Rep. Gingrey promises GOP will make "covenant with Moses" signed in blood not to raise taxes on rich

[PumpkinDog33]

You're not raising taxes you're taking away the Bush tax cuts!!!!

this is as stupid as complaining that a store raised prices on cookies when cookies were on sale last week and this week they are no longer on sale.

SALE'S OVER BITCHES!!!!!

[cruciphile]

someone needs a skullfucking

[mundane1]

If there is a hell, this guy is going to burn in it.

[dwiskow56]

"derp derp derpidy durp"

[Robstailey]

fuck religion and fuck tax avoiding rich assholes.

[nova62400]

Oh heavens no, don't tax the job creators, who at their whim may deliver us a morsel of employment. Let's fire government workers.

[nova62400]

Oh heavens don't tax the job creators. But the government should fire employees.

[IrishmanErrant]

Can you find a single African-American there? 'Cause I sure can't. Vote Republican? No thank you.

[TheStevepwns]

@IrishmanErrant what does that have to do with anything??? I would take a guess there arent any in that community.......again what does race have to do with this video?

[CousinDupree]

If this guy wasn't doing this, he'd be selling snake oil out of a tent in a traveling gospel road show. And the bigger problem is, people would be buying it.

[Treselak]

Yea, title's pretty misleading. It was a weird thing to say but still, he's not as insane as the title suggests.

[mrfelony]

He didn't make a covenant with Moses, he said it was a covenant with america, like moses' covenant with god. Also, he's not signing it blood, he's just trying to stress his level of commitment to not raising taxes. Your biases are causing you to misconstrue what he's saying to make him look crazy.

[bariuspelagic]

@mrfelony

crazy is as crazy does.

[mundane1]

@mrfelony He's doing a good job of it on his own, he really doesn't need any help.

[snowmgirl]

Let's abuse "God" some more..

[turtlechomper1]

What a joke!

[Equinox2100]

this guy is literally the worst. how is he a congressman.

[JustKOF]

Moses stole Egyptian gold and wrote rules about not stealing. I guess it's an apt comparison.

[StoopidZombie]

What a moron, "I don't think this is the time to raise taxes." This is the exact time we SHOULD raise taxes. Oh and fuck religion too.

[GPgraphics]

hey look at that- a room full of fat, white haired americans.

[Xenoamicus]

ThinkProgress, I like that you posted this, but I'm disliking the video due to it's message. Nothing personal, and thank you for the upload.

[junskey]

old, overweight, white folks listening to a republican??????? preposterous!

[MisterMysterious]

That's a lot of fucking old white people.

[gyco7]

why is moses depicted as having horns?

[ianorg]

Small businesses create jobs. Large companies like GE send jobs overseas and eliminate jobs when they merge with other companies.

And he knows it! I don't believe he is as ignorant as he pretends to be.

[frosted74]

Where's the shoe thrower when you need him?

[asimsinthehouse]

@frosted74 Aahahahahahahaha

[cupmyplums]

If you agree with this oaf then you're being conned.

Perhaps Buffet and Gates actually care about the type of country they live in. America is now more way unequal than France was at the time of the French Revolution.

[Seii09]

If you agree with this bullshit you're being played. You're willingly placing yourself in wage slavery to protect the people that don't give a shit about you. The top 1% aren't spending that money making jobs, and if they are they're certainly not in the U.S.A. They're making jobs oversees, not paying ANY taxes because of loopholes, and then selling it back to you at huge profits. Meanwhile they're not using these profits to increase their worker's wages, so where's the trickle down huh?

[mrsbrown333]

why didnt one person in that audience throw a pie in his face? what an idiot

[F0rtn0x]

@cmfluteguy NEVER VOTE.

[BaileysBeads]

@F0rtn0x yeah that will help -.^

[justinbelljustin]

Hang'em High, real high.

[dE3L]

same old republican bullshit -> "job creators", these jobs are only created overseas going to the absolute cheapest bidders. capitalism is not about creating wealth in the middle class, it is all about destroying the middle class and making sure that we have no say in the matter.

all of our money is at the top, and they have brainwashed into believing that we have no power.

[TheEphemerat]

This is absolutely disgusting.

[hotapplepipe]

This guy is a complete jackass

[icngasn]

Why do public employees and teachers need to feel pain while bankers and CEOs need to have their "burdens" eased?

[abraxsis]

10 whole days of pay cut??? How generous, moron.

[Valendros]

@abraxsis

Ya... that 10 days of 535 people's pay being cut sure will fix the trillion-dollar budget deficit...

[mark99k]

The big Republican lie: "cutting taxes on the rich creates jobs" - NOT. What creates jobs is demand for goods and services. When you cut taxes on the rich, you do nothing to stimulate that demand.

Rich people with lowered taxes don't create jobs, they create... yachts.

[TyeNee]

Notice how everyone listening is over the age of 50

[squanto2]

"The Job Creators" AKA the same filthy scummy parasites that sent our jobs overseas for the last 30 years. You have to be ASTOUNDINGLY STUPID to believe a word from this huge man-whore.

[KrAzYkArL18769]

Tea party = old / fat / rich / racist / misinformed white people that care more about their bank accounts than they care about a functioning society.

[quembelleq]

Find this surprising? Read "C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy" by Jeff Sharlet.

[n8dogg87]

This guy stutters more than a broken record.

