‘Trash’: Gingrich Responds to WaPo Writer Trying to Dig Up Dirt on Him
- Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:25pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Newt Gingrich has a message for major news outlets looking to smear him by digging up statements and transgressions from his past: Why not first look into the past of the man who’s currently in the Oval Office?
On Monday, Washington Post reporter Aaron Blake reached out to his followers on Twitter for help in finding damaging remarks made by surging GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich:
The ordeal is reminiscent of an incident earlier this year during which the Post and The New York Times asked readers to help dig for dirt in the 24,000 pages of emails released from Sarah Palin’s time as governor of Alaska.
While the search for damaging information produced little ammo for liberals, the call for volunteers to help smear the Republican governor drew criticism from conservatives who have long alleged a left-leaning bias from the so-called “main stream media.”
When asked during a radio interview what he thought about Blake’s tweet, Gingrich said he’s not surprised.
“I think that you have to expect that kind of trash,” said Gingrich. He went on to say that he’s been honest about his past and that he has had to ask for forgiveness for some of the things he has done.
“It’s a little sad to see a paper the quality of the Washington Post stoop to that, which used to be the National Enquirer approach to life. But that’s just the nature of where we are today,” he said.
Gingrich commented that rather than “crowd-sourcing” into his past, the media should account for where they have come short in carrying out the appropriate investigation into the president.
“I wish they would crowd-source to discover what he did at Columbia University, and I wish they would crowd-source to figure out what he did with Saul Alinsky’s ideas on the South Side of Chicago,” Gingrich said. “But the news media’s never quite found itself as excited about the facts about Barack Obama. Would rather worry about rumors about conservatives than facts about the President.”
Gingrich pointed out that it is “absurd” how little Americans know about the president’s life after he left Hawaii, in particular what he did in Chicago.
(H/T: Newsbusters)





















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Politijack
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:50pmNewt is far from perfect and I hear hes quite the douchbag on a personal level.However hes a staunch Capitalist and a very smart guy.
Currently I think hes the best chance of winning in 2012.His checkered past with both parties will actually help him the most when it comes to the indys.
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:56pmStaunch capitalist?! You’ve been misled by some smooth talking or something. Newt is bad news and will only make things worse. Look at his record.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:56pmYou got it, I hope the turnips are smart enough to figure that one out!
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:09pmNewt‘s past writings and speeches on solving the problems in healthcare line up almost perfectly with Obama’s Health Reform Act, “Obamacare” as you like to call it. Don’t believe me? Do some homework.
Report Post »libh8er
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:49pmDigging in the past of Gingrich should make it ok to dig into the past of Barry Soetoro… Let’s see it.
Report Post »bhohater
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 7:51pmI think we all know what we would find in Obummer’s past, born in Kenya and schooled in Communism and Marxism, but what difference would it make? Surely you don’t think he would be impeached. The charlatan is now the President of the United States of America, and in all likelihood will be for another 5 years, if we last that long.
Report Post »bernbart
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:48pmWell that won’t be to hard and there is plenty of dirt to dig up on Newt. Newt ushered in the era of divisive politics in congress. He left the House on ethics charges. He was having an affair when he was trying to impeach Clinton for his sexual misadventures. And he is a second rate historian.
Newt is full of himself.
Report Post »Arizona Don
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:58pmSo obama isn’t? Where you been the last three years?
Report Post »vinnymac46
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:58pmSimply put…then don’t vote for him.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:01pmNo BERNBART…Clinton impeached himself by lying to congress, not for his filandering. Do you understand that filandering is not an impeachable offense? Grow up you idiot you shouldn’t be allowed near a keyboard and an internet connection. Full of himself? At least Gingrich knows there hasn’t been an “English” embassy for centuries. Gingrich knows that Austrians speak German. He knows that “corpsman” is not pronounced “corpseman”. Obama’s the one with an over-inflated sense of self. Obama’s the same idiot who denounced rural Americans as being bitter and clinging to bibles and bigottry while addressing a $2500 a plate audience of San Francisco elitist liberals. Please….speak some sense you idiot.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:15pmNewt has invited Obama to a Lincoln-Douglas style debate should he win the nomination and Obama can even bring his TOTUS (Teleprompter of the United States). All you liberals know that Obama wouldn’t stand a chance in a debate with Newt on the Economy, National Defense, or any other subject. No matter where Obama goes he is the dumbest guy in the room. Can’t wait to see those college records after he is booted out of the WH.
