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TomCADem

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Sun Oct 13, 2013, 10:49 PM Oct 2013

Newt Gingrich: Ted Cruz Is A 'Dramatic Dissenter To The Washington Establishment' [View all]

Source: Huffington Post

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) appeared to lash out Sunday at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for dragging down the Republican Party's ratings.

An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday found the GOP's approval rating was only 24 percent, the lowest it's ever been in that poll.

"Ted Cruz is a very aggressive articulator of a hardline position that probably 20 or 25 percent of the country agrees with," said Gingrich on CNN's "State of the Union."

The former Georgia congressman was responding to a question from moderator Candy Crowley about whether Cruz's uncompromising stance on Obamacare is damaging the Republican Party brand.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/13/newt-gingrich-ted-cruz_n_4093285.html



OMG! If this does not demonstrate that Republicans are invulnerable to irony, I don't know what does. In the end, one opportunist (Gingrich) complains about the opportunism of another.
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This is breaking news? :). Funny. dkf Oct 2013 #1
More like breaking wind. QuestForSense Oct 2013 #11
+1. Laelth Oct 2013 #26
Reminds me of seeing Alex Jones call David Icke a nut getting attention from fake conspiracies arcane1 Oct 2013 #2
Think Newt is jealous? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 #3
Yeah. And Sarah Palin likes him too. Turbineguy Oct 2013 #4
asshole Newt's gotta lot of room talk! gopiscrap Oct 2013 #5
so he admits Cruz hates democracy RainDog Oct 2013 #6
What would be major news is if yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #7
"The only really important question is: how can I, Newt, get my name in the news again?" struggle4progress Oct 2013 #8
"So, Newt, as a former Speaker who resigned because he couldn't deliver... JHB Oct 2013 #9
Newt, you created these vile vermin. so stfu. eom MyNameGoesHere Oct 2013 #10
Maybe they'll cannibalize each other... MrMickeysMom Oct 2013 #12
"Dramatic Dissenter To The Washington Establishment" DRoseDARs Oct 2013 #13
Grinch will laud this scum and and try to grow it. xfundy Oct 2013 #14
The pot calling the kettle crazy? davidpdx Oct 2013 #15
So is Liz Warren, AND she has brains. nt bemildred Oct 2013 #16
But then you have this BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #17
I think it's disgusting how Cruz does some non-productive action. Then other Rs..... Sunlei Oct 2013 #18
Newt, you could have warned Raphael about shut-down consequences. Paladin Oct 2013 #19
Raphael asked himself "What would Newt do?" Those voices in his head told him, SDjack Oct 2013 #21
+1. (nt) Paladin Oct 2013 #23
newty is just pissed it's not him in the limelight. nt Javaman Oct 2013 #20
Drama Queen Catfight Snake Plissken Oct 2013 #22
Gingrich; the same man that led the last government shutdown, will wonders never cease. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #24
As opposed to a tick sucking blood from the ass of same. n/t Orsino Oct 2013 #25
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