Newt Gingrich: It Was Wrong for Debate Moderators to ‘Kill Free Speech’ & Silence Debate Audience
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 6:11 AM
Newt Gingrich told FOX and Friends this morning that it was wrong for Brian Williams to “kill free speech” and silence the audience in last night’s debate.
Agreed.
It also made for a very boring debate. NBC was out of line.
CNS News reported:
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says it was “wrong” for debate moderator Brian Williams to silence the “free speech” of the debate audience in Tampa.
At the start of Monday night’s debate, Williams said, “We’ve asked our invited guests here this evening to withhold their applause, any verbal reactions to what they hear on stage, so as to ensure this is about the four candidates here tonight and what they have to say.”
Never again, Gingrich told Fox & Friends the morning after:
“I wish in retrospect I’d protested when Brian Williams took them (the live audience) out of it, because I think it’s wrong. And I think he took them out of it because the media is terrified that the audience is going to side with the candidates against the media, which is what they’ve done in every debate.
“And we’re going to serve notice on future debates, we won’t (mumble), we’re just not going to allow that to happen. That’s wrong. The media doesn’t control free speech. People ought to be allowed to applaud if they want to. It was almost silly.”
Newt’s right. If NBC didn’t want an audience they could have held their debate in a studio or hotel room.
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Conservative to the Core commented:
Sheldon Adelson’s wife is ALSO donating $5 million to Gingrich.
Go Newt!
Frank Hemoptysis commented:
Anyone else think that Brian Williams looked unnaturally orange?
Conservative to the Core commented:
*Someone* didn’t want the audience cheering as that has been the source of Gingrich’s strength in the debates.
Carbon Pootprint commented:
Gosh can’t wait for the 2 debates Obama will allow to happen. One controlled by Jimmy Carter’s cabin boy Brian Williams and the other controlled by Clinton’s midget whore wrangler George Stephanopoulos. Yeah that Prog Newt will really show them bahahahahhaha
Win Win, it’s the Prog game
Patty commented:
And it was wrong for Romney to have the last answer to the last question. Bias, but you cannot expect any thing less fro NBC, liberals.
But I do believe that the Liberal Media wants Romney, at first I thought is was a whole lot of BS.
Now, I am sure of it. Gingrich is the best because he isn’t going to take the media bias. No way no how but more importantly, I like the NASA question and Gingrich prize thing. Visionaries will flock to create more and some will come without even a prize. They are the explorers of a new generation who just love space.
Then I heard NBC say that Gingrich was abysmal and Romney was better. Gingrich has it coming for all sides. As I type this you hear repeated that if Gingrich is nominee than the “Republican Party” will be looking at Mitch Daniels of Indiana. Really?
valerie commented:
#4 January 24, 2012 at 9:31 am
Conservative to the Core commented:
An audience cheering for Republicans, oh, my!
They probably also want to be able to control the clips. Wild cheering might make partisan editing more apparent.
OMG! (Obama Must Go!) commented:
The media is very worried about the candidates saying something negative about the Obama and the US seeing the crowd roaring and clapping in agreement.
Patty commented:
Tonight’s Republican presidential debate was pretty lame. Instead of a debate, it was more of a group interview, with the candidates taking turns answering different questions posed by NBC’s Brian Williams and, briefly, two assistants — an editor named Adam Smith from a Florida newspaper and Beth Reinhard of National Journal. Ms. Reinhard at one point asked, apparently seriously, “Why didn’t the Bush tax cuts work?” Newt Gingrich answered that the country would have been in much worse shape without them, which is true, but which also failed to adequately capture the growth they unleashed.
The liveliest exchange of the debate was when Mitt Romney tore into Mr. Gingrich, describing him as “an influence peddler in Washington” who “had to resign in disgrace from his job as speaker.” Mr. Gingrich tried to avoid responding directly, but finally said to Mr. Romney, “you’ve been walking around this state saying things that are untrue.”
By the time the debate ended, I liked Mr. Romney and Mr. Gingrich both less than I did going in, which was probably just what NBC wanted.
Rick Santorum got in one good answer at the end, saying that both Mr. Romney and Mr. Gingrich had supported an individual health insurance mandate, cap and trade for emissions, and Wall Street bailouts. “They rejected conservatism,” Mr. Santorum said, describing those points as “the three issues that got the Tea Party started.”
Ron Paul blamed America for provoking Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, asserting, “We’re blockading them…This is retaliation.”
