Washington Post Blogger Asks for Dirt About Newt Gingrich on Twitter
By Noel Sheppard | November 28, 2011 | 13:35
Still in the camp that doesn't believe the media are liberally biased?
Check out what the Washington Post's Aaron Blake tweeted moments ago on Twitter:
For those unfamiliar, Blake writes for the Post's The Fix political blog, hence the moniker "Fix Aaron."
What would one expect from a newspaper that only five months ago called for readers to sift through former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's email messages?
It therefore isn't at all surprising they'd be looking for dirt on the current Republican presidential frontrunner.
Also of interest, that retweet above was from Zeke J. Miller, a politics reporter for Business Insider. Judging from another recent retweet of his, he doesn't seem to be neutral on the former Speaker either:
As NewsBusters has been warning all year, since President Obama has no record to run for reelection on, the media are going to be throwing more mud at his opponents than likely anything you've ever seen.
Fasten your seatbelts.
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Comments
Blake
Submitted by kinijane on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 1:50pm.
Is not a journalist, just an opinion mouth, its a shame hes more interested in dirt
than the fact that the country is going down the toilet. If the media focused more
on doing their homework and getting to the truth maybe we would have a chance.
We should ALWAYS remember this:
Submitted by needle on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:02am.
The Manipulated Stories Machine has a LOT to do with the country gong down the toilet.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
How is it that the MSM
Submitted by johnsonl on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 1:55pm.
wonders why it's circling the drain?
What will George Soros spend his billions on after his evil plan for world domination is destroyed??
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!
What are we waiting for?
Submitted by Dave the mailman on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:01pm.
Send him dirt and stupid quotes....on Obama, Biden, Hillary.....etc
I almost signed up on Twitter
Submitted by mattm on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:21pm.
I almost signed up on Twitter just to do that...
How Charming
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 11:59pm.
Per the usual, the leftists mine the dregs.
Tweeting is for twits. And in this case, we should tweet the twit some ***t.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 109 (and Counting)
Dirt on Newt
Submitted by Jim in Houston on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 10:11am.
Dave: There is way too much dirt on the administration to go in a tweet. It would take several freight trains completely loaded and with four or five engines each to haul the scandalous dirt generated by O'Blamer and company.
Dirt on Newt
Submitted by tnmccoy on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 10:28pm.
I suggest the tweeters just respond with dirt on Noel Sheppard. That should solve the problem.
More good news...
Submitted by FearMonger on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:08pm.
The further out of the closet the better as far as I'm concerned. Many many thanks to Newsbusters (in general) and Mr. Sheppard (in particular) for draggin' their weenie asses out into the light for disinfection. Bravo!
If he's really lookin' for 'outlandish' and 'incorrect', here's one stone that kills those two birds quite effectively...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UZ9l_AxKjA
Variations:
Submitted by tvhall on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:26pm.
Carter:
Ask not what your country can do for you,
Ask what you can do for Palistine
Clinton:
Ask not what your country can do for you,
Ask how many countrywoman I can do.
Obama:
Ask not what the country can do to you,
Ask how I can destroy the coutry.
dem campaign slogans
Submitted by MidAmerica on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:08pm.
2008- VOTE FOR OBAMA- change we can believe in
2012- VOTE FOR OBAMA.... he's not as bad as the other guy
Variations:
Submitted by tvhall on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:32pm.
2012 - Vote for Obama...He's not finished f***ing us yet.
2012 - Vote for Obama...(In old man's voice) the country is not dead yet.
2012 - Vote for Obama...slavery and oppression we can believe in.
2012- Vote for Obama-
Submitted by David Kramer on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 3:06am.
(in old English accent) US-"But I am not dead"
His cronies have not stolen enough yet.
China needs more oil.
Brazil needs a customer for their oil.
There are a few countries he has not declared war on yet.
There are still a few allies not pissed at us yet.
The unemployment rate is not high enough.
The public unions only make 50% more than the taxpayers. Not enough.
Civil war is just a few more speeches away.
vote for obama
Submitted by david5300 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 6:33am.
opps, you made me vomit just a little.
An arm "pit" of the Demonrat party
Submitted by Tomorama on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:27pm.
My take away so far from the media this cycle is Chris Tingles Matthews for weeks complaining "Where are all the Republican candidates and why are they not announcing their candidacy"...........
