Gingrich says the repubs won the last government shutdown...history says otherwise...

[cynatnite]

snip:
That was the first mistake the Republicans made: They appeared to be too eager for a confrontation, while Clinton constantly emphasized he was willing to compromise within reason. Then Gingrich told reporters he stopped funding the government in part because Clinton made him exit from the rear of Air Force One when they returned from attending the funeral of slain Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin. That comment just made Republicans appear petty.

In the end, after weeks of turmoil, the Republicans meekly gave up and eventually cut a deal with Clinton that was not much different than what they could have gotten before the shutdown.

Clinton used the episode as the springboard for his successful reelection campaign, and he humiliated Republicans for it during his 1996 State of the Union speech. He singled out for praise a man seated next to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Social Security Administration worker Richard Dean, who had survived the Oklahoma City bombing and rescued three people from the devastated Murrah Federal Building.

As Republicans stood and applauded Dean's heroism, Clinton pulled out the knife, recounting how Dean was forced out of his office during the first shutdown and had to work without pay in the second one. "Never, ever, shut the federal government down again," the president scolded.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2011/02/lessons_from_the_great_governm.html

[KT2000]

1. He also said Clinton would not

talk with him, then the papers showed a photo of G sitting with Clinton on Air Force 1.

Can we require mental health evaluations of these people. They are just nuts.

[Zoeisright]

2. That is one of the best newspaper covers I have ever seen.

Newt is a fucking liar.

[gateley]

3. He's saying a lot of things that are historically inaccurate. Hell, almost everything

he says is untrue. :eyes: What a dick.

[AsahinaKimi]

4. Its what Republicans do.. LIE

They have no honor.

[Jmaxfie1]

5. Well since they "won" the first one why not try it again?

Sometimes the delusions of Republicans actually pay-off for Democrats.