I’m tired of the Newt haters on this forum distorting the record.
Here is the entire text at your link.
Paul Westcott, radio host: “One of the things that did come up was — and I mention this specially, he’s on right after me, a guy named Glenn Beck. You had a pretty tough interview with him. You know, he was asking some pretty tough stuff. I think you handled it extraordinarily well. But, when you’re talking about Glenn Beck now he actually, the other day, called you a progressive on FOX Business channel. What do you say to that sort of claim?”
Gingrich: “I don’t know. It depends on what standard you’re using, you know? The fact is I balanced the budget for four consecutive years. And we did so by cutting taxes and increasing employment so people went back to work, they left welfare, they left food stamps, they left unemployment, they left Medicaid. Who else has that record of achievement? I worked with Reagan in ‘79, ‘80. I worked with Reagan in defeating the Soviet Empire. I think those are relatively conservative credentials.”
Your parenthetical remarks on the headline leave a false impression. All Newt did was repeat his impressive conservative record.
FRiends, the Newt-haters have to resort to distortion and falsehoods to try and win points. Alway check the links and make up your own minds, because a lot of people here are not shooting straight.
Fred and Paulistinians think Ron Paul is the only man who can save us all.
I notice Newt Gingrich didn’t deny being a space alien, either. Must mean he’s a speace alien.
Are they Paul-bots? Jim Rob has made it clear he wants no Romney-bots on this forum. At this point, Newt seems best able of all the candidates to checkmate Romney. No matter how much one likes Bachmann, Huntsman or Paul, they barely register in the polls. Once this campaign became debate oriented (and after Cain's departure), Newt emerged as the best chance for no Romney. I don't know what all the anti-Newts here are trying to do (probably they'll write in Palin).
I agree that Newt effectively refuted Beck with his response.
“Your parenthetical remarks on the headline leave a false impression. All Newt did was repeat his impressive conservative record.”
I know. I heard Glenn Beck this morning and he of course only played the part he wanted his listeners to hear. He did not play the whole thing. Glenn in fact did what he accuses others of doing.
“FRiends, the Newt-haters have to resort to distortion and falsehoods to try and win points.”
Every day, on every Newt post and around the clock. I see very little difference between them and the libs.
I watched Judge Napolitano’s latest show. Beck was the guest. These two were in full attack mode against Gingrich. They were spinning and they even out right lied.
Their hate for Gingrich was more than apparent and they are obviously panicking.......their attacks were over the top.
Newt is strong, but he is going to have to be even stronger to fight through the wall that Newt hating Fox has been building.
Go Newt Go.........
Newt is a progressive republican. Deal with it. His actions and words in recent years show he is a progressive republican. He is not a conservative.
and it is always the same usual paid staffers of other candidates or a couple of supporters who just can;t seem to wrap their head that their guy will never and has never been in the running.
It is so predictable to see the usual names doing the same crap.
If their candidate is not voted in then they will start demanding that people need to stay at home etc/
“..I balanced the budget for four consecutive years.... I worked with Reagan in defeating the Soviet Empire..” Partial Newt quotes.
Wow, what a guy. If he unbuttons his shirt, I’ll bet there is an S with a cape in back underneath. Do you know how to spell “EGOMANIAC”. I don’t think this is distorting his record. It is his own words.
I’m not a Newt hater. He came in the top two in most of the debates until his wetback alliance in the one of the last ones. BUT, his record is NOT one of a solid conservative. I do believe the guy is a trainwreck that will cause disaster at election time.
Even if all the Palin haters, Perry haters, Cain haters, Bachmann haters, Paul haters, Newt haters, and Romney haters unite behind whoever is the last man (or woman) standing, defeating Obummer is not gonna be easy. All of those that say it’s my way or the highway, will be responsible for the country’s final demise if their sitting out results in the election of Obama.
Regardless of who becomes the nominee, we will be left with a flawed candidate and we might as well belly up to the bar to that fact.
So far, the only distortion is by you.
I’d say Gingrich, who is often subtle, was subtly suggesting that he, with his record as a Republican congressman and Speaker, has more solid conservative accomplishments than the media performer Glenn Beck. Beck could, however, counter that he’s had more success hawking survival food.