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December 02, 2011

How Newt Gingrich Saved the Internet
— Ace

Mother Jones attempts to sour social cons on Gingrich with a headline titled "How Newt Gingrich Saved Porn."

The article is about him blocking a massive censorship regime in the earliest days of the internet (back in 1995, 1996) that could have penalized someone who simply wrote one of the "seven dirty words" with two years in jail and a $100,000 fine.

Obviously, Mother Jones should be thanking Gingrich, as the leftist Mother Jones is obviously hostile towards that idea.

But of course Gingrich is the Designated Villain, as Gabe says, so the article gets an over-the-top hit-piece headline.

"Barbarian pornographers are at the gate and they are using the internet to gain access to the youth of America," warned Sen. Jim Exon (D-Neb.).
To fend off the barbarians, Exon introduced an amendment to the Communications Decency Act criminalizing the transmission of "indecent" materials over the internet. In case any stone remained unturned, it went after internet service providers as well: Email or distribute nude photosÂ—or even just type one of the "seven words you can't say on television"Â—and you could face a $100,000 fine or up to two years in prison.
To illustrate the danger of internet porn, Exon compiled an album of graphic images he'd found on the webÂ—including one of a man engaging in intercourse with a German shepherdÂ—in a blue binder with a red "caution" sticker, and invited his colleagues to take a look.
Exon's measure passed the Senate with 86 votes. The appeal was clear: No elected official wanted to be seen as voting for smut. The Contract With AmericaÂ—Republicans' promise to voters in advance of their landslide win in the 1994 electionsÂ—had even contained a provision vowing to crack down on child pornography.
That's where Gingrich came in.
To the House speaker, the debate presented a clash between his desire to prepare America for the 21st century and his conservative values. Gingrich, by his own description, was a "conservative futurist." He envisioned honeymoons in space and laptops in every classroom; the Exon amendment, by casting such a wide net, threatened that future.
Gingrich was right that Exon's bill was extremely broad. As Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) pointed out in a particularly inspired floor speech, the law could even have criminalized the online distribution of Gingrich's first novel, 1945, in which a "pouting sex kitten"Â—who is also a NaziÂ—seduces a White House aide in order to extract classified information. It would also have prohibited most non-Will Smith forms of hip-hop.
"[The amendment] is clearly a violation of free speech and it's a violation of the right of adults to communicate with each other," Gingrich said at the time. "I don't agree with itÂ…" In an interview with British journalist David Frost, he elaborated on his position. "I think there you have a perfect right on a noncensorship basis to intervene decisively against somebody who would prey upon children. And that I would support very intensely. It's very different than trying to censor willing adults."

That was previously a controversial position. That, too, has changed.

Posted by: Ace at 11:36 AM | Comments (128)
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1 "How Newt Gingrich Saved Porn."

Okay, second look at Gingrich.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at December 02, 2011 11:40 AM (W8x1p)

2 Al Gore invented it, and Newt saved it?

Posted by: EC at December 02, 2011 11:40 AM (GQ8sn)

3 Furst?

Posted by: Mikey NTH at December 02, 2011 11:40 AM (hLRSq)

4 in the history of stupid news articles, that is high up there

Posted by: The Dude at December 02, 2011 11:40 AM (M8yfa)

5 Thurd!

Posted by: Mikey NTH at December 02, 2011 11:40 AM (hLRSq)

6 And this helps Rick Perry how?

Posted by: Mr Pink at December 02, 2011 11:41 AM (KEMgn)

7 If Newt saved porn, then me and my angry inch are eternally grateful.

Posted by: eastvalleyphx at December 02, 2011 11:41 AM (qiOph)

8 Newt Gingrich, the VHS of the Internet.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 02, 2011 11:41 AM (dZ756)

9 Seriously, I don't know anyone that believes in censoring Internet content ....... except for Bill O'Reilly. He would certainly censor anything said about him on the Internet.

Posted by: Racist, Right-Wing Terrorist in Midwest...Or Tea Party Member for Short at December 02, 2011 11:41 AM (fOPv7)

10 Who was the censor going to be, Anthony Weiner?

Posted by: t-bird at December 02, 2011 11:42 AM (FcR7P)

11 So maybe Newt had a vested interest in preserving internet pron? Has anybody done some research on the domain names the Newtster owns?

