Newt Attacks Obama For Bombing Libya Weeks After Demanding Obama Bomb Libya

[Pharaoh]

What's Newt Gingrich's position on the Libya? The answer might depend on what day you ask.

As ThinkProgress notes, Gingrich called for immediate strikes against Qadaffi earlier this month and aggressively condemned President Obama for his restraint.

"Exercise a no-fly zone this evening," Gingrich said on March 7 when asked for his policy prescription, adding the administration was "inept" in its reponse. "This is a moment to get rid of him. Do it. Get it over with."

But Gingrich appears to have had a change of heart since then and is now aggressively going after Obama for getting involved in Libya at all, telling The Today Show that he specifically "would not have intervened" and not "have used American and European forces" based on America's commitments elsewhere and the danger of creating a broad humanitarian justification for war.









http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/newt-attacks-obama-for-bombing-libya-weeks-after-demanding-obama-bomb-libya.php?ref=fpa

[liberal N proud]

1. He was for it before he was against it but that was before Obama did it

Now that Obama did it he must oppose it.

Republican code!

[Initech]

2. So by Newt's logic, you're damned if you do, and damned if you....do?

:shrug:

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. Newt and logic in the same sentence....

:rofl:

[provis99]

3. you know, it's just my opinion,

but I think Gingrich is a piece of shit. Just my opinion, however.

[Pacifist Patriot]

8. How dare you!

He is a stinking pile of shit.

[Pharaoh]

4. If there were such a thing as Reptilians

Newt Would be one :party:

[kenny blankenship]

5. We should invite him to DU. He'd fit right in.

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. LOL!

[Fuzz]

10. Grrrrr, that's bullshit.

I wanted to say harsher things, but refrained.

[KansDem]

Here's Newt attacking Obama!

It's Obama's fault, Herc...Obama's fault!

[Pacifist Patriot]

6. How many times do we have to cover this?

Republicans do something, it's a mandate from heaven.

Democrats do something, it's un-American.

Obama in particular does something, it's vile, evil and clearly at Satan's command.

It's so much easier to follow if one understands this simple formula.

ETA: That and keeping in mind irony and hypocrisy are the GOP mating call.

[spanone]

11. he's a shameless hypocrite....and gets away with it. there's no winning.

[Scuba]

12. I'm sure you can count on the "free press" to hold his feet to the fire. n/t

[regnaD kciN]

13. And that makes him different from DU how...?

In the days/weeks leading up to the no-fly zone implementation, we saw calls here for Obama to stop fence-sitting and come to the aid of the Libyan dissidents and prevent a bloodbath. Then, when he actually did so, the first thing we saw was a ton of posts along the lines of "Obama involves us in another war against brown people" and the like.

:eyes:

[Pharaoh]

15. well we are Democrats!

We have opinions we don't march in lockstep.

[originalpckelly]

18. The implication is that the same people said something different...

and they're hypocrites.

[BrklynLiberal]

14. Newt is a lying hypocrite. Always was. Always will be. It is his nature.

[bhikkhu]

16. ...and its odd how bent out of shape they seem to be in DC

They unanimously passed a recommendation for a UN sanctioned no-fly zone to be implemented

http://nationaljournal.com/congress/senate-passes-resolution-calling-for-no-fly-zone-over-libya-20110301

and now seem to be all bent that Obama has followed through. First he got it for "dithering", now they complain he has trampled on congressional authority.

[Adsos Letter]

17. The man's an opportunist and hypocrite of the lowest order. n/t

[babylonsister]

19. Great title; rec'd. nt