Video: Newt Gingrich Goes After Debate Moderator John Harris for Biased Questioning
By Matthew Sheffield | September 07, 2011 | 22:25
For reasons that are still inexplicable, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library agreed to partner up with NBC News, parent organization of the uber-left-wing network MSNBC to televise tonight's Republican presidential debate. While NBC representative Brian Williams had more than his share of sneering biased questions, it was Williams's co-moderator, Politico editor John Harris, who laid on the snark in his attempts to bait and attack the candidates.
Such unbalanced questioning is par-for-the-course for Republicans competing at the national level. More often than not, they take it in stride. Tonight, though, Newt Gingrich was having none of it as he went full-on after Harris's attempts to insert Gingrich into a non-existent debate about an individual mandate to purchase insurance at the national level that Republicans simply are not having. Video and transcript follow.
"Well, I’m frankly not interested in your effort to get Republicans fighting each other," Gingrich retorted.
Later on, he examined more closely what Harris was trying to do by ginning up a false dichotomy between the candidates on the individiual mandate:
"I for one, and I hope all of my friends up here, going to repudiate every effort of the news media to get Republicans to fight each other to protect Barack Obama who deserves to be defeated. And all of us are committed as a team, whoever the nominee is, we are all for defeating Barack Obama."
Here's the video of the exchange between Gingrich and Harris:
The transcript:
JOHN HARRIS: Speaker Gingrich, it sounds like we have a genuine philosophical disagreement. In Massachusetts, a mandate, almost no uninsured—in Texas, a more limited approach, about a quarter uninsured. Who’s got the better end of this argument?
NEWT GINGRICH: Well, I’m frankly not interested in your effort to get Republicans fighting each other.
(Harris laughs, audience applauds)
GINGRICH: The fact is—
HARRIS: Speaker Gingrich, we’ve got—
GINGRICH: The fact is—
HARRIS: We’ve got—
GINGRICH: No, no we don’t—
HARRIS: We’ve got a choice between the individual mandate or not. Anyway, go ahead.
GINGRICH: You’d have, you would like to puff this up into some giant thing. The fact is, every person up here understands Obamacare is a disaster. It is a disaster procedurally. It was rammed through after they lost Teddy Kennedy’s seat in Massachusetts. It was written badly, it was never reconciled. It can’t be implemented. It is killing this economy.
And if this president had any concern for working Americans, he’d walk in Thursday night and ask us to repeal it because it’s a monstrosity. Every person up here agrees with that.
(Audience applauds)
And let me just say-- since I still have a little time left, let me just say—
HARRIS: Sure.
GINGRICH: I for one, and I hope all of my friends up here, going to repudiate every effort of the news media to get Republicans to fight each other to protect Barack Obama who deserves to be defeated. And all of us are committed as a team, whoever the nominee is, we are all for defeating Barack Obama.
This was a rare moment in Republican political history that shouldn't be nearly so rare. In the 2012 campaign, the biggest opponent whoever the Republican nominee will face is the nation's rabidly left-wing media elite. Kudos to Gingrich for pointing this out.
Conservative candidates across the country should follow suit and not fear going after the media when they try to attack Republicans and carry water for Democrats instead of playing it down the middle as they proclaim to.
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Great moment
Submitted by GregE on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:31pm.
That was a great moment. I hope Newt sticks around awhile for just this type of thing, and to create discussions that may otherwise get barely touched at best.
Someone please tell Chris Matthews that it was John Harris that got kicked in the berries.
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
That was awesome...
Submitted by goon on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:27pm.
That was awesome...
Ditto! Truly awesome!!!!!!
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 10:05am.
That is how R's need to talk. Clear & with more "Trump-like force" in the words. Great job Newt!
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
If Newt Keeps Scoring Like He Has a VP Gingrich Is Possible
Submitted by Avitar on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 12:37am.
