Newt writes off Bush, blames Rove for failures, likely will not run in '08

[applegrove]

Newt writes off Bush, blames Rove for failures, likely will not run in '08

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the GOP Christmas dinner dance in Manchester, N.H., Friday, Dec. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)
Insightmag.com

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has decided to break with President Bush.



"Sources close to Mr. Gingrich said that, after having kept silent for more than a year, he has become openly critical of the administration, portraying the president as a weak man akin to Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. The former House speaker has warned conservatives not to expect anything from the White House over the remaining two years and instead focus on building a base for leadership for 2008.

"Newt bit his tongue for months and now feels he has to tell his base the truth: the White House does not have the will or the power to promote any agenda," a source close to Mr. Gingrich said.

The sources said Mr. Gingrich, who refuses to commit to a presidential bid in 2008, blames White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for Mr. Bush's mistakes, including the loss of Congress in 2006. They said Mr. Gingrich's criticism of the top Bush political adviser has been considered by the president and this could lead to Mr. Rove's early departure.

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http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Gingrich3.htm

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Awwww. I was kinda hoping he'd run

so we could have some fun bringing up his marital history & character issues & stuff like that.

[MADem]

6. Calista and the blow jobs, and all the shenanigans in the SPEEEKAH's office!!!

Under the SPEEEKAH's desk!!! ON the Speeeekah's desk!!!!! On the SPEEEKAH's conference table!!! On the Speekah's fine leather couch!!!!!! On the SPEEKAH's xerox machine!!!!!!

If rumors are to be believed, that is....

If I were Nancy Pelosi, I'd do a good fumigating....sure, it's been a while, but some stink hangs round!

[niyad]

2. how DARE this adulterous bastard mention carter and * in the same breath, as though they were the

same sort of people. * will NEVER, EVER be the person carter is, and newtie boy should be smacked for that remark alone.
let's see-- camp david accords, or . . . . iraq. . . hmmmm.

[Botany]

3. Attn Rats "Abandon Ship"

[muntrv]

4. Newt is the weak man. What branch of the military did he serve in?

Oh yeah, NONE!

[MADem]

7. The Lollipop Brigade? The Army of Fun? NT

[Bitwit1234]

5. This is how the republicans pay their followers

Look at what they did to Katherine Harris after she all but help land bush the presidency.....they abandoned her....now even tho he waged one of the direst, filthiest lying campaigns this country has every seen, he did it to get bush elected. NOW AFTER THE DEMOCRATS REFUSED TO SIT BACK AND GET WALKED ON, THEY WANT TO GET RID OF ROVE.

[KoKo]

8. So...Newtie is no longer attacking Clinton, but Carter, as he declares he's Not Running

but we know he's really "testing waters" to run....Blech....What a Whore he is...

[keopeli]

9. Carter had some monumental SUCCESSES, even if his Iran policy failed.

The Israeli/Egyptian Peace Accord was HUGE. And, the Iran policy during the hostage crisis was hampered by none other than the Republican Party and Ronald Reagan, who secretly coerced Iran into NOT RELEASING THE HOSTAGES until after his inauguration on January 20, even thought they were prepared to do so months earlier.

Newt is blindly partisan, like most Repubs.

[applegrove]

10. Well said.