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Newt Gingrich, introduced as a “drum major’’ of the conservative movement, suggested today that the religious right has been mislabeled – largely by a liberal media which may pack up and move to New Zealand if they look at what he has seen.
Citing a variety of national polls that he has examined, Gingrich, the former Republican speaker of the House from Georgia who entertained a campaign for president, pointed to findings such as this: 89 percent of those surveyed believe religion and morality are important to them and their family.
“The next time you are referred to as the religious right, say, ‘No, I belong to religious America – what percent do you belong to?’’’ Gingrich said to cheers in a Washington ballroom where 2,000 people have assembled to weigh the Republican field of candidates and cast their votes in a straw-poll Saturday.
“I want all the elite media to understand… I am not making a theological argument,’’ Gingrich said. “I am making a historical argument about the nature of the United States. The people who created the United States of America believed that you and I are sovereign and we are the power and we have every right to fire those who are wrong – and that includes judges who are wrong.’’
“What our secular friends don’t understand…
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