Newt just keeps debating and reminding the country that he beat his way up from minority leader to Speaker of the House and that he is the only Speaker with a .400 batting average for a year. His personal problems may always keep him from being elected to the big chair but in a pinch he is the one man who could do the job well until the College Professor in him reasserts itself.
I agree. Let's hope both Newt and Donald Trump continue
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 1:47am.
to stick around and stick it to Obama and the Leftist media until we win in 2012. Perhaps some of the others, with the exception of Michelle Bachmann, of course, will grow a set of Palle di ferro. The sooner the better.
Michelle Bachmann,
Submitted by texasborngranny on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 3:05pm.
has, on occasion, demonstrated that she is more likely to have a set than her male counterparts.
texasborngranny.....You are absolutely right! I take back my
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 3:53pm.
comment excluding Michelle Bachmann from having a set. Not only can Bachmann be as tough as she needs to, but the lady definitely has class. A perfect example was when that dirt bag Democrat Chris Wallace asked Bachmann if she was a flake. I was livid when he asked that question yet Bachmann, although taken aback by that stupid disrespectful question, answered it with class, something Wallace is lacking.
Although I don't believe either Michelle Bachmann or Newt Gingrich can win the nomination (I support Perry or Romney), I can see both Bachmann and Gingrich as key members of the new Republican administration.
Even if you hate Gingrich, you gotta admit....
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 7:38am.
That's gold, Jerry.....GOLD!! -Kenny Banya on "Seinfeld"
I don't know if anybody noticed
Submitted by nonncom on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 8:22am.
but Newt and Rick Perry were the only ones answering the questions asked, with no holds barred and with complete directness....Bachmann still hasn't answered a question asked of her, referring only to her talking points, which are getting very old, quite frankly.....time for her to bow out and pick a front runner and throw her money and support behind them.....same with Ron Paul....regurgitating the same old tired crap....Romney tried, I'll give him that, but he seems like a wimp trying to keep up with the big kids.....the rest are of no consequence....Huntsman is dead in the water because of his ties to obama....I'd personally like to see Newt get a go at obama....he's been there and done that with the budget, and he knows how to get things done in congress.....I really don't care about his personal life....he's a straight talker, and he's got integrity....qualities we desperately need in DC....
I got no
Submitted by texasborngranny on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 3:06pm.
qualms about Newt's intellect. But!!! He is a RINO and I really want a conservative.
LOL! Spot on, GregE
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 9:22am.
While I am not a fan of Gingrich, he is an intellectual who is firm in his convictions, skilled in arguing issues, and thrives on debate.
He was quick to sense what was going on, and fired back at Harris with clarity and punch.
He probably realizes that he's got little chance of winning the nomination, but he is an experienced campaigner and he knows that the key to his party's success is unity of purpose.
Had the debate concluded without Gingrich's charge, the MSM would've had a field day snipping quotes out of context and suggesting that the GOP is at war with itself.
Chris Wallace still stung by Newt's "attack"
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 10:54am.
Bill Hemmer just interviewed Chris Wallace about last night's debate, and Newt's "attack" on the media.
It was very obvious Wallace is still pouting about his exchange w/Newt at the last debate....he was whining, and making disparaging remarks, like "it's kind of sad", "it's supposed to be a debate". I've lost huge respect for Wallace in the last month (and that process actually began when he kept shagging his wife's stupid Soup book incessantly).
I hope Newt stays in this as long as he can for a couple of reasons. He raises the level of the debate, as he is the debate king. And he's keeping the media in the room honest. All of the rest of the candidates were able to feed off Newt's determined attack on liberal stupidity, except for Ron Paul, who was easily baited into jumping feet first into the liberal trap.
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Blonde.....Chris Wallace is a
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 3:57pm.
FLAKE! :-)
I predict that after his rip-roaring lectures delivered to
Submitted by Jer on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 3:19pm.
Chris Wallace and John Harris regarding media bias, Newt has locked up a spot as a NewsBusters blogger.
Jer
Mitt & Huntsman may not
Submitted by Dan Diego on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:36pm.
Mitt & Huntsman may not disagree.
