Newt Gingrich: Tea Party "likely to end up as the militant wing of the Republican Party"

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Juggling two cell phones in a dark backstage room at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center Wednesday evening, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said he hasn't yet decided whether he'll run for president in 2012.

But judging by the size of the crowd that showed up to see him and its reaction to his keynote address at the Manufacturers' Association of South Central Pennsylvania's 104th Annual Event, he would likely have some supporters in York County.

The 1,000 people who turned out for the engagement represented the largest crowd the event has ever draw

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While attendees supported many of Gingrich's assertions, his characterization of the Tea Party as "militant" was lost on Livermore and others.

Reading a selection of questions to the former Speaker, Smeltzer asked Gingrich about the future of the conservative group.

Gingrich said the movement is a "natural expression of frustration with Republicans and anger at Democrats," which is "more likely to end up as the militant wing of the Republican Party" than as an independent or third party.

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The word "militant" seems to support recent remarks made by former President Bill Clinton, which some conservatives have interpreted as a comparison of the Tea Party movement and anti-government rhetoric that led up to the bombing of federal building in Oklahoma City 15 years ago, she said.

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/local/ci_14930339

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Watch out for them old ladies and their walkers!

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Watch out for them old ladies and their walkers!

I imagine Newt knows the Tea Party a lot better than you do.

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Maybe. But, ####### and Newt didn't really ever get along, since Newt jumped the queue to take the speakers job away from him, and ####### Armey is the driving force behind the T.E.A. Party movement. No love lost there.

It didn't take long for the lefties to get the story out.

http://news.google.com/news/story?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=Gingrich+militant&ncl=dFpx2Wr-XR7yY7M596E4wAk7LWPrM

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It didn't take long for the lefties to get the story out.

http://news.google.com/news/story?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=Gingrich+militant&ncl=dFpx2Wr-XR7yY7M596E4wAk7LWPrM

Why would it? This is how the game is played, ain't it?

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Why would it? This is how the game is played, ain't it?

Yep. But it is a lot easier on the right just to tune to FNC and Glen Beck.

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Yep. But it is a lot easier on the right just to tune to FNC and Glen Beck.

You lost me. What?

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Did you catch Jon Stewart tonight? Catch the replay if you didn't.

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I'd believe it.

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Did you catch Jon Stewart tonight? Catch the replay if you didn't.

The Muslim/South Park skit?

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You lost me. What?

Fox News Channel. No need for the right to even be computer literate. And the T.E.A. Party has it's very own newscaster "entertainer" in Glenn Beck.

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And the T.E.A. Party has it's very own newscaster "entertainer" in Glenn Beck.

I wonder how Rush feels about this.

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The Muslim/South Park skit?

Yep. Music and dance as well.

I wonder how Rush feels about this.

Rush can't feel. He is drugged out of his mind.

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Yep. Music and dance as well.

Yeah it's getting old. I preferred it the last time in the Bernie Goldberg skit.

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Stephen Colbert is now outing Gay and Lesbian Republican Congresspersons.