In response to a question from Mr. Williams about the threat of a flood of Cuban immigrants to Florida after the death of Fidel Castro, neither Mr. Romney nor Mr. Gingrich seized the opportunity to say that they would welcome such immigrants to America.
Mr. Romney announced he is a big believer in regulation. “Markets have to have regulation in order to work,” he said. “You can’t have everyone open a bank in their garage.” Those garage-started businesses have been a real problem in Silicon Valley.
And Brian Williams was pretty lame.
http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2012/01/nbc-debate-flop More @ link
#1AMERICAN commented:
stop holding debates on demo-turd controlled news outlets…
Patty commented:
Maybe Thursday night’s debate will be better, and maybe it will all look better compared to Tuesday night’s Obama State of the Union, and maybe — almost certainly — under that kind of pressure I wouldn’t give such great answers myself. But I found the whole two hours or so mildly depressing.
http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2012/01/nbc-debate-flop
Patty commented:
Mitt Romney tore into Mr. Gingrich, describing him as “an influence peddler in Washington” who “had to resign in disgrace from his job as speaker.” Mr. Gingrich tried to avoid responding directly, but finally said to Mr. Romney, “you’ve been walking around this state saying things that are untrue.”
Gingrich referred to his Online website. He counted and put of 4 lies in Romney response. This is why the Republicans or so called republicans believe that Gingrich won’t have a chance.
The debate was a dud. And then Coulter on O’reilly last night. She was so disturbing and O’reilly said send all emails to Coulter. That Bad.
Patty commented:
http://www.theblaze.com/news/gop-debate/
Some of the buzz on the debate last night.
BurmaShave commented:
Williams said, “We’ve asked our invited guests here this evening to withhold their applause, any verbal reactions…”
Maybe Brian didn’t want to reveal to the nation that NBC’s invited guests were honored adorers of NBC itself; you know, like 30% of its entire loyal audience. Now that would be embarrassing; but how are we to know.
gee! commented:
Williams is boring and dry……..anyway……..taking the free speak away from the audience away made it much harder to watch…………that was their intention any way taking all the air out making it as boring as they possibly could……….just sayin
Patty commented:
OFF TOPIC, JUST HAD TO POST.
Why has no former grade school, high school, or college classmate of Barack Hussein Obama ever been found?
I’m sure his old classmates could have shed light on his personal life, such as his interests and hobbies.
Why hasn’t an old girlfriend emerged to tell about a wonderful date, or what a great boyfriend he was and how he was so sincere and understanding?
I believe Obama is a Marxist, in fact, I think he’s a Fascist. Why don’t any of his former teachers come forward and defend him from statements like mine? As Romney’s Bain Capital job is examined inside and out, where is the same examination of Barack Obama?
The mainstream media would say “Old news, just old news, move on.” “He’s the President.”
Unfortunately, had the bias been dispensed with originally, maybe these questions would have been answered.
No matter how old it is, an unanswered question is still an unanswered question. This President evokes uncertainties of both character and behavior every single day.
Statements and decisions that create an almost totalitarian atmosphere require that questions be asked and answers given. If these critical inquires are not made by the mainstream biased press, then they should be made by us, the citizens of the United States.
Will the same scrutiny be given to both Presidential candidates this time? More than likely, the answer is no.
However, there should be equal scrutiny, and we must not only ask it and request it, but we must demand it.
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/billtatro/2012/01/24/obamas_ex_girlfriend MORE @ LINK
listingstarboard commented:
Wow the backlash against Newt reminds me of the orchestrated scorched earth campaign against Sarah Palin. Obama wants Romney to be the nominee. The class warfare campaign is all set, the OWS is in place,the strategy solid. Why are we playing into the hands of Axelrod and Jarrett? The Mormon issue will also be used viciously. Newt apparently poses a threat to Obama AND to RINOs–best credentials you can get!!!!
Benson II commented:
Brian Williams voice is irritatingly slow. I guess it’s supposed to be thoughtful but it comes off as just abnormal. What ordinary person talks like that.
Gingrich is right and so are the comments that said the media didn’t want to be embarrassed by audience reaction to them.
It was horribly boring but as usual you could at least stand to listen to and absorb what Gingrich had to say because he doesn’t go on and on with platitudes like Santorum and Romney.
Romney’s attack on Gingrich was so wooden and over the top I wonder if anyone but a Romney supporter thought it had any substance. Romney forgets the information he so likes to twist is readily available for comparison. It looks like the machine he used in Iowa has lost it’s steam.
