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Suddenly, Newt Gingrich has a problem with George Bush's "candor":

Gingrich says Bush, GOP to blame for defeat

By TOM BAXTER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 11/09/06

After having watched the majority he engineered in 1994 crumble in this week's elections, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich laid into President Bush and congressional Republicans in an Atlanta appearance Thursday.

"If the president had decided to replace Secretary Rumsfeld he should have told us two weeks ago," Gingrich said. "I think that we would today control the Senate and probably have 10 to15 more House seats. And I found it very disturbing yesterday in the press conference, the explanation that the President gave.

"It's inappropriate to cleverly come out the day after an election to do something we were told before the election would not be done," Gingrich said. "I think the timing was exactly backwards and I hope the President will rethink how he engages the American people and how he communicates with candor."

"I hope the President will rethink how he engages the American people and how he communicates with candor."

Now that's funny. Lie to the country and the world for six years -- no problem. Slightly mislead the Republican Party for political reasons before an election -- unacceptable.

Another GOP blow for Truth, Justice, and the American way.