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Gingrich Slams Chris Wallace Over ‘Gotcha Questions’

Politico:

Newt Gingrich has had just about enough of these process questions.

Asked to address concerns that his campaign has been “a mess” that reflects badly on his leadership abilities, the former House speaker hurled the question back at moderator Chris Wallace.

“I took seriously Bret’s injunction to put aside the talking points. And I wish you would put aside the gotcha questions,” Gingrich said, vowing again that he’d forge ahead with his campaign: “Like Ronald Reagan, who had 13 senior staff resign … and his new campaign manager laid off 100 people … I intend to run on ideas.”


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  • GAN
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:31pm

    If election is held around now, Newt would be my pick. God knows we need a spark like the one Newt showed tonight. The man is genuine and smart!

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    • IM_UR_HUCKLEBERRY
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:52pm

      I don‘t think the Grinch has a snowball’s chance in hell..o to win the nomination. I liked him as Speaker of the house, he is a fine author and public speaker,,, but I feel he is carrying too much baggage to be effective. He is beholden to WAY too many special interests to administer a truly conservative administration.

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    • James
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:19am

      And…………………..Newt loves America and The US Constitution………and he is well experienced…………not all politicians are bad. Newt has Reagan‘s roots and that’s fine with me.

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    • rexriley
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:35am

      My only problem with Newt was his inability to recognize the radical nature of Obama when the rest of us could see it so clearly so long ago. What does that tell you about his ability to separate himself from the Washington insiders and become a man of the people? With that said, I’d still vote for him tomorrow.

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    • Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 1:23am

      The headline should read “Gringrich gets tough questions just like everyone else in the debate but he’s the only one that cries and whines like a victim about it”

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    • red1
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 2:54am

      Newt was right. Baier and Wallace did a terrible job tonight. They seemed most interested in provoking a fight between Bachmann and Pawlenty. I expect better from Fox. If I want to listen to a silly debate, I will watch MSNBC.

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 6:57am

      I‘ve always respected Newt’s intellect. His response to Wallace last night was justified. WHY would Wallace ever ask a stupid question like that? At a time in this country when we desperately need answers to the huge problems we’re facing today???
      Newt’s forceful, strong “righteous indignation” to the question was refreshing. We need someone with his no-nonsense approach. He would clean ANYBODY’S clock on ANY stage! Rick Perry, Rudy Gulliani — anyone!
      Newt was the smartest guy in the room.

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    • BehindBlueEyes
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 7:03am

      I’ve always like Newt. He’s a very smart man when it comes to government matters. I’m glad he put Wallace in his place for his Mickey Mouse question. Wallace is becoming the gold standard for pinheads.

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    • old white guy
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 7:48am

      if only newt had shown the same spark when in power.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:51am

      Wallace asked Bachmann if she was a flake when he interviewed her on his program. Now he asked Newt a question that had little to nothing to do with his positions. Wallace is trying too hard to be like an MSNBC host. I was impressed with Newt. He gave very clear answers and had a real command of what is going on in government and how to fix it. His experience showed above the others. He has no more baggage than most of the other candidates, especially Democrats. Atleast he hasn’t twitted himself naked to lure women into a sexual encounter with him. Hes older now and I doubt he would make the same mistakes again. He would take on this mess immediately by repealing almost everything that has happened over the last couple of years. I like his forcefulness. Its what we need now.

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    • Dagger82
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:01pm

      Plus, he NAILED that idea of a select committee that will come up with a solution to the debt problem. It’s ludicrous to think that 13 hand-picked, politically focussed Senators and Congressmen will come up with a “solution” behind closed doors in November. They’re going to gut our military, just like Mark Rudd (Weather Underground) predicted back in 2008 after Obama was elected. Then, where will we be? Defenseless to attack by North Korea, China, Iran, Venezuela, et al that’s where!

