NBC 20090609 Gingrich 'I am not a citizen of the world'

Newt Gingrish's intellectual bankruptcy for all to see.

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• American know-nothing

[Kendall41]

JaredLarsen, Granted, Newt softens the firebrand sound bite, but he is too savvy not to know that that is the rhetoric which will latched onto by the radicals. Further, great Republicans as well as Democrats have used the phrase approvingly (see Andrew Sullivan's blog to trace this), and this clear violation of the logic he claims to champion, i.e., "citizen of the world" does not mean a "citizen of North Korea" etc.

[Kendall41]

Stunningly dangerous are those who think the US can isolate itself from the rest of the world.

[JaredDLarsen]

cont...like to be a citizen of North Korea, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Cuba, or Russia. I am a citizenI am a citizen of the United States of America.And, the rest of this speech is about the United States of America. America is a unique civilization...But the core of this is a very straightforward historic debate. It is not a theological debate, it is not a religious debate, despite every effort of the elite media and the academic left to distort it. It is a fundamental question of political history.

[JaredDLarsen]

He is not talking about isolation from the world, but rather characteristics of American society that make it different from the world's view of individual rights. Here is some context: "we must strengthen our unique American civilization. Let me be clear, I am not a citizen of the world. I think that the entire concept is intellectual nonsense and stunningly dangerous. There is no world sovereignty, there is no world system of law - there is in fact no circumstance under which I would...

[rhoadnaroahs]

Go Newt! Needs to be said. I'm sick of the one-world movement! We need to take care of our own U.S. citizens. Are we really going to take orders from the U.N.? It pisses me off that when people hate on the U.S. while reaping the freedoms that this country provides. Why don't you move to France and pay 40% in taxes to fund the welfare state that you, most likley, desire. Remember, the country that gives you everything you want also has the power to take it away.

[goldgrif]

hey newt hate to tell you, must be inhaling all that natural co2, you are a citizen of the world, if you are not GET OFF MY PLANET and take your donkeypunched followers with you, scum bags