I think not. Newt is looking for a job.
Thinkprogress:
In an interview with GQ magazine yesterday, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich compared Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) effort to rally support around his indefinite commitment to staying in Iraq to “what Lincoln had to do in the Civil War“:
QUESTION: How does your background in history influence your political ideas?
GINGRICH: If you think about the current situation, it helps to remember Harry Truman running in 1948, or even Sarkozy in France. Sarkozy distanced himself from Chirac without being hostile. That’s what McCain has to do with Bush. And what McCain is trying to achieve by explaining the dangers of the world to the public is like what Lincoln had to do in the Civil War.
QUESTION: McCain doesn’t exactly have Lincoln’s rhetorical skills.
GINGRICH: In style he’s closer to Truman, who did not have the rhetorical skills, but had passion.
Gingrich, along with a long list of conservatives, have long sought to cast President Bush as Lincoln-like. Now, with Bush heading out of office, they are trying to do the same with McCain.
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Interesting comparison. Lincoln was a great leader who wanted to end slavery. He called all men were created equal under God. Teflon John McCain fought tooth and nail to stop Dr. King from having a National Holiday. McCain says he didn't and doesn't know many blacks as he's from Arizona. The best excuse I've heard so far from McCain is he didn't vote for the King Holiday because there were to many holidays in that month. Let's see if you know how many holidays there are in January? I guess two would be to many we have so many holidays in other months. McCain told Black Americans he was sorry and wanted their vote. If elected he would then eliminate Dr. King's holiday and repeal the Civil Rights Bill.
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