Newt Gingrich on Muslim infiltrators, Tony Blair – and some guy named Mitt
My esteemed AJC colleague Daniel Malloy ventured out of D.C. today to witness the following:
ARLINGTON, Va. – Newt Gingrich played surrogate Monday afternoon for Michele Bachmann, Tony Blair, his own accomplishments from the 1990s, and – oh, yes — Mitt Romney.
Though it might have been hard to tell, Romney’s campaign organized the news conference at Belmont TV, an electronics retailer a few miles from Gingrich’s home, as one of 18 events by major Republican names across the nation intended to drive President Barack Obama’s “You didn’t build that” remark into the skull of every swing voter.
After owner Ken Sickmen, who took over the business from his father, lamented that the shaky economy means fewer people want to buy big-screen televisions, Gingrich took the podium for the kind of delightful, self-referential skewering of the president that was the basis of his primary stump speech. The former Georgia congressman also picked up on the news of the day, that his former White House foil Bill Clinton will keynote the Democratic National Convention.
“I think that will be a terrific opportunity for those of us who served with President Clinton to point out Barack Obama’s no Bill Clinton,” Gingrich said. “You look at the Clinton economy, you look at the balanced budgets that I helped write and Clinton signed. You look at welfare reform which Obama recently tore apart and reversed.
You look at all the things that were done to make the economy better for the American people, there’s a huge gap between Bill Clinton’s efforts to take the Democratic Party to the center and Barack Obama’s effort to take it to the left.”
Gingrich even had an Olympic-themed riff on Obama’s gaffe: “I can imagine an Obama speech saying ‘You didn’t win that gold medal, everybody won the gold medal.’ Well, that ain’t how it works.”
(As pointed out by Jon Stewart, Romney actually did say something similar at the 2002 Salt Lake City games: “You Olympians, however, know that you didn’t get here solely on your own power. For most of you, loving parents, sisters or bothers encouraged your hopes, coaches guided, communities built venues and held competitions. All Olympians stand on the shoulders of those who lifted them.”)
But the reporters in attendance mostly wanted to hear about Gingrich’s op-ed backing Minnesota congresswoman Bachmann – and Coweta County Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, among others – in their pursuit of an investigation into whether Muslim Brotherhood elements have infiltrated the U.S. government.
Despite objections from Republicans John Boehner and John McCain – the latter said singling out State Department aide Huma Abedin had “no logic, no basis and no merit” – Gingrich said the threat is real and praised the group he dubbed “The National Security Five.” As he often does on the stump, Gingrich said the “elites” are ignoring extremist threats in the name of political correctness. Former British Prime Minister Blair agrees, Gingrich added.
Asked directly about Abedin, he replied: “I think all they asked for was an investigation, and I can’t imagine given our track record over the last 70 years that we want to start with the principle that anybody is automatically exempt. Therefore I think it’s not illegitimate to raise the question.”
Gingrich didn’t mention Romney until asked about his former primary foe. After pursuing Romney’s tax returns in the primary, did he want more disclosure now?
“Well I tried to raise the issue, I frankly think the results of the primary also indicated the American voters are pretty comfortable that this is a guy who’s had good accountants, good lawyers, he’s obeyed the law, and that he will have released two solid years of information.”
And what about a big speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa? Gingrich said he will be there but he doesn’t know what his role will be. His follow-up reply, though, gave a hint that you won’t be seeing him addressing the delegate throng.
“I personally am very comfortable not giving a speech, because I think, frankly, there is a whole new generation of candidates out there and people who represent the future,” he said.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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td
July 30th, 2012
6:00 pm
” Barack Obama’s no Bill Clinton,”
Truer words never spoken. Bill Clinton was a left leaning centrist and Obama is a true Marxist.
Clinton was a leader and proved it by being able to work with Newt and reform Welfare, balance a budget and have have low unemployment rates. Obama can not even work with the big cry baby to get anything accomplished the past two years and let Pelosi and Reed run over him the first two years.
Clinton was proven to be intelligent and showed his grades to prove it. We do not know about Obama because he will not release anything.
td
July 30th, 2012
6:01 pm
Jim, Moderation?
Road Scholar
July 30th, 2012
6:12 pm
“The National Security Five.”
The National Insanity Five!
So the son of the original owner of the electronics store … Did the son build the business? He may have…But he didn’t start it! He must of had the help of his customers to buy the products… Did he go to school? Did he teach himself?
Enough already!
Just saying..
July 30th, 2012
6:14 pm
Probably a lot of people comfortable with Newt not giving a speech…
hiram
July 30th, 2012
6:24 pm
Newt has lost whatever minute amount of credibility he had left in mainstream politics, and has now been officially relegated to the looney brigade.
G Mare
July 30th, 2012
6:36 pm
Yes, the looney brigade indeed, along with Ms Bachman and that nut in FL Alan West.
hiram
July 30th, 2012
6:41 pm
The only positive thing you can say about Bachman is, she’s proof that Georgia doesn’t have the market cornered on stupidity.
S
July 30th, 2012
6:50 pm
Newt, As bad as he is/was, he;s still not as amoral as what is left of the Republican Party these days.
josef
July 30th, 2012
7:46 pm
Not a regular here, so I’d best be judicious in my commentaries…
BUT
Who let that monkey out of his cage again? Oy, gevalt! On the other hand, we could use some comic relief at this stage.
