Gingrich: “We’ve inherited the mess; we’re not making the mess”

In this particular dodge of responsibility for failure, the Republican is talking about Congress' lack of oversight of the Bush administration.

Inherited that, did ya' Newt?....


Attorney General Janet Reno spoke before the House Judiciary Committee
on Oct. 15, 1997. The Clinton White House staff replied to
more than 300 congressional requests from October 1996 to March 1998.

The Boston Globe:

WASHINGTON -- Back in the mid-1990s, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, aggressively delving into alleged misconduct by the Clinton administration, logged 140 hours of sworn testimony into whether former president Bill Clinton had used the White House Christmas card list to identify potential Democratic donors.

In the past two years, a House committee has managed to take only 12 hours of sworn testimony about the abuse of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

The jarring comparison reflects the way Congress has conducted its oversight role during the GOP's era of one-party rule in Washington.

Right, Newt. Tell me another one. I need a good laugh on friday.

You're a has-been that resigned in disgrace.
You are a has-been that abused the authority you once had.
You are on the outside looking in, and will be that way forever.

Actually, I'd like to see you run just to be able to remind the American voters what a low-life scumbag you really were, both in and out of politics.

"he has been delivering “pro bono” advice to the administration for nearly six years on healthcare, defense and other issues."

While I'd like to see him in the dustbin of history, he still does have access to the ears of very powerful people. In fact, this article is about him orchestrating meetings between congressional staff and WH officials.

The best he can do these days is smooch Sean Hannity's sorry butt and try to get his mug on TV.

Newt and his gang are simply delusional

expect their army of blind followers to be delusional.

Never fails :eyes:

Monica would have drove around it, but she was afraid she'd run out of gas.

If I recall, the economy was moving right along before the party of Newt and bu$h took over

:kick:

he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1979.
He was widely considered responsible for gaining a Republican majority in the House of Representatives in the election of 1994. The next year he became Speaker of the House.
Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1995-1999
Never popular with the public at large, Gingrich saw his image further damaged in 1997 when he was fined $300,000 for ethics violations. After a disappointing Republican showing in the 1998 election, Gingrich resigned the Speakership and his seat in Congress.

he has been delivering “pro bono” advice to the administration for nearly six years on healthcare, defense and other issues.

Johnson makes it clear in the video that the administration appreciates Gingrich’s advice. Gingrich helped the White House significantly in 2003 when he persuaded skeptical Republicans to vote for the Medicare prescription-drug bill.

Was his mom psychic? naming him for a lizard and all...

so he's more like a toad.

:rofl:

-at a mtg organized by Newt. It went a little like this-

R staffers: You're too defensive

(not addressed: Too defensive to oversee?)

WH official: You just want to tell us we're incompetent.

(not addressed: So?)

Tell them? I want to tattoo it on their foreheads so that everyone who comes in contact with them is warned of it!

There aren't enough words for that one.

Toxic incompetence.

Incompetence that has people running though the streets for their lives, towers crumbling, entire cities here and abroad lying in ruin.

Blaming Clinton now for all the crap these fools have done to this country is an "out of ammo" argument.

it will ALL be yours forever & ever!

Those lies just keep rolling off their lips!

over the "mess", which sounds like they are afraid of losing power.

denying any role in making this mess? I distinctly remember him ascending to his perch as Speaker of the House with all the moderation of a football team returning to the home airport after a Superbowl victory . . .

This is one of the people who made this crap all possible . . .

I wonder what he'll reincarnate as?

Mr. Gingrich, I'd expect a better excuse from a 5-year-old. I don't know what your excuse is, but I find it pretty inadequate, especially coming from an allegedly grown up man.

Just another Republican whiny ass titty baby.

I can never figure that out! They lie, and lie, and lie and it never seems to bother them. Are they delusional or just pathological? Newt is repsonsible for bringing the people to Washington who have created this vile atmosphere and this one-Party rule. He and his Party are responsible.

It's the so-called THE-BED-WAS-ALREADY-ON-FIRE-WHEN-I-LAID-DOWN defense, and it won't work this time.

TC

Newt has always been a big fan of the propaganda rule - the bigger the lie, the more likely ignorant people will believe it.

Such were the Inquisitions of the 90's compared to the Congressional grovelling of today.