net. it s this model as practiced by several european nations that republicans, like john boehner, eric khan tor, newt gingrich, and mitt romney want america to follow. as president, i will cut spending. cut spending. they elected us to cut spending. so just to be clear, republicans accuse the president of want iing to copy europe, wh in fact, it s the republicans who want to follow the european lead in terms of the economy. so now that we have put the facts straight, how is it going in europe with those pro-republican approaches to austerity? well in ireland, they responded to their debt problems with a savaged series of measures and unemployment is now at 14%. across the irish sea in britain, the latest figures are out for economic activity. unfortunately, there wasn t any. the economy didn t grow at all.
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fast forward to the time when he was speaker, i was around during the white house negotiations. i was one of the senate negotiators. i was around when newt gingrich was bragging about the fact he have going to close the government down. he did, of course. that became a moment that i think he s probably always regretted and his colleagues that he served with in the house regretted it. not too long after that, they decided they didn t want him as speaker any longer. he s been touting a 1995 endorsement from president reagan s wife, nancy. i d like to play two clips. first how newt tells it and what the former first lady said. in 1995, at the goldwater institute nancy said that ronald reagan s torch had been passed to me. harry goldwater handed the torch to ronny and ronnie turned it over to newt and the republican members of the
airplane. she is cemented that image that plays right into the democratic party strategy for this year and beyond. did you not think it was disrespectful? is that how we re supposed to behave toward the president whether you like him or not? the power of social media and the quickness of the internet, it put a magnifying glass over anything. we don t know the context but the gesture, the hand leads you to wonder. we re talking about it and putting a dent into her, the party at a very important time that should matter. you don t really have to know what she said there because she said such ugly things and written such ugly things in the book. that s the case. just a final question to you krystal. what did you think of newt going into attack mode on mitt
maybe romney isn t as cleaver as newt, no one is, but he s not operating beneath a well of sleaze as these new romney campaign mailers allege. let s face facts with king gingrich, you never have the peace of mind that you ve gotten to the bottom of his sleaze. newt gingrich, unethical,er rattic, reckless. they may be exactly what the conservative base wants to go up against the president. someone who will say anything, do anything. perhaps not someone not like mitt romney who offers his version of fired up today in jacksonville. now we re getting ready for another debate tonight, i can t wait. it s going to be fun again. we re going to have choice times talking about the president and his failures. if y all can get there, we d