No, Newt. No.

"Hate politics? Then thank Newt Gingrich"

Newt-endorsed GOPAC memo, 1995: "Language: A Key Mechanism of Control."

"A Brief History of Political Hatred:"

In the 1978 Senate campaign, NCPAC's shock ads "took out" veteran Democratic Senator Dick Clark. Thrilled with their initial results, they attacked six incumbents in 1980, and beat four - John Culver (IA), George McGovern (SD), Frank Church (ID), and Birch Bayh (IN). They narrowly missed Alan Cranston (CA) and Tom Eagleton (MO).

NCPAC proved that vicious personal attacks worked. While they started "outside" the Republican Party as an independent expenditure effort, their tactics were quickly adopted by the GOP itself and its candidates. In the 1990's, Newt Gingrich turned NCPAC's campaign messaging strategy into an everyday GOP dictionary of hatred through GOPAC.

Soundtrack: "You can't fool all the people all of the time, but if you fool the right ones, then the rest will fall in line."