(CNN) - Conservative radio host Glenn Beck became the latest Republican to go after newly minted presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich Tuesday.
After saying the radio segment would not be a "gotcha interview," Beck aggressively questioned the former House speaker over issues including climate change and health care reform.
Gingrich somewhat famously recorded a public service announcement in 2008 with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about steps to combat climate change, something Beck in the interview called "the dumbest moment." In response, Gingrich toed the line on the issue, saying he believed "in the environment in general," and that evidence exists on both sides of the climate change argument.
"I never believed in Al Gore's fantasies," Gingrich said, before adding that he worked against cap and trade legislation as a member of Congress.
Criticism of his long record in public office has increased with his recent rise in polling of Republican voters, something Beck perpetuated during his questioning over Gingrich's stance on health care, and more specifically the changes to Medicare he would or would not support.
Gingrich said he promotes a practical approach to changing the program, instead of completely overhauling or dismantling it, as some, including House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan and Beck have suggested.
"I think what you want to have is a system where people voluntarily migrate to better outcomes, better solutions, better options, not one where you suddenly impose upon," Gingrich said. "I'm against 'ObamaCare,' which is imposing radical change and I would be against a conservative imposing radical change."
His opinions surrounding the health care entitlement program have come up repeatedly in his candidacy, with his previous statements coming under fire.
In 1993, as Beck pointed out, he said he supported individuals having health insurance "like automobile insurance."
"I am prepared to vote for a voucher system, which will give individuals on a sliding scale a government subsidy so it will ensure that everyone as individuals have health insurance," Gingrich said at the time.
In May he said there should be "some requirement to either have health insurance or you post a bond or in some way you indicate you are going to be held accountable," but said he opposes "the Obamacare mandate. Period."
When Beck said he seemed to be "very interested in the government finding the solution," which would put him at odds with the Republican voting base, Gingrich said he would support the Ryan proposals, which he previously criticized, and added that he wants all Americans to have health insurance. But he stopped short of supporting a national mandate.
"I would allow people to have the option to choose premium support and then have freedom to negotiate with their doctors or their hospital," Gingrich said. "But I wouldn't impose it on everybody across the board. I think that's a very large scale experiment. But I think you could migrate people toward it."
Beck, who hosted a show on Fox News until earlier this year, was the latest Republican to push the former speaker, who cultivated fans and enemies during his time at the top of the Congressional power ladder.
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, who served with Gingrich in the House as a Republican called him a "bad person" who is a "danger to America" on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Tuesday. Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, who also served with Gingrich, questioned his leadership style Sunday.
"I'm not inclined to be a supporter of Newt Gingrich, having served under him for four years and experienced, personally, his leadership," Coburn said during an interview on "Fox News Sunday."
Their comments come amid an onslaught of articles, including from conservative George Will, questioning the top tier presidential candidate.
In a recent opinion piece in The Washington Post, Will said Gingrich is the least conservative candidate in the race and "embodies the vanity and rapacity that make modern Washington repulsive."
"And there is his anti-conservative confidence that he has a comprehensive explanation of, and plan to perfect, everything," Will wrote. "Conservatism inoculates against the hubristic volatility that Gingrich exemplifies and Genesis deplores: 'Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.'"
But Beck ended his interview by issuing praise on the candidate.
"It's obvious it was very clear in advance and I hope my staff made this very clear that this isn't going to be an easy interview, but I think you've, you know, there was no gaffes here by any stretch of the imagination," Beck said. "I didn't expect any, but I appreciate the willingness to come on and answer the tough questions."
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Gingrich being "taken on" by Beck... Gingrich was having a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.
Cain is out, now it is time time G it get his 15 min. I can only wonder what could come out from Pellosi and Beck. Bring it on!
Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are like my old 2 track tape recorder .
Sounds great , just not functional in todays world .
Did Newt and Glenn talk about the price of gold ?
I never agree on what you have been saying Glen Beck, but today we are both sailing on the same boat.
Once in a while I do listen on Fox News Radio and today on Kilmeade and friends, I heard Andrea saying people share what Gingrich did in the past thats why they should support him. She said: her sister got divorced, her parents as well. This was totally rubbish. Did they have the same reason and went through the same way Gingrich did in his divorces??? I hope not!
You weren't going to be able to slide under the radar for too long Newt. Those moderate views are not going to get you far in a extremists party.
2.8 billion dollars saved on Medicare, since Health Law passed. GOP is willing to ban social security and Medicare. Silly idiots. GOP for rich, corporate, Oil, Saudi, not for you...drive these devils out...from congress...
"I would allow people to have the option to choose premium support and then have freedom to negotiate with their doctors or their hospital," Gingrich said.
This statement is just too funny for words. Has anyone ever tried to negotiate prices with a doctor or a hospital. Has any individual ever tried to negotiate with an insurance company for better rates? This is what the conservatives consider a 'solution' to our health care costs. They live in a fantasy land and use words like 'freedom' to make their pathetic policies sound good. Note to conservatives: We already have the freedom to try to negotiate and it doesn't work for an individual. The hospitals and insurance companies can afford armies of lawyers and keep your 'negotiation' in court forever.
Newt doesnt want to debate Glenn Beck, because he's afraid he'll run afoul of child abuse laws...