Truth-O-Meter
July 30th, 2012
7:53 pm
It seems that President Obama is not the only one who said, “You didn’t build it.” So how does the Republican Party get away with lying to their followers when the evidence against this feigned outrage is so apparent.
Look who’s talking here…
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/07/26/jon-stewart-on-fox-providing-context-for-edited/187339
Peter W
July 30th, 2012
8:05 pm
For a stunning moment, this man appeared to be an actual contender for the nomination. Sometimes there is providence in the fall of a Newt.
josef
July 30th, 2012
8:10 pm
Anderson Cooper’s on it…
They BOTH suck
July 30th, 2012
8:19 pm
What’s up josef?
Maybe this can be the crashing pad for the week
InAtl
July 30th, 2012
8:21 pm
Media Matters? You’re kidding, right?
Michael #1
July 30th, 2012
8:36 pm
Did he mean to say the Jackson Five?
mrg
July 30th, 2012
8:37 pm
romneybot looks like a bufoon across the pond.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
9:01 pm
Geez, is Gingrich opening his mouth again?
The best thing that he can do for Willard is to stay off the stage.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
July 30th, 2012
9:05 pm
Well, if old Newt is in the news again then there’s hope for all the men that can’t keep their fly zippered. Silly me! I thought Kyle Wingfield was the only one that planned to vote for him.
They BOTH suck
July 30th, 2012
9:16 pm
Redneck
Don’t forget Bruno. Bruno and Kyle love some Newt they do
Kris (Please Vote)
July 30th, 2012
9:17 pm
I might favor a newt on mars. Speaking of Smittie
Mitt Romney must really like the taste of his own foot, because during his trip to London this week, he just kept on putting it in his mouth.
The day after he offended British Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson by suggesting the city wasn’t ready for the Olympics, the GOP presidential hopeful again angered Brits by breaking the MI6 code of silence.
Stop the GOP clown car…..
I promise this will not hurt…It might keep our taxes lower.
1. Hold your breath.
2. Pinch your nose. Really really tight.
3. Pick up a Republican ballot on July 31st.
4. Vote for anyone but incumbents. (GOP). All questions VOTE NO!
5. Help derail the crooks. Vote the GOP scum out.
There is a cure for greed and corruption.
Vote NO tsp-LOST.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
9:32 pm
There is a cure for greed and corruption.
Vote NO tsp-LOST.
If you think that merely voting no on a regional transportation issue is a panacea for our political ills — well, *naif* doesn’t even begin to describe you.
The state legislature can’t get this done so it’s up to us to vote to fund this and make sure our local leader’s feet are held to the fire.
Shine
July 30th, 2012
10:01 pm
What is Mitt Romney hiding? Release the tax returns….the same number of years he gave John McCain
Kris (voted NO and damn proud)
July 30th, 2012
10:01 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes …….make sure our local leader’s feet are held to the fire.
First of all you need ETHICS. My vote will show in November.
Not impressed…Welcome (Cheep asphalt, GDOT. GOP scum supporter..paid person standing on steps. Whatever your are.
Re-elect resident OBAMA
There is a cure for greed and corruption.
Vote NO tsp-LOST.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
10:14 pm
Not impressed…Welcome (Cheep[sic] asphalt, GDOT. GOP scum supporter..paid person standing on steps. Whatever your[sic] are.
1) Cheep is the sound that baby birds make.
2) Lifelong liberal, sport.
3) I was paid for my carpentry skills,not “standing on the steps” (whatever the hell that means) the same skills that built some of those homes in the platinum triangle that are suffering the most from this congestion.
4) Doing nothing about our regional transportation problems will cure nothing, least of all “greed and corruption”.
Amazing
July 30th, 2012
10:15 pm
Mitt and his puppy Newt are spinning the President’s words. Rather than trust the snippets from the media read the entire speech by the President to get the full content and message. But, we don’t want facts to get in the way!
td
July 30th, 2012
10:15 pm
Romney released two years and it is the same amount of years that McCain released. How many years Did JWB and Clinton release? ZERO.
Obama released 5 years but he will not release his college transcripts (every other President has).
td
July 30th, 2012
10:18 pm
“Obama’s no Bill Clinton,”
This is the stone cold truth. Obama could not hold Clinton’s jock strap when it comes to accomplishments, leadership or politics and Obama is at the total opposite end of the Democratic party then Clinton.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
10:27 pm
How many years Did JWB and Clinton release? ZERO.
You sure about Clinton there, sport?
Don’t know who the hell JWB (John Wilkes Booth?) is, but in April of 1992 Clinton released his financial records dating back to 1980.
So you’re just as wrong about Clinton and his financial records as you were about gasoline prices steadily rising from the SOTU until the Nov. election.
Do you ever tire of being wrong?
Kris (Vote NO)
July 30th, 2012
10:45 pm
@ Kamchak “. built some of those homes in the platinum triangle that are suffering the most from this congestion.
Still not impressed.
So your saying that the well to do (to make simple for you RICH). Are too good to sit in traffic like the rest of us poor folk. Dude or whatever you are open your eyes.
Impeach DEAL, RECALL Reed
Help derail the crooks. Vote the GOP and liberal scum out.
There is a cure for greed and corruption.
