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"The primary purpose of a political leader is to build a majority." - Newt |
"Newt" Gingrich was born Newton Leroy McPherson in June 17, 1943 is an American politician who served as the 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican member from 1979 to 1999.
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In 1946, his mother married Army officer Robert Gingrich, who adopted Newt. Gingrich has three younger half-sisters, Candace Gingrich, Susan Gingrich, and Roberta Brown.
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Gingrich was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, but raised in Hummelstown, a small nearby borough. A college professor, historian, and author, Gingrich twice ran unsuccessfully for the House before winning a seat in the election of November 1978. He was re-elected ten times, and his activism as a member of the House's Republican minority eventually enabled him to succeed Dick Cheney as House Minority Whip in 1989.
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As a co-author of the 1994 Contract with America, Gingrich was in the forefront of the Republican Party's dramatic success in that year's Congressional elections and subsequently was elected Speaker of the House.
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In 1995, Time magazine named him "Man of the Year" for his role in leading the Republican Revolution in the House, ending 40 years of the Democratic Party being in the majority. During his tenure as Speaker, he represented the public face of the Republican opposition to President Bill Clinton. Under his Speakership, Congress passed and Clinton signed the 1996 reform of welfare, a capital gains tax cut and the first balanced budget since 1969.
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Gingrich is the only Speaker of the House to have been disciplined for ethics violations.
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During his term as Speaker, eighty-four ethics charges were filed against him, eighty-three of the charges were eventually dropped.
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In 1999 House committee panel did not agree whether tax law had been violated and the charges were dropped.
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Republicans lost five seats in the House in the 1998 midterm election the worst performance in 64 years for a party that didn't hold the presidency. Polls showed that Gingrich and the Republican Party's attempt to remove President Clinton from office was widely unpopular among Americans. Gingrich suffered much of the blame for the election loss. Facing another rebellion in the Republican caucus, he announced in 1999 that he would not only stand down as Speaker, but would leave the House as well.
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Gingrich has been married three times. He launched just can't commit ... In 1962, he married Jackie Battley, his former high school geometry teacher, when he was 19 years old and she was 26. In the spring of 1980, Gingrich left Battley after having an affair with Marianne Ginther. In 1984, Battley told the Washington Post that the divorce was a "complete surprise" to her. According to Battley, in September 1980, Gingrich and their children visited her while she was in the hospital, recovering from surgery, and Gingrich wanted to discuss the terms of their divorce. Gingrich has disputed that account.
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Political Stand - Reduce Spending and Cut the Size of Government …
"I am very sad that a number of Republicans do not understand that this country is sick of earmarks. Tax Payers are sick of politicians taking care of themselves. Tax Payers are sick of their money being spent in a way that is absolutely indefensible ... I think you're going to see a steady increase in the number of incumbents who have opponents because the American taxpayers are increasingly fed up.”
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Gingrich Religion ...
A Southern Baptist since graduate school, Gingrich converted to Catholicism, his current wife's faith, on March 29, 2009. He said "over the course of several years, I gradually became Catholic and then decided one day to accept the faith I had already come to embrace." The moment when he decided to officially become a Catholic was when he saw Pope Benedict XVI on his visit to the United States in 2008 ...
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The BIGGEST Negatives with Newt ...
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The Biggest Negative with Gingrich is his LACK of compassion for the needs of Americans. Other than using the American Voter as a tool to get rid of big government he expresses NO PERSONAL COMPASSION for American’s social needs or problems. He recognizes the lack of jobs in American, but has NO REAL SOLUTION for creating jobs other than cutting the size of government and reducing taxes.
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This works only if the US has a strong manufacturing and business which we did in the 1990s but NOT today. Our industrial base which has been destroyed by the influx of low cost Communist Chinese products … Thanks to Republican support of doing business with China.
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The Other Big Negative with Gingrich is he firmly believes neighbors, charities, and local churches should and will take care of the welfare needs of Americans. As far as health insurance he believes American's should establish a health insurance savings account which works only if you are working ...
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Other Baggage …
- Draft Dodger - Though he relentlessly pushes military spending and talks like a bigtime hawk, Gingrich avoided the Vietnam War through a combination of student and family deferments.
- GOPAC, Newt's longtime political action committee, was the centerpiece of a complex network of non-profit, and mostly tax exempt organizations that Newt has used to support himself and other conservative candidates. In an act of of what seems like hypocrisy, Gingrich a crusader against taxes obtained taxpayer subsidies for his personal and political goals … And misuse of tax-exempt groups status.
- Pot Smoking - Pot Smoker during his college days and early political life ...
- Congressional Lobbyists & Congressional Insider Trading - Whatever happen to Dennis Hastert ex-Republican Speaker of the House during Clinton years after Newt. He is now a Washington DC lobbyist . Newt has yet to comment ...
- The Minute Man - A Minute Man in 1776 was referred to as a sentry for freedom in our fight against the British to win our independence.
. "If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots." - Newt .... I sure do ... This guy is running for President of the United States ...
In 1999 Newt Gingrich gave new meaning or should I say “Newt Meaning” to the term “Minute Man” when he was caught with woman in the Congressional Parking. As an aid to Newt approached the then House speaker's car, the aid needing a signature from Newt, (you know doing our country’s business) the aid spotted "a woman with her head buried in Newt's lap.” Newt has yet to apologize or explain this incident … At least Clinton acknowledged his indiscretion …
• Newt does believe that China suppresses dissents and abuses human rights.
• Gingrich said the U.S. should do everything possible to increase friendly relations with the Chinese people. We should be respectful of the government of China but encourage the people to demand their God given rights.
• Newt believes that we can improve conditions in China by increasing trading with China there by exposing China to the Western world of freedom.
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What Newt fails to mention or acknowledge in his comments on China ...
- China each year performs 12-18 MILLION abortions (depending on source) to Control Their Population ...
- CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Spies Extensively on U.S. Military and U.S. Citizens in China and U.S..
- CCP does NOT permit Freedom of Religion in China ...
- The U.S. is China's #1 Customer ... It is our money supporting the communist way of life ...
- We are borrowing money from a Communist Nation who does not approve or like the American way of life ... It is the Interest we pay on the money we borrow from China that supports the communist way of life ...
- By going business with China we are destroying our industrial and manufacturing base. Silence usually means approval ...
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Newt should be talking about rebuilding our industrial base not spending more billions of U.S. dollars on Iraq's and Afghan's, when millions of people in the U.S. are still losing their jobs, and 100's U.S. industries are stilling failing daily. Newt won't acknowledge U.S. Citizens can't pay their mortgage or put food on the dinner table. Newt thinks having a positive attitude and being entrepreneurial will solve our problems ... What ?
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Made in U.S.A. NOT Made in China …
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