Newt Gingrich CPAC: Former House Speaker Addresses Annual Conservative Conference

Newt Gingrich, here to shill for his documentary films, got a 10-minute speaking slot this morning — and was the first speaker that it was hard to believe would restrain himself to the allotted time.

Gingrich wound up the crowd, by criticizing the Republican establishment and the “Republican consulting class” for being out of step with the current political dynamic, suggesting that “vast” changes were required. “We have to disenthrall ourselves of the establishment’s anti-idea approach,” Gingrich said. He called upon the crowd to support the “pioneers of the future.”

“You’re going to hear a false attack that we don’t need new ideas,” said Gingrich. “Let me draw a distinction. We don’t need new principles … we do need new ideas” to put those principles into practice.

Gingrich gave a pretty strange demonstration of what he meant, using props. Apparently, the GOP establishment is “trapped in the age of candles” and the Obama administration wants to “redistribute the candle wealth,” and the GOP should beThomas Edison, cold inventin’ the lightbulb. Gingrich went on to say that he’s been attempting to convince GOP legislators to embrace this “idea-driven” vision, but they remain “blind to it.” (Maybe because the whole “candle vs. lightbulb” story needs some tweaks? I’m just trying to be helpful.)

Gingrich did speak warmly of some current members of the GOP — including Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. But the “dominant wing” of the party, he insisted, was “mired in stupidity.”

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/16/newt-gingrich-cpac-_n_2857604.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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