AND IMMEDIATELY when one did - THE MEDIA WHORES attacked them and dug stuff up on them just like they did with poor Obysmal in 2008 - NOT.....
Huntsman MIGHT be their darling in the media because he is a quasi-Republican, but IF he ever get's traction, Giggles aka Meeeeeeeka and company will let loose with the USUAL venom, vigor and voracity given to ANY Republican candidate once they become a "contender" to the "one".
You Betcha.
Spare change anyone?
Submitted by Spoker on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:28pm.
Perhaps we can come up with a spare change fund to offset anonymous tweeters expenses for finding dirt on Aaron Blake. You know, dumb quotes, drunken tweets, the brand of the candy bar he pilfered when he was a kid, interesting sexual escapades, extreme bad dates, questionable third cousins of someone that was at a party with him five or more years ago, name of his nearest relative that is a penitentiary graduate, the name (or hidden identity) of his designated tweeter. You know, that kind of important political stuff, (aka…dirt).
Oops, never mind! I have to loan our driver my spare quarter for the toll booth. Maybe next time when I have some spare change we can start the fun(d).
Blake must be one damned lazy blogger
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:51pm.
LOL - He can't get on the Internet and look up all the Gingrich dirt himself?
It's not exactly as if it is hard to find or anything.
-Dave
Dave, he's looking for a blonde
Submitted by UpNorth on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 3:03pm.
from Chicago, who knew Newt way back when, and will testify, except in court, that he once said something off-color, er, mean-spirited.
Blake is just another lefty, lazy liar.
UN,
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:23pm.
Yes, and of course it would only be mere coincidence should this blonde just happen to reside in the same building as David Axelstick.
-Dave
That would involve working
Submitted by ReaganRuled on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 11:16pm.
That would involve working and engaging his brain, if he even has one. With 99% of the crap that you read in the MSM rags, do you honestly believe that any critical thought or research was involved?! To be a Liberal, it doesn't involve any critical thought. It's 100% based upon emotion. That's why when you engage a Liberal/Statist in a discussion, it's always circular and you never resolve anything. Because you cannot have an intelligent discussion with a person whom lacks any semblance of reason.
obama
Submitted by david5300 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 6:35am.
obama or America, there can not be both. I realy like that.
I'll Take America
Submitted by Jim in Houston on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 10:17am.
As for me, I chose America!
I tweeted him
Submitted by gopcongress on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:15pm.
I usually don't respond to liberal lunacy on Twitter, but I did the following:
@FixAaron: RE: Gingrich dirt request...How about outlandish REALITIES of the Obama administration? I have a few dozen if you like...
Click my link below...
Follow me on the silly bird thing-a-ma-jig: http://twitter.com/gopcongress
What a mess
Submitted by Forbin001 on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 10:40pm.
What a mess....newspapers are going into the toilet, another fleabag is accusing Herman Cain of picadillos, its one big freakshow. Frankly Im getting a kick out of it, become a spectator and have a laugh at this nonsense.
It's not going to work.
Submitted by ReaganRuled on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 11:05pm.
It's not going to work. The only entity with an equal or lesser approval rating than 0BowMao and Congress is the Lieberal Press. No one believes their crap anymore! Just like every effort of the 0BowMao rejects and the union thugs to make the case for the won and to attack Conservatives, it will fail because the majority of the American people are disgusted with the tactics of the Left! They have spent their wad and they have nothing but FAIL to show for it. And they think the American people are dumb enough to think that we should do more of it! The more negative that the 0BowMao campaign goes (as if they haven't been disgusting enough already with their "blame the American people because they're lazy," etc nonsense), the worse the numbers will get for T.O.T.U.S.
not going to work
Submitted by david5300 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 6:45am.
I agree, the mainstream media has blown what ever credibility they had by carrying obamas water for him. I don't ever listen to or watch main stream media news anymore. They are a oxymorn. They have sold themselves out for a whore, if they gave obama 1/2 the interest they gave Herman Cain we would not have the eppic failure we have leading our country( excuse me ...going along for the ride) It's some what interesting as some earn greatness yet others expect it to come as a perk with the job.
obama identify's with the occupy movement, were there ever more rebels with out a cause?
