Three Cheers for Newt – Who said what needed to be said about the media

At the beginning of last night’s CNN Republican Presidential candidates’ debate, Moderator John King mentioned that Gingrich’s ex-wife Marianne had claimed that Gingrich — having an affair with his now-wife Calista — asked her for an “open marriage.” ABC leaked excerpts on Thursday, and aired the interview on the same night as the debate.

King asked Gingrich if he wanted to respond to his ex’s comments. This was the response:

“No — but I will,” Gingrich said — to cheers and applause.

“I think — I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office. And I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that,” Gingrich said, to the obvious delight of the audience.

“Is that all you want to say, sir?” King asked.

“Let me finish,” Gingrich said.

“Please,” King said — (boos)

“Every person in here knows personal pain,” Gingrich said. “Every person in here has had someone close to them go through painful things. To take an ex-wife and make it –two days before the primary — a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine. (Cheers, applause.)

“My — my two daughters, my two daughters wrote the head of ABC, and made the point that it was wrong, that they should pull it. And I am frankly astounded that CNN would take trash like that and use it to open a presidential debate.” (Cheers, applause.)

King responded that the story did not come from CNN, and that it was “a subject of conversation” on the campaign trail.

“John, John, it was repeated by your network, Gingrich said — (more boos from the audience). “You chose to start the debate with it. Don’t try to blame somebody else. You and your staff chose to start this debate with that.” (Cheers, applause.)

Gingrich continued: “Now, let me be quite clear. Let me be quite clear. The story is false. Every personal friend I have who knew us in that period says the story was false. We offered several of them to ABC to prove it was false. They weren’t interested, because they would like to attack any Republican. They’re attacking the governor, they’re attacking me. I’m sure they’ll probably get around to Senator Santorum and Congressman Paul. I am tired of the elite media protecting Barack Obama by attacking Republicans.” (Loud cheers and applause.)

It’s damned well about time that  someone stood up to the obvious bias of the mainstream media, and I couldn’t help but join the audience and applaud as I listened to Newt’s dressing down of Mr. King.

I think it’s instructive to note that the good folks of South Carolina responded with strong support for Gingrich, in spite of his well-known record of marital infidelity. In a state which  strongly values Christian marriage principles, it’s telling to see such strong and immediate support for Newt. I can only conclude that South Carolina’s Republican voters consider the liberal media’s endless bias and fawning over St. Obama far more distasteful than infidelity.

I don’t recall anyone in the liberal media asking JFK questions about his affair with Marilyn Monroe. Hmmm… I wonder how Hillary Clinton and Jennifer Flowers feel about all this…

Speaking of adultery, wasn’t Marianne schtupping Gingrich while he was still married to Wife Number One? I guess she approved of “open marriage” then, eh?

 

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Obama Creates Jobs in Canada and China, Rejects Keystone Pipeline

ObamaMustGo Obama Creates Jobs in Canada and China, Rejects Keystone Pipeline
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The United States Department of State has announced that they will not approve the Keystone XL pipeline project, saying that the three years available to St. Obama for making a decision were not enough.

A spokesman, who could not be named because he was not authorized to speak to the issue, said, “After all, he’s not the swiftest bird in the flock.”

(Cynics might claim that St. Obama was simply trying to make the opposition look bad, and that he would approve the pipeline after his re-ascension.)

Obama’s action cleared the path for Canada to sell the tar sands oil to China, creating more pollution as the crude crossed the Pacific, and boosting both the Canadian and Chinese economies while killing jobs in the United States.

Canada’s Prime Minister thanked the President for this boost to the Canadian economy, and the government of China is said to be considering renaming Tiananmen Square to “Saintly Obama Square” in honor of the President’s continuing support of the Chinese economy.

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Obama & Congress Defund Social Security for 2 months and bragged about it

When President Obama and the cowardly Congress dumped the 2-month payroll tax reduction extension on us, then bragged about how they were all for the, er, working man, they forget to explain a few things.

They didn’t remind us that the payroll tax funded Social Security.

They didn’t remind us that Social Security is facing bankruptcy, AND they sure as hell didn’t tell us that Obama’s payroll tax reduction extension drove another nail in the Social Security coffin by reducing the program’s funding for two months.

What is wrong with you, Americans? Are you really as stupid as Congress and the President apparently assume you are?

 

 

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Washington DC City Council Morons Legislate “Rat Relocation”

Ponder this. Last year, the City Council of Washington, DC, perhaps under the influence of “Progressives” in the city government, passed a pest control law which required that rats be relocated rather than exterminated, according to the Attorney General of the State of Virginia.

Not only that, but pest control officers would be expected to, er, move the entire rat family, perhaps to avoid upsetting Mommy Rat and her cute widdle baby rats because Daddy’s in the slammer.

But since it’s against the law to transport wildlife across state lines, it is doubtful there’s going to be a flood of rabid or tick-infested raccoons any time soon, although Virginia officials are now expressing concern over the potential infestation of Washington rats.

Virginia’s already suffering from the influx of politicians and political hacks, and some Virginia officials have privately expressed their feeling that the four-footed kind would be preferable.

Honest, folks. You couldn’t possibly make this crap up.

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Wildlife Protection Act of 2010: BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the “Wildlife Protection Act of 2010”….

(5) “Wildlife” shall include any free-roaming wild animal, but shall not include:
(B) Commensal rodents;

There seems to be disagreement here between the Virginia Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, as to whether or not the ordinance includes rats. As you can see (above), they would seem to be exempted. I’m hoping we’ll get the truth as the story develops.

 

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