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Source: www.prweb.com --- 8 days ago
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and renowned housing analyst Ivy Zelman, will be among the all-star roster of speakers at the 2008 ProDealer Industry Summit Oct. 1-3, hosted by the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) and Home Channel News (HCN), at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Va. Now the only top-to-top educational and networking LBM conference, the summit features educational sessions focused on critical issues including the economic outlook for the housing industry, preparing for the next phase of the green revolution, boosting supply chain efficiency and improving credit operations. Home Channel News is also proud to honor Curtis Lumber as ProDealer of the Year and Keim Lumber as Independent ProDealer of the Year at the 2008 ProDealer of the Year Awards Dinner hosted during the summit on the evening of Oct. 2. (PRWeb Oct 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1408694.htm ...

Source: www.nydailynews.com --- 38 days ago
Here's former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who spoke at the Marriott this morning, praising Barack Obama for doing a "beautiful job" in handling the response to the news of Bristol Palin's pregnancy. "It's a human situation, which they're dealing with in a human way," Gingrich said. "And I think anyone who tries to take political advantage of that will suffer substantially from the American people because it will be so despicable." "And I think, frankly, Sen. Obama did a beautiful job yesterday of indicating how decisively and strongly he felt that children are not part of this debate.' He also rejects the idea, while sparring with WNBC News 4's Melissa Russo, that this situation is an indication that contraception use should be taught in high school sex ed. ...

Source: www.npr.org --- 37 days ago
Newt Gingrich is synonymous with the Republican Party. As former Speaker of the House of Representatives — and famous for his "Contract with America" in 1994 — Gingrich is among those defining the modern GOP. He discusses the future of the Grand Old Party, including the legacy of President Bush and John McCain's selection of the Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate. ...

Source: thinkprogress.org --- 2 days ago
Last month, MSNBC reported that up until the last minute, former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich was telling GOP lawmakers “in the strongest possible language” to vote against the $700 billion bailout legislation. Speaking at the National Press Club later that same day, Gingrich took umbrage at the charge, saying, “I was actually reluctantly [...] ...

Source: www.ajc.com --- 2 days ago
On the weekend before the first bailout in the House, former speaker Newt Gingrich predicted that Republicans would reluctantly support it. And in the minutes before the failed vote, the former Georgia congressman said that he himself would hold his... ...

Source: weblogs.chicagotribune.com --- 8 days ago
by Frank James I've always heard that feeling nervous before a big performance is all right because it helps provide the edge that helps you deliver the goods. Kind of like NBA great Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics throwing up before every basketball game then going out and in his usual dominating manner swatting away the Lakers' shot attempts . But former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had different advice for Palin On CBS's "The Early Show" this morning: RODRIGUEZ: Thank you.... ...

Source: marcambinder.theatlantic.com --- 3 days ago
The former House Speaker/behind-the-scenes consigleri-to-House-Republicans-2012 presidential candidate has a new essay in Human Events about where McCain stands. His advice: break with Paulson-Bush or die... Senator McCain now faces the crisis of his career. He is behind. He will not catch up on a state-by-state basis. He will either win the argument in the national media, suddenly growing stronger in many states or he will lose the national debate and gradually decline further in a number of states. If Senator McCain is not prepared to separate himself from the Bush-Paulson economic program, he has no opportunity to win. The country is deeply fed up with the Bush presidency and angry about the Paulson bailout. If McCain is  confused or uncertain about how bad this economic performance is, he will never get the country to listen to him. Just as Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan (as well as the House Republicans in 1994 with the Contract with America) created a large argument which led to a decisive result, so McCain has an opportunity to reach beyond the daily attacks and clever tactics and spend the last 28 days of this campaign making a large argument over America's future. ...

Source: mediamatters.org --- 9 days ago
In a September 30 post on the Politico blog The Crypt, Daniel Libit uncritically repeated former House Speaker and Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich's false claim that Democrats wanted "provisions to provide money to" the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) in the financial bailout bill. Libit did not challenge the claim, despite his colleague Ryan Grim's having noted in a September 28 post, also on The Crypt, that ACORN "was not specifically directed any funds in the ... proposal." Moreover, on September 27, Grim quoted a spokesman for Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) stating that "[a]bsolutely none" of the potential bailout profits would be earmarked for ACORN. As Media Matters for America has documented , in recent days, media figures have falsely accused Democrats of attempting to direct millions of dollars to ACORN. Under the provision, ultimately removed from the version of the bill that the House rejected on September 29, 20 percent of any profits realized on troubled assets purchased under the bill would go to two funds -- the National Housing Trust Fund, to be distributed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the form of block grants to states, and the Capital Magnet Fund, from which the U.S. Treasury Department would award grants. From Libit's September 30 post: Gingrich sharpened his attack from the last few days on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who he against called on to resign f ...