Posted by: joncelli, who would really like to be 9 at December 02, 2011 11:42 AM (RD7QR)

12 BTW, you know there are a lot of soccons happy that Newt was there to save their secret vice.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 02, 2011 11:42 AM (dZ756)

13 On behalf of... everyone: thank you, Newt.

Posted by: Everyone at December 02, 2011 11:43 AM (QQn2V)

14 that could have penalized someone who simply wrote one of the "seven dirty words" with two years in jail and a $100,000 fine.

Newt Gingrich saved the AoSHQ comments section!

Posted by: Waterhouse at December 02, 2011 11:43 AM (XTONQ)

15 Teacher of the Year!

At least there is a brief (SWIDT?) mention of the internet.

Posted by: CUS at December 02, 2011 11:44 AM (84pE9)

16 Pron? Bless you Newt, you got my vote.

Posted by: Yes it's True, damnit at December 02, 2011 11:44 AM (XGLac)

Since the internet is from all the world, how do we know the adults are willing?

Posted by: kdny at December 02, 2011 11:44 AM (SrCor)

18 They're trying to pornboat him. Pornboat!

Posted by: The Mega Independent at December 02, 2011 11:44 AM (+i7bT)

19 Thank you Knute!

Posted by: NotBosk at December 02, 2011 11:45 AM (n2K+4)

20 Good for Newt.

Posted by: Y-not, cookie queen at December 02, 2011 11:45 AM (5H6zj)

21 To illustrate the danger of internet porn, Exon compiled an album of graphic images he'd found on the webÂ—including one of a man engaging in intercourse with a German shepherd

Back then labradoodles were not nearly as popular as they are now and a lot of guys just had to make do with whatever dog was at hand.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at December 02, 2011 11:45 AM (+lsX1)

22 So......

Speaking of pron, I can't tell as this is grainy but is Olbermann sporting a pornstache in this clip?

As for the content of this clip, well delusional. All I can say is that they're completely off their rocker.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 02, 2011 11:45 AM (pLTLS)

23 What I saw of Morning Joe today was non-stop Newt bashing. Really over the top stuff about how he single handedly ruined the tone of discourse in Washington.

Posted by: USA at December 02, 2011 11:45 AM (6Cjut)

Of course, researching bestiality pictures is just one of my many talents. . .

Posted by: Senator Exon at December 02, 2011 11:45 AM (YWZwH)

25 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 02, 2011 11:45 AM (8y9MW)

26 How does this help Mitt Romney?

Posted by: Electability Republicans at December 02, 2011 11:46 AM (KEMgn)

27 So Newt is a classic liberal. That's exactly what we need, too.

Posted by: Dustin at December 02, 2011 11:46 AM (rQ/Ue)

Hell, how do we know they are willing here?

Posted by: kdny at December 02, 2011 11:46 AM (SrCor)

29 Exon compiled an album of graphic images he'd found on the webÂ—including one of a man engaging in intercourse with a German shepherd What can I say. I'm a researcher.

Posted by: Sen. Jim Exon at December 02, 2011 11:46 AM (FcR7P)

30 WTF is it with Democrat senators from Nebraska? First one of them attempts to detonate 1st-Amendment rights on the Internet, and now (more recently) we get the Cornhusker Kickback. Are all voting-age Nebraskans on crack?

Posted by: RamonAllones at December 02, 2011 11:47 AM (ha+6S)

31 The catpiss lady certainly owes Newt a bit of gratitude.

Posted by: eastvalleyphx at December 02, 2011 11:47 AM (qiOph)

32 This has absolutely nothing to do with our newly-introduced child pornography portal.

Posted by: Mother Jones at December 02, 2011 11:47 AM (ggRof)

33 They're trying to pornboat him. Pornboat!

I am not Googling that.

Posted by: Meiczyslaw at December 02, 2011 11:47 AM (bjRNS)

34 Richard Nixon introduced porn to America in 1960, and then this snowy-haired fuck Newt came along and enshrined it.

Looks like I'll have to vote for Obama after I'm done blowing up the cars of left-wing TV hosts.

