Comments on: Newt Calls The Kettle Black http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:27:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: I-RIGHT-I http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-395192 I-RIGHT-I Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:12:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-395192 There is no one squeaky clean so I guess that means the ethics issue is off the table for the Donks? Fine, we will address the problem and make the point that the Donks for some reason don't feel the need to discuss it. I can hardly wait until we get to reprise Hillary Clinton's past ethical triumphs. There is no one squeaky clean so I guess that means the ethics issue is off the table for the Donks? Fine, we will address the problem and make the point that the Donks for some reason don’t feel the need to discuss it. I can hardly wait until we get to reprise Hillary Clinton’s past ethical triumphs.

]]> By: Jack http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-392595 Jack Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:01:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-392595 This is what I don't get, Newt Gingrich is one of the architects and partipants of the massive political corruption in the Republican party. He has been appearing on news programs as if he is a credible source for anti-corruption. I'd laugh, but these days the corrupt rule the media and many minds are blocked by the radical right propaganda. This is what I don’t get, Newt Gingrich is one of the architects and partipants of the massive political corruption in the Republican party.

He has been appearing on news programs as if he is a credible source for anti-corruption. I’d laugh, but these days the corrupt rule the media and many minds are blocked by the radical right propaganda.

]]> By: PinkDome http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-392375 PinkDome Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:28:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-392375 <strong>Thursday News Roundup...</strong> - The NSA has told an ex-intelligence officer that he is not allowed to testify in front of Congress "because of the secrecy of the programs involved" [the always trustworthy Washington Times]. So he can't speak about the secret program...... Thursday News Roundup…

- The NSA has told an ex-intelligence officer that he is not allowed to testify in front of Congress “because of the secrecy of the programs involved” [the always trustworthy Washington Times]. So he can’t speak about the secret program……

]]> By: ElectricBassPlayer http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-392009 ElectricBassPlayer Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:53:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-392009 LOL It's such a blast top come in here first thing in the AM and see the trolls get ripped a new one. They just get destroyed on multiple levels, not the least of which is TRUTH. What a great way to start the day. Keep it up, boys and girls! Wheee LOL

It’s such a blast top come in here first thing in the AM and see the trolls get ripped a new one. They just get destroyed on multiple levels, not the least of which is TRUTH.

What a great way to start the day.

Keep it up, boys and girls! Wheee

]]> By: Jennty http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-391993 Jennty Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:47:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-391993 LOL, Newtie... let's HOPE he runs for Pres. in 08. Actually, I rue the day he ever got on to the national stage. I blame the Russians, if they hadn't shot down KAL007 killing Newtie's predecessor, Larry McDonald, we'd never be in this situation. Of course, if the Georgia Democratic party had come up with someone better than McDonald's ditzy wife to run for his seat, this might not have happened either. Oh, fate, you twisted sick bitch... LOL, Newtie… let’s HOPE he runs for Pres. in 08. Actually, I rue the day he ever got on to the national stage. I blame the Russians, if they hadn’t shot down KAL007 killing Newtie’s predecessor, Larry McDonald, we’d never be in this situation. Of course, if the Georgia Democratic party had come up with someone better than McDonald’s ditzy wife to run for his seat, this might not have happened either. Oh, fate, you twisted sick bitch…

]]> By: chuck http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-391958 chuck Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:32:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-391958 how are criminals like delay and gingritch even allowed to run for office let alone get elected by a majority...this country sucks more and more everyday...! how are criminals like delay and gingritch even allowed to run for office let alone get elected by a majority…this country sucks more and more everyday…!

]]> By: big papa http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-391921 big papa Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:14:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-391921 Did Viacom bribe Hillary? Did she ever reveal the details of the contract? I don’t seem to recall… Later, Comment by Cicero #27 Sissyro, Find yourself a quid pro quo, then inbred away you'll go... I do not like Republiscams, I do not like them Sam I am... Did Viacom bribe Hillary?

Did she ever reveal the details of the contract? I don’t seem to recall…

Later,

Comment by Cicero #27

Sissyro,

Find yourself a quid pro quo,
then inbred away you’ll go…

I do not like Republiscams,
I do not like them Sam I am…

]]> By: Andrew C. White http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-390817 Andrew C. White Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:24:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-390817 Rep. John <a href="http://thetenthousandthings.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Sweeney retreats, says DeLay-Hastert regime</a> should remain in power but lower Republican life forms should be replaced. Rep. John Sweeney retreats, says DeLay-Hastert regime should remain in power but lower Republican life forms should be replaced.

]]> By: PoodleSkirt http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-390809 PoodleSkirt Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:20:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-390809 Don't forget where Gingrich got the $300,000 to pay the fines: http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/09/14/gingrich/ Don’t forget where Gingrich got the $300,000 to pay the fines:
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/09/14/gingrich/

]]> By: Innocent Bystander http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-390658 Innocent Bystander Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:05:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-390658 "Did Viacom bribe Hillary?" One downside to the Republican Syndicate's bankrupting of our Treasury is the constraint it puts on them to investigate bogus Clinton charges. Back in the good old days, when Clinton's economic policies were putting people to work and giving us significant surpluses, there was plenty of taxpayer money ($70MM+) to waste on destroying the Clintons' reputation. Heck, we had 200 of Louie Free's FBI agents investigating Bill's willy trail in Arkansas....but, hey, what else would these agents have been doing? Tracking AQ? So Bill leaves office with a 64% approval rating and we lose 3000 Americans and the WTC's on Bush's vacation/ watch....life's just not fair. “Did Viacom bribe Hillary?”