Vote NO tsp-LOST.
td
July 30th, 2012
10:46 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
10:27 pm
Financial records and tax returns are two different things. The link below should help you out a little with your facts.
Gas prices were $1:89 the day Obama took office and what are they now? $3:38 and on the rise?
http://www.taxhistory.org/www/website.nsf/web/presidentialtaxreturns
vuduchld
July 30th, 2012
10:51 pm
You Georgia monkeys are cartoon characters
DannyX
July 30th, 2012
10:54 pm
I can’t wait to see W and Cheney at the Republican convention. The ex President and ex VP will be giving prime time speeches in support of Romney.
What? Neither one will be giving a prime time speech??? They won’t even be there???
Now I’m hearing Romney has a restraining order against W and Cheney and they must stay 5,000 feet away from the arena?
How embarrassing for the Republicans, W and Cheney are going into hiding during the Republican convention.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
10:54 pm
Still not impressed.
I don’t consider it my mission in life to impress you, champ.
So your[sic] saying that the well to do (to make simple for you RICH). Are too good to sit in traffic like the rest of us poor folk.
Please don’t attempt to read my mind or try to make me defend a position that I did not take, cowboy. I may have been born at night, but it wasn’t last night
I’m saying that anybody sitting in traffic is not doing me any good. From the quality of the air that I breathe to me having to deal with people too stressed out from sitting in traffic for 1-2 hrs.
Dude or whatever you are open your eyes.
I’m a human being, not a “whatever.”
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
11:00 pm
Gas prices were $1:89 the day Obama took office…
I said nothing about “the day Obama took office”, I was referring to your puerile predictions on the night of this year’s State of the Union. Put those goalposts back where you found them.
…and what are they now? $3:38 and on the rise?
Actually they are $3.38 fallen from a recent high of about $4.
hiram
July 30th, 2012
11:02 pm
“W and Cheney are going into hiding during the Republican convention.”
A couple of more weeks like this week, and Romney may not show up either.
td
July 30th, 2012
11:09 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
11:00 pm
Gas prices were $1:89 the day Obama took office…
I said nothing about “the day Obama took office”, I was referring to your puerile predictions on the night of this year’s State of the Union. Put those goalposts back where you found them.
…and what are they now? $3:38 and on the rise?
Actually they are $3.38 fallen from a recent high of about $4.
I did several months ago and if you want to talk about what I said then please do not take it out of context.
To be factually accurate gas prices dropped to $3:00 per gallon and are now at $3:38 so they are on the way up again.
hiram
July 30th, 2012
11:15 pm
@td
“Obama released 5 years but he will not release his college transcripts (every other President has).”
Obama graduated magna cum-laude Harvard Law. What is the conspiracy here? Since I’m not a member of your “Rush Listening Club”, and would rather watch paint dry than Faux, I don’t know what nonsense you are referring to with the transcript thing.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
11:18 pm
…I don’t know what nonsense you are referring to with the transcript thing.
It’s a back door birther thingie.
td
July 30th, 2012
11:23 pm
hiram
July 30th, 2012
11:15 pm
I want to see his Occidental records since in his book he claims to not have studied and partied a great deal. I want to see the grades that allowed him to get into Columbia to begin with and would like to see the Colombia grades that allowed him to get into Harvard. I could not attend an Ivy league school after HS because I did not have a 4.0 GPA and want to know how Obama was able to attend?
td
July 30th, 2012
11:25 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
11:18 pm
It is as legitimate of a question as why Romney has not released more taxes. BTW: Romney released all his transcripts.
hiram
July 30th, 2012
11:27 pm
What do his college transcripts have to do with where he was born? The Republican strategists apparently don’t have to work up much of a sweat, considering who they are targeting. I’m not l surprised when you consider how many stupid people there are in this country, and particularly in this state. It’s still difficult to accept that they actually reelected Sonny, and then Deal. There is no bottom to the gene pool here.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
11:28 pm
I could not attend an Ivy league school after HS because I did not have a 4.0 GPA and want to know how Obama was able to attend?
Ivy League envy.
Too funny!
hiram
July 30th, 2012
11:29 pm
@ td
No one with half a brain cares. Can you really not distinguish the difference between the two?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
11:31 pm
What do his college transcripts have to do with where he was born?
It has to do with the types of loans he applied for and received. They want to know if he applied for a loan as a foreigner.
hiram
July 30th, 2012
11:33 pm
td attended Kennesaw Junior College, and founded the Rush listening club, and he’s clammering to see Obama’s transcripts?
td
July 30th, 2012
11:33 pm
hiram
July 30th, 2012
11:27 pm
“It’s still difficult to accept that they actually reelected Sonny, and then Deal.”
So you are trying to tell us all that the “Big Fat Guy” Mark Taylor and Roy Barnes round 2 were more viable choices and still want to question gene pools? Next thing you will be trying to tell us Obama was a better President then Clinton and on the same level as FDR.
Oh My!
July 30th, 2012
11:36 pm
td
get off the transcripts and birth certificates. one thing we know he’s smarter than the last clown that held down the district of criminals office for 8 LOOOOOOOONG years. while you all worry about that the GOP is letting the country implode the b__ll-less democrats are sitting there with their fingers lodged in their noses. vote no on t splost. I told you a long time ago repubs always promise no new taxes and then come up with “fees” such as this and think people are stupid.
td
July 30th, 2012
11:38 pm
hiram
July 30th, 2012
11:33 pm
“td attended Kennesaw Junior College,”
My degree says Kennesaw University on it and I did help found the Rush listening club, helped with the first chapter of the Young Republicans and do not forget I received the highest grade in Newts “Renewing American Civilization” class.
