Posted on 12/31/2011 2:41:25 PM PST by presidio9
Newt Gingrich likely became the first candidate to say he would not vote for Ron Paul if the Texas Congressman were the nominee on Tuesday when he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that “the choice of Ron Paul or Barack Obama would be a very bad choice for America.”
Gingrich was critical of Ron Paul’s foreign policy and the recently surfaced newsletters printed under Paul’s name, which had racist remarks on them. Gingrich also said in Columbia, S.C. that Paul should explain “how he could have had a decade of newsletters that had his name on it that he apparently wasn’t aware of.”
The former Speaker of the House said the newsletters raised “fundamental questions” about Paul as president.
Today Gingrich said Paul – who has a large grassroots base in Iowa — as the nominee would be “difficult to see.” Gingrich has been on the descent, while Paul has finally seen a boomlet in Iowa polling.
“I think it’s very difficult to see how you would engage in dealing with Ron Paul as a nominee,” Gingrich said.
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Gingrich told the crowd of more than 200 that he would love to see former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice debate Joe Biden in a vice presidential debate.
“That would be about as great a mismatch of knowledge versus ignorance as we’ve seen,” Gingrich said. “I would be intrigued.”
Gingrich said he didn’t want his comments to be mistaken that he was endorsing Rice for the vice presidential nomination.
“She is a terrifically smart person, and I do think the spectacle of her debating Biden would be one of the more enjoyable moments of 2012,” Gingrich said.
Gingrich joked the debate would depend on if Biden was “still on the ticket at that stage.”
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Interesting idea. I liked Rice initially, but she didn’t support Bush very well (she was even more liberal than he was) and is also pro-abortion and supposedly voted for Obama in the last election because he was half-black. I don’t know if she did or not, but maybe she needs to clarify this.
I haven’t been all that kind to Newt, but I will say I appreciate his deservedly blistering remarks about Wrong Paul. He pulls no punches. We need candidates who can speak truth like that.
It is ridiculous that Paul has gotten as far as he has, with only Santorum and Gingrich bluntly confronting him face to face as to what he is.
The Libertarian needs to run on his own party’s ticket, not on the GOP’s.
She supported him admirably and with full loyalty while she was SOS. And that’s what counts. If I’m wrong, please enlighten me.
That is just funny. Thanks NEWT.
I like Condi as a person, but hated her as SOS. No, not as bad as Hillary Rotten, but a silly nation builder witha naive streak a mile wide. Also, if I remember, big on open borders. Yuck! Bob
I like Condi as a person. The woman is brave, she is six feet talk and still wears stilettos, that is pure confidence!
She is also a very interesting person.
My impression is that she gave him some bad advise. Certainly, if we failed in Irag, it began with decisions made the summer after the fall of Bagdad.
Given the GOP propensity for advancing vice-presidents to the presidency, I would not want to see Rice as Newt’s running mate.
“She is a terrifically smart person,”
and a moral imbecile who thinks it can be ok to kill a baby.
Indiana ahead, with possession, 15 seconds to go ~ and you guys want to talk politics!!!!!
This is tense!!
With Rice’s varied experiences and intelligence she would absolutely destroy Biden, ( but shhhhhhhhhh! don’t talk about this, if the Dems seriously think Rice would be a candidate for VP they may replace Biden with Hillary ).
Apparently Gingrich is feeling pretty desperate. Drops names of SOS Rice and Gov. Palin for VP, cries on cue, sucks up to Paul haters. Let’s see what other rabbits he tries to pull out of the hat before Tuesday.
You're post is idiotic.
Newt didn't "drop" Palin's name. Newt was asked about Palin.
The VP stuff is lame. Especially Rice. With Palin obviously he's sucking up to Palin supporters but with Rice?
I can understand the crying but
A)You can't tell if it's ever real when they do that.
B)Do we really want the President to cry in public? I don't.
What???
I would love to see Newt debate Obama without having Newt as the nominee, but I don’t see Newt debating Obama anytime in the future.
Newt was complaining that Romney and Paul are playing dirty (those negative ads about him in Iowa). Well what does he think Obama will do? I thought Newt’s sharp debating skills would counter such a strategy. Go ahead Newt, treat this as a trial run. Show us how you will take on Obama.
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