Newt Gingrich has become, frankly, a hate-mongering bigot
Newt Gingrich went on Fox last night to peddle more of his hateful, vile garbage regarding the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque,” which is not at ground zero and is not a major mosque, but an Islamic community center.
“The idea of a 13-story building set up by a group many of whom, frankly, are very hostile to our civilization — and I’m talking now about the people who organized this, many of whom are apologists for sharia, which is a form of law that I think we cannot allow in this country, period,” Gingrich said.
Once again, my longstanding Gingrich Rule proves valid. Whenever the man utters the word “frankly,” what follows is almost always the opposite of frank speech. It is instead absolute baloney. In this case, he alleges that many of the people involved in the proposal to build the Islamic center “frankly, are very hostile to our civilization.”
That’s a serious charge, and neither Gingrich nor anyone else has provided any evidence whatsoever that it is true. With inflammatory remarks of this sort, Gingrich makes Joe McCarthy look measured and responsible.
Any grudging respect I once held for the man is now gone.
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Jay
July 28th, 2010
12:21 pm
I have no idea what focus group if any he used to determine that he is a viable potus candidate.
who the hell is going to vote for a pot bellied man with five chins, who dumps his wife on her deatbed?
the guy is a d-bag.
booger
July 28th, 2010
12:25 pm
There is no such thing as grudging respect. You respect something or you do not. And I guess I missed it but where is the bigotry. To say many muslims want to harm us? To say that many Arabs want to harm us?
Tell you what. Lets build a Jewish synagogue in Iran, and see how that works. I remember during the flag debate, liberals were all over symbolism. Any evidence of life before the Civil War had to be erased, and one was the devil himself if he dared say he was proud of his heritage. This is all about symbolim, not about bigotry.
ty webb
July 28th, 2010
12:28 pm
Progressive playbook
1. call opponet racist.
2. call opponet hater.
3. call opponet a bigot.
4. rinse.
5. repeat.
Granny Godzilla
July 28th, 2010
12:30 pm
Newt?
Next he’ll want to bar hibachi grills and beirgartens.
Goofball.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
12:32 pm
ty webb @ 12.28,
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
FrankLeeDarling
July 28th, 2010
12:33 pm
Newt the Bush /Cheney reboot
Granny Godzilla
July 28th, 2010
12:33 pm
playbook for SOME Conservatives
1. be a racist.
2. be a hater.
3. be a bigot.
a. deny
b. mispell racial slur
4. rinse.
5. repeat.
reebok
July 28th, 2010
12:34 pm
‘Gingrich is a hate-mongering bigot’ falls into the ‘Water is wet’ category.
reasonable
July 28th, 2010
12:35 pm
Jay – two words Thank You. Its way past time to quit catering to this and other nonsense Gringrich has spouted over the years. Even the Republicans in the House decided he had to go as Speaker. As to building a synagogue in Iran and seeing how that works, does anyone really want to point to Iran as a model for our behaviour?
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
12:35 pm
booger,
“Lets build a Jewish synagogue in Iran, and see how that works. ”
So now America is on the same level of freedom as Iran…wow…that is what our ancestors fought and died for…for the US to lower itself to the level of Iran.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
12:37 pm
Newt Gingrich has become, frankly, a hate-mongering bigot
This is news?
ty webb
July 28th, 2010
12:37 pm
Jewcowboy,
“O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain!”
@@
July 28th, 2010
12:38 pm
What’s that I see? Upper right-hand corner of the video?
ThinkProgress has become, frankly, a hate-mongering bigoted arm of the Democratic Party given their edited videos portraying “The Tea Party” as racists.
Tit for tat, jay.
Same ol’…same ol’
Normal
July 28th, 2010
12:38 pm
ty webb
July 28th, 2010
12:28 pm
ty,
Both sides play that game…nice try, though.
stands for decibels
July 28th, 2010
12:38 pm
Once again, my longstanding Gingrich Rule proves valid. Whenever the man utters the word “frankly,” what follows is almost always the opposite of frank speech. It is instead absolute baloney.
