Gingrich - Elite Saturday Night Live Slanders Palin, Should Be Sued

[mythbuster43]

The thing about Palin that makes her so easy to rip on is that she just cannot take ANY kind of criticism. At all. The fact that she has people like Fox News and the Tea Party to worship her unconditionally only increases her ability to make herself look like a victim.

[dogterd]

Gingrich's disastrous current campaign for the GOP leadership is truly a fine example of karma. Only seconds ago the new broke that his whole staff has resigned. Dear Newt, please just move to Florida and die of skin cancer.

[yoursuchagoodguy]

I suspect according to Newt the SNL skit that was most slanderous and worthy of a law suit was the one in which Tina Fey repeated Palin's incomprehensible idiotic blathering verbatim.

[lovecraftis]

SNL has every right to do what it did. Palin has turned herself into a joke & if she cannot deal with it tough.

[jonaismybro]

Too bad SNL is satire, and CONSTITUTIONALLY, that cannot be labeled slander and is protected by the 1st amendment. Gingrich needs to go back to school and take a basic intro to poly-sci class!

[salome2115]

"factually wrong, intellectually dishonest, totally biased..." projecting much Newtie?

[EdugeBDroN]

Lech Vakesa ..........U got to be kidding me the man is a socialist Union leader fitting for his people ..Newt Newt u loosing it

[christianecon]

Shouldn't Gingrinch be out cleaning up the oil spill his dereg ideology generated? Or at least working for liberal causes since the welfare-for-the-rich ideology he promotes sent the American economy into a thirdworld tailspin in 8 short years? Oh that's right--to rightwingers the concept of responsibility only applies to the poor or the unemployed...talk about "elite."

[getabrainasshole]

if lindsey lohan can sue e-trade for being a milkaholic........then........­.!

[derberg19486]

Exactly what you do and say every day Newt...its like looking in a mirror for you Newt

[n1njasause]

so basically, much like Palin, newt doesn't understand what satire is?

[mardats]

If you can't be honest with your wife, why should I expect you to be honest about ANYTHING. Why would ANYONE trust Hewt Gingrich?

[dartsp]

They are wasting more time on an idiot that quit her job as governor, who gives a shit. Palin is totally clueless about the world and that comes from the McCains people who tried to educate her. SNL is comedy, nothing more. If she wasn't so damn easy to make fun of she wouldn't have been on every week. Fat boy newt should take his over inflated ego and his melon head and go away.

He is another despicable cheating asshole, just a nasty human being.

[MrFatch99]

What a tool. He needs to go divorce another wife. Maybe serve the papers again while his wife is in the hospital. Jerk Off

[mrgingerbred]

fat bloated douchebag.

[Danjuma13]

SNL is elite? WTF? SNL is popular mass TV. We're not talking about PBS pundits @ 2 am! If SNL is the elite, what's mass? For that matter, what would a really elite show like "Firing Line" have been?

[pm512]

Newt is a DUMBASS and Palin is a bigger DUMBASS than that DUMBASS.

[Ulamaxh20]

Newt hit the nail on the head in the Greta interview!

Newt, you are RIGHT on target all too often!

Hats off to you!

[AtheistDaddy]

Newt Gingrich consistently attacks free speech. If you support Newt - then you are against freedom. Fact.

[Ulamaxh20]

You are twisted in your thinking... very twisted! Newt ROCKS and tells it like it is. Fact is, you are outspoken in your views and dont like it when others dont agree with you! It is obvious by your twisted comment.

NEWT, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! YOU ARE FANTASTIC!!!! WISH WE HAD MORE WITH YOUR PRINCIPLES AND IDEALS!

[AtheistDaddy]

I don't care if others disagree with me or not. The fact is that Newt calls for civil action against people who speak their minds - that my friend (?) is fascist and unconstitutional.

Once again I don't care if you 'agree with me' just agree with facts (doubtful for you I am sure).

[MCKRUSH]

Comparing Palin to Lech W. ... give me a break, Newt.

