AP:
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Gingrich edged out of a potentially embarrassing exchanged with Orly Taitz, a California dentist who pioneered the "birther" movement questioning whether President Barack Obama had been born in the United States and therefore eligible to be president. Taitz suggested to Gingrich that he should pursue the debunked birther agenda as a way to propel his campaign.
"Somebody who wouldn't be good enough, who wouldn't be certified to pick tomatoes or clean bathrooms is sitting in the White House," Taitz told Gingrich, to gasps and some applause from the tea party audience.
Gingrich demurred and said, "I think I have enough issues to debate Obama with."
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/89ae824 ... 1b504d6000The Caucus at NYTimes:
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At the end, a figure in the movement challenging the legality of Mr. Obama’s citizenship, Orly Taitz, rose to speak, offering a string of incendiary charges. “This man is serving in the White House with a stolen Social Security number,” she said. She demanded to know what Mr. Gingrich proposed to do about “someone who wouldn’t be good enough, wouldn’t be certified to clean tomatoes, or clean bathrooms, is sitting in the White House.”
Mr. Gingrich did not abuse her of any of those notions. But he counter-offered his own critique of Mr. Obama as weak on foreign policy and the economy. “I think I have enough issues to debate Obama,” he said.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012 ... -comeback/ETA:
Pasadena Sun:
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Orly Taitz, an attorney who has filed a lawsuit claiming President Obama is not an American citizen, asserted the president uses a fake Social Security guard and demanded to know when someone would do something about it.
“That’s a project you should pursue,” Gingrich said. With the deficit at an all time high and other problems plaguing the economy, he added, “I have enough issues to debate Obama about.”
So there are several reports that he said "That's a project you should pursue". This is the guy who thinks his cheating on his wives and lying to them is off limits, right? But tells the birfers to go at it.
BTW, that last report indicates those tix were $500.
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Gingrich arrived on his campaign bus at 5:05 p.m. and went directly to a reception for those who paid $500 a ticket.
http://www.pasadenasun.com/news/tn-626- ... 1310.story