Iowa Voter Chews Out Newt Gingrich After His Nasty Attack on Paul Ryan (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, May 16, 2011, 6:12 PM
Newt Gingrich faced backlash today after he slammed Paul Ryan’s “radical plan” to fix Medicare.
Rush Limbaugh let him have it today on his show. Later today an Iowa voter chewed out Newt Gingrich in Dubuque. It was ugly.
“Newt Gingrich, what you just did to Paul Ryan was unforgivable.”
Iowa voter:
“Newt Gingrich, what you just did to Paul Ryan was unforgivable… You undercut him and his allies in the House. You’re an embarrassment to the party.”
That was a bit too harsh.
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ahem commented:
Uh, yeah.
Dewormer commented:
He’s in serious trouble in southwest Iowa. We were talking about his candidacy today at Caseys at lunch, and at the grocery later this afternoon. Any doubt that he’s just some tool for the elites who’ve driven this country into the ground was erased this weekend.
Time to throw in the towel. And by the way, Romney might as well spend all that fat cat New England cash elsewhere. Iowans aren’t keen on his style of “more efficient” big government.
mikeSilver commented:
I wish I had as much moxey as that guy. Wow. Talk about bad timing for Newt.
HANOI JOHN KERRY commented:
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me several dozen times, shame on me.
Honestly, how many times do people need to get burned? Pelosi+Couch+Newt = TOAST!
http://www.cashill.com
Joe College commented:
Newt predates the new media. He doesn’t understand the rules anymore.
Mahdi Al-Dajjal commented:
Without my endorsement, Newt isn’t going to get the nomination. And right now, I’m disinclined to acquiesce…
Tired Okie commented:
Newt the toot! What a snoot! Give him the boot!
Sickofobama commented:
I beg to differ Jim Hoft.
It wasn’t harsh at all – it’s the truth.
Newt should give it up because he’s a liberal.
He sounded like a complete moron on Hannity today trying to back-step what he said.
Notice the Piglosi came out with 2 different approaches to Medicare today?
I think her and Newt having been hanging out together on the love seat again.
kate commented:
I don’t think its too harsh. Newt just gave Democrats an ad that will just keep on giving against Republicans. He screwed up royally. If he has a different plan to give, he could have certainly done it in a different manner. The guy’s running for president and the way he handled this doesn’t give me any confidence of having him in the WH. Newt has alot of offer, but any plans of getting the nomination just went down the drain.
ar05075 commented:
KUDOS to that gentleman, I don’t think that was too harsh at all. I love the way he respectfully kept held of Newt’s hand during the dressing down.
Catherine commented:
Do the republicans not understand how irate we all are..at THEM?
Sheeze. I just cannot believe this. And did you see this at hillbuzz regarding the legality of a police break in of one’s home?
“In fact, if that cop who breaks into your house feels like raping your wife while he’s there, your legal remedy consists of asking him politely to use a condom and suing him in civil court after he leaves, it would appear.
And guess who appointed the judge who wrote the majority opinion?
Lamestream media darling du jour and newly annointed “serious GOP contender” Mitch Daniels.”
Disgusting. I am sick,sick,sick.
Josh commented:
Does the Iowa voter want to run for president? He has my vote.
Way better than Newt………..
CrackerMike commented:
Wow Jim, are even the conservative media getting to far behind the voters? It’s getting to be crunch time. The survival of the Republic and Constitution are at stake; people recognize that and the Nation is polarizing much faster than it did in the 1850′s. It’s the producers vs. the welfare slugs and their pimps. The Iowa guy was NOT to harsh, Gingrich IS a disgrace.
49erDweet commented:
Jim, I think your comment was out of step with your base. That Iowan was spot on. Newt is Moot. If he wants to salvage his political reputation he’ll got out quick.
mark commented:
I so loved the dressing down of Newt by the man from Iowa. Newt just gave the left so much fodder to use against the few Republicans that appear to be doing the right thing. A lot of people think he is this great “idea man,” but I remember seeing him appear in “Green” ads with Nancy Pelosi before he went the other way. What a two-faced career politician.