Oh My!
July 30th, 2012
11:41 pm
you want a trophy for that garbage td? what has all that gotten you?? what’s renewing american civ class about? you put on clothes from the 1800s and pretend to send native americans out west??
td
July 30th, 2012
11:41 pm
Oh My!
July 30th, 2012
11:36 pm
td
get off the transcripts and birth certificates.
The day you get off the tax returns nonsense I may consider the transcripts. We all know that all you Dems want to do is say “look Romney does not pay his fair share” when you all know that this is the second time his money has been taxed. It was taxed the first time as income and he paid income tax rates.
hiram
July 30th, 2012
11:42 pm
@ td
When did you get off on Clinton and FDR? Why not compare Obama to Andrew Jackson, or Henry the 8th?
hiram
July 30th, 2012
11:44 pm
td,
You know less about Romney’s finances than I know about the string theory. Why even bring it up?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
11:45 pm
… and I did help found the Rush listening club, helped with the first chapter of the Young Republicans and do not forget I received the highest grade in Newts “Renewing American Civilization” class.
Uh….
The derision is self evident.
Oh My!
July 30th, 2012
11:46 pm
td I don’t care about mittens tax returns or off shore accounts for that matter. he’s not fit to hold office and you know it. your a defense kinda guy, what’s his stance on defense. what’s his stance and the border protection. careful before you answer that, his pops is a latin brother. what’s his strategy to create jobs? all of them have been pushed away with nafta.
td
July 30th, 2012
11:46 pm
Oh My!
July 30th, 2012
11:41 pm
“what has all that gotten you??”
Let us see I own two businesses, have a great looking conservative wife and two achieving children that I hope will study and do better than I have in life.
What has been believing in redistribution Marxist thought done for you?
honested
July 30th, 2012
11:48 pm
Nut Getrich had ‘accomplishments’?
Pray tell, what were they?
td
July 30th, 2012
11:50 pm
hiram
July 30th, 2012
11:42 pm
@ td
When did you get off on Clinton and FDR?
Just throwing out some Dems to compare the messiah and chief too. I want to hear you libs tell us that Obama is a better President then Clinton and FDR.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
11:50 pm
We all know that all you Dems want to do is say “look Romney does not pay his fair share”…
1) Who granted you the authority to speak for “all” about “all”?
2) I have never claimed that “Romney does not pay his fair share”.
I don’t know what’s in there, I believe his tax records to be legal. But being legal doesn’t preclude his tax records to be politically damaging.
honested
July 30th, 2012
11:52 pm
tiny dog,
President Obama is coequal to President Clinton (given the mountain or republican dung he had to shovel out of the way to make progress) and FDR is improved through the lens of history (sort of like the republican distortion of the slash and burn failures foisted on America by ray-gun).
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
11:53 pm
Nut Getrich had ‘accomplishments’?
Pray tell, what were they?
He believes in traditional marriage so much that he had three of them.
td
July 30th, 2012
11:53 pm
Oh My!
July 30th, 2012
11:46 pm
Here is all I need to know about Romney. He will not tell Harry Reid to table or veto the House Cantor, Ryan, Backmann agenda. He will not appoint SCOTUS judges that Obama would appoint.
honested
July 30th, 2012
11:55 pm
tiny dog,
The simple fact that ro(money) would ‘appoint justices President Obama would not appoint’ identifies the knee-quivering fear the average voter has of the man and why he will NEVER be President.
hiram
July 30th, 2012
11:57 pm
“Let us see I own two businesses, have a great looking conservative wife….”
You are hilarious – you do realize that if those achieving kids are smarter than you, they will morph into liberals?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/201003/why-liberals-are-more-intelligent-conservatives
td
July 30th, 2012
11:57 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 30th, 2012
11:50 pm
“I don’t know what’s in there, I believe his tax records to be legal. But being legal doesn’t preclude his tax records to be politically damaging.”
Exactly the same thing I can say about Obama’s transcripts or he would have released them a long time ago and would not have spent a great deal of money to make sure they stay “private”.
Oh My!
July 30th, 2012
11:58 pm
why can’t you just have a great looking wife? why the conservative thrown in there. are progressive women ugly or do liberal chicks turn your stomach? my wife’s great looking and my kids are hard working, ask for nothing, go get it their darn selves types.
I don’t get the whole marxist comments. having the tax rate go back to the ’90s to help off set some of the debt we’ve encountered following a couple of wars, housing crash and overall heavy debt. I get why a rush or hannity would be a little upset since they actually make some $$ but you are joe six pack out here trying to make it like everyone else but thinking you’re actually one of them.
honested
July 30th, 2012
11:58 pm
hiram,
There you go bringin’ in them fancy facts.
That ain’t in the bible so it cain’t be true!
honested
July 31st, 2012
12:00 am
Oh My!
I can’t think of a known ‘conservative’ woman that gives me a rise.
Every day, I feel sorry for Carville!
The rest of them require too many drinks and staying up far too late at night to warrant a second glance.
Oh My!
