Ron Paul Hits Newt Gingrich Over “Serial Hypocrisy”
Ron Paul has released a new web ad that portrays Newt Gingrich as a serial hypocrite.
The 150-second ad showcases some questionable conservative stances made by the former speaker of the House, such as his agreement with Nancy Pelosi that “our country must take action to address climate change” and labeling Representative Paul Ryan’s proposed Medicare overhaul as “right-wing social engineering.”
The ad uses gritty black and white news clips to slam Gingrich’s work since leaving public office 13 years ago as a lobbyist for the health care industry and for mortgage giant Freddie Mac.
It is also feature clips of influential conservatives such as Rush Limbaugh and Rep. Paul Ryan taking swipes at Mr. Gingrich’s positions.
Overnight, Gingrich’s Press Secretary R. C. Hammond flatly debunked any notion that the former Speaker doesn’t have the conservative chops to be president.
In a statement Hammond wrote that more than any other candidate, Gingrich “has achieved more conservative reform of government” and spent more time “championing the cause of the conservative movement.”
The video will not run on television, but will instead be sent “to a far-reaching e-mail list of conservative voters nationally, including in key early voting states.”
Paul’s Campaign Chairman, Jesse Benton said in a statement that the video is meant “to debunk the myth that the Newt we are seeing on the 2012 campaign trail is the conservative he has been touted to be all along.”
Mr. Gingrich has called the video he made with Ms. Pelosi “the dumbest mistake I ever made.” He also denies that he has worked as a lobbyist.
Paul issued a similar attack ad over the summer which incorrectly said that then frontrunner Gov. Rick Perry helped lead Gore’s 1988 campaign.
With little more than a month before the first votes are cast next year, Paul is trying to position himself as the main alternative to Romney. He has recently become a front runner in Iowa, joining Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.

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Jason v. Try as u may,but you news is over.no ones listening to your opinion anymore. And u are now being used to promote Ron Paul! Newt sucks and we all know it.
Posted by: scott dickson | December 1, 2011, 5:23 am 5:23 am
You need to correct a factual error in your piece. Rick Perry worked as the head of Al Gore’s Texas presidential campaign.
Posted by: Mike | December 1, 2011, 5:34 am 5:34 am
It was Newton and Mr. Bill [Clinton] who worked together to promote and pass Nafta. Not only are we dependendent on others for our fuel but we can’t even make a pair of socks in the USA.
Posted by: david | December 1, 2011, 6:02 am 6:02 am
Gingrich, the smarmy politician reminds me more of a con man.
Posted by: john locke | December 1, 2011, 6:04 am 6:04 am
So all the polls show that the republican party is voting for the guy who is a cheating, lying, bribe taking, and looks like he should be wrapped in purple velvet eating a giant turkey leg, moron to run against our current idiot and chief. No wonder we are circling the drain…
I honestly wish you guys would take a good look at your choices and research their actions as congressmen, not what they say on the campaign trail. If any of you did that there is no doubt who you would be all voting for.
There is only one Candidate for less Federal Government, less spending (alot less spending as in 1 trillion in one year), ending war (Terror and Drugs), creating term limits for congress (submitted more bills for term limits than anyone), and has never signed up for congressional benefits (only one of two congressmen ever). One guess…. Ron Paul.
And honestly this is just the tip of the iceberg, Ron Paul does alot for vets, getting medals for deserving recipients and spending his time to honor them in small ceremonies. He helps people in his district get their missing/lost social security checks.
Keep in mind these are things he has already done, this is who he is. None of the other candidates even come close.
Posted by: AJ | December 1, 2011, 6:43 am 6:43 am
People remark on the posts to my posts- “Ken Locke is an Employee of Ron Paul and his administration”!!!!
Cool!!!
FOR IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO WORK FOR RON PAUL!!
I dont have to be employed or PAID, to STAND UP for TRUTH, FREEDOM and LIBERTY, it is a responsibility of all american citizens …….
And if Ron Paul offered me a job when he becomes President, again I would be HONORED to work for him and WE THE PEOPLE….
