Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Politics Be careful what you wish for, Newt edition
Posted by Scott Henry @ScottTheHenry on Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:51 PM
- Restore Our Future
Not the official Romney campaign, mind you, but the shadow Romney campaign that operates under the name Restore Our Future. It's what folks call a "super PAC" because, unlike a candidate's official campaign that can only accept $2,500 from an individual donor per election cycle, these monstrosities can accept unlimited donations from anyone — and spend just as lavishly on sliming political targets. The group's unceasing ads are largely credited with Gingrich's crashing poll numbers.
It's all in the name of free speech, of course, and when the U.S. Supreme Court made it all possible in last year's Citizens United ruling, most conservatives cheered the advancement in corporate rights.
Few were cheering louder than the former House speaker, who's a big booster of the conservative advocacy group (which repaid the solid by producing his straight-to-video screed-umentary, America at Risk). Before the landmark court ruling came down, he was quoted thusly:
"Ever since McCain-Feingold was enacted in 2002, Citizens United has been on the front lines of the battle against it. After seven years of fighting, we are now just one decision away from knocking down a huge section of law that restricts our right to free speech. Please join Citizens United and me in our fight for the First Amendment rights of every American."
Now that Romney is successfully using this egregious campaign-finance loophole to tear him a new Iowa cornhole, I wonder if Newt still feels the same way.
Now, in case you want lighter fare, please enjoy, courtesy of McSweeney's, Newt Gingrich’s letter to Virginia, regarding the existence of Santa Claus and claims that he said otherwise.
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