Gingrich: There Is An ‘Insurgency’ in CT Which Says ‘Can’t We Come

[CatWoman]

Home and Hide?

This morning on Fox News, Newt Gingrich claimed there is a “legitimate insurgency in Connecticut, which needs to be met head on,” made up of people who say Iraq “is so hard, it is so frightening, it’s so painful, can’t we come home and hide?” Gingrich said that if the “insurgency” wins, “it will be the beginning of extraordinarily important period in American politics, and in American history.”

Watch it:

[ClassWarrior]

1. Was that before or after he pulled his head out of his ass?

And if it was before, how could you understand him?

B-)

NGU.

[bleever]

5. And if was after,

well, that's no pretty picture either.

:hi: bro!

[ClassWarrior]

6. Oh thanx for THAT!!

LOL

That's worse than talkin' with your mouth full, bleev. Mom's gonna clobber you!

:hi: bro...

NGU.

[MissWaverly]

2. If, they are bringing out Newt, they're desperate

Smell the fear, there is blood in the water and the sharks are circling. Their biggest fear
is that the American people will wake up and say no more war for a lie, no more money for
beltway insiders, no more money for big oil and the rich. Igor, quick, the slumber ray, the
American people are waking up, 10 more hours of American Idol, quickly, please.

[struggle4progress]

41. Newt's thinkin, "Well, if THAT dimwit kin be Prez, then why not me?"

Gingrich May Run in 2008 If No Front-Runner Emerges

By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 10, 2006; Page A04

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) expects to run for president in 2008 if the contest for the Republican nomination still seems wide open late next year, he said yesterday ...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/09/AR2006060901444.html

Newt's also been very excited about the prospect of announcing that we're fighting WW III:

Newt & the Neocons Pitch World War III -- Who's Buying It?

... Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the United States House of Representatives, is using any platform available to him to convince the public that the U.S. is engaged in World War III. ... While Gingrich's media tour definitely thrust him back into the national political spotlight, it may have also given the public a sneak peek into the Republican Party's political/marketing strategy for the November congressional elections: If the war on terrorism doesn't create a fearful enough climate amongst voters, why not ratchet it up by mentioning the spectre of a World War III? ... John Stauber ... <told IPS> 'You've got to call it something and five years after 9/11 with Osama .. still roaming free and Iraq an American quagmire, and the Republican Party in danger of losing control of Congress, this ploy makes marketing sense'" ...

http://www.prwatch.org/node/4997

[Patchuli]

47. Newt's got some ugly baggage for

running for that office...family values, HAH! I hope he does run; the GOP'll lose for sure!

[MissWaverly]

54. sorry, Newt, there is no way you would please the fundies

they don't believe in divorce

[WillyT]

3. And... Newt's Experience In Combat And Counter - Insurgency Are What ?

Exactly?

A coward calling warriors cowards.

There's gotta be some really good ancient remedy for this type of behavior.

:shrug:

[tabasco]

7. Newt wasn't such a hard-charger when he had the opportunity

to fight. He only likes to watch war on teevee. He is such a cowardly, disgusting person.

As a poster said above, they must be desperate to be dragging out this pig.

[CatWoman]

8. What strikes me is his choice of the word "insurgent"

so, we have gone from being protestors to cowards to traitors to insurgents.

:wow:

[WePurrsevere]

17. You reminded me of the Ghandi quote, "“First they ignore you....

Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.”

B-)

[CatWoman]

20. ultimately, we will "purr-severe"

:D

:hi:

[WePurrsevere]

29. You're so purr-ceptive. :-) There is no question in my mind that we will.

:D

:hi:

[ClassWarrior]

21. You remind me of a factoid someone told me last night...

Never... NEVER... in the last 500 years has an aggressor won a war. Never.

(I haven't looked it up, but he's better read on the subject than me, so I trust him.)

NGU.

[elehhhhna]

25. Would you mind posting that as a question on its own thread, please?

DU smarties will answer & we'll know.

[ClassWarrior]

32. Done.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1834277&mesg_id=1834277

Love your tag graphic, by the way.

NGU.