Faye commented:
Newt used to be able to see and understand the political arena clearly and clearly articulate it BUT that is “used to” . What happened to his brain? Did it get bite by something ugly?
PhilipJames commented:
That was not too harsh. In simple terms, this is what Newt did… he pandered to the liberals and the media with a statement he did not have to make. WTF was that about? This just goes to show you how slimey some politicians are when they are running for office.
Why say anything about Ryan? Why not just talk about the problems with Obama’s economic policies and if Newt has any great ideas…. lets hear his ideas…. not kicking Ryan when he is not there to defend himself on a liberal leaning talk show.
Bull crap to Newt. He just f**ked up.
Jenny commented:
That was not harsh enough. It was unforgivable. On top of the Pelosi commercial and the Scozzafava incident, Newt needs to go home. I would never vote for him.
paul commented:
His facebook page is geting tons of negative comments – including mine -
Hedgehog commented:
I just can’t get past his global warming ad with Pelosi. This guy has just drunk too much of that Potomac River water and spent too much time in the faculty lounge.
doc commented:
I respectfully disagree Mr. Holt. Harsh? Yes. But it was not “too” harsh. It was the truth, and the truth can be harsh and it can hurt. However, the guy didn’t go personal, he just just gave the conclusion of the facts as he saw them. What Gingrich did was an unforgivable, it was an undercut – a cheap one at that, and he is an embarrassment. I would add disgrace too. He is completely out of touch, and this is no longer the Republican party of the 90s. This isn’t the first time Gingrich has done this kind of undercut either. He’s done this to several Republicans. Palin & Christine O’Donnell are two that immediately come to mind, and heck, he dissed the entire TEAParty at one point more than once.
CV1 commented:
Had that Iowa guy been a liberal, Newt would have had to file assault charges. Instead, the conservative gentleman was cool, calm, and collected…and correct.
Newt better get used to it. That sly, over-confident smile of his will not go as far as it once did. Paul Ryan would destroy him in a budget debate.
Old One commented:
Faye #16
Newt suffers from a terminal disease dubbed during Truman’s run of lies & spin as Potomac Fever. Nearly everyone elected to the political class or that resides in the vicinity of the Beltway or a state capitol soon become infected by the fever & rapidly regress to an advanced state of mental degeneracy, moral depravity, & utter cluelessness. Newt more than fifteen years ago got infected with the Potomac fever bug and is politically dead.
a former democrat commented:
I agree with this Iowa voter. Hell, I’m probably more left than most on this blog, and even I recognize that the Newtster just gave a massive gift to the demonrats. Newty doesn’t realise the media will protect the fraud like no one in America’s history. Any candidate is not only running against the fraud BUT AGAINST THE ENTIRE AMERICAN MEDIA APPARATUS.
He needs to quit, he’s a smart man, but he is as Brit Hume said “a bomb thrower”, this is not the 90′s, there are hillary voters like me who will vote for anyone who is a fiscal conservative and for limited govt who CANNOT STAND THAT PO$ in the WH. And we are not repubs, we are former dems, now registered independents.
And as for Paul Ryan, I like the man, I don’t agree with his entire plan, but I trust his sincerity and do believe he has a very good grasp of how much trouble this country is in. Why isn’t he running for president??!?!?
Newty, please leave and now. Attack the fraud from the outside, not as a candidate. Same goes to Trump, attack as an outsider, hammer away.
CommieJuice commented:
Too harsh? Jim, come on! The man said it himself, the words came out of his mouth, he fell for the liberal claptrap, he goes on these garbage shows with turncoat losers like David Gregory, he is getting the attention he deserves for his actions and words. This isn’t the 1990′s, he isn’t a leading CONSERVATIVE candidate. He is 75/25, most of what Newt says is good, but the other 25% puts a smile on Pelosi’s frozen face.
vityaz commented:
It’s only harsh if we insist on pretending this is 1976 and going to the cotillion wearing white gloves and shiny shoes. It’s 2011. If we want to save the country, it might not be harsh enough.