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    • aerorepairo
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:06pm

      I agree with the majority of who and what Chris Wallace represents. I will not vote for anyone in the Republican Establishment period. They have been tainted with the Progressive stench. i.e. Newt, and anyone who has been living the Washington politician lifestyle since the late 1980s. Newt may have said some energetic points but for someone who said, “the Era of Reagan is over,” every point he made last night portrayed a little portion of the spirit of Reagan Conservatism. And Newt is in no way entitled to claim inheritance of such an honor. In fact none of the candidates I have seen have yet come close to be so honorably compared. But Reagan was a unique individual and I doubt anyone ever will. Newt is an expert and adapting to what I call political pop culture. Which I deem as fake. But I can’t blame any established politician who is afraid of losing their job in an uncertain economy such as ours which they created. He was spot on within an answer he gave on how we got to this point in our economy. So yeah he sounded strong and he no doubt understands Washington. But I believe he is saying what Conservatives (Tea Partiers) want to hear but doesn’t believe it himself, hence he is a C.I.N.O.
      Anyway, I think any News network that holds a debate should not focus on how many questions they can ask in 2 hours, but rather ask a question that all candidates will get to answer. Then let each candidates if they choose to pick each other apart with a rebuttal.

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    • KryWolf
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 1:43pm

      I like Newt. Everyone has “baggage”. But that won’t stop him from being an effective leader.

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    • thx1138v2
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 4:05pm

      Genuine? You obviously haven’t looked at his voting record when he was in Congress.
      He voted for NAFTA which weakened our borders with Canada and Mexico.
      He voted for GATT which makes the US subject to the authority of the World Trade Organization.
      Domestic policy votes include supporting the creation of the Department of Education in 1979 under President Carter. Approval of that bill was close – 3 more votes against it would have killed it. Gingrich was one of 30 Republicans who supported it when the Republicans held 159 seats in the House of Representatives. Even one of the Democrats pointed out that there is no authorization in the Constitution for federal involvement in education.
      In 1979 he also voted for the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act which gave the federal government control over almost 80 MILLION acres in Alaska. Jimmy Carter signed the bill into law in 1980. That act turned 80M acres into tourist sites controlled by the federal government rather than Alaskan state controlled mineral and timber resources.

      Time Magazine, one of the Progressives’ propaganda outlets, named Newt Gingrich “Man of the Year” in 1995. If you watch closely who is currently giving him, if not praise, then at least less vitriolic coverage, during the current election articles you’ll see that they are mostly leftist news outlets – Time Magazine, The New York Times, Huffington Post, etc. Compare that to their coverage of Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann.
      Think

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    • Agnes
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 6:01pm

      Good job Newt and I was glad to see someone stand up to Wallace!

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:28pm

      I am not so sure about Newt. He promised to eliminate both the department of education and energy and he did not do it. Why? Akmid who pumps gas at my Citgo gas station would do a better job than Obama. So any one of those people up on that stage would be acceptable. All I want to know is, who is Newt’s first Supreme Court nominee

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    • jzs
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:57pm

      I was traveling and had cable which I don’t at home, so I was switching back and forth with the Learning Channel, Discovery channel, CNN, HBO and so on (one of these days I’m going to get cable). But from what I saw, the FOX hosts asked candidates tough questions. Rush didn’t like it, but no doubt FOX was working hard to legitimize the debate (as not the typical FOX softball stuff). As much as I saw, they did a good job, especially Chris Wallace.

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  • Rojubob
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:27pm

    I thought a good follow up question to Ron Paul after his let Iran have a nuke response should have been: If you are President, what response would you have if Iran then uses that nuclear weapon against Israel? The real question is do you want to do something about it now or after they use it later.

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    • mml35
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:53pm

      well said

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    • lvjohn
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:28am

      Paul proved that he is a moron tonight.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 6:54am

      I think Ron Paul and his cult followers should wear their Code Pink tee shirts to the debates. He77, they wear them everywhere else don’t they? This feeble knucklehead is as naive as a three year old most of the time.

