Gingrich To Conservatives: Don’t Talk About Iraq, Katrina, Walter Reed, Attorneys, Or Bush

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/06/gingrich-dont-talk/

Gingrich To Conservatives: Don’t Talk About Iraq, Katrina, Walter Reed, Attorneys, Or Bush

This morning on CBS’s Face the Nation, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich advised fellow conservatives not to talk about President Bush’s record. “President Bush is not the future. He’s not a solution. He doesn’t solve Social Security. He doesn’t solve Medicare. He doesn’t solve the economy. He doesn’t solve the environment. He doesn’t solve education. He’s a current fact,” Gingrich said.

It’s also a “current fact” that the conservative agenda has failed to “solve” these important issues over the past six years.

Gingrich went on to say that conservatives “have to say, this is not what we want to debate. It’s not in Baghdad, it’s not in Katrina, it’s not at Walter Reed, it’s not with the U.S. attorneys, but I have a better plan for a better solution that fits your values.” When Host Bob Schieffer suggested that Gingrich seemed to advocating steering clear of President Bush, Gingrich responded, “Well, I think that’s clear.”

Watch it at link~

Gingrich’s “hush-hush” list will only grow as the American public learns more about the fallout from policies that the administration has pursued. And as the Congress continues to provide the type of aggressive oversight that uncovers these administration failures, it becomes more obvious that conservatives have served as silent enablers, refusing to correct course when they had the opportunity to do so.

Transcript:

GINGRICH: Well, President Bush is not the future. He’s not a solution. He doesn’t solve Social Security. He doesn’t solve Medicare. He doesn’t solve the economy. He doesn’t solve the environment. He doesn’t solve education. He’s a current fact.

It would be like saying that if the Democrats decided to run on the grounds that they can be as effective as Senator Reid is in the Senate. Well, then you’d never elect somebody. The Senate is an impossible place to be effective, and it’s designed not to be effective.

The Democrats have got — have an easier job, because all they have to do is say, not this. That’s exactly what the 2006 campaign was: Not this.

The Republicans have a harder job. The Republicans have to say, this is not what we want to debate. It’s not in Baghdad, it’s not in Katrina, it’s not at Walter Reed, it’s not with the U.S. attorneys, but I have a better plan for a better solution that fits your values more than a Senator Clinton or a Senator Edwards or a Senator Obama.

SCHIEFFER: Or what you seem to be saying, or President Bush.

GINGRICH: Well, I think that’s clear.

[EFerrari]

1. "Stick to the weather."

:rofl:

[Kahuna]

6. ...

:rofl:

[momster]

26. "And Everybody's Health"

Tip of the hat for the My Fair Lady reference...

[yurbud]

27. that's Pygmalion first, not her bastard daughter

coud you believe for a second that Audrey Hepburn was homeless?

[EFerrari]

28. No, but I could throw slippers at Rex Harrison. n/t

[momster]

29. Leslie Howard -- no contest

I could actually believe that he'd have a potential romantic interest in Eliza...where as Harrison would just make her life hell.

[yurbud]

33. did you see the one with Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller?

He's a scarier Higgins too--and Doolittle is a believable scummy alcoholic garbage man too.

[EFerrari]

37. No! I've read "Pygmalion" but never have seen it staged.

I have to rent that.

Shaw sort of brilliantly wrote these male characters as if to ask, "Would you rather be homeless or deal with THESE GUYS?"

lol

[yurbud]

39. Higgins is the way most guys are when it's just guys. Shaw wrote the adaptation for the Howard

version.

My Fair Lady was after he was dead.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

2. Isn't he about due for his third or fourth divorce?

He's been married to this one for a while now. I think he should start looking around for the latest model & quit polluting our airways.

[Warpy]

12. I imagine he's already holding auditions

because Calista is getting a little long in the tooth for him. He seems to like a very narrow age range: early thirties to mid forties. After his wife has too many birthdays, he starts looking for the next one.

A wig picker would have a lot of fun with him.

[Initech]

22. Sounds like a great idea for a reality show!

:rofl:

[Joe Bacon]

25. Just the thought of "Flavor of Newt"...

:puke:

[DKRC]

15. O he is, never doubt it!

Now, explain this bit:

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The Gingrich family includes 2 daughters, 3 sons-in-law, and two grandchildren.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich

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How exactly do you get 3 sons-in-law outta 2 daughters without stretching the law an inordinate amount even for Newt?


:eyes:

[Donnachaidh]

3. nothing left TO talk about Newt -- GO HOME

The contract with america was a LIE too.

[acmavm]

4. And Tootie Frutie Newtie thinks that we won't connect the republic party

to the current administration?

He's way f**king dumber that I ever gave him credit for being.

[countingbluecars]

5. Just talk about how you are like

Ronald Reagan. That should do it.

[AuntPatsy]

7. Irony alert, ignore the failures of ow party and pretend we have solutions

for things that are much easier to use in controlling the average ignorant American citizen...

You would think by now even his base would be offended by such commentary..

[LiberalFighter]

16. Yes, the current Republicans aren't responsible for the mess of their President

He was the Decider. They just let him decide.

