Gingrich: I'm just saying...

[Enrique]

“It seemed to touch some kind of irrational nerve on the left,” Gingrich said of the reaction to his comments in an interview with The Daily Caller.

But Gingrich said his remarks, originally made to National Review Online, have been misconstrued. “Read what I said and then read what my left wing critics are saying and you decide which is the more absurd,” he said.

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Gingrich blasted back at his critics in his interview with TheDC. Asked what he thought about the criticisms, Gingrich said, “I’m amazed. I cited an article by Dinesh D’Souza, who is a responsible, serious intellectual.”

“If we’re not allowed to try to inquire about what motivates the President of the United States and what his background is, then what’s the purpose of talking about free speech?” Gingrich asked.

“I have really been surprised at the vitriol and the viciousness and the negativity from people – most of whom I’ll bet haven’t read the article … and don’t know exactly what I said which is: it’s interesting. It’s a useful way to think about it.”


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[Bitwit1234]

1. So I go on fox and say any darn thing I want

then when people take offense for the crudeness and racist etc, I start to tell them they didn't see in print in the news and internet, or hear what they hear on TV and radio and I am a magician who makes things just turn right around.

[jillan]

2. "if we're not allowed to inquire about what motivates the President..." doesn't mean you can go

with pure batshit insanity, Newt!!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. Shhh! Don't tell that to DU! (nt)

[louis-t]

4. Hey Newt.

This country would be much better off without your sorry ass on the tv all the time. Go away, shut the fuck up.

[GOTV]

5. OMG, he thinks it's a free speech issue ...

... He thinks his critics are a government agency trying to shut him up.

[Sheepshank]

7. It's a red herring

to divert attention from the contents of his talking points. The guy is a manipulative, lying, asswipe

[Hansel]

6. Free speech is for everyone Newt. Even people who criticize you.

Live with it.

[mkultra]

8. I love how people who run their mouth always get upset when others do it to them

[zulchzulu]

9. Newt Gibberish is a self-absorbed faux-intellectual porky bomb thrower n/t

[Phx_Dem]

10. You can inquire about whatever you want, Newt. But don't be surprised that

people on your own side of the isle have started calling you crazy. You didn't support the Dixie Chicks' right to free speech when they "lightly" criticized Bush, and their remarks had none of the racist, hateful, vitriol of your comments.

Speak away, Newt. I look forward to hearing what comes from your mouth next.

[27inCali]

11. Someone needs to write a hit piece of Gingrich

filled with totally random made up slanderous bullshit that even pulls his family into the smears and see how he reacts.