So Newt didn't even remember what he said back in 2005 -Bwaaaah

[malaise]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/10/newt-gingrich-trips-up-ag_n_457423.html
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Appearing on Fox News in November 2005, the former speaker said the following when asked whether it was "a loss" for the Bush White House to have tried Padilla in civilian courts after holding him for three-and-a-half years as an enemy combatant:

"Well, I think if they believe they have enough evidence to convict him, going through the process of convicting him and holding him, I suspect, maybe for the rest of his life without parole would not be -- would hardly be seen as a loss," Gingrich said.
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The former speaker went on to note that Bush was "wrestling with what are the real ground rules for dealing with people who are clearly outside of normal warfare" -- suggesting, implicitly, that a criminal setting was appropriate for Padilla because it was the most effective at the time. "e don't have a good set of rules," he declared.

But that is a mirror of the Obama administration's current argument -- the one that Gingrich criticized on Twitter.

[chasmj]

1. Liars have that problem all the time

[malaise]

2. YEs indeed - one LIE leads to many more

Fuck that LYING ReTHUG moron.
Welcome to DU. :hi:

[Richardo]

3. He remembers, he just thinks it doesn't matter.

That's worse than forgetting in my book.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. He also FALSELY claimed (called out by Jon Stewart) that the shoe bomber was ...

American, which he was not. He was a UK citizen. In re: the trials being held in NY. What an asshole liar POS. Ugly and adulterous, to boot!

[malaise]

7. I agree with you

He knew he was lying on The Daily Show

[JuniperLea]

5. Clueless Luddite!

Someone should introduce him to audio, visual, and audio-visual recordings;)

But then we have our own lying eyes and ears to contend with! :rofl:

[malaise]

8. He's moving on

to his next lie. :hi:

[TommyO]

10. Don't you mean he's moving on...

to his next wife?

[malaise]

12. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

:rofl:

[JHB]

6. Perfectly in keeping with Newt's MO

Newt throws red meat to whatever audience he has right now to push whatever agenda he's pushing. Neither facts nor consistency have ever so much as slowed him down when he does this.

It wasn't liberals who invented the phrase:

[malaise]

9. 100% correct

:hi:

[Fuzz]

11. That's the problem when your only principle is political bullshit.