Newt Gingrich asserts that habeas corpus will 'cost us a city'

[marmar]

These pigs are shameless. :wtf:



from ThinkProgress:


Gingrich: Supreme Court decision will ‘cost us a city.’»

On Face the Nation this morning, former House speaker Newt Gingrich echoed the extreme rhetoric of the right wing to decry the Supreme Court’s recent decision restoring the right of habeas corpus petitions to Guantanamo detainees, charging the decision would “cost us a city”:

This court decision is a disaster, which could cost us a city. And the debate ought to be about whether you’re prepared to lose an American city on behalf of five lawyers — it was a five to four decision. … That ought to be a principled argument between McCain and Obama, about whether or not you’re prepared to allow any random, nutcake district judge who has no knowledge of national security to set the rules for terrorists.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/15/gingrich-supreme-court-decision-will-cost-us-a-city/


Gingrich is taking his cues from Justice Antonin Scalia, who in his dissent declared that the majority’s decision “will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/15/gingrich-supreme-court-decision-will-cost-us-a-city/

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. Which city?

Will Newt be there when "it" happens? Can we get Scalia there, as well?

I've got to start making a list. Call the moving companies. Oh, this is gonna be great!

[Raksha]

14. I'm sure Newt and Scalia hope it will be on the Left Coast. n/t

[JackRiddler]

36. Sigh. I have a sinking feeling it's gonna be us again. (Cast it out!) n/t

[ToeBot]

43. Guantanamo?

[Glorfindel]

2. I assert that Newt Gingrich is a damned fool who should crawl up his own asshole

and disappear. The world would be a better place for it.

[supernova]

3. Why aren't well calling them out on their fear?

We need to be calling them the piss ant fraidy cats the repukes really are. They'd throw their own mothers under OBL to save their own wrinkled hides.

[Supersedeas]

18. they will play it again and again and again -- they have no other policy to offer America

[izquierdista]

4. Don't you mean "another"

After losing lower Manhattan and New Orleans, they are going to start worrying now? Or does he mean a city that votes Republican, since those two obviously don't count.

[rug]

5. They almost cost us a country.

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. 2 countries

counting Iraq

[Bozita]

6. We need to be afraid, very afraid. Which big city do you have friends/family in?

OMG, that's where they're gonna strike.

It's those fucking liberals trying to turn the entire US into a Muslim theocracy.

I'm pissing my pants now. Don't disturb me.

[nankerphelge]

7. These people...

have zero understanding of history or why habeas corpus is so important. The fact that they've been able to put 4 people that are equally clueless on the court is incredibly disturbing.

[Lex]

8. Newt Gingrich = irrelevant.

nt

[Rex]

9. Newt lost his moral compass at infancy. Openly admits to hating freedom.

His 'Contract On America' was embarrassing and a disaster to the working class. Newt is a perfect example of an elitist pig that feels entitled to things the rest of us are NOT so lucky to have. Just like his stupid brother George.

Newt & George - failure for any cause.

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Nice of him to foreshadow the Republican's plans for US domination.

But we already know that they wish to dominate the country. Nice of him to re-iterate the form it would take.

[Raksha]

11. Really? Does Newtie know something we don't?

If so, I'm sure the CIA would be very interested in hearing ALL about it! :sarcasm:

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. I demand a vote on which city

or could we just choose a certain number of Neo-cons to represent a city..
Let's start with the Newt..
most of the WH and Justice Dept. Bushies
and oh, yeah, Jeb and his rabid followers...


Fuckers will prolly set off another attack and then yell
" oh, god, look at what you made us do over habeous corpus"...

[BlooInBloo]

15. Nonono Newt - it's "give me liberty OR give me death" - not AND.

[Monk06]

16. When Newt is arrested and detained indefinately without charge it will cost HIM HIS freedom

Of course he's counting on the fact that
he's FAT, WHITE AND PRIVILEGED

[baldguy]

17. Its the difference between being "citizens" or "subjects".

Republicans are perfectly happy being subjects.

[Cheap_Trick]

19. they're the ones who're going to take out a city

in a false flag attack, and blame it on the "liberals"...make the general population weak and afraid again...run cowering back to the "strong" ones for protection.

These fuckers have to be stopped by any means necessary.