Source: www.newsbusters.org --- 38 days ago
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich did what conservatives have been waiting for someone to do since Sarah Palin was announced as John McCain's running mate: take on someone in the media claiming that she lacks the qualifications to be vice president. Such marvelously occurred Tuesday evening on the convention floor in St. Paul when MSNBC's Ron Allen said to the former Speaker, " But to be fair, her resume is not something we're familiar seeing with presidential candidates ." This didn't sit well with Gingrich who strongly replied (video embedded right, h/t NB readers Matt Noll and Patrick): It's stronger than Barack Obama's. I don't know why you guys walk around saying this baloney. She has a stronger resume than Obama. She's been a real mayor, he hasn't. She has been a real governor, he hasn't. She's been in charge of the Alaskan National Guard, he hasn't. She was a whistleblower who defeated an incumbent mayor. He has never once shown that kind of courage. She's a whistleblower who turned in the chairman of her own party and got him fined $12,000. I've never seen Obama do one thing like that. She took on the incumbent governor of her own party and beat him, and then she beat a former Democratic governor in the general election. I don't know of a single thing Obama's done except talk and write. Newt then challenged Allen: I'd like you to tell me one thing Sen. Obama's done. With that, Allen retreated, and said: Thanks very ...

Source: onegoodmove.org --- 34 days ago
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Source: www.theeagleonline.com --- 32 days ago
Although Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, is her party's vice presidential nominee, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., believes Republican presidential nominee John McCain seriously considered asking Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn, he said at a Kennedy Political Union event Saturday. ...

Source: www.drudge.com --- 38 days ago
Richard Cohen: One of the great sights of American political life was to see the doughboy face of Newt Gingrich as he extolled the virtues of Sarah Palin, a sitcom of a vice presidential choice and a disaster movie if she moves up to the presidency: "She's the first journalist ever to be nominated, I think, for the president or vice president, and she was a sportscaster on local television," Gingrich said on the Today show. "So she has a lot of interesting background. And she has a lot of experience. Remember that, when people worry about how inexperienced she is, for two years she's been in charge of the Alaska National Guard." ...

Source: www.dakotavoice.com --- 37 days ago
Well said, Mr. Speaker. Well said. _uacct = "UA-652432-2"; urchinTracker(); Dakota Voice: your conservative choice for info and insight on Left and Right ...

Source: time-blog.com --- 38 days ago
MINNEAPOLIS -- What could bring the leader of the 1994 Republican Revolution and a Baptist minister from New York together on one stage? Education reform. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and the Rev. Al Sharpton addressed Republican delegates this morning... ...

Source: mypetjawa.mu.nu --- 37 days ago
WHAM! There's literally nothing left of this talking point when Newt gets through with his bitch-slapping. Try it on your O!bot friends and watch them stutter about change and hope while trying to come back with some substance. A mighty... ...

Source: www.firstcoastnews.com --- 30 days ago
ATLANTA (AP) -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says Sen. Barack Obama made an egregious error in not selecting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his vice presidential nominee in the Democratic race. ...

Source: talkradionews.com --- 9 days ago
Newt Gingrich says the basis for the current mortgage crisis is a result of policies pursued by the Carter and Clinton administrations which pushed to allow every American to own a home. (0:45) Share This ...

Source: www.drudge.com --- 8 days ago
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was working aggressively behind the scenes to defeat the Wall Street rescue plan minutes before he himself released a public statement in support of the package, NBC's Andrea Mitchell reported on Tuesday. "I am told reliably by leading Republicans who are close to him, he was whipping against this up until the last minute, when he issued that face-saving statement." ...

Source: www2.craigdailypress.com --- 9 days ago
The Week 4 scoring leaders looked like a throwback to the 2005 season, as Larry Johnson racked up 29 points, Brett Favre threw six touchdown passes for 34 points, and Laverneus Coles caught three touchdown passes for 105 yards and 28 points. ...