Posted by: Ken, the Kenniest Ken Who Ever Kenned at December 02, 2011 11:47 AM (W8x1p)

Gingrich was right that Exon's bill was extremely broad. As Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) pointed out in a particularly inspired floor speech, the law could even have criminalized the online distribution of Gingrich's first novel, 1945, in which a "pouting sex kitten"Â—who is also a NaziÂ—seduces a White House aide in order to extract classified information. It would also have prohibited most non-Will Smith forms of hip-hop.

And there were downsides to it, too.

Posted by: Randy M at December 02, 2011 11:48 AM (vI8R6)

36 God bless you Newt!

Posted by: Vivid Video Stockholder at December 02, 2011 11:48 AM (b6Lsz)

37 Hail Lord Newton, Porn Victor

Posted by: toby928© Perrykrishna with tattooed knuckles at December 02, 2011 11:48 AM (IfkGz)

38 Newt Gingrich: Father of Sexting

Posted by: The MFM at December 02, 2011 11:48 AM (FcR7P)

Of course, researching bestiality pictures is just one of my many talents. . .

Posted by: Senator Exon at December 02, 2011 03:45 PM (YWZwH)

And if he hadn't people would have shouted 'If you don't see it how do you know it's bad!"

Posted by: kdny at December 02, 2011 11:48 AM (SrCor)

40 Aw. Princess has her panties in a wad....

McCainBlogette Meghan McCain Yes, I had a moment on air and said "more smarter" instead of "much smarter". Live TV, I'm human, made a mistake. Give a girl a break! :-)

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 02, 2011 11:49 AM (pLTLS)

41 Saint Newt saved Intenet Porn for us! What the hell was Mother Jones's point, anyway? The man should be canonized. And if he tried to STOP Internet Porn, THEY would accuse him of being a fascist censor for it. Hypocrites.

Posted by: CoolCzech at December 02, 2011 11:49 AM (niZvt)

42 But I thought showing gay porn to children was OK with libs ??

Posted by: Wall-E at December 02, 2011 11:49 AM (48wze)

43 Newt saved me from a life of banging truckers and single motherhood.

Posted by: Jenna Jameson at December 02, 2011 11:50 AM (b6Lsz)

44 In a very real way you could say that Newt is directly responsible for the "careers" of Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at December 02, 2011 11:50 AM (+lsX1)

45 So the left-wing moonbats want to sink Newt? I take that as one more sign that they want to run against Mittens.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 02, 2011 11:50 AM (1+CnU)

46 A well-thought-out, principled position in the face of government's continued overreaction to the horror of child predation.

Of all the "gotcha" issues -- Hinckley shoots Reagan, let's push through the Brady Bill or brand its opponents as potential assassins; car wrecks cause bloody messes, let's lower the speed limit, mandate $1000s of extra costs in new cars, and lower BAC threshholds to half of what they were previously; people OD, let's have a war on drugs or brand its opponents as stoners -- child predation may be the worst. It's such a visceral issue that politicians can sneak in all sorts of frightening legislation in its name.

Posted by: cthulhu at December 02, 2011 11:50 AM (kaalw)

47 I am more humaner than any of you.

Posted by: Muggy McMac at December 02, 2011 11:51 AM (W8x1p)

48 Lacey's comment about the mustache reminded me, what is up with Michael Jordan and the Hitler stache?

Posted by: Y-not, cookie queen at December 02, 2011 11:51 AM (5H6zj)

49 Maybe Will Smith's version of hip hop should have been banned instead.

Posted by: John at December 02, 2011 11:51 AM (D5sfV)

50 a lot of guys just had to make do with whatever dog was at hand.

ISWYDT, maybe ...

Posted by: toby928© Perrykrishna with tattooed knuckles at December 02, 2011 11:52 AM (IfkGz)

51 Thru Newt Gingrich's intervention I became straight!

Posted by: Peter North at December 02, 2011 11:52 AM (b6Lsz)

52 It's a really good thing we've got this government thingie around to protect me from all the evils in the world and from myself. I just don't know what I'd do without it. They're awesomely awesome up there.....the more smarter ones of society I tell you.

Believe we much!!!!

Posted by: © Sponge at December 02, 2011 11:52 AM (UK9cE)

53 Jeez y-not he looks like a tranny there.

Posted by: kdny at December 02, 2011 11:52 AM (SrCor)

54 40 Aw. Princess has her panties in a wad....

