Newt Gingrich

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http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2011/11/15/the-gingrich-proposition-ctd/ From a linguist's perspective, John McWhorter explains that Newt Gingrich is not smart ("you'll find that he's using artfully constructed rhetoric to cloak ideas that are simply wrong"):

Newt Is Dumb

Newt Gingrich told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer yesterday that uninsured Americans should receive health care coverage through charity organizations and “free clinics,” rather than government-sponsored programs. The former speaker of the House answered Blitzer’s question from Monday’s CNN/Tea Party debate about how the government should treat a 30-year-old uninsured man who needs months of intensive treatment: GINGRICH: Historically, we had charity. http://thinkprogress.org/health/2011/09/14/318655/newt-gingrich-uninsured-should-receive-health-care-through-charity-not-govt/

Newt Gingrich: Uninsured Should Receive Health Care Through Charity, Not Government

Newt Gingrich has skyrocketed to the top of the Republican presidential field — and Democrats couldn't be more thrilled with their new target. http://www.businessinsider.com/newt-gingrich-nancy-pelosi-david-axelrod-2012-attacks-2011-12

IT'S ON! Nancy Pelosi Launches War Against Newt Gingrich