You don’t know what you’re talking about.
Newt Gingrich had an epiphany. He had to, or he would have self-destructed.
As a small child he witnessed his father beating and abusing Newt’s mother. She divorced him, remarried, and Newt was adopted by his step dad. Later he was sexually molested by a high school teacher. Yeah, the first wife he married. His second wife, who broke up his first marriage, is batshit crazy and a substance abuser. Yet he tried for 18-years to make that marriage work before finally seeking an out.
This man was carrying a troubled emotional burden while serving in Congress but he sought counseling and eventually turned his life around after a religious conversion.
What I’ve found shocking is the enormous number of so-called Christians here at Free Republic who are nothing of the sort.
Christians are not better than other people. They forgive others, ask forgiveness for themselves, and try to lead a better life by not sinning further. I’m not disgusted with Newt Gingrich, who I believe has honestly changed his life.
I’m disgusted with the bigots who claim they are Christian but do not put it into daily practice.
“...After only four years with his Party still in power, his own members forced him out...”
Oh yeah, and many of those Republicans are still in Congress. They are part of the ongoing problem of business as usual in Washignton, D.C. Under a Republican president, they added over $3 trillion to the federal deficit, shunned conservative policy in favor of Beltway influence-peddling, and so damaged the GOP brand that we lost the majority Gingrich had worked years to forge.
Do you really think I give a damn that Newt’s fabulous colleagues think his reemergence would be a disaster for Republicans? No. The elections of 2010 were NOT a merit promotion; the Republicans were the only alternative in town!
Newt Gingrich is pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment and loves America and understands its citizens. As a historian, he thoroughly knows the U.S. Constitution and our nation’s history.
He allied himself with Ronald Reagan to build the Reagan Coalition, the Religious Right, and the Republican majority (together the Reagan Revolution) which directly led the downfall of the Soviet Union, the Contract with America, government reforms, less government, tax cuts, a balanced budget, and the great, long-standing Reagan economy.
Washington is broken, it doesn’t work the way it is supposed to and Newt said, if elected, he will work to change the way Washington does business. You better believe the elitists who suck money off of government contracts are terrified he will be elected.
He knows where the bodies are buried.
He knows where the skeletons are hidden.
He knows about the hidden tract ways and byways by which influence peddling moves.
When a middle-class citizen is elected to Congress and returns home 20 years later a multi-millionaire, it is due to corruption in government. And that influence pedaling corruption may even be legal!
We have to change Washington in order to get our nation back on the right track.
Nothing you will say, which I believe is biased and flat-out wrong, has any effect on my belief that Newt Gingrich is the only candidate with true leadership ability who can and will change Washington, D.C. He isn’t perfect. Who is? But I believe at this time, at this juncture, he can lead this country away from socialism and will right the ship of state.
When you have to type that much stuff to explain away your guys bad actions, you know there’s a problem.
I was talking about his beliefs, which could affect me. On those he has had no ephinany whtsoever.
That being said, he still outshines Obama. So if he gets the nod, I will vote for him. What I did say is that I would NEVER vote for a 3rd oarty candidate, thus aiding Obama in his re-election. Aa far as the rest of your comments, I agree 100% However, Newt is no more of a "savior" than Obama was sold by the media to be to the left-wing faction of America, and what I call the non-thinking people of the middle. But again, if he is nominated I will gladly cast my vote for him.
This all started because I responded to Jim's post that we would NEVR vote for Romney. I didn't see you take him to task. Perhpas you should because it sounds like he believes more than I do that Mitt has the nomination wrapped up.
Again, my position at this point still remains, ANYBODY BUT OBAMA!!!