Political Insider

By Andy

November 24, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

Glad to hear that Newt is not teaching a course on Marriage!

By Holy Roller Gingrich

November 24, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

With Gingrich’s latest anti-gay statement, maybe he will change his ways and gain a little sense at our state’s flagship university. He sounds okay on economic issues at times but gets really off base appealing to the far right on social issues. He sounds nutty.

By gafarmer

November 24, 2008 5:55 PM | Link to this

Good to hear,now Uga ain’t the only bulldog in Athens.

By Ally

November 24, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

Andy, does the fact that he made mistakes in his personal life diminish his ability to teach what he knows very well?

What does his failed marriage have to do with his knowledge of judicial review or his ability to be a Political Leadership Scholar?

Anxiously awaiting your unbiased and intelligent response.

Oh, and I’m assuming your personal life is perfect otherwise you wouldn’t cast that first stone at the proverbial glass house, correct?

By Lanier

November 24, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this

Andy - a slam remark such as yours is absolutely not necessary. Unless you are the one perfect person on this earth and maybe you are. It is great to see UGA have someone with Newt’s brain on campus. The students in his class should gain some valuable insight. Newt’s leadership qualities are badly needed in our political arena today.

By Ally

November 24, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this

Andy, does the fact that he made mistakes in his personal life diminish his ability to teach what he knows very well?

What does his failed marriage have to do with his knowledge of judicial review or his ability to be a Political Leadership Scholar?

Anxiously awaiting your unbiased and intelligent response.

Oh, and I’m assuming your personal life is perfect otherwise you wouldn’t cast that first stone at the proverbial glass house, correct?

By asand211

November 24, 2008 6:10 PM | Link to this

Andy, I’m sure you could teach a course on homosexuality with your extensive experience.

By Kim

November 24, 2008 6:12 PM | Link to this

It is Newt’s brazen hypocracy that makes him totally unfit to teach young minds.

I suggest you read Candace Gingrich’s ( his gay younger sister )blog post on Huffingtonpost.com, a stinging indictment of Newt’s hypocracy and old school culture of division.

By Aman

November 24, 2008 6:12 PM | Link to this

Andy, you could teach a course on homosexuality with your vast experience in the area. Just because Newt doesn’t believe in gay marriage you do not have to make weak attempts to belittle him.

By Aman

November 24, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this

Andy, you could teach a course on homosexuality with your vast experience in the area. Just because Newt doesn’t believe in gay marriage you do not have to make weak attempts to belittle him.

By He who lives by the sword

November 24, 2008 6:18 PM | Link to this

Newt is always there to throw a stone at others based on their personal lives and personal choses. So, I think that makes it fair game to poke at his short comings. The minute he stops criticizing other people’s personal lives, I’ll stop criticizing his. Until then, quite your whining.

By Aman

November 24, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this

Kim, it is your obvious ignorance and inability to spell that makes your comments unworthy of reading.

By Aman

November 24, 2008 6:26 PM | Link to this

And when I say that Andy has vast experience in the area of homosexuality, I mean it. Trust me, I know. Wink. Wink. Nod. Nod.

By Andy Harrison

November 24, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this

gafarmer,

UGA isn’t in Athens, he lives in Savannah…

By arealman

November 24, 2008 6:32 PM | Link to this

Aman, it is your subject/verb agreement that makes your retort pathetic.

By arealman

November 24, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

Aman, it is your subject/verb agreement that makes your retort pathetic.

By Tomhere

November 24, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this

Ahh….. THE FORNICATOR. It’s understandable that UGA would be quick to recognize this PATHETIC LOSER. Guess he’ll be teaching his BANKRUPT IDEAS and FAILED PHILOSOPHY. Some people just don’t understand when it’s time to GO AWAY AND LIKE THE WOOLY MAMMOTH: DIE OFF! Dumb mammyJammer.

By Will Jones

November 24, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this

America’s Creed was the key to the founding and success of Our Nation.

Gingrich fails on each of the Mottoes which define it…found on the Great Seal (the back of the One Dollar Bill, for those unaware of America’s exceptional genius).

He is no man, no patriot, and no American. That he impregnated his teacher to avoid the draft, or divorced her once he’d gained political position to marry the object of his adultery the first, second or nth time, is but a small part of what makes him not only imperfect, but perverse.

Those who sympathize with him are cut from the same cloth.

He should be shunned, if not indicted, as an accomplice to the de facto treason accomplished by his corrupt G.ay O.ld P.ervert faction.

In hiring him UGa diminishes itself. He is scum and the children of Georgia should be shielded from him.

By JW

November 24, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this

My son attends UGA and it is a proud day for me to see a man of Newt’s caliber on campus to educate in a meaningful way. Don’t be afraid of Newt just because his intelligence, insight, and love of country exceeds yours. GO DAWGS AND NEWT.

By Ahhhh

November 24, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this

arealman…….is exactly what Andy needs. You two should get together!

By wow

November 24, 2008 7:05 PM | Link to this

Arealman, you are aware that you only have to submit your comments once for people to read them aren’t you?

By wow

November 24, 2008 7:12 PM | Link to this

Had Gingrich simply been a cocaine user like Obama admitted that he was all of this hate could be avoided.

By devonne

November 24, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this

Hey gafarmer, please don’t insult uga by comparing him to Newt.

