Newt gets in touch with his inner Keynes

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You cannot make this shit up.

“First of all, David, I don’t think you’ll ever find me talking about an age of austerity. I don’t think that’s the right solution,” Gingrich said. “I am a pro-growth Republican. I’m a pro-growth conservative. I think the answer is to grow the economy, not to punish the American people with austerity.”

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It would be awesome to see a journalist follow up with Gingrich to see exactly what he means by these "pro-growth policies" without "austerity." To a rational person, that means growing demand through increasing public investment, paid for in part by a tax system that forces the insanely wealthy to contribute their fair share while fixing the economy to reduce base inequality in the first place.

But I have no idea what it means for Gingrich. It could be very interesting for his "conservative" base to find out.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/gibberish-man-by-davidoatkins.html

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1. I swear to God I thought that said "inner Kenyan". Whoa. nt

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2. Keynes, Kenyans, Muslim Socialists -- oh my!