Good going Newt
Submitted by palmaceiahome on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:37pm.
That was great to watch Newt spank the bully. Of coarse after that they avoided him pretty much the rest of the debate.
How's that work, again? Oh,
Submitted by jdhawk on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:42pm.
How's that work, again?
Oh, yeah. Take the sons of bitches out!
I think he is a dick, too!
Now I'm ready for Kickoff!!!
Submitted by MadTownRedGal on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:52pm.
That was a great moment, thanks Newt! Now I can get ready for my Packers tomorrow night, sorry Obama, no ratings in Wisconsin tomorrow for you!
Yeah, not sure why they let
Submitted by rbosque on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:54pm.
Yeah, not sure why they let those NBC mutants into the library.
Indeed. Harris's question about DOHS was off base.
Submitted by Gary Hall on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:58pm.
After all, President Bush opposed the concept for 9 long months, noting that it would be too much red tape. Don't even the Republicans remember this?
(;~/ gary
I've said this before
Submitted by bkeyser on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:59pm.
and -yep, I'll say it again- Newt has taken on a role as a candidate. He knows he won't win the nomination (and he shouldn't) but he is the consummate team player for the GOP. He will say things so the others won't. He's twice called out moderators -and rightly so- in these debates and it quickly turned that Harris tool around. Newt is an attack dog but unlike the current administration's attack dog, Newt isn't the proven gaffe-master. He's a quick wit, extremely knowledgeable and obviously well prepared. Maybe VP is in his future, I don't know; regardless, he's fun to watch in these debates.
You're right. Newt is being
Submitted by Gat New York on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:05pm.
You're right. Newt is being Newt and no one is better at nailing someone. That was the moment of the night.
it's such a shame that his image is so ruined.
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:39pm.
Imagine him debating Obama. It would be a laugh a minute without the teleprompter feeding his "thoughts".
Newt as VP
Submitted by MominMD on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 7:44am.
Yep, Newt as VP crossed my mind too, last night. Ever since he got into the race, I have fantasized about possible Newt/Barry debates. Newt/Joey debates would be the next comedy sensation on TV!
I know he has "baggage", but, darn! He has ideas, and with his experience in Congress, would know how to implement them. Loved his explanation about how the Reagan amnesty was "supposed" to have worked. I don't think that was a shining moment for Reagan, but, then, it was not implemented the way he wanted it to be.
Thought his justification for DHS was short, sweet and powerful. The moderators didn't let him lay out his jobs plan, which he first proposed back in MAY!
I will NOT let the media select my candidate (they have already decided its Romney/Perry, if they can't push Huntsman on us. Ron Paul is just good for a chuckle). Come on, Newt!
Well said
Submitted by twiggygirl71 on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 11:37am.
Well said, bkeyser! I agree fully.
jdhawk, regarding your post
Submitted by WilliamW on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:05pm.
jdhawk, regarding your post from: Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:42pm.
Quoting:
"How's that work, again?
Oh, yeah. Take the sons of bitches out!
I think he is a dick, too!"
JD Hawk,
I like the idea of applying James Hoffa's own words, his, and his ilk's call to violent Jihad against innocent, patriotic US citizens, Tea Partiers, Conservatives, the like, back onto the leftists-Liberals-Democrats themselves.
So, Politico's guy, and other leftists want to push their agenda in a Republican candidate debate? Go on, Nute, and you other candidates, "Take the son(s) of bitches out!".
Please clarify who you mean "he is a dick too?"
Why do the Republicans submit themselves to such abuse as to allow leftist, biased, dishonest coordinators to run the debate?
The Democrats were such sissies that they refused to attend a debate presented by FOX News. The COWARDS!!!
"For reasons that are still inexplicable . . "
Submitted by Gat New York on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:06pm.
Very explicable.
Isnt' that misfit son of Reagan on MSLSD?
Gat
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:29pm.
They only bring on li'l ron when they want to bash a conservative for invoking President Reagan's name. Otherwise I think ron is unemployed. He used to host the Eukanuba Dog Show each year, but I think he got to be too much of a drama queen for them too.