July 31st, 2012
12:02 am
I hear ya honested. how many drinks would it take to be able to have a conversation with ann coulter??
td
July 31st, 2012
12:02 am
honested
July 30th, 2012
11:55 pm
What are you and your other Marxist friends going to do on Nov 7th if Romney is elected President? Will you come to these blogs under the same screen names? Will you come back under different screen names and deny (like you all did when Deal was elected governor) that you knew he would lose?
Nov. 7th is going to be an interesting day.
honested
July 31st, 2012
12:03 am
Oh My,
Just nuzzling on that adams apple makes me queasy!
hiram
July 31st, 2012
12:05 am
@oh my
Don’t forget Bachmann. Could you imagine waking up to that?
honested
July 31st, 2012
12:05 am
td,
Why exert any effort being concerned about something that will NEVER HAPPEN!
All the cons can stomp their little feet and shake their little fists and wear their little tri-corns to barbeques in the park, and it will all end up as so much digested beans.
Deal points out why stupid people should not be allowed to vote.
honested
July 31st, 2012
12:07 am
hiram,
That brings up the Ultimate Test:
What does bachmannnn look like on a cold, rainy, sunday morning when she is far from her paint pots and trowel?
G Mare
July 31st, 2012
12:07 am
td, I also graduated from Kennesaw State University, cum laude, at age 51. One of my cherished photos is me in cap & gown holding my year-old grandson. Fortunately, my degree did not require Newt’s course. Newt, Bachman, et al: NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME. On the plus side, President Clinton will give the nominating speech at the Dem convention. His morals aside, this man, unlike Newt who will be relegated, along with Bush 2, to a footnote, will be ranked among the most successful presidents in our history.
Oh My!
July 31st, 2012
12:09 am
td,
Nov 7 will be no different than any other day. if rommney gets elected I want to see you on jan 21 2013 when you all of sudden get buyers remorse. will you come back with your screen name or will it change? you haven’t properly vetted williard. you won’t because you know there is not much substance there. you guys dare not look behind the curtain.
td
July 31st, 2012
12:10 am
Oh My!
July 30th, 2012
11:58 pm
“are progressive women ugly or do liberal chicks turn your stomach?
I did not say any woman was “ugly”. IMHO: Conservative women are better looking on the inside so they are better looking then lib women.
“my kids are hard working, ask for nothing, go get it their darn selves types.”
Then you did not raise your children to be liberals and we shall have good conservatives in the future.
Oh My!
July 31st, 2012
12:15 am
why do you have this notion that liberals are lazy and live off the gov’t? what about all your boys back at LM that are tea party folks that are anti-Obama but yet have no issue showing up to work, do nothing and expect a check at the end of the week. in fact, they raise holy cain if they can’t get overtime. are they good conservatives too? that’s what they say they are.
td
July 31st, 2012
12:17 am
Oh My!
July 31st, 2012
12:09 am
As compared to what a second Obama term would look like I doubt there will be any buyers remorse at all.
I have been here under the same screen name for almost 4 years now. I heard all you libs tell me day after day that Barnes would be elected Governor. I heard all you libs tell me that the Dems would hold the House. There are a great many of you libs that have left the blogs and many of you that have changed your screen names and I am still a conservative voice in the valley of liberalism.
Bernie
July 31st, 2012
12:19 am
Newt certainly was not open for an investigation when his relationships were in question thats for sure. Funny when the mirror was on His Tiffany’s charge account his outage could not be contained nor ignored. Funny how these same characters Newt and Bachmann were so off putting when their personal records were up for examination and they were running for elected office. Now to start a witch hunt on such baseless and unsubstantiated claims is enough to make anyone take either of them seriously again!
Newt don’t you think its time for you and Calista to find another Zoo to visit? preferrably, somewhere way far away!
td
July 31st, 2012
12:21 am
Oh My!
July 31st, 2012
12:15 am
I do not think all my old friends at LM are cons because they belong to the union.
It is a proven fact that the base of the Democratic party are poor and the Republican party is the party of the rich. Are their exceptions, yes. The fight for both parties is always over the middleclass.
hiram
July 31st, 2012
12:35 am
td,
Forgive me for changing the subject, but what can you tell us about Romney’s magic underwear?
Bernie
July 31st, 2012
12:39 am
Dearest Calista, I think its time for another one of those overseas cruises and a trip to the jewelry store before Newt starts to wonder off again. Surely, you can find other things for him to do, now that his political career is OVER!
Its your time my Dear, you have given him his chance at being President and he failed miserably. Now give us a BREAK! Why not, take him on home with you and tell him to give you the much needed attention that you truly deserve and desire. For we have surely had enough of his washed up antics!
Like a punch drunk defeated Boxer…Newt does not know when to leave the ring!
DING! DING! Newt its OVER!
see you in the funny papers!……BYE!
Kris (voteed NO)
July 31st, 2012
12:53 am
Still could not find a legal cure for stupid.
Having said that, I leave with this…
Impeach DEAL, RECALL Reed
Help derail the crooks. Vote the GOP scum out.
There is a cure for greed and corruption.
Vote NO tsp-LOST.
Bernie
July 31st, 2012
12:57 am
Strange, how the Republicans have become such experts at BEATING UP on the WOMEN of America!
It appears its the NEW and IN thing to do to ALL of AMERICA’S Women….I for one have had enough and hope that many of you out there who see these words join with me and say!