Kirstin commented:
Good for the Iowa voter. And, no, it wasn’t too harsh. Shame on Gingrich.
Faye commented:
#23 Old One, it reminds me of what happens on the school board in my tiny community. They will say one thing when they are running for office but when it comes time to vote (walk) their talk it is like they park their brain on the threshold of the room they meet in and go into the room brainless.They just let the administration and the union tell them how to vote.
WOLVERINEMEX commented:
WOW AY CHIHUAHUA NEWT BIT THE DUST
Mungi commented:
Gas up the boat and go fishing with Fredo because you are dead to me Newt.
Newt complains about the liberal media while providing them an olive branch with which it will take and beat the living daylights out of Ryan’s plan.
Open mouth, insert foot.
Buh bye!!!!
Greenshield commented:
Heck, Newt is probably for gun control too. Especially after shooting himself in the foot.
Wordygirl commented:
Too harsh?? Really? Jim, I think you and Hugh Hewitt are both in denial that Newt would NEVER be electable.
Speaking Clearly commented:
This is a very strange political cycle.
The elections of 2010 showed us that Americans were ready for Conservatives to lead, and were sick and tired of the Progressive onslaught.
Now we’ve seen potential candidates like Trump and Huckabee choose high dollar lucrative television contracts, over leading the Country. What would George Washington think?
I’m glad that Huckabee isn’t running, but Trump’s “no guts no glory” attitude is what alot of people were hungry for.
Even Fox News is constantly beating the drum about how any GOP frontrunner is going to be fighting against the smears of the liberal media, who want to re-elect Barack Obama.
OReilly and Hume even talked about how “Iowa” will show us who is the best GOP hopefuls, and how only the candidates with the most money will make it through the process. Really? Sounds defeatist to me. Is this the best we can do?
I think alot of Americans would like to see a strong Conservative stand up, and show they are ready to lead this Counry before the Iowa caucuses. That way, all the 50 States feel like their getting behind the best candidate, as we go into the primaries.
It’s too bad that we have an election system that is based so much on money. It would make more sense to me with modern communications, if the candidates just held a series of conventions through the whole process, and was able to do televised, and video conferencing debates, with all of the 50 States’ delagates, and citizens, watching at the same time. This way, you wouldn’t have ONE STATE being singled out with an advantage.
The candidates could fly around the Country randomly between the televised Convention/Debates.
I think what most Americans are looking for, is a non-RINO candidate, with good name recognition, that will have strong Conservative policies, to reverse what Obama, and other progressives have done to damage the United States.
Isn’t it obvious that Americans want a candidate with the attitude of some of the freshmen Conservatives that were elected in 2010?
How Conservative will a Romney or Gingrich be? I don’t thing nearly Conservative enough for most Americans. Mitch Daniels has been keeping too low of a profile in my opinion.
At this point, I wish Chris Christy would reconsider….or even West or Ryan.
In my opinion, a Romney or Gingrich would have to do alot of damage control, and make alot of solid promises on Conservative, non-RINO policies, in order for the Tea Party to get behind them. Wouldn’t you think this is who the GOP hopefuls would be trying to impress? After all, isn’t that what helped so many new freshmen get elected in 2010?
Brett Finley commented:
Newt is a POOT. Embarassing, foul hot air with no redeeming value. Go Hawkeye dude! YOU speak for us far more than this dishrag of an aisle hopping RINO-wino ever will. Hey Gingrich can shut the hell up and go back to hawking his “what me worry?” memoirs.
kansas commented:
Dump Biden. Obama/Gingrich in 2012.
Molon Lobe commented:
Newt who?
Speaking Clearly commented:
I meant to say in my above post, about the primary process:
It’s too bad that we have an election system that is based so much on money. It would make more sense to me with modern communications, if the candidates just held a series of conventions through the whole process, and was able to do televised, and video conferencing debates, with all of the 50 States’ delagates, and citizens, watching at the same time. And then, ALL 50 States voted at the same time, after the final Convention. This way, you wouldn’t have ONE STATE being singled out with an advantage.
