Posted on 12/08/2011 10:41:31 AM PST by Starman417
Yesterday Newt Gingrich stood before 60+ conservative voices and answered some tough questions. While I understand there are many negatives to the man, the fact that he has no hesitation to enter the lions den is admirable.
His speech started with the obvious:
“if Obama is re-elected America will be a very, very different country from the one we grew-up in.”
Obvious but a oh so important point. This election is very important and this very fact is one reason why people should pause before they pull the lever for this guy. Can he win the general election?
The Speaker then went on to outline the four parts of his 21st Century Contract with America: A set of legislative proposals to shift America back to job creation, prosperity, freedom, and safety; A "Day One Plan" of Executive Orders to be signed on inauguration day to immediately transform the way the executive branch works; A training program for the transition teams and the appointees who will lead the shift back to Constitutional, limited government; and, a system of citizen involvement to help us sustain grassroots support for change and help implement the change through 2021....One of the earliest and toughest questions came from Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli who noted many of the ideas Speaker Gingrich had championed seemed like they might end-up growing government. “How can we be sure, what’s the restraint on you that these ideas won’t end up being more big government?” asked Cuccinelli.
Speaker Gingrich replied to laughter that “there’s nothing to restrain a President from doing something dumb, but I trust the people in this room to tell me if that is the case.” But then he noted more seriously that, “I’m a Federalist. I look to the Federalist Papers and the Constitution to guide me and restrain government.”
...When asked about how he intended to win the general election Gingrich said he expected Obama to have $1 billion to spend, but that he would counter that by challenging Obama to a series of seven Lincoln – Douglas-style un-moderated debates, “…and he'll say yes. There are two reasons: The first is his ego. Can you imagine him looking in the mirror? Graduate from Columbia, Harvard Law, and editor of the Law Review. How is he going to say that he's afraid to be on the same podium as a West Georgia College teacher? Plus, if he says ‘no’ I’m going to say ‘the White House is now my scheduler’ and wherever he goes I will show-up within four hours to take apart whatever he said, that’s how Lincoln got Douglas to debate.”
His ability to destroy people in debates is well known and one reason someone might vote for the guy. Everyone knows how important the general election debates are, and his idea of forcing the Lincoln/Douglas style debates is a great idea with his skill.
So then we are left with the question, if he did win the Presidency would he indeed govern as a conservative, or would he turn back to his old neo-conservative ways?
Or do we trust that Romney will govern as a conservative? Steven Hayward makes a Churchill comparison that is interesting:
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
Could someone(we are confined to a firewall) post the aspects of Newt’s “21st Century Contract with America”. please I would like to see the elements of it.
God help America to stand strong and come to our senses during this election period. We need thee LORD every minute of every day, help us see clearly and let us not be deceived, in Jesus name, amen.
One thing is for certain right now - Gingrich has all The BUZZ!
Everywhere it is, Gingrich this and Gingrich that!
There was only one man who could beat the Liar in Chief with his billions of $ and the media in his pocket. But they did him in in an extremely evil way!
You’d think the MSM actually likes him. Gosh. Maybe we should too.
The comparison to Churchill 1936-45 is apt ... in many, many ways.
Here’s the salient point: we don’t know how Newt or ANY of the GOP candidates would govern. But we DO know how Obama would rule (I mean, govern).
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Right now we don’t have anyone who’ll beat Obama (based on current polling), but Gingrich will give him the toughest time in the debates if he gets the nomination.
What polling?
If he’s choose Herman as VP then he could say he beat Obama with a Cain
Last night hubby and I were watching Paul’s ‘Newt’ video, and our reaction was odd — we both thought he reminded us of Churchill!
We laughed when it was over.
The video tried to make him look bad, but somehow it didn’t succeed.
The MSM's (including so-called "conservative" commentators) "conventional wisdom" is that Newt might beat Romney in the primary but he can't beat Obama in the general, because he is too "extreme" for "independents."
My question is, wouldn't a lot of them notice that Obama is "extreme?"
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