McCainBlogette Meghan McCain Yes, I had a moment on air and said "more smarter" instead of "much smarter". Live TV, I'm human, made a mistake. Give a girl a break! :-)

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 02, 2011 03:49 PM (pLTLS)

Yes, but when meggie's panties get in a wad it warps the structure of spacetime.

Posted by: joncelli, who would really like to be 9 at December 02, 2011 11:52 AM (RD7QR)

55 Newt Gingrich stars in, "It's a Wonderful Internet"

Posted by: t-bird at December 02, 2011 11:53 AM (FcR7P)

56 What's funny is how the Left has no idea what the Right is like.

They've so caricatured us that they can't conceive that even rabid social conservatives value free speech over available filth.

Of course, it could be that if they were in that position, they would have censored the internet of "hate speech", which would of course, quickly be "nonliberal speech".

Posted by: AmishDude at December 02, 2011 11:53 AM (T0NGe)

57 Think I've found a new euphemism for my solo activities.

This weekend, I shall Salute Newt.

(Actually, brb)

Posted by: eastvalleyphx at December 02, 2011 11:53 AM (qiOph)

58 Without Newt Gingrich I would have suffered a life of working 12 hour shifts at Hunan Cafe. God bless you Newt!

Posted by: Asia Carrera at December 02, 2011 11:54 AM (b6Lsz)

59 The Unbearable Rightness of Newt. A Mitt Romney Presidency would be boring and fairly predictable. It'd be navigating a ship into a quartering headwind - you'd need constant pressure to keep the SS Mitt from drifting to port. A Newt Gingrich Presidency would be far more entertaining. 75% of the time he'd be out there laying waste to the bad guys, and 25% of the time he'd be trying to stab us. It'd all be a matter of knowing when to duck and punch back.

Posted by: JEM at December 02, 2011 11:54 AM (o+SC1)

60 So I figured, "Why run my mouth about politics? Republicans buy shoes, too."

Then I realized that Poles, Frenchmen, and Russians don't.

Posted by: Michael Jordan at December 02, 2011 11:54 AM (W8x1p)

61 Gingrich eats small children for breakfast.

Posted by: MFM at December 02, 2011 11:55 AM (H50jQ)

62 54 40 Aw. Princess has her panties in a wad....

McCainBlogette Meghan McCain Yes, I had a moment on air and said "more smarter" instead of "much smarter". Live TV, I'm human, made a mistake. Give a girl a break! :-)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 02, 2011 03:49 PM

I'm more human! Like give a girl a brake!

Posted by: Meghan McCain, English is my 2nd language at December 02, 2011 11:56 AM (Y+DPZ)

63 Without Newt Gingrich I would never have anything going on!

Posted by: Ace's Friday nights at December 02, 2011 11:56 AM (b6Lsz)

64 What's funny is how the Left has no idea what the Right is like.

Even the right doesn't know what the right is like. All you have to do is look at this site to see the over reaction and villification of the dreaded "SOCONS".

Posted by: kdny at December 02, 2011 11:56 AM (SrCor)

65 See? This is what happens when you let women drive cars!

Posted by: Saudi Arabia at December 02, 2011 11:57 AM (ggRof)

66 You're welcome, Morons!

Posted by: Newt Gingrich at December 02, 2011 11:57 AM (pvMbE)

67 O/T: The House subpoenaed John Corzine about the collapse of MF Global. It's on Drudge.

Posted by: Penfold at December 02, 2011 11:57 AM (1PeEC)

68
Thanks, Newt!

Posted by: 2 girls 1 cup at December 02, 2011 11:58 AM (sqkOB)

I'm more humaner. Fixed it for ya.

Posted by: Senator Exon at December 02, 2011 11:58 AM (YWZwH)

70 Without Newt Gingrich I would have suffered a life of working 12 hour shifts at Hunan Cafe. God bless you Newt!

Posted by: Asia Carrera at December 02, 2011 03:54 PM (b6Lsz)

Hey, she's a Mensa member and former concert pianist.

Posted by: taylork at December 02, 2011 11:58 AM (5wsU9)

71 Without the internet, we'd only assume that Meggie Mac was dumber than a pile of hair

Posted by: kbdabear at December 02, 2011 11:59 AM (Y+DPZ)

72 The key to the language was they used "indecent" rather than the stricter "obscene". Even obscene is now so diddled up with so many SCOTUS rulings it really has no meaning anymore.

