Listening to Gingrich trying to walk back his remarks on Rush yesterday was a joke.
I heard a good portion of that interview too. Gingrich seemed very frustrated by what he indicated is a gross misunderstanding of his statements and the contextual setting in which they were stated. I need to hear it all again with a better understanding of the timeline since the early ‘90s that involved Newt on health care.
Newt is political player that doesn’t seem to mind holding hands with the adversary on the feel-good issues. It’s foolish behavior for one who’s trying to convince the base he’s a reliable Conservative.
Anyway, a flaw in Newt’s ideas on the uninsured involves a general fund that is financed through taxation. However, the insured are exempt from the taxation. The general fund would be limited to the funds raised by taxing the uninsured. Needless to say, there’s no way in Hell a system like this would not be pillaged and restructured ultimately taxing everyone to support it.
I like Newt Gingrich, but his gaffes are too frequent on critical issues. And even if he’s trained with perfected rhetoric for the primaries, what happens to that training should he take POTUS? We know how this story plays out.