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Romney Tells Gingrich He Would ‘Fire’ Him Over His Moon Colony Proposal

In what was perhaps one of the more lively GOP debates among the entire spectrum of showdowns thus far, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney lampooned rival Newt Gingrich for his proposal to colonize the moon and accused the former House speaker of pandering to Florida’s Space Coast.

“I spent 25 years in business. If I had a business executive come to me and say they wanted to spend a few hundred billion dollars to put a colony on the moon, I’d say, ‘You’re fired!’” Romney said matter-of-factly.

Mocking the prospect of using private entities to fund a lunar colony, Romney added, “The idea that corporate America wants to go off to the moon and build a colony there, it may be a big idea, but it’s not a good idea.”

Here’s the clip:

CBS reports:

Gingrich on Wednesday laid out an extensive plan to have a permanent U.S. base on the moon by the end of his second term as president. He said that once 13,000 Americans were living on the moon, the colony could apply for statehood. The promise could appeal to Florida’s space industry, which has struggled since NASA ended the U.S. shuttle program in 2011.

In Florida, he said, Gingrich promises to spend “untold amounts of money” on a moon colony, while he promises a new Veterans Health Administration hospital in New Hampshire and a new interstate highway in South Carolina.

“This idea of going state to state and promising what people want to hear, promising billions, hundreds of billions of dollars to make people happy, that‘s what got us into the trouble we’re in now,” Romney said. “We’ve got to say no to this kind of spending.”

Developing a lunar base would cost “hundreds of billions, if not trillions,” Romney said, adding, “I’d rather be rebuilding housing here in the U.S.”

In response, Gingrich reminded that he helped pass the 1997 Balanced Budget Act to balance the federal budget while doubling the size of the National Institutes of Health, “because we set priorities.”

“It is possible to do the right things in the right order to make this a bigger, richer, more exciting country,” he said.

 

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  • Delores at CH WV
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:45am

    Sorry, Romney. The U.S. Department of Labor and Human Rights would never allow you to fire Newt because he suffers from “foot in mouth disease” and He is a protected class in this country. You are really out of touch with the common man; the fearless leader will fine you and demand your first born son and 16 trillion dollars.

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    • Sirfoldallot
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:29am

      Newt = Grand Ideas

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    • Jefferson
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:41am

      I liked Paul’s answer the best. “I’d like to send some of these politicians to the moon.”

      Newt just proved how out of touch with reality he is.

      We’re broke. We’re borrowing 43 cents of every dollar to carry out an unsustainable agenda, and he want’s to “colonize the moon.”

      How ’bout we focus on getting our own house in order, before we go around the world telling everyone else how to act? That idea sounds more reasonable than colonizing the moon.

      Newt isn’t on the ballot for Virginia, and even in his own state of Georgia. He’s a pompous paper tiger. The GOP is going to lose without Paul. Period.

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    • Black Eagle
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:20pm

      Romney would have fired Columbus for his stupid ideas, and also nixed the Apollo program as well. At least, if that’s what would get him elected. What is visionary to some is purely hogwash and fantasy to others. The American space program helped spur inventiveness and innovation like nothing else in our history. Today, Obama has basically thrown it all into the trash.

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    • jzs
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:41pm

      There’s an impractical idea. What would 13 people do on the moon, let along 13,000? There‘s nothing on the moon that can’t be found on Earth (because the moon is made of the Earth). You can’t farm. How would they pay their way? It would cost trillions even to try. Of course, Newt doesn’t really mean this. It‘s simply an outrageous remark to get his name to stick in uninformed voter’s minds.

      And no, Obama didn’t kill the space program. Bush retired the shuttles. And if you hadn’t noticed, some people are concerned about the deficit. Who exactly is going to approve large sums of money for an ambitious space program these days? Nobody that’s who, least of all the Republicans.

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  • Cousin_of_Marx
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:21am

    Romney would also fire JFK for starting the Moon Race.

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    • reform
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:39am

      Pamela you do recognize the fact that this debate was in Florida which has always been related to the space program and the amount of jobs that it contributed to. There is no right time for big ideas if you don’t bring the ideas to the forefront to explore.

