Posted on 01/13/2012 1:49:07 PM PST by indianrightwinger
Gingrich is a perverse product of political system
byTimothy P. Carney Senior Political Columnist posted January 11, 2012 at3:26pm with26 Comments
One reason to deplore our corrupt revolving-door politics and crony-corporatist economy is that it has produced a man like Newt Gingrich.
Through his defenses of his pro-corporate welfare lobbying efforts and his facile attacks on Mitt Romney's profits, Gingrich has emerged this election as an enemy of the free market -- an unlikely distinction for a member of the Republican Party, which is supposed to stand for the free market. The pious preachments of liberal college professors, the foolhardy machinations of liberal central planners, and the even the greedy public-policy profiteering of subsidy-suckling CEOs and regulatory robber barons are all less harmful to economic liberty than the insidious and Orwellian campaign by the former speaker.
Gingrich, both himself and through a superPAC technically separate from his campaign, has attacked Romney's lucrative career at Bain Capital. This is not automatically unconservative. There is nothing sacrosanct about making money, and defenders of the free market certainly aren't obligated to side with finance, as the bailouts reminded us. But the Gingrich video doesn't hit Romney for chasing bailouts or subsidies, for using eminent domain, or any sort of cronyism. Gingrich is attacking Romney for trying "to reap massive rewards for himself and for his investors."
The knocks on Romney in Gingrich's video are that Bain Capital "took foreign seed money," and that the struggling firms Romney tried to save laid off workers. The Gingrich narrative -- that Romney made money by laying off good working men and women -- is breathtakingly simplistic, the sort of thing you expect from an Upton Sinclair or a Dennis Kucinich.
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It is absolutely right to question someone on their record no matter what the subject is if that candidate holds up that record as a plus in their qualifications.
That's called "vetting". In this case it happens to be business deals. It is NOT anti-capitalist to question a candidates honesty and ethics.
If you don't like FR, you could start your own forum. Plenty of detractors have tried. And tried. AAAAAAAAAAAnd tried.
You are right. I never liked Newt. There is no single reason to like him as a standard bearer for GOP in 2012. That is the reason.
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Please tell us whom you support.
That is the sad part. Given Newt’s liberal record on Health care, GSEs, education and many such, and his bashing of conservatives at every opportunity, and his awful past month of campaigning and his complete support for Romney Care, it is unbelievable that people on FR still support him.
Perry. And, I hated when he used Bain to attack Romney and said so here. Thank god he stopped it.
Mark Levin does a great job tonight on his radio show calling out the hypocrites who claim they are for capitalism and bashed Newt when they themselves are guilty of being anti-capitalist. Romneycare was mentioned, support of TARP was mentioned. The first hour and 15 mins. were a gem.
You lie.
I'm looking at Gingrich On the Issues and I'm not seeing it.
You’re off your rocker, indianrightwinger. Just by your comments, you’re refuting Jim and almost everything he’s written about Newt Gingrich. I have to say that you could not have been attention.
Newt Gingrich is the Reaganite in this field of candidates, yet you’re claiming he supports Romenycare!
Outrageous and completely false!
Why do you think Romneys ethics and honesty at Bain should not be questioned?
After he says anything he will say the opposite
I’ll be back ASAP. Quick kitchen run. This is unreal!
Seriously? Have you not seen his newsletter from 2006??
You can ignore it if you want.
What have you answered? Nothing. You’re just flinging brown stuff at the wall to see what sticks.
And why? Why support a candidate who is unable to make his presence known in a campaign?
“DO YOU SUPPORT ROMNEY??”
You may consider this to be a fair question but it’s none of your business.
Besides, we have your posting history to look at and you believe in Mitt.
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It seems a fairly simple question. Why would you be unwilling to answer it?
“GO NEWT GO!”
For his next fundamentally transformative endeavor, Newt might be a good spokesperson for Weight Watchers.
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