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 7:11am

      I think this guy has the Paulies pegged pretty good.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw2jVZWXpxQ&feature=channel_video_title

      The first minute of the video is off topic but after that he gets into the real discussion.

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    • Stopit
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:09am

      I am more and more liking Ron Paul. A non-interventionist free nation that respects the sovereignty of other nations is the position of the founders. Let the people and nations in that region police itself…and support Israel if it chooses it must act. But IF Iran would use a nuke once developed and not taken out by Israel first, it would justifiably result in melting Iran…problem with Iran GONE. There are all kinds of rogue nations with nukes right now.

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    • Stopit
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:29am

      PS having watched your link QPWILLIE…I think “Bob” is full of it…Yea, sure, Ron Paul supporters are closet liberals!!!…give me a break.

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    • Dagger82
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:09pm

      STOPIT, you can’t be serious about AFTER Iran obtains nuclear weapons. They WILL use them. I‘m not sure you’re comprehending the devastation to civilized societies when a nuclear fireball incinerates 500,000 to a million innocent people ~ 9/11 would only be a small skirmish in comparison. Get Real!

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  • Bush Hating Conervatives make me sick
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:26pm

    Newt would make a Great VP!

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    • thx1138v2
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 4:11pm

      You need to research his voting record when he was in Congress. He helped pass the law that created the Department of Education when even a Democrat pointed out that were no authorization for it in the Constitution. He promoted and accomplished the taking of 80 million acres of land from the state of Alaska which is now tourist destinations instead of producing timber and mineral resources. These accomplished under President Jimmy Carter.

      When he was Speaker of the House he also produced not only spending increases but an actual growth of the RATE of spending increases and is at least partially reponsible for the debt we have now.

      The Contract with America was a marketing ploy – nothing more. Dig beyond the surface and what you will find is that his actions while in office were the opposite of what he says publicly.

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  • therapist
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:25pm

    Fox deserved what Gingrich gave them plus a ton more. Sadly, they looked like a bunch of amateurs trying too hard to be “fair and balanced.”

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    • AmeriCat
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:38am

      Chris Wallace is a Liberal Progressive Democrat…

      so of course he tried to get everyone to attack one another.
      Without Wallace, the debate would have been completely different,
      more informative and fewer personal attacks…excluding Pawlenty!

      Hooray for Gingrich putting down “The Bad Seed” Wallace!

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    • Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 1:34am

      I disagree with the rapist.

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    • gallinipper
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:45am

      maybe Chris should have been asked if he was a Flake!

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    • wisernow
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:51am

      The biggest loser in the debate was Chris Wallace. I lost what respect there still was for him. I expected much better from Fox.

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    • looseyloo
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 3:56pm

      When Wallace asks a question, he adds his smarmy little comment in it, as he did last night when he asked Newt if his campaign was a “mess.“ The word ”mess” is not objective. It is perjorative.

      He also said, in his question to Cain, that Cain had made “questionable” statements about Muslims. It is not Wallace’s place to decide what is “questionable”, but to just quote the statements and ask Cain about them. The viewers will decide if the statements were “questionable.”

      This is the same thing Wallace did to Bachmann, when he asked her if she was a flake. Completely innappropriate to use that word, flake. It is not objective reporting or news coverage– it is intended to sway or influence the viewer.

      Wallace always makes the question about himself, in a way, as in , “Look at how provacative I am being.” It as much about him as anything. He apparently develops his questions by how much he can use provacative terms or words. He is just as bad as any of the corrupt media on any other network.

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  • mikenleeds
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:24pm

    well said Newt

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    • Ashley
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:30pm

      I used to respect Chris Wallace, but he is slowly morphing into a typical “gotcha” journalism that is making media irrelevant. Tired of “gotcha” questions. With the condition of America, there is zero place for it. Chris Wallace is showing where he stands as a journalist . . . just another progressive republican.

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    • PrfctlyFrank
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:36am

      @ASHLEY, would you rather hear ” Thin or Thick crust?” as a question? Thyese guys asked tough questions and made the candidates squirm a little.. Unlike every single one of obama’s interviews are so puffed their like turd eclairs, and smell up the place.. Some tough questions had em all standing straight up..

