Did I hear Gingrich endorsing McCarthyism?

[Cannikin]

Did he say those were better times and was a good idea we should get back to? I'm digging for the transcript but can't find one yet.

[MrScorpio]

1. You heard right nt

[fascisthunter]

2. soon he'll endorse the KKK publicly

[LAGC]

3. Gingrich was the most vile of the bunch.

He made Bachmann look tame in comparison.

And he got the most applause from the crowd as well.

:puke:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Probably. That's something he'd be into.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. You did - and Japanese internment camps too I think. He's a flatulent asshat.

[Cleita]

6. Gingrich has always endorsed it even back in the

days when he was Speaker of the House. He's a closet police state advocate IMHO.

[correaman13]

7. ann coulter would agree

I've heard ann coulter say the same. She went on to say it was just liberal propaganda that tarnished his career. And that he saved america from communism.

They're pretty looney.

[Cannikin]

8. On a note re Coulter unrelated to my OP:

We really need to get her on more panel shows. Her arguments never hold up and I love to see her having to shut up for a change.

[Morning Dew]

9. K and R

[Cannikin]

10. Here is the transcript starting with the question put to Romney

KING: When I asked -- I asked this question the other night, though, you said you want to ask a Muslim those questions but you didn't you have to ask them to a Christian or a Jew? CAIN: I would ask certain questions, John. And it's not a litmus test. It is simply trying to make sure that we have people committed to the Constitution first in order for them to work effectively in the administration.

KING: Should one segment, Governor -- I mean, one segment of Americans, in this case, religion, but in any case, should one segment be singled out and treated differently?

ROMNEY: Well, first of all, of course, we're not going to have Sharia law applied in U.S. courts. That's never going to happen. We have a Constitution and we follow the law.

No, I think we recognize that the people of all faiths are welcome in this country. Our nation was founded on a principal of religious tolerance. That's in fact why some of the early patriots came to this country and we treat people with respect regardless of their religious persuasion.

Obviously, anybody who would come into my administration would be someone who I knew, who I was comfortable with, and who I believed would honor as their highest oath -- their oath to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States.

KING: Mr. Speaker, go ahead.

GINGRICH: I just want to comment for a second. The Pakistani who emigrated to the U.S. became a citizen, built a car bomb which luckily failed to go off in Times Square was asked by the federal judge, how could he have done that when he signed -- when he swore an oath to the United States. And he looked at the judge and said, "You're my enemy. I lied."

Now, I just want to go out on a limb here. I'm in favor of saying to people, if you're not prepared to be loyal to the United States, you will not serve in my administration, period.

(APPLAUSE)

GINGRICH: We did this -- we did this in dealing with the Nazis and we did this in dealing with the communists. And it was controversial both times, and both times we discovered after a while, you know, there are some genuinely bad people who would like to infiltrate our country. And we have got to have the guts to stand up and say no.

[opihimoimoi]

11. Newt is Moot...no longer viable......no one listens to his utterances

[Cleita]

12. Thank God for small favors opi. n/t

[opihimoimoi]

14. We will never get back the collective time spent on this idiot named Newt

Kaput

[dembotoz]

13. the whole damn debate was nasty

was waiting for one of them the advocate the eating of live kittens