Newt Gingrich destroyed any shot in hell he hoped he had to be the Republican party candidate for President in 2012 when he moronically endorsed (and then stood by that endorsement) of far-Left RINO Dede Scozzafava in the NY-23 Congressional race.

Now he’s accusing grassroots Conservatives of trying to “purge the GOP.”

And you know what? The Newt is right — we are trying to purge RINOs like Dede Scozzafava out of our party. The answer to bigger-government tax-and-spend Democrats isn’t bigger-government tax-and-spend Republicans. Especially union-supporting, tax-payer funded abortion supporting radical-left wing RINOs.

Was Newt not paying any attention to what we were screaming about at all those Tea Parties and Townhall meetings? (Rhetorical question — the answering being, “Obviously not.”)

Don’t forget, the unhinged pantie-wetter Daily Kos endorsed Scozzafava because she’s “farther to the Left” than the Democrat candidate in NY-23″

From his remarks:

“This idea that we’re suddenly going to establish litmus tests and all across the country we’re going to purge the party of anybody who doesn’t agree with us 100 percent; that guarantees Obama’s reelection, that guarantees Pelosi as Speaker-for-life,” he told Fox News last night.

Sigh. Poor Newt — the problem isn’t that Scozzafava doesn’t “agree with us 100%,” it’s that she doesn’t even agree with us (us=Conservatives) 30%.

So, yes…let the purging begin (Snowe and Collins? Ya’ll are  next…)

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OTHERS:

• I see that Michelle Malkin thought the same thing when she read Newt’s comments: “Yes, Newt, the GOP should be “purged” of left-wing saboteurs”
• The Other McCain notes that the NY Post has come around and endorsed Doug Hoffman (contrary to Newt’s assertion that we “outsiders” should mind our own business and let NY do as NY does (when did Newt move to NY-23, by the way?)