Why must you defame an honorable lunch meat in such a scandalous fashion?
ty webb
July 28th, 2010
12:40 pm
Granny Godzilla,
Master Bookman has taught you well. Or is it Sensei Bookman?
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
12:41 pm
ty webb,
“O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain!”
What an appropriate quote in the context of Newt and revenge.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
12:43 pm
All together now…
My side’s better’n your side,
my side’s better’n yours…
My side’s happier, ‘n cleaner, ‘n holier than your side….
My side’s better’n yours…..
Lance
July 28th, 2010
12:43 pm
1. McCarthy was always more measured and responsible than the left gave him credit. He was a zealot and was often out of line, but his accusations were based on credible FBI intelligence.
2. I call a 13 story community center 2 blocks from ground zero a major mosque at ground zero.
3. Newt should have backed up his accusations with facts as the accusations were being made.
RW-(the original)
July 28th, 2010
12:43 pm
You should read what comes after “let me be clear” in one of Obama’s hourly speeches if you really want to see baloney.
Later
ty webb
July 28th, 2010
12:44 pm
Jewcowboy,
I guess you could apply that to newt, depending on your perspective. However, I had that nice photo of Jay on top of the page in mind when I posted.
Paulo977
July 28th, 2010
12:45 pm
jewcowby
@12:35pm
Took the words off my keyboard!!
TGT
July 28th, 2010
12:45 pm
Newt’s a hate-mongering bigot and Abdul Rauf is a peace-loving tolerant muslim.
Then there’s this take: http://www.examiner.com/x-34822-Newark-Religion–Social-Issues-Examiner~y2010m5d28-Have-we-been-told-the-truth-about-the-911-mosque
Normal
July 28th, 2010
12:46 pm
newts are characterised by a frog-like body with four equal sized limbs and a distinct tail.
His parents had no choice…
getalife
July 28th, 2010
12:47 pm
Whacked out on wingnut ideology.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
12:49 pm
ty webb,
“I guess you could apply that to newt, depending on your perspective.”
Well, considering the quote marks Hamlet’s descent into madness, real or feigned, and his onslaught to revenge, I had rather thought it was particularly appropriate for Newt.
larry
July 28th, 2010
12:51 pm
I hope newt has moved out of Ga. for good. I didnt like seeing Gingrich (R-Ga). Maybe he moved to D.C. or back to his home state of Pennsyvania. If they would have him.
larry
July 28th, 2010
12:53 pm
I remember the bumper sticker on my Aunt’s car. “Scooot Newt”
booger
July 28th, 2010
12:53 pm
Jewcowboy,
Don’t like the Iran comparison? Lets build a Southern Heritage museum next door to the MLK center. Personaly I think this would be insensative and wrong because of the sybolism, but would this make me bigoted?
I guess the theme here is that anyone who opposes this mosque is a bigot. This would mean the majority of New Yorkers are bigots as well.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
12:53 pm
TGT,
From your link, “Before anyone is allowed to build anything in connection with Ground Zero, the American people deserve to have all their questions answered, and the survivors of 9/11 deserve to know that their loved ones’ memories will be treated with honor.”
So exactly how far out does Ground Zero stretch?
N-GA
July 28th, 2010
12:54 pm
There is something sooooooooooooo hypocritical going on when Newt Gingrich calls someone else “arrogantly dishonest”.
And all his little “apologists” are posting their brains out right here. It shouldn’t take very many posts until…..brainless!
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
12:55 pm
Seems to me it’s not much different compared to us “yankees” moving down south..most of all when the majority of us had no ancestors here in the USA during the Civil War… last I recall…this was ALL the USA…and even there near ground zero…there’s a little thing provided to us all called “Freedom of Religion”….
What’s the problem? Are the very one’s who keep shouting: “let’s take back our country” and “we need to get back to our Constitution” refusing to uphold that very same document?
larry
July 28th, 2010
12:55 pm
When did 2 city blocks become right next to something?
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
12:56 pm
booger,
“Lets build a Southern Heritage museum next door to the MLK center. ”
If they own they land…and can pay for it…why not?
“I guess the theme here is that anyone who opposes this mosque is a bigot.”