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:39am

      Romney says he’ll bring together top professors, the military and corporate America to discuss the future of space, it‘s a polit way of saying that he has no clue what he’s going to do. If anyone is out to space, it’s Romney.

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:12am

      @COUSIN …

      That was my first thought also .. imagine that JFK had the NERVE to suggest that we could put a man on the moon before the end of the decade? What ?.. we did ??? We won the “space race” …? Never mind.

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    • P8riot
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 10:44am

      I’m sure you all see the difference between the “space race” and Newt’s ideas. The space race was not about creating jobs, or simply “exploring” – it was about technological superiority and weaponry over the Russians (communism in general). That was a NEED, a moon colony is a WANT.

      I’m also sure all of our parents taught us the difference between a need and a want and which we should “buy” when money is tight.

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    • addie
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:21pm

      Apparently Romney isn’t rich enough to understand the wants to explore space! Many rich people who give up millions for the opportunity! One recently paid $20,000,0000 just to go into space, imagine what they would pay to visit and stand on the moon? But hey, not need to explore the moon right? We can’t learn anything new from the moon right? There is potentially no energy source on the moon right? No natural resources right? How would we now without going there? Imagine if we all still thought the world was flat and Newt want to send a ship out to explore the horizon? You never know what we might discover along the way of traveling to the moon but Romney’s mind is just like a typical liberals, it’s a vacuum! Romney would rather regress and go back to bicycles and wind mills and horse drown carriages and teaching kids in school about gays, lesbians and sex rather than science and math.

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    • lillith goby
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:47pm

      That is rather a stretch since that was then and did succeed and this is now and we are broke with left wing socialist green job industry spending, stimulus funds that sink into oblivion, and since Newt said “Right wing social engineering was as bad as left wing”. He really meant any ideas but his grandoise ones IMO.

      Same with zany ideas for non-essential spending from the man who went to Washington and never left–earmarks and porkulous spending a habit with Newt?

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  • pamela kay
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:12am

    I understand that exploring the moon has possibilities and that we could benefit from them, however to most Americans who are not familar with the issue and simply do care the whole moon thing makes Newt sound wacko. He picked the wrong time to address this and gave Romney a chance to make a few remarks that those people will agree with. If Santorim had more money to back him he could still be in the race.I look for him to have to back out due to his campaign finances. The last thing we need is all of this back and forth trashing between the republicans. They are dividing the party and who ever gets the nomination will have to run with all the baggage from these debates. It keeps playing into the hands of the progressives and I they need stop and stick to the issues at hand and explain what they intend to do about them. I wish West and Rubio were running. The old saying “you are cutting off your nose to spite your face.” is whats happening to our candidates. We are in serious trouble and had better start getting our ducks in a row if we want any chance of victory in 2012. In our local paper in what is called the community voice, we are finally seeing people who are tired of Obama. Which is unusual for this area. Even on FB I am seeing more and more people frustrated with our president and posting articles against him, and the progressive movement.. and I hope this bashing within our party does not push supporters away. We need as many on our side as we can get.

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  • chyressa
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:44am

    well said…………

    Breaking from Newsmax.com
    Limbaugh, Mike Reagan Blast Romney for Smears on Gingrich
    Ronald Reagan’s eldest son Mike Reagan has issued a statement lambasting Mitt Romney and his supporters for claims that Romney’s Republican presidential rival Newt Gingrich was a strong critic of President Reagan.
    Mike Reagan says such claims are false.
    Even Rush Limbaugh, shocked by the Romney claims, chimed on his Thursday radio broadcast to say, “This is obviously a coordinated attack to take Newt out here in Florida.”
    Rush slammed the Romney-backed smear campaign against Newt.
    “That kind of stuff is why people hate Romney so much,” Limbaugh said.
    Limbaugh added that Newt has always been a conservative from his early days in national talk radio in the 1980s.
    “He was perhaps the premier defender of Ronald Reagan,” Limbaugh said.
    YEP… WE ARE GONNA GET THE PUPPET

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    • chyressa
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:52am

      @CHYRESSA… THIS IS THE REST OF THE ARTICLE………….

