Tag: Newt Gingrich

Earlier this week when it seemed like he was still in the running to be Donald Trump’s vice-presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich decided to shred the Bill of Rights: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Thursday that U.S. citizens “of a Muslim background” should be tested to see if they believe…

Boon: “A vicious mother, isn’t he.” Otter: “He can’t do that to our pledges!” Boon: “Yeah!  Only we can do that to our pledges!” When Gingrich accused Romney and Bain of taking over companies and downsizing them at the expense of workers, he was widely condemned by fellow Republicans and eventually…

Shep Smith over at FoxNews reacts to Romney’s reaction to Newt’s withdrawal from the Republican Presidential campaign. An instant classic!

According to a report by Paul Rolly of the Salt Lake Tribune, Republican presidential candidate/grifter Newt Gingrich may not be on the ballot for the Utah presidential primary election after a $500 check to written to pay the fee to qualify as a candidate bounced. Utah Elections Director Mark Thomas…

CNN is projecting Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will win the Alabama Republican presidential primary, and as I write this Santorum is also leading in the Mississippi primary, where with 79% of the vote counted, he had 35% of the vote, followed by Newt Gingrich at 30%. Republican “frontrunner” Mitt…

As Mitt Romney heads towards the republican nomination with with incredible momentum, he keeps showing us that he is a man of the people. The problem with Mitt Romney though is that he and his wife keep speaking in public! Here is Ann Romney speaking on Fox News(where else?) Watch…

Well, it is a Republican idea so is anyone really surprised that “Drill Baby Drill” is “Dumb Baby Dumb?”  I know I’m not. On the campaign trail, Newt Gingrich keeps insisting that if America drilled for more oil, we could return to the days of $2.50-per-gallon gasoline. Michael Conathan says this is dubious, noting that drilling…

Pushing back on the ongoing derailment of the G.O.P. and the commitment of both Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul have committed to appoint one of Wall Streets best-know gold bugs to chair the Federal Reserve.  This would be a ReallyBadIdea(tm).  Any romantic notion that a return to the gold standard…

CPAC: the "conservative" convention wrapped up today. Thank God! It turns out that this is a place wher a bunch of millionaires hang out and a few speakers show up and try and get noticed by outcrazying the speaker before them. Here are some highlights, I mean lowlights: First off,…

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