Gingrich: 'Of course' Gov. Barbour should encourage tourists to visit oil contaminated gulf beaches

Weeks after the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Newt Gingrich still continues his "Drill Here, Drill Now" mantra, writing that "human progress is not without risk" and that "[o:]ffshore drilling is no exception." Even though the oil leak at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig continues largely unabated and is "already far larger" than the Exxon Valdez crash, Gingrich is holding firm.  Think Progress has more original investigative reporting:

At the NRA's annual conference in Charlotte, ...