Ron Paul for Honesty, Ron Paul for Track Record, Ron Paul for President 2012
Vote RON PAUL 2012
WE THE PEOPLE
FREEDOM
Ron Paul 2012
:) :)
Posted by: ken Locke | December 1, 2011, 6:48 am 6:48 am
Finally Ron Paul made a news line,I personally think a lot more Americans are for Ron Paul then what we are told
Posted by: Chad | December 1, 2011, 6:55 am 6:55 am
Ron Paul speaks the truth – Newt is a right-wing political hack who has been sucking off the public teat his whole life. Romney is the GUY who can beat Obama and FIX the economy, which is collapsing. Newt is a policy wonk who will bomb Iran just to divert people from our wrecked economy. Like Obama, he has no idea how the real world works. The hard line GOP like Newt, but guess what, independents like me don’t and they won’t get the votes of upset Democrats with Newt. Romney can attract voters from all sides – he is clearly the most competent.
Posted by: yoshi | December 1, 2011, 7:00 am 7:00 am
Ron Paul is the only candidate that does not represent the status quo. Legalize Freedom! Ron Paul 2012!
Posted by: Don Pablo | December 1, 2011, 7:11 am 7:11 am
A vote for Ron Paul in 2012 is a guaranteed victory for Obama.
1) Ron Paul was that cRaZy old guy in the first debate who said HE DIDN’T CARE IF IRAN GOT A NUCLEAR BOMB!
2) More recently, he BLAMED AMERICA for 9/11 !!!
Although he MAY have SOME good ideas, his OUT OF CONTROL “supporters” TURN MORE PEOPLE OFF than HELP him. Just witness his posters here.
Posted by: Valerie | December 1, 2011, 7:24 am 7:24 am
I am a life-long Democrat, voted for Pres Obama, when the candidate I favored didn’t make it. Of all the present contenders Ron Paul would get my vote.I disagree strongly with him on quite a few things but I also know that neither he nor anyone else will be able to change everything. I do see the obvious-He is a man of principle and integrity.He is in the tradition of the founding fathers, who whom the GOP pays much lip service and nothing else. The boos of the crowd dont dissuade him.He has no jolly,folksy self-serving stories and jokes. He doesnt preach unctuously, he lives the life and values he espouses.Is there anyone else on the stage of politics now doing that? In either party?Any other politician who doesnt have both front feet and snout in the trough?I would have to compromise some of my long held beliefs and preferences if he were elected but I sure would vote for him if I had the chance.
Posted by: IrisInTheOzarks | December 1, 2011, 7:25 am 7:25 am
Newt or no Newt, I’d love to an Obama/Newt debate.
Posted by: newcountryman | December 1, 2011, 7:53 am 7:53 am
Don Pablo: Whatever, dude. That crap works only with the ignorant and there are less and less of those in the masses. Ron Paul is not concerned with Iran having a nuclear weapon because 1) they are a soverign nation of whom we have no business meddling with their affairs, 2) he also said that Iran is not stupid enough to use a bomb against Israel. Considering that Israel’s response would be total annihilation of Iran and possibly a few other countries since it would be “all in”, I certainly agree with Dr. Paul.
Ron Paul never said that America was responsible for 9/11. From CBS: “Paul, appearing on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” said there was a “connection” between U.S. policies and the 9/11 attacks, and that “policies have an effect.” But, he emphasized, “that’s a far cry from blaming America.”
Just stop Pablo. You are a mouthpiece that is sloppy from whoever you sit under the desk for.
RON PAUL 2012!!!
Posted by: foundersten | December 1, 2011, 8:00 am 8:00 am
Valerie,
He didn’t say that. He said it is not our place to interfere with a sovereign nation, not worth us entering into another endless war that will not accomplish anything. The talk about Iran is the same rhetoric we heard leading up to the invasion of Iraq.
Second, if you cannot grasp the concept that us bombing and occupying countries will lead to blowback in the form of them attacking us, you have been listening to fox news too much.
The fact is, Ron Paul is the only honest man running on both sides. He will end these useless wars, push the country closer to the constitution and back to a republic, and stop the endless printing of money.
Posted by: Eddy | December 1, 2011, 8:02 am 8:02 am
“Paul has RECENTLY become a frontrunner”???
