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Newt Gingrich

2007-03-10T05:56:21Z

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Newt Gingrich (born 6/17/1943) is a conservative politician. Gingrich served as Speaker of the House of Representatives, and is generally credited with being the mastermind of the morality-based Republican Revolution of 1994. Gingrich's accomplishments include a number of showdowns with [[President Bill Clinton.]] In one case, Gingrich called Clinton's bluff and shut down the federal government rather than give into Clinton's demands for tax increases. Gingrich also held Clinton's feet to the fire during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, while expertly avoiding criticism for his own marital infidelities [[Media:http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/09/gingrich.schneider/index.html]].

Newt Gingrich was forced out of the Republican leadership as a result of the poor Republican performance in the 1998 off-year election, the only mid-term election in a president's second term in the last 60 years where the opposition party failed to gain seats until 2006.

The conservative politician is now thought to be positioning himself for the 2008 presidential race.

Newt Gingrich has publicly admitted to having been engaged in an extra-marital sexual relationship during the period he was pushing for Clinton's impeachment.

Mitt Romney

2007-03-10T05:54:30Z

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'''Willard Mitt Romney''' (born 1947, goes by Mitt), served as the governor of [[Massachusetts]] from 2002 to 2006 and is a Republican candidate in the 2008 presidential election. If elected, he will become the first Mormon president. Currently, Romney is gaining popularity because his stable marriage attracts conservative audiences who are unhappy with [[John McCain]], [[Rudy Giulliani]], and [[Newt Gingrich]]'s many divorces. The irony that the Mormon has been married the least times of all the candidates was pointed out by Romney's wife, Ann, who said the difference between her husband and the other candidates is that "he's had only one wife."<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070224/ap_on_el_pr/romney_polygamy]</ref>

Romney's critics attack his inconsistent track record on issues such as abortion and gay marriage to the point where he has gotten the nickname "Multiple Choice Mitt." A man dressed as a dolphin calling himself Flipper has appeared at some recent conservative gatherings to bring attention to Romney's inconsistent stands on aboriton and gay marriage. Although Romney now identifies himself as pro-life and anti-same sex marriage, he claimed to be pro choice and supported same-sex rights as late as 2002. These swaps coupled with his [[Mormon]] affiliation puts him at odds with much of the Evangelical right, but a PollingReport.com chart from March 3, 2007 indicates that Mitt was still polling at approximately 7% within the GOP primary forecasts.

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Fox News Channel

2007-03-10T05:43:49Z

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Fox News was started in 1996 by Rupert Murdoch in response to the other cable news channels which he believed to all have liberal biases. Fox News claims to be "Fair & Balanced"<ref>Fair & Balanced[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,27906,00.html]</ref> a claim which it backs up by having shows like [[Hannity & Colmes]]. Fox News characterizes itself as reporting the news in an unbiased manner and then allowing the viewer to decide. <ref>We Report. You Decide.[http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foxiu1.jpg]</ref>.

Fox News is viewed by [[Conservative|conservatives]] as being less biased than other news channels, possibly because they report in a way that is percieved by some to be more moderate then most news channels; additionally, because they do not attack George W. Bush or the Iraq War{{fact}}, choosing instead to support the White House under any circumstances like all good Americans should, they are a more American news station than [[CNN]] or [[MSNBC]]. Fox News prides itself on reporting on "good news" from Iraq, such as new schools being built and new roads being built and for reporting the homocide bombings in context of the broader war on terrorism and the religion they represent. Fox News was the first and only US cable news company to use the term "homocide bombing" to describe attacks by Arabs and Palestinians on Israelis.

In 2005 the White House selected Tony Snow from Fox News to be the new White House press secretary.<ref>Tony Snow to be Named White House Press Secretary[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193093,00.html]</ref>

The station has come under attacks from [[Liberal|Liberals]] since its inception, for what they perceive in turn as a bias.<ref>Block FNC.[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002220590_foxblocker26.html?syndication=rss]</ref>

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