aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

The turd speaks

At a First Amendment awards dinner, Newt said we must reexamine freedom of speech:

Gingrich, speaking at a Manchester awards banquet, said a “different set of rules” may be needed to reduce terrorists’ ability to use the Internet and free speech to recruit and get out their message.

“We need to get ahead of the curve before we actually lose a city, which I think could happen in the next decade,” said Gingrich, a Republican who helped engineer the GOP’s takeover of Congress in 1994.

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UPDATE: Captain Ed’s take includes a quoted excerpt and link to full audio of the speech.