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Newt Thinks Jindal Would Be The Best VP Choice?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, McCain, Newt, Veep

Wow.
I’m genuinely stunned by the lack of understanding about Bobby Jindal on Newt’s part here.
From The Hill:
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said Sunday that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal “would be far and away the best candidate” to appear on the Republican presidential ticket with Sen. John McCain (Ariz.).
Gingrich, who appeared on CBS’s “Face [...]

June 16th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Gingrich’s Advice For Obama: 5 Big Changes

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, History, McCain, Newt, Republicans

It’s pretty short and sweet: be about something.
But between the new health care proposal, heavy investment in green-collar jobs and renewed investment in our infrastructure and national education system, Obama seems like he has plenty of ideas that Americans could get behind. So it feels like Gingrich is trying to position Obama as the guy [...]

May 11th, 2008 | Permalink| 10 Comments »

What’s A Lincoln-Douglas Style Debate?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Debates, Democrats, Hillary, Newt, Republicans

Hillary Clinton has asked for it, but this style of debate is apparently being characterized incorrectly.
TPM provides some perspective…
This is not in fact the format used by Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas — which in turn would be anathema to a modern viewing audience. In those famous debates, one candidate would speak for a [...]

April 27th, 2008 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

Newt On Republican Party: “Off The Rails”

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Democrats, Newt, Republicans

The following Q&A is classic and points to exactly what this blog has been saying for the past 3 years:
Okay, back to the past. What happened to your party over the last eight years?
They went off the rails. That’s it. They took a majority that took 16 years to build and they destroyed it.
How?
There [...]

April 16th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Sean Hannity: Obama Using Passport Scandal As Cover

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Newt, Partisan Hacks, Republicans, Video

Or…shorter Hannity: Passports? But, but, but I want to show more video of that crazy black preacher!!!
Do note how Newt Gingrich doesn’t take the bait AT ALL. Good for him.
UPDATE:
Well, the video doesn’t seem to want to embed in some browsers, so here’s the link.

March 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Gingrich Calls On Bush To Change

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bush, General Politics, Newt, Video

Good luck Newt.

(h/t: Poligazette)

January 16th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

How Al, Mike & Newt Should Run For President

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Bloomberg, Gore, Newt

Interesting new blog called WalkingThinkTank popped up recently and the author sent me a post about the similarities between the titular three.
Here are some excerpts:
In his latest book, Assault on Reason, former Vice President Gore wrote: “Faith in the power of reason—the belief that free citizens can govern themselves wisely and fairly by resorting to [...]

August 16th, 2007 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Gingrich On “Road To The White House”

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, History, Newt

This is one of those times where Newt makes a hell of a lot of sense. Because what we have now is less a real campaign where we can actually get to know the candidates and their ideas, and more a time where the best soundbites win. And how sad is that?
Gingrich on the money [...]

August 9th, 2007 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Gingrich: “War On Terror? Pleassssse.”

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Newt, The War On Terrorism

That’s right. He calls it bogus.
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Washington — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Thursday the Bush administration is waging a “phony war” on terrorism, warning that the country is losing ground against the kind of Islamic radicals who attacked the country on Sept. 11, 2001.
A more effective approach, said Gingrich, would begin [...]

August 3rd, 2007 | Permalink| 3 Comments »