Gingrich: "Facts don't matter" to Romney

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Sunday continued his harsh criticism for his GOP opponent, Mitt Romney, who is pulling ahead in polls ahead of Tuesday's Florida primary. On CBS' "Face the Nation," Gingrich said Romney's "credibility is going to... collapse" because of "false" statements.

"I think there's a very high likelihood we're going to win Florida because I think when people understand how many different times... he said things that weren't true, his credibility is going to just, frankly, collapse," Gingrich told "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer.

Gingrich received an endorsement last night from former GOP candidate Herman Cain, but new polls shows Romney solidifying a lead in Florida. An NBC/Marist poll shows Romney leading Gingrich by 15 points. The poll shows that Romney has 42 percent support among likely Florida primary voters and Gingrich is coming in at 27 percent. A second poll by Miami Herald/Mason Dixon gives Romney an 11 point lead.

When pressed by Schieffer about his claims of Romney's dishonesty, Gingrich continued the attack.

"Lincoln once said if a man won't agree that two plus two equals four then you'll never win the argument because facts don't matter," he said. "Romney's the first candidate I've seen who fits the Lincoln description."

Gingrich specifically pointed to Romney's debate performance last Thursday night in Jacksonville, Fla., in which Romney was widely seen to have a strong performance while Gingrich was on the defensive. Gingrich blamed inaccurate statements by Romney, specifically when Romney said he always voted for a Republican when one was running.

"Look, when somebody says to you, 'I've always voted for the Republican when the opportunity existed' and Larry Sabato [a political analyst at the University of Virginia] tweets within minutes that what he Mitt said wasn't true, that in fact he could have voted for George H.W. Bush or Pat Buchanan on the day that he voted in the Democratic primary for Paul Tsongas," Gingrich said.

Schieffer noted that a few times in the debate, Gingrich seemed speechless. Gingrich said he had to gather himself because he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Because what he was saying wasn't true," Gingrich told Schieffer.

"He could have said yeah, I was in Massachusetts. He could have admitted," Gingrich said. "He stood there, and this is why several times in the debate if you go back and look at it I'm standing there controlling myself because I didn't want to get into a running fight at that moment when I knew what he was saying was so false when the better way to handle it is to get the data, lay it out, let people make the judgment on their own. I mean, the election wasn't going to be the next morning."

Schieffer noted that Gingrich released a new ad calling Romney "dishonest" and asked if he thought Romney has "a character flaw." (watch at left)

Gingrich told Schieffer he would let the voters make up their own minds if Romney is dishonest, but he then said Romney's "non-truths" are going to hurt him in Florida.

"I think it's really dangerous in a debate to use non-facts because you win a tactical victory, but you strategically begin to destroy your own credibility," Gingrich said.

Later on "Face the Nation," Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, in response to the question on whether Gingrich's claim that Romney is dishonest, said he thinks the former Massachusetts governor is a man of integrity.

[u_go_guys]

The "funny" man got that right:
Romney lies and deceptions - January 23, 2012 Florida GOP debate:

Said he cut taxes in Massachusetts.
Marriage licenses from $6 to $12; gun registrations from $25 to $75; a used-car sales tax $10 million; gasoline deliveries $60 million; real-estate transfers $175 million; $10 fee per Certificate of Blindness ; billed blind people $15 each for discount-travel ID cards. Proposed $170 million in higher business taxes, the legislature approved $85 million increase.

Romney's Tyler Charitable Trust pledged in 2007 to divest in companies that do business in Iran.
In 2007 and 2008, the charity purchased and sold investment shares in companies that dealt with Iran, among them Schlumberger, Gazprom and Total."

Bain Capital..."We didn't do any work with the government."
Romney served on the board of, and personally pocketed more than $500,000 from Damon Corporation. During Romney's tenure, Damon fraudulently swindled Medicare out of millions of dollars and pled guilty to $25 million in Medicare fraud and paid a record $119 million fine.

Claimed President Obama "threw Israel under the bus," ...
Jewish leaders' praise:
Defense Minister Barak said he "can hardly remember a better period of support."
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said, "We have not had a better friend than President Obama."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called President Obama's actions a "badge of honor."
President Shimon Peres said, "Thank you, President Barack Obama, for your leadership, for your deep and moving ongoing and unwavering commitment to the peace and security of our land."