More Liberty commented:
Technically he’s wrong, although I morally agree with him. Free Speech only applies to public places. But if Newt is so concerned about Constitutional rights, why hasn’t he been openly upset about the bi-partisan passage of the NDAA which gives the executive power the ability to indefinitely detain US citizens on US soil (5th Amendment rights of due process).
Toddski commented:
GINGRICH LOSES WHEN THE AUDIENCE IS SILENT……..LOLOL !
Militant Conservative commented:
Kind of like a store I go to. They put up a sign saying
“no concealed weapons”. I ignore it, do as I please.
I don’t give my rights away, that is what sheeple do.
All they (shop owner) can do to you is ask you to leave.
Powder is dry, and always within reach.
CT commented:
Newt is stating the obvious, he needs the yahoo rah-rah gallery in the cheap seats to cover his bluster and non-answers.
Liz commented:
Gingrich is a walking sitcom. It was wrong for him to claim he supported Goldwater AND his opponent Rockerfeller back in the day. Wild-eyed name dropper. Let’s see some consistency from you, Mr. Gingrich.
Ria commented:
Newt needs to be very careful here and stop complaining. Stay on topic. There will come a time when that same audience will boo. So be thankful for the rules. Rush warned Newt about not getting carried away with the standing Ovations. He needs to go out and debate Romney and stop going back to the pre Iowa Days . When someone attack you for 15 minutes, rebute andf refute with specifics.
WHen ever these candidates get a lead they seem to not know how to put their opponents away.
Romney cannot get way with blind trust deflection to avoid explaining hot he invested in Frannie Mae and Frediie MAc while he is attacking Newt.
And stupid Mitt go and release his tax returns when Obama is having his SOTU. Expect more GOP bashing class warfare from Obama.
bg commented:
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OT..
January 20, 2012
Crony Capitalism
[The largest banks are actually bigger than they were when he took
office. And earned more in the first two-and-a-half years of his term
than they did during the entire eight years of the Bush administration.]
scroll down for a bit more..
Crony Capitalism: vid/trans
Crony Capitalism: definition
The Enrich US Party.. /s/
[Democrats beat the market by 73 basis points per month, compared
to 18 for Republicans. That’s a rout anyway you look at it. Senators
fare even better than house members.]
[Strict laws ban corporate executives from trading on their insider knowledge, but no restrictions exist for members of Congress. Lawmakers are permitted to keep their holdings and trade shares on the market, as well as vote on legislation that could affect their portfolio values.]
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Old One commented:
One can truly wonder why the repubics allow the debates to be rigged against them by the
marxstreammedia’s helmut head hairdo lefturds.
bg commented:
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inch by inch, first they came for..
thank God it’s not Bush doing this to US huh?? /s/
God i miss him..
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Patty commented:
Monday night’s debate may have burst Newt Gingrich’s bubble
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100132064/monday-nights-debate-may-have-burst-newt-gingrichs-bubble/
just posting what some on web are saying.
Gingrich kept his cool.
This is a section of article: “We can’t win with Newt,” said Mitt. “I know your technique,” replied Gingrich. “The American people will see through it.” It was an ugly, ugly debate and the eerie silence from the audience made it feel like the viewer was intruding on a private argument. I was waiting for Romney to say, “My mother told me it would be like this,” but instead he said, “You spent 15 years in Washington, on K Street. This is a real problem.” In fact, the real problem is that while Gingrich is tainted by K Street, Romney is tainted by Wall Street. Both of them accepted money from the “one percent” that the country hates so much right now. They are both “influence peddlers” of one sort or another.
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“We can’t win with Newt,” said Mitt.
This is what even republicans are saying. They even have said that Gingrich would only be debating Obama twice, if that.
Spinning out of control. Memories are lighting up the corners of the republicans mind. Seems they can’t believe Gingrich has come this far. What are they afraid of.
Why weren’t they this scared of Obama, they acted like they were but there is more dissection and ripping apart of Gingrich on the Right than any other candidate. Did democrats rip Obama apart in 07 or 08, LOL, never.
Patty commented:
Where are Obama’s friends, we are aware of Ayers and Wright and others. I am talking about what I posted in #16.
Where are the journalists and investigations into his past life. Cannot just be that Obama is black. Who closed these records and why? Who is holding this information? What it shredded?
