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Newt Gingrich Declares: "I Am Not A Citizen Of The World!"

Linda Milazzo | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elitist, Global Community, American Exceptionalism, Citizen of the World, Republican Fundraiser, Separatist, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Obama Mideast Trip, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

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?

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JON VOIGHT: Possible 2012 GOP Contender?

NY Daily News | DAILY NEWS STAFF | Posted 07.10.2009 | Home

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Actor Jon Voight, the master of ceremonies at the GOP event, set the tone of the evening with a number of sharp jabs at the president....

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Palin & Gingrich: Enough Limelight for Two?

Rick Horowitz | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Gop, Mike Huckabee, Republican Fundraiser, Mitt Romney, Gingrich and Palin, 2012 Nomination, Tim Pawlenty, GOP Fundraiser, Republicans, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Jeb Bush, Sarah Palin, Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

They've both got their eye on a certain house in Washington. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Maybe you've seen pictures.

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Newt Gingrich: Obama Has "Already Failed" (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday urged some 2,000 Republican party loyalists to stand up for GOP principles but to be i...

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Gingrich: Palin Caused No Harm By Lifting Phrases From My Speech

AP | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Newt Gingrich takes no issue with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for using his words in a speech she gave last week. In fact, he'd ...

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Newt Gingrich: Obama Has "Already Failed" (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | BEN EVANS | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday urged some 2,000 Republican party loyalists to stand up for GOP principles but to be i...

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GOP Says Palin Will Attend Fundraiser

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday urged some 2,000 Republican party loyalists to stand up for GOP principles but to be i...

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Sessions Worked Behind Scenes To Get Palin Reinvited To GOP Fundraiser

The Plum Line | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

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In another sign of the sway that Sarah Palin and her supporters in Palin Nation hold over the GOP, NRCC chief Pete Sessions is working behind the scen...

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Gingrich Accuses Sotomayor of Faking Broken Ankle

Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.08.2009 | Comedy

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Andy Borowitz

Mr. Gingrich said that if Ms. Sotomayor was counting on arousing the empathy of Republican senators by faking a broken ankle, she was "sorely mistaken."

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Barney Frank On His Boyfriend, The Bailout, And Arlen Specter

GQ | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

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He's not a small-talk kind of guy. There's not even a hello or a handshake when I walk in. There is no acknowledgment of any kind. He's at his desk, s...

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The Terrible Price of Being Tagged a Reverse Racist

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reverse Racist, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Senate, President Obama, Supreme Court, Wise Latina, Confirmation, Racism, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Sotomayor and any minority perceived to be a threat to corporate and political white male dominance will be branded a reverse racist. This is not new.

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Palin Denies Plagiarism Charge

AP | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been accused of paraphrasing at length from an article co-written by Newt Gingrich when she gave...

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Palin Vs. GOP: Governor Disinvited From Dinner "Out Of Respect" For Newt Gingrich

Politico | JONATHAN MARTIN | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

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Sarah Palin's on-again, off-again appearance at Monday night's gala GOP fundraising dinner is off -- again. After being invited -- for a second tim...

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VIDEO: Palin's "Lifted" Speech

Shannyn Moore | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

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Shannyn Moore

Part One & Two: Geoffry Dunn's take on Palin's "lifted speech." Mudflats take on attending and transcript Shannyn Moore's take on attending....

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Christian Martyr Movement Leader Blesses Gingrich & Huckabee

Bruce Wilson | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

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Bruce Wilson

Leaders on the Christian right have been giving speeches like this for decades, but the two-day Rock Church conference was not business as usual.

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Sam Stein

Gingrich To GOP: "Shrug Off" Calls For Ideological Purity (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich did something on Sunday a bit unexpected: He urged his fellow Republicans to ignore calls for ideological purity wi...

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Republican Party Bankrupt; Reorganizes As A Church

Lee Stranahan | Posted 07.07.2009 | Comedy

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Lee Stranahan

Republican officials wasted no time in taking advantage of their new found status as a religion and began punishing infidels, giving each other impressive titles and handing out funny hats.

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Newt Gingrich: Americans "Are Surrounded By Paganism"

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

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At an event in Virginia titled "Rediscovering God in America," Newt Gingrich and Mike Huckabee aimed to recapture lost political momentum for the Chri...

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Palin Lifts From Gingrich in Anchorage Speech

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

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Geoffrey Dunn

Much of Sarah Palin's speech delivered in Anchorage on Wednesday was lifted from an article written four years ago by Newt Gingrich and Craig Shirley.

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Gingrich: Sotomayor "Racist" Charge Has "No Evidence" In Decisions (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

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GOP war-horse Newt Gingrich recently walked back remarks calling Judge Sonia Sotomayor a racist. Now he's admitted to Fox News' Sean Hannity that the ...

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Think Again: The Surprising Success of the Right-Wing Rant

Eric Alterman | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media

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Eric Alterman

For once, Foxnation.com has got it right.

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Two Views of Apology

Stanton Peele | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

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Stanton Peele

The inability to apologize and see the other side is a psychological weakness.

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Looks Like Newt Read My Post

Lowell Thompson | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

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Lowell Thompson

Last week I posted my first HuffPost piece. This week, one half of the Newt Limbaugh tag-team recanted his "racist" comments about Judge Sonia Sotomay...

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The Mean Machines

Bob Franken | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

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Bob Franken

It's a variation on one of our great philosophical questions: "If Newt Gingrich says something utterly ridiculous, and nobody is listening, did he r...

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Sam Stein

Unlike Gingrich, Limbaugh Won't Back Down From Sotomayor "Racist" Remarks

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich backed down on Wednesday from his earlier remarks calling Judge Sonia Sotomayor a racist -- in large part, it seem...

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