Don't forget
Submitted by km2002 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 7:26am.
Norm MacDonald lost his gig @ Saturday Night Live partly because he had an impression of Bob Dole ready to go. His reasoning? "I didn't think the American public would be stupid enough to vote for Clinton again." We all remember how THAT turned out...
To Reagan Ruled
Submitted by tnmccoy on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 10:45pm.
Except for the numerous typos and grammatical errors, I agree with youl
No surprise here
Submitted by NCMike on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 11:37pm.
The leftist hack is not only biased, but lazy. Typical emtpy-headed parrot does nothing but reiterate and regurgitate prepackaged propaganda anyway. So like the leftist slugs at Occupy-Whatever, this mooching blogger panhandles for sludge on the Republican target of the hour. What a shameless sychophant.
WaPo d-bag blogger
Submitted by donaldduck on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 12:07am.
How about if conservatives do the same for Aaron Blake? So what if he isn't running for president or even dog catcher. Those slimebag libs need a huge dose of their own tactics. That knucklehead has to have thousands of embarrassing moments that he would not want known to his employer, the public, his parents and wife/partner/girlfriend/boyfriend. DO IT. IT WOULD BE SO INVIGORATING!!
So what if he's not runing for anything?
Submitted by panzerakc on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 12:38am.
Neither was Joe the Plumber.
Hell, fergit chirps - Noel's post got linked by Drudge
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 1:26am.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/11/28/washington-post-bl...
Second time in two days.
-Dave
urinalist
Submitted by Lusty Infant on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 1:52am.
HEY, I got an idea for you. Get your head out of your ass canal.
How about I put my foot up your ass canal, recycled troll?
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 3:43am.
You appear a little familiar.
In fact, you seem a lot familiar.
And a two-year, 17 week membership with only four posts isn't helping your cause.
Welcome (back) to NewsBusters, BMG.
-Dave
And consider yourself officially busted, racist retread troll
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 3:55am.
Or is it retread racist troll?
Doesn't matter, really.
So where have you been?
Did they perhaps dry your white sheets on high heat, and thus you couldn't adorn them without being arrested by your damn-near toothless cousin Deputy Earl for indecent exposure, and you had to wait until you could afford all new ones?
Or was it your 1/4 cousin, .005 removed (only to the other side of the bedroom) Earl's sister Penelope, who was only deputised because, well, you know?
We're just dying to know.
-Dave
The really pathetic thing is
Submitted by BcdErick on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 2:04am.
The really pathetic thing is I don't see how Obam can lose. He has all the demographics going his way. It's sad for our country.
obama can't lose
Submitted by david5300 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 6:29am.
Interesting, I don't see how he could win.
Looking for dirt
Submitted by david5300 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 6:28am.
So you identified yourself as a BOTTEM FEEDER not a journalist. I suggest you apply your "talents" toward our a**hole and chief we have now since your industry failed miserably to do its work and became cheerleaders for the left.
Fight fire with fire
Submitted by JeddMcHead on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 6:41am.
I think it's time for everyone to start trying to dig up some dirt on Zeke J. Miller and then HOUND him relentlessly until he has to either quit his job or be fired. If we turned our attention to these so-called "journalists" I wonder how THEY'D like it? I mean, just trying to ignore them doesn't seem to work -- too many small-minded people interested in other people's troubles for that to work. So, why not sic the nosy public on the press? Let's fight fire with fire!
Dirt
Submitted by david5300 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 6:50am.
I like your idea, we can be like them and forget to fact check any thing and everything.
I start by saying that a" un named source claimed zeke liked to kill kittens for sport."
AMEN - time to take the war
Submitted by CATHERINE1000 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 7:03am.
AMEN - time to take the war they started back in their faces...............we know how bad MSLSD is but these Post people PRETENDING TO BE JOURNALISTS IS BECOMING CRIMINAL....................