Why isn’t someone looking into this? The guy became president, yet very little known. And if someone darn speak of his they were hated like he hates Fox.
More Liberty commented:
So what do you miss about President Bush bg?
Do you miss TARP, similar to the Porkulous?
Do you miss his open borders policy?
Do you miss his Debt?
Do you miss his NCLB which allowed big government to stick their nose even further into public education?
I do miss the unemployment numbers under Bush but if you believe President Bush was an actual small government conservative you are obviously very ignorant.
bg commented:
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re: #26 January 24, 2012 at 10:24 am bg
“a tyranny of the elite”
The Oligarchy We Live In, Charted
please note: the red & blue colors do not represent reps & dems..
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Amjean commented:
I predict that in the next debate the liberal press will have the room full of whacko
liberals, jeering instead of cheering.
valerie commented:
#19 January 24, 2012 at 10:04 am
More Liberty commented:
Newt hasn’t been upset about the NDAA that passed with bipartisan support because you are wrong about its content. It’s not his fault Rand Paul is an idiot that can’t read legislation and doesn’t have the cojones to admit when he’s wrong. The NDAA 2012 does not apply to US citizens.
It’s also not Newt’s fault that you refuse to read the links that have been given to you, so that you could find out the truth for yourself.
Liz commented:
Get your personal life in order, Mr. Gingrich. Tell the truth every so often. THEN wow us with your debate skills.
bg commented:
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More Liberty #31 January 24, 2012 at 10:35 am
aah yes, of course, well, i suppose i am ignorant, about something.. /s/
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Amjean commented:
#30 – I believe that Obama is a puppet; his strings are controlled by a group of extreme
left liberals, socialists, communists and marxists. There is no way Obama is the architect
of this mess the liberal democrats and rino republicans have forced upon us. And nowhere
is it clearer than with Obamacare. After Obama was elected this legislation and others
were apparently put together practically overnight. These traitors to our great country have
been planning this country’s demise for decades.
Patty commented:
Off topic
State of the Union OBAMA BINGO CARDS
http://s3.amazonaws.com/atrfiles/files/files/Copy%20of%202012%20State%20of%20the%20Union%20%20BINGO%20Card%201.pdf
valerie commented:
#31 January 24, 2012 at 10:35 am
More Liberty commented:
more trolling.
bg commented:
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re: #36 January 24, 2012 at 10:39 am bg
The Invisible Legacy of President George W. Bush
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wtd commented:
#6 Patty . . .re: “And it was wrong for Romney to have the last answer to the last question. Bias, but you cannot expect any thing less fro NBC, liberals. “
As I got up to leave the room after the debate ended, I noticed Brian Williams walked over and was schmoozing with the Romney’s. No attempt to hide his bias what-so-ever.
Patty commented:
wtd
#41
Oh, I am happy to see you too feel this way. I saw during a break Gingrich go over to Romney and Romney was turn away from Gingrich and being the guy Gingrich is went over to shake Romney’s hand and talk. Then commercial break came. Darn It!
Something is so evidently clear the bias is palpitating, a feeling I have that is scary.
Sasja commented:
More Liberty does have a point. That no child left behind legislation has created more fed involvement when there should not be any. The feds are collecting data on all school children and most of it is not even available to the students or their parents. And Bush didn’t see a need to control the borders. Didn ‘t agree with TARP myself. I know having this devil in the WH is much worse, but just because people disagree with some of Bush’s policies doesn’t necessarily make them a troll. ML may be. I don’t know. I know Bush was no conservative and and neither is his father.
StrangernFiction commented:
Get your personal life in order, Mr. Gingrich. Tell the truth every so often. THEN wow us with your debate skills.
And Romney is Mr. authenticity?
bg commented:
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Patty #38 January 24, 2012 at 10:40 am
he’s a card..
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Sasja commented:
just delete my extra ‘and’ from your mind.
Ria commented:
Apparently at every debate the audience is given instructions about how to conduct themselves. I think this is a very trivial issue for Newt. The moderators made it boring not the candidates. Also a lot of the questions were not really national issues but more FL focus. When ever Newt gets a lead he goes into condescending mode of ignoring his opponents.
Newt should be out there talking about Obama SOTU and correcting his record. Romney is trying to swing the polls by getting Newt distracting.
I am rooting for this guy but he is making it hard.
Pragmatic commented:
Mitt Romney is a Democrat and a milquetoast who has not accomplished one single conservative thing in his life . . .not even one. ’nuff said.
