This is from Draft Newt, where they have excerpts of a recent Gingrich speech on healthcare policy:

Calling himself a pro-regulation, "Theodore Roosevelt Republican," he outlined his plan for tackling child obesity: Annual school weigh-ins to identify "fat and lazy" kids. "This is very politically incorrect," he said, "but you’ve gotta get back to the moral component here."

I didn’t think I’d see anyone other than John McCain claiming to be a Teddy Roosevelt Republican.

And do you really need to weigh kids to figure out which is fat??

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Soren Dayton

Soren Dayton is an advocacy professional in Washington, DC who has worked in policy, politics, and in human rights, including in India. Soren grew up in Chicago.