I thought the OWS movement was going to drag Beck into the street and murder him. They must have just forgot, or maybe Glenn was on one of his drug induced trips.
Glenn Beck is a Fox News reject. Need anymore be said about his relevance?
Gingrich, I don't like you, but you are still better than 99% of GOP politicians and idiots like Beck. Don't let him influence you on climate change or immigration. You have a bigger heart than that idiot.
Maybe I missed them, but where were the "tough questions"?
Glen Beck going after Newt, what better endorsement could there be..
Beck is a total extremist........anyone who can deal with him, has accomplished something.
GINGRINCH-TRUMP 2012 will be blown out by OBAMA 2012!!!!!!!
Just FYI CNN..... Glenn is not a republican. Get your facts straight.
I do not trust Newt Gingrich.....PERIOD!
Just keep sticking him with cameras and microphones until he pops. He's can be either at his best or his worst when he is angry and being recorded.
As for that Republican Debate, I think there is one next week somewhere. I am pretty sure there is one before Christmas, and Trump's "The Apprentice POTUS Candidate" debate is on Dec. 27. If I were one of those guys who declined to attend, I would walk that back a little bit. I would offer to show up only if Trump made good on his promise to The People that he would make his financial records public if Pres. Obama produced a birth certificate. Remind The People that Trump lied to everyone.
Didn't know Beck was still around. Too bad. Or maybe it's good if you're a Dem.
Cain black adulterer - out of the race
Newt white adulterer - top of the race
There is not much grey area between the two. It is all Black or White
Who is Glenn Beck endorsing. If Gingrich and Romney are too moderate (Huntsman too, I presume), who would he have as POTUS. The libertarian anarchist who wants to dismantle America? The filander who just dropped out? The "dumb version of George Bush" (isn't that a scary thought)? The bat quano wacko with the crazy eyes? Who's left? The one who's name should not be g00gled? Bring back Donald? Sarah? Or is there someone even dumber and wackier he wants to drag out of obscurity? Oh, that went so well last time with the VP pick. Tell us Glenn, who's dumb enough, crazy enough, heartless enough,and unqualified enough to be your pick? You?
I was hoping it was the musican Beck, not the nutjob Glenn Beck.
There is no point in humanity being alive.
Am I the only person who looks at Newt and sees a very physically sick man? He looks like he could fall over from a coronary any moment. I honestly wonder if he could survive another year of campaigning.
fake conservative takes on another fake conservative! and stupid conservatives buy it!
I am trying hard not to get too giddy about the prospect of Newt being the nominee. I can't imagine who would vote for him in a general election.
" have freedom to negotiate with their doctors or their hospital" hey newt, this ,may be possible when you're a part of the 1% but, for the rest of us the doctors and hospitals would just laugh at us if we tried to negotiate a better deal. plus, do we really want a cut rate medical market? how about a 2 for 1 heart surgery? come on, are you really that out of touch of how WE, the other 99%, live our daily lives?
Grinch, I thought you were your own man until your pilgrimage to the Chump Palace for his annointment. You're history here. Next!
Next week, Newt will appear on the Puppy Slaughter network. He will demand the slaughter of puppies. He will say that he has always demanded puppy slaughter. In two weeks, he will be on the Don't Slaughter Puppy network. He will condemn puppy slaughter. It all depends who Newt talks to to determine his values. Hopefully, America will figure this out before we make a really big mistake.
Newt Gingrich being interviewed by Glen Beck? Now there is a joke that's almost as funny as "Trump The Chump" being a moderator for a Republican Debate. Some make call it "The Blind Leading the Blind". I call it "Stupid Is As Stupid Does". I would vote for Newt Gingrich in a race for Dpg Catcher provided he was the dog.
Glen is a fair commentator; in fact he is most times very tough on conservatives as compared to his dealings with democrats. The newt is ready for this kind of close scrutiny and non really expects him to fail.
Tough questions would have been about when he was fired as SOTH by his own party and had to pay 300K in fines. I remember a joke from that time – Did you hear about Newt Gingrich's contract with Pepsi? They are paying him a million dollars to drink Coke.
It was just like listening to a conversation between Palin and Buchmann.... interesting but no substance... and everyone waiting for a catfight. I was not moved.. they both still suck.
An idiot interviewing a self-aggrandizing moron.
What a waste of time.
Looks like one of the "Right"-Wings maniacs has come home to roost. You reap what you sow.
"I thought the OWS movement was going to drag Beck into the street and murder him."
That's a strictly Teabagger tactic. OWS is better then that.
beck is not a republican.that is a lie on your part cnn.
Can't believe that that vile little man, Glen Beck, gets any attention at all. Why would Gingrich even give him the time of day. The G.O.P. candidates pandering to these dimwits hurts their chances and will soon lead the party to oblivion.
What a circus Gingrich and Trump, Gingrich and Beck, what's next, Gingrich naming Palin for Vice-President? He didn't realize Beck is anther Mormon? He didn't realize Beck is crazy? Got to love Republicans. Defending 1% of the voters.
Newt has a lot of questions to answer, and he is doing so. I don't care for his politics (too liberal), but he doesn't appear to be dodging as much as most other politicians. Will probably be the next president, much to the chagrin of most here, which I don't understand. Why do you people love Obama so much and hate Bush and Gingrich so? The three pretty much share the same politics.
