Newt Goes Full ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Against Romney

[Fire Walk With Me]

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/newt-goes-full-occupy-wall-street-against-romney.php

MANCHESTER, NH — “You have to ask the question, is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of people and then walk off with the money?”

Who said it — Elizabeth Warren? Dennis Kucinich? Noam Chomsky?

Not quite, that was Newt Gingrich talking to reporters at an energy company in Manchester on Monday about his new effort to paint Mitt Romney as a greedy one-percenter who finds “clever legal ways” to go about “looting a company” while screwing over its workers.

Gingrich’s argument against Romney over Bain’s history of downsizing has become increasingly similar to the Occupy Wall Street crowd’s criticism of the financial system, let alone national Democrats. Compare his latest attacks to, say, DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is spearheading the party’s current anti-Romney effort.

[Graybeard]

1. Perry too. He's calling Bain "vultures".

Who'd a thunk it????

[Matariki]

2. Wow. I hope that the Republican primary is a LONG drawn out affair

without a clear winner until the very end (if then). Because I would LOVE to see them having this conversation, which you know will change once a candidate is selected.

[Richardo]

12. They picked a bad election cycle to eliminate 'winner take all' primaries.

Delicious.

[tabatha]

3. Citizens United became Republicans Disunited

Hopefully, truth will be free to poke its head out now and again.

[Rozlee]

14. You got that right.

Just like the tea party swung them too far to the right and gave them a gaggle of presidential candidates that might be too unpalatable to the general electorate, Citizens United has wound up shooting them in the foot. Republicans never learn. They keep forgetting the number one rule about creating monsters: monsters invariably turn on their creators.

[ge626dfil]

28. +100

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. HA! Takes one to know one!

"a greedy one-percenter who finds 'clever legal ways' to go about 'looting a company' while screwing over its workers."

Kind of like what Newt has always done to America and Americans!

Fuck you Newt!

[AlbertCat]

31. Kind of like what Newt has always done

Hell... he did it to CONGRESS!

[targetpractice]

5. I love Newt's narcissism...

He'll destroy the Republican party until he's satisfied his reputation has been restored.

[CoffeeCat]

16. You know what is even more interesting...

...the tea partiers and the arch-right wing (freezers) don't like Romney. They're gunning for Newt. Many of them
can't stand Romney. So--to have Newt say something like this is...fascinating.

[JDPriestly]

6. Next thing you know, Gingrich will be putting up a tent outside the White House.

Gingrich did a lot to ruin capitalism. What a two-faced, nasty man.

[emulatorloo]

7. The more people who know about Bain, the better.

[DJ13]

8. Never, NEVER .....make Newt angry!

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. Ah, the new T-3000...constructed entirely of liquid bullshit.

[phasma ex machina]

26. You're warm but it's actually made from the most plentiful substance in the universe - Newt's ego.

It's only too easy for one to confuse Newt's ego with liquid bullshit.

[ge626dfil]

33. haha

[Rozlee]

13. You rock.

[Iliyah]

10. By next month

all the goppers will be focusing on Pres O.

I believe Mitten will destroy himself because he has foot in mouth syndrome. Many gop voters will not hold their nose for him because number one - they believe his religion is a cult. My brother and his friends who are all conservative goppers will not vote for him and will wait for 2016.

[aquart]

11. This is delicious.

[CoffeeCat]

15. Woweee, zoweee! At any time during this interview...

...did Newt start chanting, "I *AM* the ninety-nine percent! I said, I *AM* the ninety-nine percent!!"?

Just curious.

[Populist_Prole]

17. Newt moving the conversation to the left...I love it!

Can you hear the gear teeth being stripped from the GOP/RW machine? Beautiful music, that.

[workinclasszero]

18. Amazing what a bunch of stone cold liars these teabaggers are!

Just weeks ago, Newt was slamming Occupy and calling them lazy dirty hippy socialists/communists and now?

Abracadabra! He turns right around and uses some of the same anti capitalist arguments as Occupy!

Gee Newt did your private polling reveal the towering hatred of the 1% wall street bastards that most Americans now have?

Welcome to the club you filthy lyin hypocrite!

[CTyankee]

19. To me, this shows how effective Occupy has been. Pukes are running scared.

It shows you that just by showing up and telling the truth loudly and firmly again and again and again, in every place possible and getting media attention, is a winning strategy.

The repuke house of cards is beginning to crumble...

[workinclasszero]

21. Totally agree...occupy everything! /nt

[Fire Walk With Me]

23. Did you see the pic of the day?

[katty]

20. yup, Dems have become the poster child for the abused kid that is beaten down everytime

they utter the obvious truth about the reality of conditions and events. the GOP, however, is uttering 'pearls of wisdom' everytime they open their stupid pie holes.

[certainot]

22. a week ago limbaugh was dissing romney now defending him, equating newt with OWS

and obama and elizabeth warren!

[underpants]

24. I think they may be watering that point down before the general election

that way all the MSM can say "Okay that has already been covered"

[DissedByBush]

25. They're making our fight for us

We knew Romney was job-killing scum long ago, but it would be hard to get the right wing to believe it.

Now one of the right wing's stars is telling the truth.

I wonder if we can just rebroadcast these in the general election after the Republicans have started trying to suppress them.

[Crunchy Frog]

27. Good.

The loonies won't listen to us, but they will listen to him. Go gett'im Grinchie!

[DCBob]

29. Funny Newt is going this route..

He is really pissing off the RW. Love it!

[nxylas]

30. He's practically writing Obama's campaign for him

Has he even thought ahead to after the primary season is over? Or will his ego not allow him to consider the possibility that he might not be the nominee?

[truth2power]

32. Oh...NOW Newtie wants to critique the Capitalist system...

Depends on whose ox is being gored, I guess.