The Quandary that is the Newt Gingrich Supporter (Vanity)

11-28-2011 | parksstp

[MHGinTN]

Once upon a time, in the land of far far away, there lived a ... The original poster is doing the work that we all should do, that is, thoroughly examining the candidate du jour and pointing out whatever deal-breaking flaws he can find.

[Windflier]

Bullcrap.. The poster was looking to start a fight..

"Calling out the Newtbots for what they are.....posers."

Granted, the poster went ad hominem in that one sentence, but you're choosing to ignore the bulk of his argument, and dismissing him because of that one slight.

So admonish him for that one breach of civility, and get on with rebutting the meat of his argument. Or do you not have one?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Well its beginning to look a lot like Newt. So maybe you should post the 21st Century Contract For America that Newt has put together and plans to enact if elected President. A lot of positives are in that contract for all of us conservatives. It outweighs the negatives by a mile.

[free me]

Good read. You may be onto something with the newtbots thing.

[RainMan]

You are quite the arse ... claiming that anyone that supports Newt is some form of a newby to FR and not really a conservative.

I have been a member of FR since 98, and have run for office supported by the Tea Party. Yes, I support Newt, and take a look thru my posting history and you will see me explain why. I was not supporting Newt in May because I was waiting to see if Sarah would join. Only when she opted out did I choose my canidate, and I did so after weighing all the others, and I found them lacking (including Cain, and it has nothing to do with the bimbo’s, it has to do with the UBER-LIBERAL position of creating a brand new tax without eliminating the old ones, and the fact that he is remarkably naive!)

So, stop pretending to “know” who we are and what motivates us. If you want to know the truth about why we support Newt, most of us would be more than happy to tell you, and most of us are quite conservative.

[Longbow1969]

Sorry, there isn't much of a quandary. Many, perhaps most, of the recent Newt supporters are converts or just liked him more and more over time. He wore well and has picked up support over the campaign season - exactly what a candidate hopes for.

The field of candidates isn't particularly good this time around. In my case, I was hoping Perry would do well but concluded he probably couldn't communicate effectively enough for the job. Cain is a void when it comes to policy and I could never support someone with his level of ignorance in the primaries. So Cain is out, and I think many others have made the same judgment. Bachmann and Santorum are indeed perhaps the best on policy positions, but I think most people at this point have judged them lacking the "it" factor - they just don't come across as presidential. Romney is not a conservative so he's out. Paul is a kook, so most can't consider him either. Newt has my support, not because I am super excited about him, but because he seems to be the best alternative. It isn't a quandary, it's a reasoned choice among the candidates we actually have to pick from.

And if the OP is really just tearing Newt down in an attempt to build up Cain, well sorry, it's just not going to work. Cain simply doesn't know the issues well enough to be President this time around. People have kind of realized now that Herman was just bluffing his way through using good motivational speaking skills, but on policy he utterly lacks the knowledge needed to be President. He will not be the nominee. It's just not going to happen.

[Boogieman]

“What does the sign-on date have to do whether Newt is a good choice or not?”

Nothing, it’s just an irrelevant appeal to authority, and a laughable one at that.

[Waryone]

Thanks for this. I know how good you are at researching things. I agree that the Newters seem to be another layer of RINO crap being dumped on this forum. Unfortunately a few people have fallen in love with their stench. I admire your willingness to get to the truth. I’m sorry you had to wade through all that garbage.

RINOs, elites, country clubbers and other liberal moderates know there are too few of them to even win the republican nomination much less the general election. The only way they can win anything is to tear down the conservatives by lying to make them seem more liberal, lying about what their RINO candidates believe and will do in office, and saying their socialist RINO candidate is the only one who can beat the opposition marxist.

This has happened to some extent every single election cycle I’ve been here. The RINOs have their marching orders and they show up for that purpose every time. It is no surprise that your research confirms this.

[toddausauras]

I think the media is rejoing (and the WH) that Newt is surging. That’s all I need to know.

[BuckeyeTexan]

That’s funny right there.