Global warming, champion of ethanol subsidies, individual mandate…
A simple newspaper archive search bears this out. At an Alegent Health event in Omaha in 2008, Gingrich said it was “fundamentally immoral” for a person to go without coverage, show up at an emergency room and demand free care.
During the keynote address to the Greater Detroit Area Health Council’s annual Health Trends Conference in April 2006, Gingrich said he would require Americans earning above a certain income level to buy health insurance or post a bond, the Detroit Free Press reported.
In a June 2007 op-ed in the Des Moines Register, Gingrich wrote, “Personal responsibility extends to the purchase of health insurance. Citizens should not be able to cheat their neighbors by not buying insurance, particularly when they can afford it, and expect others to pay for their care when they need it.” An “individual mandate,” he added, should be applied “when the larger health-care system has been fundamentally changed.”
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It wasn’t just insurance coverage mandates that Gingirch supported. According to a July, 21 2005 Gannett News Service article, the Georgia Republican also said that he would have Congress mandate physical education five days a week for all elementary and high school pupils as a way of combating obesity and diabetes. Such a vision of health care reform seems drawn from the same philosophical threads as the plan that President Obama signed last spring — as well as from the first lady’s campaign to improve children’s health.
But Gingrich has joined his Republican colleagues in harshly criticizing the work of the current president, calling the Affordable Care Act “madness” and “indefensible,” pressing for it be repealed and defunded and praising the efforts of several state attorneys general who are challenging the constitutionality of the individual mandate.
Spokesmen for Gingrich did not return an email request for comment on his support for federally-applied, individual mandates.
Newt has a habit of chasing political winds, it seems. Is that really what we want in a candidate?
Just askin’.
Man who chases wind has to stop and catch breath.
“Is that really what we want in a candidate?”
No. Piss on him. He can go back to his couch and sit next to Hillary and preach about Global Warming. Putz.
Gingrich said it was “fundamentally immoral” for a person to
go without coverage, show up at an emergency room anddemand free care.Fixed it for you there, Newtie. The immoral part is in demanding something for free. The coverage (or not) is just how you intend to pay for it. No insurance? Write a check, whip out your credit card, or go without… like everything else. Healthcare is no more special than food, clothing, shelter or anything else that people ‘need’ to live.
Remarkably less special, in fact — 100 years ago there was virtally no ‘healthcare’ to speak of, that would be recognized as such today; yet there were no shortage of people living long, industrious lives.
I’ve long been on record as predicting that Newt will never be POTUS. And if the Rethugs! nominate him, well, then Obama’s 2nd term is guatanteed.
*sigh*
guaranteed…
Newt came from Georgia U.S.A.
Even though he was born in PA.
Plucked his eyebrows on the way
shaved his leg and then he was a she
She says, hey GOP, take a walk on the wild side
said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
Crazy Monika came from out on the island
in the backroom she was everybody’s darling
But she never lost her head
even when she was given head
She says, hey babe, do you want to check out my dress
said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
and the coloured girls go
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, etc.
Little Bill never once gave it away
everybody had to pay and pay
A hustle here and a hustle there
upstate New York is the place where Newt said
Hey babe, Scozzafava is the party pick
He said, hey grassroots, take a walk on the wild side
Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets
lookin’ for soul food and a place to eat
Went to the Apollo
you should have seen him go go go
They said, hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
all right, huh
Michelle is just spinning away
thought she was a farmer for a day
Then she had a poetry bash
valium would have helped that dash
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
and the coloured girls say
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, etc.
I’ve lost track of all the places I’ve mentioned it, but I live in what was once Gingrich country. Here the response to Newtie’s presidential bid is … crickets.
The only people who think Newt could be a contender are Democrats. I would not vote for him.
I guatantee AND guarantee that I will never vote for Newt. Or a hohophobe.