Well, we can have high school graduates like Glenn Beck give us the solutions to our problems, or we can get that help from people in government who haven't already signed a pledge to an unelected lobbyist who hates taxes of any kind. Or, we can listen to Newt Gingrich, a man who was thrown out of the speakership by his own caucus for ethics violations and who currently has several scams going to get money from naive, misinformed people.
Beck provides a serious service for the American people. If it's something that Beck advocates, then you know immediately it must be bad for the American people.
Both are idiots...period.
There is no one to root for here; Glenn Beck is mentally ill and Gingrich is just a vile, disturbing looking human being on every possible level. It amuses me that Republicans are so against the idea of climate change. I'll never understand why they are so threatened by that idea and why it has to be a political issue. Today it is December 6 and it is 61 degrees here in Rhode Island. It has been in the 60s since November. Try to tell me that something isn't going on with our environment.
Why doesn't Glenn Beck just crawl back underneath his big rock? Newt is the devil in disguise. As my husband says, "I wish fat Newt had to REALLY, REALLY work hard just one week. Maybe a 12 hour job in a factory with forced overtime on top of that. When he finishes at a factory, send him to the coal mines and let him work there for a little while. Just let him get a REAL TASTE of middle America and how they struggle." I agree. NONE of these candidates have any idea what real work is about. OUTSOURCE ALL THEIR JOBS and let THEM go on unemployment and THEN let's hear Gingrich say, "It is wrong for the government to pay 93 weeks of unemployment to 'these people'." LET THEM SEE HOW IT FEELS TO BEG FOR WORK! Oh, yeah.
This is proof of the impossible marriage of convenience between the TEA Party and the Socially Conservative Republicans. It won't work. Gingrich, and all GOP Presidential contenders, are cornered on one position or another, as those two factions in the GOP are at odds on some basic levels. Sad thing is that the more extreme each of those factions gets, the further apart they split their own party! Not to say that Gingrich is undeserving of this fate....
The only way the Republicans have even a slim chance at winning the white house is if they have a moderate candidate. The extreme right-wingnuts make good sound bites on Faux News, but the majority of Americans see it for what it is. It's the Professional Wrestling of news channels. The extreme right-wingnuts are made up of the 1%ers and assorted cousin-marrying southerners. That's not enough to elect a president.
Beck is just as crazy as Gingrich and the other GOP candidates. Actually more so.
"I am prepared to vote for a voucher system, which will give individuals on a sliding scale a government subsidy so it will ensure that everyone as individuals have health insurance," Mr. Gingrinch sounds more and more like a moderate. This is guy is as "politiciany" as they come
That liberal media attacking an other Repub again!
Newt is the king of double talk. He misused his power in congress . . . and if you liked Nixon as president, you'll love Newt.
I heard this interview, and Gingrich handled himself well. He is no Rick Perry. I still don't know why the GOP doesn't get behind Romney though. They seem to take issue with Romney care but last I checked it is very popular in Mass. and less than 2% of citizens don't have health care. Sounds like a success to me.
I'm surprised Glenn Beck didn't blame President Obama for Newt's rise the polls....everything is Obama's fault Beck surely missed asking the tough questions, then begged for forgiveness afterwards!!!!
Great. The blind leading the blind.
Having NEWT as the nominee is a great thing for DEMS. YAYY Go NEWT!!!!
The neo-cons listen to the mormon 'beck the hater' but won't listen to mormon Romney the uniter!
newt flip flops on everything he says, and tries to mimic Dr.Ron Paul. Dr. Paul is for an audit of the fed, which when u follow. the money u find the currption. newt is as close to obama as mitt romney they are all the same except Dr Paul. he is our winsten churchill, and has been right over and over again. about the economy, about the police state, the irs and fed are illegal, we are land occupiers of the nation. Paul is the only peace canidate we have, and wants to create peace with all contries, and let the fix themselve within, not by force. you can't force people to do things, it underminds everything.....but the big issues are how america is for sale, brought to you by people like obama, bush, clintons, jimmy carter, and canidates like romney, perry, santorum, gingrich, and thank god cain dropped out, thank god his forums manager, endorsed ron paul while, cain endorsed gingrich.....we live in a very screwed society thsnks to the media ran by democrats, almost all media is ran, and funded by democrats......facebook, add flow hoffman, you ll get all the ron paul you need, see what other true americans are doing, and information we get not media bs that is to mislead you 70% of the time, cia mind warefare........Ron Paul, 2012
Newt and anyone who supports him scares me. I am a little concerned about the American people's good judgement when it comes to liking this guy. There is only one Republican in this field that is sane and that is Ron Paul. If people can't see that something is wrong with this picture.
Glen & Newt are both idiots, listening or talking about them is a huge waste of time
and the newt married a egret.......
Newt is going to be the best thing that happens to Obama in 2012. He can't lose if Newt wins the Republican primary.
Beck and Gingrich- now thats a combination. Being terminated by Fox is like being fired by the Stench Dept. of a Sewer Company- how much lower can ya get.
Newt just wants to be President to add it to his achievements. I think he would write it in just under making millions from fran and freddie mac with tax payers money.
We agree with Scarborogh. Newt is a bad choice and is not a friend to the American people. We remember all his crapola from his Speaker days and honestly, he's worst than satan. seriously.
glyder wrote:
beck is not a republican.that is a lie on your part cnn.
