The Differences Between Obama and Gingrich

Well, suddenly it looks like Newt Gingrich might be the Republican nominee. So, just to get a leg up on how the 2012 election might shape up, lets examine the differences between the leftist Obama and the rightist (it obviously should be a word) Gingrich:

• On taxes:
  • Obama believes that Warren Buffet does not pay enough in taxes.
  • Gingrich believes that Mitt Romney does not pay enough in taxes.
• Cap and trade:
  • Obama: “Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity price would necessarily skyrocket … Because I’m capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, natural gas—you name it—whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers.”
  • Gingrich: ”I think if you have mandatory carbon caps combined with a trading system, much like we did with sulfur, and if you have a tax-incentive program for investing in the solutions, that there’s a package there that’s very, very good. And frankly, it’s something I would strongly support.”
• Global warming:
  • Obama: “All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it’s here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster.”
  • Gingrich: “We do agree. Our country must take action on climate change.”
• Paul Ryan budget:
  • Obama criticized the Ryan budget.
  • Gingrich: ”I don’t think right wing social engineering is any more desirable than left wing social engineering.”

So it is obvious that there are clear dif… Oh… wait… they are actually the same guy. Or at least sharing one brain.

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