      Limbaugh added that Newt has always been a conservative from his early days in national talk radio in the 1980s.
      “He was perhaps the premier defender of Ronald Reagan,” Limbaugh said.
      On Thursday, Mike Reagan, a respected conservative commentator, responded to the Gingrich critics with this statement to Newsmax:
      “I am deeply disturbed that supporters of Mitt Romney are claiming that Newt Gingrich is not a true Reaganite and are even claiming that Newt was a strong critic of my father.
      “Recently I endorsed Newt Gingrich for president because I believe that Newt is the only Republican candidate who has both consistently backed the conservative policies that my father championed and the only Republican that will continue to implement his vision.
      “It surprises me that Mitt Romney and his supporters would raise this issue — when Mitt by his own admission voted for Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale who opposed my father, and later supported liberal Democrat Paul Tsongas for president.
      “As governor of Massachusetts, Romney’s achievement was the most socialistic healthcare plan in the nation up until that time.
      “Say what you want about Newt Gingrich but when he was speaker of the House he surrounded himself with Reagan conservatives and implemented a Ronald Reagan program of low taxes and restrained federal spending.
      “Newt’s conservative program created a huge economic boom and balanced the budg

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    • rdjones
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:03am

      GOOD STUFF, I think I love you.

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    • reform
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:23am

      You have to wonder why Mitt Romney’s blind trust removed their funds from the Swiss Bank accounts does wiki leaks come to mind? You remember all the Americans that up until wiki leaks produced how many wealthy people withholding funds don’t you Glenn? Would be interesting to note if he only paid the tax once they were discovered he was holding them in a Swiss account. Get your crew on it Glenn find out if they were brought back to the states before or after wiki leaks. Or do you not find it relevant to the conversation same with the Cayman Islands accounts, and we are led to believe that all the funds in them accounts are tax at the American rate.

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    • Bush Hating Conervatives make me sick
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:37am

      But Rush also said it’s true, that Newt did slam Reagan!

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    • lillith goby
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:50pm

      Drudge had three articles on that headlined things Newt said about Reagan. They disappearred off Drudge. Were they false or real articles in the past?

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  • rdjones
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:36am

    I heard NEWT’s speech on the Moon Base.

    I actually think the MOON BASE is more inprotant that any of us think.

    Friday this may be somthing NEWT can turn FLORIDA around with ads, quickly.

    Any body see the NEWT speech (on Moon Base) and want to tell me it is a bad idea??<<<<<
    GIVE ME YOUR BEST SHOT, DON'T HOLD BACK !!!

    Warning, I have AMERICA on my side, not pundit NIT WITS you listen to or radio shock jocks who are trying to destroy Granpa.

    BTW, was not SHI$T Romneedy a supreme dirt bag this week and tonight?

    HE has an attack ad on where he lied to the entire nation on NATIONAL TV
    saying he did not know what is in it lying about NEWT and being totally discusting?
    AND you are going to brag about this DIRT BAG an let him buy your vote and Primary ???

    AND he left out some off-shore accounts in 2008 and now (2011 Financial reports).,
    I don't care he is rich, I care he lies about it or covers it up.

    HE may have to drop out if he keeps this up.
    HE has already LOST to OBUMMER.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:57am

      Yes, How can we expect our president to not know what was in the adds…… I suppose Romney will keep Eric Holder as Attorney General at this point. “ I did not know about the Guns ”

      Romney was as arrogant as Obama tonight.

      He told Wolf what question he was going to answer.

      He said he needed more time

      He rephrased all the questions to his talking points

      He did not answer any question ( came close once or twice )

      If you mute the audio and focus on the question Romney is supposed to answer he only spoke for 23 seconds…..

      He has the Obama Dominate the conversation tactic down.

      He keeps ranting about the Private Sector and the Olympics ………..

      The Olympics The Olympics Oh my god…

      They have been around for 400 years, you mean to tell me the Olympics were done for all time.

      Willard saved the Shot Put! Give the man a Medal

      He spun like a top
      He stuttered like Obama
      He went on and on like Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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    • carlylauren
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:25am

      All their bickering and ‘you said this’ and ‘you did this at one point in your life’ is annoying me to pieces. Talk about your own accomplishments, ideas and plans for helping the country. It shouldn’t matter how much one candidate makes or what religion they are, they’re job is to protect our natural rights, our borders and create an environment for life and liberty, and they should be able to articulate their platform without bashing the men next to them.