One downside to the Republican Syndicate’s bankrupting of our Treasury is the constraint it puts on them to investigate bogus Clinton charges. Back in the good old days, when Clinton’s economic policies were putting people to work and giving us significant surpluses, there was plenty of taxpayer money ($70MM+) to waste on destroying the Clintons’ reputation. Heck, we had 200 of Louie Free’s FBI agents investigating Bill’s willy trail in Arkansas….but, hey, what else would these agents have been doing? Tracking AQ?

So Bill leaves office with a 64% approval rating and we lose 3000 Americans and the WTC’s on Bush’s vacation/ watch….life’s just not fair.

]]> By: M. Duchamp http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-390646 M. Duchamp Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:58:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-390646 "Cicero" – if you’re comparing yourself to Marcus T. Cicero, I’m afraid your oration <em>skills</em> fail to merit such comparisons. If, on the other hand, you chose the "Cicero" moniker to provide an ironic foundation from which to make humor, then I guess I get the joke. “Cicero” – if you’re comparing yourself to Marcus T. Cicero, I’m afraid your oration skills fail to merit such comparisons. If, on the other hand, you chose the “Cicero” moniker to provide an ironic foundation from which to make humor, then I guess I get the joke.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-390599 Jay Randal Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:29:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-390599 Newt Gingrich is just getting payback on Tom Delay who stabbed Newt in the back to get him out of his Speaker of the House position! House Republicans are known to backstab their leaders if it gains themselves more power! Newt also knows about corruption, since he was involved in it > lol. Newt Gingrich is just getting payback on Tom Delay who stabbed Newt in the back to get him out of his Speaker of the House position! House Republicans are known to backstab their leaders if it gains themselves more power! Newt also knows about corruption, since he was involved in it > lol.

]]> By: Gregor Samsa http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-390580 Gregor Samsa Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:23:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-390580 <i>Did Viacom bribe Hillary? Comment by Cicero — January 11, 2006 @ 10:38 pm </i> Maybe. Maybe not. How is this relevant to Newt Gingrinch pontificating about ethics? <i>Did she ever reveal the details of the contract? I don’t seem to recall…</i> Maybe. Maybe not. What does Hillary Clinton have to do with ethically-challenged Newt Gingrinch's hypocritical babble on ethics (or lack thereof) in Washington DC? Did Viacom bribe Hillary?
Comment by Cicero — January 11, 2006 @ 10:38 pm

Maybe. Maybe not. How is this relevant to Newt Gingrinch pontificating about ethics?

Did she ever reveal the details of the contract? I don’t seem to recall…

Maybe. Maybe not. What does Hillary Clinton have to do with ethically-challenged Newt Gingrinch’s hypocritical babble on ethics (or lack thereof) in Washington DC?

]]> By: HAIRY THRUST http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-390503 HAIRY THRUST Thu, 12 Jan 2006 03:48:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-390503 Newt and that Damn Liberal Media... wait a tic that cant be right then can it? Newt and that Damn Neo-Con Media. Now thats better Newt and that Damn Liberal Media…
wait a tic
that cant be right then can it?
Newt and that Damn Neo-Con Media.
Now thats better

]]> By: HAIRY THRUST http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-390499 HAIRY THRUST Thu, 12 Jan 2006 03:46:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-390499 Do you ever hear this tinkling sound of mirrors crashing all around Do you ever hear this tinkling sound
of mirrors crashing all around

]]> By: Cicero http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-390476 Cicero Thu, 12 Jan 2006 03:38:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-390476 Re: #20 "Let us not forget Newt’s own attempt to publically take a 10 million bribe, from Rupert Murdock, disguised as an advanced royalty payment from two books Newt was supposed to write. ..." And lets not also forget this book deal... http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/22/opinion/22FRI1.html "The New York Times, December 22, 2000 Mrs. Clinton's Book Deal We are sorry to see Hillary Rodham Clinton start her Senate career by selling a memoir of her years as first lady to Simon & Schuster for a near- record advance of about $8 million. The deal may conceivably conform to the lax Senate rules on book sales, though even that is uncertain. But it would unquestionably violate the tougher, and better, House rules, and it is an affront to common sense. No lawmaker should accept a large, unearned sum from a publisher whose parent company, Viacom, is vitally interested in government policy on issues likely to come before Congress — for example, copyright or broadcasting legislation." Did Viacom bribe Hillary? ... "The Senate will judge Mrs. Clinton's deal in the context of outmoded rules that, regrettably, still permit members to accept advance payments for their books provided they fall within "usual and customary" industry patterns. Mrs. Clinton held an open auction for her book, so the $8 million advance emerged from a process that presumably represented the industry's consensus about what the book would be worth. But Mrs. Clinton has a duty to reveal the entire contents of her contract so that the public and members of the Senate Ethics Committee can judge for themselves whether its terms fulfill her pledge to comply with existing Senate rules, inadequate though they are." Did she ever reveal the details of the contract? I don't seem to recall... Later, Re: #20

