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    Gingrich vows to establish a colony on the moon

    COCOA, Florida (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is promising to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2020 if he's elected.

    Gingrich, the former House speaker, told an overflow crowd gathered on Florida's space coast Wednesday that he wants to develop a robust commercial space industry in line with the airline boom of the 1930s. He also wants to expand exploration of Mars.

    The pronouncements appeared to thrill the crowd of roughly 700 people. Florida's space coast is still suffering from a recent round of federal cuts to the space program.

    But how would Gingrich pay for it?

    The Republican presidential contender says he wants to offer prizes to help stimulate investment by the private sector.

     
    • Wobbly Binky  •  4 mths ago
      Don't forget his health policy. The National Sick Wife Trade in Program.
      • Roth Combover 3 mths ago
        Hey, dummy. She served HIM the papers for divorce, not the other way around like most people believe.
      • Wobbly Binky 3 mths ago
        Hey, Scummy. Both of them?
    • Fritz the Cat  •  Sacramento, California  •  4 mths ago
      Dear Newt: before you can go to the moon you need to pull your head out of URANUS!
    • isaiah  •  4 mths ago
      This egotistical s o b will pander to anyone to try to get their vote. Hell, he would put his mother on a street corner selling herself if he thought it would get him elected. Can you say EGOTISTICAL BAS*ARD !!!!!
      • Dean 4 mths ago
        He wants the Moon People's vote.
    • Lee  •  Los Angeles, California  •  4 mths ago
      A permanent base on the moon, lower taxes, increase defense spending.... exactly how does he plan on balancing the budget?
      • AnnonymousAmerican 4 mths ago
        Balance the budget, add to the debt?? Oh those aren't important according to Newt!
      • Elio L 4 mths ago
        He hopes to do it on our backs like the rest of the GOP
      • Robert 4 mths ago
        According to his toady minions he's already balanced budgets... Single-handedly!. The Legend of Newt continues to grow.
    • Jerome  •  Seattle, Washington  •  4 mths ago
      Pretty much goes to show ya, some people will say anything to get elected....
      • Mark 4 mths ago
        If elected, I will give everyone mink underwear, I will simonize Wyoming, I will beat Superman in a thumb wrestling contest, and I will cure male pattern baldness.

        Mark 2012 -- Change you can believe in, sort of.
    • John  •  4 mths ago
      Newt has no intention whatsoever of a Moon Base...He was in Cocoa Beach home of Cape Canaveral. and the space launnch community.He was trying to get a few more votes fron the gullible. If he was in Idaho it would have been a promise about Spud methanol energy reserach..
    • Nickster  •  4 mths ago
      I'm all for Newt moving to the moon. Can't be soon enough for me.
    • anonymouse  •  4 mths ago
      ....to the moon, Alice!
    • Mark  •  Dallas, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      Newt is a genius. By promising weightlessness, he has locked the fat-chick vote!
    • Mark  •  Dallas, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      Just when I was starting to miss Ol' Crazy Eyes Bachman, Newt stepped up to the plate. God bless the GOP.
    • John  •  4 mths ago
      Hmmm....Newt is in Cocoa Beach?...Oh... Trillion Dollar Moon Base project...Next da he is in Miami..The Cuban Sovereignty Restoration Act with funding...Next day Key West? The Conch Renewal Project Next Day Pensacola Restore Our Oyster Initiaitive...
    • T  •  4 mths ago
      Just another GOP idiot:" President Bush ..unveiled an ambitious plan to return Americans to the moon by 2020 ..." And who is going to pay? My SS and Medicare? Cut, cut but lets colonize Iraq, Afghanistan and now .. the Moon"? Idiots!
    • bernie  •  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic  •  4 mths ago
      luna tic
    • Jay  •  Los Angeles, California  •  4 mths ago
      Please God -- let's send him there.
    • organizizer  •  San Francisco, California  •  4 mths ago
      " prizes to help stimulate investment by the private sector." have been going on for 20 years without government interference. (x-prizes) hes a little late to the party.

      Interesting that a republican wants to do a government takeover of this privately funded process.
    • Don  •  4 mths ago
      I wonder if he knows this stuff leaks out to the people in states other than Florida?
    • Salty Dog  •  4 mths ago
      Great idea Newt and you can run for president of that colony! Bon Voyage Newt!
    • deborah  •  4 mths ago
      Newt is BIPOLAR.
    • Luna  •  Fair Oaks, California  •  4 mths ago
      Let's take up contributions to send him to the moon now. Opps...forgot the oxygen. So sorry. I can't believe this man is a serious contender for President of the United States. If these clowns are the best the Republican Party has to offer count on having Obama for four more years. If I were a Republican I'd be embarrassed to admit it.
    • My Name  •  4 mths ago
      Newt was born on the Moon - that's why his head is so big.
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