It must’ve been a DIFFERENT Ron Paul who won every straw poll to date then…
Thanks for clearing that up, mainstream media.
Posted by: Reggie | December 1, 2011, 8:02 am 8:02 am
In a statement Hammond wrote that more than any other candidate, Gingrich “has achieved more conservative reform of government” and spent more time “championing the cause of the conservative movement.” — And therein lies the problem with almost all candidates. They “champion” the cause of their party. Just once I’d like to see a candidate champion the cause of all AMERICANS!
Posted by: WorkingClass | December 1, 2011, 8:05 am 8:05 am
Common!
There have to be more and better politicians in the Republican party worthy of the public vote for president than the current bunch of clowns who are making the news lately.
IF Newt Gringich is their best candidate, the republican party is in BIG trouble.
Posted by: Jiji Moran | December 1, 2011, 8:10 am 8:10 am
Figuring out where Gingrich and Romney stand on any issue is like herding cats. They change their positions dependent on the weather. I don’t agree with Ron Paul on much of anything but at least you know where he’s coming from.
Posted by: tmferretti | December 1, 2011, 8:14 am 8:14 am
Ryan’s plan IS RIGHT WING SOCIAL ENGINEERING. It cuts Medicare and Medicaid to the bone while leaving the Pentagon’s budget alone and not raising taxes on the rich. Ryan is young and couldn’t care less if the budget is balanced on the backs of seniors and the poor. Maybe Ebenezer Scrooge should visit Ryan as the ghost of Christmas past, present and future to show him the results of what his plan would do to those without a voice.
Posted by: Bob | December 1, 2011, 8:18 am 8:18 am
“He has recently become a front runner in Iowa, joining Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney…”
….and New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
Posted by: We_the_people | December 1, 2011, 8:22 am 8:22 am
I agree. As good of a speaker Newt Gingrich is (I love to see him tear Obama apart), he is a hypocrite.
Posted by: newcountryman | December 1, 2011, 8:23 am 8:23 am
Obama = Romney = Perry = Gingrich = GOP = Democrats. Different puppets, same deceitful/ traitorous Federal Reserve/Bankster masters.
Gingrich, Perry, Romney = medical care dictatorship, $16-Trillion/bailouts, endless wars/empire, free health/education/food/house/amnesty for 3rd world invaders, racist quotas, bankster funded campaign. But, thats not all.
Gingrich = endless wives, $1.8-Million Freddie-mac bribe.
Romney = abortion, gun control.
Perry = Gardasil for little girls, “oops, whats the 3rd one?”, “Bank-of-America helping him out”.
End the wars/empire, end the federal reserve/IMF/World Bank/BIS/UN/WTO, end racist quotas, end TSA/DHS/ADL/SPLC and other Orwellian crime syndicates.
Ron Paul will restore sound money, strong national defense, liberty, free enterprise, local government, strong traditional families.
US forces gave 3-times as much $ to Paul as all other GOP candidates (prostitutes) combined. Paul supports voluntary aid to Isreal.
Only Paul has the guts to balance the Budget and cut Trillion dollars in first year. Only Paul has been endorsed by Ronald Reagan. Paul is the most conservative leader in GOP history.
Posted by: Sanjay | December 1, 2011, 8:25 am 8:25 am
Please demonstrate how it is “incorrect” to point out that Rick Perry chaired Al Gore’s campaign in Texas in 1988. It’s even on wikipedia, for heaven’s sake. “Journalism” is complete garbage these days…
Posted by: Hypnowheel | December 1, 2011, 8:28 am 8:28 am
“Paull issued a similar attack ad over the summer which incorrectly said that then frontrunner Gov. Rick Perry helped lead Gore’s 1988 campaign” wrong! he did!
Posted by: karl eugen | December 1, 2011, 8:34 am 8:34 am
@Workingclass —>you’re spot on. These politicians only care about loyalty to their party line, ensuring party support for their next election, and have lost sight that it’s nationalism, patriotism for America that matters. I don’t agree with Ron Paul on some things, but I don’t have the fantasy that there’s going to be a President who can please every American. The most important asset a President brings is LEADERSHIP. I ask myself, how well will the House and Senate work with whoever is elected in 2012. Gingrich might know how the wheels are greased, but he doesn’t inspire, IMO. Ron Paul might be slightly milktoasty, but I’m hoping he’s got the respectability and relative neutrality to inspire BOTH crackhead parties.
