Posted on 11/22/2011 8:37:01 AM PST by MNJohnnie
Whether the matchup between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney is the final bout on the GOP primary card is impossible to know. The whole season has been more like professional wrestling than boxing, with weird characters sporting implausible hair appearing out of nowhere to talk smack and explain why they are the greatest in the world (I'm looking at you in particular, Mr. Trump).
Still, let's assume for the moment that it's a Gingrich-Romney contest.
It's quite a matchup. Romney has been brutalized for having too little personality, Gingrich for having way, way too much. Romney looks like the picture that comes with the frame. Gingrich looks like he should be ensconced in royal velvet as he gestures at you with a half-eaten turkey leg in one hand and a sloshing goblet of wine Gingrichin the other. Romney seems terrified of fully committing to any idea. Gingrich speaks as if he just text-messaged with God.
Gingrich would have everyone believe he is the winner of the anti-Romney mantle not merely by default but by hard-won effort and a well-deserved reputation for conservative steadfastness. Many in the media, meanwhile, think that since Gingrich's taking the slot once held by Palin, Bachmann, Cain and Perry, he is a conservative of similar stripe. And many liberals think that since they hate him so much, he must be really right wing. (They made the same mistake with Richard Nixon and George W. Bush, both of whom were far less ideologically conservative than their press clippings indicated.)
The reality is more complicated. For starters, it's not altogether clear that Gingrich is that far to the right of Romney.
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Is it Golodberg or Goldbert?
Egad, an identity crisis! (Only his mother knows for sure ...)
Other than Huntsman, these are the two worst possible choices. Mitt has no core principles and Newt has a history of betrayal of conservatives. Neither man can be trusted.
If these two are the choices, once again conservatives will need to wear gas masks to the polls.
Opps, my keyboard is posessed! It keeps adding in things.
It is Goldberg
Matching Gingrich and Romney in a debate would be like pairing Joe Frazier and Richard Simmons to a fight...
Thats WHY?.. it will never happen..
Romneys team knows his Pink Turkey suit(i.e.Simmons) would get plucked..
SC Tea Party Leader endorses Newt...http://www.newt.org/news/sc-tea-party-leader-endorses-newt
Allen Olson, chairman of the Columbia Tea Party, said Tuesday he will resign his post in order to endorse former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich in his bid for the White House.
“There is only one candidate for president who is leading on what I believe are the underlying issues this country faces,” Olson said in a statement. “Not only is this candidate talking about serious issues, he is providing real solutions.”
Goldberg makes an interesting point near the end: if conservative GOPers take the Senate and hold the House, Romney could be “controllable” while Newt could be a wild card. To be clear: I think the point is interesting, but I’m not advocating for Romney.
Why don’t you address the points raised by Goldberg rather the go into the standard Newt-bot response mode of obfuscation, personal attack and diversion?
Glad we're in the same club but what scares me is that even Jonah is now pimping for Mittens.
Bad analogy, Joe Frazier is dead. :)
Tea Party Nation also supports Newt..http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/183867-gingrich-scores-endorsement-from-tea-party-nation-founder?page=2
There really is no contest between these two.
Mitt is too close to hussein. As bad as zero is, he’s still beat Mitt easily.
Newt at least appears to offer an alternative to hussein.
Scroll UP and view your OWN #1 post...in regards to conservative tea party candidates being screwed...my posts are in response...”In a nutshell, if it is either of them Tea Party Conservatives are screwed.”
Looks like the SC Tea Party on board the Newt campaign is a big deal.
So the short answer is NO the Cult of Newt is too busy worshiping at the Shrine of St Newt to give a rational, thoughtful response to the points Goldberg raised here.
This is very misleading. One man in the SC Tea Party endorses Newt after he RESIGNS so that he can go work for Newt.
Newt can put spin on just about anything. Another Professional Political Insider who I won’t vote for as POTUS.
HERMAN CAIN/2012
That man is the head of the Tea Party in Columbia, SC. Good for Newt and should help in the SC Primary
>>>>.. let's assume for the moment that it's a Gingrich-Romney contest.
It's quite a matchup.
Yeah, if you're a moderate or liberal. Otherwise conservatives are royally screwed. Two perpetual losers. No thanks!
Glad you love your candidate but this mindless bot worship for him you Newt cultists display around here has gotten way out of hand.
Don't just worship at the PR shrine of St Newt, address the points Goldberg raises.
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