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Gingrinch to campaign for Burns this week

Gingrinch to campaign for Burns this week

The architect of the s0-called Republican Revolution is coming to western Pennsylvania this week.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is set to headline a fundraiser for GOP 12th District hopeful Tim Burns on Thursday, The Tribune-Review reports. His appearance will come just two days after current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hosts a Washington fundraiser for Democrat Mark Critz’s campaign to succeed John Murtha, and with both parties stepping up their efforts at the national level to win the May 18 special election. Vice President Joe Biden is also headlining a fundraiser for Critz on Friday.

Tickets to the fundraiser’s general reception are reportedly going for $150, but donors need to max out at $4,800 if they want to come to the VIP part of the gathering, which includes a photo with Gingrich.

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April 20, 2010 at 10:00 am

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  1. Jeff

    Apr 20th, 2010

    So, Newt is actually stumping IN the 12th for Burns, while Pelosi and Biden are miles away in Pittsburgh? Seems odd. You’d think that Critz would want the voters to meet his new friends.

  2. TB

    Apr 20th, 2010

    This blow hole was at Georgetown University and Catholic University in Washington last week. He tested out his little stump speech which goes something like this: “2 + 2 = 4.” Well thanks for that info Newt but I would expect a presidential candidate to have a little more insight into the economic problems of the country than a simple math equation.

  3. jerry p

    Apr 20th, 2010

    Burns Has Been Hitting Bogeys On His Campaign Tour.

    Bill Russell’s birthday is April 24th. Russellbridgaders! Give Bill Russell and early birthday present. Leave your guns at home and bring your golf clubs to Burns’ next tour stop on Thursday, April 22, at 6:30PM at DiSalvo’s Station, 325 McKinley Ave, Latrobe, PA and raise your clubs in honor of Bill Russell.

    Joining Burns is Newt Gingrich. Newt Gingrich is well-known as the architect of the “Contract with America” that led the Republican Party to victory in 1994 by capturing the majority in the U.S. House for the first time in forty years. After he was elected Speaker, he disrupted the status quo by moving power out of Washington and back to the American people. Under his leadership, Congress passed welfare reform, passed the first balanced budget in a generation, and passed the first tax cut in sixteen years. In addition, the Congress restored funding to strengthen our defense and intelligence capabilities, an action later lauded by the bipartisan 9/11 Commission.

    Burns supports tax rate increases not tax cuts. Speaker Gingrich has been a contributor to the Republican Party and to the defense of our country. Burns is not even in the same league as Speaker Gingrich. Burns is a phony.

    Burns hasn’t ever been there for our Republican candidates. The multi-millionaire has opened up his pocketbook for only 1 Republican candidate over the years when he gave a measly $1,000 to Rick Santorum in 2006. Where was he for the countless other Republican candidates we’ve all been working our tails off for so many years now? Burns is a RINO.

    Bill Russell is the real deal. He will stand alone. Not with Gleason. And he is a combat veteran.

  4. jerry p

    Apr 20th, 2010

    Could it be? Is Burns Pro-adultery too?

    If these accusations are true, should Burns drop out of the race and enter the same Mississippi clinic as Tigers Woods? IF the claims in the numerous postings are true, certainly they can be no surprise to Chairman Gleason. Does anyone have more information on the claims in these postings?

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