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    • flipper1073
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:22am

      @ MS
      actually Mitt saved the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
      no shot put in winter mostly sking an skating a little sledding
      by the way I’m no Romney supporter.

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    • wheresmysandybeach
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:49am

      Thank you MS-GLENNBC for the best synopsis I have EVER read on Romney in a debate! All so true! The Olympics indeed, who gives a rat’s about them, and Debbie Wasserman-Shultz – LMAO and perfect!!

      We‘re so screwed if he’s the nominee, Romney is as much a creepy, thin-skinned narcissist as Obummer! And Obummer will own him in a debate, why doesn’t The Establishment see that??

      Oh and I noticed every time creepy Romney is flustered and pissed off at another candidate (how DARE they all be up on that stage with him?) he sticks that girly left hand into his pocket! It was in and out a lot last nite!!

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    • P8riot
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:07am

      Do you really need to be told why the idea of the government building a “moon colony” is a bad idea? lol.

      I guess building ANYTHING wouldn’t be a “bad idea” (except for the “death star”) if we could just print money… oh wait, we do that… so I guess you’re right, we’ll just print the money to do it.

      Also, lets not get confused between the “space race” and these Newtered ideas. The space race was about technological superiority and weaponry above the communists. That was a NEED, not a WANT. We needed to establish that superiority for national security issues. Most people understand that we don’t go out and buy the “wants” when we can’t even afford the “needs”.

      Once this country has so much money that we can’t figure out what to buy next, then we can start building colonies on the moon. Better yet, IF WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD A COLONY ON THE MOON, MAYBE THAT IS ANOTHER SIGN WE SHOULD LOWER TAXES AND SHRINK GOVERNMENT!!!

      So long story short – if the PRIVATE SECTOR wants to build a colony on the moon, then GREAT! But you and Newt are reaching FAR BEYOND the constitutional limits of what our government should be using OUR TAX DOLLARS for.

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  • ripvanwinkle
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:24am

    Actually, Romney has the seed of a good idea. Rather than the moon, let’s build self-contained lunar base-like colonies on Earth that operate off the power grid. They could have their own miniature underground nuclear power generators, food production, etc. We do need to be self-sufficient, after all.

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    • reform
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:26am

      You not realize all the scientific progress we’ve made came from the space program? The recycling of one’s body fluids to be able to drink, GPS systems there are too many to name. Newt’s response was that the private sector shall hold a major stake in it (IE Virgin Atlantic CEO).

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  • ripvanwinkle
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:18am

    Hey, I’m all for colonizing the Moon… as long as it’s done while the debt decreases monotonically. Tell you what: a completely flat tax, shut down the IRS, shut down TSA, and squeeze the necessary funds out a balanced budget, and we‘ll override Romney’s vote.

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  • eyestoseeearstohear
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:13am

    Newt KNOWS not to immediately venture into a costly operation such as this, right away.
    Newt KNOWS the immediate task at hand is getting things on track.
    He does say IF there were PRIZES offered, it might encourage and generate
    interest in having a Space program.

    DON’T YALL BE SO EASILY FOOLED…OR WISHY-WASHY.

    The Media and EVERY KNOWN ENEMY LAUNCHED A BOMB AT NEWT TODAY.
    Remember how they did Herman Cain – ” a chick a day, keeps Herman away.
    And, they did it until it FINALLY WORKED.

    Once again, they are picking who THEY want us to choose AND helping Obama to
    PICK OFF the candidate HE WANTS to run against.

    LQQK AT WHO’S DELIVERING THESE “MESSENGERS”….
    Even Pelosi – who just wanted to PLANT THE SEED OF DOUBT by saying,
    “She knew something”, and DIDN’T HAVE TO SAY ANY MORE THAN THAT.

    ALL of them have had THEIR PERSONAL DIFFERENCES WITH NEWT…
    and have butted heads with him in the past OR Newt doesn’t have THEM on HIS
    FRIEND LIST TODAY.

    WHOMEVER you like, stick with them until YOU decide otherwise.

