Why Does Gingrich Hate America?

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November 20, 2011

Why Does Newt Gingrich Think America Is a 'Nightmare'?


The quote came from Newt Gingrich, who condemned the very idea of a secular state. “A country that has been now since 1963 relentlessly in the courts driving God out of public life shouldn’t be surprised at all the problems we have,” the thrice-married, serial adulterer said. “Because we’ve in fact attempted to create a secular country, which I think is frankly a nightmare.”

The disgraced former House Speaker’s reference to 1963 was apparently a reference to the Abington Sch. Dist. v. Schempp Supreme Court case. It was an interesting dispute: the justices considered whether public officials could promote Bible passages and the Lord’s Prayer over public school intercoms. Eight of the nine justices backed the separation of church and state — it wasn’t the job of the state or state schools to push religion onto children.

The underlying legal principle was simple: religious instruction should be left to families, religious leaders, houses of worship, and the conscience of the individual — not the government. In Newt Gingrich’s mind, the court was not only wrong to rule this way, but the very idea of taking children’s religious lessons out of the government’s hands represents an example of “driving God out of public life.”

That’s pretty twisted.

Also note, Gingrich doesn’t have to like it, but we haven’t “attempted to create a secular country”; the secular country was created more than two centuries ago. Our entire system of government is based on a secular Constitution that guarantees a separation of church and state.

I’m curious, though, what Gingrich would prefer we replace our “secular country” with, exactly . . .


read more: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_11/gingrichs_nightmare033613.php

watch: http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/11/19/372833/gingrich-secularism-is-responsible-for-all-the-problems-we-have/

also: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2011/11/20/why-does-newt-gingrich-think-america-is-a-nightmare

[spanone]

1. ...and he's the 'smart one' bwahahahahahaa

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Smart? I've heard him described as

"a stupid person's idea of what a smart person sounds like."

He's not all that smart; he just knows how to spew a lot of words.

[Old and In the Way]

9. That's a perfect description of Gingrich.

I've never have thought he was particularly bright. He prides himself on being a conservative intellectual which is a bit oxymoronic, IMHO.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. He doesn't. He's amoral, a psychopath, and has no feeling either way about the U.S. nt

[Angry Dragon]

3. the only problem gingrich does not think about is that he does not

get to choose what religion gets picked


'Newt Gingrich says that Islam should be promoted in schools'

[eShirl]

4. If he doesn't want to live in a secular country he can move his considerable ass to Saudi Arabia.

Hey Newt! You can just keep marrying without having to bother getting divorced!
<cough>Jabba<cough>.

[Ken Burch]

6. Because America is different from him

And people like Newt can't accept ANYTHING different.

[Gregorian]

7. You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch.

You're a mean one, Mister Grinch
You really are a heel,
You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an eel, Mister Grinch,

You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel!



You're a monster, Mister Grinch,
Your heart's an empty hole,
Your brain is full of spiders, you've got garlic in your soul, Mister Grinch,

I wouldn't touch you with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole!



You're a vile one, Mister Grinch,
You have termites in your smile,
You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile, Mister Grinch,

Given a choice between the two of you I'd take the ... seasick crocodile!



You nauseate me, Mister Grinch,
With a nauseous super "naus",
You're a crooked dirty jockey and you drive a crooked hoss, Mister Grinch,

You're a three decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich, with arsenic sauce!



You're a foul one, Mister Grinch,
You're a nasty wasty skunk,
Your heart is full of unwashed socks, your soul is full of gunk, Mister Grinch,

The three words that describe you are as follows, and I quote, "Stink, Stank, Stunk!"



You're a rotter, Mister Grinch,
You're the king of sinful sots,
Your heart's a dead tomato splotched with moldy purple spots, Mister Grinch,

Your soul is an appalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of rubbish imaginable, mangled up in tangled up knots!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. And this man calls himself an historian ?????

[The Genealogist]

11. Considering that people of his ilk think actual history is "revisonist"

and wish to publish their own version of history, in his mind he is an historian. Indeed, I would be surprised if he doesn't think he is the greatest historian in history for his drive to get "the truth" out there for all.

[classof56]

10. Frankly, I think Newt in any public office is a nightmare.

Gives me a headache to think about or listen to him. And I can't imagine where the notion that the president could decide which will be our official religion came from, though I know Newtie would keep talking about it. He and his republicon compatriots have no religion other than money, power, control and yes, money. Lots and lots of it for themselves and their wealth-stenched buddies.

Here comes that headache again!