipper1073
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:16pmSorry you said Beck
Report Post »no bumper stickers for you
And I Say
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:23amPolitical has just spun this, the reality is that there is a lag in time when completing budgets and the first two years were from the previous speaker (Tom Foley – Democrat) and the two years after Newt left the speakership was his so actually he did have four consecutive balanced budgets. Political strikes again as a fact checker that always spins the facts.
Report Post »And I Say
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:35amafter looking at this again, it looks like the information came from Glen Beck/AP, wow i’m supprised they would try and spin this.
Report Post »JP16
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:20amThe AP probably should recognize that investing in a company is different than being paid by that company.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:32amYea, it’s worse. He directly made money from a company that would have lost money if not for the taxpayers.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:10amI wonder if Romney would get rid of his investments in Freddie and Fannie if he gets nominated? Both of these GSE’s should have been shut down years ago.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:19amNewt in the beginning of the campaign called Romney “the Rockefeller candidate” (I don’t support Romney fyi) Newt supported Rockefeller and is a member of the Rockefeller CFR. What a liar.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:59amthat is what he does best!
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:15amNewt is a progressive through and through. Anybody who votes for him is an idiot through and through.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:17amI heard he had a speck of lint on his jacket as well…
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:19amHe doesn‘t have a script or a staff shouting facts at him and he doesn’t use a TelePrompTer.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:28amNo Progressive President… was ever Good for the Nation nor Capitalism! Each wanted to “Progress” away from the Constitution… to a State where Leaders created Laws without a Rule Book… leading to Dictatorship!
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:52amDo you guys dress up like Beck at night? Freaking killing me. I’ll say it again, if Newt is a progressive, he is a terrible one since the government actually shrunk while he was speaker. Turn Glenn off for 5 minutes.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:34amWill the AP fact check Barry’s state of the campaign speech tonight. Seems that every Non Paul is a liberal or progressive. When RP wins the Nom (Chuckle) how will all the PURE persuade the Non Pure that now they like us?? After all, life long Republicans are now just progressives.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 8:12amFunny…he had two flubbed wives according to him too…
Report Post »neverending
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:08amWonder when the next one turns up.
Report Post »reform
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:08amTwo failed marriages were you involved? Seems to me he was more involved in his work then his marriages in which they could not handle the dedication he was putting forth for the country instead of his marriage. That’s my take on it so now he has a woman that is just as evolved in which they both enjoy in what they are doing hence a happy marriage. Most people that have a neurosis for work in any aspect usually has a failed marriage.If not a failed marriage then one or the other seeks out someone else and has an affair.
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