Newt Gingrich on the couch with Obama & Al Sharpton
This is what happens when you get too much Beltway on the brain.
Newt Gingrich — who sidled up on a couch with Nancy Pelosi for one of Al Gore’s global warming ad campaigns — championed President Obama’s education speech today.
Subtext be damned.
Gingrich, you should know, has been on a summer road trip with police-bashing, violence-inciting, race charlatan Al Sharpton and Obama Education Secretary Arne Duncan:
The tour starts Sept. 29 in Philadelphia, heads to New Orleans on Nov. 3 and then to Baltimore on Nov. 13 — cities selected for what they can teach others about school reform.
Gingrich paid homage to Sharpton earlier this spring along with Vice President Joe Biden.
Sharpton is an agent of hate with nothing — I repeat, nothing — of value to contribute to the school reform debate.
Keep this self-serving traveling circus away from America’s classrooms.
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Errah the only thing Newt is running for is a snickers bar . . . .
On September 8th, 2009 at 6:45 pm, cicerokid said:
“Whatever happened to all this season’s losers of the year?
Every time I got to thinking, were’d they disappear?
When I woke up Al and Newt were rolling on the couch.
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling got my Kiss records out.
Surrender, surrender, but don’t give your self away!”
Sorry, forgot to give quote credits:
Rick Nielsen, Cheap Trick
The sad part is I don’t think Newt gets it. He probably thinks the is the solution. When people stay inside the beltway too long this is what happens to them.
I just don’t get it. Why?
Newt is on a quest to be the Uber Statesman. I don’t care for this tact, too much like Bill O’Reilly.
Pandering to the opposition, especially persons like Sharpton does not help the cause.
Gingrich’s gang of thugs has been attempting to take over the tea parties and redirect them to a Gingrich agenda. That is why a bunch of political hacks are now showing up at the tea parties. He is trying to take advantage of the conservative grassroots movements.
Truly a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Newt seems to be one of those politicians who ignores political behavior and focuses on the current issue. It can be a strength when you want to cut a deal and have to work with scum but it seems really naive sometimes, too.
Just listened to today’s BBC World Report where they were reporting on Obama’s problems passing ObamaCare. They got it right, at least much more accurately than our own MSM.
Most importantly, they clearly stated that Obama’s problems were due to broad-based grassroots resistance unrelated to the GOP. Quite a contrast to our MSM which continually misreports this by blaming “radical right-wing extremists”. There was none of that with the BBC report. They made it crystal clear that it is ordinary citizens who are very disenchanted with the bill.
Proves that persistence pays. Even when gaining ground one inch at a time, we do eventually reach a tipping point. It would be suicide for our entrenched criminal class of elected weasels in DC to now try to cram a “bipartisan” bill down our throats. I doubt the Dems will try to do it alone.
I could sure use some help with my pizza crust recipe. It’s either too sticky or too floury. Please tll me what I’m doing wrong.
CHAPPY SAID WHAT?!
More on my last comment. This proves that the GOP as it is now constituted has effectively been marginalized. If they can’t find the wherewithal to replace their leadership, they can expect another rough year in 2010 regardless of whether or not they gain seats. There is not compelling reason for any House Republican to take the RNC seriously anymore. They are now free to run as conservatives. Sarah Palin could be a great help to them.
The Brits are all over the fact that the Obama administration gave its blessing to Scotland letting out the Lockerbie bomber and they’re even questioning how sick he (the bomber) really is.
But at least we know that Jon and Kate are moving forward with their divorce. And we found that out without Levi Johnston.
Laura Bush does not get a pass from me, chap, ‘sorry to ruin your moment.
If Newt (or Huckabee) runs for president… I don’t know what I’ll do.
Given our track record of nominating amazingly weak and unprincipled candidates… it doesn’t look good.
Perhaps Obama will get a second term after all.
You how people are always saying that there should be an option for “none of the above” on the ballot? There is. Here is how you find it.
When you look at the ballot, you’ll see the Democratic Party candidate. Skip right past it. Then you’ll see a Republican candidate. Skip past that one too. Pick one from the remaining candidates.
Too many conservatives either stay home or hold their noses to vote for the Assistant Democrat. Vote for any of the others. We are witnessing in Iran and Venezuela what happens when the government fails to confirm its legitimacy at the ballot box. Chaos. The first thing we need to do to fix our government is to take away its legitimacy. We are already close.
