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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.

Aug 9, 2012

Governor McDonald of Virginia came out and says this is clearly gutting welfare reform.

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Aug 9, 2012

I would say to you under Obama's ideology it is absolutely true that he would be comfortable sending a lot of people checks for doing nothing.

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Aug 9, 2012

Well, given that this is an administration which has maximized the increase in dependency, maximized the number of people on food stamps, maximized the effort to get people to rely on the government, there's also no evidence that once the…

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Aug 9, 2012

Sure. The question you have to ask yourself is, given the track record of this particular secretary of Health and Human Services, given the general -- somewhere between liberalism and radicalism of the Obama appointees...

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Aug 9, 2012

I think on the hard left, there's an unending desire to create a dependent America. It's not just that Obama's a radical, but the people he appoints are even more radical.

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Aug 9, 2012

I believe absolutely that this -- the Obama administration is filled with people who do not believe in the work requirement.

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Aug 7, 2012

I think on the hard left there's an unending desire to create a dependent America. It's not just that Obama is a radical but the people he appoints are even more radical.

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Aug 7, 2012

I believe absolutely that this -- the Obama administration is filled with people who do not believe in the work requirement.

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Aug 7, 2012

Sure. The question you have to ask yourself is, given the track record of this particular secretary of Health and Human Services, given the general -- somewhere between liberalism and radicalism of the Obama appointees...

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Aug 7, 2012

I would say to you under Obama's ideology it is absolutely true that he would be comfortable sending a lot of people checks for doing nothing.

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Aug 7, 2012

Well, given that this is an administration which has maximized the increase in dependency, maximized the number of people on food stamps, maximized the effort to get people to rely on the government, there's also no evidence that once the…

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