Gingrich Gets His Facts Wrong, Claims GOP Governors Have Lowest Unemployment In Their Regions
Gingrich Gets His Facts Wrong, Claims GOP Governors Have Lowest Unemployment In Their Regions
Yesterday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich appeared on CBS’s Face the Nation to discuss the future of the Republican Party. He touted Republican governors — who met last week in Miami — as the source for all the best ideas, specifically praising Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman for supposedly shepherding in low unemployment:
GINGRICH: I would say, for example, to the Republicans who are about to face this question of, how do you get the economy growing again? Bring in Governor Daniels and bring in Governor Huntsman [R-UT], and ask them, you know, how did they get to the lowest unemployment rate in their respective regions? Go back to a principled approach.
Watch it:
Unfortunately, as Media Matters points out, Gingrich got his facts wrong. Utah’s unemployment rate in September was 3.5 percent, bested by Wyoming’s 3.3 percent.
At 6.2 percent, Indiana isn’t even close to having the lowest unemployment rate in its Midwest region: It ranks eighth out of the 12 states in the region. Iowa (4.2 percent), Kansas (4.8 percent), Minnesota (5.9 percent), Nebraska (3.5 percent), North Dakota (3.6 percent), South Dakota (3.2 percent), and Wisconsin (5 percent) all posted lower unemployment rates than Indiana. And, as Media Matters notes, “Three of those states — Iowa, Kansas, and Wisconsin — have Democratic governors.”
Gingrich also touted Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) as knowing “more about health policy than any other elected official in America,” and said he is doing “extraordinary things” in his state. However, Igor Volsky writes that Jindal’s recently-announced plan could turn out to be a “more industry-friendly approach that allows insurers to make short-term profits without focusing on long term investments.” One Louisiana doctor said Jindal’s plan could “potentially lead to less quality and not more quality.”
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The Republicans getting facts wrong is a part of their brand.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:07 amFormer House speaker.? Is he employed, by whom, and relative how.?….Blessings
November 17th, 2008 at 11:07 amIf you want a real news story, find out if Newt Gingrich has ever been correct about something.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:09 amGingrich also touted Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) as knowing “more about health policy than any other elected official in America,” and said he is doing “extraordinary things” in his state.
Bobby Jindal believes an invisible man created the Earth and all its diverse life forms in a literal week. I wouldn’t be showing him off too much there, Newt. He is exactly the kind of person who you should look to avoid if you want any kind of future relevance in U.S. politics.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:10 amHello, it’s newt, is mitt in ?
November 17th, 2008 at 11:12 amNewt
Mitt
Scooter
Duke
…
We really should compile a list of Republicans with oh-so-normal oh-so-not-elitist oh-so-everyman names…
November 17th, 2008 at 11:14 amUnfortunately, as Media Matters points out, Gingrich got his facts wrong.
Just. Say. Any. Old. Shit.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:22 amIf true, I could understand Utah, due to the need to cleanse the huge, continuous outpourings of sanctimonious shit out of all those Angel-Moroni undergarments…
November 17th, 2008 at 11:25 amWhat does this drug addict blowhard still have a job? It’s like the old joke about lawyers. What do you call Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly chained together at the bottom of the ocean? A GOOD START.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:25 amWe mustn’t forget that the Right create their own reality. Look how quickly Obama turned from a socialist to a “center rightist.”
November 17th, 2008 at 11:26 amIt’s truly sad that America’s economic scorecard is based on the color of the political party in the Governor’s mansion.
The cult of the great man/woman leader is an empty shell. America suffers from ignorance at the top of government, education and industry. I’d take one leader with profound knowledge over a thousand Newts.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:36 amThis is hardly news. It’s the GOP tactic of saying anything they want to say because “we know you probably won’t bother looking it up.” And they’re right — how often do their interviewers call them on it when they spout BS?
November 17th, 2008 at 11:36 amNewtie “got his facts wrong” ?????
What facts ?
November 17th, 2008 at 11:36 amnewt = facts……error in logic.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:38 amGingrich also touted Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) as knowing “more about health policy than any other elected official in America,”
Hmmmm…this sounds vaguely familiar…
“McCain also touted Gov. Sarah Palin(R-AK) as knowing “more about energy policy than any other elected official in America,”
More evidence that the worn-out repuke talking points are simply recycled over and over and over again…
November 17th, 2008 at 11:39 amWhat is it about being sent away in disgrace that the republicans just don’t understand?
Ollie still thinks Americans love him too……what idiots.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:41 amIs it really “Newt Gingrich got his facts wrong”? Or is it really “Newt Gingrich lies like a rug”?
November 17th, 2008 at 11:56 amGINGRICH: “I would say, for example, to the Republicans who are about to face this question of, how do you get the economy growing again? Go back to the principled approach”
Gingrich gets it right! Republicans have been unprincipled!
And they still are.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:57 amI live in Louisiana, and the only thing Jindal knows anything about is how to say more words in sixty seconds than any man, woman, or child alive. That’s not a bad thing but it’s just a blizzard of needless facts and figures to give the illusion that he knows what he’s talking about..
Ugh! If only running for prez would cause him to give up the governorship, I’d be all in favor of it.
I can’t wait to vote against him….. again
November 17th, 2008 at 12:04 pmRemember!!!!!
It’s ALWAYS “opposite day” in gopee land.
“Neut” sez someone is the best, then you can count on the truth being 180 degrees from what comes out of his mouth.
It’s amusing to watch the gopee come up with reason afer reason for why they have lost the last 2 election cycles. Their version of reality will never be the same as 70% of the rest of the country. RIP
November 17th, 2008 at 12:07 pmFacts are irrelevant to the right wing, and have been for some time.
And really, when you are living in your own little made-up world, who needs facts?
November 17th, 2008 at 12:19 pmANYONE who expects this vermin to get ANYTHING right, please see me about this Arizona bridge I can sell you, cheap.
November 17th, 2008 at 12:49 pmAnother something to add to my list from the previous article. Reps just don’t seem to want to say anything truthful. They firmly believe they can say anything they want over and over again and it’ll become truth!
November 17th, 2008 at 1:31 pmHow does this loser continue to have ANY credibility???
Author of the 1994 “Contract with America”?
Whatever happened to that?!?!?!?!?!?!?
November 17th, 2008 at 2:04 pmPersonally I think Newt Gingrich should stick to writing historical fiction based on the Civil War.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pmPerry logan Says:
We mustn’t forget that the Right create their own reality. Look how quickly Obama turned from a socialist to a “center rightist.”
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Exactly so. The easiest gig in the world is rightwing bloviator. What you say doesnt even have to make any sense at all. Not only did Obama go from a Marxist to Center right virtuall over night they were simultaneously arguing that he was a Muslim with a scary radical Christian Preacher/Spiritual advisor. Facts and reality mean nothing. They can argue contradictory things at the same time. Their base has been programmed to just believe WHATEVER they are told no matter how ludicrous AND repeat it endlessly hoping they will reach that number of repititions that will magically make what they spew true
November 17th, 2008 at 5:10 pmWhy is anybody listening to this loser?
November 17th, 2008 at 7:21 pmNewt Gingrich did more damage to the Republican brand than Sarah Palin could do in a lifetime.