Posted by: wildblue | December 1, 2011, 8:39 am 8:39 am
You need to correct a factual error in your piece. Rick Perry worked as the head of Al Gore’s Texas presidential campaign. Posted by: Mike | December 1, 2011, 5:34 am.
Got proof? I found this:
“Interviews and news articles confirm that Perry was among 28 Democratic legislators who endorsed Gore for president in January 1988. But there’s no proof he led or ran Gore’s campaign in Texas. It appears that a Democratic opponent slapped various Gore campaign leadership labels on Perry in a 1998 election year and, partly because Perry did not dispute them, the descriptives stuck.” (Austin American Statesman, PolitifactTexas article, Sept 7, 2011)
Posted by: Searambler | December 1, 2011, 8:40 am 8:40 am
Media is covering up just how many people are behind Ron Paul.
I recently called a radio program in Fresno, CA to talk about RP and was insulted and told I was delusional to think RP could be elected president.
Before hanging up on me he called me a Ron-Paul-Bot and said “bots” were clogging up their email and phone banks.
They are painting Ron Paul supporters as kooks and denying his supporters a chance to express their opinions.
If there is so much of a problem with Ron Paul supporters it just shows how many are trying to have their voices heard.
Keep it up, everyone.
Posted by: Christopher | December 1, 2011, 8:43 am 8:43 am
Ron Paul is the only candidate that does not represent the status quo.
Posted by: Don Pablo | December 1, 2011, 7:11 am.
LOL! You mean the guy who has spent 24 years in Congress and is on his THIRD presidential campaign attempt – he’s NOT the status quo? Gee, who knew……
Posted by: Searambler | December 1, 2011, 8:45 am 8:45 am
The federal banks, including ours, just dumped billions of dollars into the European economy to save them from collapse and to stimulate the European markets. The markets reacted accordingly. The republicans in Congress want to take money out of our economy, if this doesn’t tell you what idiots they are nothing will.
Posted by: tmferretti | December 1, 2011, 9:10 am 9:10 am
You need to correct a factual error in your piece.
Rick Perry DID TRULY work as the head of Al Gore’s Texas presidential campaign.
The second poster pointed this out. When will you correct it? Oh, you won’t? Of course you won’t.
And you wonder why ABC News can no longer be trusted?
Posted by: Americus Soul | December 1, 2011, 9:17 am 9:17 am
@Searambler So you’re using the fact he was trying to fight scum on their home turf as him being part of the status quo? That might very well be the worst attempt at a whitewash I have ever seen. He was there fighting against that was against the constitution and bill of rights, most times alone whilst never taking bribes, never making secret deals etc. That is pretty much the definition of “not representing the status quo”.
Posted by: modi | December 1, 2011, 9:17 am 9:17 am
You need to do some fact checking. Rick Perry worked for Al Gore’s TEXAS campaign. This is why on the debates he didn’t refute it and instead stated that he’s came to his senses.
Posted by: Adan Rodriguez | December 1, 2011, 9:17 am 9:17 am
Ron Paul and Jon Huntsmann are the only Republicans I would even consider voting for, with a preference for Jon Huntsmann. Newt is a pompous a$$ and Romney will say anything to win so I’m not quite sure of where he stands.
Posted by: Catherine | December 1, 2011, 9:23 am 9:23 am
“Interviews and news articles confirm that Perry was among 28 Democratic legislators who endorsed Gore for president in January 1988. But there’s no proof he led or ran Gore’s campaign in Texas. It appears that a Democratic opponent slapped various Gore campaign leadership labels on Perry in a 1998 election year and, partly because Perry did not dispute them, the descriptives stuck.” (Austin American Statesman, PolitifactTexas article, Sept 7, 2011).
Several posters said Perry was in charge of Gore’s Texas campaign in ’88.