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If he's not a Republican, and snce he is definitely not a Democrat or a Moderate, then what is he?
Do people, who listen to Beck, keep the right to vote?
I can not remember a time when I ever agreed with Glenn Beck, I believe he is a dangerous megalomaniac. However, in this article he actually had a few worth wile things to say about and to Newt Gingrich. Newt is the epitome of a crooked politician and would be a major disaster to the USA we love.
the man doesn't look healthy, should the most powerful man in the world at least look healthy, he need to go to the spa first come back in twenty-sixteen , oh would he be to old, ron is stepping out at seventy-five
Beck is a Mormon.
Romney is a Mormon.
Gingrich is not a Mormon.
It doesn't take much thinking to figure this puzzle out.
mr. gingrich should not worry about what this moron Beck thinks. To put in the words of what Jon Huntsman said about the real estate crook, "e is full of BS".
Send in the clowns. Who is worse?. Just when you thought it was safe to watch the news again.We just got rid of caine who kept quoting pokie man Now we have ol newt. Him and beck should both take a long walk of a short pier. Amazing how the repos keep saying the president is an idiot when we have a whole repo party full of them. Our president has more brains than all of them rolled togeather. Timeb to work on helping the middle class and not these rich fat cats. Wonder if trump will jump into defend newt? what a group of hot air!
Which idiots are paying hate inspirer Beck to speak?
Newt Gingrich – the best thing that could happen for an Obama second term!
Glenn Beck is an entertainer – nothing more. His intellectual output would be exceeded by a one watt LED light.
I love this!! We get to hear the idiots take on a moron. I Love America!!!
What is more fulfilling than watching two cheap, self-serving hypocrites battle each other?
Well, it is one of those cases where I hope that both lose as one of my fraternity brothers said. I don't think that Glenn Beck really cares about the whole of the country. Gingrich doesn't really sympathize and understand what people are going through. So, neither one likes the country as a whole. They only understand and like their sections which they seem to believe are the only true America.
Of course Gingrich crushed Beck – Gingrich may be a selfish, amoral pr!ck but he has more brainpower in his left butt cheek than Beck has in his head. The whole thing is like a hyena being attacked by a... now what kind of animal is cowardly, parasitic, dimwitted, eats excrement and has rabies? That would be Beck.
Newt was a disaster as speaker. He is arrogant, a liar, he insults people and is a self absorbed Pillsbury Dough Boy.He says he is now a Catholic and found God after 6 years of an affair with Colista while his wife was going through cancer treatments. Why anyone would walk across the street to see this man is incomprehensible.
Conservatism inoculates against the hubristic volatility that Gingrich exemplifies.... riiiiiiiiiiiight and that's why we are in Iraq.
The more I read that Fox is against him, the more I support him.
In the future. Newt will claim that Oceania has ALWAYS been at war with Eastasia. Oceania was NEVER at war with Eurasia.
Who cares what Beck thinks. All the Republican candidates are is a joke.......Adding The Donald to the equation is the topping on the cake......
Obama/Biden 2012
"Gingrich somewhat famously recorded a public service announcement in 2008 with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about steps to combat climate change..." "I never believed in Al Gore's fantasies.."
Erm ... the video was recorded and broadcast as part of the "We Can Solve It" campaign sponsored by Al Gore's "Alliance for Climate Protection."
If Newt "..never believed in Al Gore's fantasies...", as he now claims, then his positions stated in the video are ... um ... lies? So that makes him ... um ... whaddyacallit ... a "liar"? Or is "flip-flopper" the preferred nomenclature, this election cycle?
Its funny how these days being concerned for the environment is looked upon as a weakness or bad policy. Gingrinch with Trump and Beck. His 15 minutes are almost over.
Beck had better pack a big lunch when he takes on Gingrich....just as Gingrich should pack a similar lunch for his 12/12 showdown with Huntsman.
Finally, the race is getting interesting.
BH2O12.
wow who do you root for in a conflict when you can't stand EITHER one of them? Can't even begin to figure out who is the worst of two evils here.
Gingrich may be a selfish, amoral pr!ck but he has more brainpower in his left butt cheek than Beck has in his head
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That's not saying much. We're talking about a rather large butt cheek.
Lord Newt being interviewed by arch Duke, Professor Emeritus, Dr. Beck.
Who said human cloning has no downside?
these comments are all "tooo goood".... I got nuthin to say.... right on amerikans...! !! ! at least it looks like somebody's are a thinkin....
Romney must've loaned him some Teflon
Gingrich's downfall as a GOP candidate will be that he actually staked out reasonable positions on issues when he was out of politics. He is never going to be able to walk away from his support for a health care mandate. In fact, his Center for Health Transformation (gingrichgroup.com) still has a mandate as part of its proposal.
PT Barnum
What is more fulfilling than watching two cheap, self-serving hypocrites battle each other?
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Watching two 1%er self serving hypocrites battle each other.
Gee, Glenn Beck is a Mormon so you know he's behind one of the two candidates who share in it. And if you think there isn't strong nepotism there try getting a job in Utah when you aren't one.
Beck is a Mormon?!! Whaaaattf?!
Newt said that sleeping with another woman was an act of patriotism. Let's face it. The man is either delusional or thinks that he's James Bond, 007.
