Rohrabacher: Gingrich Belongs In The ‘Hall Of Shame’ For His Fear-Mongering On Uighur Detainees
Rohrabacher: Gingrich Belongs In The ‘Hall Of Shame’ For His Fear-Mongering On Uighur Detainees
Last month in the Washington Examiner, former House speaker Newt Gingrich denounced President Obama’s supposed plot to “release trained terrorists currently held at Guantanamo Bay into American suburbs.” The men he was so afraid of are innocent Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs, who have since been released in Bermuda after spending seven years locked up in Guantanamo. According to 2008 State Department Human Rights report, these men faced “severe cultural and religious repression” at the hands of the Chinese government. In 2001, they stayed in a Uighur camp in Afghanistan and “were later turned in to the authorities by Pakistani villagers in return for an American bounty,” even though were never a security threat.
However, in his column, Gingrich said they posed a “paramount threat and “have been allied with and trained by al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist groups.” In an interview with Fox News, Gingrich added that the United States should just send them back to China.
One of Gingrich’s Republican colleagues is now calling out his ignorance. At a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Human Rights on Tuesday, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) said that Gingrich belongs in the “hall of shame” for fear-mongering about the Uighurs. He also said that the Bush administration unjustly detained these men at the bidding of the Chinese government in a “pathetic” attempt to gain the country’s support for the Iraq war:
The Bush administration…held Uighurs in Guantanamo as terrorists, and they did this, I believe, to appease the Chinese government in a pathetic attempt to gain its support at the beginning of the war against Iraq, and also to ensure China’s continued purchase of U.S. treasuries. Many, if not all, the negative allegations against the Uighurs, can be traced by to Communist Chinese intelligence, whose purpose is to snuff out a legitimate independence movement that challenges the Communist party bosses in Beijing. [...]
In the hall of shame, of course, is our former speaker, Newt Gingrich. His positioning on this should be of no surprise — and is of no surprise — to those of who, during Newt’s leadership, were dismayed by his active support for Clinton-era trade policies with Communist China.
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Through their translator, the Uighurs have expressed dismay at Gingrich’s ignorant remarks. “How could he speak in such major media with nothing based in fact?” related the translator. As many human rights experts noted, the Uighurs would likely have been tortured if returned to China, as Gingrich had hoped.
Transcript:
ROHRABACHER: And also, right off the bat, I’d like to express my deep appreciation to the leader in Bermuda — it’s Premier Brown — for his courage to do what is morally right in this situation. He’s demonstrated, I think, the best of democracy. That’s what leadership is all about: being willing to take such tough stands. I’m sorry that our own leadership here at home, and even in my own party, seems lacking at this moment. [...]
Much to my dismay, some pundits in the Republican party have fallen for this bait and are lumping the Uighurs in with Islamic extremists. The Bush administration did not help matters. It held Uighurs in Guantanamo as terrorists, and they did this, I believe, to appease the Chinese government in a pathetic attempt to gain its support at the beginning of the war against Iraq, and also to ensure China’s continued purchase of U.S. treasuries. Many, if not all, the negative allegations against the Uighurs, can be traced by to Communist Chinese intelligence, whose purpose is to snuff out a legitimate independence movement that challenges the Communist party bosses in Beijing.
No patriot, especially no Republican who considers themselves a Reagan Republican, should fall for this manipulation, which has us do the bidding of a dictatorship in Beijing.
In the hall of shame, of course, is our former speaker, Newt Gingrich. His positioning on this should be of no surprise — and is of no surprise — to those of who, during Newt’s leadership, were dismayed by his active support for Clinton-era trade policies with Communist China.
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Dudes named Dana still sketch me out…
June 19th, 2009 at 5:02 pmThrough their translator, the Uighurs have expressed dismay at Gingrich’s ignorant remarks. “How could he speak in such major media with nothing based in fact?” related the translator.
It’s called “typical Republican behavior” , Uighurs ………
June 19th, 2009 at 5:04 pmAmazing! Every once in a while some of the otherwise braindead Republicons actually says something that comes close to being close to truth.
