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Poor Newt Gingrich. Hopefully he’s out of traction now and fully recovered from the self-inflicted whiplash stemming from his conflicting views of what the U.S. military role should be in Libya. It sure was spectacular to see Newt, as he vies for his party’s nomination to challenge the president, twisted in knots as he tried to take both sides of the debate.

You see, Newt was for the U.S. involvement in enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya before he was against it.

Newt’s embarrassing contortions exposed the fallacy of the right’s obscene obsession with undermining the president and hoping for his (and the country’s) failure at every turn. It demonstrated the shortcomings of the “Agenda of No” practiced by Newt and his Newtonian lemmings in Congress. And it revealed that the Republican’s “no reason” policy on Libya â€" meaning it isn’t based in reason â€" ultimately will fail as the president continues to outline his vision and hi! s authority.

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