Way to cover the bases Darth! I think it’s safe to say that Newt and Mitt are at least tied for RINO number 1…
The only difference being Mittenz comes off like an oddly detached used car salesman much of the time. He may be forceful and charismatic in person, whatevz, but it sure don’t translate to “the big screen”-so to speak.
Newt reminds me of a joke I once heard, and the Republicans should take note.
Here it is.
Son at eight years old: “Dad, can I have a bicycle for my birthday?”
Dad: “Does your dick reach your butt?”
Son: :No”
Dad: “Nope”
Son at fourteen: “Dad, can I have a mini-bike?”
Dad: “Does your dick reach your butt?”
Son: “No”.
Dad: “Nope”
Son at eighteen: Dad, can I use the car?”
Dad: “Does your dick reach your butt?”
Son (proudly) “Yes, it does!”
Dad: “Well, then go fuck yourself”.
As much as Newt is a thinker, he is NOT a leader because his charisma is standing at about -130. I like Newt, but his chances equal a snowball in hell.
Obama and “the fundamentally changed America” on parade, eh?
Be a Marxist jerk, but portray “cool”. THAT’S how to impress the non-taxpayers.
Gimme! Gimee!
And McGehee – more power to ya! The hat says it all.
Newt loves politics and Washington and Being The Big Idea Man.
Not what we need.
But then, I don’t think that political solutions can save us at this point. Maybe 50 years ago, but not now.
Read “Breach of Trust” by Senator Coburn.
Senator Coburn says that once Newt became speaker, Newt became part of the very same problem Newt was supposed to solve.
Newt is easily destroyed in the primary. If Newt somehow winds up the GOP candidate, Newt will get slaughtered in the general.
No one trusts Newt and Obama would laugh all the way to an electoral landslide.
In mine, I look for a chewy nougat center surrounded by caramel, crunchy-nuts and triple-thick rich chocolatey goodness.
Wholesale, of course.
he only people who think Newt could be a contender are Democrats. I would not vote for him.
That’s how we got McCain.
must be something in dc’s water:
New “co-champion” of National Popular Vote movement is … Fred Thompson?
You’re fucking with me, right?
Nope.
Triple-thick and bought in bulk.
Carin, we got McCain because the only choices at the end were McCain, Romney and Huckabee. Isn’t that a stacked deck of suck? And maybe Ron Paul. Fred was out of it by then.
As for Fred, say it ain’t so Fred, say it ain’t so.
Got nit last summer at Wall Drug. That’s what the white flash over my left eye says though it’s not legible in any of the pics online.
I wanted a souvenir and needed a new cap, but that was the only one that didn’t have some damn gawdy logo on the front.
…or a red star, I guess.
If you live in Tejas, you should be waving a “Bob’s Icehouse” sign on your chapeau.
Only thing is (and no mark on the rest of Tejas), Houston is most people’s idea of Hell, Mexican style. Just try to find as job there if you are an American, and not a doctor…
Yeah. I’ve been around…
Where’d you get the idea I live in Texas? Let alone Houston?
Mc…
Don’t know. It must have been the hat.
My apologies. I have never been enthralled by Tejas, from too much first-hand exprience. I used to work for the thug that owned Gilleys.
Sorry. I should have known better…
A Wall Drug hat makes you think of Houston?
Okay.
Nope.
it makes you look like a Texan (along with a few other visual cues)..
Sorry.
Can we now stop flinging turds?
I feel pretty confident that picture with he and Pelosi sitting side by side, will, on its own, be sufficient enough to tank his campaign. Gingrich is running because he is arrogant enough to believe only he can save us.
I’m not a big fan of Newt, mostly because he is or has become (so long ago that it no longer matters) a social conservative, and one that doesn’t practice what he preaches (which is not precisely the point, but it does indicate that he’s not walking the talk). He wants to solve problems by legislating them away.
I don’t know if he’s slightly better or slightly worse than average, but he’s not the answer, IMO.
Do tell?
Rememeber this the next time you want to start.