The candidates could fly around the Country randomly between the televised Convention/Debates, and polls could be taken between the series of Convention/Debates.
All 50 States could vote together at the end. Wouldn’t this also be cheaper than flying and driving to every single county in the country? This is part of what makes money be the driving force behind which candidate wins.
Sickofobama commented:
#32:
Doesn’t Pugh Hewitt make you wanna hurl sometimes?
I heard Gingrich on there and Hewitt acted like Gingrich didn’t say anything wrong.
Reagan said that Republicans shouldn’t go after other Republicans.
Gingrich does it right out of the box.
codekeyguy commented:
Newt ought to be grateful he’s only an “embarassment”. I can thionk of many, many other words that fit him better. Troglodyte comes to mind, dinosaur also fits, Democrat (since he seems to be agreeing with Obama on health care)
tommy mc donnell commented:
newt gingrich is a political opportunist. people should have learned that in 1994 with his “contract with america.” the majority of americans supported newt and the republicans because of their so called contract. once they got elected the forgot every provision in that contract including and especially term limits. they basically told the american people that voted for it take that contract and wipe you know where with it. elect no career politicans.
WOLVERINEMEX commented:
SCWING !
WOLVERINEMEX commented:
I MEAN SHWING
Speaking Clearly commented:
My pick of good potential Conservative candidates that could still run and excite the base:
Chris Christy
Jim DeMint
Paul Ryan
Sarah Palin
Michelle Bachmann
Col Allen West
Hermann Cain
I think Romney and Gingrich have alot of damage control and explaining to do to the Tea Party. I find it hard to get behind a Pawlenty or Daniels.
Has everyone forgot 2010?
Maria commented:
He said he was for a mandate during the interview, and then on the YouTube video he says he’s NOT for a mandate? He blamed it on liberal “gotcha” media? Who is he trying to kid? Gingrich is just another big government Republican.
Maria commented:
Ron Paul for 2012!
Speaking Clearly commented:
It would be nice if the Tea Party could convince Jim DeMint or Chris Christy to run.
I think either man would make a good Conservative President.
I think Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann would make a good President too.
Mr. Potato Head commented:
That man speaks for the multitudes.
Question: Would Romney and Newt fit in the same flusher?
Jim m commented:
Too harsh? Not nearly.
This was dead on. This was Newt pandering to the msm and hoping to get the applause of the beltway crowd. But the base is sick and tired of the beltway rinos selling the country out for a few meaningless compliments from Couric and Brokaw. Newt is way out of step with the party and if you think that this was harsh then perhaps you are becomming so as well, Jim.
Speaking Clearly commented:
I wonder how strong the Tea Party is in Iowa? It would be nice if they would add Jim DeMint to the list of who to pressure into running.
Isn’t it obvious to candidates like Romney and Gingrich, that the American people want their candidate to fight just as rough as the Obama administration has?
Gingrich and Romney’s “play nice” attitude, and the attitude that the GOP can’t ram anything down the American people is midguided in my opinion. I think the American people want the opposite of Obama rammed on us, to get us back on track.
jeninjoplin commented:
Speaking Clearly, Love your list. It’s the one I’ve been posting for months, too, except with Christie out and Bolton in. (‘cos of the islamist judge{s}).
People who keep sayng we have a dull bunch of candidates don’t realize that no fresh faces are going to get in and campaign unless they see that they’re really needed. It’s still to early to declare and make yourself a target of the loony left. When the time is right…
We’ve got a whole buncha exciting people and none of ‘em seem to be (so far) afraid to tell barry what they think about him.
Guy in Ohio commented:
I’d like to think Jim was being a tad sarcastic. Personally, I think the voter was spot on.
Botox Pelosi commented:
Hoft is going soft. The Iowa voter spoke the truth and told it like is. Too bad if you consider the truth to a fraud of a candidate like Gingrich too “harsh.”