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  • OperationNorthwoods
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:08am

    Ron Paul was truly funny tonight. “there’s some politicians we should send to the moon”. Classic

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  • WhiteFall
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:00am

    Question: After hearing Romney speak about his wife having bouts with MS and Cancer didn’t Newts first wife have cancer and his second MS- Is it coincidence or do I have it wrong ?

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  • ScarletRose
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:33am

    Moon or Mars colonies are $$$Trillion pipe dreams. They did that enclosed biosphere experiment out west during the 90′s and never could make it life-sustaining, even in just the OXYGEN aspect. Imagine emergency trips to the moon to carry extra oxygen and something goes wrong with the flight.

    WHY!!! They are not even experimenting under the sea, or even under a LAKE for that matter.

    That is a SICK depletion of TAX MONEY from tax payers – to bleed folks just to be bleeding them???
    That is an extreme case of sociopathic behavior. Jules Verne DREAMING is one thing – Newt literally suggesting we should spend money on it…….. I’d put him on trial for Treason if he tried it, if I could.

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:12am

      I wouldn’t have put it quite that way, but you are right.

      There will eventually be more space exploration and the money will be well spent in side benefits alone (noting the many benefits from the previous explorations).

      But now is most certainly not the time.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:33am

      Newt changes direction like the wind. He was just pandering to the “Space Coast.”

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    • rdjones
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:01am

      You are a DUFUS and did not see the NEWT’s speech on the MOON Base?

      Almost ALL the cool technology you have now was because of the MOON SHOT , IDIOT !!!
      Special metals, plastics, procesor chips, computers, fuels, etc, etc.

      We are Americans, not quitters.

      INNOVATION is the answer, and NEWT wants to inspire the young folks. OUR FUTURE.

      The idea is to take money from NASA budget (say 10 bilion), and offer it up as a prize or rewards.
      With 2 trillion on the sidelines, I think some businesses will want to play in this “space” game again.

      FIX the tax code, incentivise creativity, UNLEASH THE PEOPLE.
      There is a lot to discover, but right now, we are stuck in OBUMMER MODE, so we got to bresk free from this tyranny….again….

      If you want to see things overcome, offer up some big money to creative AMERICANS.

      We will get Amerians back to work and steer a lot kids back to science and math.

      To write THINGS (as you do) can’t be done is not AMERICAN, it is defeatist.

      There is a mineral on the Moon, that is very valuable.

      NO telling what we can find on MARS if we get a new propulsion system working, dingleberry.

      If you want to just let the Chinese do it first, go blog in the basement and be depressed.

      Romneedy is not a visionary, and can’t lead us to the future.

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    • rdjones
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:23am

      HEY, let me clue you in, since you did not hear the speech, right?

      First of all, the GOV spent 20 billion on the MOON shot, rushed it, lost some good people.
      We had not even put a man in orbit yet, but JKF inspired AMERICANS to get it done !
      Within 10 years.

      Do you realize how many things we innovated and how much MONEY it put in to our economy?

      NASA made trillions for the AMERICAN people,

      This project will be done smarter and cheaper, because it is the only way.

      PRIZES will inspire the country, to get the creators motivated.

      We need to create new propultion systems, the kids that do that, will be our heros of the 21st century.

      WE don’t need 100 new SOLAR companies for OBAMMER and his GREEN CRONY CAPITALIST.

      OBAMA is taking us in REVERSE, and set in motion a country that is losing its way.
      Mitt can not beat hm, period !

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:06am

      @ RDJONES
      Can Mitt beat Obama? I don’t know. Can Newt beat Obama? No. I know that that is not what you want to hear, but the polls show that pretty clearly. Newt also showed it last night: the uber-debater was dazed, confused and weak. Think of what the Newt-boosters say about debates and how Newt would wipe the floor with Obama. Now, think of last night. Get the picture? Even if Newt were such an El Supremo debater, he would never be able to get a sitting president to engage in the extensive debates that Newt (ever arrogantly, ever grandiose) claims he will “force” Obama into.
      Let’s face it: Rick Santorum is the ONLY solid conservative in the race and he has a better chance in the general election than Newt. I faced it last week and donated $500 to Rick Santorum’s campaign.