[Supersedeas]

38. Ignorance and silence by the * Admin accomplices in the Media have worked for so long

[tubbacheez]

8. Same old GOP smoke-n-mirrors

Of course, the GOP would love Americans to focus strictly on stuff that doesn't matter to the future of this country.

Why debate constitutional law when you can gossip about Paris Hilton? :popcorn:

[Solly Mack]

9. Good old Newt - can always be counted on to hide the issues and truth

behind meaningless words and slogans.

"...I have a better plan for a better solution that fits your values"

[chieftain]

10. It's morning in America, again. Or I know you see the USA

sinking into an irreversible decline due to RW theology. But what are you going to believe Republican propaganda or your lying eyes?

[Skittles]

11. they've been goose-stepping to that bastard for six f***ing YEARS

now they're supposed to forget the legacy they created? :puke:

[Adsos Letter]

13. well...it may not be what they wanna' debate, but

whoever they choose as their candidate is gonna' have to debate it at some point! And, hopefully, with a Democratic candidate who is fully prepared to call these enablers on the real issues, which happen to be "where we are AND how we got here".

Any one have any ideas on who, among the Democratic candidates (so far) might be in the best position to do that? Hillary might have some problems with it...maybe Gravel...

And if there is a God in Heaven, some of the MSM will grow a conscience and begin holding the Repub's feet to the fire on any attempts to "overlook" how we all got here...one can only hope...even if it is only out of a perception of cynical self-interest (as opposed to the REAL self-interest of having a transparent and healthy democracy which adheres to the Constitution).

[Lobster Martini]

14. Gingrich to conservatives: talk about kittens

Talk about kittens, peonies, hats, puppies...puppies are good...what on earth does he mean, the Senate's "designed not to be effective?" If that's your opinion, Newtster, how about suggesting a way to make it effective?

[Monk06]

17. "Oh and most important, it's not the Republican Party it's the Party of Reagan."

[rocktivity]

18. Rocknation to Gingrich: Don't Talk, Period. You're Not Worth Listening To.

:boring:
rocknation

[ChipperbackDemocrat]

19. Newite Pootie is RIGHT!

The GOP shouldn't talk about this stuff, because they can't win on it.

But that's cool because WE SHOULD AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL!

We need to slap the hell out of them with Iraq, Katrina, Walter Reed and Bush.
We need to call them out, call them what they are and keep doing it everyday until Election Day 2008.

The goal in '08 is clear....REPUDIATION FROM MAINE TO MAUI!

I'm talking 500 Electoral Vote wholesale booty-spanking.

You are right, Newt....but, You'll have to talk about it anyway.

You know what fits my values? Republicans not in office.

[NastyRiffraff]

20. Wow, what a strategy!!

Worried about the Iraq war and our troops being killed and maimed? Poof! It doesn't exist!

Still angry about the botched mess in New Orleans? Katrina never happened!

Concerned that our soldiers are getting sub-standard care in rat-infested facilities? Nevermind...Walter Reed is a fine hospital!

Mad that the Justice Department is turning into a political operation for the GOP? Don't worry, the U.S. Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president, and the president's pleasure is Bushies only

In other words, if we ignore all the evils this administration has inflicted on the country, they'll just go away!

Newt really thinks everyone in the counry is that stupid. (Well, maybe a lot of Republicans are)

[FloridaJudy]

21. Call him Ramses

King of Denial. Didn't Ramses have a string of wives/concubines as well?

Oops! That might make people think of condoms, and aren't they a no-no to Republicans as well?

[Initech]

23. Maybe it's better if they don't talk about anything at all, right?

[Vickers]

24. Geez, Newt, I don't know how much more "values" we can stand...

:eyes:

Oh, and say hello to your third (fourth?) wife willya mmmm-kay.

[Joe Bacon]

30. Hey Newt, let's talk about your latest mistress!

C'mon Newt, we know in the immortal words of your fellow Republican Chaka Khan that "once you get started, it's so hard to stop"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TwilightGardener]

32. WTF! Chaka Khan is a GOPer???

[sofa king]

40. I think it's her sister, Ku Klux Khan.

[auburngrad82]

31. Jesus, that leaves abortion and they've pretty much lost credibility on that

They had complete control of all branches of Government and made no move to ban abortion. The Right Wingers need to get a clue that the GOP doesn't want to ban abortion because then they lose the only wedge issue they have left.

[yurbud]

35. supreme court threw them a bone on partial birth abortion

[sofa king]

34. Is there a single important issue the Republicans HAVEN'T fucked up?

“President Bush is not the future. He’s not a solution. He doesn’t solve Social Security. He doesn’t solve Medicare. He doesn’t solve the economy. He doesn’t solve the environment. He doesn’t solve education. He’s a current fact.”

President Bush sure as hell tried to fuck up Social Security, Medicare, the economy, the environment, and education. His sycophants in Congress were right with him, too. You know how the Republicans can "solve" those problems? By turning themselves in to prison.

President Bush sure as hell is the future, too. We're going to be working for decades to repair the damage that he and his fellow Republicans have done to our nation.

And the "fact" that Bush exists--as the worst President in our nation's history and as a Republican--is just about the only true thing that's come out of the White House in the past six years.

There's a fact for you: every problem we have today was made worse by the Republican Party in the past six years.

[madinmaryland]

36. The only things they have left to talk about are the three "G's"

God, guns, and gays.