TagsTagsOn the fourth day after Newt Gingrich bailed out and said he never agreed to attend, Pamela Geller's American branch of the European "Stop Islamization" hate franchise is still falsely advertising Gingrich as a speaker at her anti-Muslim rally on September 11: Stop Islamization of America. When will they stop using ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, newt gingrich, Ethics
Pamela Geller's American branch of the European "Stop Islamization" hate franchise is still falsely advertising Newt Gingrich as a speaker at her anti-Muslim rally on September 11: Stop Islamization of America. Three days and counting since Gingrich bailed out of Geller's prejudice party. When will they stop using Gingrich's name without ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, newt gingrich, Ethics
Since Newt Gingrich announced very clearly yesterday that he isn't going to be a guest of honor at the Bigot Brigade's anti-Muslim rally on September 11, either in person or on video, shouldn't Pamela Geller remove his name from the promotional articles still posted prominently on the SIOA front page? ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, newt gingrich, Ethics
Newt Gingrich, always calculating the political angles, has bailed out of the Bigot Brigade's September 11 demonstration against the Cordoba House project: Mosque protest loses Gingrich. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) will not be addressing a protest of the proposed mosque in lower Manhattan on the anniversary of the ...
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One of the most visible right wing politicians in the parade of bigotry surrounding the Cordoba House project is perennial opportunist Newt Gingrich. He's compared the developers to Nazis, and spouts rhetoric virtually indistinguishable from the anti-Muslim rants of deranged lunatic Pamela Geller. Correction: now he spouts that kind of sick ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Republican Party, GOP, newt gingrich, Hypocrisy
John H. Richardson's profile of Newt Gingrich in Esquire Magazine includes this anecdote about Gingrich's former wife Marianne, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis shortly before Gingrich revealed to her that he was having an affair. She called a minister they both trusted. He came over to the house the ...
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Hey! Jon Stewart stole my joke. [Video]
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Newt Gingrich is one of many GOP politicians calling for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, because he's so very concerned about "protecting the sanctity of traditional marriage." Gingrich's concern doesn't extend to his own marriages, though: Gingrich Admits to Affair During Clinton Impeachment. Setting the stage for his entry ...
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Oh, brother. According to Newt Gingrich, we should refuse to let Muslims build mosques in America until they let us build “our” churches in Mecca. Sounds like a good solid Republican position — make the US more like Saudi Arabia! Yeah! [Video]
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One of the tenets of the very politically active far right Christian sect known as the “Dominionists” is the “Seven Mountains” analogy — a strategy for building political influence and gradually turning the United States into a theocracy. It may sound crazy, but the people who believe this are completely ...
Religion, Far Right, Dominionism, Calvinism, Fundamentalism, Religious Right, Jim Garlow, newt gingrich
Here’s Newt Gingrich racing for the bottom on Fox News, saying Obama should withdraw Elena Kagan’s nomination because she’s “anti-military,” then launching an attack on Harvard (where Kagan was dean of the law school), because they accept Saudi money. It’s unclear how this is supposed to be Kagan’s responsibility, but ...
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Newt Gingrich, at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, appealing to the base with a loud dog whistle: We Need a President, Not an Athlete. “What we need is a president, not an athlete,” Gingrich said during a question and answer period after his speech. He added: “Shooting three point shots ...
Southern Republican Leadership Conference, newt gingrich, Racism, Dog Whistle
Tuesday night on the Jon Stewart show, Newt Gingrich thoroughly beclowned himself by attacking the Obama administration for reading Miranda rights to the accused Christmas bomber; when Stewart pointed out that the Bush administration had also Mirandized shoe bomber Richard Reid, Gingrich said “Richard Reid is an American citizen.” No. He’s ...
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Newt Gingrich is reportedly angry with Dede Scozzafava for endorsing her former opponent, Democrat Bill Owens. Scozzafava’s decision infuriated Republicans who had stuck with her, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. He told the AP that he was disappointed and “deeply upset.” “How could she have accepted all that support?” he said, ...
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Newt Gingrich says conservatives and right wingers are engaged in a “purge.” “This idea that we’re suddenly going to establish litmus tests and all across the country we’re going to purge the party of anybody who doesn’t agree with us 100 percent; that guarantees Obama’s reelection, that guarantees Pelosi as ...
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Senator John Cornyn is criticizing Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich for labeling Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a “racist.” (CNN) — A top Senate Republican is taking aim at recent statements from conservative commentators Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich suggesting Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a “racist.” “I think it’s ...
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Here’s a video posted by Newt Gingrich on his own YouTube channel today. Skip ahead to 4:06 to hear Gingrich say: “if we bow to the Saudi king, which the president [Obama] did, which I thought was frankly not very good when President Bush did it.” [Video] Maybe I should forward all ...