Hoffa's words of hate, the debate, etc.
Submitted by WilliamW on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:07pm.
jdhawk, regarding your post from: Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:42pm.
Quoting:
"How's that work, again?
Oh, yeah. Take the sons of bitches out!
I think he is a dick, too!"
I like the idea of applying James Hoffa's call to violent Jihad against innocent, patriotic US citizens, Tea Partiers, Conservatives, the like, back onto the leftists-Liberals-Democrats themselves.
So, Politico's guy, and other leftists want to push their agenda in a Republican candidate debate? Go on, Nute, and you other candidates, "Take the son(s) of bitches out!".
Please clarify who you mean "he is a dick too?"
Why do the Republicans submit themselves to such abuse as to allow leftist, biased, dishonest coordinators to run the debate?
The Democrats were such sissies that they refused to attend a debate presented by FOX News. The COWARDS!!!
"If they mean to have a war, let it begin here"
Submitted by MidAmerica on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:16pm.
I hope the other candidates watched and learned from Newt. Until Republicans treat 'journalists' for the democrat operatives that they are they will always be treated unfairly. The 'journalists' have to be trained to be afraid to risk totally biased questions or comments so that they are not themselves drug into the spotlight for a public spanking.
Newt will occupy an interesting role.
Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:15pm.
At this point, his nomination is highly unlikely. That allows him extreme latitude to go after the press with bared fangs and sharpened claws, no holds barred. The press has assumed the role of enforcer to the Democrat mob, and now beat cop Newt can go after them without limits. If he sustains and chooses this path, it allows him the ultimate freedom of having no personal commitments to be politically correct, and he can mano-a-mano with such scum as Tingles, BriWi, Stepinpoo and all of the other DNC propagandists/apologists in the media. He can draw the political fire to advance the Republican candidate. Interesting tactic.
Honestly, I didn't watch the debate because it was on MSNBC. I would rather have my eyes poked out than to add even a +1 to their ratings. Having idiots like John F. Harris and BriWi moderate such a debate is too painful.
Ditto!
Submitted by okie-pastor on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 12:02am.
Ditto!
The Republican Barbarians are coming led by...
Submitted by Red Jeep on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:20pm.
Newt, the flame thrower.
It's nice to see
Submitted by Marcus Porcius on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:22pm.
Where's this Newt been all this time? I've gotten used to Newt acting the RINO.
"Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions." G.K. Chesterton
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Newt
Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:30pm.
now teach the other candidates to blow the lib media out of the water!! Great job.
Good for Newt.
Submitted by big.league.slider on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:56pm.
Newt doesn't have a snowball's chance of winning the GOP nomination. And apparently, he seems to accept this fact, based on the way he's getting in his licks on the MSM.
A serious candidate would probably not go after a debate moderator, regardless of how much the moderator deserved it. While it's highly entertaining, in the end it appears a bit un-presidential. If you agree to a debate forum with moderators from NBC and Politico, you should expect that the "questions" will be biased.
Of course, in the end you have to appreciate Newt's media savvy. A live debate telecast is one of the few events where a favorite MSM punching bag (like Newt) can publicly embarrass the network's golden boys.....on their own network.....in front of millions of viewers. And unlike a taped speech or interview, it can't be edited out.
Way to let 'em have it Mr. Speaker.
For reasons that are still
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:57pm.
For reasons that are still inexplicable, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library agreed to partner up with NBC News, parent organization of the uber-left-wing network MSNBC to televise tonight's Republican presidential debate.
The repube leadership has been compromised.
No surprise there.
As for Newt, he managed to shed his RINO suit for a brief moment, but so what?
-Dave
Good point.
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 10:19am.
Who supported the RINO in NY vs. the tea party candidate? R leadership supported the RINO; did Newt?
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
You nailed it, MidAmerica
Submitted by Turn Right on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:59pm.
