Gingrich's Latest Political Ressurection: Corporate Pointman for Internet Censorship

Not only is the GOP afraid of the internets tubes, but so are their constituency, big business and the ultra-wealthy.

The Republican Party's evangelical Christian radicalization and manipulation scheme worked to enviable electoral perfection. That is, it was working to perfection until the internet came along and ruined everything.

Corporations are growing increasingly uncomfortable and worried about the power and influence of the internet. In all other socio-political communication paradigms, controlling the message and the media has been a pretty simple process. Corporations could quite easily leverage their sponsorship dollars into media coverage that was least damaging to their interests or, more often than not, as a means of limiting and preventing negative reporting altogether. The internet, however, has taken power away from the traditional corporate-sponsored media and placed it directly into the hands of average citizens. This is a condition that the Republican Party's constituency -- corporations and the ultra-wealthy -- cannot long tolerate.

There is no doubt that corporations are pressuring Republicans to figure out a way to curtail the internet's influence. That is where Newt Gingrich's latest resurrection finds its meaning.

And don't forget net neutrality and copyright infringement and a controlled internets and McCain's little bill that could charge bloggers up to $300,000 for illegal images or videos commenters posted in the comments section of their site.

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