Newt Gingrich Says Shoe Bomber Was A U.S. Citizen

[her209]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/10/newt-gingrich-richard-reid-american-citizen_n_456259.html

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich appeared on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, leveling harsh criticism against the Obama administration.

After Gingrich assailed the administration for reading Miranda Rights to Detroit undie bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Stewart drew a comparison to something that happened under George W. Bush.

"Didn't they do the same with Richard Reid, who was the shoe bomber?" he asked the Republican icon.

"Richard Reid was an American citizen," insisted Gingrich.

Reid is actually a British citizen of Jamaican descent.

Stewart started to raise the Miranda Rights issue again, but Gingrich pushed the conversation along.
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Later, when Gingrich acknowledged that part of his job is to reach out to the emotions of the American people, Stewart shot back, "I think that's wise. And don't let reality get in the way."

At the end of the show, Stewart realized that Gingrich had falsely claimed the shoe bomber was an American citizen and noted that to his audience.

The relevant portion of the interview begins at the 2:15 mark.

Whooooops! I guess the question is, why did Newt Gingrich make the assumption that the shoe bomber was an American citizen?

 

[heyheybooboo]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/10/newt-gingrich-richard-reid-american-citizen_n_456259.html



Whooooops! I guess the question is, why did Newt Gingrich make the assumption that the shoe bomber was an American citizen?

Maybe it is because Richard Reid was sentenced by a Federal judge in Massachusetts and will spend the rest of his life in the Colorado SuperMax?

We wouldn't want the American justice system to stand in the way of Republican Hyperbole, now, would we?




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[Red Dawn]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/10/newt-gingrich-richard-reid-american-citizen_n_456259.html



Whooooops! I guess the question is, why did Newt Gingrich make the assumption that the shoe bomber was an American citizen?

Because he's an asshole like all the other politicians. Fuck reality, his supporters aren't interested in reality.

If this is what the Republicans have to offer, a washed up politician Bill Clinton made his little bitch, they really haven't much to offer.

 

[conehead433]

Isn't there a good recipe somewhere that includes eye of Newt?

 

[Sclamoz]

I wish Stewart had called him on that but the point was still made I guess.

John Oliver's bit from that episode was brilliant.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-february-9-2010/rnc-meeting-in-hawaii

 

[HumblePie]

Isn't there a good recipe somewhere that includes eye of Newt?

Double trouble?

 

[Lemon law]

Rightly or wrongly, Gingrich is a very smart guy and a well spring of ideas he can seldom focus on for long. Because sure as God made little green apples, Newt will fall in love with a new line of reasoning before he finishes with his last idea.

But by all laws of logic, if you start out with a false premise, all subsequent conclusions will be invalid.

 

[Pens1566]

Same vein as the recent attempts of "no terror attacks during the Bush administration" revisionist history.

The problem is based on the fact that a good chunk of the population is going to take it as gospel.

 

[Jaskalas]

Whooooops! I guess the question is, why did Newt Gingrich make the assumption that the shoe bomber was an American citizen?

Cause we're treating him like one?

 

[Pens1566]

Cause we're treating him like one?

Incorrect

 

[Carmen813]

Cause we're treating him like one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA5mnnOMrpM

Watch the above first. Now find me a Constitutional reason we shouldn't.

 

[Robor]

Cause we're treating him like one?

Um...

After Gingrich assailed the administration for reading Miranda Rights to Detroit undie bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Stewart drew a comparison to something that happened under George W. Bush.

"Didn't they do the same with Richard Reid, who was the shoe bomber?" he asked the Republican icon.

"Richard Reid was an American citizen," insisted Gingrich.

Reid is actually a British citizen of Jamaican descent.

...no.

 

[woolfe9999]

The republicans are so up to their eyeballs in hypocrisy on this issue it isn't even funny.

I saw an interview with Susan Collins where she was being critical of the administration on that issue. The interviewer points out that this was done under Bush, every single time. She then says, "you presume I agreed with the way it was done under Bush." Yet she has been in the Senate since 1997 and she never said a word when it happened under Bush. Then she tries to scewer Obama for hypocrisy, saying "notice how Obama has always said that every single thing Bush did was wrong and now he is trying to defend his policy by saying he is doing things the way Bush did?" Unfortunately for Ms. Collins, Obama has not criticized Bush for his handling of homeland security, other than for the use of torture. NOWHERE has Obama ever said that the Bush administration was wrong to mirandize suspected terrorists and submit them to the FBI for interrogation. FAIL.

- wolf

 

[her209]

Newt Digs His Hole A Little Deeper
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/10/newt-gingrich-trips-up-ag_n_457423.html

 

[CallMeJoe]

Anyone expecting consistency from Mr. Gingrich is in for serious disappointment.

 

[conehead433]

"Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,--
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."

 

[Kadarin]

Personally, I don't care what country Richard Reid is a citizen of; that guy should be executed simply for the pure inconvenience he caused to everyone who flies in the US. Fuck him.

 

[woolfe9999]

Personally, I don't care what country Richard Reid is a citizen of; that guy should be executed simply for the pure inconvenience he caused to everyone who flies in the US. Fuck him.

No kidding. I was on a trip to Alaska when this incident occurred. I go to the airport to fly home, and all the sudden they are confiscating all of our liquid items, shampoo, toothpaste, etc. I'm like WTF?

- wolf

 

[Brainonska511]

No kidding. I was on a trip to Alaska when this incident occurred. I go to the airport to fly home, and all the sudden they are confiscating all of our liquid items, shampoo, toothpaste, etc. I'm like WTF?

- wolf

Richard Reid was the shoe bomber. The liquids thing was a separate incident. The liquids size restriction is fucking stupid anyway. Security theater on that front.

 

[woolfe9999]

Richard Reid was the shoe bomber. The liquids thing was a separate incident. The liquids size restriction is fucking stupid anyway. Security theater on that front.

Ah, well it was a long time ago. What incident caused all the restrictions on liquids?

- wolf

 

[Kadarin]

Ah, well it was a long time ago. What incident caused all the restrictions on liquids?

- wolf

I don't remember it necessarily being a specific incident, but rather some speculation about a possible future attack using a binary liquid bomb.

 

[Brainonska511]

Ah, well it was a long time ago. What incident caused all the restrictions on liquids?

- wolf

There was some threat that resulted in the arrest of a few people at Heathrow back in August of '07. They were going to carry some liquids on the plane that would create an explosive when mixed.