I couldn't agree more. The only reason the media is so bold is because they've gone decades without paying a price for their bias.
Newt is wise to drag their hidden agenda out into the light because if they can't hide behind their "impartial referee" title, they have no credibility at all.
If each and every candidate would expose them whenever they shill for their own team, they would be less willing to stick their necks out. The media is great at playing offense, but when someone forces them to defend, they usually look like the uninformed hacks that they are. John Harris knows that he is no match for Newt in an intellectual exchange and a direct confrontation from Newt was probably his worst nightmare. Now that he's been slapped down, I suspect he'll be a lot more cautious in the future.
I've been critical of Newt in the past, but he knows exactly what he's doing here and it's something that should have happened long ago.
Way to go, Newt!
Newt can shift rightward now all he wants...
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 12:12am.
...but that will not erase his pathetic attempts at boxing tonsils with both Broom Hilda and Nancy Pelosi.
There is not enough bleach on this planet to make those hideous images vanish.
And please spare me the "He's reformed" Bravo Sierra, as the thought processes that led to the former will never be erased.
-Dave
No one
Submitted by pug lover on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 12:13am.
I believe, will be watching Obama's speech in Louisiana. WHO DAT!! Oh, good job Newt!!
Forget Hannibal We Have Newt
Submitted by Avitar on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 12:26am.
If Hoffa thinks war is the way to go we will have to move Allen West up and put Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin on sniper duty but we are almost configured for it. If Hoffa thinks that he can get rid of us he does not remember what 1994 was like.
Johnny Got Schooled
Submitted by sergeant stogie on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 12:30am.
We will now go to a commercial break so Mr Harris can wipe the egg off his face and remove Speaker Gingrich's wingtip from his a$$
Perry had a good one...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 12:37am.
...when BriWi was trying to make something out of the capital punishment in Tejas. Gov. Perry slapped him down like the little (son of a) bitch that he is.
The ayes have Newt
Submitted by deadeyedan on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 12:42am.
On a posting some months back I stated flatly that Newt is the guy, and his performance here is only one very tiny reason why.
He is exceptionally articulate, could never lose a genuine debate with any democrat and, proving his open-mindedness, has repudiated his original take on global warming (which he now recognizes as false).
I had the great privilege of getting his autograph (and that of his charming wife Callista) a few days ago at Chicago's Taste of Polonia festival and rank those autographs with others I have which include Alan Shepard, Robert Bork, George Lucas, Jim Lovell, Gene Cernan and David Prowse (Darth Vader).
P.S. Jodi (see NewsBusted), you have my vote any day!
Global warming - authoritarian, rather than authoritative, science
ClimateGate - the revelation that the pseudo-scientists at East Anglia University know just as much about the atmosphere as Harvard law professors know about the Constitution
Not a Newt
Submitted by Prisondog1776 on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 1:17am.
fan but wow. i just got home and i DVR`d the so called "debate" and the Newt response was awesome. Watching it now. I like Santorum and Cain
Just who in the GOP is served by these liberal loaded questions?
Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 2:18am.
If the purpose of these pre-primary debates is to educate Republican voters about their choices in candidates, wouldn't the proper questioning from the "moderators" be chosen and framed in a way that fed into what Republicans are interested in knowing? Wouldn't this preclude attacking them from the Left - a position than very few in the GOP would want to hear? No, these "moderators" are already trying to turn these supposedly party debates in the kind that will be used in the general election campaign. I'm surprised that NBC didn't suggest putting Obama on the stage with the others so he could answer soft ball questions and help NBC attack the Republicans.
I normally have MSNBC on my "skip" mode just so I...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 3:16am.
don't accidentally watch it while channel surfing.
Tonight, I undid the skip mode in order to watch the debate. After the debate I went back to the skip mode again. I thought all of them did well, but it was obvious that the spotlight was on Romney and Perry.
I hope this is the last debate that is held on MSNBC.
5%
Submitted by River City on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 3:35am.
