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Well, after a 3.5 year probe, after Newt paid the $300,000 fine, the IRS announced on February 3, 1999, that it found NO IMPROPRIETIES IN THE TAX FILINGS of Gingrich and the sponsoring Progress and Freedom Foundation. The IRS said the principles taught in the course were not of use only in political campaigns. "The ... course taught principles from American civilization that could be used by each American in everyday life whether the person is a welfare recipient, the head of a large corporation, or a politician."

http://www.rightgrrl.com/carolyn/newt.html

75 baseless charges were brought against Gingrich during the Clinton era as a diversionary tactic.

Gingrich was found not guilty by the IRS on an obscure tax charge.

I expect, Cainiacs, if I could have recorded you at the time in the late 1990's that you all would have been calling these charges against Gingrich a witchhunt, baseless, and vindictive.

I'll bet I could find article on Free Republic from the time saying the same thing.

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Newt is the ONE PERSON RUNNING (To Repeat: The only person ACTUALLY RUNNING) that can relate his ideas to the sheeple in a way that even the massively-biased MSM can’t refute.

Try as they might to smear him, they cannot IGNORE HIM, and what he says, like they did to McCain.

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I expect, Cainiacs, if I could have recorded you at the time in the late 1990's that you all would have been calling these charges against Gingrich a witchhunt, baseless, and vindictive.

And they would have been right. The charges were garbage and Pubs caving in to media pressure to throw Newt overboard led to their stagnation and loss of the House majority. The Pubs never accomplished anything big after he was gone.

However, Newt is not the best candidate for conservatives. He has a tendency to over reach and to always look for the large and dramatic solution. Sometimes a horse will get the job done instead of a zebra. If Newt is POTUS conservatives will always have to worry about when he is going to have a "Nixon going to China" moment.

I think Newt is solid on supporting Life and other social issues. I think Newt would be good on appointing conservative justices. I'm not so sure he would be good about devolving power back to the states. His history is one of thinking he can manage the existing beast better rather than killing it.

Perry is going to bounce back. Perry is a better conservative candidate. He has a solid conservative history and has been as strong fighting for the unborn as any candidate we will ever get. Also, Perry is not from the beltway culture or the Ivy League elites. He comes to DC as an outsider. He will bring outsiders in to run the bureaucracy. Finally and most importantly Perry makes no bones about being a Christian.

AG phrased it well when she said something to the effect of, "I want a POTUS who will get down on his knees and seek the Lord's guidance".

I'm sticking with Perry. I hope you Newt supporters reconsider.