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Candace Gingrich pens an open letter to her big brother Newt
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — From Huff Post: We know how much the right likes to play political and cultural hardball, and then turn around and accuse us of lashing out first. You give a pass to a religious group -- one that looks down upon minorities and women -- when they use their money and membership roles to roll back the rights of others, and then you label us "fascists" when we fight back. You belittle the relationships of gay and lesbian couples, and yet somehow neglect to explain who anointed you the protector of "traditional" marriage. And, of course, you've also mastered taking the ...

All In The Family
Balloon Juice — Candace Gingrich goes after her brother: Dear Newt, I recently had the displeasure of watching you bash the protestors of the Prop 8 marriage ban to Bill O’Reilly on FOX News. I must say, after years of watching you build your career by stirring up the fears and prejudices of the far right, I feel compelled to use the words of your idol, Ronald Reagan, “There you go, again.” ...

Thanksgiving in the Gingrich household
TigerHawk — I certainly hope the booze is flowing freely at the Gingrich family Thanksgiving table, because otherwise it could be difficult to get through dinner . Goddamn , that hurts. Whatever justification Candace Gingrich may have for trashing her brother, this bit seems wrong: The truth is that you're living in a world that no longer exists. I, along with millions of Americans, clearly see the world the way it as -- and we embrace what it can be. You, on the other hand, seem incapable of looking for new ideas or moving beyond what worked in the past. Newt Gingrich may be a lot of ...

Candace Gingrich tells her brother Newt: ‘Stop being a hater.’
Think Progress — ... in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us.” Reacting to this hate-mongering, Candace Gingrich criticized her half-brother Newt for “being a hater” and for using “LGBT Americans as political weapons to further your ambitions.” Addressing Newt directly on The Huffington Post, Candace — a ...

Candice Gingrich, Newt's sister slams him over his anti Gay Remarks on Prop 8
Crooks and Liars — ... that: "there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us, is prepared to use violence, to use harassment. I think it is prepared to use the government if it can get control of it. I think that it is a very dangerous threat to anybody who believes in traditional religion." Aren't those just lovely words to hear being uttered by your own brother? Candice writes to him and says: A Letter to My Brother Newt Gingrich Welcome to the 21st ...

Big props to Gingrich!
Corrente — Candace Gingrich, that is, for shaming her brother for fueling and exploiting homophobia. (via)

Quote of The Day
Shakesville — "The truth is that you're living in a world that no longer exists. I, along with millions of Americans, clearly see the world the way it as -- and we embrace what it can be. You, on the other hand, seem incapable of looking for new ideas or moving beyond what worked in the past. Welcome to the 21st century, big bro."— Candace Gingrich in a letter to her brother, Newt Gingrich

Newt to be Law Lecturer at UGA — on Judicial Review
The Moderate Voice — ... of liberalism!?! The AJC’s Political Insider: Former House speaker Newt Gingrich will become a regular — but temporary — lecturer at the University of Georgia School of law this spring. He’ll be teaching a course on judicial review. Which should come just in time to monitor one or two U.S. Supreme Court appointments by the Obama administration. In other Newt News, in case you missed it over the weekend, he’s been taken to task by his openly gay sister: I recently had the displeasure of ...

Jumping off the Ban Wagon
Shakesville — I've got a new piece at The Guardian's Comment is free America about LGB rights in the 21st century, progress, and teaspoons: In an open letter to her brother (and conservative firebrand) Newt last week, Candace Gingrich, who is an out lesbian, took him to task for his anti-gay positions: "The truth is that you're living in a world that no longer exists. I, along with millions of Americans, clearly see the world the way it as – and we embrace what it can be. You, on the other hand, seem incapable of looking for new ideas or moving beyond what ...

Bill Berkowitz: Newt Gingrich -- Drilling for Power
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... done with serial affairs and divorces, and that he could be a trusted ally.    Last year, Al Gore persuaded him to share a couch with current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as part of Gore's campaign to raise awareness about Global Warming. (Gingrich later apologized to conservatives for couching with Pelosi and for appearing to support Gore's cause.) After he castigated gays and lesbians for their "secular fascism," he was roundly condemned by his younger gay half-sister Candace in " A Letter to My Brother Newt Gingrich ."  Gingrich can be a go-for-the-throat partisan, which is ...