"I disagree with Gingrich for the following reasons."

To be fair "things" have a notorious liberal bias. You're better off not knowing them.

Wow one thing I agree with Newt on. Is Rush Limbaugh a "consultant" now?

From FARK I have noticed most Republicans only know to repeat talking points they want to believe in and when you ask them to support their points with facts they get mad and start insulting you.

A broken clock and all that...

Of course, Newt relied on impeaching instead of actually doing things too.

FlashHarry: he's right. *shiver*

And yet, ironically, he's proven time and again he doesn't know shiat, either. Sure, more than Cain, or Bachmann, or especially Perry, but since those clowns are clinically retarded, that's hardly saying anything.

There are three primary Republican weaknesses...they rely too much on consultants and talking points, they don't care about governance or consequences, and...uh...

I'll come in again.

GOP said it, i believe it, that settles it.

What? tag in a bathroom stall blowing an male intern?

/sorry that's "hypocrisy" - my bad

Compared to the rest of the Republican field, Newt Gingrich is an intellectual giant. Compared to just about anyone else, Newt Gingrich is an intellectual midget dwarf.

Ed Willy: Of course, Newt relied on impeaching instead of actually doing things too.

Be fair now.

Count the government shutdown.

So Newt's new strategy is to use his extensive knowledge of the Republican machine to tear down the frontrunners to get ahead, meanwhile exposing the hypocrisy inherent in the party (not to mention himself)?

...Glorious.

Example of Newt "knowing things":

Gingrich: And that the American public doesn't understand reading Miranda rights to terrorists in Detroit when it's fairly obvious they're terrorists.

Stewart: The only thing I would say to that is, didn't they do the same with Richard Reid, who was the shoe bomber?

Gingrich: Richard Reid was an American citizen.

Of course, Richard Reid is in fact a British citizen.

skinnycatullus: I particularly enjoy the part where Gingrich thinks this criticism does not apply to his own history of talking points (disagree with something? Compare it to the Nazis) and general lack of historical knowledge.

/yeah yeah, he's a "historian"

No, Newt actually is quite intelligent, he knows his history quite well. He just intentionally misrepresents it to further his own narrative. He knows he's lying his ass off, unlike Bachman who doesn't know when she's completely wrong.

He's the smartest of the bunch, but a pathological liar.

Newt says his first executive order will be to eliminate every czar at the White House. Really? Even the Drug Czar? Yeah right.

Troy McClure: Newt says his first executive order will be to eliminate every czar at the White House. Really? Even the Drug Czar? Yeah right

That was just a GOP talking point a consultant advised him to act on.

Serious Black: Compared to the rest of the Republican field, Newt Gingrich is an intellectual giant. Compared to just about anyone else, Newt Gingrich is an intellectual midget dwarf.

I honestly doubt he could go one on one with Huntsman who seems to be legitimately intelligent, whereas Newt clearly thinks he is a lot smarter than he is.

Burn the Heretic!

Corvus: Wow one thing I agree with Newt on. Is Rush Limbaugh a "consultant" now?

From FARK I have noticed most Republicans only know to repeat talking points they want to believe in and when you ask them to support their points with facts they get mad and start insulting you.

Hell, seen this is real life too.

"As you know, one of the key points in the GOPAC tapes is that "language matters." In the video "We are a Majority," Language is listed as a key mechanism of control used by a majority party, along with Agenda, Rules, Attitude and Learning. As the tapes have been used in training sessions across the country and mailed to candidates we have heard a plaintive plea: "I wish I could speak like Newt."

That takes years of practice. But, we believe that you could have a significant impact on your campaign and the way you communicate if we help a little. That is why we have created this list of words and phrases.

This list is prepared so that you might have a directory of words to use in writing literature and mail, in preparing speeches, and in producing electronic media. The words and phrases are powerful. Read them. Memorize as many as possible. And remember that like any tool, these words will not help if they are not used."

- Gingrich in his infamous 1996 GOPac memo.


Choke on a bag of dicks, Newt.

This has been another episode of "Do as I say, not as I do" with Newt Gingrich.

