""The CBO is a reactionary socialist institution which does not believe in economic growth"

[sufrommich]

Per Newt:

Newt Gingrich had some tough words for the Congressional Budget Office, CNN reports.

Said Gingrich: "The CBO is a reactionary socialist institution which does not believe in economic growth, does not believe in innovation and does not believe in data that it has not internally generated."

Former CBO director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a Republican, called the allegation "ludicrous."

Said Holtz-Eakin: "I think if you parse that phrase carefully, he got one out of three right. I do agree it is an institution. If you're playing baseball, that's a decent batting average."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/11/21/gingrich_calls_the_cbo_a_reactionary_socialist_institution.html

I'm beginning to wonder if Newt is just trolling.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Reactionary Socialists of the World, Arise!

WTF is a reactionary socialist?

On edit:

Oh, I get it. Newt as usual is talking like dumb people think smart people talk.

[Old and In the Way]

2. Republicans hate the CBO.

because their nonpartisan and reasoned analysis is like a turd in the Republican ideological economic punchbowl.

[sufrommich]

3. Facts are a communist plot. nt

[white_wolf]

4. Isn't the phrase "reactionary socialist" an oxyomoron.

Newt is so ignorant.

[Aerows]

5. Good heavens

"does not believe in data that it has not internally generated." What data would you like for them to use, Newt, your imaginary data? It might be "innovative" to use made up facts, but that doesn't mean it is a positive innovation.

[marmar]

6. Newt just hates that actual facts are never in the Republicans' favor.

nt

[Philosopher King]

7. I don't know about all of that, but one thing I am sure of is...

that my weatherman's forecasts are far more accurate.

[Kingofalldems]

8. You agree with Newt?

Nice chart. Meaningless though. Who knows where it came from.

[Philosopher King]

10. *

:hi:

[Philosopher King]

11. *

:hi:

[Kingofalldems]

9. I wonder if Newty also thinks Socialists are Nazis.

Also he calls the CBO 'reactionary'-- of course reactionary refers to hard right conservatives, he's projecting.