{"id":24692,"date":"2011-12-20T18:07:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T01:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/20\/whaddayknow-i-agree-on-some-advice-from-newt.html"},"modified":"2011-12-20T23:26:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T06:26:36","slug":"whaddayknow-i-agree-on-some-advice-from-newt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/20\/whaddayknow-i-agree-on-some-advice-from-newt.html","title":{"rendered":"Whaddayknow? I agree on some advice from Newt!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If a key question for gay individuals is how the White House will address their equal treatment under the law in US society, Obama is hardly a perfect choice, but he&#39;s a heck of a lot better than Newt (or his cohorts in the GOP race). #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fthinkprogress.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F12%2Fpic.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/lgbt\/2011\/12\/20\/393663\/newt-gingrich-tells-gay-iowan-to-vote-for-obama\/'>Newt Gingrich Tells Gay Iowan To Vote For Obama<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Arnold is an associate professor of writing at William Penn University. He is also gay. And today, he approached Newt Gingrich at an event in Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he asked the former Speaker w&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a key question for gay individuals is how the White House will address their equal treatment under the law in US society, Obama is hardly a perfect choice, but he&#39;s a heck of a lot better than Newt (or his cohorts in the GOP race). #ddtb Embedded Link Newt Gingrich Tells Gay Iowan To &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/20\/whaddayknow-i-agree-on-some-advice-from-newt.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Whaddayknow? I agree on some advice from Newt!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,99,25],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2012","category-gay-stuff","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25770,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/27\/eek-paganism-is-rising-hide-the-children-ma.html","url_meta":{"origin":24692,"position":0},"title":"Eek! Paganism is rising! Hide the children, Ma!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 27-Jan-12 9:40am","format":false,"excerpt":"Newt keeps trolling for the evangelical vote, this time by labeling same-sex marriage as \"perfectly natural pagan behaviors\" but \"a fundamental violation of our civilization\". Indeed, Newt notes, we are seeing a \"rise in paganism.\"Of course, our civilization rose out of the pagan civilizations of Rome and Greece (wouldn't you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24252,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/05\/could-newt-win.html","url_meta":{"origin":24692,"position":1},"title":"Could Newt Win?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 5-Dec-11 5:43pm","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Gingrich has a severe, perhaps insurmountable asshole problem. But the man is such a good bullshitter, it just might not matter.\"Well, that's depressing. Though it would be an interesting refutation of the \"Beer & BBQ\" theory that says that folks will vote for anyone who seems like a friendly good\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23711,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/14\/the-candidate-is-turning-into-a-newt.html","url_meta":{"origin":24692,"position":2},"title":"The Candidate Is Turning into a Newt","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 14-Nov-11 11:21am","format":false,"excerpt":"There have been several polls showing a surge for Newt Gingrch's GOP candidacy for President, though this is the most favorable one. Apparently the faltering of both Cain and Perry is benefiting Newt a lot more than Romney (who is pretty soundly disliked by the Right).How this will translate into\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25209,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/08\/the-gop-candidates-and-gay-marriage.html","url_meta":{"origin":24692,"position":3},"title":"The GOP candidates and Gay Marriage","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 8-Jan-12 1:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear Mr. Gingrich: I realize your own sense of what marriage consists of may be different than most, and it's nice that you attribute a bit more to gay relationships than just depraved lust, but dismissing married gay couples as just \"friends\" is demeaning and arrogant ... just what we've\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26145,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/06\/saul-alinsky.html","url_meta":{"origin":24692,"position":4},"title":"Saul Alinsky","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 6-Feb-12 9:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So who is this \"Saul Alinsky\" that Newt (and, count on it, plenty of others over the coming months) keeps trying to conflate with Obama? Some horrifying fiend incarnate, out to destroy America, God, and our precious bodily fluids?See below, and also http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/bill-moyers\/saul-alinsky-who_b_1257479.html , http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alinsky . #ddtb Embedded Link Who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25825,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/30\/the-newt-mitt-show.html","url_meta":{"origin":24692,"position":5},"title":"The Newt &amp; Mitt Show","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 30-Jan-12 11:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"Pretty much. #ddtb","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}