The Eleven Craziest Things Newt Gingrich Has Ever Said

http://www.thenation.com/blog/160588/eleven-craziest-things-newt-gingrich-has-ever-said

Today, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will announce a run for the presidency. Over his long and checkered career, Newt has said some wild and crazy things—most are deeply offensive, while some are outright bizarre. Here’s the most unhinged Newt-isms, 1989-present.

(1) “I am convinced that if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature of America, by the time my age they will be in a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists and with no understanding of what it once meant to be an American.”

(2) “The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.”

(3) “All I would say is, why did it take so long? The whole thing is strange.”

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"If combat means living in a ditch, females have biological
problems staying in a ditch for thirty days because they
get infections and they don't have upper body strength. I
mean, some do, but they're relatively rare. On the other hand,
men are basically little piglets, you drop them in the ditch,
they roll around in it, doesn't matter, you know. These things
are very real. On the other hand, if combat means being on an
Aegis-class cruiser managing the computer controls for twelve
ships and their rockets, a female may be again dramatically
better than a male who gets very, very frustrated sitting in
a chair all the time because males are biologically driven to
go out and hunt giraffes."
Newt Gingrich

Does he really believe this crap, or does he just say outrageous things that are guaranteed to get him media attention?

I've wondered that for years.