“Let us not forget Newt’s own attempt to publically take a 10 million bribe, from Rupert Murdock, disguised as an advanced royalty payment from two books Newt was supposed to write. …”

And lets not also forget this book deal…

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/22/opinion/22FRI1.html

“The New York Times, December 22, 2000
Mrs. Clinton’s Book Deal

We are sorry to see Hillary Rodham Clinton start her Senate career by selling a memoir of her years as first lady to Simon & Schuster for a near- record advance of about $8 million. The deal may conceivably conform to the lax Senate rules on book sales, though even that is uncertain. But it would unquestionably violate the tougher, and better, House rules, and it is an affront to common sense. No lawmaker should accept a large, unearned sum from a publisher whose parent company, Viacom, is vitally interested in government policy on issues likely to come before Congress — for example, copyright or broadcasting legislation.”

Did Viacom bribe Hillary?

…

“The Senate will judge Mrs. Clinton’s deal in the context of outmoded rules that, regrettably, still permit members to accept advance payments for their books provided they fall within “usual and customary” industry patterns. Mrs. Clinton held an open auction for her book, so the $8 million advance emerged from a process that presumably represented the industry’s consensus about what the book would be worth. But Mrs. Clinton has a duty to reveal the entire contents of her contract so that the public and members of the Senate Ethics Committee can judge for themselves whether its terms fulfill her pledge to comply with existing Senate rules, inadequate though they are.”

Did she ever reveal the details of the contract? I don’t seem to recall…

Later,

]]> By: Just_Mike http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-390318 Just_Mike Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:02:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-390318 Now that the middle class has been sold out and as more and more of us move into the unemployment lines and welfare roles, the government, who forced this, sell off of the American dream has also turned it’s back on it’s citizens. You know, the ones who can’t afford their medications, the one’s who can no longer pay the amount of taxes we used to support this country with, the ones who are thrown into the gutter as an expendable worthless commodity. As we all know he who holds the note owns the property. Now that we as a country can no longer pay our bills and the ones we do pay are done so with monies LOANED to us by a government who’s standards of human decency is a bullet in the head, YES CHINA, that great communist country who’s soul goal is to smash and loot this country is now the new owner of the land we walk on (from the inside out as outlined in the communists strategy) As he who holds the note owns the property . Now that the middle class has been sold out and as more and more of us move into the unemployment lines and welfare roles, the government, who forced this, sell off of the American dream has also turned it’s back on it’s citizens. You know, the ones who can’t afford their medications, the one’s who can no longer pay the amount of taxes we used to support this country with, the ones who are thrown into the gutter as an expendable worthless commodity.

As we all know he who holds the note owns the property. Now that we as a country can no longer pay our bills and the ones we do pay are done so with monies LOANED to us by a government who’s standards of human decency is a bullet in the head, YES CHINA, that great communist country who’s soul goal is to smash and loot this country is now the new owner of the land we walk on (from the inside out as outlined in the communists strategy)

As he who holds the note owns the property .

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-390280 Marie Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:35:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-390280 Why does anyone even give the slimy cretin the time of day? This is the man who was married multiple times, was guilty of infidelity in each marriage, told his wife while she was in bed with cancer that he was divorcing her, was guilty of incredible lack of ethics and underhanded activity while in the House, and now he is given credibility for what?? He dubbed himself "arbiter of ethics" because of his experience in not having any? He is despicable. Like G. Gordon Liddy, Chuck Colson, Ollie North -- they are all ethically challenged, and today they are in positions of high regard with the equally ethically challenged conservatives. Why does anyone even give the slimy cretin the time of day? This is the man who was married multiple times, was guilty of infidelity in each marriage, told his wife while she was in bed with cancer that he was divorcing her, was guilty of incredible lack of ethics and underhanded activity while in the House, and now he is given credibility for what?? He dubbed himself “arbiter of ethics” because of his experience in not having any?
He is despicable.
Like G. Gordon Liddy, Chuck Colson, Ollie North — they are all ethically challenged, and today they are in positions of high regard with the equally ethically challenged conservatives.

]]> By: The Debtonator http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-390215 The Debtonator Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:00:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-390215 Is this the same Newt that condemed Clinton for getting a spit shine but was later found committing adultery himself? Is this the same Newt we're talking about? Is this the same Newt that condemed Clinton for getting a spit shine but was later found committing adultery himself?

Is this the same Newt we’re talking about?

]]> By: wisedup http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/comment-page-1/#comment-390193 wisedup Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:52:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/11/newt-kettle-black/#comment-390193 Newit 'just send un-aborted kids to boys town'...Gangreen is like flushing and having it keep coming back up. Newit ‘just send un-aborted kids to boys town’…Gangreen is like flushing and having it keep coming back up.

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