Newt Gingrich is what a dumb person thinks a smart person is. He was a crook and sleeze. From what I can see and hear he is now a crook and a sleeze. I would not buy a used car from this guy.
Gingrich is an utterly and totally corrupt cog in an utterly and totally corrupt political system. He is part one of the ones that created the mess the US is in in the first place. He is no answer for the US, only further disaster in the making.
Beck interviewing Newt = Dumb and Dumber
Anyone who cheats on their spouse is not worthy of the office of dog catcher let alone POTUS. It speaks directly to Newt's character and integrity as well as to his decision making process.
How could the religious base square their religious convictions with voting for an adulterer?
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
Ephesians 5:28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Newt is just another neocon from the old Guns and Butter wing of the Democratic party (the LBJ/Scoop Jackson "U.S. as the world's police force") that rafted over to the GOP after George McGovern came to power. The neocons are every bit as responsible for government expansion/growth and the loss of individual liberty as the contemporary Marxist wing of the Democratic party. Two feathers from the same bird.
Price of gold LMAO!!! I wonder if everyone gets it.
It seems to me their staff's orchastrated the whole interview. There were no tough questions, only carfully planned answers.
That sound you hear is Thomas Jefferson weeping....
When they talk about freeeeeedom, they mean corporate freedom. Like a kingdom,they set all the rules and if people really think they can be negotiated with, think again.
Beck was not interviewing Newt!
Newt was interviewing Beck for VP.
Trump is getting secretary of Treasury & Entertainment.
Perry is getting CIA & Education removal.
Cain will run Wellfair
Bachman gets OMB & secretary of State
Palin & Ailes pulling the strings.
The GOP dream ticket.
If the trailer trash that votes republican ever saved enough to leave theirown county line and see what the world sees, they'd feel like the lowest form of life on the planet as far as intelligence is concerned.
Poor Newt. Here's a guy who rode into Washington on Ronald Reagan's conservative coat-tails and authored the neo-con's Contract with America – and now he's not conservative enough? Yikes!
These right-wingers have now become a very vocal fringe element.
If Newt wins the GOP, it's OBAMA 2012!!!!
A corrupt, Washington insider and adulterer whose mind compares himself with Churchill, Roosevelt, Ghandi, maybe even God is taken on by a druggie/alcoholic who follows the writings of a crazy "extreme" Mormon and we are supposed to be concerned? Neither Gingrich nor Beck has what it takes to solve the problems created and blessed by the theocratic Repubs.
Gingrich under pressure to prove that he is as big an inhumane dope and ignoramus as Beck and the rest of the parade of clowns in the candidacy.
funny how right wing extremism means "not part of the establishment"and yet the democratic party has been hijacked by far left progressives.but just so the msm doesn't report it that way the idiot sheep will worship at the alter of one of the two parties.
I keep hearing some pols say "negotiate with their doctor or hospital" how does that go?
Do I say well Doc this is what I can pay, do you have a counter offer?
I don't know how to do this neither does my 93 year old mother.
Rodeo Clown... meet Circus Clown.
Beck is even a worse human being than Gingeritch- the lowest of low.
But really ALL of these so called conservatives care only about making money of the fools who blindly follow the false bravado that is GOP. These simpletons who only watch fox media or listen to hate radio deserve to be taken advantage of.
I do so hope the Newt gets the nomination. Such a circus that will be – the man is vulnerable on every front. Is this the best the GOP can do? Of course it is.........
Beck is a Mormon. Of course he is going to try and help Bishop Romney.
God Almighty! In a battle between Beck and Gingrich, I'd have to root for None of the Above.
When are people going to finally understand that the Republican Party, or at least those in office and in power are only in support of corporate America? They do not care one bit about the average American citizen and their ability to access and pay for health care.
Glen Beck started the Tea Party, loves gold, and doesn't belive Jesus was against the rich and powerful...he is owned by the Koch brothers and opposes anything to help the middle class. Newt is owned by "The Donald," has a half million dollar lline of credit at Tiffany's, and opposes anything to help the middle class. No wonder they don't get along. The rich are using them as puppets to fight each to see who will have a shot a controlling the United States.
The GOP's mantra if you are poor get out of America or die.
Don't hit him too hard with those pillows, Beck
When two turds collide and nobody is around to hear it, does it still smell horrible?
Beck is equally annoying and rich as the starlets and liberals he bashes on a daily basis. The GOP candidates are the weakest bunch, yet Obama isn't standing on sound ground either. I'm guess this next election could be a low turn out. The so called conservatives are excited but backing the crazy. Liberals just aren't satisfied with Obama's first 4 years. He's just not tough enough.. the speeches are great but never amount to any real influence. Yet, People need to realize the change has top come from all sides.. we too have to make changes, shop local, search for the better product even if it costs a few extra dollars.. The People have the power yet refuse to use it.. smart phone, facebook and twitter , video games are great gadgets for entertainment but wont do much to actually reshape the countries direction.
I think I may vote for Newt. Why? The enemy of my enemy (beckolas) is my friend.
If Newt wins the GOP, it's OBAMA 2012!!!!
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Minor problem here bucky... Obama loses in a head to head matchup with the dog catcher from Poughkeepsie. Obama's approval numbers continue to plummet. By Nov. 2012, even a majority of Democrats will vote against him.
