Former US Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich spoke last night at the latest event hosted by Granite Oath PAC Chair, Ovide Lamontagne. After he spoke for a few minutes and taking questions from the attendees. Then he did something I’ve not seen yet – he decided to call out the Press in a unique way. Instead of doing a "press gaggle" after addressing the crowd, he called them to the front of the crowd so that the crowd could hear the kinds of questions the "vaunted professional press – those "seekers of truth and light" would ask a national figure. You could tell that they were NOT happy campers – THEY are the ones that put others on the spot; no one is supposed to do THAT to them!
While some are good and try to play it straight, some are nothing but lazy, compromised, and partisan hacks. After all, a couple of years ago at the Washington Press Corps (did Obama get it right when he pronounced it "corpse"?) when Obama said:
Most of you support me – all of you voted for me
Newt wanted to expose them for the slanted coverage towards Republicans (and him, especially); they did not let him down. Certainly, question 1 was a reasonable question. However, Newt’s little exercise worked far better than he thought – I think most of the attendees just shook their heads at Questions 2 & 4; these are the best of the highly paid press corps that decide what is and what isn’t news? The important issues confronting the country? A jewelery bill and a "gotcha" question.
Good going, boys!
Yeah, when the Press were called forward, I went up if for nothing more than to annoy the professionals (most of them just sneer at lowly bloggers). While I make no claim to be the brightest bulb in the box, at least I tried to do a follow up on something Newt actually said that night. These hacks certainly showed their true colors.
Questions:
- Question 1: Would you support voucherizing Medicare?
- Question 2: Will the Tiffany bill sink the campaign?
- Question 3: What did you mean by Change; drop the CAFE standards?
- Question 4: Claims of socialism: is Obama merely wrong or evil?
Videos after the jump:
Question 1 Question 2
Question 3 Question 4