ENOUGH!……… we have had our fill and the women of America should not be treated like TRASH! and second class citizens!
Ladies…….. its time to VOTE “NO”
They are truly asking and begging for it!……. why not oblige them?
Kris
July 31st, 2012
1:07 am
Ladies and non GOP men check this out.
https://waronwomen.com
If you are a Democrat
If you are an Independent
If you are a Republican who rejects the war on women
If you are raising strong, independent daughters
Vote NO tsp-LOST
Attack Dog
July 31st, 2012
2:32 am
At least Newt admitted that he worked with Clinton on getting legislation passed. John Boehner? Not so much.
Truth-O-Meter
July 31st, 2012
2:35 am
@ td
McCain released two years of tax returns during the campaign; however, you failed to mention that as a sitting senator he was releasing returns during that time. Cumulatively, he released more than two years. If one is audited I believe the IRS can go back as many as seven years. Mitt should release at least 5-7 years of his returns.
Since when did college transcripts become a litmus test for the presidency? No one asked for “W’s” transcripts as we all know that many Ivy League schools have legacy enrollment policies___your daddy/momma attended and gave money, Junior can also attend.
Did you give Pres. Obama credit when gas prices dipped to $2.99 in some areas a short while back? Then you can’t give him credit when the price rises again.
Look in the dictionary for hypocrisy and there is td’s picture.
Attack Dog
July 31st, 2012
2:41 am
Notice that there is very little comment about Romney? Dixiecrats have always had problems with Yankees, Mormons, offsprings of foreigners (especially Mexicans), Moderates, draft dodgers, pro-healthcare, B-students, those with advanced degrees, and Flip-Floppers. So, what is the real reason a Dixiecrat would vote for Romney?
Attack Dog
July 31st, 2012
2:51 am
Obama is an “appeasing” rock star who has won back our allies and killed our enemies. Romney is an embarrassing flop who starts unprovoked battles with our allies and our enemies.
newt
July 31st, 2012
3:59 am
hey, this your hommie, GRINGRICH with two x-wives and hot blonde that loves the bling.
just like to remind everybody that newt likes to star a fund to pay off for last presidential run.
CALISA loves the hard rock bling and loves to travel and NEWT new plenty of BENJAMINS.
can all foodstamps OBAMA freeloaders tea-bagers send plenty of checks, newts and calisa need
the money. FEEL the pain my HOMIE BROTHERS RHINOS
Last Man Standing
July 31st, 2012
7:02 am
Shine:
“What is Mitt Romney hiding? Release the tax returns….the same number of years he gave John McCain”
When should he do this? Do you think the appropriate time would be immediately after Obama releases all the ’sealed’ information concerning his life? No one can get information on Obama’s college transcripts or even his social security card, but you want Romney to lay bare his life? Oh, wait. Never mind! That is the way the democrat communist party works!
Eustis
July 31st, 2012
7:15 am
Obama is playing you conservatives for suckers. About the time you’ve worked yourself into a dither over his transcripts, he’ll release them. Then you can go to the next phase of claiming forgery.
zeke
July 31st, 2012
7:25 am
td, so paris hilton does not need to pay income taxes on her inheritance yearly earnings….you are nuts….passive income needs to be taxed too. if not income then intangible. romney has homes and stocks and bonds and he should pay hefty % of defense budget to protect those assets and his ability to earn. and you could not hold obama’s jock strap.
TiredOfIt
July 31st, 2012
8:04 am
Mitt was for socialized healthcare before he was against it.
Bernie
July 31st, 2012
8:15 am
As far as the Republicans , Tea Party and their Leadership is concerned, ” You can NOT, Fix Stupid!”.
However we all can say ” NO MORE!” and Vote them ALL OUT!
Starting 7/31 its time to start saying “NO” as they have so many times said to the American People. Say “NO” to the Republicans and the Baggers. This November and beyond, until they are ALL gone!
That is the only solution and fix to STUPID!
hiram
July 31st, 2012
8:25 am
@ bernie
Deprogramming people like LMS, would be equivelant to deprogramming Tom Cruise. It is mission impossible. They are zombies.
Will
July 31st, 2012
8:27 am
The thrice divorced, self-confessed adulter is living, walking proof that one should always remember that nothing a politician says while running for public office rises above being “just politics”.
When this self-confessed adulterer ran for the republican nomination, he was critical of Governor Romeny at each turn. Did he mean it? Yes and no. The self-confessed adulterer is millions of dollars in debt because of his fool hardy belief that even republicans thought he was worthy of their nomination. If he repeats his primary season criticisms of “Mitt the Twit”, republican dollars will not come his way, thus leaving him hopelessly in debt.
Watch for the self-confessed adulterer’s place and time on the podium at the convention to get a better idea of his percevied worth to republicans. Or course, you may have to set your clock to after midnight or before 6:00 am if you want to catch him live at the convention!!
Donna
July 31st, 2012
8:28 am
There’s a big difference between acknowledging a support team who helps an individual achieve something spectacular, as Romney did, and telling that individual, “You didn’t build that.” No matter who lends support to an Olympic medal winner (orto a successful entrepreneur), it is wrong and stupid to say that the individual did not excel.
ideas
July 31st, 2012
8:36 am
Hey Hiram and G Mare, to see the LOONEY BRIGADE all you have to do is look in the Mirror…
Bernie
July 31st, 2012
8:46 am
On another interesting topic
Truett Cathy’s comment that “I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, ‘We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.
