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    Wolf to Newt: Should moon colony be granted US statehood? [VIDEO]

    Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich joked Thursday that a proposal to allow a moon colony U.S. statehood was actually inspired by former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

    Gingrich said during Thursday evening’s CNN-sponsored GOP primary debate that he was merely reacting to Santorum’s jab that “grandiosity has never been a problem with Newt Gingrich.”

    Debate moderator Wolf Blitzer asked Gingrich to explain his idea that U.S. moon colonists could apply for statehood.

    Gingrich informed supporters on Florida’s “space coast” earlier in the week of his desire for Americans to return to space out of “a romantic belief that it really is part of our destiny.”

    “Speaker Gingrich, I want you to clarify what you said yesterday in that speech you delivered on space,” said Blitzer. “You said that you would support a lunar colony or lunar base and that if 13,000 Americans were living there, they would be able to apply for U.S. statehood from the moon.”

    The former speaker, before linking the idea to President John F. Kennedy’s call for Americans to “choose to go to the moon,” first clarified that his comments were in response to Santorum.

    “I was meeting Rick’s desire for grandiose ideas,” Gingrich joked Thursday evening.

    “It is really important to go back and look at what John F. Kennedy said in May of 1961 when he said, “we will go to the moon in this decade,” continued Gingrich. “No American had orbited the earth. The technology didn’t exist. And a generation of young people went into science and engineering and technology and they were tremendously excited. And they had a future.”

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    • Critic's Choice  •  4 mths ago
      To paraphrase Ralph Kramden: "You're goin' to the moon, newt! To the moon!"
      • Johnny 4 mths ago
        I think it was bang zoom too the moon alace.
    • GOLDENEYE  •  Nixa, Missouri  •  4 mths ago
      would the colony be latino friendly....lol
      • Ian 4 mths ago
        illegal moon immigrants
      • Ian 4 mths ago
        .... aliens
      • RJ 4 mths ago
        Of course is gonna be latino friendly, how else is gonna do all the important hard and dangerous work? Americans? Keep dreaming, most of then doesn't know how to do anything without a you tube how to? video.
    • Rat Man  •  4 mths ago
      Stupid, just plain stupid
    • Arthur  •  Moorestown, New Jersey  •  4 mths ago
      Earth to Gingrich-earth to Gingrich
    • jouvert  •  4 mths ago
      Of course we all know where the word 'lunatic' comes from.
    • rich  •  4 mths ago
      How can we keep those slimey Martians out ?
      The're lazy and they're cooking is smelly.
    • Dick  •  4 mths ago
      John King should have #$%$ slapped Gnewt like Wolf did. Gnewt's self-righteous indignation is wearing thin. It isn't every one else's fault he's a lying #$%$
    • James  •  4 mths ago
      Now he tries to blame it on Rick (Sanitarium). Gotta love these candidates, they're worthy of a few chuckles. Sad thing is, they're running for President of the United States.
      • Gerald 4 mths ago
        even sadder is that the commie in charge is worse
      • Dick 4 mths ago
        Yeah, Gnewt has blamed everyone but himself for his stupidity. Guess he decided to leave the media alone after Wolf #$%$ slapped him.
    • nalu  •  Honolulu, Hawaii  •  4 mths ago
      Newts grandiose ego is beginning to affect his brain.
      • Rick 3 mths ago
        His what?
    • eric  •  Concord, New Hampshire  •  4 mths ago
      The problem is the US has no future in space or anywhere else as long as we keep cutting education programs. Education is our future and the rest of the world knows it. The countries who are competing with the US, China, Brazil, India, Russia, are all investing big time in education, what are we doing? Cutting education spending, getting rid of Pell grants and anything else that would help us acheive in the future. The extreme right wing, does not see the future in the USA, they'd like to see the US become a two tiered society with a very few on the top and everyone else on the bottom. The Koch Bros, et al, have seen the results of the liberal policies of the 60's, affirmative actions, welfare, free education etc and they don't like the results, they are reminded everytime the President is on TV. They are going to do everything they can to destroy the chance of a Barak Obama being produced again. That's all well and good, but what bothers me is that there are a lot of Americans cheering this distruction of our country. We need to invest heavily in education, #$%$ it should be free from head start to PHD.
    • JamieW  •  4 mths ago
      One example of how Newt panders to people to get votes... he knows there are a lot of unemployed people near the Kennedy Space Center. He hadn't talked about a moon colony before. For him to want to spend billions on this at a time when we are having a budget crisis, and an economic meltdown is outrageous, and shows a serious lack of judgement.
    • jim98hank  •  Doylestown, Pennsylvania  •  4 mths ago
      You know people continue to support the two leading candidates, but even the die hard Republicans have to be asking, what the hell???????? It just keeps getting better and better....lol
    • MR  •  4 mths ago
      Lunar, loony, lunatic! So Newt wants to put a colony on the moon. Then I guess we'd have to send a few thousand troops to defend them, right Newt. After all we know those Chinese commies will go after them.
    • Dennis  •  4 mths ago
      It will be called Newtville
    • Michael  •  Los Angeles, California  •  4 mths ago
      So if we go and establish a colony on the moon are we legal or ilegal immigrants. Will Hispanics still need a green card to work there?
    • Steven  •  4 mths ago
      Wolf didn't want to laugh too much?? We have many more important matters to deal with at this time!! Newt is grasping at his last straws!!! LOL
    • James  •  4 mths ago
      So what kind of voodoo economics is he going to use to pull this off without using any taxpayer money? The money spent on GM appears to have worked as it is once again the #1 automaker in the world. Our economy would be in a lot better shape if the Republicans had helped and been supportive instead of just being against everything. It's been like taking a cat for a walk.
    • Yahoo User  •  4 mths ago
      We need to put Gingrich and Adelson on the moon. They can leave any time but they will need to design their own return rocket.

      Here is the sad part about US politics. Until a week ago Gingrich was pretty much dead in the water with zero electoral votes and came in last place out of the 4 candidates in both 1st & 2nd primaries. Then Sheldon Adelson, a dirty Las Vegas Mogul who is under SEC investigation gives Newt an additional $5 Million about 10 days ago. This is chump change for Adelson as he is the 16th richest man in the world and worth $23 Billion (ie this $5 million is 0.02% of his net worth, or like an average person spending $100) and that $5 Million gets Newt to advertise and get to win South Carolina. Now the media and the sheeple follow and they hype the so called "momentum" and then ore sheeple follow. Fortunately people are starting to wake up and not falling for this idiot

      We proclaim that we are a democracy yet in reality our government is really an auction for the highest bidder. Even dictators in the 3rd world have to spend more to get or maintain the control of their government. It's the sad reality if we allow Gingrich to be the nominee

      And I am ready to bet everything I have that the SEC investigation goes away for Adelson
    • FORWARD  •  4 mths ago
      Maybe Newt wants to be President of the Moon too.
    • Critic's Choice  •  4 mths ago
      Loony Moony Newt! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
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