Newt Consistently Gracious to People 'Borrowing' His Material

Matt Lewis | June 08, 2009 7:15 PM

Politico is reporting on the Newt Gingrich camp's response to allegations made by a Huffington Post blogger that Sarah Palin plagiarized Gingrich by lifting passages from a column he co-wrote:

"I'm thrilled if Sarah Palin used a Newt Gingrich idea from an op-ed, or speech, or column or whatever," Gingrich spokesman Rick Tyler told POLITICO. "(Gingrich's) response to people repeating his ideas has always been good."

Regardless of whether Palin lifted the material, Gingrich's position is consistent.

I noted long ago that Mike Huckabee, for example, has lifted Newt Gingrich's line about Fed-Ex (without citing Newt).

When I interviewed Gingrich , and mentioned it, he told me he was just happy the idea had gotten out.