The left's ignorant (intentionally?) take on Newt and the Supreme Court

"Newt doesn't think there the Supreme Court is in the Constitution," the far left is saying.

What Newt said is that while there is a "court which is the Supreme of the judicial branch," "it’s not supreme over the legislative and executive branch. We now have this entire national elite that wants us to believe that any five lawyers are a Constitutional convention."

So when Newt said there is no "Supreme Court," it was his way of saying the Supreme Court is not intended to be more powerful than the President or Congress. (In fact, of all the branches, the judicial was meant to be the weakest.)

The only question that remains is this: are the liberals saying this simply ignorant of the facts or are they intentionally misleading -- ahem, lying -- about it?

Video of Newt's Google+ hangout

Google+ is brand new, and the only Presidential candidate to engage it so far has been Newt.

Last week, Newt led a "hangout," which is basically a video chat among a small group of people.

Here is the video of Newt's:

In which I found out Newt added me on Twitter himself

I was already excited the last couple of weeks when Newt started following me on Twitter and also responded to a Tweet of mine. I was rather confident Newt sent out the tweet, but I wasn't sure if he actually manages his account and adds people. Even so, I thought, that's pretty cool.

But then I read this tonight:

"He tweets and manages his Twitter feed himself, his campaign confirmed to POLITICO."

"He’s a lot more interesting than other guys," said Jeff Jacobs, a Democratic consultant who advises candidates on online strategy. "Romney’s tweets by and large read like press releases, and Gingrich...jokes more, it's just a lot more casual, and definitely responding to individual users is a big thing."

In one instance, when a Twitter user asked Gingrich if he really believed in dinosaurs, Gingrich replied by bragging about the dinosaur fossil he owns: "Not only do I believe in dinosaurs I had a t rex skull in speakers office to remind us they used to think they were important too."

In March, when the famed polar bear Knut died at the Berlin Zoo, Gingrich took to Twitter to share his condolences.

"Sad news! Just learned knut the polar bear died suddenly at 4," Gingrich tweeted. "Callista and I visited him in Berlin when he was 5 months old-he was cute."

Last month, Gingrich took the bait from Rainn Wilson, when the comic actor who plays the eccentric character Dwight Schrute in the television show "The Office" sought to engage him.

Just after Gingrich campaign staffers resigned en masse, Wilson tweeted with an offer to be Gingrich’s new campaign manager "because of the many Newt/Schrute rhyme options."

Gingrich, showing a willingness to make light of the grim situation, decided to respond with an inside joke that would be familiar to viewers of the show: "We have a campaign manager. What about assistant TO the campaign manager?"

Tweets and pictures from Newt's townhall tonight

From the Charleston Tea Party, which hosted the event:

@newtgingrich townhall "last Fridays job number should scare every American."

@newtgingrich says Republicans have to have courage to stand firm

@newtgingrich Ready to roll back the left but it's going to take all of us.

@newtgingrich fight with old guard Rs will be harder than with Ds - will need we the people to succeed

Newt slipped in a jab: "I have more twitter followers than MSNBC has viewers."

Link to picture.

Link to picture.

Newt has the strongest response to the McConnell plan among 2012 candidates

Mitch McConnell today floated an idea to solve the debt ceiling problem that would essentially raise the ceiling without any real reforms or cuts.

So far, among Presidential candidates, Newt has come out strongest against it, tweeeting soon after the proposal was released: "McConnell's plan is an irresponsible surrender to big government, big deficits and continued overspending. I oppose it." Following up on that, he wrote, "The answer to Obama's irresponsibility is a principled "no," not a blank check.

Other candidates have either been silent or muted in their response.

Audio of Newt in Iowa Monday

Newt.org quotes an Iowa radio station:

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says the nation’s unemployment rate is a social issue and he points to his past record as speaker of the U.S. House as proof he could balance the federal budget in five years.

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“You can’t have strong families if they can’t earn a living,” Gingrich said at the start of his speech.

Gingrich bemoaned the “passion for trivia” in politics and he touted his tenure as House Speaker as one in which Republicans worked to balance the federal budget.

“How can we have real conversations as a nation…and get beyond both demagoguery and trivialization?” Gingrich asked the crowd. “…I really believe somebody ought to stand up and say, ‘It’s time to have an adult conversation that’s not baloney.’”

During a question-and-answer period, Gingrich was asked about being in his third marriage. Gingrich talked about seeking reconciliation with God about the way he had conducted his private life, but then Gingrich turned the focus on his public life.

“You have to have somebody who has had an experience of doing some things that are real. The ‘Contract with America’ worked. The fact is we did reform welfare. The fact is we did pass the first tax cut in 16 years. The fact is that we did balance the budget for four straight years,” Gingrich said. “And the question I would ask you in looking at it is, given my total experience as a public figure, am I person you can say: “He does do what he believes in. He does stand by the country.’”

Here is the rest of the article.

Here is the audio of Newt.

Video of Newt in Iowa Monday: "U.S. less safe than before 9/11"

Link from The Iowa Republican.

Newt to be in Charleston again on Wednesday; submit questions for tomorrow night

"According to the campaign, Gingrich will also be speaking at an electric cooperative event at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Charleston Place Hotel at 205 Meeting St," Greg Hambrick writes.

Also, for those who use Twitter, you can submit questions for Newt's townhall tomorrow night in Charleston using the hashtag #asknewt.

Video of Newt at Missouri Western

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Newt's section of the video is from the 0:30 mark to about 6:00.

Newt's new online video: Big Government Kills Jobs

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Love the footage of him in Iowa on the Fourth.