Prove it. I posted proof to the contrary here. Let’s see yours……….
Posted by: Searambler | December 1, 2011, 9:25 am 9:25 am
Posted by: Bob | December 1, 2011, 8:18 am 8:18 am Bob, you are wrong about Paul Ryan. It isn’t the fact that he is young that he freely attacks social security. It is because he is a member of Congress and ISN’T covered by Social Security. HE doesn’t pay into ANY retirement plan because Congress gets their paid for along with top shelf medical care so Ryan doesn’t give a rat’s behind what happens to Medicare or Social Security. IT DOESN’T AFFECT HIM OR HIS BUDDIES IN CONGRESS.
Posted by: Catherine | December 1, 2011, 9:30 am 9:30 am
Rick Perry was a registered Democrat at one time; it’s no stretch to say he helped Al Gore. That’s why the Bushes don’t like him
Posted by: tmferretti | December 1, 2011, 9:30 am 9:30 am
Ron Paul didn’t have a snow-balls chance last election and he certainly doesn’t have one now! The old dude comes off as a loon and that’s the reason. If it weren’t for that, he’d likely be leading and could beat Obama. Sorry RP fans…you’re wasting you time and money again!!!
Posted by: Gunner_1959 | December 1, 2011, 9:33 am 9:33 am
modi | December 1, 2011, 9:17 am post —————– So Ron Paul is that rarest of creatures, an honest career politician? Because he’s never been caught doing the things the rest of the politicians do. Sure, yeah, OK. Ron Paul is a saint. The real purpose of Ron Paul is to provide false hope to the disaffected anti-establishment masses. He is merely another Republican distraction, an unelectable (for president) career politician with a few good ideas wrapped up in a whole lot of crazy, unpopular ones. Crazy and unpopular does NOT win presidential elections. Remember, this is a guy who wants to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and stated he would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964…………….
Posted by: Searambler | December 1, 2011, 9:41 am 9:41 am
OK, I stand corrected if I am corrected. I don’t have time to look into it right now so let’s say I am wrong and Perry and Gore did not work together. Perry is likely still a sell-out though – which could mean a poseur and bad actor….. I mean, who told him which departments to cut. Does he even have any beliefs or convictions of his own? Obviously not.
Posted by: Americus Soul | December 1, 2011, 9:42 am 9:42 am
Ron Paul’s foreign policy is mute. He does not believe in Waterboarding. which is necessary to combat World Terror. Paul is unelectable before & present. Gingrich is unelectable too. If Ron runs as a third party candidate….say hello to Obama for four more years of Marxism…….good luck on that 401k.
Posted by: peterwoohoo | December 1, 2011, 9:50 am 9:50 am
When the dust settles, NONE of the GOP candidates will be left standing – self-destruction, total annihilation
Posted by: Aaron Ververs | December 1, 2011, 9:57 am 9:57 am
Media is covering up just how many people are behind Ron Paul because they are deceivers and thier leader is satan.
Next they will send electronic votes made at the ballot box for Paul to Romney or perry. Remember FL back with GOREY? However, If God is for Paul – who can stand against him and who really cares what the Satanic media does and says. Rightenous will prevail. Even if not in this election, we already know the end of the story! signed Christianity 101.
Posted by: justice4all | December 1, 2011, 9:59 am 9:59 am
Obama promised change we that it was for the better but it wasn’t! Ron Paul is that Change for better! I agree with him 100%
Ron Paul 2012!!!!
Posted by: jhaynes | December 1, 2011, 10:02 am 10:02 am
Ron Paul has been in the top three from the very beginning. In spite of not being asked but one or two questions during every debate and in spite of getting one small “news” article for every 9 or 10 that the other candidates get, he remains constant. I do believe that his election could be the only jolt to save this nation. My only concern is defeating Obama first and foremost because I don’t think the country can survive another 4 years of him. So I’m back to who can clean Obama’s clock in the debates.
Posted by: sheba | December 1, 2011, 10:15 am 10:15 am
Thank you Ron Paul! Gingrich will get eaten alive by Obama! Too much baggage! The guy is an unethical genius! Romney can beat Obama, and he has my vote! Let’s make sure we get it right this time, Republicans! Our country cannot take four more year of the ‘change’ that has been made!