Said he comes from "the real streets of America."
Attended Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, a private boys preparatory school; sold stocks to support himself in college; filthy rich parents as backstop and support-mechanism; evaded draft to do missionary work in France and to attend BYU and Harvard.

Called his wealth "an asset to help America."
He holds millons in infamous tax havens that are costing the American taxpayers $100 billion annually.

Attacked Gingrich about Fannie and Freddie, the mortgage giants he slams for their role in the housing crisis.
He himself has been enriching himself for years off investments in both firms.

Said he opposes "rounding people up and deporting them."
Has said that those who come to the United States without documentation should "go back home and get in line with everyone else"—and has made it clear that includes those who have been here for decades and served their community or our military.

Claimed Romneycare was never intended to be a model for a national plan.
In 2007, Romney said in a Baltimore speech that he hoped Romneycare would be a "model for the nation."

Claimed he hadn't seen the attack ad against Gingrich.
At the end of the ad he said, in Spanish "I am Mitt Romney. I am running for president, and I approve this message."

[u_go_guys]

Is Newt Gingrich mentally ill? Can we risk having a mentally ill person in the White House? Newt Gingrich's mother was bipolar. There seems to be a combination of genetic and environmental factors involved in the generation of the illness. Onset of symptoms of bipolar disorder seems to be tied with stress: Delusional, pompous, erratic, undisciplined, angry, arrogant, anti-intellectual, grandiose, authoritarian, bi-polar, sneering, preening, opportunistic, divisive, spendthrift, sexually promiscuous, hypocrite, prevaricator.
Now endorsed by Cain. Birds of a feather.
Endorsed by Sarah Palin. So telling!

[pr_boxer]

"Truth" doesn't matter to Newt.

[Rafterman11]

Hey Newt, "non-truths" are hurting you and left you speechless, huh? Now you know what Obama goes through with you right wing nutbags every single day.

[facelessdrone2005]

Facts don't matter to Romney and ethics don't matter to Gingrich. And these are the guys who want to "save" American???

[jdaryyl]

Can you say FATCAT?

[jdaryyl]

pot kettle black

Newt the Sophist Has an Answer for Everything

[FormerUSMCSergeant]

Gingrich: "Facts don't matter" to Romney

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And oaths don't matter to Newt.

[jdaryyl]

Founders

The man is a snake, talks his way through everything a vile sophist. Is FEARED a good thing? He had to leave congress didn't he?

Newt has more skeletons in the closet than a halloween costume shop. He is Mr. New World Order - a committed globalist who has publicly made clear his contempt for American sovereignty and freedom on a plethora of occasions.

He is far from a true, original Tea Party member.

[venusvegasvada]

Founders you are a bit misinformed.

According to Politifact, Newt Gingrich did pay the 300,000 USD fine. You don't pay that kind of money for nothing.

Link:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/dec/21/restore-our-future/did-newt-gingrich-pay-300000-ethics-fine-back-1990/

Newt never balanced a budget. Ever.
According to these guys, Newt was around for only two years of balanced budgets (98 and 99) but was not responsible for any of them. They claim that the balanced budget happened because of Clinton's 1993 Tax increase on the Rich. That's what balanced the budget. Newt didn't have anything to do with it.

Link:
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/12/16/390988/gingrich-four-balanced-budgets-false/

As far as Newt being the "First Republican Speaker in 40 years",
I'd say his behavior and "leadership" were bad. Really bad.

According to Wikipedia, the Republicans lost five seats in the House in the 1998 elections, which was the worst in 64 years for a party that didn't hold the presidency.

Oh, and then the Republicans threw him out of Washington.

Newt's not feared by anybody.

[patann425]

Politicians in general think the American people are stupid. They can tell bald faced lies and obviously think the American people believe it. The republican campaign and debates has been absolutely assinine. If you believe what Newt says, you will vote for him. If you believe what everyone says about Newt, you won't.
Obama didn't cause the problems the country is having, it started with George Bush.
I'm not 100% happy with Obama, who is? There is no alternative. He made the American people a promise, it can't be done in one term. Welcome to your second term President Obama.

[dougtheaveng]

This is dishonest of Gingrich. Romney's statement about who he voted for in general elections is not relevant to whether or not he voted in a democrat primary. Nor can Gingrich or anybody else know how Romney voted in general elections.