John King has joined Juan Williams as Newt Gingrich road kill. They have both been taught a harsh lesson: Newt Gingrich will not play the “gotcha question” game, and he will turn such questions into smack downs of those who insist upon asking them.
In just over 2 minutes, Gingrich took King’s opening question about the charges being made by his former wife and flattened the pride of CNN to the delight of hundreds in a South Carolina auditorium and millions across the country. Newt’s smack down had us banging our fists and saying “Finally! Finally somebody is punching back!”
John King failed miserably in his attempt to destroy Newt Gingrich and put Mitt Romney, his preferred candidate, back on track. When King opened his questioning of the former Speaker with his “gotcha” question about Gingrich’s marital problems, it was King who was “gotten.”
Blinded by a perceived opportunity to make Gingrich look bad, and create the media’s new John McCain, the salivating King threw aside all pretense of honesty. Nevertheless, his headlong bayonet charge at a man he thought he would catch as unprepared defensive and easy prey ended abruptly when he ran into a well place straight right to his jaw. As he listened to the roaring standing “O” behind him, the dazed look on King’s face was priceless.
This brief exchange perfectly underscored the chasm between the media and America.
The media don’t really share America’s values. They may have been born and live here, but for them, writing about America outside of its edges is like covering a foreign country.
King might have learned his lesson by watching Gingrich destroy Fox’s Juan Williams Tuesday night when he tried to use the media’s shopworn “Republicans are racists” card.
But, of course that isn’t possible. The media hate Republicans and think vicious attacks on us are fair and should never end.
They will try “gotcha” questions on Gingrich again. They won’t use them on Romney because he is their new John McCain. They won’t try them on Rick Santorum or Ron Paul because they don’t want either man to drop out in an effort to save Romney.
None of this will matter. When they come again, Gingrich will be ready, and the whimpering of the next wounded media “warrior” will not be heard above the standing roar of standing ovations. Gingrich will make them road kill.
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For anyone curious about the views of those “conservative” news readers at FOX concerning Newt’s obliteration of CNN’s John King, let it be known that virtually to a man–or rather, to a leggy blond– FOX personalities thought King WELL withing the bounds of journalistic ethics and standards, while Newt was accused of having displayed an arrogance quite unbecoming a presidential candidate. Apparently news types stick together almost as greedily as Democrats.
Of course they stick together, Just like any other professional or so called group when on the ropes, Example: Cops , Criminals, Lawyers,politicians and most any other group they do not wish that their honor and integrity to be imputed. However all 4 examples used relate to the Criminals and they stick like fleas to maintain innocence, of course. Now I think that is funny I do not care who you are! Thats Funny!
As much as I enjoy any conservative using a widely viewed public platform to chastise the main stream media for their obvious and disgraceful liberal bias… there will soon come a time when Gingrich can not use this tact to pivot from a challenging question. His past behavior, beyond what he has selected to highlight is fair game.
You know this will sound cruel and I will have to answer for this writing but so be it, Jesus forgive me please! Each and every one of these obammy News imbeciles should be investigated and then their lives should be made front page issues,You know such stuff as the married ones that have had relations with same sex and opposite sex fellow workers, prostitutes etc.etc.. Underhanded deals they have been paid off on not to turn on certain people that they have the goods on, so they take a Bribe for silence.The Blackmail that they have committed against various story line individuals! But they would all claim to be pure as the driven snow for they are the media, Madness would be more like it! They are the Rudest crudest and most socially unacceptable bunch of people on earth, oops, my bad I should say this side of the Liberal imbeciles that supported and support Criminal obama ! You know they years ago, used some discretions and would not go to the lengths that they do now! But they have in fact in some cases gone to an extreme that I find unacceptable and if it were not for our freedom of speach rights that they abuse, I would welcome a plan to have about 90% of them under a Gag order on their first infraction of stepping over the line. However this cannot be done without hindering our First Amendment rights which I do hold high and cherish as an American!