I remember the hatred, the absolute hatred for the Jimmah Carter clown IN HIS LAST year -
BARRY ----- AMERICA IS GOING TO HATE YOU ON STEROIDS.................YOU NEED TO GET ON YOUR KNEES AND THANK GOD THAT CONSERVATIVES DON'T CARRY THE 'KILL BUSH' SIGNS YOU BOYS DID................we are just going to send all your Democrat clowns HOME on UNEMPLOYMENT - ROFL STARTING WITH FREAK BARNEY FRANK
catherine
http://www.examiner.com/republican-in-orlando/the-incredible-shrinking-p...MEDIA - LOOK OUT - WE ARE GOING TO OUT OBAMA
Submitted by CATHERINE1000 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 6:56am.
too bad the leftwingnut journaloonlist media is hunkering down to destroy Newt -
ROFL - WE KNOW HIS HISTORY GUYS
NOW WE ARE GOING TO REPORT WHAT YOU REFUSED TO REPORT ON OBAMA - EVERYTHING
why he is a ghost until he hooked up to Valerie Jarrett - heck she even picked his wife
BARRY IS WIPING THE DEMOCRAT PARTY OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH IN OUR FACES AND THIS TIME WE SEND THE LYING MEDIA THAT SOLD US THIS IGNORANT BOOOOB.........................strap in media - it is your turn to go down now
I was there in the 90s when the media praised that assaulter ho impeached stain slick willie and blamed newt - MEDIA YOU DON'T OWN THE MEDIA ANYMORE..............................CLINTON WILL BE BLAMED FOR GUTTING GLASS STEAGALL CAUSING DEPRESSION II AND GINGRICH MAY JUST BE YOUR PRESIDENT AND WE WILL BE SENDING BARRY BACK TO ASIA
catherine
http://www.examiner.com/republican-in-orlando/the-incredible-shrinking-p...Politics of Personal Destruction!!
Submitted by shearwater on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 7:09am.
The bottom feeders are at it again . . . just like they did with Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber, Carl Rove, Dan Quayle, Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, et. al. As Ronald Reagan would say, "There you go again!" Hang tough you guys. You have a right to run on your record. Gingrich and company did us a favor as speaker of the house, knows the ins and outs of Washington, and assisted in crafting the Contract With America and stymied democrats because they couldn't argue their case with facts . . . just sling mud and hope it sticks. The Contract for America adopted sunset legislation for cash cows in the government . . . things that senators and congressmen relied on to bring covert money to their districts.
Stains
Submitted by TymTrvlr on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 7:43am.
Another marxist blowhard urinalist, leaving a brown ring stain after you flush.
Where was all this " dig up some dirt" crap when the inept, dunce incompetent punk campaigning on lies and the his marxist dream of a totalitararian dick tatership. The marxist are running scared, they know if a true patriotic American wins, and the dirt of this regime is brought to the surface, like turds in a punch bowl there just might be some lynchings. This human parasitical debris ruining the country now, surely know they will have to scam the next election, or create a major civil disturbance. they are putting laws in place to protect themselves by calling us terrorists. Their time is short, they need to do as much damage as possible. All of the worthless punk and thief's agenda must be overturned, send the dregs back to the cesspool.
You mean...
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 8:05am.
We shouldn't let the media determine this country's leadership after they have proven to be such good pickers? That sends a tingle down my well-creased pant's leg for sure.
More proof...
Submitted by matinva on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 8:19am.
...you can't fix stupid.
Funny, every time clowns like this go on a 'dirt hunt' they draw MORE attention to Owebama's dismal record.
As The World Turns ...
Submitted by Karl Magnus on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 9:05am.
So does the Leftist media.
They have gone after anyone and everyone who might be a threat to their socialist utopia. Sadly, a painted rock here decades ago, a misstatement here or there, a gold-digging, lying slüt, it doesn't matter. Nope, not one iota.
I still wonder why the MSM has left Mittens off-limits re: his odd religious beliefs.
IF the GOP nominates Romney, it's game over ... he'll lose BIG. I'm no fan of Newton, but he's a mental giant compared to Mittens, who hasn't a clue how Congress REALLY works.
If the nod doesn't go to Perry or Gingrich, I'm going Libertarian.
~(Ä)~
I'm going Libertarian.
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 9:10am.
Really, you would rather Obama for 4 more years then Mitt? While Mitt is not my choice, I would love to have him over the disaster we have now
I'm with you Boudin...
Submitted by FearMonger on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 9:35am.
ABO. period.
Did he do this accidentally
Submitted by shannon76 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 10:30am.
Did he do this accidentally thinking no one would notice? Or was this a Joun-O-lister tweet that was sent to the public when it should have been private?