Go Newt!
Mark Adams commented:
Well this is exactly what Newt was talking about in last Tuesday & Thursday debates. The hardcore liberal NBC doesn’t want America to see Americans cheering on Republicans. It’s just that simple.
bg commented:
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Liz #35 January 24, 2012 at 10:39 am
please, name the lie/s..
and of course you know you need to back
them up with “proof” thereof.. capish??
thankyouverymuch..
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bg commented:
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Sasja #43 January 24, 2012 at 10:51 am
re: [Bush didn’t see a need to control the borders.]
what??
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Pragmatic commented:
Will the Romney-bots kindly answer Professor Thomas Sowell?
Did Gingrich ruffle some feathers when he was speaker of the House? Yes, enough for it to cost him that position. But he also showed that he could produce results…
Romney is a smooth talker, but what did he actually accomplish as governor of Massachusetts, compared with what Gingrich accomplished as speaker of the House? When you don’t accomplish much, you don’t ruffle many feathers. But is that what we want?
Can you name one important positive thing that Romney accomplished as governor of Massachusetts? Can anyone?
Mimi commented:
I heard cheering last night when Santorum said we needed a bold difference between the Rep candidate and Obama. Newt, Romney, McCain and Obama all supported TARP, Individual Mandate and some of the same climate chg ideas. Voting TARP, Indiv Mandate, Climate Chg are ideas that helped McCain lose last time and are the same beliefs as Obama. Yep go look again there was applause because he is correct.
As a Tea Party supporter I can’t vote for Newt, Romney not Obama as they all supported these current big governement Ideas.
wanumba commented:
Wasn’t it Brian Williams who so earnestly earnestly earnestly told us all (the few who watched on internet clip anyway) about welcoming the world’s newest journalist: Chelsea Clinton? To watch him act his way through a pretend interview with a late 20s child who’s resume consists of professional graduate student sponsored by mummy and daddy was excruciating.
Brian can pretend he’s got depth but that was pure proof of 100% network lackey, more abject and groveling than most. A real journalist would have quit in outrage and started a blog, the hell with the Democrat Party media overlords and their unqualified kids. Did Chelsea look any more competent to take up a well-paid media gig at MSNBC than Kim Il Jung’s lump of an heir does as new Dear Leader? gah!
The debates aren’t church sermons. Did everyone stay silent and hold their applause for Lincoln or Douglas? Was the audience silent for Shakepeare? Seriously? What part of LIVE AUDIENCE don’t people understand? It DOES make for a better performance and it does give candidates useful feedback, right there , boos and cheers.
bg commented:
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Refresher Course: TARP
[The largest banks are actually bigger than they were when he
took office. And earned more in the first two-and-a-half years
of his term than they did during the entire eight years of the Bush administration.]
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wanumba commented:
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#35 January 24, 2012 at 10:39 am
Liz commented:
Get your personal life in order, Mr. Gingrich. Tell the truth every so often. THEN wow us with your debate skills.
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Actually after seeing wife No 2 in action, versus the comportment of Callista, I think Gingrich actually has got his personal life in order at last.
I had no opinion until this week when the dynamics were on display. No. 2 was plainly a big big mistake, the sooner ended the better. As far as No. 3, they act like grown-ups together and are much more subdued and settled. A measurable improvement.
Spider commented:
The applause was surpressed.
There was occasional sporadic clapping, or even giggles, but that was quickly squelched.
There must have been Goons there flashing ‘QUIET’ placards like we were at a golf match.
lizzy84 commented:
The liberal media wants to control everything and everyone exactly as their dear oBama does. I understand you are told when and where you can speak in China just like Williams telling the audience to remain silent. If this is the case why have an audience at all?
Mikey commented:
ummmm…I can see both sides of this.
I’ve been to musical events, operas and plays where the audience was requested to “please withhold your applause until after the performance ends”
Not that I’m equating “performance art” with politics. :-] I would never do thaaat.
Applause, in the present debate format can be both distracting and time consuming resulting in less questioning and vetting of the candidates.
Besides, who wants to hear a bunch or hootin’ and hollerin’ from (paid) political hacks in the audience, who let loose every time their man pronounces.
Of course you could look at it the way that Newt & Co. does too….