Beck is the male version or Palin
I agree with Morning Joe. I can't stand Gingrich either and think he is a pompus idiot. As far as Romney's religion what does that have to do with being Pres. Its ridiculous already people both liberal and conservative bringing it up.
To Denker
Yes, yes they do
"When two turds collide and nobody is around to hear it, does it still smell horrible?"
Beck is no GOPer. He's a circus clown. And CNN should be ignoring him.
The GOP's mantra if you are poor get out of America or die
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the Democrats mantra, become goverment dependents and slaves, we'll steal the money from others that will keep you dependent. Trust us, you'll enjoy "living" in those government tenament houses.
Every time he opens mouth, he inserts foot. I can not believe how dumb the people are who adhere to this crackpot adulterers ideas. Let the poor children work, there is no global warming, Obama was not born in the USA etc etc. As Jay Leno says SHUT UP. To that I will add GET LOST.
OMG I thought he was gone – if this isn't like a fool calling an idiot stupid – I don't know what it
My father, a lifelong Republican and one-time John Bircher, were he alive today would spit on Gingrich's candidacy, once calling him a "fat, deceitful, conceited troll."
Yep, Dad, you're right.
Ah Beck – the political dumpster diver – they deserve each other.
Is Newt's tie tucked into his pants in that picture? This could be a major problem. Just not presidential at all. .....sigh
Becky boy strings words together to make the ignorant right wing believe in what he is saying...
Democrats answer to everything, TAX THE RICH, TAX BUSINESS, what government tenement houses? Please explain your sources, if you can.
If I show that I am truly crazy by teaching my kids how to speak Klingon, could I get a job as a right wing disc jockey?
One would have thought that Beck and Gingrich were soul brothers, but Beck is far too stupid to challenge Newt in any way. They deserve one another.
Dear Republicans,
Please vote for Newt Gingrich.
Thanks you.
You cant stop a turd from smellin bad,
When there's one in the bowl jus flush it down
So the idiot Left rides again. You people crack me up.
The GOP is a joke!!!
"saying he believed "in the environment in general"....
I do too Newt.. I'm looking out the window at the environment.. I believe what I see
I suppose this was another test to see if a candidate is crazy enough to satisfy the right-wing that controls the Republican Party. Newt is smart and dishonest enough to handle Beck. If any actual moderate, Barry Goldwater-type Republicans still exist they'd better show some support for Jon Huntsman – the only Republican candidate with pragmatic solutions and some level of compassion for the middle class.
Glenn who ?
They just need to go to town on each other and get it over with.
I told my doctor i wasnt happy about the medication he put me on,
and he told me to find another doctor.
Newt is freaking crazy.
The Koch Brothers are running out of hand puppets.
I've read the full transcript of the interview. Beck did not "take on" Gingrich, but he did ask many of the tough questions that Gingrich will be asked. Gingrich did an outstanding job of answering them. Bottom-line, Beck did Gingrich a favor by allowing Gingrich to go on the record to counter many of the aqusations being hurled at him. In response to "mrKarnes", any of the Republicans running would be a vast improvement over the blithering idiot now occupying the White House (When he's not on vacation or golfing)
Gingrich is like Groucho Marx. He has a solid opinopn on every issue. And if you don't loke it, he will have another one.
Beck is crazier than a sh–house rat. The really scary thing is that most of the people still listening him are crazier than he is.
Glenn Beck? HaHaHaHa....HeHeHeHe.....LOL.LOL.LOL.LOL......
"... evidence exists on both sides of the climate change argument." No, it doesn't. Climate change is proven science. The vast majority of climate scientists support the concept and virtually ALL data confirms it. The GOP seems to think that the longer and more forcefully you tell a lie, the more if becomes "the truth." It doesn't. Hopefully, the American people will see through all of these lies.
"...any of the Republicans running would be a vast improvement over the blithering idiot now occupying the White House (When he's not on vacation or golfing)"
President Obama works tirelessly to better and protect our country. Has he taken a vacation? Yes, and usually it's a working vacation; regardless, he is always in contact with his advisors and keep abreast of all developments that may need his attention.
You, on the other hand, are just another Fox-bot who's incapable of thinking for him/herself. And you're in a panic that your party has devolved into a sideshow of freaks. Guess that's to be expected when all of your party's economic, military and foreign policies are PROVEN FAILURES.
If bonko beck has it out for Newt, then Newt has me listening.
Anybody seen my golf bag and shoes? I'm late for my tee time...
Newt is skilled at stringing together a well spoken line of mumbo jumbo, but in the end, he is just as much a flip flopper as Mitt and he is just as much for sale as Slick Perry. His demise will be the worst of the entire republican field of clowns, because he has so much negative history and because republicans are now lining up against him.
Beck? Who really cares what that bozo thinks or says?
love how everybodys head explodes when Glenn Beck is mentioned.
Have any of you actually watched him or reviewed what he said would happen
a few years ago, you would be surprised at how many of his predictions have come true.
I didn't know Beck was still alive. Thanks for the update.
Gingrich and Beck ought to fight about which one has less ethics and integrity. It's a dream fight for Democrats to watch.
Straight out.I like glen Beck,he diggs deep for info,and seems to get lots of it.