They need to keep the government out of internet entirely but Obama is trying to kill that as well.

Oh, and piss on Mother Jones. Most of the shit they print is "indecent" as is the word I just used "shit".

Posted by: Vic at December 02, 2011 11:59 AM (YdQQY)

73 40 Aw. Princess has her panties in a wad....

McCainBlogette Meghan McCain Yes, I had a moment on air and said "more smarter" instead of "much smarter". Live TV, I'm human, made a mistake. Give a girl a break! :-)

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 02, 2011 03:49 PM (pLTLS)

Dear Meghan: #1: You're response should be to make fun of yourself. Since you didn't, it shows you're a thin-skinned prick.

#2: Want to be immune from criticism? Become a Democrat. You're halfway there.

Posted by: AmishDude at December 02, 2011 12:00 PM (T0NGe)

74 68 O/T: The House subpoenaed John Corzine about the collapse of MF Global. It's on Drudge.
Posted by: Penfold at December 02, 2011 03:57 PM

Good, somebody forgot to put a new roll in here

Posted by: Jon Corzine at December 02, 2011 12:00 PM (Y+DPZ)

75 Thanks Newt! You made dropping out of San Fernando High School a great career decision!

Posted by: Third Fluffer From The Left in "100 Guy Creampie #250" at December 02, 2011 12:00 PM (o+SC1)

Despite your obvious attempts to change our minds, this is one Evangelical Christian Conservative who will continue to vote for Newt (or Cain for that matter) before Mitt or Perry.

Please Ace, lead tomorrow off with some 5000 word post on how it was Newt Gingrich, himself, that started the Log Cabin Republicans, and how Newt, and Newt himself, secretly brought about the invention of pedophilia.....maybe then you could try to scare off some Christians from voting for him.

Posted by: doug at December 02, 2011 12:01 PM (gUGI6)

77 Aw. Princess has her panties in a wad....

Oh, shit.

Posted by: The Grand Canyon at December 02, 2011 12:03 PM (+i7bT)

78 I don't see how hard core porn transmitted over the Internet is considered free speech. They should have narrowed their focus. We would be better off today.

Posted by: Not a prude at December 02, 2011 12:03 PM (LNRLz)

79 Despite your obvious attempts to change our minds, this is one Evangelical Christian Conservative who will continue to vote for Newt (or Cain for that matter) before Mitt or Perry.

Please adjust your tinfoil. There is no underlying message here.

Posted by: taylork at December 02, 2011 12:04 PM (5wsU9)

80 And by the way, the Internet is killing the traditional porn industry.

Posted by: Not a prude at December 02, 2011 12:04 PM (LNRLz)

81 I don't see how hard core porn transmitted over the Internet is considered free speech. They should have narrowed their focus. We would be better off today.

Doubt it. Porn is one of the main drivers of technological innovation.

Posted by: taylork at December 02, 2011 12:05 PM (5wsU9)

82 Meggie Mac is more dumberer than the averager libtarded ass-douches.

Posted by: Racist, Right-Wing Terrorist in Midwest...Or Tea Party Member for Short at December 02, 2011 12:05 PM (fOPv7)

83 Mother Jones, a Pravda wannabe

Posted by: Alec Baldwin The Colostomy Bag® at December 02, 2011 12:06 PM (9wLy+)

84 Eh, just can't get aboard the Newt Express, too many years of watching him post-Speaker made it clear his main objective is just to hear himself speak and show everyone what a big brain he thinks he has. I doubt he even expected to get anywhere in the Prez race, he probably just thought he could get some attention for his endless yapping and pontifications and parlay that into a few more years of punditry on the cable nets.

Posted by: booger at December 02, 2011 12:06 PM (EjNp5)

85
So Mother Jones is like Newsweek but instead of doctor offices they get the coffee shops.

Posted by: YIKES! at December 02, 2011 12:06 PM (W7HXV)

86 @77 - Newt will do more things instinctively right than Mitt. Mitt will require constant guidance. But on the occasion when Newt goes wrong, he'll jump completely off the tracks and it'll take a huge effort to get him pointed in the right direction again.

