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Newt Gingrich

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Newt Gingrich is a prominent Republican politician from Georgia, best known for serving as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He played a significant role in the Republican Revolution of the 1990s, leading the party to a majority in the House for the first time in 40 years. Gingrich is recognized for his advocacy of conservative policies, including tax reform and welfare reform, and he was a key architect of the 'Contract with America,' which outlined a legislative agenda for the GOP in the 1994 midterm elections.

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May 10, 2011

First of all, he's going to say whatever he needs to, to win. Second, he's going to have all the advantages of the mainstream media. He's going to have all the advantages of left-wing billionaires like George Soros. He's going to have all…

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Apr 26, 2011

Newt Gingrich, for goodness sake, said that the President has a Kenyan anti-colonial world view.

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Mar 30, 2011

Like Newt Gingrich, they encourage the use of detailed LM-2s 'to weaken our enemies and encourage our allies.'

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Jan 17, 2011

I think that she's got to slow down and be a lot -- be more careful and think through what she is saying and how she is saying it.

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Jan 17, 2011

Newt Gingrich tells Sarah Palin to tone down her message as her poll numbers drop.

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Dec 26, 2010

I think people are very concerned when you start talking about cost controls, that a bureaucracy, we don't -- you're asking us to trust the government. We know people who said routinely, you're going to have to make decisions. You'll have…

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Sep 20, 2010

In the county government, he has raised taxes dramatically, raised spending dramatically, and dramatically lowered the bond value of the county.

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Sep 12, 2010

What if President Obama is so outside our comprehension that only if you understand Kenyan anti-colonial behavior can you begin to piece together his actions?

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Sep 12, 2010

He was the person he need to be in order to achieve the position he needed to achieve. He was authentically dishonest.

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Sep 12, 2010

President Obama is essentially a Kenyan con man who tricked Americans into voting for him and his secret radical agenda.

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Sep 12, 2010

He was being the person he needed to be in order to achieve the position he needed to achieve. He was authentically dishonest.

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Sep 12, 2010

This is a person who is fundamentally out of touch with how the world works, who happened to have played a wonderful con, as a result of which he is now president.

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Apr 8, 2010

The president of the United States, the most radical president in American history, has now thrown down the gauntlet to the American people. He has said: I run a machine. I own Washington. And there is nothing you can do about it.

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Apr 8, 2010

The President of the United States, the most radical president in American history, has now thrown down the gauntlet to the American people. He has said, 'I run a machine, I own Washington, and there's nothing you can do about it.'

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Apr 8, 2010

The party of yes. And was saying you know wherever you go, whoever you talk to says it's the party of yes. Today Sarah Palin said its fine with her. They're not only the party of no but the party of hell no.

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Apr 7, 2010

What the left wants to do -- I mean, they know they can't win a fight where they -- where they're honest about who they are, so they want to be dishonest about who we are.

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Apr 7, 2010

What the left wants to do, I mean, they know they can't win a fight when they're honest about who they are, so they want to be dishonest about who we are. What the left wants to do is say we're the party of no. And so here's what I want to…

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Nov 15, 2009

I think she is a smarter, more confident person than the image you got in the McCain campaign. I think that that will become apparent.

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Nov 15, 2009

I think she is a smarter and more confident person than the image you've got in the McCain campaign. And I think that that will become apparent.

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Aug 9, 2009

Newt Gingrich over the weekend was talking about the slippery slope toward euthanasia.

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Jun 7, 2009

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

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Jun 7, 2009

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

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