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2012 RNC delegates can attend ‘Newt University’ at convention
Delegates at the 2012 Republican National Convention, which takes place Monday, August 27 to Thursday, August 30 in Tampa, Florida, will be able to take classes at “Newt University,” a series of workshops an seminars hosted by former Congressman Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA). The classes are allegedly designed to “support…
Gingrich changes tune, sings praises for Paul Ryan’s budget
Newt Gingrich, who last May assailed Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget plan as “right-wing social engineering,” offered a much rosier assessment of Ryan on Sunday’s Face the Nation now that the Wisconsin Republican has been named as Mitt Romney’s running mate. Gingrich praised the Ryan budget and took issue with…
Colbert: Newt Gingrich is ‘a baby-eating werewolf’
On the Colbert Report Thursday, host Stephen Colbert used the proud example provided by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), who recently defended there accusations that Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin was a infiltrator working on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood, to take a stand…
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: Romney was right about Israel being culturally superior
Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says GOP hopeful Mitt Romney was right to suggest that Israelis were superior to Palestinians because of their culture. Palestinian officials on Monday had accused Romney of racism after he seemed to tell wealthy donors — including billionaire Sheldon Adelson — that Israelis were…
Newt Gingrich defends Michele Bachmann’s controversial anti-Muslim campaign
While many Republicans have been rushing to distance themselves from Minnesota Congresswoman Rep. Michele Bachmann’s recent campaign to root out what she believes are Islamic infiltrators in the U.S. government, one former presidential primary rival is coming to her aid. Former Speaker of the House Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) said…
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.…
Newt Gingrich’s private ventures going bankrupt
There were many during former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA)’s ill-starred run for the presidential nomination who speculated that the candidate was never serious about running, but was rather using the platform to sell books and make money. If that was actually the case, then that plan was…
Newt’s billionaire backer now supporting Walker against recall
Billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson, once the primary source of funding for the now-defunct presidential campaign of former Speaker of the House Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA), is now a major financial backer of embattled Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) in his fight to keep his seat in a recall election…
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…
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