Darjeeling asks for dirt on Zeke Miller.
http://thedarjeelingexpress.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/does-zeke-miller-ha...
Scum Suckers Aplenty
Submitted by rammingspeed on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 1:03pm.
The newest breed of contemptible characters spit out by a no standards culture, which was obviously studiously followed by his upbring-ers. (Parents!) The educational system indoctrinated him nicely, not just to be a radical left winger, but a soulless liar and cheat. All to gain the victory predicted by Karl Marx.
National media is corrupt to the core
Submitted by ChuckySchmucky on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 1:52pm.
There are only two camps on the question of leftwing media bias:
(1) Those who fully recognize that the corrupt leftwing media are the propaganda wing of the radical left; and
(2) Those who pretend they're not.
Misinformation anyone?
Submitted by DaleMcC on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 3:33pm.
Someone should feed him all sorts of misinformation so that he can waste all his time tracking their authenticity. Or feed him one story like that of George Bush's National Guard record that can easily be later disproved. I know the Post has no real reputation to speak of, but Mr. Blake could see his career evaporate before his eyes.
Washington Post asking for dirt on Rebulican canidates
Submitted by enigmaforever on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 4:01pm.
We don't have to search for dirt on this administration new stuff pops up daily. And I haven't even touched on Pelosi, and Reid.
How about this dirt for the Post to print. When Obama elected who said “For the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country "-which president said "We're not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that's fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.", and also said "The Cambridge police acted stupidly." —commenting on a white police officer's arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge, Mass., at a news conference, July 22, 2009,
and said "No, no. I have been practicing...I bowled a 129. It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something." ,
and his comment ,"We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.,
and many Marxist views
"I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." , and said
"Hold on one second, sweetie, we're going to do -- we'll do a press avail." --to a female reporter for ABC's Detroit affiliate who asked about his plan to help American autoworkers , and President Barack Obama, who during the 2008 campaign famously referred to small town Americans as bitter people clinging to guns and religion, and During the campaign, though, candidate Obama regularly promised something different - to broadcast all such negotiations on C-SPAN, putting the entire process of pounding out health care reform out in the open. (That promise applied to the now-completed processing of forging House and Senate bills, too.), and Obama said. "The old rules said that if there was a defensible argument for not disclosing something to the American people, then it should not be disclosed. That era is now over. Starting today, every agency and department should know that this administration stands on the side not of those who seek to withhold information, but those who seek to make it known."
He also has stated "A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense." : No point in going on with to many vacations, and buying sprees, golf outings, travel expenses of friends. And would take to long to go into the special monies provided to companies who had strong ties to his political contributions I even stopped counting at a trillion dollars.
Yes yes...
Submitted by FearMonger on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 4:19pm.
I remember one golden oldie in particular (and I absolutely agree with it)... "Good policy makes good politics" .
So... if that saying is true then whaddayacall what HE'S been doin'?
He is NOT a gay Muslim
Submitted by timbo44 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 4:30pm.
The President is NOT a gay Muslim; there are NOT 9 layers to his birth certificate; he does NOT have 2 relatives who are being deported to Kenya; he does NOT have 11 (eleven) step brothers who have 4 different mothers, one of whom that is involved with an illegal 501 (C) in Kenya. Hussein Obama's IQ is so high that it can't be measured. Or spoken. Apparently no one knows what the exact number is, but it's up there. Real high. Elena Kagan said so, just go look at Youtube.
u missed the memo
Submitted by FearMonger on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 4:36pm.
there are no gay muslims ^u^
If you believe the line about
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 4:48pm.
If you believe the line about 'no gay mooooooooooooooooooslems', then I've got some prime beachfront property over here on an outer island in Hawaii to sell you - CHEAP!!!
And in some of those mid-east countries, even the goats and sheep and donkeys 'watch their backs'!!!
Dirt
Submitted by tnmccoy on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 10:24pm.
The WAPOST has degenerated from Liberal journalism to honey-dipping. [look it up] It used to be that journalists were interested in a candidate's positions. That's still true about the Republicans. But the Democrats and Liberals are just interested in dirt---true or not. They want to destroy people---never mind anything else---with a little truth and a lot of made-up crapola. Send the Post back to the stone age where it can report on the local cave-man predicaments.