[RantyChris]

Moses wasn't real. Sorry.

[Drakonais]

@Happyjuice I am equally shocked and horrified by the content of this video, but I'm pretty sure you're incorrect on this one. If this video was actually bkheal's footage, it's his property. Just because it was filmed at a public meeting does not make the video public domain.

Freedom of the press allows journalists to report freely but does not require that any and all footage of public interest be published.

[AntidoteY]

Anyone who votes for this guy, is an idiot.

[JrFLYnnIV]

Rep Gingrey? More like Rep. Gingery.

[asdjrocky]

How in the hell does anyone vote for this idiot?

[ThingNation]

trickle-down F-You-Co-Nomics

[goruu]

And then the rich use that money to make themselves richer, while the poorer get poor.

[IAreJackass]

Maybe this is a good thing. The punishment for breaking a covenant is death.

[ginito]

Ooow, US politics? That's like a really bad "reality" show.

[LiberatedInsanity]

Wow, am I watching a room full of snotty republicans, or a church preaching seminar? Or is it both?

[92poophatch]

Someone has to manipulate the dim bulbs in this country, and the Republicans fit the bill, because they are willing to do whatever it takes, including lie, cheat, and steal to further their agenda.

Liberals on the other hand, are more ethically grounded, and generally frown on this sort of behavior.

[idlefritz]

"The so-called wealthiest 1%"  ... these derp mongers can doubt a basic mathematical term, but have faith in trickle down economics despite Greenspan already calling bullshit. Stay classy, octogenarians.

[theDerailled1]

WOW HOW ABOUT WE DONT RAISE TAXES......WHAT SENSE WOULD IT MAKE THEY DONT PAY TAXES NOW 

[nycrackhead]

This guy doesn't care about poor people.

[TheAwakenedHeretic]

"Let the federal employees feel the kinda pain our teachers in Georgia are feeling"

Teachers ARE federal employees. Oh my god, I need to get the fuck out of this country after my enlistment us up.

[bkeahl]

This video production has been used without the permission of the author, despite continued requests of the author (me). I wouldn't expect anything different from leftists though.

[bkeahl]

The original production can be found at ustream under pauldingvoice-live.

[Happyjuice]

@bkeahl Its freedom of the press.  I (as well as other many other Americans) believe that absolute unfiltered news is truly hard to find in today's media. With so many news organizations having a political agenda. I checked your page to find the video but didn't see it uploaded. I'm sure the poster of this video wouldn't have a problem taking the video down if you shared it. But these statements are ridiculous and the fact that they are caught on tape shouldn't be ignored.

[Happyjuice]

@bkeahl secondly, I am not a leftist. So don't make assumptions about me. Its thanks to videos like these and the internet that we can actualy hold a politican more accountable for what they say. And in my opinion one of the biggest problems in America is how we haven't held politicans more accountable.

I may be mistaken but isn't this video in a public town hall setting? Why are you upset about people seeing this video? Unless you are selling these videos(which would probably be illegal)

[cmfluteguy]

Is it any wonder that only 6% of American scientists are republicans?

You have to recognize and acknowledge facts to be a scientist.

Republicans are fact and truth challenged.

NEVER VOTE FOR A REPUBLICAN!!!!!!!!

[marishtar]

@cmfluteguy Some Republicans use religious imagery to tag their plans to pander to voters. Therefor all Republicans are Bible-thumping morons who don't look at facts.

[Francebrasil]

scared bigoted retirees listening to an American Taliban!!!!

[jhenzie01]

Why does America continue to support assholes like this.

Democrat or republican, these douche bags don't care about the voters.

[maxx1000]

A room filled with IDIOTS!

Any moron can count heads and a room filled with 100 people, why can't ONE person stand up and say...

... "SURE, LOWER MY TAXES SO THAT THE REMAINING 99 PEOPLE LEFT SEATED CAN PAY MY SHARE."

THAT is what the GOP stand for.

G.rred

O,ver

P.eople

THE REPUBLICANS DO NOT CARE ABOUT HARD WORKING MIDDLE CLASS.

REPUBLICANS PREFER TO FEED THE RICH AND TAX THE POOR!

Gingry is advocating that the top 1% pay less so the IDIOTS in attendance can fill the gap.

[cmfluteguy]

The republican party is full of greedy white sociopaths.

I hope they get their asses blown off in the mid terms.

I hate what they have become.



[Somai82]

Gingrey herding the flock

[MisterDoctorE]

So walk with the flock through some desert for years upon years... like Moses

[IAMtheNewWorldOrder]

Lol, "we're talking about the job creators"

See, that's how they hustle these poor dumbfucks. Tell them that there are economic Gods, creators of all wealth & prosperity, and we must pay tribute to these Gods and not anger them.

It REALLY IS just like the dark ages.

And it's ironic how he uses Bill Gates as an example of someone who DOESN'T create jobs.

I guess Windows Office was created by Jesus or something.

[IAMtheNewWorldOrder]

I am watching a video of the dark ages.

Here is the lord/noble, talking to all the serfs, explaining that the reason they need to give him all their wealth, is because that's what God wants.

And the serfs all nod. They would not dare go against the wishes of God, and they know that this man obviously has a closer relationship with God than they, since God has put him in a position of authority.

[justonefirefly1]

fuck moses fuck republicans fuck the rich