Gingrich admits: 'no proof' to support welfare smear

[ProSense]

Gingrich admits: 'no proof' to support welfare smear

By Steve Benen

Rachel talked on the show last night about Newt Gingrich's emerging role as a Romney campaign surrogate, and why that may not be a positive development. To help underscore the point, consider the former House Speaker's discussion with Anderson Cooper last night.

The CNN host was particularly interested in the blatant falsehoods in Mitt Romney's ad on welfare, and pressed Gingrich, in his capacity as a Romney surrogate, to defend what is "just not supported by evidence."

What I found fascinating is that Gingrich, who supports the attack, struggled to offer a defense. "I think if the ad makers had asked me I would have said 'this makes it possible' would have been a good way to enter into what it said," the Republican replied. In other words, the Romney surrogate believes the Romney ad includes language the surrogate can't defend.

When the host pressed further, asking if Gingrich would concede the "wording of the ad is not actually accurate," the Romney surrogate ultimately conceded, "We have no proof today, but I would say to you under Obama's ideology it is absolutely true that he would be comfortable sending a lot of people checks for doing nothing."

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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/08/09/13199254-gingrich-admits-no-proof-to-support-welfare-smear

Worst. Candidate. Ever.

Even his surrogates suck!

[malaise]

1. Here it is

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#48561849

[pinto]

2. They're throwing false stuff out at random, hoping some sticks. Even if they have to backtrack.

They don't care and are increasingly blatant about it.

[elleng]

3. What a *rick!

President Obama's 'ideology,' presumably, is NOT to feed the poor, and the so-called Christians' 'ideology' is WHAT, exactly?

[spanone]

4. lying mo fo

[Berlum]

5. Wow. A stunningly transparent admission that this is a Romney-Republican-Gingrich lie

After hearing that, who could be stooped enough to believe the admitted lie the Republicans are continuing to broadcast?

Wait, don't answer that question.

[ProSense]

7. Gingrich: Romney lied. n/t

[KharmaTrain]

6. The Campaign To Numb...

I'm hearing more and more people who are tired of all the negative noise that mostly eminates from the right wing but thanks to the corporate media (especially Chicken Noodle Nuze and their false equivelency "each party does it" meme) that is turning those in the political middle off as this campaign goes along...and I believe that's by design. The only way rushpublicans can make gains this year is a depressed turnout...people so fed up with the lies and back and forth that they'll turn off the election, turn on Dancing with the stars and stay home on election day. The game here is to pollute so badly that only the partisans remain.