[dudelove3]

Jeez Republicans don't have any sense of humour.

[AriesTRam]

Boo hoo! Guess Gingrich didn't see the full interviews where Katie Couric gave Palin the chance to answer the question, nor the interview with Charlie Gibson where she couldn't explain what the Bush Doctrine was, and he's the head of her party as president! Yikes! And Newt, every public figure is fair game for SNL. Didn't hear you complain too much about all the Bill Clinton infidelity and junk food jokes!

[backtotheday]

I have seen the "complete" interviews and the creative editing is interesting. You actually believe what you see on TV is not a totally orchestrated play for your entertainment? That is what they do. Truth be damned. Tina Fey was funny. But, that is "supposed" to be entertaining. Couric and Gibson are a sorry excuse for "journalists". The Bush Doctrine was a term that changed daily according to recent issues. Everyone has their own definition and Gibson was baiting.

[littleguypainting]

Oh man, Newt Gingrich is so ..... over, and with any luck so is Faux Noise

[Greenandscaly]

Greta Van Susteren used to be a journalist. Then she joined Fox News, likely for 30 pieces of silver

. I wonder how she beats back her conscience each night at work. Drugs? Alcohol? Group sex? More facelifts?

[drinkslinger77]

Fuck you Newt. Learn how to take a joke.

[ScrewtapeLiberal787]

trying to train me to accept anger, dissapointment, rejection and losses, so its no big deal.

in other words, you are psychologically trying to get me satisfied with very little.

Jesuit was the worst thing that has ever happened to me.

[bequietdrivemefar]

I didn't need Fey to point out Palin's stupidity...I hope she runs in 2012 that way it is made clear that we the American people are tired of stupid politicians..I grew in rural Missouri and to say that Palin spoke for us is a flat out lie...McCain is a good man and the reason I didn't vote for him was because Palin turn out to be a stupid. I'll admitt that I was excited about Palin when she was first annouced as VP candidate but then her it became clear who she was...A dummy

[halli321]

Greta Van Sustern is a dog! Woof!

[steerpike66]

Gingritch is yesterdays man, will pump hot air for quarters.

[steerpike66]

Palin was ridiculous in every whay; ripe for satire. Ludicrously ignorant, palpably groomed, and a stupid accent to boot. End of story.

[Clayton0001]

I believe that SNL is responsible for the Republican's loss... Sure they were a little funny but it was ALL Liberal!

[kaisersosay2]

Thank God for SNL!

[steerpike66]

Let's hope that's true. Hooray for making Republicans look as ludicrous as they are.

[drinkslinger77]

You're kidding right?

[willowbud]

Blah, blah, blah, who cares what he says anymore

[lezlitaz]

is the GOP throwing this election?? i think its possible.

[blair227]

Greta needs another facelift and Newt needs new talking points.These two idiots are pwned by stupid and ignorance not to mention lies.

[brookerdouglas]

you know, whats funny, is most of Tina Fey's dialogue wasn't really written - they've taken what Palin has said in public and used it.

[obamawill2008]

they should a skit about newt and his multiple marriages! how about newt joins the f.l.d.s. in texas.

[ScottJoseph08]

are they serious? Where have they been for the past 35 years? I mean, have they EVER watched the show. Good greif!

[nonbreeder]

If there is one thing I have learned about Republicans, it is that they overreact, wildly, to EVERYthing. I grew up in a Republican town and as a result, I want NOTHING to do with them in my adult life.

THEY are the very resaon we are all craving CHANGE now.

[Coryscott5]

Greta and Newt have now exactly zero credibility left after that discussion. They are irrelevant. This proves they are either willing to lie or they have horrible judgement. It is as simple as that.

[Scoot2612]

Palin never reads anything so she could not have been surprised.

Media has been corrupt for so long so we are not surprised also.

By the way, Palin volunteered for SNL. Or did a moose held a gun to her head.

[lampyman101]

factualy wrong, intelectualy dishonest, totaly biased, deliberately vicious, dishonest, total distortion....... sounds like fox news's mission statement to me

[naraberiz]

What are these republicans going to do next? Ban comedy? Insane.

