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Gingrich defends Bachmann and McCarthyism: ‘There were real spies’
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) was not wrong to accuse a top State Department aide of being an Islamic infiltrator, according to Newt Gingrich, because “behind McCarthyism there were real spies.” “People tend to forget this,” Gingrich told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “There were a lot of guilty people who would never…
Gingrich tells Snooki: I’ve been ‘deprived’ of strippers
Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and Jersey Shore star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi hit it off on Thursday after they crossed paths during an interview on NBC’s Tonight Show. “Whaddup?” Snooki asked Gingrich after giving him a fist bump. “Newt seems mystified by this whole conversation,” host Jay Leno noted.…
Colbert: Healing Romney-Gingrich rift will be ‘a process’
On Wednesday, Newt Gingrich suspended his campaign after a long and grueling primary slog. On Thursday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert took a look back at the now-suspended campaign and brought us some of the highlights of Gingrich’s very direct and personal style of bare-knuckled political…
WATCH LIVE: Gingrich speaks after reports that campaign will end
Newt Gingrich speaks to supporters in North Carolina after reports that he will end his bid for the GOP presidential nomination. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast April 25, 2012. …
Secret Service detains reporter who asked Gingrich about Fox News
The United States Secret Service detained a North Carolina reporter over the weekend after he asked Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich about recent comments that were critical of Fox News. During a private campaign event at Wesley College in Delaware last week, the former House Speaker had asserted that News…
WATCH LIVE: Romney and Gingrich speak at NRA convention
Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich speak at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis on Friday. The event was scheduled to begin at 2:15 p.m. ET. Watch this live video from MSNBC, broadcast April 4, 2012. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about…
It’s all Gingrich’s fault
Well, here we are in a never-ending cycle of polarization between Left and Right, stronger than anything experienced in the public arena before, even in the Sixties. Then too, the book of “dirty tricks” Republican campaign praxis, engineered by self-described “Silent Majority” champion Richard M. Nixon, made hay by exploiting…
Gingrich admits Romney will ‘probably’ win but refuses to concede
Empty of funds, Gingrich adds that Mitt Romney is ‘clearly the frontrunner’ but remains defiant against calls for him to quit Newt Gingrich has come the closest yet to acknowledging what just about everyone else in the political world has already decided: that he has no chance of becoming the…
Former child janitor to Gingrich: Your jobs plan ‘offended’ me
A man who spent part of his childhood working as a janitor told Newt Gingrich on Wednesday that he was offended by the Republican presidential candidate’s plan to put kids to work. During an event at Georgetown University, Hector Cendejas called out the former House Speaker for his initiative to…
Newt’s casino-baron backer says Gingrich ‘at the end of his line’
Billionaire casino owner and major donor to the Newt Gingrich (R-GA) super PAC Winning Our Future has indicated that the Gingrich 2012 campaign’s days are numbered, in spite of the former Speaker of the House’s avowal to stay in the race. In an interview with The Jewish Journal, Adelson said…
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