Posted on 12/11/2011 4:31:00 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
In a campaign that has been chiefly shaped by debates, Newt Gingrich demonstrated Saturday night why he tops the polls and why he wont easily be dethroned.
Facing tough questions from his Republican rivals and debate moderators in Des Moines, Gingrich parried blow after blow without losing his cool or showing the much-discussed undisciplined side of his personality.
It was the former House speakers first debate as the undisputed frontrunner and not only did he stand up to the fresh scrutiny, he reminded Republican primary voters of his command of the issues, his intellectual dexterity and his self-assured, forceful arguments.
When Mitt Romney scolded Gingrich for his provocative claim that Palestinians are an invented people, the former Georgia congressman concisely captured why his brand of bombast is playing so well with a roiling GOP electorate.
I think sometimes it is helpful to have a president of the United States with the courage to tell the truth, just as was Ronald Reagan who went around his entire national security apparatus to call the Soviet Union an evil empire and who overruled his entire State Department in order to say, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall, said Gingrich, calling himself a Reaganite and then adding a memorable kicker: I will tell the truth, even if its at the risk of causing some confusion sometimes with the timid.
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Yes he will, and he's the first GOPer to actually seek a dogfight with the libs in a long, long time. They're not used to getting pushback.
Bachmann was channeling him all night.
After all of her previous attacks, suddenly she just luuuuuves her some Herman!
You beat me to it.
How does throwing a match into a burning building make it incendiary?
“One thousand countries”, and abc kept Michele off camera as much as they could, but she scored high regardless of their bias in my opinion.
Just as the Washington insiders know what’s in Newt’s closet, Newt knows what’s in theirs. We saw how quickly Pelosi backed down a couple of weeks ago. I’m starting to enjoy this.
From what I saw (missed the last half hour), Newt did admirably. Even his handling of the character question aimed at him. Romney looked weak at times, don’t think he has the cajones for a Chicago style election. Newt on the other hand will give as good as he gets to theO and his minions. I took one more step toward Newt last night. The debate and JimRob’s assessment have reawakened a liking for Newt.
“but i also agree with Romney that that was incendiary”
Newt isn’t president. He holds no office. As a free citizen, he can say whatever he wants to. The truth trumps PC every time. FPC.
We can either back Newt or go back to being wimps!
There is not, and never has been a nation called Palestine. Israel has existed for thousands of years. Muslim radicals want to create a new country called "Palestine". on exactly the same land as Israel, destroying Israel in the process. Why is it "incendiary" to state this?
Lord, help us now convince ourselves that Newt is a true Conservative.
I give Michelle credit for FINALLY attacking Mittens in a debate. Perhaps her minions have been trolling here at FreeRepublic and noticed the growing trend of conservatives suspecting her as a minion to Romney and wondering if that’s why she’s stuck in the 5% rut.
I don’t know if it’ll help her, but at least she did the right thing in hammering on Newt.
“i agree that Gingrich was right on the Palestinians being invented as a people, but i also agree with Romney that that was incendiary.”
Its impossible to be incendiary with people who never stopped lobbing rockets and committing acts of terror worldwide.
Romney promised us that if elected President he would never make a move without calling somebody for permission first. Not a great quality in the Leader of Free World.
However, many "Palestinians" migrated into the area during the past century after the Jewish settlement of the land presented economic opportunities. Most of the families of our Arab friends originally came from places like Egypt and Syria.
In any case, Newt is correct that there has never been a sovereign, independent country named "Palestine." The Romans called the land after the ancient Philistines, but even then it was part of the Roman province of Syria. After the Romans came the Byzantines and various Arab Caliphates, none of which accorded the land an independent status as a sovereign state.
This was in the Politico comments section. Gives a good summary of why the Dems prefer going against Mitt.
This was in the Politico comments section. Gives a good summary of why the Dems prefer going against Mitt.
lol...it's just that the sissies don't want to p!ss off the pyromaniacs.
And Romney and Steffi are both sissies.
The author is bonkers, IMO.
I kept a +/- talley during the debate and Newt came in fourth, behind Perry, Bachmann and Paul.
I graded on whether the candidate responded to the questions and the good and bad comments in the responses.
Santorem was 5th and Romney was last. Mitt is now publically showing his sleaziness and tendancy to be a snake oil salesman like Huckabee.
believe me, i know the history. i’m Jewish and a Zionist. however, i do believe this makes Bibi’s job harder by riling the P’s up. after 63 years, i’d like a solution, even if it is detente.
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