Posted by: Michael | December 1, 2011, 10:17 am 10:17 am
@PETERWOOHOO: Waterboarding is necessary to combat the war on terror? That’s just ignorant. You watch too much “24″. The information gathered through torture is unreliable because the victims will tell you whatever they think you want to hear.
As for Paul’s foreign policy, I think we could use a big step away from policing the world.
As a life-long Dem, I’ve got a lot of differences of opinion with Ron Paul and worry about his hands-off attitude toward business — a big mistake that we are feeling the effects of today. That said, much what he says is compelling and I would certainly consider voting for him.
Posted by: NickOLess | December 1, 2011, 10:17 am 10:17 am
Ron Paul is a complete idiot and he supports terrorism against the USA. His cult member supporters believe in Little Green Spacemen in UFO’s and Bigfoot. Ron Paul’s Cult is the heart of conspiracy idiots that believe Bush blew up the WTC Towers on 9-11 (truthers) as well as being the fools that think Obama was born in Kenya (birthers). The Ron Paul Cult gets the majority of their support from the Ku Klux Klan and Neo Nazi’s. Ron Paul is a nut job and only losers will waste their vote on him. Vote for the Newster in 2012. Newt saved us during the cold war against the evil empire of the Soviet Union and he has wonderful family values that we can all admire. Newt is a true American Hero who deserves the GOP Nomination to run against Obama. Newt 2012.
Posted by: Newtster | December 1, 2011, 10:22 am 10:22 am
@NICKOLESS – So, really? “Newt has has wonderful family values that we can all admire.”?
Sure does, Nick. He keeps them in the family toilet and scoops them out to show to simple people like you. Cheating on his wife while at the same time accusing Clinton or immorality? Abandoning a wife with cancer on her deathbed – and hopping into the bed of another woman? Sending your kid off to war to die for his buddy CEOs that line his pockets so he can run for President?
So you admire those “family values.” Some family you must be raising!
Posted by: Jas Dal | December 1, 2011, 10:42 am 10:42 am
Ron Paul does have integrity. The problem is he lives in the 18th century when the world was a less complicated place. We have to stay engaged throughout the world. No country can just sit back and let things happen when we are all 15 minutes from Armageddon.
Posted by: tmferretti | December 1, 2011, 10:49 am 10:49 am
Please correct the article to be accurate. Ron Paul CORRECTLY stated that Rick Perry helped lead Al Gore’s campaign… Idiot journalist…
Posted by: Dan Roveto | December 1, 2011, 11:04 am 11:04 am
Uh Jas Dal – You do know that Newt’s ex wife that he divorced on “her death bed” is STILL ALIVE don’t you? You also know that the charge against Bill Clinton was for lying under oath and not the fact that he was immoral??? All of that still means very little when you consider the fate of this nation. Does it really matter if someone is pro-gay marriage or against, a family man or a serial cheater, etc..?? I’m concerned with who can lead this country and it’s not Obama. He’s had his three years.
Posted by: sheba | December 1, 2011, 11:15 am 11:15 am
Hi
Those people who are being very happy to see Ron Paul’s name appear on ABC news website :
He is not making news, he’s on the blog part of the website. He will be read by people who are looking for him, who are his folowers anyways. But from blogs he does not get to the new voters people who might not have even heard of his name. This is a very clever approach by MSM to cover their bases. They prove that they are not biased towards paul while making sure that they don’t act as messengers to new voters.
So my point is don’t be too happy! lol
Posted by: Amit | December 1, 2011, 11:32 am 11:32 am
Media is covering up just how many people are behind Ron Paul because they are deceivers and their leader is satan. Posted by: justice4all | December 1, 2011, 9:59 am.
Soooooo, are you saying Ron Paul is god’s candidate? Wow………
Posted by: Searambler | December 1, 2011, 11:49 am 11:49 am
I’m concerned with who can lead this country and it’s not Obama. He’s had his three years. Posted by: sheba | December 1, 2011, 11:15 am.
FYI, he gets four to start. And by the looks of the competition, he’ll get four more……….