By Seth

November 24, 2008 7:43 PM | Link to this

Its obvious by reading most of the comments regarding Newt that the AJC has a lot of bed-wetting liberals that read this failed paper online. Interesting, they always preach peace, forgiveness, etc. Wow, the hypocracy of the left is too funny. When will the AJC go under? Probably soon if liberals are what they rely on, look at Air America. NBC, and many other left leaning outlets, they all usually fail b/c of their audience.

By 49-10, HAHA

November 24, 2008 8:15 PM | Link to this

wasnt ginrich one of the repubs that teamed up with kenneth star to pursue the whole ‘clinton some some head form a fat chick” thing? and during that time, wasnt he having an affair himself?

atleast it was with a woman, becuase we all know that most republicans like little boys and gay sex in bathrooms

By Please helps us!

November 24, 2008 8:39 PM | Link to this

For all those who failed the first round of the spelling bee, it is hypocrisy, not hypocracy!

By The Snark

November 24, 2008 10:13 PM | Link to this

Is this a joke? A guy who has never been to law school teaching a course on judicial review? I guess he’ll just recycle all those conservative talking points about “judicial activism” and other bogeymen. What an empty suit. How this trailer-park Lenin convinced so many people that he knows something is beyond me. The man has never accomplished a dang thing.

Next for Newt: teaching advanced heart surgery at Emory!

By GAinTX

November 24, 2008 10:14 PM | Link to this

My son attends UGA and it is a proud day for me to see a man of Newt’s caliber on campus to educate in a meaningful way. Don’t be afraid of Newt just because his intelligence, insight, and love of country exceeds yours. GO DAWGS AND NEWT.

So…I assume that you know that Newt has twice divorced wives to marry women with whom he was having an affair. He attempted to coerce his FIRST wife to sign divorce papers while she was recovering from surgery for cancer.

Is this the CALIBER of man you admire so much?

Tell me, which right-wing Fundamentalist Christian value suggests that straight men who compulsively commit adultery and DIVORCE their wives are more admirable than same-gendered couples who actually keep their vows for life?

Or are you just a completely ignorant moron who has the reasoning capacity of a flea?

By The Oddball

November 24, 2008 10:18 PM | Link to this

What possible qualifications does Newt Gingrich have to teach judicial review at a law school — did he sleep in a Holiday Inn Express?

By Judge Kenneth Starr ...One Call , That's All

November 24, 2008 10:22 PM | Link to this

Your Honor will be glad to investigate Bush and Cheney if you only request in writing.-Newt stepped down before I had a chance to investigate the Congressional Banking fiasco.

By Clay

November 25, 2008 7:58 AM | Link to this

Former US Speaker of the House, Newt Gringrich will be a prestigious lecturer for the University of Georgia as would anyone of that stature. Gingrich has extensive knowledge of how the government of the United States works having been on of the leaders of our nation. He has a long resume of actually writing and proposing Federal bills into law and was a college professor before his time as a US Congressman.

By gafarmer

November 25, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

Andy Harrison @ 6:29 p.m., betcha both of them are in Athens on home game days.

By JW

November 25, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

GAinTX: Bless your heart…

I said: “My son attends UGA and it is a proud day for me to see a man of Newt’s caliber on campus to educate in a meaningful way. Don’t be afraid of Newt just because his intelligence, insight, and love of country exceeds yours. GO DAWGS AND NEWT.”

You replied: “So…I assume that you know that Newt has twice divorced wives to marry women with whom he was having an affair. He attempted to coerce his FIRST wife to sign divorce papers while she was recovering from surgery for cancer.

Is this the CALIBER of man you admire so much?

Tell me, which right-wing Fundamentalist Christian value suggests that straight men who compulsively commit adultery and DIVORCE their wives are more admirable than same-gendered couples who actually keep their vows for life?

Or are you just a completely ignorant moron who has the reasoning capacity of a flea?”

My goodness, the venom you spew so easily. Do you lack the capacity to segregate private personal shortcomings from professional accomplishments? I don’t rely on you, Newt, or anyone other than my wife and I to instill moral values and ethics in our son. Try it sometime and again I say, GO NEWT & DAWGS!

By JW

November 25, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

GAinTX: Bless your heart…

I said: “My son attends UGA and it is a proud day for me to see a man of Newt’s caliber on campus to educate in a meaningful way. Don’t be afraid of Newt just because his intelligence, insight, and love of country exceeds yours. GO DAWGS AND NEWT.”

*You replied: “So…I assume that you know that Newt has twice divorced wives to marry women with whom he was having an affair. He attempted to coerce his FIRST wife to sign divorce papers while she was recovering from surgery for cancer.

Is this the CALIBER of man you admire so much?

Tell me, which right-wing Fundamentalist Christian value suggests that straight men who compulsively commit adultery and DIVORCE their wives are more admirable than same-gendered couples who actually keep their vows for life?

Or are you just a completely ignorant moron who has the reasoning capacity of a flea?”*

My goodness, the venom you spew so easily. Do you lack the capacity to segregate private personal shortcomings from professional accomplishments? I don’t rely on you, Newt, or anyone other than my wife and I to instill moral values and ethics in our son. Try it sometime and again I say, GO NEWT & DAWGS!