Newt was for the Libyan no-fly zone before he was against it
By TheMetallion
@TheMetallion (1834)
United States
March 23, 2011 5:42pm CST
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/23/959400/-Newt-Gingrich-flip-flops-on-Libya-bigtime?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29
On March 7th, he would do it "this evening," if only someone were gullible enough to make him President.
Today? "I would not have intervened. I think there were a lot of other ways to affect Qaddafi. I think there are a lot of allies in the region we could have worked with. I would not have used American and European forces."
Easy Republicant Policy Predictor algorithm: Take President Obama's position and multiply by a negative one. (Hmm... high potential for Presidential Practical Jokes here...)
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
24 Mar 11
Wait just a minute there. New Gingrich is flip flopping? That just can't be possible.
That's like saying that the president unilaterally authorizing a military attack is unconstitutional and then a few years after being elected, unilaterally authorizing a military attack on Libya.
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@Adoniah (7513)
• United States
23 Mar 11
20-20 Hindsight? Or just covering his behind...All politicians are liars and crooks. You just eventually try to weed out the worst of them and vote for the least horrible...
@TheMetallion (1834)
• United States
24 Mar 11
Indeed -- that's precisely why I voted for President Obama.
It is awfully nice of folks like Newt to make it easy to weed out the worst of 'em.
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@gladys46 (1205)
• United States
24 Mar 11
There is a very interesting article at USAToday which lists the members of congress that President Obama met with in the Oval Office concerning the Libya no-fly. I wish I could link it but, I'm still not allowed. The list includes Mr. Speaker, et als. They met with the President on 3/16. USAToday/Obama meets with members of congress.
Wonder why Boehner is pretending to have no knowledge?
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
24 Mar 11
The War Powers Act doesn't require the president to meet with a handful of congressman before going to war, it requires a vote by congress to go to war. Besides, Boehner's issue as far as I know is that Obama doesn't have, or hasn't articulated a clear plan for our involvement there.
@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
25 Mar 11
What we need are leaders who will lead and make the tough calls and not follow the polls. I beleive that Gov. Christie said that he was elected to do a job and if the voters don't like it they can vote him out of office in the next election. It would be refreshing to see a leader do what they say they would do during the election.
@bestboy19 (5478)
• United States
26 Mar 11
http://www.foxnewsinsider.com/2011/03/07/gingrich-on-2012-voters-have-to-look-at-the-totality-of-a-persons-life-and-decide/
http://www.videonewslive.com/view/545538/video_gingrich_gadhafi_has_to_be_ousted
Here are the two shows where you say Gingrich flip-flopped. If one listen only to what you posted, there's no question that he changed his opinion. If you listen to both segments in their entirety, I'm not so sure.