It's fun to try to put the nominees in "ignorant" and "deceitful" piles and try to guess. I think most people would agree that Newt is a sociopath who actually is versed in political knowledge but his "mistakes" are due to his willingness to say whatever will help him the most without batting an eye. Perry on the other hand is someone who seems to genuinely believe what he says, it's just that what he believes and what is real don't necessarily match (even if he has an e-mail from his great aunt to back him up.)

The one that stumps me is Bachmann; she seems to be the leader of the "I just don't know better" pack, but I can't shake the feeling that knowing her history as a tax lawyer and her family's masterful use of subsidies that she's just like Newt only hasn't learned how to not say things laughably wrong.

You know, since a lot of conservatives claim Obama has never worked a day in his life because they don't count him being a lawyer, professor, state senator or senator, the same can be said for Newt Gingrich. He's never had a real job in the private sector. He's been a leech on the public teat his entire life. He's a poor excuse for a capitalist.

This is, of course, a talking point.

gshepnyc: Serious Black: Compared to the rest of the Republican field, Newt Gingrich is an intellectual giant. Compared to just about anyone else, Newt Gingrich is an intellectual midget dwarf.

I honestly doubt he could go one on one with Huntsman who seems to be legitimately intelligent, whereas Newt clearly thinks he is a lot smarter than he is.

Okay, so maybe I should have qualified it by saying the rest of the Republican field that has a legitimate chance of being nominated.

Yeah, but there are legions of gullible dolt dittoheads out there so none of this matters.

Satanic_Hamster: Corvus: Wow one thing I agree with Newt on. Is Rush Limbaugh a "consultant" now?

From FARK I have noticed most Republicans only know to repeat talking points they want to believe in and when you ask them to support their points with facts they get mad and start insulting you.

Hell, seen this is real life too.

I have too. It's amazing when you ask a republican to back up their talking point they just stare and are amazed, then quickly change the subject.

Martian_Astronomer: This has been another episode of "Do as I say, not as I do" with Newt Gingrich.

He's a 6th grader in a class with 2nd graders. Of course he feels smart.

s2s2s2: ...so vote Republican
Newt 2012

So who wants a president named Newt, WTF

you would know Newt.

Relying on consultants (Frank Luntz for example) and talking points has worked wonders for them for about the last quarter century. It's funny to see them scramble and squirm when it stops working.

"One of the Republican weaknesses is that they rely too much on consultants and too much on talking points, and they don't rely enough on actually knowing things," says noted hippie socialist Newt Gingrich retards in their base carrying them through the primaries and leaving a shell of a human being on the main stage for the general election."

FTFN

Obvious trumped Ironic?

Car_Ramrod: You know, since a lot of conservatives claim Obama has never worked a day in his life because they don't count him being a lawyer, professor, state senator or senator, the same can be said for Newt Gingrich. He's never had a real job in the private sector. He's been a leech on the public teat his entire life. He's a poor excuse for a capitalist.

Not true, Newt and [insert whatever wife here] rely heavily on their books and movie propaganda enterprises to spin quite a happy empire of derp. They at least create something, unlike Fartbongo, who has never created anything other than jobs for investigators to track down his birth certificate, punditry on Fox News to get retards angry / fearful, and autopsies for the middle eastern autocrats / terrorists he helped eradicate.

coeyagi: Car_Ramrod: You know, since a lot of conservatives claim Obama has never worked a day in his life because they don't count him being a lawyer, professor, state senator or senator, the same can be said for Newt Gingrich. He's never had a real job in the private sector. He's been a leech on the public teat his entire life. He's a poor excuse for a capitalist.

Not true, Newt and [insert whatever wife here] rely heavily on their books and movie propaganda enterprises to spin quite a happy empire of derp. They at least create something, unlike Fartbongo, who has never created anything other than jobs for investigators to track down his birth certificate, punditry on Fox News to get retards angry / fearful, and autopsies for the middle eastern autocrats / terrorists he helped eradicate.

Damnit, I forgot to throw author in there.

that's two things Newt.