Ron Paul Rips Into 'Counterfeit Conservative' Newt Gingrich

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, now making his third bid for the White House and his second attempt at the Republican presidential nomination, is taking the gloves off and ripping into primary rival former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

I am going to describe a candidate for you right now, and I want you to think about whether or not you would support him, Paul wrote his supporters. This candidate was for the individual mandate that served as the model for Obamacare. He was originally for the TARP bank bailouts before he was against them.He joined with Nancy Pelosi to promote the antibusiness global warming agenda. He slammed Paul Ryan's budget plan as extreme, calling it right-wing social engineering.

You might think I am talking about Mitt Romney.Heck, you might think I'm talking about a liberal Democrat. But I'm not, continued Paul. That candidate I'm talking about is Newt Gingrich.He is what I like to call a counterfeit conservative. And I have barely even scratched the surface!

The Paul camp released a Web video attacking Gingrich who is now leading in many state and national polls.