Report Post »georgiavietvet
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:47pmbernbart……………… which is worse? newt and his baggage or obama and his communism? i’ll go for newt every time. obama is determined to destroy the constitution and capitalism in this country, and he is well on his way to doing it. what kind of system do you want to live under. i will choose the constitution and capitalism every time. obama and his ilk are going to be the cause of a civil war in this country, between those who will support the constitutrion and are willing to work for a living, and the others who support socialism, anarchy, and gov’t handouts, to those to lazy to work. you need to decide which side you are going to support. but you have already shown us which side you are on, haven’t you………………
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:56pmCriticism of Blingrich won’t be coming from the Obama admin. In fact, they’ll be helping Newt by attacking Willard. Would love to see Newt and Obama on a stage together. Some contrast :^)
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 6:06pmWell of course TIFOSA…Obama pretends to be above it all while his lackeys in the media, the chicago thugocracy he imported from Illinois and the DNC do all the muckraking. We’ve been paying attention..haven’t you?
Report Post »KTsayz
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 6:45pmNewt and Barry are cut from the same cloth.
Report Post »bhohater
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 9:13pmObummer think‘s he’s God, for Christ’s sake. Wonder what his aid’s say when he sneezes?
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:18amClinton was impeeached for lying under oath not what he was doing that he was lying about
Report Post »FREDW
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:47pmPeople, we need to keep our heads on straight and look at our options for this coming election. Any one of the republican candidates is a better choise than what is in the oval office now!!! If you want to keep condemning the republican candidates for changing thier mind on an issue, of for saying something you didn’t like, or for whatever reason you are only helping to divide people when we need to be united and single in purpose. As far as I’m concerned Mr. Gingrich could defeat Obama hands down.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:11pmHA! Gingrich could beat Obama hands down! Good one!
Report Post »Go Glenn
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:12pmWell said!!!
I agree that we need to stop attacking our own candidates and focus all our energy on the Big Turd.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:35pmSIMPLETON TRUTHS is whistling past the graveyard again.
Report Post »KTsayz
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 6:56pmIn the North Carolina GOP straw poll, where about 200 elitist Repubs payed $125 a piece to vote, Newt won with 55% of the vote. That’s approximately 100 people who voted for Newt.
Report Post »A couple of weeks later, North Carolina hosted a ‘grassroots’ straw poll that was also open to Independents. Voters had to register and get a number to vote. 630 people voted and Ron Paul won with 52% of the vote – that’s 329 people who voted for Ron Paul.
So Paul gets 2 out of every 3 votes in North Carolina.
Ron Paul gets the Independents vote and its the indies who will decide who wins the presidency.
Ron Paul also draws votes away from Barry because the blue dog dems will vote for him. And Ron Paul is garnering the youth vote.
There is only one Republican candidate who adheres to the Constitution and whose principles match those of our Founding Fathers:
President Ron Paul 2012
paco
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 8:58pmRon Paul. I contrubuted in 08. Unfortunately, I actually heard him in the debates, and realized that the 85 percent I agree with him is offset by the 15 percent Alex Jones style nutbag insanity. Its a shame, he had such potential.
Report Post »APROUDVETERAN
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:39pmRegardless of whatever shortcomings Newt might have OR any other GOP candidate instead of us looking for GOP shortcomings we should instead be backing ANYBODY from the GOP who runs against obama….Bottom LIne? Obama gotta go in 2012 —-another 4 years of this crap and we can kiss our butts good bye…….
Report Post »FREDW
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:49pmWell said!!
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:50pmI totoally agre!! Obama has to go along with his stupid cronies!
