Fux's Newt Gingrich: Lt. Col. Vindman "is an absurdity" and "thinks that he knows so much"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

NEWT GINGRICH: I mean, Vindman to me is an absurdity. The idea that somebody who is a lieutenant colonel thinks that he knows so much that he can overrule the commander-in-chief --

LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): He's quite -- quite full of himself. That's the common --

GINGRICH: People like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he would currently be serving in Antarctica. Strong presidents make foreign policy. Then they have a State Department to implement their policy.

https://www.mediamatters.org/newt-gingrich/foxs-newt-gingrich-lt-col-vindman-absurdity-and-thinks-he-knows-so-much

Fuck you chickenhawk.

[Cha]

1. He does.. Unlike gingrich who knows nothing.

[BootinUp]

2. Brave words Newtie. Nt

[pangaia]

3. Jeeze, is Gingrich still alive.??

Isn't he way past his use by date?

[trusty elf]

18. living dead

[CentralMass]

4. He is gearing up for his annual rsid on Whoville.

[Archae]

5. To Gingrich: Speak for yourslef, you corrupt little bastard!

I actually met him once.

He was with his good friend Herb Kohler at the Jan 1rst Polar Bear Club dip in Lake Michigan.

I didn't know he was there, until as I was watching the kooks jumping in the lake, three guys approached me from behind and I heard Newt's very distinctive voice.

Newt laughed at the look on my face, and asked me if I wanted to say anything to him.

I said flat out what I wanted to say to him he would not like one bit, and it would involve a number of profanities.

Herb Kohler got a good laugh, (I do know him, through his late brother Freddie,) and Newt laughed too.

[catbyte]

6. What a worthless piece of shit. And that goes for ingraham too.

[Permanut]

7. Let's go ahead and check in with Jackie Battley about that..

and while we're at it, let's discuss absurdity with Marianne Ginther.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Would that be the Newt Gingrich who was charged by the House with ethics violations that included

claiming tax-exempt status for a college course he taught? Who was reprimanded by the House and ordered to reimburse the House for $300,000 for the costs of the investigation? The Gingrich who shut down the government because he had to use AF1's rear exist? The Newt Gingrich who told his wife (his high school geometry teacher) he was divorcing her while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery, married another woman, then cheated on and later divorced her after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis?

That Newt Gingrich?

That Newt Gingrich isn't fit to shine LTC Vindman's shoes.

[RainCaster]

12. Yeah, that's the scum

Your memory of that a-hole is excellent.

[Major Nikon]

14. The same one who said Clinton was unfit for office for cheating on his spouse

...during the exact same time he was cheating on his spouse.

Yeah, that Newt Gingrich. The fact he has any credibility whatsoever with Faux wingnuts tells you all you really need to know about Faux wingnuts.

[marble falls]

22. The same Newt Gingrich who notified his wife he wanted a divorce as she was coming out of ...

anesthesia from a double mastectomy: that paragon of virtue and honor?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

25. Gingrich is symbolic of the Rethug party of today and should be their poster boy.

Of course, he's a hero to that gang of corrupt thugs. A master of lying, obfuscation and deceit.

Just keep your ass inside your cultish bubble, Newt........

[UpInArms]

9. From the ethically challenged Gingrich

And the know-nothing right wing mouthpiece ...

Vindman’s name is sullied just by passing from their lips.

[rabid_decline]

10. I really want

To remind my family members who vote for PUKES because of the perception that they’re pro-military that they are wrong and faulty in their thinking! The de-funded military base infrastructures, the issues veterans struggle with...the list goes on how the GOP use their false military support to garner votes. It makes me sick! I need to put together a talking points list

[sprinkleeninow]

11. This joke of a person is relevant and flapping his trap? n/t

[Major Nikon]

13. Gingrich Is The Stupid Man's Idea Of What A Smart Person Sounds Like

—Paul Krugman

[sandensea]

15. No, Newtwit. That's your reflection you're looking at.

Republicans' penchant for projection never ceases to amaze.

[grantcart]

16. Clean up needed on aisle 5, somebody left two thirds right in the middle

[sop]

17. Trump nominated Mrs. Gingrich as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See in 2017.

I thought Gingrich was living in Rome these days. Trump probably called Newtie and told him he needed an attack dog ASAP.