[buseyisgod]

could be worse, they couldve gone and said she went to a madrasda or whatever when she was a child...

[foley15136]

Did he have the campaign memo in front of him? It sounded like he was reading it word-for-word.

[hibiscus929]

comparing someone who hunts wolves from the air and makes up stories of her willingness to stand up for the electorate to a long-time political activist who literally put his life on the line. soooo laughable. "sorry, but political activism doesn't go with my gucci purse." talk about trying to making a silk purse out of a pig ass (yes, i know i'm taking poetic licence).

[CalexanderJ]

My god, Newt wants to outlaw comedy. This guy's insane

[18844881]

this dud is so off, comparing that moron to

Lech Wałęsa!!! what a joke

[18844881]

by the way he mispronounced Lech Wałęsa's last name he says WaleNsa!!

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

He's trying to suggest that 80's era Poland's government controlled the media hence the anti-Lech stories. So he seems to be suggesting that our government is Communist (Hear that GW?) and controls the media?

Heh. Well, yeah considering that FOX News is the quasi-official media outlet for the GOP.

[carmie1818]

Agreed, Fox is close to being state-run television. More hypocrisy and double standards from our friendly neighbourhood republicans.

[Edella]

So some people are making fun of Sarah. Obama is being called a TERRORIST every day by the right, you don't hear him threatening a lawsuit do you?

Anyway, suing SNL over skits that have been some of the most popular in the show's history doesn't seem like the brightest idea in the world, Newt. How can this not be obvious?

[stephenleegraves]

HA HA! The reign of the Republican right-wing is finished in America and it is time to write their collective obituary. The Republican party has survived the last few decades by latching onto so-called 'values' issues, by entwining corporate interests with the easily tapped fears of the electorate, but the uneasy marriage is coming unraveled before our very eyes. Gingrich is a sad, pathetic joke, a pudgy whiner whose fifteen minutes is over. BYE BYE NEWT!

[bbbbmer]

a liar like newt gingrich calling SNL 'slanderous' is a new high..... in hypocrisy... btw, i know greta van s. has been with fox for a while, but she used to be credible when she was cnn's legal commentator -- what happened??? did she drink the fox koolaid or something???

[toothpickdinner]

@bbbbmer get your facts right newt is not just a lair he is a racist to

[oojamaflipper]

unabashed cuntery. politicians and in fact anyone well known or in the spotlight are fair game for satirical comedy.. newt, why dontcha look up the definition of satire? while ur at it, look up 'freedom of speech'.. idiot

[Edella]

Please, sue SNL. It'll make the Republicans look like pansies. Isn't it the conservatives who accuse the liberals of being over-sensitive and "politically correct"? If you can't stand the heat...

[officialusa]

This guy is an idiot.

Faux is NOT news.

[dbmcvey]

Jees--Republicans are whiny.

[torchwoody58]

@dbmcvey Why are you whining about whiny Republicans?

[plimbuff]

Neuter Newt Gingrich

[granulorhoek]

He thinks SNL was slanderous to Palin. Wasn't Palin on SNL? Did she say anything about it? Umm, nope. The central problem is that she's hopelessly average. Do you send your most average players in for the 4th quarter, down by 14? No, you send your best players in. If you want to call them elite, by all means, but it's just common sense.

[hollyhoodjoe123]

There is no attack on Palin. The damn reporter got the context of a wrong. Getting a quote wrong is not an attack on Palin.

sigh. I hate this reporter now. His point still hold truths. There are numerous of conservatives who question Palin's qualifications and her intelligences, and there are a lot of conservatives he could have quoted. However, because this idiot didn't fact check his sources, now these Repukes can shift the topic from Palin's qualifications to the biases of CNN. Pathetic.

[Digimaul]

I'd be concerned if this was on the news... Fox isn't news, it's Republican Broadcasting Network.

[beachbumde]

lol..Gingrich is a circus clown

[obamawill2008]

that is an insult to circus clowns!