Tag Archives: Newt Gingrich

James Michl: The O’Reilly Factor- Glenn Beck Talking To Bill O’Reilly About Newt Gingrich

Source:The New Democrat I just have a flat disagreement with Glenn Beck on what a Progressive is and also find myself on this weird planet if not universe, where I’m agreeing with Bill O’Reilly on anything. I wasn’t sure I … Continue reading

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Newsweek: David Friend: ‘Before Donald Trump Was President, Online Sex Videos, Bill Clinton & The Naughty 90s Changed America’

Source:Newsweek– The 1990s called and they want their people back. Source:The Daily Review “Two decades ago, on a frigid night just before the New Hampshire presidential primary, America first met Bill and Hillary Clinton as a couple. It was January … Continue reading

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Conservable Economist: Timothy Taylor- Twenty Years Since The Welfare Reform of 1996: The Next Stage of Welfare to Work

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: Conservable Economist: Timothy Taylor- Twenty Years Since The Welfare Reform of 1996: The Next Stage of Welfare to Work Tim Taylor, makes some great points about the timing that Welfare … Continue reading

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AlterNet: Valerie Tarico: ‘I Am Pro-Abortion, Not Just Pro-Choice’

Source:Away Point– Valerie Tarico writes for the AlterNet. “I believe that abortion care is a positive social good. I suspect that a lot of other people secretly believe the same thing. And I think it’s time we said so. As … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: Video: Al Franken at The 1996 White House Correspondents Dinner

. Going back about twenty-years here to 1996, this was I guess March of 1996, but they were already counting votes for the 1996 presidential election between President Bill Clinton and Leader Bob Dole. They just decided to wait eight … Continue reading

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The Street: Video: Joseph Deaux: A Brokered GOP Convention is Very Unlikely

This post was originally posted at FreeStatePlus on WordPress, March, 2012 If you read my blog on a regular basis, you know that a month or go or so I suggested that Rick Santorum end his presidential campaign and endorse … Continue reading

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The Weekly Standard: Opinion: Daniel Halper: Newt Looking to Deliver Knockout Punch in Florida

This post was originally posted at FreeStatePlus on WordPress, January, 2012 The Weekly Standard: Opinion: Daniel Halper: Newt Looking to Deliver Knockout Punch in Florida I don’t see Newt Gingrich delivering a “knockout punch” in South Carolina for Florida, but … Continue reading

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National Journal: Opinion: Ron Brownstein: Good News and Bad News For Newt Gingrich in Florida

This post was originally posted at FreeStatePlus on WordPress, January, 2012 National Journal: Opinion: Ron Brownstein: Good News and Bad News For Newt Gingrich in Florida What difference a debate can make, or how about, if you’re a football fan, … Continue reading

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Andrew Kaczynski: Video: C-SPAN: U.S. Representative Speaking Against the House Democrats Budget in 1982

This post was originally posted at FreeStatePlus on WordPress, March, 2012 Back in the day when Newt Gingrich was a Junior Representative in the House and I would argue up to a certain extent even when then Minority Whip Gingrich … Continue reading

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PBS: Video: Firing Line with William F. Buckley: Newt Gingrich, Where is the GOP Headed

This post was originally posted at FreeStatePlus on WordPress, April, 2012 Not really Newt Gingrich himself, but his movement and followers represented where the Republican Party was headed post Ronald Reagan. Not George H.W. Bush who succeeded President Reagan as … Continue reading

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