Posted on 23rd Dec 2011 @ 6:29 AM

In another brash statement that typifies his abrasive style, today Newt Gingrich told radio host John McCaslin that Ron Paul supporters amount to "people who want to legalize drugs."  

Listen to the audio clip here:

Gingrich also took the opportunity to bash Ron Paul's foreign policy with standard NeoCon rhetoric. "This is a guy who basically says, if the United States were only nice, it wouldn't have had 9/11. He doesn't want to blame the bad guys. ... He dismisses the danger of Iranian nuclear weapon and seems to be indifferent to the idea that Israel could be wiped out. And as I said, I think the key to his volunteer base is people who want to legalize drugs."

It is inconceivable how someone who so frequently touts their historian credentials consistently ignores the events of history as a foundation for their foreign policy. Taking into account the reasons for an attack and the blowback and unintended consequences suffered as a result of a constantly-intervening foreign policy can hardly be simplified as just "being nice."

Gingrich's attack of Ron Paul should come as no surprise. It is an expected trial that any new frontrunner must endure. Dr. Paul's big ad push and powerful ground campaign are often cited by the MSM as the reasons behind his surge in Iowa, yet they refuse to entertain the idea that his substantive ideas have anything to do with it. 

Congressman Paul offers real change from the status quo, not the same old same old repackaged and rebranded. To consistently dismiss a group of ardent supporters who call for respect for civil libeties and the basics tenets of freedom in this country restored as one-issue legalize drugs people is beyond disingenuous.