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    • Dojo
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:29am

      Frank: exactly! Chris Wallace famously said about the Obama White House “these guys are the biggest bunch of cry babies…” re: criticism. Gingrich risked being lumped into that category last night with his response. And if he thinks ABC/NBC/CBS and others won’t ask the same type of questions, he’s kidding himself.
      Asking an inconvenient question is not a gotcha question. I’ve been a Gingrich fan for years for his ideas, but even I’ve been disappointed in his apparent flip flops and disconnect in what he has said from week to week. I still don’t understand how he defends his commercial with Pelosi re: Global Warming.

      A better response would have been. “Chris: I understand how the two statements appear contradictory and I’ve attempted to explain this before. Once again, here is the context and what happened.”

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  • Cheetosareus
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:24pm

    I like Newt, Cain, Bachman. Forget Huntsman and Perry if he does run. Both of them are not real conservatives. I don’t know about Mitt Romney. Poor old Ron Paul..has some good ideas..like getting rid of the Fed but his foreign policy ideas about Iran are just goofy. The rest of the candidates need to go back to congress and support the real contenders.

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  • nannyatnannydotgov
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:21pm

    Murdoch is caving in to the Bilderberg group and moving Fox left. Wallace is leading the way. He doesn’t ask questions like that to the looney left. He is hoping that the insinuations in his questions will be taken as fact, discrediting each and every Republican he interviews them.

    Hopefully soon, they’ll catch Wally at a sleazy motel, locked out of his room wearing a pink tutu, screeching Geeeooorgie, PLLLEEEEASE!

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  • winwithpat
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:20pm

    Newt is smart and very capable but he can’t win, I hope the winner will ask him to be an advisor in their adminstration. I’d like to see Ron Paul be Sec. Tres. and kick the Feds backsides. Romney is presidential but I don’t trust him. I still don’t know who I want for Pres.

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    • DT5
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:26pm

      I agree with you on Mitt, i think he has liberal blood flowing. I am excited about Perry throwing his hat in the ring

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    • flagbearer
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:03am

      @DT5

      Do your homework on Rick Perry. He’s a globalist. I believe he, Mitt Romney, and Jon Huntsman are the Bilderberg’s back-up plan, especially Romney. I won’t vote or support any one of those three. We don‘t want Shadow Government’s puppets, or at least I don’t. If you don’t like Washington, then support a candidate that is not “one of ‘em.”

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    • James
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:21am

      Newt can beat Obama on ideas, alone.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:57am

      Perry and Huntsman are both part of the Bildeberg group, NWO. Don’t vote for them unless they are they only choice. We need a Republican in office, anyone is better than Obama.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 10:02am

      I’m not sure how or where the whole NWO, Bilderberg, Globalist thing started but I love to see all of you looking under the bed for the boogieman. Keep up the purity testing, pretty soon your field of candidates will be reduced to nothing.

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    • Stopit
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:43am

      @SimpleTruths
      It was announced by BUSH #1 and continued by CLINTON and BUSH #2. As Soros told Beck and the Fox executives…the ship has already sailed. My question is where have you been? Like the typical liberal with your head somewhere it shouldn’t be?
      If you believe in American constitutional sovereignty, we better be real careful. There aren’t very many in the current group that are trustworthy along those lines.

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  • mml35
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:16pm

    Newt impressed the hell out of me tonight, I am giveing him a second look, I used to support paul but his stance on iran turned me off.

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    • Ray2447
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:19pm

      He also took referred to a subsequent one from Bret Bair as a “gotcha question.”

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  • In The Right
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:09pm

    Go Newt ! Gingrich is a far better candidate for President as is Herman Cain than Obama-lite Willard “Mitt” Scromney or the nutty professor Ron Paul with his Scientology cult like followers.

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    • Ripplemagne
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:15pm

      I like Paul with the exception of his foreign policies. I don’t see how Libertarianism is a cult.

