Gingrich Rips 'Dysfunctional' Administration

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Source: WCVB Boston

Former House Speaker Says President 'Means Well'

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who is considering a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, said Sunday that President George W. Bush is leading an administration that "is not functioning. It's not getting the job done."

"Republicans need to confront this reality," Gingrich said. "The key question is: Is somebody prepared to stand up and say that the American people deserve fundamental change in Washington?"

"I've warned all last year that I suspected we were drifting into a catastrophic defeat," Gingrich said. "I don't see any other way to read '06 except it was a defeat. And if we don't have a serious, open discussion of where we are, I don't see how we're going to change."

Citing the war in Iraq, immigration policies and the response to Hurricane Katrina, Gingrich described Bush as "well meaning," but not able to deliver on policies and promises.



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Newt shilling for the "new" Republican party? Next thing we know, Pat Buchanan will be running as well.

[Endangered Specie]

1. I'm sure Ginrich meant well when he ditched his wife in the hospital too

[Magleetis]

2. I tend to agree

However, the problem is the republic ideology not just *.

[Old and In the Way]

3. The American people do want fundemental change.

Which means we want the Gingrich Republicans out. Admit it Newt...you were the architect of a Party that was built to fail the American people.

[Psephos]

12. As much as I dislike Newt and Bush, the current GOP is not what Newt planned

Which is fine, as I wouldn't have liked that, either. :evilgrin:

[treestar]

4. I wonder if this drives the freeps up the wall

They are so big on unity. Even on DU we see scolding for infighting. Imagine how much this must freak out the freeps!

:rofl:

[Beausoleil]

5. Obviously, he is more concerned with "catastrophic defeat"

of the Republican Party than with Iraq or American democracy. "The job" not getting done is supremacy of the party.

[madrchsod]

6. he`s the one who started the downfall....

it`s your reality newt

[pinto]

7. Ha. Good point. He helped open the door for the hijack of the old

school Republican party by the RW ideologues who have fostered appointing partisan hacks to positions of authority (You're doin' a heck of a job, Brownie), undermining basic federal Departments for political means, waging unilateral, pre-emptive war on bogus grounds, etc. etc.

Buyers' remorse won't fly Newt.

You helped destroy the old school Republican party, who were at least debatable on the merits, with a coterie of rabid, short sighted conscripts to Rove's 'permanent Republican majority'.

How'd that work out?

That said, I hope he runs. :evilgrin:

I'd love to see a Republican take them to account while we present a real world alternative.

[aquart]

8. Like he had nothing to do with it.

Chutzpah.

[KansDem]

13. It's like O'Connor bitching about the GOP and its attack on the judiciary...

O'Connor Decries Republican Attacks on Courts
by Nina Totenberg

Morning Edition, March 10, 2006 · Newly retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor took on conservative Republican critics of the courts in a speech Thursday. She told an audience at Georgetown University that Republican proposals, and their sometimes uncivil tone, pose a danger to the independence of the judiciary, and the freedoms of all Americans.

NPR

Oh, really, Sandy? And how's retirement going for you?

These scum never own up to their actions.

[cliss]

9. Isn't that amusing?

He's disappointed with the end result.

Enjoy, Newt.

[mitchum]

10. That's your Tar Baby, Newtie

[rocktivity]

11. Rocknation ignores MEGA dysfunctional Gingrich

But that's not exactly news...

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[BikeWriter]

14. Why does Newt hate America?