Posted by: JEM at December 02, 2011 12:08 PM (o+SC1)

87 Hopefully, the take-away from a silly story like this is that our wonderful "news" industry is digging up every last morsel of potentially harmful data from Newt's past. And the fact that they think conservatives would be shocked, SHOCKED that there is porn going on in this establishment (the internets) is the silliest thing about it.

Posted by: Burt TC at December 02, 2011 12:10 PM (TOk1P)

So Newt embraced the AOS lifestyle BEFORE there was even an AOS.

What is holding up your endorsement, Ace?

Posted by: connertown at December 02, 2011 12:10 PM (+q3dR)

89 Newt will do more things instinctively right than Mitt. Mitt will require constant guidance.

But on the occasion when Newt goes wrong, he'll jump completely off the tracks and it'll take a huge effort to get him pointed in the right direction again.

Posted by: JEM at December 02, 2011 04:08 PM (o+SC1)

I think the biggest question at this point is which one will surround themselves with people that don't suck like Odipshit has.

Posted by: © Sponge at December 02, 2011 12:11 PM (UK9cE)

90 I'll say it again: I ain't worried about Newt as a President. It's that I don't think he has a chance of getting elected and I know his candidacy will come with the cost of a lot of House holds/pickups and possibly a Senate pickup or two. That is, his past statements are going to weaken a lot of good candidates because they allow them to be attacked from the right using the footage of our Presidential candidate.

Posted by: jimmuy at December 02, 2011 12:12 PM (lJ+rM)

91 Barak Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: Soona at December 02, 2011 12:12 PM (ujDRj)

i am not a Mitt-witt but here is my thing on Newt-

I could see Newt doing all of the following-

Bush's perscription drug coverage

Bush's no union left behind education money pump

Unemployment extensions for ever

Cap and trade

Solyndra type green energy schemes

Course, I can see Mitt doing all that too.

We screwed.

Posted by: kdny at December 02, 2011 12:14 PM (SrCor)

93 @91 - you mean the "it's not a cabinet, it's a cellblock" crowd? Obama's collection of cronies, crooks, and crackpots? Once again, I see Mitt as making lots of 'safe' choices, but it'd take a big Congressional budget hammer to get him to do anything about EPA, Energy, Interior, etc. Newt's gonna have a wonderful cabinet right up until a couple of 'em are indicted. Go back fifty years and tell them that in the 21st century we'd be choosing between a 'Newt', a 'Mitt', and a 'Barack' for the Presidency.

Posted by: JEM at December 02, 2011 12:15 PM (o+SC1)

Mother Jones is obviously completely clueless as to what conservatives care about. Thank goodness Newt stopped this retarded internet censorship bill back then.

But I still don't want him as President...

Posted by: OSUsux at December 02, 2011 12:15 PM (DFXmi)

95 92. As usual, jimmuy, you're full of shit.

Posted by: Soona at December 02, 2011 12:17 PM (ujDRj)

96 Among the mischief caused by government overreach:

Teenagers who are sent naked pics by other teens may face prison time and registration for life as a sex offender.

CGI child porn -- that doesn't actually involve actual children -- may be legal in some jurisdictions....but you have to go to the Supreme Court to find out.

And, of course, if you take pictures of your kids in the bath, don't be surprised if you get a visit from the child protection people.

Posted by: cthulhu at December 02, 2011 12:18 PM (kaalw)

97 @94 So if Newt and Mitt both suck, don't vote for either of them. We haven't chosen our nominee yet, so vote for whoever you like the best. I'm sticking with Perry cause no one has managed to convince me he wouldn't be the best conservative President out of all the candidates.

Posted by: OSUsux at December 02, 2011 12:18 PM (DFXmi)

98 Porn is one of the main drivers of technological innovation.

Posted by: taylork at December 02, 2011 04:05 PM (5wsU9)

Really? I call shennanigans.

Posted by: BetaMax at December 02, 2011 12:18 PM (84pE9)

99 #100, Women were the first thing men ever went to war over. War drives most technological innovations. Ergo....

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston training for the ONT mudwrestling match at December 02, 2011 12:20 PM (ijjAe)

100 I don't know anyone that believes in censoring Internet content ....... except for Bill O'Reilly

O'Reilly has a great many fans in the Republican Party out here. I've lost count of how many hold the view that the first amendment only applied to the press. Not radio, TV, or internet. Some of these same Republicans also supported the assault weapons ban since obviously the second amendment only applies to flint locks.