Prior to RomneyCare Mass. had 90% of it population covered by insurance. Now, after RomneyCare, they have 95% of their people covered, WITH the individual mandate. They still can't FORCE the other 5% into the system. For 5% increase they totally screwed up healthcare in their state.
"Money is the scourge of the men who attempt to reverse the law of causality--the men who seek to replace the mind by seizing the products of the mind." Ayn Rand
I always wished more
Submitted by Jimme on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 5:02am.
I always wished more conservatives would put their interviewers on the spot when ever you see these biased interviews on TV. I would love to hear a " i wished you would have asked Obama that when you interviewed him" on one of these shows.
As for Newt, hes doing what he needs to do to advance the party, possibly looking for a VP offering.
Way to go Newt!
Submitted by Crash on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 6:39am.
Now that's the Newt we once knew.
Media is the biggest problem
Submitted by RealVet on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 8:10am.
Republicans, Independents, and Tea Party members need to lay into the media every single chance they get. The media bias, loaded questions, selective interviewing, incessant interruption, and downright hostility of the LIBERAL MSM must be countered every time. Stick it in, twist it, and break it off.
I don't think the former
Submitted by ljacone on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 8:14am.
I don't think the former Speaker has a chance in heck, but major kudos to Mr. Gingrich for telling it like it is. We can't tear each other to pieces for the next however months if we want to send Obama and his ilk packing next year. Let's show those slimeballs on the Left how to run a "civil" campaign!
"Speaking truth to power" indeed!
Conservatives know whats wrong with America-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 8:16am.
Liberal Obama and his minions!!!
Speak up Conservatives-"tell it Like it is"-is the buzz word.
Newt said nothing we all know to be true.
Obama is a cancer we must- cut out-Vote him out before America dies.
Newt Shoots, Scores! ...
Submitted by PunditPariah77 on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 8:56am.
... now, if only he was electable.
BTW, anyone have a read on how Ron Paul got 40-something % in a post-debate poll after a performance that consisted mainly of him reiterating his same old talking points?
(I know, I know ... "he's the only 'real' conservative up there ..." whatever - I don't buy it ...) :^/
Ever hear the term
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 8:58am.
Paulbots?
John F Harris is a
Submitted by celator on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 9:32am.
John F Harris is a particularly irritating little toad, and Newt ate his lunch. Harris likely went home after the debate and cried himself to sleep after the "debate". His little game was exposed (as if anyone hadn't figured the creepy rump swabber's game long ago).
I like Newt. He doesn't take
Submitted by jessieH on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 10:12am.
I like Newt. He doesn't take any bs. If he was a Tea Party Patriot, he would already have my vote. This debate was biased, to me. Most time was spent on Perry & Romney. That's like letting the Democrats pick the Republican candidate. Trying to get the candidates to embarrase themselves on national tv.
Why was Bachmann staring straight ahead like a robot when
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 10:25am.
ALL the others were looking (supportively) at Newt during this exchange? Even Perry was enthusiastically bobbing his head. Sorry, but she came across as, well... kinda weird and detached.
chris
Submitted by jimtrees on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 10:33am.
Chris Mathews had pee running down hig when he heard that. Why do the repubs. set themselves up for thi crap? They shouldn't give nbc,cbs,abc any access to anything. Just blank them out like they do you.
Huntsman
Submitted by CradleofIdiocy on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 11:44am.
Huntsman lost ANY AND ALL credibility with me when he came out in favor of global warming.
As a climate scientist, I can safely say the anthropogenic global warming business is the biggest and most shameless hoax ever perpetuated on the American public.
It is total BS.
Huntsman even took it a step further by spouting the classic "consensus" fallacy, which is a lie made up that 98% of scientists agree that humans cause global warming. That, too, is complete and total BS.
oh yeah, priceless!!! anytime
Submitted by sometimesright on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 2:01pm.
oh yeah, priceless!!! anytime a liberal masking as an impartial "moderator" gets spanked i swear i get misty-eyed.