Gotta give Rohrenbacher credit for this one.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:04 pmPot, meet kettle…
June 19th, 2009 at 5:04 pm.
Q U E S T I O N:
Why won’t ANYONE ask Newt why he thinks America should be attacked…
… A G A I N?
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June 19th, 2009 at 5:05 pmMy eyes must be playing tricks on me or my roommates alcohol is airborne and my blood alcohol level is spiking.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:07 pmGood ole Newt! You gotta love him. Everytime he speaks, thousands of independant voters flee! I love this crap. When your leaders are Gingrich, Limbaugh, and Darth Chaney you pretty much don’t have a future.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:08 pmMr. Rohrabacher has said to many outrageous things in the past, so him saying this does nothing for his lack of credibility, and so he does not deserve any positive response, give him a minute and he’ll back to his usual dumbassery.
RIP
June 19th, 2009 at 5:14 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
Considering this is the same guy that called Obama a “cream puff” for not going off like a Vicodin-crazed radio host about the Iranian protests, I’d say that I’m not prepared to give this guy that much credit.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:15 pmWatch these republiscums, one by one, abandon their leaky, vermin infested vessel and start eviscerating their fellow shipmates.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:15 pm.
Q U E S T I O N:
What is left to feed on when the snake has consumed it’s tail?
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June 19th, 2009 at 5:18 pmOjore@9 I forgot about that! LOL! I love these old, white farts. They make life interesting.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:18 pmOh, come on TP – it’s almost the weekend… I was hoping to make it through the last hour of the day without a major psychological conundrum. Are you seriously telling me that Dana “Shit Puff” Rohrabacher and I actually AGREE on something?
Congratulations, Amanda. You’ve officially broken my brain with this cognitive whiplash.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:27 pm“Fact” is not a word found in the Republic Fascist (formerly known as Republican) or conservative lexicon.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:31 pmInside their dark and dim brains, there is an occasional spark of a thought – it is pretty amazing that a dim bulb like Rohrabacher calls out Gingrich on his demagoguery and outright lies.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:36 pmSays something about Rohrabacher, but it says a lot more about Gingrich.
At the risk of inducing nausea and self-loathing in myself, I state unequivocally — Dana Rohrabacher is correct.
Now excuse my while I go take some Pepto-bismol and a Prozac and lay down for awhile.
Just saying . . .
June 19th, 2009 at 5:37 pmGingrich Belongs In The ‘Hall Of Shame’, NO, he belongs in Prison.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:38 pmI could talk about how our leaders really should know a lot more about the world we live in before they start spouting nonsense, but, I’ll just leave you with this from the Daily Show (sorry about the ad at the beginning).
June 19th, 2009 at 5:39 pmkrazeeingin@16, For you, Prozac. For me, Whiskey. I think my brain is malfunctioning. To think, a Repug who is right. Damn!
June 19th, 2009 at 5:44 pmNewt, his name alone says volumes about his character. This is just one more reason why Bush needs to stay completely away from giving his opinion on anyone or anything.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:45 pmThe whole thing is pretty disgusting. Although it’s good to hear a fellow repub chastise his colleague, innocent people were imprisoned and tortured and no one has been held accountable.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:51 pmMr. Redenbacher needs to brush up on his “who’s who”.
newtie-tewtie-fresh-n-fruity IS the charter member of the goper hall of shame
June 19th, 2009 at 5:52 pmI keep waiting for this country to figure out that keeping people forever without trying them in court, detaining innocents and torture are shameful.
When will the conservation stop the stupid NIMBY stuff and start talking about the shame of what has been done–and now what other selfish simpletons want us to KEEP DOING????
June 19th, 2009 at 5:59 pm“How could he speak in such major media with nothing based in fact?”
The dawn of the Corporate Media was the death of credibility in America’s newsrooms. I speak from personal experience, I spent 10 years in a newsroom fighting (in vain) for TRUTH.
June 19th, 2009 at 6:07 pmTo me this is pure posturing.
Rohrabcher has been speaking out a lot lately. Could it be he
June 19th, 2009 at 6:10 pmhas his eyes on the prize ?
