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January 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like
that,” he told CNN’s John King. Condemning the “destructive, vicious,
negative nature of much of the news media,” he repeated: “I am frankly
astounded that CNN would take trash like that and use it to open a
presidential debate”.
“Every person in here knows personal pain. Every person in here has had
someone close to them go through painful things,” he continued. “To take an
ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question for a
presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine.”
Mr Gingrich eventually stated that “the story is false” but claimed “the elite
media” was more interested in “protecting Barack Obama” than allowing
Republicans to explain themselves — a line that drew more wild applause.
Having been 10 percentage points behind Mr Romney at the start of the week in
South Carolina, Mr Gingrich now leads him by one point, according to an
aggregate of polls by RealClearPolitics.
One new survey on Friday night put him six points ahead.
Mr Romney on Friday played down hopes that he would wrap the contest up early.
“I said from the very beginning that South Carolina is an uphill battle for a
guy from Massachusetts,” he said. “I
knew that.”
Stuart Stevens, Mr Romney’s chief strategist, claimed it was “ridiculous” to
describe a potential loss in socially conservative South Carolina as a blow
to Mr Romney, a relative moderate.
“It is amazing that he is in contention to win it,” Mr Stevens told The Daily
Telegraph.
Mr Romney endured another weak debate performance. For the first time in
recent memory he was booed and heckled by the audience after ducking a
question about whether he would agree to release several years’ worth of tax
returns.
“Maybe,” Mr Romney said. The former corporate buy-out chief, who has a fortune
of $250 million (£160 million), repeatedly struggled to deal with the topic,
despite it having been the centre of political focus since he disclosed this
week that he pays 15 per cent income tax — lower than most Americans.
Mr Romney also invited ridicule by claiming the US required a leader who had
“lived on the real streets of America”. He grew up in Bloomfield Heights,
Michigan — one of America’s five richest cities — and owns a huge beach
house in California and a mansion in New Hampshire.
After today’s primary — the first in the South — the candidates move on to
Florida, which votes on January 31.
In addition to his vast financial and organisational advantage, Mr Romney
holds an 11-point lead in opinion polls there and will be more confident of
victory in a more moderate state.
However, a loss in South Carolina — and a gathering of support behind Mr
Gingrich’s candidacy by Mr Romney’s opponents — could dramatically alter the
race once more.
Mr Gingrich, who was due to address supporters at a rally later on Friday
night, took to Twitter to deliver a last-minute message to voters.
“South Carolina decides if we want a Bold Conservative or a Moderate,” he
said. “We can defeat President Obama and rebuild the America we love”.
Karena Morrison, a 43-year-old Gingrich campaigner, said that former backers
of Rick Perry, the former Texas governor who withdrew from the race on
Thursday, were flocking to him.
“I absolutely believe he can win,” she said. “He is a historian, and we
urgently need to get back to the founding conservative principles of our
country.”
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