I like bothe newt and herman Cain,even though cain is now out. The thing is cain was an Out sider,from the { Swamp} people. That is what every one tried to get away from. Then Cains gone and Mitts out in ,who Knwows where,perry stumbled like drunken Sailor
and cain just got Ambushed by ,some very nasty rumors. he crashed. That brings me to Newt.he is exactly what we ,{me } at least don't want .The same old fuddy duddy Polatician from Washington DC. .These old long term guys are the problem,with Washinton ,to begin with.They beeen allowed to say there for so long ,they come to think you work for them ,rather thanother way around.You the people let them do business for them selves filling their pockets with money and making you think how great they were <they got goldmine you ben getting the Shaft,Perry has right idea .Return to Constitution ,andpay them only in session,go home work like they had to back then earn their own living . No Guaranted life time pay after working one day.
No inside trader money mmaking deals.no exempting them from laws they pass and tell you have to ffolow them ,but not thyem
Wake Up People .Wake up.
Wow, even Newt isn't extreme enough for the right wing loonies. Getting kids out working at 9 is far too liberal. They should be at work in the coal mines at 5. Power America with Clean Coal!
And why would anyone care about what Beck thinks? It's not like he has an IQ over 80 or anything like that.
The Republican Party will be the Loser if they keep insisting that their candidate be a "conservative" fundamentalist. Sure, it may make some of their people feel all cozy inside, but it won't win a general election (unless they rig it). There are not enough people in the country that actually agree with the Puritans anymore (not that their ideas would even work in today's world).
OK, we know Washington is a den of thieves and liars populated by ego hungry people who will say anything to GET elected, and do everything to STAY elected. We get that. So why put in another career politician?
"I would allow people to have the option to choose premium support and then have freedom to negotiate with their doctors or their hospital,"
What an empty statement. What does that even mean? When you need a doctor or a hospital, you're not in the position to negotiate anything, and the doctor/hospital knows it. This is just stupid, and shallow beyond belief. And he actually thinks he's an intellectual-maybe compared to Cain and Bachman. This man has no real solutions to our nation's problems, and like the rest of Washington establishment, is interested in maintaining the status quo, which has been very, very good to him. He pays no mind to how the status quo is working for the majority of Americans.
Newt isn't insane enough for the Beckypoo. LOL.
I wonder what questions Beck would ask Romney, a fellow Mormon?
Glenn Beck going after a GOP candidate? America is getting stranger by the day.
Newt stinks of corruption and I don't understand why america doesn't see how right on the money Ron Paul is.
Ron Paul.,,,,,,, Go to his site and judge for yourself.
Beck and Palin need to just go away. They have nothing of value to add to a discussion or this country.
Dumb interviewing Dumber
Yeh, you bet he scares Beck and other conservative i d i o t s.
But Beck swoons around Mitty because he's is another M o r o n... I mean Mormon.
"I would allow people to have the option to choose premium support and then have freedom to negotiate with their doctors or their hospital," Gingrich said.
WOW! this is great! so if Gingrich becomes POTUS my doctor and hospital will overnight kowtow to be and politely ask me how much I want to pay for my medical bills right? AWESOME! I'm so voting for this guy!!!
Oh my, oh my... They are both bozos. Newt is for "Obamacare" because the cost of healthcare is driving the country to bankruptcy, he just can't say he supports it. Beck of course is idiotic.
This man is the personification of everything wrong with the Repulican party. He has no integrity,no honor ,and no shame at all. He stands up there in front of a camera as if he was as fine as any gentleman could be and yet anyone who has ever read a book, newspaper, followed the news or any comments here,, , would know that he has a very unsavory background is not to be trusted and certainly not to be President of our great country!!!!
Beck is just an idiot, but gingrich could actually be dangerous.
Gingrich never really had a chance at this anyway. A Freddie Mac lobbyist and supporter of healthcare mandates, sponsor of cap-and-trade carbon legislation.... posing as some kind of conservative, now that the other candidates have imploded. Well here's a hint: He's imploding too. He's just bigger in the middle, so it takes longer.
Gingrich is a reincarnation of Napoleon, he wants to get another shot at it.....
I hate Newt, but I hate Beck even more! Both idiot stupid narrow minded right wing radical nuts!
Newt being grilled on his principles and character by a man I personally watched rub Vicks in his eyes so he could be seen by the public with tears of patriotism for his country. Now that's a freakin' hoot and a half!!
Is this news because Beck was making lucid comments not involving Obama conspiracies or Nazism for longer than 5 minutes?
In the beginning, I used to find Glenn Beck a fascinating news guy. But since he's anointed himself as the sole speaker of political and religious truth, my eyes glaze over when he speaks. He's found his niche. To bad it's under a rock.
While any of the GOP would be better than Obama. WE should Get it Right and nominate the best Michele Bachmann
Beck the Loon interviews Gingrich the Gasbag! Now that's entertainment! ('cause it ain't nothin' else, that's for sure!)
LOL the more I read this stuff the more I think Obama may NOT have to go after much Newt after all...many in the GOP are doing it for him. And the one that says Newt beats Obama heads up must get his poll numbers form FoxNews and right wing talk radio....REAL poll numbers show Obama leading ALL the candidates in the GOP field in head to head except in certain states where he and Romney are in a dead heat. Thus why the Democrats would LOVE to face Newt in 2012.