Rohrabacher was also a cheerleader for the release of Border Patrol agents Ramos and Campion. He wanted Bush to give them a Pardon.
June 19th, 2009 at 6:20 pmThrough their translator, the Uighurs have expressed dismay at Gingrich’s ignorant remarks. “How could he speak in such major media with nothing based in fact?”
That’s who the Republics are. People who speak about things they know nothing in order to somehow make their point. And usually they lie while doing it.
If you took away lies, obfuscations and cherry picking from the Republics, they would not be able to utter a word.
June 19th, 2009 at 6:29 pmP.D. Says:
Good ole Newt! You gotta love him. Everytime he speaks, thousands of independant voters flee! I love this crap. When your leaders are Gingrich, Limbaugh, and Darth Chaney you pretty much don’t have a future.
It’s not just independents who are fleeing. Republics are fleeing their own party to become Independent and in come cases Democrats.
This from the recent WSJ poll shows how much trouble they are in. The question was about their party affiliation.
Not very strong Republican……..7
Strong Republican ……………14
Still only 21% calling themselves Republics and only 14% said they are strong Republics. Another 7% say they are not very strong Republic. Add that to the recent poll that showed 33% of Republicans were not happy with the way their party is heading, the Republic party is in big trouble. They stand to lost that 7% who are weak Republics if they keep going they way they are going now.
June 19th, 2009 at 6:45 pmAPEC not OPEC Says:
Rohrabacher was also a cheerleader for the release of Border Patrol agents Ramos and Campion. He wanted Bush to give them a Pardon.
You mean the border patrol agents who shot two Mexicans in the back as they were running away? That always bothered me how anyone could think they were justified at shooting unarmed men in the back.
June 19th, 2009 at 6:47 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
You mean the border patrol agents who shot two Mexicans in the back as they were running away? That always bothered me how anyone could think they were justified at shooting unarmed men in the back.
Actually, it was one Mexican drug dealer who was shot in the buttocks. He was brought back from Mexico, given free medical treatment, immunity, his family was given Visas, he was arrested again for bringing drugs in,and the prosecutor witheld evidence during the trial. The agents were given severe sentences 12 and 13 years. They were supposed to be kept away from the general population but were not. One was beaten severely by other inmates and required extensive medical treatment.
June 19th, 2009 at 7:11 pmFor once, an intelligent statement from “cream puffs” and “dinosaur fart” Rohrabacher. How many years before he utters another one?
June 19th, 2009 at 7:35 pmP.D. Says:
krazeeingin@16, For you, Prozac. For me, Whiskey. I think my brain is malfunctioning. To think, a Repug who is right. Damn!
For you, whiskey, for me, a fat joint of the kind. I wonder when Rusbo will throw Rohrabacher under the bus?
June 19th, 2009 at 7:53 pmFreeMarketLiberal @33
If you have children and you’re not concerned about the future of the Planet, you are a lousy, selfish parent! You are judging Al Gore’s motivation by the obvious base morals you seen to live by.
June 19th, 2009 at 9:04 pmI feel sorry for your children!!
FreeMarketLiberal Says: “My children and I have been scared into obsessive compulsive recycling and carbon foot print counting…”
Tell your children to wipe their feet when coming back in from the bins. If you wouldn’t leave your car running so long in the morning before going to work, the garage floor wouldn’t be so sooty.
June 19th, 2009 at 9:07 pmThey’re scared of all the mutilated blow up dolls you leave in the Plastics Only bin.
Smack! Ahhh! Boy that Kool-Aid is sweeeeeeet!
Climate change is a complexed multi-layered subject with mostly scientific principles.
When you begin a comment by calling Global Warming a “cult”, it becomes blatantly obvious that you do NOT have the mental capacity to absorb and process any kind of logical debating.
It would be a waste of energy to explain anything logical to you.
So go ahead with your shallow, meaningless little life.
June 19th, 2009 at 9:50 pmI feel very sad for your children!