Posted by: Searambler | December 1, 2011, 11:53 am 11:53 am
I’ve watched the shinannigans of DC for decades as an Independent. Both parties have contributed to the mess we’ve been in for years. Same promises on the trail, broken after the oath.
Ah yes, the Presidential oath of office. It goes, “I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
Folks can vote as they wish. But as for me, I’m done with Oath-breakers and Deal-makers.
Ron Paul may not be perfect – no one walks on water – but the man keeps his word. Integrity used to mean something in this country. I’m hoping it still does.
Posted by: Robin | December 1, 2011, 11:59 am 11:59 am
Hey Jason….what’s the matter, cant stand the TRUTH? What did you guys do with my post at 11.05 on Dec !? A little too racy for your taste? And, JUST MAYBE, the TRUTH might leak out? Heaven forbid!! You probably sent it to Obmas’s internet czar or, perhaps, Homeland Security or the NSA for screening. Good little robot…programmed to properly do your job.
Posted by: Jack | December 1, 2011, 12:11 pm 12:11 pm
I will never vote for the lesser of two evils.
Ron Paul is my President. Period.
Posted by: Joe Plascencia | December 1, 2011, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm
‘portrays Newt Gingrich as a serial hypocrite.’
He is. There is no portrayal. The media is too dumb to realize why he attacked you at the debates.
He knew you could shut him down by showing his astounding hypocrisy but you won’t.
Posted by: Jason | December 1, 2011, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm
Ron Paul is the only top tier candidate who doesn’t want to kick the can down the road. We have to seriously cut gov’t spending or we will become slaves to the enormous debt we’ve accumulated. For decades our gov’t leaders have excessively funded military projects and funneled money to banks. Just look at Romney’s top contributors. Goldmann Sachs, etc. We need reform and a new direction and Ron Paul is the only top tier candidate who offers that. I wish we had more options, but we don’t. We have to cut federal spending. That’s why I support Ron Paul.
Posted by: David | December 1, 2011, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm
By John E. Yang
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 22 1997; Page A01
The House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to reprimand House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and order him to pay an unprecedented $300,000 penalty, the first time in the House’s 208-year history it has disciplined a speaker for ethical wrongdoing.
Posted by: Mike Dar | December 1, 2011, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm
RON PAUL OR NONE AT ALL.
And DELEGATES DELEGATES DELEGATES! Make sure you vote for the right delegates. In many states the popular vote means NOTHING. The delegates decide everything! NO DELEGATES, NO RON PAUL…..look into the delegate process in your state and consider becoming one….but don’t tell the party leaders who you support….
Posted by: Dave | December 1, 2011, 1:03 pm 1:03 pm
Well, who do I believe, the writer of this piece who states:
“Paul issued a similar attack ad over the summer which incorrectly said that then frontrunner Gov. Rick Perry helped lead Gore’s 1988 campaign.”
or Wikipedia (a vetted source) which states:
“Current Texas Governor, Republican Rick Perry, who at the time was a Democrat, was Gore’s campaign chairman in Texas for his 1988 campaign”
Posted by: jim grange | December 1, 2011, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm
Well, who do I believe, the writer of this piece who states:
“Paul issued a similar attack ad over the summer which incorrectly said that then frontrunner Gov. Rick Perry helped lead Gore’s 1988 campaign.”
or Wikipedia (a vetted source) which states:
“Current Texas Governor, Republican Rick Perry, who at the time was a Democrat, was Gore’s campaign chairman in Texas for his 1988 campaign”
Posted by: jim grange | December 1, 2011, 1:23 pm.
How about a Texas paper?
“Interviews and news articles confirm that Perry was among 28 Democratic legislators who endorsed Gore for president in January 1988. But there’s no proof he led or ran Gore’s campaign in Texas. It appears that a Democratic opponent slapped various Gore campaign leadership labels on Perry in a 1998 election year and, partly because Perry did not dispute them, the descriptives stuck.” (Austin American Statesman, PolitifactTexas article, Sept 7, 2011)
Posted by: Searambler | December 1, 2011, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm
By John E. Yang
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 22 1997; Page A01
The House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to reprimand House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and order him to pay an unprecedented $300,000 penalty, the first time in the House’s 208-year history it has disciplined a speaker for ethical wrongdoing.