Larkin commented:
Sorry, but Newt is an opportunistic putz.
Nominate him and you hand the presidency right back to the dems.
gus commented:
Newt undercut POLICY. He not only is a selfish bastard, but he undercut VERY VERY VERY GOOD POLICY. The election is about BETTER LEADERSHIP. Newt isn’t better and he isn’t a leader.
DomesticGoddess commented:
Totally out of touch. And he’s really become a fat cat!
Studious Citizen commented:
Christie is conservative by New Jersey standards, but when you look at his stance on some issues, he looks like a liberal. Overall, in the non-jersey world, he’s a centrist. He’s not conservative enough to fix the nation (or rather, to get govt out of the way so WE the PEOPLE can fix the nation), and he’s not different enough from Obama to beat him. What we need in a candidate is someone whose strong leadership contrasts against Obama’s lack of leadership, whose strong conservative convictions contrast against obama’s wushu washy liberal leanings, and whose ability to speak without a promoter contrasts against Obama’s inability to order a pizza without a prompter. As far as I can tell, the only candidate that fits that bill right now is Herman Cain.
Chuck Long commented:
“That was a bit too harsh.”
No it wasn’t. It was dead on accurate.
YoBaby commented:
Newt wants to talk down to everyone about what to do and that’s just a bit too high-minded for me. He seems to be one of those people that can’t get behind anything that isn’t his idea. I’ve worked for a few people like that and they are EXTREMELY tedious people.
Besides his now absurd political point of view, every time he opens his mouth it sounds like he’s yelling at a bunch of kids to get off the grass. ZERO on politics, ZERO on demeanor. Next…
jainphx commented:
My goodness I never thought this would ever happen, but I disagree with Jim. Newt can not be treated like a conservative anymore simply because he isn’t, and I’m not sure he ever was. After the contract with America, Newt went all wobbly and was forced out by his own party. He not only gave up the Speakership he also resigned from congress. The conservative majority in the house got sick of him making them all look stupid. Why then after a stupid answer to a question that should have been avoided simply by Newt saying, I don’t agree with the premise of your question. Simple and to the point, but no he had to play politician and pander. Same old Newt but we are wise to you elite owners of the country class.
Big L commented:
what is thematter with this guy.It is like he has become ill…,Get out of the race.
And also I am sick of small state voters choosing candidates. It is time to stop that.The best candidate, a conservative one should rent a hall near where the causcuses are and then patriots will fill it and the caucuses will finally be snuffed out.
StrangernFiction commented:
What Newt did WAS unforgivable. Well done Sir!
gus commented:
I saw the interview again. Gingrich was able to counter Gregory when Gregory asked a ABSO-FECKING-LUTELY moronic loaded question about FOODSTAMPS equaling RACIAL CODE words blah blah blah. But then Gingrich tried to seem moderate. Gregory and NBC are not moderate. Why is GINGRICH PLAYING TO THEM???
C-Christian Soldier commented:
“That was a bit too harsh.” WHAT!
Not harsh enough-
ENOUGH of these back-stabbing Rs-
Ryan is correct-newt is wrong!
newt -GO AWAY!
Carol-CS
Mama Lion commented:
We are very clear that we are sick of the ob*m*-style back-handed comments and in-your-face bully pulpit shananigans and will not ever consider someone that is so low as to be eye level with the lowest piece of human excrement to walk this earth–ob*m*.
I am still praying Allen West will be called to lead us.
Redpillpatriot commented:
I wrote him off when he was doing those PSA’s for Global Warming… What a turd he is… Hellos GOP we DO NOT NEED ANOTHER F*KING PROGRESSIVE!!!! Bush 1 and 2 and McCain were more than I can handle!
lynched1 commented:
Newt should have stayed out. The longer he’s in the worse it gets for him. This ain’t the 90′s.
thebronze commented:
I agree with everybody else. If more people told these RINO’s off like that guy did, we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in.
No More RINO’s! Period.
