A quarter-century ago — when Newt Gingrich was still somewhere between dumping wife No. 1 and wife No. 2 before having a six-year-long adulterous affair with yet another woman from the office, who eventually became the third Mrs. Gingrich — a not-completely-white-haired Newt railed against Ronald Reagan for eight whole minutes from the House floor. Newt hated Reagan. Such an asshole and such a communist, that Newt Gingrich. [YouTube via America's leading video archivist, Andrew Kaczynski]
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President of a union, signed nuclear disarmament treaties, favored earned-income tax credit, raised taxes, pumped up the economy with deficit spending…
Well, I guess St. Ronnie *could be* kind of a leftie sometimes.
If Reagan had USED the Nukes like HST, there wouldn't even BE an island of Grenada!!!!!!!!!!!
Plus, less flight time, saving $$$
Teabaggers today would scorn "The Reality of Reagan" like they do "the Myth of Obama".
But not quite as much so as Truman.
Well, yes.
And that time he cut and run from Lebanon after a terrorist act.
WHY DID REAGAN HATE AMERICA?
Why is Gingrich still alive? Don't the rules of the Republican National Committee state that "… any mortal who shall speaketh ill of The Great And Mighty Reagan shall be burned at the stake…"
Don't forget, Regan added a federal department (Veterans' Affairs), raised taxes greater than any other president in history (when adjusted for inflation), didn't start any major wars, negotiated with terrorist, traded arms (along with cakes and Bibles) for hostages, used Keynesian Pump Priming to keep the economy going, and saw the national budget deficit go up faster than ever before.
Dear God, it was just like having Denis Kucinich as President!!!!
Each day brings us closer to the fabulous meltdown Newt will have.
But but but I thought Ronnie passed the torch to Newt?
Newt grabbed the wrong end.
It wasn't a torch.
Was it a fuse??
He did, but Newt thought it was an order of steak fajitas and ate it.
Oh dear. This will not sit well with the zombie wing of the party
There is another wing?????
Yes, the batshit loony wing. Otherwise known as the more conservative wing
Wait… isn't that the whole party?
No no! Remember, there's Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe and that other guy…you know, him! That guy!
Y'know, I'm not sure why the vitriol over Reagan from Newt.
After all, ol' Ronnie was porking Nancy in the guest room while Jane was upstairs having attacks of the vapors.
Indeed, I think it was Ronnie who gave Nancy the nickname "Hoover," but I could be wrong.
Seems like this would enshrine Reagan in Gingrich's hall of fame.
No, that was actually Sinatra porking Nancy while Ronald was wandering the West Wing in his Alzheimer's dazes asking for his mommy.
He came after this speech, tho.
No, really. They were taking place simultaneously!
And Harry Truman NEVER made a bad movie!
BONZO LIBEL!
But not so much with his daughter Margaret's singing career.
Bedtime for Bonsai?
So Newt doesn't think we should include Ronnie on Mt. Rushmore or put him on the dime?
How's he feel about naming an airport after him?
Or an aircraft carrier?
You can't walk up on any facility in Washington, D.C. not named after Ronald Reagan. I still refuse to refer to DCA as Reagan Airport.
But Newt's told us in the debates that he was Reagan's greatest ally in Congress! Could he actually be – *gasp* – a liar?
He was probably so tired from loving his country so much that he misspoke.
He's speaking before a totally empty house (see around 3:00). This is in 1986, since he says R. has been in charge for five years, and he is raving about fighting communism, which by then was well into its death throes. It sometimes sounds like he doesn't even understand what he's reading. Also, Truman was an asshole – only looks good from a long distance.
The corpse huggers will revolt.
This was after Reagan had colon cancer, so of course Newt was leaving him.
And a gunshot wound. He couldn't dump him fast enough.
According to reagan hisownself, he didn't have cancer. A part of his colon had cancer, so they took that out. True story.
That was the end of colonialism in America.
I thought it was Alzheimer
No wonder Newt wasn't a prominent figure in Ronnie's diary.
Also, too, this is great news for Rick Sant rum!