      Anyway, Cain is my pick. Gingrich ain’t bad, but I don‘t even remember he’s running half the time.

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    • MrJones
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:19pm

      Chris Wallace is a douchebag.

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    • In The Right
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:20pm

      Ron Paul with his “isolationist” ideals will jeopardize American interests worldwide, he has a cadre of cult-like followers akin to Scientology and they worship him blindly. He is a new age Xenu !

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    • Ray2447
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:22pm

      The biggest difference between Romney and Gingrich is that Romney is Presidential looking, sounding, and electable and Gingrich is not.

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    • RIGHTHOOK
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:22pm

      Newt was seasoned and conveyed his capabilities. He is exactly what we need TODAY! Santorum was completely ignored because “he does not fit the media darling thing”…whatever the hell that is….he was impressive nonetheless. The guy has morals. Bachmann was so-so. Ron Paul was “odd” and Cain was compelling. My two cents.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:33pm

      “nutty professor Ron Paul with his Scientology cult like followers” Thanks for the laugh! He reminds me of Dennis Kucinich

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    • DT5
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:43pm

      We don’t need someone that is Preesidential looking, and sounding , we need someone who is going to turn things around. Newt was the only one tonite who showed that promise.

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    • In The Right
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:00am

      Ray2477:

      You say “….Romney is Presidential looking” so were Clinton and his running mate Al Gore and look at the mess they got us into when morons (some of them Independents) cast votes for them TWICE !

      Romney is “plastic”, better yet he is NOT tough cowhide (leather) he’s “pleather” vinyl/plastic looking leather.

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    • Mike777
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:17am

      i beginning to think Chris Wallace is a closet progressive and a George Soro’s plant.

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    • AmeriCat
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:47am

      @Mike777….
      Agree, Chris Wallace a Progressive Liberal…
      like his Papa Mike Wallace.

      A George Soros plant…actually…what a thought….YES!
      Now that you mention it…of course, it is now so obvious!

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  • charles116
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:07pm

    Hey Newty why don‘t you sell some of Calista’s jool to pay your bills?

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    • In The Right
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:18pm

      Charles116:

      Go bow down before Xenu and take your Martian-like Scientology cult leader Ron Paul with you

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    • TMan2020
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:53am

      Go back to Uranus, Charlie. Why hate on Newt because you love Ron Paul?

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    • bbhouston
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:43am

      Newt sells lots of books. Probably brings in some pretty good cash from it every year. He has the right to spend it however he wishes. The only reason his spending is an issue is because the LEFT and their MEDIA has made it an issue. They have and are digging up any and everything possible that can be used against all the Republican candidates. Wonder why they didn‘t talk about the millionaire Obama’s spending habits before they ran. How much Lobster was Michelle eating back then?? What if Newt had worked a deal with a shady neighbor over some property? He’d be dead meat. If Newt‘s jewelry purchases are the ’worst’ thing he has done(?), then, after watching his performance last nite, the rest of the field may soon be running from behind and Obama made irrelevant even before the election. And his idea to get the Republicans back in session now to pass repeals of Dodd/Frank, Sarbanes/Oxley, and tax reform is brilliant. Take the offensive…The perfect opportunity to show America the Republicans are serious. Boehner will never do this however….current Republicans are as bad as the Dems and have been the last 20 years. They are leaderless and until the Teaparty showed up idealess.

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    • Stopit
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:54am

      @bbhouston
      Yeah like Newt’s “extreme right wing social engineering” comment in regard to Paul Ryan’s budget, global warming support, and CFR membership is going to make him combative with Boehner’s compromising.

      Newt had stellar comments. Just exactly what is needed in spirit and precision from the conservative perspective…if you could trust him to be that in reality…I wish I could, but the evidence is contrary.

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  • RetUSAFVet
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:03pm

    Listening to this panels’ gotcha questions instead of substance questions makes me think that somehow the libertards wore some very good disguises. This was a total farce and did not answer the questions we wanted to hear.