Interesting how so many of the Republicans and their supporters have such a unique insight on God’s thinking about GAY marriage and other topics so intimately. Its also interesting how they were not aware of God’s plan to call his Public Relations Director home when he did.
I suspect Mr. Donald Perry, now truly knows God’s position on Gay Marriage and other Hateful and painful comments by these same supporters. Too bad he cannot share those positions with Mr.Cathy and his supporters now in real time!
For he would surely tell them that we are all GOD’s children and he Loves us ALL equally.
td
July 31st, 2012
9:11 am
Truth-O-Meter
July 31st, 2012
2:35 am
McCain has released required reports not tax returns. They have ranges of income, investments and assets (Same thing Obama did when he was Senator). I gave a link earlier about Presidents and their tax returns.
Bush’s transcripts was released and Romney has released his so where is Obama’s. Is it not true that you have to release your transcripts when applying for any Federal job and most corporations want them before they hire a person. Transcripts are no more hypocritical then asking for tax returns.
How can you give credit to Obama for gas prices going down when they were $1:89 per gallon then day he took office?
td
July 31st, 2012
9:18 am
zeke
July 31st, 2012
7:25 am
“td, so paris hilton does not need to pay income taxes on her inheritance yearly earnings…”
Hilton parents are still alive so she has not received an inheritance.
Romney has paid more in taxes last year then you will probably ever make in your lifetime. Why should anyone pay heavy taxes on income when it is earned and be penalized and have to pay heavy taxes on the same money because they were responsible, saved some money and invested it? Why are we not taxing people heavy when they take their after tax money and blow it on useless purchases?
sheepdawg
July 31st, 2012
9:41 am
noot needs to shut up and move to his moon base, earth will be a better place
zeke
July 31st, 2012
9:43 am
td, i have paid more than you, granted i am likely older. the guys at the top set the rules and set the pay and their boardroom buddies help them out. and even bush realized your fantasy of the fair tax as a crock….there ain’t to way to get there from here. what i will agree with you is every citizen should be something in income taxes but that would be difficult given the stagnation of middle american wages and the minimum wage. AMT should be imposed on uberrich.
Michael #1
July 31st, 2012
9:56 am
TD, gas prices do this all the time, so now you chose to blame Obama. How convenient or silly.
Mr_B
July 31st, 2012
10:02 am
“Romney has paid more in taxes last year then you will probably ever make in your lifetime.’
You suppose that might be because he collected more money last year that most families would see in several lifetimes?
And no, I don’t consider playing games with paper “earning” money
Auntie Christ
July 31st, 2012
10:03 am
The resident republican shill aka s td @ 911 am : “How can you give credit to Obama for gas prices going down when they were $1:89 per gallon then day he took office?”
2001 – $1.61
2002 – $1.47
2003 – $1.69
2004 – $1.94
2005 – $2.30
2006 – $2.51
2007 – $2.64
2008 – $3.01
2009 – $2.14
As you can see, 2008 was the high-water mark for gasoline in the United States on a historical basis. Source: Energy Information Administration
There lies, damn lies and then there’s s td. Doesn’t know a fact from a fart.
Auntie Christ
July 31st, 2012
10:12 am
Regarding the gas prices posted at 1003 am Do not include fed and state taxes, just the gasoline itself.
Jerome Horwitz
July 31st, 2012
10:16 am
Gas prices were $1.89 when the President took office and the economy was in the tank. There’s the correlation.
hiram
July 31st, 2012
10:18 am
What’s most humorous is that the good Southern Baptist Republicans are giving Mitt’s Mormonism a free pass, whilst focusing their wrath on Muslims, that have nothing to do with Obama. They should do a little reading on the Mountain Meadows massacre.
Mr_B
July 31st, 2012
10:19 am
“The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative,”
President Obama: from the “You didn’t build that” speech in Roanoke, VA.
Or did you miss that part, Donna?
td
July 31st, 2012
10:28 am
Auntie Christ
July 31st, 2012
10:03 am
“There lies, damn lies and then there’s s td. Doesn’t know a fact from a fart.”
If you will take a look at the linked chart then you will find out that my FACTS are 100% accurate, Now are you going to come and apologize for calling a person a liar when it is obvious you do not know what the h3ll you are talking about? Typical Obama supporter.
http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx
Mr_B
July 31st, 2012
10:28 am
“I could not attend an Ivy league school after HS because I did not have a 4.0 GPA and want to know how Obama was able to attend?”
GRADE ENVY!!!!! Don’t be hatin’ on the smart kid!
td
July 31st, 2012
10:38 am
Mr_B
July 31st, 2012
10:28 am
No grade envy. I was not responsible enough to do the necessary work required to get into the Ivy league and as a result had to attend another college. I take responsibility for my actions.
I want to see if our President took the same responsibility or if he was given preferential treatment and did not earn his spot in the Ivy league.
The perception is that he is hiding something and one could easily assume it is because he did not earn his way into these schools.
Bernie
July 31st, 2012
10:44 am
Mr_B @ 10:28 am – surely there were other issues that you are not including in your statement that prevented you from attending. like maybe you did not apply? maybe your SAT and or ACT scores were not at an acceptable level. Maybe you or your parents could not afford it too? or just maybe your GPA was not at an acceptable level at ALL? Maybe you could not get financial aid assistance? or maybe you were just to lazy to do anything about it!