[elehhhhna]

51. WELL DONE! I see you made the Greatest page!

[IndyOp]

42. Very, Very Good Catch, Purr!! Ghandi all the way! (n/t)

:yourock:

[flyarm]

24. but we were correct!! we were correct "protestors"...

we said there were no wmd in Iraq!

we were correct so called "traitors" when we said there was not connections between Saddam and Bin Laden and Al Queda...

and we are correct so called "insurgents" when we support Lamont..and get rid of the disgusting * ass kissing Lie Ber neo con!

so what does that make NEWT?????????????

i would call him a flaming coward...a yellow bellied fucking coward..a lying sac of shit coward..and i would call him an enemy to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA..I WOULD CALL HIM A TERRORIST!

FLY

[Norquist Nemesis]

53. Except it wasn't a choice; It was DELIBERATE

and you're seeing right through the ploy.

[MissWaverly]

55. yes, what's left???? Dog Haters?

[bleever]

4. If I may quote a young Alvy Singer, in "Annie Hall":

"What an asshole."

To use the word "insurgency" to once again try to tar all opponents of disastrous neo-con policy as traitors who give aid and comfort to the enemy, only shows how fearful they are of a unified Democratic stance against the war and the fascist tendencies of this cabal.

[DemonFighterLives]

9. Insurgency??

We need an insurgency in America. It doesn't mean that the dems. are siding with Al Qaeda, Hezbollah or Hamas, just that the regime needs changing.
:dem:

[bleever]

10. Recommended, as an other watershed Goebbels moment from

this illegal regine.

Why do they hate half of America?

[Cha]

11. I hope newt the imbecile has

been in the military and not just one of those hypocritical American Chickenshithawks that are so prevalent from the first monkey on down.

[Ravenseye]

12. 1. Man puts hand in fire

2. Man's hand begins to burn.
3. Second man says "pull your hand out of the fire."
4. Third man says "only a coward would pull his hand out."

There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity, and we all know what side Newt is on.

[cyclezealot]

13. Isn't it nice to be loved.

By your fellow Americans. Tolerating one's free speech. Again, you are with us or against us. Dare to oppose the military, industrial complex and you will be smitten down by the powers that be.

[Marr]

14. Language: A Key Mechanism of Control

I believe that was the title of Gingrich's little '96 memo on how to demonize your enemies with propaganda.

Conservative propagandists use the words "insurgent" and "terrorist" interchangeably. He's about two inches away from calling liberals terrorists here. It's not exactly surprising rhetoric, considering they've shown no hesitation to describe Democrats as traitors for years now- but it's a particularly disgusting choice of words from a man who understands the power of labels.

[WePurrsevere]

22. So don't run from it, embrace it & make it work FOR us. We need to stop

letting them define who we are.

[formercia]

15. It's lose-lose for the GOP

If Joe wins, everyone will cry fraud and if he loses, it will empower others to join the battle. Mexico in CT.

[Cobalt Violet]

16. Liberal= Insurgents.

That's how it's all going to start.

[mmonk]

18. He's such a man.

Get your ass over there Newt.

[Generic Other]

19. Hey Newt, let me introduce you to my friends

[WePurrsevere]

23. Love the picture. It says so much. B-) n/t

[damntexdem]

26. Is the insurgency in CT in its last throes?

I have a great exit strategy for Lieberman: after Tuesday, just say "goodbye." He can do it -- just like Newt did.

[BrotherBuzz]

27. Well, that confirms it - Gingrich is running in 08 and has chosen his VP

:rofl:

[Nikki Stone 1]

28. Such obvious propaganda techniques in word usage

How many Americans are dumb enough to fall for it?

Maybe too many....

[cyclezealot]

31. I' d hazard to say at least 22.5 %.

[Nikki Stone 1]

33. You're more optimistic than I am

:evilgrin:

[H2O Man]

30. War Heroes

Newt is, of course, running for the republican presidential nomination in '08. Fox is his platform. His military experience is remarkably similar to Bush & Cheney's.

[jaysunb]

34. What ? No cute staffers available today ?

How ya Newt ! You sly dog, you. :rofl:

[NastyRiffraff]

35. "Insurgency" = CT VOTERS

Imagine that. Real people are going out to vote in CT for a candidate who breaks all the rules. Lamont was an unknown a few short months ago; now, his message has resonated with the people of Connecticut, and in many parts of the country.

They aren't listening when the Democratic bigwigs tell them who to support.

