Rush Limbaugh on Newt Gingrich's attack on Paul Ryan: 'I'm as befuddled as anyone else'
Newt Gingrich has certainly found a way to get the ear of his party. Unfortunately, his technique seems to be burning more bridges than he's building.
The former House speaker was a guest on "Meet the Press" on Sunday. He talked about Rep. Paul Ryan's proposal to overhaul Medicare, calling the Wisconsin Republican's plan "radical."
"I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering," Gingrich told host David Gregory on the NBC show. "I don't think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate."
On Monday, Ryan went on Laura Ingraham's radio show, where he told guest host Raymond Arroyo, "With allies like that, who needs the left?"
Ryan does have an ally in Rush Limbaugh, who was baffled by Gingrich's comments.
"I am not going to justify this. I am not going to explain it," Limbaugh said Monday to his national radio audience.
"The attack on Paul Ryan, the support for an individual mandate in healthcare? Folks, don’t ask me to explain this. There is no explanation! What do you mean, 'If I don't explain it, who will?' There is no explanation for it," Limbaugh said. "First off, it cuts Paul Ryan off at the knees. It supports the Obama administration in the lawsuits that 26 states have filed over the mandate. I guess, what? Back in 1993, Newt supported an individual mandate, everybody should buy insurance. I am as befuddled as anyone else is what I’m telling you."
HBO talk-show host Bill Maher is very clear about his feelings about Gingrich, who recently announced his candidacy for president. On Friday's "Real Time With Bill Maher," the political comedian called the Georgia Republican "an idiot who has always been wrong about every single thing he has ever talked about."
"What I find really scary about Gingrich is his certitude, which is the hallmark of unbright people," Maher said.
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Photo: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at Eureka College's 150th commencement in Eureka, Ill., on Saturday. Credit: Ron Johnson / Peoria Journal Star
Can anyone in this party get their stories straight?
Posted by: sgetti | May 16, 2011 at 06:33 PM
The debt limit has been reached but the only way a vote is happening requires spending cuts? What, no demand for a jobs bill? The economy is not going to improve based on future spending cuts.
Posted by: sgetti | May 16, 2011 at 06:38 PM
Maybe it's a bonehead, earthling attempt, at moving towards the ' new american ( cooperative, get something done ) middle ' . Newt's moving toward the american middle, and the dinosaur, american right wing will be the last to get it. Having said that. Newt is a useless human being. And right wing human politics are slowly destroying your planet. Changing the atmosphere. Readying the planet for full invasion.
See you soon.
Posted by: Zandar the space alien | May 17, 2011 at 07:09 AM
Whats wrong earthling newspaper. Afraid to post the truth. Afraid of a little fun. Didn't like my post from light years away, earlier this morning. Editing again. It won't help.
Prepare to start building new pyramids.
See you soooon.
Posted by: Zandar the space alien | May 17, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Well, so much for the Big Tent GOP theory when it comes to divergent opinions.
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