Newt, you and the rest of your RINO ilk ARE disgraces to the party. You can leave now, we don’t want your kind any more.
Old One commented:
NEWT babbles about the 2012 election being a replay of 1860. He, the Beltway RINOS, & the RNC are obviously lrading the Republican party down the same pathway trod by the never take a principled stand Whigs in 1860.
Ozark Lee commented:
So someone has to know who the guy was that confronted him.
My question, is he a true conservative that basically telegraphed my thoughts or is he some liberal shill just trying to play to the “AbcCbsNbc” media for fodder in a future advertising campaign?
Newt is a very bright man but he is first and foremost a politician, secondly he is a Republican. I’m kinda fed up with both politicians and Republicans. I have not ever knowingly voted for a Democrat in my life but with all of the “Non-Partisan” elections you never know what the hell you are voting for anymore in local elections. I just look for buzz words like “Sustainability” to at least give me a clue that they are full on leftists.
Full disclosure; I lived in Hawaii in 1980 and voted for John Anderson just so that he might get federal matching funds (He did). There was a zero percent chance that Reagan was going to carry Hawaii so it was a protest vote. It was the first presidential vote in my life and I am now ashamed that I didn’t cast it for Ronald Reagan.
Newt was done after he did the Nancy Pelosi global warming ad., Pawlenty was done after his idiotic stance on cap and trade, Huckabee was done just because he is Huckabee and all of the baggage he carried from Arkansas. I believe the man (Huckabee) is a true believer in Jesus Christ, but it think he is also a true believer in a bunch of other really bad big government things.
Trump never was real and I don’t even think he is a Republican. It doesn’t much matter at this point.
Allen West is the man, in every sense of the word – I see a George Washington moment here.
I love Sarah Palin and the ground that she walks on, Todd and I need to share some tuning tips on 2 stroke engines.
I like much of what I see from Herman Cain and it goes back to the time he destroyed Bill Clinton at the debate at KCTV in Kansas City. Clinton never saw that one coming, it was priceless.
Bachmann might be OK, i don’t know much about Mitch Daniels, I voted for Mitt in the last primary even though he had already withdrawn, he came in second in Kansas where I voted even having withdrawn a day earlier.
The rest of the pretenders, OK – you have had your 15 minutes and in the case of Ron Paul your 30 minutes. Rand I’ll pay attention to but Ron, just save your money for the next house race and have your place in Wickipedia, the Peter Principal has gotten you as far as you are going to go.
…Lee
Robert commented:
Newt deserves to catch it like he is. And then he goes
and does another flip-flop on the forced insurance.
He’s done.
What is “radical” is running the country so far into debt
that it will take a generation to get out of it, and much pain.
Robert commented:
And I agree that it is RINO Republicans who are a disgrace, especially the long-time Washington insiders. They have facilitated the predicament we are in, and are not doing anywhere NEAR enough to get us out.
That they can’t cut 20% of spending after the government has expanded so much recently shows that they can’t see the forest for the trees. They should be hacking away at the runaway government that is threatening to engulf us all in its overindulgence.
Robert commented:
Rather than let the Ryan plan stand alone to fight its way through the morass, every Republican should be proposing massive cuts throughout the swollen wasteful government.
David Kramer commented:
I think we are beginning to see a pattern. The ol establishment Republican media is beginning to foment the same discourse as the liberal media. They want to tell us we need the Republican Big Government ideas.
Hey Hoft, take your big government, no matter who is calling for it, and shove it.
First you call Ron Paul a moron and now you are downplaying Newt’s call for big government.
Pattern I see.
David Kramer commented:
As for the only ones I am willing to back-
Rick Santorum
Jim DeMint
Paul Ryan
Sarah Palin
Michelle Bachmann
Col Allen West
Hermann Cain
John Bolton
Ron Paul
Maybe Mitch Daniels
I would like to see the President and VP from the above, no particular order.
RedBeard commented:
When a baseball player starts letting grounders go through his legs, and can no longer hit a fastball down the middle, he gets sent down to the minors or retires. Politicians who just don’t have “it” any more should take a lesson from baseball.
