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On Tuesday, Newt Gingrich told an audience in Georgia that Mitt Romney would have fired Christopher Columbus. We rate this statement “true.”

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How much GOPers would chop rich people’s taxes.

Via Kevin Drum:

As the chart [above] shows, conservatives are right to believe that Romney isn’t to be trusted. Sure, he lowers tax rates on millionaires by 9 percentage points, and you may think that’s a pretty sweet deal for the rich. But come on. Newt Gingrich would lower them by 24 percentage points. (No, that’s not a typo.) Rick Perry lowers them by 20 percentage points. Herman Cain lowers them by 15 points. Frankly, Romney is hardly even trying here.

Also, except for 9-9-9, all these plans show no or little tax cut for the lowest marginal rates. Stay classy!

Did you know that Newt Gingrich’s history dissertation was about the Belgian Congo? Yep, and apparently it went a bit soft on the country’s colonial masters. And he wrote it without ever venturing into the country he was writing about. Which made us wonder: What would happen if boy historian Newt “Gingin” Gingrich stepped into the pages of the notoriously colonialist Tintin comic book Tintin in the Congo?

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Best. Photoshop. EVAR.

Story here: “GOP Voters: We Trust Newt With Nukes”

(Source: Mother Jones)

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In addition to his many wives, Newt likes the bears.

The Newt Testament

Your guide to Gingrich’s greatest rhetorical hits over the last 33 years. Now with more Hitler/Munich analogies!

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We’re going to post one photo of Newt Gingrich standing next to an adorable zoo animal every day until we run out. We’re thinking Monday. Does Monday work?

Via

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Newt Gingrich was for the Libya intervention before he was against it, as this Venn diagram by the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank kinda sorta shows. But no worries, Newt: You’re not the only high-profile conservative Republican to flip-flop on Libya merely for the purpose of antagonizing the White House.

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Senior Editor Dave Gilson boils down the Newt news for you.

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Thanks so much, Internet. (Inspiration here).