Posted by: Bob Saget at December 02, 2011 12:25 PM (SDkq3)

101 My feeling on porn is "if you don't like it, don't look at it".

Heinlein had a good quote for people who want to get rid of porn. He called them the Mrs Grundy's of the world who were terribly afraid that somewhere someone was having fun and it was their job to stamp it out.

Posted by: Vic at December 02, 2011 12:30 PM (YdQQY)

102 100 Porn is one of the main drivers of technological innovation.

Posted by: taylork at December 02, 2011 04:05 PM (5wsU9)

Really? I call shennanigans.

Posted by: BetaMax at December 02, 2011 04:18 PM (84pE9)

No, it's true!

Posted by: Pic viewer slide show function at December 02, 2011 12:33 PM (TOk1P)

103

Okay, I think Newt just secured the votes of the entire male population for the next 8 years and yes including the vote of our scoamf.

Now that this is over, who are we running in 2020?

Posted by: Elize Nayden, Newtist at December 02, 2011 12:37 PM (97AKa)

104

@18: "They're trying to pornboat him. Pornboat!"

I think it's pronounced "Bang Bus"

Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 02, 2011 12:39 PM (jAqTK)

105

Well thanks alot Newt you as##ole.. Now the fu##*ing youngstes are gonna be picking up 7 new sh**ty *uck%$# words they never would have heard before.

Posted by: no sniveling at December 02, 2011 12:41 PM (GgAdp)

106

@48: "Lacey's comment about the mustache reminded me, what is up with Michael Jordan and the Hitler stache? "

Hitler 'stache is reg, Pappy.

Posted by: Wassik from Generation Kill at December 02, 2011 12:41 PM (jAqTK)

107 8 Newt Gingrich, the VHS Beta Max of the Internet.

FIFY

Oh, and is Mother Jones laboring under the delusion somebody is going to read the article?

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at December 02, 2011 12:49 PM (Qxdfp)

108
even just type one of the "seven words you can't say on television"Â—and you could face a $100,000 fine or up to two years in prison

What sort of fuckery is this, you suckers of barbed cock and fuckers of goats? come and get me, you mutha fuckin' neoPuritans!

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at December 02, 2011 01:05 PM (1hM1d)

109 Posted by: Racist, Right-Wing Terrorist in Midwest...Or Tea Party Member for Short at December 02, 2011 03:41 PM (fOPv7)

I know a guy. He's a black helicopter, FEMA camps, buy-a-rifle-to-fight-the-feds type fellow. He was so alarmed when the FCC took over the internet. Yet he is constantly talking about how the government should censor content on the internet.

Talk about contradictory beliefs.

Posted by: WeekendAtBernankes at December 02, 2011 01:21 PM (L5TO4)

110 Porn is one of the main drivers of technological innovation.

Posted by: taylork at December 02, 2011 04:05 PM (5wsU9)

Nah. Computer gaming drives computer innovations - faster processors, better video, more memory. Etc.

Posted by: lorien1973 at December 02, 2011 01:27 PM (usXZy)

111

Remember when the the only good thing the left could say about Cheney was how nice his lesbian daughter was?

This is the same thing.

And both Dem candidates (pres and vice pres) Kerry and Edwards went there in the official debates.

Posted by: Have Blue at December 02, 2011 01:29 PM (IKTC8)

112 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at December 02, 2011 01:30 PM (7WJOC)

113

Credit where credit is due.

Posted by: Sherman Scain, CEO, Big Sausage Pizza at December 02, 2011 01:39 PM (tPqaR)

114 Naughty Nurses Holy Redeemer University, Ace - that MJ article is pretty much a non-stop Newtdorsement! Until, that is, one gets to the very last paragraph where Larry "Ordinary Guy Just Standing Around In A Mall Waiting For His Wife & Daughters To Finish Shopping In The Unmentionables R Us Factory Outlet" Flynt, for no reason tying into anything Newt did as Speaker or a legislator, commits that he, Flynt, will never vote for he, Newt, for dogcatcher. That last bit is lame of MJ, but it's also lame of you to suggest the piece as a whole is a hit piece, because it's not. Newt as Speaker was quite a liberal, or at least a liberatarian, and thas jess th' fax mam.