[YOHABLO]

19. Newt Gingrich, who never served in the military, is quite full of shite.

[Bluepinky]

20. We're living in bizarro world, where a stupid, vulgar, dishonest, draft-dodging President

and his ilk condemn an ethical, smart military hero for questioning obvious corruption right before his eyes.

Gingrich is a fat turd has-been, whose best days are long gone. He’s unfit to clean Colonel Lieutenant Vindman’s shoes.

[vlyons]

21. Grifter Extraordinaire

need I say more?

[Stargazer09]

23. Why is Newt still around?

Honestly, he needs to fade back into obscurity, where he belongs.

[dchill]

24. Projection much, Newt? Check a mirror, now!

[JHB]

26. The only thing that comes out of Newt's mouth that should be taken at face value...

...is vomit.

[muriel_volestrangler]

27. Gingrich saw himself as a "Teacher of the rules of civilization" and more

Is Newt Gingrich nuts?

Consider the symptoms: Bouts of grandiosity, megalomania, irritability, impulsiveness, spending sprees …

These notes and doodles, handwritten by Newt Gingrich, appear in a series of exhibits appended to a report published on Jan. 17, 1997 by the House Select Committee on Ethics. The notes are mainly from the period leading up to his big 1994 victory. The text at left reads:

Gingrich—Primary Mission

—Advocate of civilization

—definer of civilization

—Teacher of the rules of civilization

—arouser of those who form civilization

—Organizer of the pro-civilization activists

—leader (possibly) of the civilizing forces.

These notes were written by someone who appears to be, not to put too fine a point on it, completely bonkers-bananas-barking-batshit loony tunes. (Click here for a slide show of some of the best pages with the warning that Gingrich’s handwriting is difficult to read.) There are cosmological renderings, with Newt, as the central “System Designer,” warming the radiating orbits of his staff, supporters, constituents, and the public. There are crazed lists of things to do, like get more exercise, watch his diet, and "articulate the vision of civilizing humanity and recivilizing all Americans." There are megalomaniacal mission statements like: “In order to renew American civilization we need new language to explain our new vision to arouse new human and financial resources to create a new party system so we can defeat the Democratic machine and transform American society into a more productive responsible, safe country …”

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_big_idea/2011/12/is_newt_gingrich_nuts_consider_the_symptoms_.html#slide_2

But yeah, Newt, you're the ideal person to consider whether someone else is 'an absurdity'. Or to criticize him for thinking 'he knows so much'.

[sprinkleeninow]

28. Isn't it extremely depressing in having to use words such as vulgar, lurid, profane

in describing what counts as president and the rest of their 'party'.

[eShirl]

29. Newt's a trash-talker from way back

slimy POS

[OnDoutside]

30. Says the Shitshow who dumped his wife when she was on her hospital bed.

[Tanuki]

31. He didn't seem to have a problem with that other Lt. Col., Oliver North.

[Vinca]

33. From the man who was screwing around on his wife when Clinton was impeached.

[JHB]

34. Screwing around on his 2nd wife, at that.

[tanyev]

35. Same Newt Gingrich who shut down the gov't because Clinton 'snubbed' him on Air Force One?

In November 1995, Newt Gingrich gave President Bill Clinton an ultimatum: approve cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and other programs, or he would shut down the government. The ensuing shutdowns were a public embarrassment for Gingrich and a victory for Clinton, but the president’s behavior during those shutdowns hurt his presidency in the long-term.

Gingrich, who was the Republican speaker of the House, triggered the shutdown by sending Clinton a bill that he knew he wouldn’t sign because it raised Medicare premiums and cut environmental regulations. Clinton’s veto shut down most of the government between November 14 and 19, and Gingrich hoped Clinton would shoulder most of the blame. But Gingrich’s bizarre explanation for why he triggered the shutdown ensured this didn’t happen.

When asked about the standoff at a press breakfast on November 15, Gingrich complained about something seemingly unrelated. He said that Clinton hadn’t talked to him on an Air Force One trip in early November to attend the funeral for Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. And furthermore, he’d had to exit from the back of the plane.

Gingrich said that the fact that the president didn’t speak to him during the trip was “part of why you ended up with us sending down a tougher” interim spending bill. “It's petty…but I think it's human.”

https://www.history.com/news/bill-clinton-government-shutdown-lewinsky-affair

Somebody's full of himself.

[eppur_se_muova]

36. WOW, project much, Newt ?

Whoever said "Newt is a dumb person's idea of what a smart person sounds like" hit it right on the head. He truly does not realize how much his words fit himself better than anyone else.