Voter registrations for the Republican Party are down to 23% and sinking. The Dems are down to 31-32% and sinking. That’s 53-54% combined. If the noseholders of both parties could just show up at the polls next election and vote “none of the above”, regardless of what the pundits and corruption enablers might say to preserve the status quo, they would know that the jig is up.
If the two major parties cannot combine to attract half of the voters into their membership, they are a rogue government. A two-party system could not govern effectively if winning candidates consistently attract less than half of the vote.
Right now, both parties and the cultural elites are at war with conservatives. Yet we are spoiling the party for the post-partisans.
If more of us could clear our heads to think straight, we would clearly see that everything is in place for a conservative to win as third-party candidate. A Sarah Palin making a big impact campaigning for all conservatives next year would transform the landscape and set her up as that candidate for 2012 or 2016. At worst, she could impose a conservative agenda on whatever candidate the GOP selects.
The only thing standing in the way is lack of imagination. That is why the Republicans failed to replace the Whigs. No! Wait! They DID replace the Whigs! Huh!
Tbis looks like a cool place to play but I am matronly, school marmish and a believer in the John Birch Society.
Serial adulterers dont impress me much.
Neither do the Birchers.
Newt is a has-been and thinks he is cleverly positioning himself for a ‘centrist’ role. He would do well to remember where he was politically and where that got him to in 1994. It was not a centrist attitude. It was pure old Reagan conservatism. It doesn’t matter now. I don’t believe that he can garner enough support to be a serious candidate or political leader. The Tea Party folks should tell him to kiss off.
We also do not need another McCain, thank you.
Yes, I already knew Newt is a traitor. No surprise here.
I wonder if Gingrich has finally figured out this type of crap is why his PAC has such trouble raising money?
Nope.
His populist schtick is rather old.
Next time his PAC calls asking me to listen to another recorded message from him and asking for money, I think I will tell him to ask his buddies BHO and Sharpton.
The only thing I like about Newt is his historical fiction books.
Newt Gingrich please go home. The REAL Conservatives have arrived. WE are the ones to bring back honor, respect and dignity to the Constitution, Bill of Rights and The American Way. You go play with your pals in the GOP and race baiter underworld. You continue to play both sides of the isle. I personally throw you under the bus. No More Lifetime DC Pundits!
Ditto. I don’t care what he has to say about conservatism, after what he did to his wife, he’s just another adulterous slime.
Newt Gingrich’s modern politcal behavior could also be seen in the forward he wrote around 1994 on behalf of Alvin and Heidi Toffler, the authors of “Future Shock” and sequels-his forward for this particular sequel didn’t square with the conservative persona he was cultivating then. Moreover why was HE writing for these particular two globalists anyway?
Nothing here surprises me about him- my querie relates to how he went undetected by conservatives for so long until he became Speaker of the House and thereafter…answers, anyone?
Why all the consternation? Newt is a pol.
Newt is a self-serving boob, what a joke he has become!
Newt wants to be John McCain when he grows up.
Uh – that wasn’t me. How is it possible for more than one users here to register with the same name?
The ORIGINAL Bruce!
This was me. Appears to be another configuration issue with WordPress.
However, I wasn’t the other Bruce. I just thought I’d test it for you when you noticed the problem.
Amen brother. I used to call for the none of the above category, and then I figured out there was one. I voted 3rd party. Regardless if they had no chance of winnning. The old saying “a thousand mile journey starts with one step”. As long as nose holders (those that claim to be nose holders anyway) continue voting for the republicans, they will continue to drift left to pick up some center of left votes.
I don’t get the Sara Palin advocacy though. I am not sold on her yet. I am always leary of anyone who doesn’t totally refute amnesty and doesn’t sternly call for a complete halt to illegal immigration (maybe she has and I missed it). It is my litmus test. That issue shows the level of pandering the candidate intends to do once in office.
This sounds familiar. If you change a few key words (obviously). No? Are “we” the ones “we’ve” been waiting for?
On Fox Sunday Newt gave advice to Obama on Health Care. He said “don’t try to pass it all at once, instead pass a little at a time to get all you want”. Used to like Newt a lot but now believe he is trying to become a media darling for run at POTUS.
WELL! With this new bit of news and information, I have now solidly sided with Gov. Palin for the GOP Ticket in 2012. The former Speaker has no business going anywhere with Al Sharpton. I can understand him sitting with Pelosi: they are former colleagues from the House……but “Rev.” Al Sharpton? Maybe this soudns trite, but that is the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
Palin for President 2012…