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From the Comments: 20 Reasons Why Newt is a Horrible Candidate

Posted by Solomon Kleinsmith on Thursday, January 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I thought the following list of reasons that Newt Gingrich is a terrible candidate was such a good comment, that I decided to promote it to a mini post here. Covers all the big reasons… you could write an encyclopedia with a more thorough list. -SK

From commenter BarbaraEspinosa:

1.College History Chairman on Newt http://www.gq.com/news-politics/blogs/death-race/2012/01/newt-the-early-years.html#ixzz1k1fY1CrZ Newt the man lacks a moral compass.And whatever it takes to advance himself in the world he will do, without scruple.
2.Newt, From College Progressive to Pseudo Conservative Congressman to Speaker to Disgrace…Back to Pseudo Conservative… http://bit.ly/AlqpnV
3.In 2006, Gingrich backed censoring the web http://t.co/Ug6HleJ0
4.Newt “Action is Character” http://bit.ly/A8jogt
5.Newts immigration plan could benefit millions http://bit.ly/x67wYE
6.Newt as historian got theses wrong http://bit.ly/yC2dBt
7.What you need to know before you vote for Newt http://bit.ly/y5pILX
8.The Two Faces of Newt http://bit.ly/zjRMkB
9.Newt Gingrich FBI investigation documents http://bit.ly/x0hBRm
10.Newt & Pelosi in Feb 1989 co-sponsored HR 1078 by including $60 million a year the UN Population Fund. “SEC. 1102 http://bit.ly/z9vx12
11.What Newt Gingrich’s three wives tell us about the president he’d be.http://bit.ly/zUfCDU
12.Newt not always truthful. http://bit.ly/xo74BD
13.How Newt tells his first divorce went down wasn’t exactly true. http://bit.ly/xo74BD
14.NEWT GINGRICH’S IDOL AS A PRESIDENT WAS FDR…A PROGRESSIVE…http://bit.ly/yu2N7H
15.NEWT WITH Obama and Al Sharpton…Is Newt education flip flopper? http://bit.ly/zKDBV6
16.Why Newt’s wife Marianne Gingrich Finally Spoke Out…Read the good, bad and really ugly.. http://bit.ly/AmRmo9
17.Gingrich was the first speaker in House history to be disciplined for ethical wrongdoing.http://bit.ly/AdXOJb
18.Newt Gingrich Co-Sponsored the 1987 Pro-Fairness Doctrine Bill…http://bit.ly/znvaVO
19.In 2006, Gingrich backed censoring the web http://t.co/Ug6HleJ0
20. “Ethic Report on Newt Gingrich” on Scribd http://www.scribd.com/doc/74968504 #Readcast
Obama will eat Newt for breakfast lunch and dinner, check his baggage,more than INTL airport