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  • DT5
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:02pm

    Newt is doing a great job addressing the real issues and not just delivering the typical talking points. I know its early but I would love a Perry / Newt 2012 ticket

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    • charles116
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:07pm

      Perry AND Newt are dead in the water.

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    • DT5
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:15pm

      2 best in the race, hands down

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    • James
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:27am

      I may just vote for Newt. You cannot mistake it, for once and finally he’s beginning to get his legs by just being who and why he is. Any candidate that follows Reagan and shows his love of country as much as he does must have my vote. The rest of them are well intended to their credit, but Newt is a fighter and he will as he has done fight for this Republic.

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  • Bluegill
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:59pm

    Herman Cain is a man with a plan,
    I really am falling in love with the guy, not that way but you know what I mean, I pray for him to at least get on the ticket with Romney

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    • NewAmericanist
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 4:11am

      I don’t see how anyone can take Cain seriously as a contender. He seems like a nice man but no where near presidential material. I have trouble believing he was a CEO.

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  • LUCK THE FEFT
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:57pm

    Newt needs to hang it up BUT that was great!!!

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  • megansmom
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:55pm

    It was fun to watch

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:54pm

    Foxnews online panel is lame.

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    • RIGHTHOOK
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:32pm

      Yup, they were as worthless as ABC, CBS or NBC. What was that question to Bachmann about “being submissive”??? That was classless!

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:48pm

    Newt is coming across too angry.

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    • Bluegill
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:55pm

      I liked it, he is right CW tried to say I only ask about your record. He started with b s about his staff leaving, Who cares

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    • DT5
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:05pm

      I love the Non Political responses from Newt. I am so tired of the political correctness in this country. He is saying what the rest of them are thinking but their afraid of the political affect.

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    • charles116
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:08pm

      And fat.

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    • CatB
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:27pm

      Since when is standing up for what you believe in too angry? When is someone ANYONE going to corner Obama and ask him the hard questions? Not going to happen .. and Newt was right we need to work on SOLUTIONS!

      TEA!

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    • donald69
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:33pm

      Newt should be angry!! Everybody should be!! I’m tired of Romney and his smug smile, he reminds me of a white republican Obama..you shouldn’t be able to smile your way to the White House but, it looks like now a days you can, and that’s a shame

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    • DT5
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:39pm

      Amen catb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • TMan2020
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 1:00am

      It’s time for some anger. Wallace is just wasting everybody’s time.
      These press jerks have betrayed the country with their own agendas.
      The press should be totally impartial. Not like some paid off referees, throwing the game for their pay masters

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  • claymoremacm
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:46pm

    newt is right this was a total gotcha debate thanks for wasting our time Wallace

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    • charles116
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:12pm

      If you can’t manage a staff how can you manage a country?

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    • DT5
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:21pm

      Reagan had issues with his staff early on in his campaign. We cant major in the minors

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    • kaijue
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:43pm

      Charles, did they leave because they couldn’t manage Newt? Did they leave because Newt wouldn’t tow the party line? I don’t know the answers to those questions but until I do, I’m not going to hold it against him

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    • TMan2020
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 1:04am

      Charlie, You need to manage your head from Uranus. Take you hate away.

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    • bbhouston
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:49am

      @Charles 116….he did manage his staff. He got rid of them. And all of the sudden he’s becoming relevent again….Hmmmm.

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    • looseyloo
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 4:05pm

      @CHARLES116: Obama seemed to manage his campaign staff very well. It is the country he has made a mess of.

      There are 2 sides to what occurred with the Gingrich staff, and we really don’t know what went on. For Wallace to say it was a “mess” is not objective. It is possible that there were just disagreements on message, or maybe the staff saw better opportunities elsewhere, or maybe it really was a mess. We don’t know and never will get the whole truth. It was not going to be resolved in a 30 second answer, either.