If you oppose it because it is a mosque…yes…it makes you a bigot…if you oppose it for land use purposes or traffic counts etc…not you would not be a bigot.
“This would mean the majority of New Yorkers are bigots as well.”
Duh. We are all…
Normal
July 28th, 2010
12:57 pm
Lance
July 28th, 2010
12:43 pm
McCarty was an alcoholic who hated liberals period, and did all he could to ruin them. The people he went after mostly were idealists believing in the dream of Communism, and not the fact of the USSR.
Communism was supposed to be a workers paradise, all equal, all sharing, all giving union of people. The young are naive sometimes and he took advantage of it for political purposes. The FBI used inuindo
and blackmail to get their “facts”. Nothing would have stood up in court today. Read your history, it was an era of hate and fear.
theyeshaveit
July 28th, 2010
12:57 pm
The unbecoming Newt is becoming difficult to differentiate from Rush. With his inability to answer any questions regarding proof that the center is to be funded by those “hostile to our civilization”, without any explanation as to why Mayor Bloomberg and New York Attorney General Cuomo support the building of the center, I surmise that this a Newt knee jerk reaction. Given an association test with the words ground zero and mosque, Newt responds with “terrorist”. So much for the Newter Gender.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
12:57 pm
Hey Jay…sorry we raided your liqueur cabinet downstairs while you were gone. That’s what happens when you go out on the town and leave us “kids” alone. Don’t worry…we’ll clean up the mess.
Psssst…republicans…that’s why we “hired” Obama…to clean up that mess you all left behind.
jconservative
July 28th, 2010
12:57 pm
Can someone explain to me the problem with an Islamic center in the 9/11 ground zero area. So what?
Thanks.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
12:58 pm
Saul Good,
“Are the very one’s who keep shouting: “let’s take back our country” and “we need to get back to our Constitution” refusing to uphold that very same document?”
The people that selectively read the Constitution seem to be the very people who selectively read the bible.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
12:58 pm
jewcomboy: “So exactly how far out does Ground Zero stretch?”
According to the talibangelicals and “moral warriors” of our nation…from sea to shining sea.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
1:00 pm
As for the Mosque, lest we all forget, New York City approved it. If they say it’s OK, then it’s OK with me.
BTW, Newt had to facts to use as back up….
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
1:00 pm
larry,
“When did 2 city blocks become right next to something?”
The knee bone is connected to the shin bone, the shin bone is connected to the foot bone….
mm
July 28th, 2010
1:00 pm
Booger,
“Tell you what. Lets build a Jewish synagogue in Iran, and see how that works.”
Typical wingnut BS. Change the subject, divert attention, etc.
We are not Iran. We are America, the land of religious freedom. Go read the constitution, because obviously you haven’t. And ya’ll accuse the Democrats of trampling the constitution?
Normal
July 28th, 2010
1:01 pm
It’s Bushes fault, he thought Afghanistan and OBL were in Iraq…the dummy!
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
1:02 pm
“The people that selectively read the Constitution seem to be the very people who selectively read the bible.”
Well…you’re only “part” right here…. what they do is “re-write” from time to time it to fit their current agenda and needs…
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
1:03 pm
theyeshaveit,
“I surmise that this a Newt knee jerk reaction. ”
I misread this at first. I thought you wrote, “Newt jerk reaction”.
I think we have a new term…
larry
July 28th, 2010
1:04 pm
The knee bone is connected to the shin bone, the shin bone is connected to the foot bone….
the foot bone is connected to the toe bone……..
which neocons keep stumping every time they open the door.
Midori
July 28th, 2010
1:04 pm
who the hell is going to vote for a pot bellied man with five chins, who dumps his wife on her deatbed?
Scout?
Ty?
@@?
RW?
Booger?
larry
July 28th, 2010
1:06 pm
OGK??
Ir/yw??
Doggone/GA
July 28th, 2010
1:06 pm
“Any grudging respect I once held for the man is now gone”
You’re more tolerant than I am. I’ve never had any respect for him, and as I’ve said before…one of the most frightening things I’ve ever heard a politician say was when he said, on an interview on NPR that “More people should be like me”
God forbid