I feel sad that you seem to support an ideology, the practitioners of which have been responsible for untold death and misery around the world for the last 35 years–give or take…Milton Friedman is dead…matches nicely with his death invoking ideas and ideals…
June 19th, 2009 at 9:54 pmCato? Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha. You think that’s really something don’t you? Why would a blog associated with CAP be impressed by CATO? We got our own think-tank. Buzz off with the Libertarian drivel. If we wanted to be Libertarian we wouldn’t be Progressive, now would we?
June 19th, 2009 at 10:42 pmFreeMarketLiberal Says:
“Jim Jones style”
FreeMarketLiberal Says:
“Keep drinking that … Kool-Aid.”
You brought it up.
June 19th, 2009 at 11:08 pmWhat does the idiot think CATO is?
June 19th, 2009 at 11:27 pmHard to tell with that crowd…they don’t just dive into reightwing nuttiness, they pole vault into it…
June 19th, 2009 at 11:31 pmFrom the very first post this troll showed his true ignorance. I’ve studied Climate Change for 20 years. The science is rock solid and accepted worldwide.
June 19th, 2009 at 11:41 pmThe “deniers” operate with the “reptilian brain”. They are not capable of independent, rational thinking. They are a waste of Earth’s resources.
The silver lining is that their numbers are dwindling.
It seems that the reduced numbers results in a stupid concentrate among the remains.
June 19th, 2009 at 11:51 pmwiley, it seems that it’s a strange distillation of ignorance…becoming more rancid with the passage of time…
June 19th, 2009 at 11:54 pmI wish I could believe that Dana was doing the right thing, but, I think him being from California and wanting Asian-American votes has more to do with it (which, still, is better than nothing).
June 20th, 2009 at 8:10 amDamn, what’s up with Dana? He’s gonna have to apologize next week. You know you can’t speak truth the GOP power base. Someone should ask Dana if he would approve of the released Uighur’s hanging out in his district instead of Bermuda? That would show if he is really sincere. I doubt it, just another chickenhawk.
June 20th, 2009 at 10:49 amDon’t let this food ya. Once Limbaugh slaps Dana in the back of the head a couple of times, he’ll be praising whatever else Gingrich has to say.
June 20th, 2009 at 2:46 pmFreeMarketLiberal
Congratulations you managed to make an ignorant post that was both off topic AND delusionally regurgitating a few of the stupidest talking points of all time. Ok we get the message. You are brainwashed stupid and pathetic
June 20th, 2009 at 3:00 pmFreeMarketLiberal Says:
Of course you expected personal attacks. You are trolling. You posted an ignorant substance free post. There wasnt any other response it deserved. Extra troll points for being so irony impaired you talk about progressive koolaid when you are so brainwashed it is doubtful you have ever had an original thought in your enitre life.
June 20th, 2009 at 3:04 pmFreeMarketLiberal Says
You are a VERY stupid troll. FML. Very stupid. In your case your brainwashing obviously takes place in a thimble
June 20th, 2009 at 3:06 pmI THANK
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No. Gingrich doesn’t belong in the Hall of Shame for this one isolated statement on the detainees.
Gignrich deserves a special place in the Hall of Shame for his long and consistent list of reprehensible statements and fear mongering.
June 20th, 2009 at 8:35 pmthe Uighurs would likely have been tortured if returned to China, as Gingrich had hoped.
This actually may be a Freudian slip. The sentence as written suggests that Gingrich wants the Uighurs to be tortured, and knowing what we do about Newt, that may actually be the case. He is that kind of a person.
June 20th, 2009 at 8:35 pmFML,
Have you actually read the link you made to the Cato Institute about global warming? If you have and accept that as being anywhere in the realm of reality, then you need to go back to school and major in the physical sciences. Their screed was a masterpiece of sleight of hand with changing definitions and significant problems with their analysis left unmentioned. It by no means has any business being quoted by a scientifically literate person.
June 20th, 2009 at 8:47 pmThank you..
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Things look bad when the Grand ole Potty is represented by
June 22nd, 2009 at 4:39 pma disengenious hypocrite,a drug dealer an a blatant uncle Tom