The ethics case and its resolution leave Gingrich with little leeway for future personal controversies, House Republicans said. Exactly one month before yesterday’s vote, Gingrich admitted that he brought discredit to the House and broke its rules by failing to ensure that financing for two projects would not violate federal tax law and by giving the House ethics committee false information. Enough Said!!
Posted by: Mike Dar | December 1, 2011, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm
Brief Overview of Congressman Pauls Record:
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war.
He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year
Ron Paul receives more donations from active military men and women than all of the GOP candidates combined, and almost double what Obama receives. The Troops are telling us something, lets listen! Ron Paul 2012!
Posted by: Jon | December 1, 2011, 2:10 pm 2:10 pm
You said it Dave!
“And DELEGATES DELEGATES DELEGATES! Make sure you vote for the right delegates. In many states the popular vote means NOTHING. The delegates decide everything! NO DELEGATES, NO RON PAUL…..look into the delegate process in your state and consider becoming one….but don’t tell the party leaders who you support….”
Constitutional Republicans need to retake the party and conquer it from the inside out.
Posted by: Upset | December 1, 2011, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm
I don’t support Ron Paul, but I totally agree with his ad’s assessment of Gingrich. Spread this far and wide. Only thing it didn’t mention is Gingrich’s support of Dede Scazzofava in NY over Hoffman. Horrible judgment. The guy just says whatever comes to mind. He’s really just the ADD candidate who isn’t above criticizing Paul Ryan, the real GOP ideas man.
Posted by: Mark | December 1, 2011, 3:08 pm 3:08 pm
Gingrich’s supported Dede Scazzofava in NY over Hoffman. He has horrible judgment. The guy just says whatever comes to mind. He’s really just the ADD candidate who isn’t above criticizing Paul Ryan, the real GOP ideas man.
Posted by: Mark | December 1, 2011, 3:10 pm 3:10 pm
Gingrich is a champion of advocating BIG GOVMT. That is the opposite of conservative values.
Posted by: Sqwidman | December 1, 2011, 4:47 pm 4:47 pm
DELEGATES DELEGATES DELEGATES! Make sure you vote for the right delegates. In many states the popular vote means NOTHING. The delegates decide everything! NO DELEGATES, NO RON PAUL…..look into the delegate process in your state and consider becoming one….but don’t tell the party leaders who you support….
Posted by: Dave | December 1, 2011, 4:57 pm 4:57 pm
Mr. Volack:
You raise several legitimate concerns regarding Newt. However, he DID NOT advocate amnesty. That was a lie, Bubba Tejano jack
Posted by: Tejanojack | December 1, 2011, 9:31 pm 9:31 pm
newt Obama = Obama mitt Obama = Obama Paul Obama = Paul simple as that
Posted by: 007 | December 2, 2011, 1:15 am 1:15 am
Paul successfully labeled Perry as a Democrat with his Ad about him supporting Gore. You totally spinned that in your article. Within weeks they had to find another reason to kick Perry out of the race, so his hunting camps name became an issue and then he defeated himself. Paul v Romney v Newt. Paul would tear them up in a debate. They both flip flop, they both lobby for big business kick backs. Unfortunately the powers that be…
Posted by: jj the jet plane | December 2, 2011, 10:00 pm 10:00 pm
The media (right & left) glaze over Newt’s “baggage.” If he gets the nomination, the left wing media will open the baggage to expose it as “dirty laundry” and keep the light on it until Nov. 2012… RESULT: 4 more yrs. of Obama.
Posted by: David | December 4, 2011, 12:47 am 12:47 am
This just in, “Rosie O’Donnell will be running for President in 2012 along with her running mate, Whoopi Goldberg.” OK, that’s all a big fat lie, but it couldn’t be much worse than the “Nightmare on Pennsybania Ave”!
Go Newt, go Paul, go Romney, go Bachman, go Santorum…….Obama…..just go!
Posted by: thinkingman | December 5, 2011, 9:33 pm 9:33 pm