The libertarian Republican pundit in California opines that it's about time that someone declared war on the anti-GOP media bias and double standard that gives Democratic candidates a built-in 8- to 10-point advantage: "Gingrich bites back. Hard. Thus, he addresses the question of his messy personal life while hitting the CNN moderator for bringing this up as the first question. Gingrich knows he lacks the Reaganesque 'aw, shucks' persona. Reagan used his sunny disposition to counter the media's attempt to portray him as a dangerous nutcase whose finger should never go near the nuclear button -- not unlike how many try to portray Gingrich. Gingrich will call out the media for ignoring the bombshell that Obama's mother did not fight with her insurer over her medical bills, as Obama movingly and repeatedly told Americans in making his case for ObamaCare. Gingrich will question why the major media behaved so indifferently for so long about matters like Obama's 20-year association with a racist, anti-Semitic pastor."
He adds: "Gingrich will ask why the press yawns when the Obama administration stops using expressions like 'shovel ready,' 'save or create' millions of jobs and 'stimulus.' Gingrich will remind Americans about Obama's promise to end the influence of 'lobbyists.' By any normal understanding of the term, the White House remains a lobby-rich environment where Obama officials insist on lobbyist meetings off-premises. This means there is no White House log, allowing the administration to brag about an alleged decrease in lobbying. Gingrich will point out the hypocrisy of being called a 'lobbyist' though he never registered as one. Yet the media fail to apply this flexible definition of 'lobbyist' when it comes to the Obama administration. Gingrich will ask why the media remain so incurious about Obama's grades at prep school, Occidental College, Columbia University and Harvard Law -- even as Obama admitted, in his first book, that he wasn't much of a student."
More: "Gingrich will point out the lack of left-wing outrage over our involvement in Libya. As a senator, Obama insisted that the President needed congressional approval to send troops into harm's way -- unless the country was under imminent threat. Yet for the joint bombing of Libya, a mission the Obama administration called 'humanitarian,' Obama sought no congressional approval. Gingrich will stand up against explicit or implied charges of racism. He scored by not backing down from Fox's Juan Williams, who accused him of racial callousness for saying poor urban children lack working role models, and for calling Obama a 'food stamp president.' Gingrich stood his ground and engaged in a needed, if uncomfortable, national discussion about the damage done to the family by the welfare state. This resonates with voters who are tired of being accused of racism for questioning whether the welfare state now hurts the very people it purports to help."
LARRY ELDER OP-ED: Newt Declares War On Media