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:31am

    it’s all petty nonsense.

    we are voting ANYONE BUT obama in November because everyone opposing obama are 100% AMERICAN, 100%….. something that vile communist animal obama can never even hope to claim to be (not that the vile anti-America indonesian-mosque animal would have ever wanted to be an American to begin with ).

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  • Thevoice
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:17am

    I did this and I did that and I‘ll do this and I’ll do that….This is going to be a long year…. with one look at the bear I killed my daddy shot story over and over again …Step one to restore America …Begin with the basic step…Let people dream and achieve unhindered… Goof grief …. you can do nothing today without first crossing a swamp of government desk squatters their rules regulations and their fat asses…

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  • usa91773
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:14am

    Santorum is right The Grinch does have wacky ideas. Game over bye Newt, not intellectually fit to be president.

    I hope Ron Paul stays in the race, I don’t want him to get the nomination but adds information worth pondering.

    Im sticking with Romney and think Santorum would be a good Cabinet choice.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:27am

      Ron Paul is a old kook that would have us living like it 1839. Like your cell phone / internet ?…it wouldn’t have happen with Kook Paul and his NWO nutjobs.

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:26am

      Pauls NWO would be the opposite of spooky dudes.

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    • reform
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:36am

      real wacky idea correct let me see United States sends up the space shuttle attaches to the space station and then returns home only to land on a runway right? Then we have the Chinese and the Russians still pick them out of the water on their return home which is a more viable option? Which would spur the intellect of our children with new capabilities of space travel? Let’s see as a child growing up I seem to recall Ray guns as fiction.

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    • Bush Hating Conervatives make me sick
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:44am

      Agree! Romeny fianlly put it on Newt.. Newt thought he was going to slam Wolf, can’t all 4 of us agree. Wolf said you said this thing about the Kayman Islands and swiss accounts. Newt Yeah I said it in some speech but this is a national debate. Romeny, would be nice if some people saying thigs were held accountable! Newt, we’re not in South Carolina! Newt where’s my crowd! GAME OVER NEWT!

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    • reform
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:58am

      Bush hating conservatives was the money withdrawn from the Swiss accounts before or after wiki-leaks? Answer the question and you are aware that most of Mitt Romney‘s campaign staff have been heavily invested in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae aren’t you? That means an investment wherein if they should fail like they have in the past we the people have stepped in and bailed them out so therefore the investment has not fail. Now you are aware Mr. Romney states that pensions in such have invested in these institutions. Why would that be too big to fail so therefore the investment is secure because the taxpayers for the better part has propped them up? If Freddie and Fannie Mac were to become insolvent or very weak do you honestly believe Mr. Romney would have his money parked there? Reality sucks?

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:53am

      Blitzer really helped Romney tonight when he saved him from Santorum, who exposed Romney badly on the whole underlying political problem of having as a nominee a guy who imposed Romneycare.
      Romney KNEW he was getting hurt.

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  • father_of_10
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:10am

    When on a political discussion and a person does attacks on a religion, it shows that the person has no viable argument for the relevant discussion at hand. It shows him to be nothing more than a bigoted, bitter, closed-minded fool.

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    • lillith goby
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:41pm

      Good for you. Either citizens should shut up about Mormonism or dig with same rudeness into the nooks and crannies of all candidates religions or civic organizations.

      Is open bigotry against the Mormons the last of its kind in America? Mormons do not have the protection that other oppressed minorities do because they have been declared mainstreamed. Are they?

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  • american1st
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:06am

    The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

    “What I fear most are affirmative actions of sober and well-intentioned men, granting to government powers to do something that appears to need doing.”

    “There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.”

    “TANSTAAFL”

    “In past history popularly elected governments have been no better and sometimes far worse than overt tyrannies.”

    Simon jester

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  • rsanchez1
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:52am

    Bush had a plan for going to the Moon. We could be half way to achieving that plan, but Obama scrapped it to pay off his supporters with his stimulus.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:01am

      helium-3, a rare helium isotope that is missing a neutron. Physicists have yet to achieve pure helium-3 fusion, but if they did, we’d have a clean, virtually infinite power source. And that’s where the moon comes in. The moon’s lunar soil is chock-full of helium reserves, thanks to the solar wind.