Sasja commented:
Sorry folks. My last post, I was trying to type here and elsewhere and got conflugulated. It should have read, “Bush did see a need to control the border, however.” That “didn’t see the need” was supposed to be in a memo totally unrelated to here. I guess I’ve reach the point at my age that I shouldn’t walk and chew gum at the same time anymore.
Ria commented:
He better get use to quiet debates because there is no clapping during presidential debates. Obama knows how to debate when it is boringly quiet.
Gus commented:
I’d like to see the GOP candidates tell Brian Williams that he too can shut the fvck up.
bg commented:
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100 Tea Party Leaders to Endorse Gingrich
Herman Cain to give Tea Party response to SOTU
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bg commented:
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Sasja #60 January 24, 2012 at 11:26 am
hah, that’s nothing, just wait until you reach my age..
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bg commented:
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Ria #61 January 24, 2012 at 11:26 am
he sure does..
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Taqiyyotomist commented:
#33 Amjean
I predict that in the next debate the liberal press will have the room full of whacko
liberals, jeering instead of cheering.
I bet you are right. Remember, folks: this is a grand deception game for the Progs.
The room will be stacked with Romney supporters and MSM-devotees, and they will be told in advance to (and they will comply, gladly) wildly cheer for ABN (anybody but Newt), and will wildly jeer Newt’s every comment.
This is a fight against the ObamaMedia, and it seems that only Newt realizes it.
DavidD commented:
I’m waiting for PMSNBC to bus in paid union thugs and OWSers for the next Republican debate….
valerie commented:
#60 January 24, 2012 at 11:26 am
Sasja commented:
I never could.
bg commented:
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Ria #47 January 24, 2012 at 10:54 am
mostly agree, however..
re: [When ever Newt gets a lead he goes into
condescending mode of ignoring his opponents.]
what??
Newt Gingrich is not only the only candidate who lays any praise on his
opponents (not to mention those who have dropped out, and also what
i’m trying to not let bother me) but mentions they must defeat Obama in
every debate..
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Taqiyyotomist commented:
Mikey, then why have a debate in front of a live audience?
Why not just do it in a studio?
Sorry, but an audience is an essential part of a debate. One that can see itself, and it’s reactions. Sure, you could call a television-watching audience an audience, but a town full of people watching TV can’t see when everyone else in town is cheering a riposte by Newt, all at once.
Let’s do the same for pro football! NO CHEERING. That makes it unfair for the visiting team, doesn’t it?
It was a ridiculous and nefarious decision.
valerie commented:
Oh, here’s an endorsement. More important, he gives the reasons why.
http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/01/fred-thompson-endorses-newt/
lizzy84 commented:
Newt is right.
Research.. the spiral of silence.
bg commented:
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valerie #71 January 24, 2012 at 11:56 am
precisely why i keep posting the Crony Capitalism links, if that
doesn’t wake a few more snoozers US up, nothing will.. *sigh*
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bg commented:
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Gingrich is Correct
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Mimi commented:
Gingrich is using this argument to hide his support for TARP, Amnesty, Indiv Mandate and climate change. I don’t believe the TP knows that Newt supported these. Electing Newt or Romney will take these 4 items off the table for conservatives.
Go Santorum and Paul!
WillofLa commented:
The reason why Brian Williams took the audience out of the debate last night was because Brian Williams did not think a bunch of yocal’s had the right to “boo” one of HIS questions. Brian Williams believes that HIS questions are serious, and no common people have the right to disagree by making noise and sounds of disagreement like mumbling and grumbling to show Brian that he puts his pants on just like every other man in the audience, and Brian Williams is just to high and mighty and above the common folk to be ridiculed by common folk.
Brian Williams has been a “anchor man” for many years and wears his makeup proudly every night when he is before the camera’s. Brian Williams is Brian Williams who has interviewed very famous people and world leaders and has asked them very serious questions that no one thought were silly questions then, so why would these, these republican’s think they are so smart that they believe they have the right to judge Brian Willams questions? Who do they think they are? Brian Williams is Brian Williams, the famous Brian Williams who is buddies with every Democrat President and can go to the White House anytime he wants. Let’s see common folk do that.
In other words Brian Williams thinks his do-do doesn’t stink!!
