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RUSH: I just had some headlines sent to me. This is hysteria. These are headline links. I have not clicked on them, I just had them sent to me. “Will Gingrich Disown Himself?” Commentary magazine, Peter Wehner. Washington Post, Jennifer Rubin: “Gingrich and the Union Leader: Partners in Fooling the Voters.” Washington Examiner, Conn Carroll: “George Will Was Wrong: Newt Gingrich IS a Marxist.” Washington Examiner, Charlie Spiering: “Brit Hume: Gingrich Lashes Out When Upstaged.”<\/p>\n
These are all ostensibly conservative publications, all out for Newt. It\u2019s incredible. Another one. Real Clear Politics: “Krauthammer: Newt\u2019s Attack On Romney Is ‘What You\u2019d Expect From A Socialist.'” In fact, let\u2019s grab sound bites five and six. These two bites are what this is all about. Newt did go all socialist on Romney here, in a way. Yesterday morning on Fox & Friends, Brian Kilmeade talked to Romney, had the question: “Newt made clear is that he had a consulting business. He was in the private sector after he left the Speakership and he was one of the people that consulted Fannie and Freddie. Number one, do you believe he\u2019s a lobbyist really? And do you believe that since he took money at Fannie and Freddie, do you believe he should give that money back?”<\/p>\n
RUSH: Okay. So that\u2019s that. And then yesterday in Londonderry, New Hampshire, after a campaign event, Gingrich said the following to reporters about Romney\u2019s suggestion that Gingrich return the money he made having worked as a consultant for Freddie Mac.<\/p>\n
GINGRICH: If Governor Romney would like to give back all the money he\u2019s earned from bankrupting companies and laying off employees over his years at Bain, then I would be glad to then listen to him, and I\u2019ll bet you $10, not 10,000, that he won\u2019t take the offer.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Now, a lot of people are upset about that because that\u2019s the way the left talks about capitalists and free market entrepreneurs, that they bankrupt companies and that they lay off employees. You know, the left loves to go out and say that free market entrepreneurs, ah, they take over these companies and they consolidate them and then they fire everybody. They downsize them and they just let everybody go. And Newt offered criticism of Romney that is exactly as it would be said by the left. Sort of when George W. Bush in the 2000 campaign said we\u2019re not gonna balance the budget on the backs of the poor, everybody said, whoa, wait a minute, that\u2019s not what conservatism does. So now these things are flying back and forth, and we\u2019ve got Romney, go back and grab sound bite number 22. Let\u2019s throw it in the mix. It\u2019s 2002 in Worcester, Massachusetts. This is Romney running for governor of Massachusetts. <\/p>\n
ROMNEY: I think people recognize that I\u2019m not a partisan Republican, that I\u2019m someone who is moderate and that my views are progressive and so they\u2019re gonna vote for me regardless of the party label.<\/p>\n
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And, meanwhile, I got all these headlines I just shared with you. Now, Krauthammer says that Newt\u2019s attack on Romney is what you\u2019d expect from a socialist. That\u2019s how the libs talk. “George Will Was Wrong, Newt Gingrich is a Marxist.” “Brit Hume: Gingrich Lashes Out When Upstaged.” Jennifer Rubin: “Gingrich and the Union Leader: Partners in Fooling the Voters.” And over there there\u2019s Michele Bachmann and there\u2019s Rick Santorum and there\u2019s Rick Perry. This isn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n
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