{"id":3628,"date":"2008-08-06T11:24:44","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T16:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2008-08-06T11:29:29","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T16:29:29","slug":"the-return-of-newt-in-obama-we-do-not-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=3628","title":{"rendered":"The Return of Newt | In Obama We Do Not Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, former Speaker of the House (1995-99) Newt Gingrich delivered a petition with “more than 1.4 million<\/a>” signatures to the GOP’s ongoing protest that demands legislators put their 5-week vacation on hold and pass an energy bill that permits drilling offshore, in ANWR and wherever “American-made” oil can be tapped.<\/p>\n

Are the Republicans so bereft of leadership they must tap the exile pool for one<\/a>? What’s next for Gingrich now that he’s returned to the fray? A recurring role on MSNBC’s 3-hour McCain commercial, Morning Joe<\/em>? He and co-confabulating exile from Congress, Joe Scarborough, are a perfect fit. The two fatties could analyse-in-depth Joe’s latest obsession<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gingrich told reporters the candidates should hold 10 or 12 town hall meetings. Work mates and others who shudder when they hear Obama’s name, people who might have voted for him and those who never would have done so, tell me he’s a flip flopper who can’t be trusted. Rather than town hall meetings attended by both candidates they could each have one of their own.<\/p>\n

Obama could invite people with trust issues and attempt to win them over. It’s past time McCain’s flip floppery was put in the spotlight. <\/p>\n

McCain’s meeting would not take place since he is running scared from any opinion he’s ever held that could be remotely identified as liberal. It’s back to the future in Newt’s time machine and Johnny’s a good boy who does as he’s told.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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