AnginKS commented:
bg you piss me off sometimes, but you are a plethora of knowledge and I appreciate your research and how quick you can find it. I know a lot of what you put out there but you never cease to amaze me with the things that I have missed along the way. Keep up the good work and OMG OBAMA MUST GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bg commented:
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Mimi #77 January 24, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Earth to MIMI..
that we have Global Warming is a fact, no there’s no denying it..
however, that is NOT what is in dispute, what is in dispute is the that
they (those who have not only been raking in millions off of the hoax,
but will be reaping tons more via carbon tax) are trying to tel us the
cause is MAN-MADE, when it’s been proved to be MOTHER NATURE’S
alignment with the Sun so to speak..
and this is about the 4 or 5th time i’ve posted this pertinent info for you,
but that you obviously keep ignoring it it tells me exactly why you come
here & post the samo samo rhetoric over & over again, you’re a PAID
POSER who goes by different id’s to boot..
but alas, i digress, and here you go again..
April 24, 2009
Newt Rips Gore’s ‘Facts’ To Pieces
a bit more just to be sure..
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bg commented:
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AnginKS #79 January 24, 2012 at 12:38 pm
so, i piss you off in a good way..
thank you, glad to hear it..
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WillofLa commented:
The major lame stream media, who has spent the last 40+ years brain washing and controlling public opinion to go left on every issue, who has spent the last 40+ years telling the American people what is really important and not what they believe are the real issues, who have spent the past 40+ years since Vietnam transforming America into a Socialist puppet nation controlled by the U.N., who has spent the past 40+ years getting American’s to believe that being rich is wrong, being educated more than the dumbest Black, that if you don’t keep cutting down your own lifestyle you are part of polluting the world that is killing poor people in African countries who are just trying to keep their heads above water, and the media who for the past 40+ years believes that we are nothing but idiots who want to just waste water, electricity, gasoline and don’t care about the planet thinks we aren’t smart enough to pick our own leaders or the President, and who has had to tell who was the best candidate for them because they are to much into fantasy about a piece of paper written over two hundred and thirty-five years ago by a bunch of dead old White men who were dreamers about something that could never work like they thought it could, and who have had to tell the American people to give up on these fantasies of being as free as they think their god gave them is nothing but ignorant people lying to themselves.
Yes, the lame stream media who was created by the Socialist who were taking over the country and didn’t want the people to find out just how bad things really are in this takeover, needs to continue to blame the people for messing things up by wanting this fantasy about freedom and liberty when no one else in the world has this freedom the people keep harping about, so why should they? A big shot media who is being told what to say by the liberals what is best for the people because they aren’t smart enough to even know what kind of light bulb to use in their home can’t pick a President that could do what the big shot media knows is best for us all.
Yes, let’s let the lame stream media pick everything for us as it told to us dummies every night by Brian Williams who knows more than we do what is best including those questions he gave to a bunch of lossers in a dead party, last night. Yes, these are the media leaders who we need to lead us. Brian Willams for President!! The loser of the ages who could help all of us become the best losers we’re capable of becoming.
Ausonius commented:
bg #80:
Once again, you claim knowledge and, alas, you display gross ignorance (or is it willful deception, hmmmm….)
That global warming is a fact is very much in dispute, as the most recent 10 year record actually shows that not to be the case.
That Newt supports (or did until it was no longer politically beneficial) action to curb MAN MADE global warming. The commercial w/ pelosi makes that very, very clear.
That Newt supports (as recently as an interview with Meet the Press on May 15, 2011) the individual mandate to purchase health insurance, a postion he’s held since at least 1993 (google it and read the transcript for yourself!).
That Newt supports a version of what most people will recognize as amnesty.
That Newt voted for TARP
That Newt’s ethics case in which he agreed to pay $300,000 was approved by a 395-28 House vote. Newt’s statement in Jan. 1997 is:
“I did not manage the effort intensely enough to thoroughly direct or review information being submitted on my behalf. In my name and over my signature, inaccurate, incomplete, and unreliable statements were given to the committee, but I did not intend to mislead the committee.”
Gingrich agreed to the penalty as part of a deal in which he admitted guilt. The $300,000 was an assessment of reimbursement to the ethics committee for the additional cost he caused it when he gave false information. (Washington Post, January 22, 1997)
The ads BO will run over and over on this will be relentless.
You can keep call me a liar, but the fact is these statements are correct, and no amount of denial by you or anyone else will change that.
Ausonius commented:
Correction To my post #83:
Newt didn’t vote for TARP (he held no office), but did publicly support TARP.
Sorry
Mama Grizzly commented:
Glad to see Senator Santorum doing better.
