Newt Gingrich! for President! 2012 !

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Originally Posted by joeydb

Somebody better tell Obama to hit the books if he's going to be debating Newt.

I am bemused by the context of that statement Thus, I offer famous Newtisms:

“The most serious, systematic revolutionary of modern times.” Newt Gingrich on himself

“We must expect the Soviet system to survive for a very long time. There will be Soviet labor camps and Soviet torture chambers well into our grandchildren’s lives.” (except, no)

“Kill jobs and lead to a recession, force people off of work and onto unemployment and will actually increase the deficit.” Gingrich waxing prophetic regarding President Clinton’s 1993 budget bill (completely wrong on that one, weren't you, Newt?)

“Put your baby in a dumpster, that’s Okay.” Newt Gingrich explaining what liberals want when he was questioned about his plan to initiate 19th Century orphanages.

“Most People don’t realize it’s illegal to pray in school, most people somehow think that’s not true.” (Praying is allowed in public schools as long as it is not lead by government employees or so loud as to disrupt the education of others)

“Up to 25% of the White House, when they first came in, had used drugs within the past 4 or 5 years.” (Newt Gingrich just making stuff up about Clinton WH)

“On Inauguration Day, they’re breaking the law and doing drugs. Two days later, they’re in the White House. This must be the most disciplined set of addicts in the world...” (Newt Gingrich making more stuff up about Clinton WH)

“The Federal government made a Danish heart pump illegal that was used in ambulances that kept 54% of people alive who would otherwise now be dead.” (complete lie)

“Give the park police more ammo.” Newt Gingrich response to a reporter who asked what to do about the homeless a few days after the police shot a homeless man in front of the White House.

“The problem isn’t too little money in political campaigns, but not enough.” Newt Gingrich on campaign reform.

“I have enormous personal ambition. I want to shift the entire planet. And I’m doing it. I am now a famous person. I represent real power.” Newt Gingrich on Newt Gingrich

“Gingrich - Primary mission, Advocate of civilization, Definer of civilization, Teacher of the rules of civilization, Leader of the civilizing forces.” Newt Gingrich on Newt Gingrich

"A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about."

"And my point was one I think that you'd agree with, which is there's no room in America for a black racist, a Latino racist, or a white racist, or an Asian racist, or a Native American racist. Now, we're either color blind or we're not color blind."

"Have you heard a single national figure tell you all of the crises of the recent past are not economic, they're cultural?" (must explain the GOP fixation with passing multiple abortion laws, rather than jobs bills, since January)

"I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics."

I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much."

"In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins."

"The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument."

"What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots."

"You can't trust anybody with power".

"The greatest leaders in fighting for an integrated America in the twentieth century were in the Democratic Party. The fact is, it was the liberal wing of the Democratic Party that ended segregation. The fact is that it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who gave hope to a nation that was in despair and could have slid into dictatorship. And the fact is, every Republican has much to learn from studying what the Democrats did right."

"She isn't young enough or pretty enough to be the President's wife." - Newt Gingrich on his first wife.

"If combat means living in a ditch, females have biological problems staying in a ditch for thirty days because they get infections and they don't have upper body strength. I mean, some do, but they're relatively rare. On the other hand, men are basically little piglets, you drop them in the ditch,
they roll around in it, doesn't matter, you know. These things are very real. On the other hand, if combat means being on an Aegis-class cruiser managing the computer controls for twelve ships and their rockets, a female may be again dramatically better than a male who gets very, very frustrated sitting in a chair all the time because males are biologically driven to
go out and hunt giraffes."

And the all-time favorite Newt quote:

"It doesn't matter what I do, people need to hear what I have to say." - Newt Gingrich told his second ex-wife, on why he thinks cheating on her was okay and why she should have tolerated his affair.