All teapublicans should just leave the country and start your own third world country and turn it into a fourth world country.if you want mom and dad kicked off soc sec , Medicare, medicade, food stamps and your family deported, vote for these republican clowns.
Why do you guys refer to Beck as a Conservative. He is a radical who attracts "useful idiots"!
Beck is an example of a lving organism that can survive without a brain.
what a pair, poor america
Newt will get the nomination and select Bachmann as his running mate, to shore up the right fringe. You heard it here first.
Opportunist
Gingrich is simply and opportunist who speaks, like Romney, from both sides of his mouth to bait voters. Most of us, however, are too experienced to bite at their baits. Mitt and Newt are both 'flip-floppers' and are not true conservatives to represent our party. They are both political 'opportunists'
Opportunist
Gingrich is simply an opportunist who speaks, like Romney, from both sides of his mouth to bait voters. Most of us, however, are too experienced to bite at their baits. Mitt and Newt are both 'flip-floppers' and are not true conservatives to represent our party. They are both political 'opportunists'
There is no "GOTCHA" to it. Beck only has a high school diploma and a big mouth. FOX likes their pundits dumb and mouthy so that they have plausible deniability. Gingrich may be a liar and a crook but he can outmatch Beck without even trying. FOX is entertaining in ways they really don't intend to be and watching Gingrich is like watching a train wreck.
Leadership is not always pretty and does not always come from a kind gentle person asking what one wants- Obama knows this pushed through a health care package the minority of citizens want. Unfortunately, this president is so wounded he is wiling to chase any avenue and take it as his own if it will get him votes. For all the dienchantment with Newt, he is taking on issues the fringes on both side dislike and he is doig that hoping to win an election. It could be he is becoming popular not just because he doesn't just spout what everyone wishes to hear but because others, such as our president, has yet, and still cannot, put together a statement of what he wants to do and where he wishes to point this country. He is planless and governing on hope. Had enough of hope without results. My vote moves from Obaa to Newt if he wins the nomination.
Beck, aren't ever gonna learn that Newt knows how to handle tough questions. All the other candidates are a coward who can't answer tough questions. Donald Trump is moderating the debate on Dec 27th in IA. Some of the other candidates refused to go to the debates b/c they are a coward b/c they can't handle tough questions. Neither can Michele Bachmann. She too is another coward, she did nothing but attack Newt & others(except for Mitt). Newt don't care about anyone attacking him. He is focusing on defeating Obama & that is the smartest thing to do. That's why her's & other's polls are going down & Newt is rising!! NEWT 2012!!
Come on Fox fans! Vote him in–Beck for president! He'd be much better than who's in there now. Anyone disagree?
Don't want health care fine, when the EMTs arrive no health coverage leave them alone. Visit the Emergency Room, no insurance, no care.
Beck takes on Gingrich??
That's like Beavis taking on Butthead.
Too bad poisonous snakes never bite each other.
I love it that the so-called "family values" right wingers are now changing their preference for one adulterer to another adulterer. The evangelicals amongst them would rather vote for a proven adulterer and liar than for a Mormon, Romney, or for a good family man like Obama.
"I would allow people to have the option to choose premium support and then have freedom to negotiate with their doctors or their hospital," Gingrich said. "But I wouldn't impose it on everybody across the board. I think that's a very large scale experiment. But I think you could migrate people toward it."
This statement aone shows that Gingrich knows nothing about health care and has no plan to attack the single most out of control expense facing most Americans. Where is "premium support" going to come from, Newt? The government. How will people 'have freedom to negotiate with their doctors or their hospital"? Newt, you are the one operating in a fantasy world. It sounds like you would be very happy leaving the issue up to the insurance companies so they can keep raising premiums and cutting off coverage to sick people. Maybe you can get some work offering "strategic advice" to the big health insurance companies. They can just add that cost to theri premiums.
In a recent opinion piece in The Washington Post, Will said Gingrich is the least conservative candidate in the race and "embodies the vanity and rapacity that make modern Washington repulsive."
Using words like "rapacity" are what make you repulsive, George.
What has happened to the once-proud Republican party? Where are their statesman – those who understand that governing means looking at every side of a problem and negotiating? The Tea Party crazies have taken over and anyone who attempts to be a decent representative is drummed out. Where are Republicans like John Warner of Virginia or Bob Dole of Kansas – all gone and replaced with Eric Cantor and John Yul (SP) of Arizona. How can Republican representatives ever agree to sign a "no tax" pleadge with the likes of a Gordon Norquist. Who would ever think that Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, Rick Santorium, Rick Perry were in anyway intelligent enough or qualified to fill the office of president? It is a sad state of affairs. Among the Republicans running in the current election, only Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman have the ability, insight and intelligence to be considered for the presidential office. Mitt was once a decent politican but, to win the Republican nomination, he has had to change all his moderate and decent views, thus making him a flipflopper, but, basically I believe the good and decent man is still there. Jon Huntsman, probably the most qualified candidate can not get noticed because he is so intelliigent, logical and such a truly decent man. He will remain at the botton of the list and, the once-proud Republicans will lose another election. Sad.....
Beck will have little to no impact on this race. Whatever influence he used to have on the right he lost when he left Fox.
Oliie, is this what is meant by BROTHERHOOD ?
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No Stanley, THIS IS WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A MEETING OF THE WOODEN MINDS .