Actually, forget about Reagan and Truman. What he's saying is that only Newt is right. Even Jeebus didn't really know what he was doing, had no specific plan, etc. A model of humility.
Weird. I would assume that anyone with an obsession with jelly beans would be tops in Newt's world.
Not if he refuses to share.*
* This comment also applies to Actor's point about Nancy's fellatio finesse.
Jelly Beans are an elitist, Californian sort of thing. Newt is all about the Moon Pies.
Oh, sure — next you're gonna tell us that Newt's claim that he was responsible for Bill Clinton's balanced budgets was a complete lie, too.
Oh, you mean during what Newt's talkbots are now calling the "Gingrich-Clinton Administration," when the national debt was almost zeroed out, the economy was at full employment, and the stock market was booming?
Come to think of it, both of 'em were getting extramarital sex, including admitted-under-oath blowjobs in Clinton's case and probably Newt's as well. Whereas Chimpy was probably faithful to goggle-eyed Laura all eight years. What does this teach us?
And look at the Camelot years when Kennedy was POTUS and fucked around like a rabbit on speed. Those were the days!
JFK’s paramours are still
overcoming their innate shynesshoping for one last chance to cash in on fucking him, before he’s forgotten.http://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Secret-President-...
As Tweetie keeps reminding everyone, his rehash of JFK's life is a best seller, and just in time before all us boomers who remember him punch out. As Chris Rock said about Clinton/Lewinsky, the president is so famous and powerful that just sucking his dick makes you famous.
Newt shouldn't worry though; he may have insulted one crappy Republican actor but he's more than made up for it with his endorsement from Chuck Norris.
Speaking of republican actors, what's with the kerfuffle over Clint Eastwood's acting in some Dodge ad on Sunday? I haven't seen it yet, so I withold judgement.
Newt is Newt's idea of what a smart person sounds like.
Is it just me, or is anyone else waiting for Robot Wife1 (Stella) to come out from behind the wall shouting "Harcourt Fenton Gingrich! where have you been? What have you been up to? Have you been drinking again, you miserable sot! You good-for-nothing thing!"
Shut up, Stella.
Blasphemer blasphemes.
When you put it that way, I start thinking he might have redeeming qualities.
There's thin line between love and hate. Not that Newt knows that much about thin stuff…
Watch it–you don't wanna get Chrissie Hynde mad at you….
Tune in next week when footage of Newt talking about how much of a dick the Pope is turns up!
Yes he is exactly who I want in control of our nukes.
When was McGovern's term again? God, that guy was an asshole….
Love the audience shot at 3:00, but what do you expect from a guy who speaks to the right with a 7-point plan? Doesn't he know by now that RWNJs have a very short attention span, on the order of nanoseconds?
If the empty chamber camera shots really were an innovation by Tip O'Neill to make Newt look pathetic in his after-hours C-Span rants (as the story goes), I salute the late Speaker for his brilliance.
So, Newt used to disparage Reagan when he was still alive, and Mitt also disparage Reagan when he was alive.
Who would ever believe that the Republican Party would have so many heretics trying to be President. Will it soon be hip in GOP circles to announce that you were against Reagan before anyone else?
After seeing young Newt, I was startled to realize that there was a time when it was not inconceivable that someone would willingly suck Newt Gingrich's dick. Not likely, but not inconceivable.
Save it for AFTER THE FUCKING PRIMARY. Now is the time to shit on Romney, not this asshat.
"the militant McGovernite Left." A "Massachussetts moderate" –This guy's a fucking alliterative demonization machine, ain't he?
Did anyone make it through the whole tedious speech? I bailed after 1:34, and I don't know if that indicates stamina or weakness…
I am sure Ronnie reciprocated the hate…
Nice try, Jr. No fucking way I am watching any more of Newt than I have to, which is none.
Love the audience reaction shot at 2:39.
Newt's most ardent congressional supporters are depicted in that shot.
i thought this was an art film representation of the inside of Newt's mind.
fucking christ! what a long winded, boring, annoying bastard.
Naked guy!
Hitler?
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