Newt did a fair job
Submitted by texasborngranny on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 3:21pm.
straightening out the moderator, but tends to come off as a hostile whiner.
All the candidates need to take classes from an expert in how to handle biased moderators.
Their best bet would be to spend an immersion weekend being schooled by Liz Cheney.
This was a blue ribbon
Submitted by stratman on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 5:12pm.
This was a blue ribbon winning moment from Newt. Had me cheering like he hit a grand slam. He also had two other candidates agreeing with him, which I thought made Newt look like an elder statesman instead of an equal, something you don't want to do for your opponent.
I wanted to search a transcript of the debate but am unable to find one, the reason because I believe right after Newt called for fellow debaters to not attack one another as the moderators wanted, that Cain went immediately on attack mode. I like Cain but was a bit shocked he did this immediately after Newt's words. So was some of the audience by their audible reaction.
I did manage to locate the exchange on this video beginning at the 27:47 mark. Immediately after Newt's glorious rebuke of the Obama watert hauling moderator, Cain takes a shot at Romney for RomneyCare. I don't blame him but the timing following Newt's comments seems a poor choice.
For some reason, the NYTimes published transcript does not appear to include this Newt-Harris exchange. In fact, my cursory examination shows the Bachmann exchange immediately preceeding Newts bristling is not included in this so-called transcripts. Would that be due to the NYTimes' motto "All the news (we deem) fit to print"? [italicized mine] This is henious censorship by both Roll Call and the NYTlimes who purports to be all about freedom of speech, especially those entities who were so self-righteous and indignant about the accusing editing hijinx of Shirley Sherrod's racism by Andrew Breitbart. The dirty tricks Left is in full regalia here.
strat
Submitted by kata on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 5:27pm.
PJMedia seems to have the full transcript broken up into 4 parts. 1 2 3 4.
strat...same link as katainkent
Submitted by Jer on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 6:20pm.
I checked several transcripts--all of which omitted the Harris/Gingrich exchange--until I located a partial transcript at PJMedia which was a verbatim publication of the first part of the debate. It did include the relevant Gingrich fireworks however.
Jer
Thanks katainkent and
Submitted by stratman on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 8:32pm.
Thanks katainkent and Jer.
Any ideas why Roll Call would censor and the NYTimes would publish it?
Newt!
Submitted by kata on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 5:38pm.
Newt throws himself on the media bias grenade once again. It will cost further points in his bid for the Presidency but I think he's had enough experience to realize that he's pretty much "dunfer" and I am not certain he cares. Meanwhile, I hope he'll keep holding out the lightning rod as long as he can.
I get the impression Mr Newt
Submitted by BD on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 6:33pm.
I get the impression Mr Newt is doing this for posterity. After all, each exchange he has with the media further cements his reputation. He is showing the rest of them on the dias how to do this, and do this well.
Newt. You the man.
Submitted by michael lofrano on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 6:31pm.
Newt. You the man.
I think that you are mistaking
Submitted by Bill The Bold on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 3:07am.
liberal bias for factual bias. Since when should media play the middle or the left or right at all? They should play the role of devils advocate in pursuit of actual truth on actual issues in the real world and not cheerleaders for their side. Direct questions about policy in specific are not liberal. Nor is it liberal to point out relevant facts that inform the question or answer.
Asking a presidential hopeful who has said that they support tax cuts and balanced budgets how and what they will cut is not liberal, it is informational. It sounded to me like the questions were biased to helping Americans better understand realities.
We don't need no freakin' Morals no more...
Submitted by ChasVoice on Mon, 12/05/2011 - 9:54pm.
When a candidate's morals & character don't matter to you - pick any of the below:
Newt Gingrich's Skeleton Closet
http://chasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/11/newt-gingrichs-skeleton-closet.html
The Real Newt Gingrich
http://chasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/11/real-newt-gingrich-part-1.html
Romney’s Advisors Are Leftist Elites
http://chasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/10/romneys-advisors-are-leftist-elite...
More Perry Tales
http://chasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/09/more-more-perry-tales.html