The Gingrinch who stole headlines: why does Newt hate America?

The Gingrinch who stole headlines, the bright fresh face of GOP youth, dapper, dashing, debonair failed politician, 2008 Republican presidential hopeful, and friend to "Meet the Press"'s Tim Russert on the stump in New Hampshire further explains that freedom of speech is so 18th century and listening to him speak is all that's needed to bring a godless nation back to G*d, the Manchester Union Leader reports. "Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich last night defended his call to limit freedom of speech... Gingrich said the threat of biological or nuclear attack requires America to consider curbs to speech to fight terrorists, if it is to protect the society that makes the First Amendment possible. "Our friends at the 'ACLU left,' of course, were staggered at this concept," Gingrich told an audience of Republicans at a Christmas banquet. [Paging Bob Barr, Paging Bob Barr.] "How could we talk about anything less than 100% free speech? How could we consider in any way thinking about this issue?" Gingrich cited last month's ejection of six Muslim scholars from a plane in Minneapolis for suspicious behavior, which included reports they prayed before the flight and had sat in the same seats as the Sept. 11 hijackers. "Those six people should have been arrested and prosecuted for pretending to be terrorists," Gingrich said. "And the crew of the U.S. airplane should have been invited to the White House and congratulated for being correct in the protection of citizens." Gingrich spoke to a crowd of about 250 at the Manchester Republican City Committee's Christmas dinner, held at the Executive Court Banquet Facility... "If you give me any signal in the age of terrorism that you're a terrorist, I'd say the burden of proof was on you," the serial adulterer, Ethics Committee-fined bulk-sales book author told the paper, also urging "a departure from heavy partisanship." The Union-Leader did not report on Mr. Gingrich's expression when he tossed those words.