Last time I checked Bawney has made a career out of saying outlandish things.

(Burns & Haberman) — As to the facts, the Republicans — part of the time under Newt Gingrich — ran Congress from 1995 until 2006, the period during which the financial crisis began and then rose to disastrous proportions. Chris Dodd and I were in the minority during that time, and in fact no remedial action was taken by Congress until we became chairmen of our respective committees in 2007 and 2008.

Apparently, Newt Gingrich — who considers himself one of the intellectual leaders of the free world — is so embarrassed by the fact that he is running behind Michele Bachmann in Republican polls that it has increased his already well-developed propensity to utter outlandish things.

As for Fwank’s outlandish statement about Newt “being embarrassed” that he’s trailing Bachmann that’s completely false, he’s as high as third at 15%, Bachmann is near the bottom at 5%.