Bye, Newt.
RickZ commented:
#16 Faye,
Newt used to be able to see and understand the political arena clearly and clearly articulate it BUT that is “used to” . What happened to his brain? Did it get bite by something ugly?
————
Eye of Newt’s endorsement of the less than RINO Dede Scozzafava in NY-23′s special election in 2009, the one where his endorsement helped the TEA Party backed candidate, Doug Hoffman, lose an historically Reublican held seat told me all I needed to know about the ‘new and improved’ Eye of Newt. When Eye of Newt refused to back down on his endorsement of the horrid Dede, I knew Eye of Newt was not serious and did not/could not/would not understand the anti-big government, anti-RINO mood of the Republican Party in particular and the country overall.
Then there is that picture of him sitting on the sofa with Madame Pelousy espousing policies to thwart glowbull worming. With the way the rules of the game have changed, that’s two big strikes against Eye of Newt. He’s out!
JadedByPolitics commented:
Shoot not only was that guy spot on at calling out Newt, it wasn’t until yesterday I found out that Newt has been getting cozy with that other Alinskyite Hillary Rodham Clinton, TWICE to discuss government run healthcare in 2005. I wrote a dispatch on it yesterday at Unified Patriots called Newt+Hillary+Nancy=shared “values”, which of course is what Pelosi was asking the GOP to “get back their party, so they can get back to their shared values”…..she felt comfortable asking because there are still way too MANY in the GOP who have her “shared” values and they must be FIRED and sent home!
RedBeard commented:
I must agree with others that the man confronting Newt was absolutely correct, blunt but courteous, well-spoken, and obviously someone not prone to suffering fools gladly.
Maybe that unidentified man needs to be drafted to run for office.
hermie commented:
Newt caught the same disease that McCain did. He wants to be ‘loved’ by the cocktail party circuit and the MSM, so he becomes a RINO in the hopes that he will get more favorable coverage.
Give it up Newt! The MSM will NEVER choose you over their beloved Obama. They will flatter you, give you spots on the air, but when it comes down to you and the ‘Won’, the knives will be drawn and all those old stories they held back will be broadcast and printed day after day until the election.
Newt could’ve attacked Obama’s lack of leadership and his disasterous policies. He could have treated Ryan’s proposals with respect and maybe said that they were heading in the right direction. But he chose to be ‘loved’ by the MSM and so decided to attack Ryan’s proposals.
Newt is toast. I would’ve considered him, but I will not vote for a man chosen by the MSM as the GOP candidate.
No more McCains!
n.a. palm commented:
The “gringrinch” just now on Bill Bennett’s show. The WEASEL of all weasels. Pathetic. He’s still digging………
rabble-rouser commented:
no more Rhinos
Ferris commented:
Must … repeat … tea party line … Medicare BAD … guvmint BAD … nuance VERY BAD
mike commented:
#8: “Newt should give it up because he’s a liberal.”
What BS. Newt is not a liberal. He just can’t hide the identity of his rich benefactors as well as others. You have to applaud his honesty, really.
gladys commented:
Newt IS an embarrassment to the Republican party. The Republican Party is FAILING because of guys like Newt and McCain.
burt commented:
The way Newt keeps cheating on his wives the only thing available is Pelosi.
Iconoclast commented:
Sorry, Jim but while Neutered is back-pedaling as best he can on this one, he’s toast, as he rightfully should be. With respect, I disagree: the Iowan was NOT NEARLY harsh enough!
redclay commented:
Today we have instant news.
He’ll spend all his time climbing back down from the gaffe-o-matic.
He shoots himself in the foot, he limps right.
He’s an establishment politician, so he can’t run as an outsider.
He’s no longer a convincing conservative, so that’s out.
What does he run as? What’s his slogan?
“Every once in awhile I have a good idea that’s never implemented”.
“No character, but plenty of Ego”
“I was once a conservative”
“Just don’t get sick, Honey.”