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Gingrich: ‘Go get a job right after you take a bath’
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has some advice for members of the Occupy Wall Street movement: take a bath and get a job. “Jefferson said that people that want to be both free and ignorant are asking for something that has never been and will never be,” the former House…
Maddow: Newt Gingrich is a ‘bottom-feeding’ scam artist
To many people who have been following the political scene since the failed attempt to unseat Bill Clinton as President of the United States, it is frankly amazing that Newt Gingrich has a career at all, let alone that he is currently enjoying front-runner status, or close to it, in…
Gingrich campaign $1 million in debt from private jets, web developers
All candidates for federal office, including presidential hopefuls and those running for Congress, were required to file their second quarter campaign finance paperwork with the Federal Election Commission last Friday. While this sounds like — and is — a bunch of paperwork, for the public, it’s a glimpse into candidates’…
Gingrich tries to hire ‘The Office’s Dwight Schrute to rehabilitate campaign
Facing continued fallout from Tiffany’s purchases and staff resignations, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich tried to generate some positive buzz Thursday by offering a job to fictional character Dwight Schrute. Actor Rainn Wilson, who plays Schrute on NBC’s popular comedy “The Office,” used Twitter to jokingly apply for a job…
Gingrich defends campaign strategy; criticizes gay marriage
INDIANOLA, Iowa (Reuters) – Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich on Saturday said the adoption of same-sex marriage in New York showed the nation is “drifting toward a terrible muddle.” Saying he thinks marriage is between a man and a woman, he told reporters that he “would like to find ways…
Which GOP superstars are attending Glenn Beck’s Jerusalem rally?
Soon-to-be-former Fox News host Glenn Beck is in the process of planning his upcoming rally in Israel, and according to one report, the guest list will be an unholy mash-up of conservative notables. The August 24 rally “to restore courage” (sequel to last summer’s “rally to restore honor” Beck threw…
Gingrich gets 45-day extension on disclosing personal finances
Republican presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich has received a 45-day extension of the Federal Election Commission deadline for filing his personal financial disclosure form. This gives him until July 25 to submit the disclosure, which would normally have been due this Friday, 30 days after Gingrich announced his candidacy. According to…
Gingrich staying in the race as wave of key 2012 staffers resign
WASHINGTON – Republican 2012 presidential candidate New Gingrich faced a momentous setback Thursday as a wave of his top staffers resigned together. The Associated Press reported that “Rick Tyler, Gingrich’s spokesman, said he, campaign manager Rob Johnson and senior strategists had resigned, along with aides in the early primary and…
Scott Brown pivots, claims he’s against plan to kill Medicare
Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) has performed a complete 180 within the past two weeks, pivoting from praising the Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) plan to phase out Medicare to penning a Politico op-ed voicing his disapproval for the plan, according to Talking Points Memo. Brown, who is up for re-election in…
Newt Gingrich: Campaigns like mine only happen once or twice a century
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said his campaign was “alive and very well” despite a number of recent troubles. “It’s going to take a while for the news media to realize that you’re covering something that happens once or twice in a century, a genuine grass-roots campaign of very big…
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