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  • DownWithDems
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:50am

    *****************************************************************
    Gingrich Defends Obamacare

    http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/7528-faux-conservative-newt-gingrich-defends-obamacare-mandate

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  • MS-GlenNBC
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:44am

    OK all you BECKBOTS… Beck is for Santorum…. Pat and Stu…. Really

    Just look at these 4 headlines on the Blaze right now…. you Romney-aid drinking Beck Bots.

    Santorum Attempts… ( signifiying he is not able to )

    Romney Tells….

    Romney Rebuffs

    Romney Debates

    Romney Romney Romney ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

    Santorum Attempts to Keep Debate On Course: ‘Focus on the Issues!’

    Romney Tells Gingrich He Would ‘Fire’ Him Over His Moon Colony Proposal

    Romney Rebuffs Santorum on Health Care: ‘It’s Not Worth Getting Angry About’

    LIVE CHAT Replay: Romney Debates Rivals on Moon Colonies, Immigration, Wealth

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    • NoTalkStink
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:53am

      How long have you listened to Glenn – emphasis on “listen?”

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:20am

      Long Time Every Day but since he has become an

      Anti-Gingrich Romney Super Pac Smear Machine

      I have decided that as Long as Glenn Beck is going to keep attacking Newt Gingrich I will help George Soros try to make Glenn into Lonsome Rhodes, from “A Face in the Crowd”

      Glenn is well on his way. Oh and since you asked I watch and record and cut up all of Glenns Shows…. So let me ask you how long have you been listenig, REALLY LISTENING??

      Being respectfull to a Nice caller
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ3LbyunecA
      Pat in 4th hour taking credit for Newt Attacks
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi2sJHeHg_8
      Glenn supporting 3rd party or suggesting or supporting Newt
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhOBFCmK2kk

      I will go toe to toe with you. What do you hear when you listen and how often do you listen?

      Did you catch the connection of Newt Gingrich to the Nazi’s killing 11 million people
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGFxEupRK0E

      How about this Rant We lied to him?
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL91uZr857Q

      And how glenn responded to his listeners being upset with the Gingrich attacks.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7qcvyL6SFs

      I would not expect you to listen but if you do Question with Boldness…. I give you

      Glenn Beck 101 A Face in the Crowd.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:42am

      Blaze…. are you blocking the truth??

      Where is my reply?

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    • Joey8
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:43am

      poor kid, Newt is looking more like a Dingus every day and you get more desperate with each post.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:50am

      Little Joey

      Beck has stated he is For Something

      Beck has stated that he is not against something

      I like Santorum, dope. Same as Beck…

      But Beck is so hell bent on trashing Gingrich he is going to make Romney the Republican Nominee.

      If Beck was a Man of his word he would Spend 2.5 hours supporting Santorum instead he is Anti Gingrich programing.

      If it is Romney Santorum the Media will toss off Santorum and Romney is the Candidate..

      You are so stupid… Did you see Santorum tonight.. What the hell is RomneyCare going to be able to do to ObamaCare.

      Dope joey

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:54am

      Hey joey

      if you listen to the debate tonight….. I don’t think Romney answered 1 question. Maybe he got close once or twice.

      Isn’t that what we have with Obama… a mean spirited trash talking stuttering moron.

      If you mute the volume when Romney is not answering a question Romney would have spoken for less than 23 seconds.

      Obama does the same thing.

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:31am

      @ MSGLENN ……Yabut you are a baby troll only your fellow trolls read your posts.

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    • want2hearFREEDOMring
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 10:44am

      There may be a problem with the Romney campaign. He announced during 1-26-12 debate his father was born in Mexico, which disqualifies him from being a natural born citizen and the office on POTUS.

      Here’s the vid (around 30sec): http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/26/politics/republican-debate/index.html

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  • slr4528
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:41am

    Speaker Moonbeam’s ego was deflated this evening.

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  • Daddymac10
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:36am

    If Newt wants to go to the moon, then let him pay for it alone. What’s on the moon that suppose to be so important??