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:53pmHELL YES!!!! It doesnt’ matter who the nominee ends up being…get behind him or her and get Obama out of office. Make nothing else the priority. This country has endured enough hardship under Obama’s incompetence and Chicago curruptocracy. Gingrich continues to impress me. He turns the media right back on itself. The man is a lot smarter than Obama ever hoped to be. Having said that….Chris Christie’s warning should be heeded. Do not underestimate Obama as a campaigner. All Obama knows is trouble stirring and campaigning, governance is certainly beyond him.
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:54pmThat is a horrible philosophy. Newt is the republican version of Obama. We have been duped over and over again for big government republicans. Why not try to get someone who will actually change something?
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:12pmGo ahead GILBERTACCT..stay home and let Obama through again. All for the sake of ideological purity…we can wait another four years right? I mean…what more harm can Obama do? We can hold out with 9% unemployment, cratering housing markets and flatlined business for another four years..right? Especially when Europe crumbles under it‘s own weight and even our exports can’t help us…sure…stay home…wait for the perfect candidate and give Obama more time for him and his incompentent, marxist buddies to really set the rot in.
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:27pmAvengerk… almost every candidate is better than Gingrich. Was I arguing that people should stay home and let Obama win? No. I‘m arguing that it doesn’t make sense to settle for the most Obama-like candidate in the race. Even Romney is better than Gingrich (but not by much).
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:34pmThat’s what primaries are for GILBERTACCT. Let the best man win.
Report Post »delainie
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:02pmI agree… still baffles me on why no one who claims they are supporting the Constitution that they have not challenged king obama on his eligibility. It‘s not the bc it’self, but the fact that it proves obama‘s father was a british citizen at the time of barry’s birth (actually, he never got his US citizenship – he was here on a student visa) therefore barry is a dual citizen (not a natural born citizen), and therefore not eligible. Everyone is stuck on the bc and where he was born. that is moot. According to the CA 9th district circuit court, they agree his is ineligible, but US citizens cannot bring the cause. Only Congress, or a presidential candidate can challenge. An neither have done it since barry made sure early in the game that any “birther” would get laughed out of town….. Someone needs to grow some balls…
Report Post »TN
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:36pmPlease change name to Romney Shill.
Report Post »The Bove
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:30pmNewt is a one way ticket to Obamaville. Don‘t know who I’m voting for in the Primary, but it ain’t him. Used to like him and feel he was unfairly treated in the past, but after all his lefty slips, I’m positive he is a progressive. We don’t need to slow things down we need to change direction-NOW. Global warming?? Pelosi, really????
Report Post »libh8er
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:46pmWhatever floats your boat…..
Report Post »bernbart
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:51pmOf course every leading scientist in the world believes in gobal warming and there is enough data to prove it. Only the flat earthers do not believe it.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:55pmOne thing about you Ron Paul voters, yall win either way, Obama wins or Paul wins, you got the same Liver-Lilly policies! They two peas in a pod, just alike!
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:03pmOh the weather outside is frightful,
Report Post »But the irony’s so delightful,
That everywhere Algore goes,
It just snows and it snows and it snows.
Blackhawk1
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:04pmbernbart
Really? Only leftist Government paid scientists believe in Global Warming. There is NO empirical evidence of man made climate change. Go back to HuffPo because no one here believes your BS.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:08pmBernBart
Here is something for your diluted mind to mull over.
“The official position of the World Natural Health Organization in regards to global warming is that there is NO GLOBAL WARMING! Global warming is nothing more than just another hoax, just like Y2K and the global freezing claims in the 1960‘s and 70’s were. Global warming is being used to generate fear and panic. Those behind this movement are using it to control people’s lives and for financial gain.”
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:24pmBLACKHAWK…take a look at these “leading scientists” of BERNBART’s. They’re all either under the wing of or financially beholden to the IPCC. The U.N.’s instrument to redistribute wealth. The latest leaks of emails comfirmed what we all knew..that “Global Warming” was changed to “Climate Change” because all the cold weather was causing a PR problem for these idiots.
