Newt Gingrich Declares: "I Am Not a Citizen of the World!"

At a Washington DC fundraiser this week, in a statement that can best be described as regressive American exceptionalism, former Republican Speaker Newt Gingrich said of himself: 

"I am not a citizen of the world. I think the entire concept is intellectual nonsense and stunningly dangerous!"

Witness the video below of Mr. Gingrich's pronouncement that defines in two simple sentences the elitism, racism and egotism that have destroyed his Republican Party:

The question is, how can this protectionist, elitist, and even racist declaration be in the best interests of America, which despite Mr. Gingrich's supremacist notion, is part of the global community?  

What's most frightening is the air of superiority with which Gingrich made his statement.   Staring straight into the camera before a room of Republicans, this leader of his party defamed any benefit he might derive as a citizen of the world.  With George W's arrogance, Dick Cheney's sociopathy, and Donald Rumsfeld's bravado all rolled into one, Gingrich equates a citizen of the world to "intellectual nonsense."  He typifies the very characteristics of the Bush years that thrust this nation into its abyss.