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Newt Gingrich says everything bad in the world can be blamed on liberalism. Who knew?

Posted by Cliff Schecter at 8:35 AM on April 23, 2007.


Cliff Schecter: On behalf of all liberals, I apologize.
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Editor's note: Originally posted to Cliff Schecter's blog.

Newt Gingrich was trying to explicity blame liberals for what happened at Virginia Tech, because we don't think Somalia-like gun access and eliminating the First Amendment are the answer to tragedies like this.

As you may know, Gingrich has a long history of blaming liberals for heinous acts, and just like this time, in the past he's been made to the look like the obtuse loser that he is.

Here is Gingrich after Columbine:

I want to say to the elite of this country - the elite news media,the liberal academic elite, the liberal political elite: I accuse you in Littleton, and I accuse you in Kosovo of being afraid to talk about the mess you have made, and being afraid to take responsibility for things you have done, and instead foisting upon the rest of us pathetic banalities because you don't have the courage to look at the world you have created.

Other disasters that are our faults:

- In 1994, after Susan Smith confessed to drowning her two children in South Carolina, Gingrich quickly blamed liberals, saying the only way to avoid similar future incidents was "to vote Republican."

- After former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) was forced to resign over his sexually inappropriate behavior towards House pages, Gingrich declared that conservatives didn't act to stop Foley because they "would have been accused of gay bashing" by liberals.

- At the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this year, Gingrich blamed the residents of New Orleans' 9th ward for "a failure of citizenship," by being "so uneducated and so unprepared, they literally couldn't get out of the way of a hurricane."

I'd like to add to Gingrich's list because he makes so much sense. It must also be our fault that Newt Gigrich is, well, Newt Gingrich.

Surely we did something wrong so that he became such a degenerate as to serve his first wife with divorce papers while she was in the hospital being treated for cancer? And I can only guess that we are fault for the fact that he became a self-righteous scumbag, trying to impeach President Clinton by day while carrying on his own sordid affair with a Capitol Hill aide by night, before he dumped his second wife for her.

Furthermore, we must also be responsible for making him break the law and use GOPAC as his own personal "slush fund." Yes, the fact that you Newt, are a sleazy, slimy, scummy, fat-assed, philandering criminal must be due to liberalism.

I see the light now.

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Posted by: frank67 on Apr 23, 2007 10:32 AM   
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Newt: a most apt description of the fat assed scumbag! A newt, after all, is a lizard, and should be stamped out once and for all!

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» no need to diss amphibians Posted by: aislinnluv
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» RE: frank67 Posted by: Vik
Good start. Disappointing finish.
Posted by: Ziv on Apr 23, 2007 11:25 AM   
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I strongly believe that you only denigrate yourself when you stoop to name calling and petty rants. Your point about ex-Speaker Gingrich's ethics may be well taken, but you deflate the entire argument with this single line: "Yes, the fact that you Newt, are a sleazy, slimy, scummy, fat-assed, philandering criminal must be due to liberalism."

Let's all raise the level of the debate so that we can concentrate on the real issues

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Is Newt icky?
Posted by: Staggo on Apr 23, 2007 7:35 PM   
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Bear with me on this one, because it reflects my honest sentiments. Have you ever, like, pulled out a big, wet booger and looked at it? Or have you ever gotten down on your knees to study a fresh hawker (aka loogie in some circles)? Well, that's Newt you're looking at. It all makes me want to up-chuck more Gingrich. Thank you.

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» RE: Is Newt icky? Posted by: blitzmesser
he should tell god what to do
Posted by: blitzmesser on Apr 23, 2007 10:18 PM   
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...then he would not have to interpret to us the plan of his master. He is an idiot... or what is called a "dooshbag".
Who cares what this this slimebag thinks?
Have a look at his oily lips: it is an indication of what this man is about!

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I think you do the fat-assed scumbags of the world a real injustice
Posted by: UnEasyOne on Apr 24, 2007 2:38 AM   
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In comparing them to Gingrich.

We can't forget, though, that while he has been thouroughly discredited, he is such an effective and reasonable-sounding propagandist that he is being rehabilitated by the MSM who are giving him face time on the major talk/news shows. They know that the average viewer has an exceedingly short memory and no sense of history.

The author does a real service in reminding us of and documenting a few of his more egregious flaws - God knows the MSM will never do that! These days they are promoting him as a fair commentator and he has been "forgiven" by the wingnut preachers. Never forget - this bastard is dangerous!

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