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    • rsanchez1
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:51am

      Just a huge supply of materials that are valuable here on Earth.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:55am

      helium-3..that is what makes it important and Mitt Witt is a fool

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:51am

      When you see China moving towards a lunar landing, with all the international clout that goes along with it, when you see America’s foreign policy problems compounded by the sight of China moving into space while America grapples with the aftermath of the passage of obamacare, when you see all that go down and when you see China start developing Generation 5 and 6 fighter/bombers, it’s not going to be a joke anymore. It is absolutely crucial America maintain a significant edge in cyberspace and aerospace.

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:58am

      Why didn’t Gingrich remind voters of the crucial interrelationship between our space program and our dominance of air/space, which is absolutely crucial to our armed forces, particularly when our armed forces are shrinking.
      When our forces are shrinking, AIR/SPACE DOMINANCE becomes all the more important.

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:35am

    Romney, you are useless. Just useless.

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  • TXPilot
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:32am

    Having a colony on the moon is a nice dream, but depending on the now gutted NASA to get us there isn’t going to happen. At the rate things are going these days, if and when a colony is established there, we will all be going to bed each night, under the light of a Chinese moon…..very sad.

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:39am

      Isn’t there a part in Revelations that says the moon turns red?

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:47am

      Its only a reflection of the earth RED

      Are we there yet……………………………..

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  • Shasta
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:31am

    Where did American exceptionalism go? The frontier of space is one of the few legitimate cases where government has a purpose, where the private market will not go.

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    • youarenotthebossofme
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:33am

      We could borrow some more money from China to build a moon colony. When we go bankrupt we will have a place to live.

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  • ModerationIsBest
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:27am

    It’s amazing that someone could read the story of how Joseph Smith translated the golden plates and still become that rich.

    Must be the work of the devil!

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    • mtnpull
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:35am

      Wow, you are an idiot!

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    • ModerationIsBest
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:39am

      I’m not the one who believes in imaginary beings.

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    • windwalker
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:41am

      Right like people believing Jesus walked on water and raised people from the dead. How Jesus redeemed all man kind through his suffering. Why is believing that a man of God as they call him was able to translate an old language into the Book of Mormon. Christians are always telling Mormon’s they are crazy and they themselves believe some amazing unverifyable things. I might add Mormon’s believe in the Biblical Jesus not in the modern Christian watered down Jesus. Lets put things in perspective before you go shooting off your mouth (words) about things you know nothing about.

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    • youarenotthebossofme
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:42am

      He also believes Moses parted the Red Sea, Jesus was born to a virgin mother, Jesus turned water in to wine, Jesus fed thousands with a few loafs and fishes, Jesus went without food and water for 40 days, Jesus died and the woke up three days later, Paul walked with Jesus’ ghost, John saw an angel that showed him the end of the world and so many other crazy loony things. How did he make so much money while believing all these things? Must be the work of the devil.

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    • NoTalkStink
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:50am

      Your ignorance, or bigotry, is showing! You have many neighbors who are LDS. Before you embarrass yourself, go talk to one of them. You will be surprised at how cordially they will answer your questions.

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    • ModerationIsBest
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:58am

      @NOTALKSTINK

      I have aunts, uncles and cousins who are Mormon. I know what they believe, which is why I’m not a Mormon. Same goes for all forms of belief.

      I love them very much. Doesn’t mean I think their beliefs are smart OR that I want them representing me to other nations.

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    • RealityCheckPeople
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:20am

      Romney could find the cure for cancer(jk), solve world peace(jk), resurrect our nations economy(very possible), and turn this country around. The sad part is that all you bigots out there still wouldn’t give him credit because he is a Mormon… how sad is that? Stupid people just shouldn’t reproduce and stop the spread of ignorance. So much for ” One country, under God…”

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    • reform
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:49am

      I am Mitt Romney and I approve this message.

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    • P8riot
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:34pm

      @ YOUARENOTTHEBOSSOFME – You’re exactly right. Without faith, ANY religion seems crazy.

      @ Moderationisbest – I’m an attorney and my clients have NEVER asked me what religion I subscribe to. In fact, if anyone did, I probably wouldn’t represent them as it would show a lack of logical reasoning.

      I highly doubt that “mormons” are less intelligent than anyone else – if anything, its the exact opposite.

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