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By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:53:02 +0000

Don’t forget the time Newt Gingrich said in a New York Times interview that homosexuality is “an orientation in the way that alcoholism is an orientation.”

(BTW, he became Speaker in January 1995, not in 1993.)

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:40:38 +0000

Like this guy knows the definition of marriage?? Newt Gingrich: Former Speaker of the House, Thought of as a (fundamentally) intelligent person. Kinda fails the family values test. If you don’t already know he’s been married 3 times. He divorced his 1st wife to marry the woman he was having an affair with, while his wife was in the hospital. Funny thing he divorced his 2nd wife to marry, wait for it… a woman he was having an affair with notice a pattern. So you would think he would be a non-starter for social conservatives.
But he did help engineer the “Contract with America” in 1994. It brought the republicans to power, in the house, for the first time in 40 years. He was speaker when during the good old days of balanced budgets, but he really can’t take too much credit, because of a little thing called PAYGO which was part of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. Paygo was a budget rule requiring that, relative to current law, any tax cuts or entitlement and other mandatory spending increases must be paid for by a tax increase or a cut in mandatory spending. The legislation must be paid for over two time periods: 1) the period of the current year, the budget year and the ensuing four fiscal years, and 2) the period of the current year, the budget year and the ensuing nine fiscal years. So they really had no choice. He is also blamed for shutting down the government in 1995-1996 when President Clinton called his bluff by vetoing a spending bill that cut funding for Medicare, education, the environment, and public health. He later helped to impeach the President, while having an affair at the same time (multi-tasker). Mr. Gingrich’s national approval rating was 45% (look familiar) in April 1998. He resigned in 1999. Remember the “simple solutions for complex problems” I mentioned earlier, His ideas look good at first glance but when you really flesh them out… Here’s an easy example. His 527 organization ‘American Solutions for Winning the Future’ came up with “Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less”. Sounds good until you realize it takes years for a well-site to begin producing, if it ever does, and that oil is sold on the world market, not in a U.S. only market. Drill here, doesn’t mean, stays here. And as long as there is OPEC, and speculators, we will never control of the price of oil. He’s also been writing semi-historical works of fiction. Which also sounds like his plans to govern our nation.

By: laurelboy2

laurelboy2 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:58:18 +0000

Fear not. He’s a brilliant man. I’d welcome him as president. Talk about someone who can kick some derriere…. He may be just what this country needs right now.

By: I'm Just Sayin'

I'm Just Sayin' — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:11:41 +0000

LCR boasts on their FB page, that they are “once again the voice of reason” when it comes to Gingrich and his views on LGBT equality, but Mr. Cooper’s comments seem more a kin to a “voice of acquiescence.” Perhaps if LCR demanded more from the current GOP field or Republican leadership, they might have to do less equivocating. If Cooper has a 2012 campaign strategy, he really should try to look less desperate in how he employs it. Gingrich has done nothing to earn even tacit support from the LGBT community, so why would LCR diminish itself by defending such a flawed candidate over a few scraps? If you’re happy eating off the floor, do you really think somebody is going to offer you a seat at the table?

By: wayne

wayne — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:28:39 +0000

I am pleased that Gingrich, who is on his third marriage, vowed to “protect the sanctity” of marriage !