Gingrich hints that Obama should be impeached over DOMA then backs off like a big adulterous chicken

[Bluebear]

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who plans within two weeks to announce if he will run for president, said today that if President Obama doesn't change his mind and order his Justice Department to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act, Republicans in Congress should strike back and even consider impeachment proceedings.

by John Aravosis:

In addition to being an adulterer and a serial divorcé, Gingrich is also increasingly a liar.

He knows full well that all recent presidents, Republican and Democrat, have refused to be defend some law or another in court (I just got an example emailed to me of Bush refusing to defend a law in court, will write it up for a future post), since that is the president's right and, as Joe pointed out earlier, the law even provides for Congress to step in and defend such cases, if it so chooses, if and when the president steps aside.

What bothers me isn't that Gingrich is pandering to bigots. The man's own sister is a lesbian, and he couldn't care less - so no surprises here. No, what troubles me is that Gingrich, who I've always thought a rather brilliant man (way too far right for anyone's own good, but still an incredibly sharp mind) has now relegated himself to lying, a lot.

You expect stupid people like Palin and Bachmann to lie - what else do they have going for them, they can't construe a rational argument on their own - but Gingrich? He has the intellect to win an argument on its merits, he doesn't need to lie. But lately, that's all he does. Perhaps he no longer trusts the merits of his convictions, changing them as often as he does wives.

http://gay.americablog.com/2011/02/gingrich-hints-that-obama-should-be.html

[Jmaxfie1]

1. LOVE your headline!!!

I almost blew soda out my nose!

[Bluebear]

2. Heya...

the headline is John's but it's hilarious!! most importantly...welcome to DU!

[Jmaxfie1]

4. cool, thanks

[Historic NY]

3. Newt defends his marriages.

[MurrayDelph]

5. Hey, Newtie!

How'd that last impeachment you trumped up work out for you?

[Bluebear]

6. exactly

[PA Democrat]

7. Gingrich needs to do his homework instead of chasing after women

There is a long history of other presidents refusing to defend laws they believe to be unconstitutional.

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/presidential-decisions-not-to-defend-the-constitutionality-of-federal-law-a-brief-history/

[spanone]

8. newt

A newt is an amphibian of the Salamandridae family, although not all aquatic salamanders are considered newts. Newts are classified in the subfamily Pleurodelinae of the family Salamandridae, and are found in North America, Europe and Asia. Newts metamorphose through three distinct developmental life stages: aquatic larva, terrestrial juvenile (called an eft<1>), and adult. Adult newts have lizard-like bodies and may be either fully aquatic, living permanently in the water, or semi-aquatic, living terrestrially but returning to the water each year to breed.

[cynzke]

9. Joker!

I never take what Newt says too seriously. Its one thing when lunatics like Beck, Palin and Bachmann say crazy, off-the-wall stuff...you know they believe the things they're saying. But when Newt tries it, you know he's too intelligent to believe his own BS. Seriously, Newt? Why try?