They aren't listening when the chattering class bemoans the state of the Democratic party and says a Lieberman loss will threaten the party.

They aren't listening when they are told that Holy Joe represents their best hope.

They aren't listening to anyone who tells them who to vote for, because "we're insiders and we know better."

Yeah, they're insurgents. Just like those folks who dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.

And, memo to Newt: It ain't about war. It's about THIS war. I get sick of the pundits calling all of us "anti-war." It's not "so hard" it's a big loss. Cutting your losses while you can isn't "hiding;" it's smart.

[elehhhhna]

45. Those who threaten Newt and the Old Guard are not insurgents but Patriots.

[johnaries]

36. Remind me again how much combat Newt has seen?

Oh, yeah - he avoided the draft and never served.
http://www.awolbush.com/whoserved.html

So he didn't have to come home and hide - he was already at home when he hid.

[Skidmore]

37. Newt is priming the machine to deal with dissent and holding people

accountable as insurrection and sedition. We'll start sliding fast now if these jokers are ketp in power.

[JHB]

38. There was a reason Republicans once said "Tell Newt to SHUT UP"

Remember when Susan Smith drowned her kids... and Newt blamed the Democrats (until it came out that being molested by her "Americans for Robertson" stepfather probably had a bigger impact on her values)

Remember that horrific case where a woman was murdered for her baby which hadn't been born yet -- the killers actually carved it out of her -- which Gingrich declared an act of "welfare values", despite the fact that the only one involved on welfare was the victim.

A major factor in Newt's career was his compete absence of shame, his ability to say absolutely anything to denounce his opposition with complete conviction without the slightest regard to whether it was true.

Even worse are the people who think Newt is some sort of brilliant scholar and strategist: as a political strategist, his "brilliance" was simply his afroementioned shamlessness, and a willingness to destroy anything that got in his way (without regard for the value of what was destroyed). And his reckless disregard for any facts that get in his way leaves him utterly incapable of even understanding what a "scholar" is, much less being one.

[Canuckistanian]

39. It's a new era of cowardice and capitulation, according to Newt

C'mon, Newt, announce your candidacy for president, already!

I dare you.

[elehhhhna]

46. Proof: He's back. Cowardice personafied.

[Little Star]

40. Biden did a good job taking care of Newt dontcha think? n/t

[Swamp Rat]

43. "No-Testicles-Newt"

Gingrich is THE insurgent in American politics and a danger to Democracy itself.

Now why won't he get up off his fat, marshmallowy ass and go FIGHT in Iraq like a man? ... oh that's right he ISN'T a man. :eyes:

[sendero]

44. So the fat-headed hypocrite speaks..

... it makes one wonder, "who's listening?"

I sure as hell ain't.

[Mr_Spock]

48. Is this the longest war in our history?

It soon will be.

And for what?

Gingrich is only concerned about the power of the Republican party and has no concern that the outcome in Iraq has no good ending since our weakness has already been exposed - and it's the opposite of what he says it is. Our weakness is our inability to know when to mind our own fucking business and when to admit that we are wrong. Inability to admit failure will be the end of us all. Deliberate commission of national suicide is reason for revolution. He better just STFU before it's too late and we're killing each other.

[bleever]

49. I hereby challenge Newt to a duel:

Boggle. Best of five series.

I win: Newt shuts his fat draft-dodging, war-mongering, wedge-issuing, anti-We the People yap and goes away. He doesn't even have to apologize for WHIG, his 1994 Republican revolution and its eventual collapse, or the pollution of American discourse that his sewage-spewing mind is a fountain of. Just. Go. Away.

Newt wins: I promise not to ever comment on any of his future divorces and remarriages, or comment (publicly) about the parasitic nature of his role in enabling fascism.


Mano a mano. Or whatever he is.

[BreweryYardRat]

50. Newt needs to go hole up and write another non-political book or three.

Dickhead.

[Reckon]

52. Do the repubs hate losing Joe or what? Keep talking, Newt.

The far-right can see a split coming between the NeoCons and Conservatives over the war.

"Hammer Time"

LeoCon speak: Republican minions that break rank (call for troop reduction) will be considered "insurgents" and you will "be met head on" -- This is an "extraordinarily important period" of our regime, descent will not be tolerated -- So think before you speak -- That goes for you too, Dems (Ned)

The same as any other dictatorial regime.