Gingrich: Cheney Concentrated On National Security; Obama Read A Couple Of Left-Wing Books

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Newt Gingrich spoke last night to the Connecticut Republican Party, and made it clear just how much he trusts Dick Cheney over President Obama.

“One was chief of staff, secretary of defense and a vice president who concentrated on national security,” Gingrich said to the assembled Republicans. “The other read a couple of left-wing books on the CIA.”

It’s an interesting description of the current President of the United States, who was also previously a U.S. Senator — making him sound like the lefty kids you see on college campuses, carrying around copies of Noam Chomsky.

Interestingly, there was a dog that didn’t bark: Gingrich didn’t mention Sonia Sotomayor, against whom he’s kind of, sort of, not really backed away from calling a racist.

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