[eppur_se_muova]

20. Why does anyone still give Gingrich the attention he craves?

He's irrelevant. He broke the law. He resigned his Congressional seat because he couldn't be Speaker anymore. NOT leadership material.

His ego is getting all the life support it needs from Reich wing "think"(!) tanks. DO NOT FEED THE EGO.

[librechik]

21. Like New Orleans?

I think the Bushies are 1 for 0, not counting Cedar Rapids.

[anonymous171]

22. Remember when Conservatives where whining

about executive privilege and "upholding the constitution" in the 90's? I wonder what's changed?:sarcasm:

[FarCenter]

23. If there be a risk; for freedom, it is a risk we must take

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775

[Cleita]

24. Same old scare tactics. Throw his ass in jail for something, anything.

I'm sure there is something on the books to lock these criminals up on.

[BreweryYardRat]

34. Treason charges would be good.

And seriously, is anyone except the 20% of brainwashed morons buying his bullshit?

Stick to writing alternate history, Newt.

[unkachuck]

25. and following fascists like you, newtie....

....will 'cost us a country'....

....there are no easy answers but we're better off taking our chances with freedom and liberty than creating your fascist state, for we know who benefits most from YOUR fascist state....

....whether you're a gun totein' NRA member or whether you're a card carrying ACLU member we can all agree freedom and liberty trumps a police-state....

....if a city should go up in smoke, then it will be the failure of people with power and it will be the price we pay for our freedom and liberty....

....we can't have it both ways, newtie....but as a corporate shill, you know that....

[Vickers]

26. "no knowledge of national security"

Hey Newt *snicker* please list your qualifications for commenting on national security.

I suppose it is your three marriages?

Your various affairs?

Your complete failure as Speaker of the House?

Your temper tantrums from being snubbed by Clinton?

Your really fucked up helmet-hairdo?

:shrug:

[WCGreen]

27. Why is this peice of shit even getting a forum anymore...

He is out of office, no hounded out of office, writes shitty novels, is a buffoon.

Why does he keep getting on these shows.

Well, that's kind of why I never watch these shows.

I can hear producer Claude Raines saying right now "Round up the usual suspects."

[madeline_con]

28. So, will they blow up Guantanamo?

Am I missing something? :wtf:

[napi21]

29. Yea, I heard him this AM. What a jerk! He was also talking about

how an increase in capital gains taxes would effect almost all Americans because most are invested in the market with their pension fund accounts. What an ass! 401K accounts are NOT affected by cap. gaines taxes!!!!! Ya know, once in a while, that guy actually says a few things that make sense, but recently, he's back to being his normal AH self!

[Lex]

30. We already lost a city: NEW ORLEANS

at least for a while, and they never cared. Because it didn't fit their agenda re: the terrorists and scaring us half to death.

[gratuitous]

31. Interesting thesis, Professor Gingrich

As I recall, he has a degree in history, and has taught classes (which he used mostly as trolling ponds for the next ex-Mrs. Gingrich). So tell us, Newt, how does following a centuries-old legal principle take out a city? Is our society and our country so fragile that by following our constitution we put it at risk? If a country is that fragile, O Historian, does it deserve to survive? And if the country survives by doing away with its constitution, do we still have our country?

Fuck-nutted obnoxious criminal asswipe. Why is he even on Face the Nation, anyway?

[Rex]

32. Are we sure he has a real degree in history?

Not some honorary title, rats like him have to be checked.

[johnaries]

33. No habeus corpus will cost us our COUNTRY.

And our souls.

[Withywindle]

35. "Home of the Brave," yes?

What a nation of bed-wetters they're trying to turn us into.

[TheWatcher]

37. So which city are Bush and Cheney planning to attack?

Fucking Fascist.

[and-justice-for-all]

38. Fuck them and their fear mongering bullshit! nt

Fuck you Newt.

[Norrin Radd]

39. What do you expect from a guy who writes those masturbatory fantasy

alternative history novels in which the South wins the Civil War?

[Solly Mack]

40. We lost New Orleans because of 5 judges ("lawyers")

just saying...

and with home-grown terrorists (Bush Inc) at that

[LWolf]

41. Is he threatening a "terrorist" attack as revenge? n/t

[madmusic]

42. propaganda

I post this whenever Newt speaks here.

http://www.propagandacritic.com/articles/examples.newt.html">How Newt Gingrich used these techniques