"motherjones:  The Newt Testament Your guide to Gingrich's greatest rhetorical hits over the last 33 years. Now with more Hitler/Munich analogies!  We have to add another to MoJo's great collection.  It's from back in 87 during the Iran Contra hearings - when Oliver North was on for hours. Now this is when Reagan funded terrorists in Central America with moneys derived from helping Iran during its war with Iraq (assisted much more explicitly). In an amazing example of pernicious verve, we have sophistry essentially revealing itself as sophistry:  One Marine Lieutenant Colonel had more courage than every Chief Executive officer of the Fortune 500 combined.  People were tuning in for hours, more than they watched soaps, more than they watch situation comedies.  Increased total ratings for day-time television by 10% … because they were fascinated by the drama. And I've suggested strongly to the White House - The country will believe the drama in which we point a finger and say ""these people want to take us down the road of European socialism, these people are the intellectual parallel to the German socialist party…""  … see more Newt gems at Mother Jones"