You know, GED’s are not a typical worthy criteria for admission in any of those schools.
President Obama’s Mother insisted on long hours of study and insured that he complied. Did you have the same instruction and direction?
it is obvious that you still have not learned a very important lesson even this day. Envy is a not a good and healthy virtue to subscribe too, and the correct spelling of the word “hatin” is HATING. That alone is enough to deny you from any institution of higher education if you really want to know.
hiram
July 31st, 2012
11:00 am
With td’s public declaration that he made the highest grade in Newt’s “Destroying American Civilization” class, and that his diploma says Kennesaw Junior College, I don’t know who is injured the most – td, Newt, or Kennesaw Junior College.
td
July 31st, 2012
11:16 am
You libs so love to go on personal attacks when you can not argue the facts and you know your philosophy is a complete failure. Keep it up libs the world sees how pathetic you really are.
honested
July 31st, 2012
11:25 am
hiram,
Did newt offer grades for classwork, or PAC contributions?
Auntie Christ
July 31st, 2012
11:29 am
td @ 1028: Now are you going to come and apologize for calling a person a liar when it is obvious you do not know what the h3ll you are talking about? Typical Obama supporter.
The link you provided doesn’t even allow you to view prices in 2008 to present.Go here to the official government site for historical gas prices:
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMD_EPD2D_PTE_NUS_DPG&f=W
How you can come on here daily with your untruths, half truths, and idiotic assertions and then crow about your ‘christianity’ is unbelievable. But then, you’re the very embodiment of a modern day republican.
td
July 31st, 2012
11:53 am
Auntie Christ
July 31st, 2012
11:29 am
The link you provided is for DIESEL and they even prove the prices are more then a dollar a gallon higher now then they were in Jan 2009.
I do not come on here daily with untruths it is you libs that do not want to admit you live by a failed philosophy.
gm
July 31st, 2012
11:57 am
Some one need to ask 3 time adultry Newt, why are we worried about muslims when we have inside terrorist white males in America, could you imagine had the Colorado shooter had been muslim?
The right wings nut jobs know if Mitt shows the millions he has made on his tax returns , he will look stupid in front of middle class, poor whites telling them he feels their pain. I mean who is more of a idiot then Dick Cheney who has the the nerve to bash Obama when his administration destroyed this country.
I mean who listens to Newt?, 30 page ethic violations, 3 adultry affairs, yet he praise another adultry Bill Clinton this shows the character of white males in America, thanks President Obama for continue to show family values and morales, we need to send these sickos, Bachman and Newt out of this country.
honested
July 31st, 2012
12:00 pm
tiny dog,
As a minor correction, the link may have gone to Diesel prices, but the Site is for all petroleum commodities.
It does display a huge drop between the election and inauguration (manipulation?) after a huge, prolonged increase that was never backed by reality (more manipulation?).
You stick to the fantasy, it seems to suit you better.
td
July 31st, 2012
12:15 pm
honested
July 31st, 2012
12:00 pm
True or untrue: Regular unleaded gas national average price was $1:89 per gallon on the day Obama took office?
Simple question.
Auntie Christ
July 31st, 2012
12:55 pm
As much as I hate crow, I will eat it here. I looked at the wrong link, as has been noted. Now td you can admit the reason why gas prices hit bottom at that time, i.e. 800K people a month losing their job and an economy going over a cliff, driving down the demand for gasoline. The AVERAGE price of gasoline during 2008 was well over $3 as I posted in my comment at 1003 AM. It is disingenuous of td to post a spot price to make the argument that prices have soared under Obama.
Mr_B
July 31st, 2012
1:13 pm
Bernie: Please re-read my post; which was directed to td.
Many years ago, I did not apply to any Ivy League school for the simple fact that none of them offered particularly good programs in the field of study in which I was interested.Had I chosen to apply, I am reasonably sure that a 3.8 GPA and a National Merit finalist score on the SAT would have gotten me in, even though back then many of the IV entry slots were reserved for “legacy” freshmen. I subsequently graduated for UGA after nine successive quarters on the Dean’s list, and have subsequently earned a MA from GCSU.
You will note the apostrophe following the word the word “hatin’”, indicating an intentionally omitted letter.
I teach English for a living.
You, sir would benefit from a course in “close reading.”
honested
July 31st, 2012
1:20 pm
td,
I don’t remember what the price of gas was when the President was inaugurated.
Personally, I think the price should be ‘tax balanced’ to stay closer to $5.00 per gallon, adjusted upward for inflation to help prevent further suburban sprawl.
Due to the ability of petroleum extraction and marketing companies to manipulate oil and refined products prices, I would never allow the ‘price of a gallon of gas’ to be a factor in electing a President.
TiredOfIt
July 31st, 2012
2:42 pm
td: You didn’t mention the wonderful shape that the republican’s left the economy in at that time. I wonder why?
Jon Lester
July 31st, 2012
2:54 pm
Membership in the House Intelligence Committee seems to be anything but “select.” Shouldn’t it be obvious that the Muslim Brotherhood would never trust the wife of Anthony Weiner?
zeke
July 31st, 2012
6:59 pm
tired of it …..because td is a far right nut case