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Watch Newt Gingrich Lincoln Day Dinner Speech

I did, and believe me, if a good speech is all that did it for me, I'd be all on board, just like all the Obama lemmings that love the way he orates.

My problems with Newt are fundamental.
- He talks conservative to conservatives, yet repeatedly fashions himself a Progressive to the "intellectual" audience.
- He plays dirty, just like his recent attacks on Freddie/Fannie when he also had stock in them.
- He constantly gives speeches and interviews praising the power grabs of Wilson and FDR and thinks himself in their image. (He even made a Wilson joke IN THIS SPEECH about Mondale!)
- He believes in federal insurance mandates and wants his own version of the EPA (which apparently isn't far off from Pelosi's vision).
- He talks executive order, executive order, executive order. Is this the precedent we want moving forward, especially next time a D takes office?
Yada, yada.

Granted, Newt is no Obama, but then again, he probably doesn't contrast enough on the key issues to beat him. He could ignite passion with conservatives with West as VP just like Palin did for McCain, but the VP is really a neutered role which is why voting McLame still turned my stomach.

Newt also thinks he'll beat Obama on debates, but Obama won't bother. He'll get one chance, Obama will lie through it all, and the media won't follow up. And then what?

In the long run, if Newt did win, he could be worse than Obama for the country. Sure, he'll pull a few of the acts he's promised and help us all for a few years, but once he pulls his first, second, etc. Progressive act, the left will have check mate - "your guy did it, so the right is a bunch of hypocrites; they're just out for the 1%; etc...". They'll use that for every election forward, and in the long run, it's epic fail.

Imo, there are only 2 conservatives left. I'm not completely sold on either, but Paul's nativity on defense makes him ineligible for military commander-in-chief (Treasury Secretary, sure).

(Not to mention, I have a VERY negative view of what Lincoln did to the republic, so those references don't help.)