Posted by: Rex the Wonder God at December 02, 2011 02:26 PM (vahvH)

115 WTF is it with Democrat senators from Nebraska? First one of them attempts to detonate 1st-Amendment rights on the Internet, and now (more recently) we get the Cornhusker Kickback. Are all voting-age Nebraskans on crack? Yes

Posted by: Voting-Age Nebraskan at December 02, 2011 02:57 PM (KbGY6)

116 So you are saying that without Gingrich I might have never seen an woman with three boobs (serously--three of them!) giving a BJto a black man? Bless Newt! He has my vote!

Posted by: Kasper Hauser at December 02, 2011 03:09 PM (1CXpM)

117 I don't think this so much a hit piece on Newt as the beginning of an attack on conservatives if they back him. You know that the Left will say conservatives are hypocritical in backing Newt, and this is , they think, just one more piece of ammunition--holy rollers voting for a guy who likes to spread porn. I just wish I could be in their living rooms when Newt slices and dices Obama like a tepenyaki chef at a Japanese steakhouse.

Posted by: Burke at December 02, 2011 03:16 PM (wmdMN)

118 Senate Aide: "Oh my God Senator Exon! What are these photos?" Senator Exon: "Those are research for a bill put them down!" Senator Exon thinking: Crap! Now I have to figure out how to get this into a bill. Think Exon think! Welfare Reform? Maybe. Border Security? Hmmm, the dog is German"

Posted by: PugBoo TeaPug Jihadist Former Level Two Escroter at December 02, 2011 03:19 PM (V6pJz)

119

I'm beginning to think Ace actually has active connections with Republican establishment. Just today the news comes out that Iowa evangelicals can't agree on who to vote for, then Ace comes out with this coordinated attack....

It's as if the Cain thing (you know, the one where this blog ran countless stories trying to cut down his support), was coordinated and now they all are going to start the same thing on Newt.

I'm still befuddled on which of the establishment's candidates Mitt or Perry, that they are trying to benefit.

I'm thinking that the old Republican establishment is backing Romney and are cleverly using Ace and the newer establishment as their lackeys, setting them up by having them think that their man Perry has a chance.

Posted by: doug at December 02, 2011 03:40 PM (gUGI6)

120 A lot of people don't remember what fanatical little prissy robots a lot of democrats were back then. Tipper Gore, thanks to hubby Albert, aka: Sex Poodle, got her and a few other stuck up bitches a senate hearing to try and get them to out law freaking rock n' roll music. Because, their reasoning was, the lyrics promoted rebellion, drug usage, and gasp! Sex. I kid you not. The one that stands out in my memory is seeing on (what I know now) the libtard msm 20/20-like shows running bleeped out lyrics of Boston's song Smokin as one of their examples, and I vaguely remember clips of Tipper in front of a senate panel "testifying." It was like bizzaro world being a 30-something adult and watching this stupid bitch. It never went anywhere and died its death, but then the 'Rats soon got their prissy little world rocked when Bubba started getting accused of playing hide the cigar not long after...

Posted by: halodoc at December 02, 2011 04:07 PM (gLiPk)

121 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure. And I can say that thanks to Newt Gingrich.

Posted by: Farmer Joe at December 02, 2011 04:32 PM (w3Ocj)

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Posted by: The LEGO Ideas Book ePub at December 02, 2011 05:18 PM (Yl6rb)

124

Wow that article was sureal, I almost thought I had stumbled onto a website run by the Committee For the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice and that any minute I would trip an audio file screaming

Death to the Demon Gingrich and the Blasphemous First Amendment!!

You know like Ayman al-Zawahri promoted that the real enemy of the Faithful was democracy the filthy doctrine which said Men could make their own laws instead of the abiding by the Perfect Law given to us by Allah in the Koran,.

These folks act really ticked off about Newt doing what he did.

Posted by: Dan Kauffman at December 02, 2011 05:32 PM (5ZsaL)

125
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127

I hate how the media assumes all conservatives are Bible-thumping prudes because of people like Falwell and Huckabee. Sure, there are pleny of socio-cons, but I couldn't care less if Gingrich "saved porn." In fact, that's a point in his favor. It shows he respects individual liberty.

I have no problem with porn. Children shouldn't be exposed to it...but then again, they shouldn't be exposed to South Park, either. That's up to parents.

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