{"id":24990,"date":"2012-01-01T10:31:53","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T17:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/01\/once-again-rush-rules-the-gop.html"},"modified":"2012-01-01T11:20:10","modified_gmt":"2012-01-01T18:20:10","slug":"once-again-rush-rules-the-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/01\/once-again-rush-rules-the-gop.html","title":{"rendered":"Once again, Rush rules the GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a &#8220;concerned&#8221; citizen raised to Newt Gingrich how Rush Limbaugh had criticized an upcoming chapter in Newt&#8217;s new book that asserted climate change is real, Newt immediately made it clear that the chapter would be scrapped.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s only 9:30 a.m. on January 1st, and my head is already sore from facepalming. #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/gingrich-says-scrapping-climate-change-chapter-upcoming-book-021906064.html\">Gingrich Says He\u2019s Scrapping Climate Change Chapter From Upcoming Book<\/a><br \/>\nGOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich said Thursday he\u2019s axing a chapter on climate change from his forthcoming book \u2014 though the intended author of the section said that was news to her, according t&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a &#8220;concerned&#8221; citizen raised to Newt Gingrich how Rush Limbaugh had criticized an upcoming chapter in Newt&#8217;s new book that asserted climate change is real, Newt immediately made it clear that the chapter would be scrapped. It&#8217;s only 9:30 a.m. on January 1st, and my head is already sore from facepalming. #ddtb Embedded Link &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/01\/once-again-rush-rules-the-gop.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Once again, Rush rules the GOP&#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_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_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":[106,99,63,12],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2012","category-environment","category-fourth-estate","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25769,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/27\/newt-and-the-gop-establishment.html","url_meta":{"origin":24990,"position":0},"title":"Newt and the GOP Establishment","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 27-Jan-12 4:09am","format":false,"excerpt":"Bottom line: the GOP don't like Newt. Newt screwed them over during his House leadership in the 90s, and he's \"obnoxious and disliked\" by those who've worked with him. It's not surprising (though it's entertaining) that his resurgence in the primaries has pulled his former critics out to derail him\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":24990,"position":1},"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":25020,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/01\/jackass-of-all-trades.html","url_meta":{"origin":24990,"position":2},"title":"Jackass-of-all-trades","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 1-Jan-12 1:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Newt Gingrich! He's a geography teacher! He's a historian! He's a legislator! He's an author! And now it turns out he's an \"amateur paleontologist,\" too! Did I mention \"dolt\" as well? #ddtb Embedded Link Newt says there\u2019s insufficient evidence for climate change, citing his expertise as \u201can amateur paleontologist\u201d At\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":24692,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/20\/whaddayknow-i-agree-on-some-advice-from-newt.html","url_meta":{"origin":24990,"position":3},"title":"Whaddayknow? 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