Contests Quote by Bill Maher

When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.

— J. C. Watts

I'm not a Gingrich fan. He's just difficult to work with. It's either Newt's way or the highway.

— Bob Dole

Newt Gingrich is an incredible leader. He is a leader of our time, and he's going to lead us into the future. And we're…

— Tom DeLay

Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown... There's something so hopelessly gross and vile about him it's hard to take him seriously.

— Maurice Sendak

Every day I turn on my television set and I see Newt Gingrich on television, I rejoice.

— Martin Frost

Newt Gingrich never received more than 100,000 votes in his life. He'll never be president.

— John Podhoretz

He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.

— Al Franken

Newt Gingrich is a very intelligent man, if he says so himself.

— John Podhoretz

“I once tried to impress him by telling him about the time my friends and I had climbed on Newt Gingrich's car. Bernie was…

— Alyssa Mastromonaco

What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because…

— Barney Frank

Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a…

— Pete du Pont

Am I the only person covering politics who ever noticed that Newt Gingrich is actually a nincompoop?

— Molly Ivins