The media is filled with sick sell-outs who no longer protect the people’s right to know
Ausonius commented:
I would add that I can relate with the immense desire to oust the current potus, as he is a despicable marxist no doubt. I have been politically involved since 1991 in conservative politics, and had the painful experience of two clinton terms. I can relate with being very angry about the decline we are in.
I take issue with the blind Newt endorsements. The issues I cited in #83 were among some of the strongest reasons that Mitt was labeled a Rino. I am well aware of how unfavorably Newt was received following the govt shutdowns in the mid ’90s. His personal life, while some of you are ignoring as irrelevant, will likely be cause for some conservatives not to vote at all.
I support Santorum. I haven’t hidden that. I will take him with his faults, none of which include the large issues cited above. I believe him when he says he intends to govern from a staunch, fiscally-conservative position. I find him to have the character that makes his statements quite credible.
bg commented:
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wanumba #56 January 24, 2012 at 11:18 am
Newt was on Laura Ingraham earlier today,
said he does his own wash, but not ironing..
i missed how she got into that aspect of his life, but it doesn’t really
matter, because imho, whatever got her there is just more proof of
the dumbing down of America.. *sigh*
i’m glad he gave a “why are you asking me that” sort of snicker here
and there, and can picture him scratching his head so to speak after
he hung up..
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bg commented:
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Ging O Newt!! Ging O Newt!! Ging O Newt!!
Ging O Newt!! Ging O Newt!! Ging O Newt!!
Ging O Newt!! Ging O Newt!! Ging O Newt!!
Ging O Newt!! Ging O Newt!! Ging O Newt!!
Ging O Newt!! Ging O Newt!! Ging O Newt!!
Mama Grizzly commented:
bg:
Same emotive stance from you as with
PALIN
then
CAIN
now
NEWT
?? What gives?
Mimi commented:
Earth to bg. Just because you say so doesn’t mean it is. I didn’t find your statements credible.
Major arguments against obama–TARP-Amnesty-Climate Chg.-Individual Mandate Santorum was on the other side of these arguments. Newt, McCain and Obama all have the same view on these. So keep posting the same argument about climate chg.
Didn’t realize that TARP-Amnesty-Climate Chg- or Individual Mandates were good. Obama-Newt-Mcain. Same beliefs
Go Sanatorum
Molon Labe commented:
Liz is our resident expert on Lewinski’s. Let’s hear from our other moby trolls.
bg commented:
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Mama Grizzly #89 January 24, 2012 at 3:52 pm
TEA Party!!
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bg commented:
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Mimi #90 January 24, 2012 at 5:10 pm
by all means, never take my word or opinion for anything even closely
related to fact (unless i state it as being so.. and provide the proof to
back it up of course)..
please.. i implore you not to form your opinions
via innuendo & hearsay via third party journO’s..
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Mimi commented:
bg I haven’t that’s why I’ve taken the time to listen to Newt. He said he, “supported TARp, supported an individual mandate, supported amnesty and supported climate chg.
These are things I as a conservative can’t support. Wow how will Newt debate Obama when Newt, McCain and Obama supported TARP, Indiv Mandate, Amnesty and climate chg.
You are right I didn’t listen to those pundits or inuendos, I listened to NEWT!
ER commented:
Newt’s a whining, my-way-or-else baby, and his position on this makes me dislike him more. This was not a neutral, open-to-the-public audience, so cheering & booing would not be a fair representation of popular sentiment, but would be manipulative to the national audience that might not be aware of the audience’s exclusivity.
bg commented:
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Mimi #95 January 24, 2012 at 6:59 pm
LINKS PLEASE..
thankyouverymuch..
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Gary commented:
People are free to believe what they want, but I think the applause thing was aimed at Ron Paul. There is always a small group of Paulbots that cheer wildly no matter what he says, and they occasionally yell out, though I can’t usually tell what they’re saying.
Hardly bears repeating, but Gingrich is a walking disaster. It’s only a matter of time until he shuts himself down, no need for the media to help him. And for every dollar he raises, Romney’s camp and the GOP establishment will raise 5, so there’s no question of whose money will go farther.
On a side note, please stop giving money to the GOP. Pick your candidates and send the money directly to their campaigns. Otherwise, it goes to all the wrong people, and sometimes goes toward fending off conservative challengers to GOP incumbents.
Gary commented:
#96
ditto, but again, I think aimed more at Ron Paul than Newt Gingrich (or perhaps in the case of Gingrich, so that the moderators don’t risk being perceived as getting schooled by a GOP candidate)