Report Post »How about the island nations of Tuvalu and the Maldives? They’re demanding billions of dollars in reparateions because they claim global warming..sorry climate change is sinking them…
The Maldives are relatively flat atolls, composed of coral. Tourism was only introduced to Maldives in 1972. Tourism has become the largest industry in the Maldives and the primary construction material used to build the resorts is …you guessed it..coral. Digging up the local coral to build plush hotels and large conference centers is as dumb as sucking the air out of your lifeboat to breathe. The mining has severely compromised the atolls, creating the impression that the islands are sinking, when in fact they’re being dug up. The problem the Maldives faces is engineering lunacy – not a rising sea.
AvengerK
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:32pmI’ll continue BLACKHAWK…
Report Post »Tuvalu’s problem is not climate change, nor is it tourism. Tuvalu’s problem is that the island was never meant for modern inhabitation. The country’s primary indigenous vegetable crop, taro, has been seriously over-farmed. There is no fresh water available they only have what can be cached from rain. Much of the population uses the island’s lagoon for bathing and toilet facilities. The country has to ship its commercial waste to landfills in Fiji and New Zealand. Tuvalu is a disastrous mess being run by fools.
And here‘s what Tuvalu’s Deputy Prime Minister had to say….”Tuvalu is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change so we are seeking new funding arrangements to protect us from the impacts of climate change,” [...]. “Rather than relying on aid money we believe that the major greenhouse polluters should pay for the impacts they are causing.”
BLACKHAWK…this isnt’ about “saving Gaia” or AGW for these kleptocrats..this is a U.N. shake down operation right out of Chicago’s playbook and idiots like BERNBART buy into it like the good lefty morons they are.
decendentof56
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 8:40pmBERNBART…..
Report Post »Its not about whether or not the globe is warming, but what the cause is. Do you think the Sun’s effects can be altered?
BOMUSTGO
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:29pm“The press is our chief ideological weapon.”
Report Post »Nikita Khrushchev
Go Glenn
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:19pmHey GLORIACARTER…………….
My neighbor’s, sister’s, friend’s cousin made several thousand just standing on a street corner…….well, that and the other favors she did for passers-by.
I doubt if anyone here will click your stupid link so, if you want to advertise, go somewhere else.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:44pmGLORIACARTER…try using some decimal points you may look more convincing that way..or dont’ they use those in Nigeria?
Report Post »BannedByHuffpo
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:09pmHey Aaron, contact Jerome Corsi PhD at WorldNetDaily. He’s got a ton of material on BHO that NO ONE in the MSM has bothered to look at. Like BHO’s Connecticut SSN, although strangely BHO NEVER LIVED OR WORKED THERE? He’s an identity thief. You’ll never top that with anything you could possibly dig up on Gingrich.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:17pmDon‘t forget the Tony Rezko and Obama’s house “deal” yes the Tony Rezko that is in prison!
TEA!
Report Post »BannedByHuffpo
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:05pmMaybe Aaron Blake should make a trip to the Bureau of Vital Statistics in Honolulu. If he had any balls.
Report Post »mbriz
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:31pmThey did, over, and over, yet found nothing.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:04pmThis ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL IT’S PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATION CAN ONLY WIN USING INTIMIDATION AT EVERY TURN! I seriously feel like I live in IRAN! Holder threatens, Unions threaten, Obama threatens, OWS paid protesters threaten.. that’s all they do. They want you to SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP or else they will destroy you. People are afraid to say or do anything against the regime because they know what happens RETALLIATION. (sort of how the Mexican drug lords are gaining ever more power with each passing day)
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:01pmFF… everyone knows that you are a Romney fanatic. You try to pose as a non bias spectator, but all you do is find any blaze article you can, make some snide remark about the subject, then make a positive comment about Romney followed by a link to the daily candidate. You always act surprised and relieved that your link speaks positively of Romney, in hopes that others will think you are slowly converting to him. I’m all for discussion and arguing your point, but doing the same thing over and over and over is getting a little old.