      Wallace claims he was asking about Newt’s record, but that is not a “record”. A “record” is facts that can be verified and proven. What went on in Newt’s office is just going to be argued by the persons who were involved.

      Newt has a very long “record” of public service and votes. That is what he should have been asked about, not internal arguments of the staff.

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  • Darron
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:45pm

    Chris Wallace is such a flake!!!!!

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    • Buldogg
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:02am

      I lost respect for Wallace during that interview. I have never seen someone take a pummelling like Newt delivered on Wallace tonight. Newt can’t win but he is laying the groundwork to start to get some of these gotcha meaningless questions out of these debates and turn the focus to the real issues. York’s question to Bachmann about her husband was also lame and glad to see the crowd boo it. Surprised to see that come from York.

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:45pm

    Georgia men come across better prepared than the others by sounding more confident on their responses.

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  • Mountain Dew
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:44pm

    Gingrich knows he’s out of it so why not? Can’t hurt him any.

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    • Hungry_i
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:53pm

      Good point. Too bad, as he’s very qualified.

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    • BoyScout_Mom
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:07pm

      Wrong. Newt is unmatched on this stage in intellect and experience. He also needs to appear as every bit as virile (sp?), coherent, and decisive as he always does… GO NEWT! RUN!

      Not to mention… I’d love to see him Mop The Floor with “B.”… Oh, I’d pay money.

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    • charles116
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:09pm

      Newty is a PSEUDO everything.
      Not qualified for anything -including paying his bills.

      charles116  
    • DT5
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:17pm

      if he is not qualified, who is????????????

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    • CatB
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:31pm

      @charles

      Why do you care? You will be voting for Obama … you add nothing to this debate.

      TEA!

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    • UrsaMajor
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 2:34am

      “Not qualified for anything -including paying his bills.”

      RIGHT ON! We need more qualified, Iran-loving anti-semites like Ron Paul. I’m with YOU and Ron, Chucky… GIVE IRAN NUKES NOW!

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  • hogtrashhd
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:42pm

    Newt is on fire tonight.. when they’ll let him in.. I respect his intellect and experience.. but man is he a hot head.. but I like that a little bit too….I want Palin and Rubio.. nothing more to that…

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    • BoyScout_Mom
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:24pm

      I like Michele and Sarah, I just want neither as my president, in 12′… later? maybe…

      What I want is someone who is able to open a can of Whoop A**, as Newt did tonight… unapologetically… Cain will do that, but I‘m concerned he’ll be caught off guard with the expeience factor.

      I think Mitt has it in him, but he’s been afraid to unleash it. He still has to be nicey and smile. It‘s either his faith or he’s afraid of the race thing.

      I really love Santorum; he’ll make a great veep.

      What I want is someone to carry a Big Stick, kick a**, take names later… Christie?

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:42pm

    Mr Wallace seems to have an agenda of his own…

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    • charles116
      Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:08pm

      NO one on FOX has an agenda where the GOP is concerned

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    • TMan2020
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 1:08am

      Charles, You’re really lost, aren’t you?

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    • Papa
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:25pm

      Charles, you really don’t think there are intra-party agendas fought using allies in the media? I think if you sat down and considered that more carefully, you might change your mind.

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:41pm

    I have no ill feelings for either man; Chris is a nice guy and I have met him. Just a soap opera overall.

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    • looseyloo
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 4:13pm

      So what if you met him? That was not an objective question– not when Wallace suggests Newt’s campaign was a “mess.” He does that crap in a lot of his questions, to make the question about himself, as in “Look at how provacative I am being.”

      He added the Bachmann “flake” thing at the end of the question, just like he did with Newt. He called Cain’s comments on Muslims “questionable”, but it is up to the viewers to decide if they are “questionable”. Wallace just needs to quote them.

      Wallace is as bad as anyone on MSNBC, CNN or any other lib network. It is all about him, not the guest or candidate. Objectivity does not include suggesting something is a “mess”, or somebody is a “flake.” It means asking a straightforward, neutral question, without adjectives, adverbs or incendiary comments.

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