Report Post »MattE
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:01pmYou don’t really have to dig up a whole lot of dirt when the man has flip flopped on everything important:
Report Post »http://www.lonerepublic.com/ron-paul-supporter-video-targets-flip-and-flop-romney-and-gingrich/
Rightsofman
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:00pmI have an idea for you. Go (fill in the blank) yourself. This turd is probably paid as a “journalist”. I’ll bet he even calls himself one.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:00pmYou guys hear Rush talk about Cain today? Well worth listening to…Kinda off-topic but so be it.
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:11pmSure did, and I also heard him comparing Jimmy Carter`s poll numbers to Mr. Barack Obama at this point in time. The media is way off on Obama`s approval rating.
Report Post »Anamah
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:56pmDemocrats Progressives, Communists, Socialist Revolutionaries, Radical Islamics, are a real dangerous epidemic in America and around the world. Even if they are paid by Soros network the responsibility is in their backs. I hope Newt has a robust immunity for all.
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:55pmI wonder why no one has ever printed about Obama’s Bi-Sexual past? Tweet That
Report Post »sposilovich
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:53pmLike him or not, we can all agree (or at least I hope) that Newt is the ONLY one in the field who has a chance against Barry.
Once Newt is in the White House, his so-called liberal tendencies will be kept in check by a conservative House and Senate. No need to worry. We just need control back in order to get the ship headed in the right direction.
Report Post »bernbart
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:54pmBring on Newt as he will fire up the Democrats to get out and vote in larger numbers.
Report Post »Obama will be able to unravel Newt’s LIES in a debate.
Bill Rowland
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 6:50pmBERNBART, What have you been smoking son. Obama can‘t debate very well because he can’t use a teleprompter. If they ask a question that is not on his teleprompter he will be lost. I know the guy thinks he is the smartest man in the world but he isn’t.
OMG
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:38amBERN?
Report Post »Ever notice when BHO is OFF teleprompter? He stumbles with his words,stutters slightly and looks like a deer in headlights.
I will vote for a orange juice can OVER BHO<—heard that on the radio. I laughed all the way to work.
Firebrand
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:50pmAh..the stalwart shoes-on-the-pavement journalist. ..bustin’ his hump to get the scoop. …working hard to get the actual truth. …interviewing his sources and double checking his facts before printing. …ashamed to publish anything he wasn’t absolutely certain was immutable. Thank you sir, for continuing to hold everyone’s regard of your profession in such high standing by employing such honest, relevant, and rigorous hard work. You are the archetype of a true reporter. Keep up the good work.
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:37pmHas anybody asked Barry about Larry Sinclare?
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:45pmOh, you mean his butt-buddy?
Report Post »code green
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:51pmhttp://www.larrysinclair.org
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:53pm@Rightunite That would be right.
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:04pmHomosexuality seems to be common among these liberals.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:34pmUnfortunately for liberals, they’ve already dug up all the trash they could on him years ago. They have nothing new now.
Report Post »Skippy Toes
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:32pmThe “Mean Stream Media”….
Report Post »LOJ
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:31pmThe next President will be put in office because of a crisis….People will be worn down enough to say, Obama has got to go, and Newt is by far the most capable candidate in the Field, a divorce is not going to convince people to not vote for him. HW Bush wouldn’t even address the smears and rumors that he carried on with another woman.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:37pmI DO WISH that conservatives would take the gloves off and really go after Obama to reveal all those things that he did prior to his election and those things since…Do conservatives REALLY want to WIN? I’m beginning to wonder!
Report Post »dirtypolitics
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:54pmWhat I like about Newt is he has nothing to hide. As per his past transgressions, he has asked for forgiveness and is at peace with his God.
May God bless Newt.
Report Post »LOJ
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:28pmThe real destroyer of humanity is Barack Obama….Many of us know the real truth about him, and even the Media would be shocked to know who he really is and his so called divine purpose.
Report Post »Rillobymorning
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:51pmYou can be sure they know. They just won’t say because their sole purpose in life is to protect him at all costs.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:22pmOh really, pray tell, reveal to us mere mortals all you know.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:27pmNewt… for Enforcer!
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:55pmNewt the Divorcer is more like it.
Report Post »rationallyurs
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:22pmbetter than obama the socialist thugfrican idiot
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